My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Glug glug...

The sound of wheels rolling filled the air as siege crossbows were pushed out of the battle formation.

The soldiers carrying the huge crossbows skillfully inserted the bolts into the firing ports, then turned the rollers, and the siege crossbows immediately entered a ready-to-fire state.

Qi Yu looked at the siege crossbows, raised an eyebrow, and noticed that they seemed to be somewhat different from his original design, perhaps a bit too large.

And these crossbow bolts seem a little different!

"put!"

Su Lie shouted, and all the crossbow bolts shot out, drawing graceful arcs in the sky before hitting the city wall.

dong dong dong...

The thick city walls could not be penetrated by these crossbow bolts.

Qi Yu looked at the crossbow bolts, his eyes narrowed, trying to discern something.

Under Qi Yu's watchful gaze, the huge crossbow bolts nailed to the city wall began to split open from their tails, and thin iron chains immediately slipped down.

Qi Yu watched this scene, speechless.

Why use this instead of ladders when attacking a city?

Is this how you get onto the city wall?

Most of the soldiers in the allied forces were physically strong martial artists. They couldn't climb the smooth city walls, but with leverage, it would be a different story.

Qi Yu finally understood why Su Lie was able to destroy three dynasties in just three months.

Martial artists possess true qi, and with the support of true qi, they can perform many agile movements even in mid-air.

Even if you throw rolling stones and logs, you might not hit them, because a martial artist's strike imbued with true qi can cleave those rolling stones in two.

"Cloud echelon, move out!" Su Lie waved his hand and said calmly.

As soon as Su Lie finished speaking, a group of people carrying ladders rushed towards Lin Cheng.

Qi Yu waved his hand at this moment, and the adjutant next to him immediately raised his hand and shouted loudly, "Light the fire!"

bang bang bang...

With a series of loud explosions, shells were fired and landed among the attacking crowd, turning the area in front of Lin City into a sea of ​​fire in an instant.

……

Meanwhile, on the banks of the Moon River, Qin Xiu held a square seal in his hand, which was the Shrinking Earth Seal. Behind him were thousands of Azure Dragon Army soldiers.

Every soldier in the Azure Dragon Army was covered in blood. Even Qin Xiu himself was disheveled, with blood still flowing from his shoulder.

On the banks of the Moon River, there used to be a camp for a small team of a thousand men, but now the camp has been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

This small team of a thousand men stayed here to protect the bridge so that supplies and provisions could be transported to the front lines.

But by then, the bridge had vanished, and the thousand-strong guard who had protected it were all dead.

In this camp, there are three grandmasters guarding it, one of whom is even a grandmaster who has reached the Dao Integration stage.

Despite facing three opponents alone and paying a certain price, Qin Xiu still managed to complete the task assigned by Qi Yu.

Qin Xiu shifted his gaze from the burning camp to the south.

The task Qi Yu gave him was the easiest, but also the most troublesome.

Because he was going to stay here with these thousand men and hold out for seven days!

During this period, he not only had to resist the reinforcements, but also the Southern army that returned to repair the bridge after learning that it had been destroyed. His situation was one of being attacked from both sides.

Qi Yu's task for him was to hold the bridge for seven days and prevent it from being repaired.

Although his task was difficult, it was the easiest compared to the tasks of Mo Wen and Liu Xuan.

Chen Rui has already dug graves for Su Lie and the 150,000-strong allied army in the depression!

Qi Yu originally planned to cut off the allied forces' supplies and provisions, starve the 150,000-strong allied army, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

However, Qi Yu later received intelligence that his plan had fallen through, so he had to revise it.

Some artifacts have a warp. Eleven dynasties participated in the war, and among these dynasties, there were always a few that had artifacts with their own warp.

These dynasties went to great lengths to kill themselves, even bringing along relics that contained their own warp.

Qi Yu was unsure whether there were any spare provisions and supplies in those subspaces, so he had to change his plans.

He used himself as bait, leading two thousand Azure Dragon soldiers to stay and guard Lin City.

Give Mo Wen and Liu Xuan an opportunity!

……

Two days ago, Mo Wen and Liu Xuan, along with 10,000 Qinglong soldiers, arrived at the upper reaches of the Yuehe River and began digging deep ditches outside the Hedao to divert the river water.

The Li Huo Dynasty was all plains, and Lin City was less than two hundred miles from Yuehe.

The Yuehe River is very large with plenty of water, and since it is currently spring and summer with abundant rainfall, the river level has risen.

