Chapter 487 329: Celestial Dao's Determination, Yunzhou Heaven, Princess Taiping (Part 2)

["Demon God?"]

[The captain of the First Generation Soldier Master, "Zhao Zheng," traveled thousands of miles beyond Yunzhou Heaven, and the Bronze Tiger Talisman at his waist suddenly began to burn, with the "Mountain and River Demon Suppression Seal" personally bestowed by His Majesty the First Emperor, highly sensitive to the evil aura of Demon Gods.]

[Such a level of warning.]

[——There is no mistake, it is the Void Sea Demon God!]

["Third Chief!"]

[Behind him, two Black Armor Soldier Masters lowered their posture and approached, holding their halberds horizontally, their eyes filled with both excitement and fear.]

[Zhao Zheng raised his hand to stop them.]

[He didn't act rashly, even his breathing was suppressed to be extremely light.]

[Demon God, after all, is a Demon God.]

[Even in the eyes of the First Emperor, it's just a minion, even though the iron cavalry of Qing Country has already crushed the spine of the Ten Great Sacred Land Dynasties... but to them as Soldier Masters, a complete Void Sea Demon God is still a terrifying existence that requires risking one's life to confront!]

["But... it's been a long time since I've caught a Demon God."]

[Zhao Zheng slowly stood up, hiding his slightly trembling hand on the hilt of his sword.]

[——It was not fear, but excitement.]

[In Qing Country's merit system, being able to lead an army to slay a "Void Sea Demon God" can directly grant a title of Marquis!]

[Such a fame-spreading matter across Qing Country, pursued by millions of soldiers, accomplished by only a few.]

["Hoo..." Zhao Zheng exhaled a breath of muddy qi and suddenly grinned.]

[He tore off the Bronze Tiger Talisman at his waist and raised it above his head.]

["Under heaven, there is no land not belonging to the king. At the edge of the land, there are no subjects not belonging to the king---!!!"]

["Your Majesty!"]

["Boom---"]

[Above the Void Sea, the outline of the Ninefold Imperial Pass suddenly appeared!]

[Zhao Zheng's laughter drowned in the sound of iron hooves.]

[The shadow of Changle Palace covered thousands of miles of sea, countless Black Armors leapt out from the Imperial Pass, halberds like a forest, killing intent soaring into the sky!]

[——The time to hunt the god has come!]

[On the other side.]

[Under Demon God "Hu Lü," alien race Great Demons have been attacking Yunzhou Heaven's Great Wall for twenty years.]

[The celestial vault of Yunzhou Heaven has been dyed dark red, under Demon God "Hu Lü," alien race Great Demons surged like tides, their appearances hideous, some with crocodile heads and snake bodies, some covered in neon-colored scales, spewing toxic fog that corrodes everything.]

[Twenty years ago, Yunzhou Heaven still had three True Martial Lords stationed, martial artists of the Six Kingdoms were iron-boned, yet now——]

[Soldier Masters have fallen, martial artists all perished!]

[More than half of the men of the Six Kingdoms died in battle, their corpses piling like mountains. Now, even women donned armor to fight, young children holding wooden spears guarding city gates, sworn to bring a few demons to their grave.]

["Dragon Banner forward! Press on! The Human Race will never surrender!"]

[Princess Taiping of Lin Country, only twenty-three years old, yet donned armor and wielded a sword, leading the last of the remnants to charge. Behind her was the eight-year-old Young Lord, sitting in the chariot, little hands tightly gripping a short blade, his immature face filled with determination.]

["Auntie... will we die?" the Young Lord asked softly.]

[Princess Taiping didn't respond, merely tightened the reins, and the chariot shot like an arrow towards the densest part of the demonic tide.]

[She knew this battle means certain death, but——the backbone of the