The Li Huo Dynasty has a flat terrain, mostly plains, and is located next to the Yue River, so it is often troubled by the problem of the Yue River breaching its banks.

Therefore, the population of the Li Huo Dynasty was mainly concentrated in the south, which is why the monsters were able to destroy the Li Huo Dynasty so easily.

Northern China is prone to flooding. The largest breach in history even caused the Yuehe River to overflow its banks and flood Lincheng.

The depression next to Lincheng was created by the erosion after that breach of the dike.

What Qi Yu wanted to do was to emulate Guan Yu and flood the seven armies.

Why was Lincheng chosen as the location for the battle? It's because Lincheng is low-lying and close to the Moon River.

Mo Wen and Liu Xuan are currently digging a canal!

In order to save time, Liu Xuan and Mo Wen both did it themselves. Mo Wen even destroyed several of his mechanical beasts.

The Moon River is very large and the current is very rapid. If Qi Yu were to come by himself, he could use his true energy and domain to freeze and block the river, causing it to change direction.

But Qi Yu was to remain in Lincheng as bait.

Therefore, Liu Xuan and Mo Wen could only divert the river water, use several mountains to store the water, and then release it on the next rainy day.

The current Li Huo Dynasty has virtually no common people, so Qi Yu has no psychological burden.

He intends to submerge most of the Li Huo Dynasty, drowning all the demonic beasts along with it.

The next heavy rain will come in seven days!

Qi Yu planned to hold Lincheng for seven days to draw the main force of the Southern Army.

After all, the coalition forces were after him; wherever he was, the coalition forces had to fight there!

Qin Xiu's mission is to withstand the counterattacks of the reinforcements and the Southern Army for seven days!

Mo Wen and Liu Xuan, on the other hand, accumulated river water over seven days, waiting for the next rainy day.

Qi Yu's use of water attacks is contrary to the laws of nature and may even cause serious damage to the land.

Moreover, Qi Yu's methods were not limited to water attacks.

(End of this chapter)

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Chapter 124 Sacrificial Offerings

The mainland has been filled with a tense atmosphere lately. Scholars and students have no mood to study, and martial artists have no interest in practicing martial arts.

The people were also anxious and looked nervously in the direction of the Li Huo Dynasty and the Da Qing Dynasty.

Everyone says Qi Yu is a sorcerer, but is Qi Yu really a sorcerer?

What did Qi Yu do during the monster attack?

What did he do for this continent?

Qi Yu distributed those martial arts manuals and secret techniques that were valued more than life itself by various forces to the mainland for free.

In the past, learning martial arts required a lot of money, and there were even cases of people selling their wives and daughters to learn martial arts.

Learning martial arts really requires a lot of money, because even the simplest techniques require tens or hundreds of silver coins. After that, you need to train your muscles and bones, which requires even more money.

However, the Taoist book "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" which is distributed for free doesn't involve as much trouble.

Moreover, everyone can practice it to improve their health.

Some say that the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" is incomplete, but this does not diminish the people's love and respect for Qi Yu.

Because of the popularization of "The Treatise on Marrow Cleansing", many martial artists have emerged on the mainland. They are all children from poor families who cannot afford Qi cultivation methods.

The "Marrow Cleansing Theory" changed their talents, and many powerful forces, upon learning of this, extended olive branches to these people, giving many poor children the opportunity to rise above their circumstances.

Whether someone has the talent for martial arts can be determined by practicing the "Marrow Cleansing Treatise," which has led to the discovery of many previously overlooked talents.

Therefore, many people are actually very grateful to Qi Yu.

If it weren't for Taoism being part of the Great Qing Dynasty, preventing them from traversing thousands of miles, they would have joined the academy long ago.

Many smaller factions have also used "The Theory of Marrow Cleansing" to discover a number of talented individuals.

After all, Taoism is too far away. Even if these talented people wanted to go to the academy, it was impossible for them to walk thousands of miles to the Great Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, these smaller factions managed to reap the rewards before Qi Yu could.

Qi Yu had thought of this problem beforehand, which is why he promoted the establishment of Taoist temples and academies in various regions.

Qi Yu never intended to monopolize all the talent resources on the mainland.

If you're eating meat, you should at least leave some soup for others!

Qi Yu's starting point was indeed selfish, but the result was that he genuinely changed many people.

Therefore, many people do not believe that Qi Yu is a sorcerer.

Moreover, compared to Xuanzong, this overseas force, the mainland residents are more willing to believe in the 'native' Taoism.

Even though Qi Yu personally destroyed many forces, so what?

Aren't most forces exploiting the people?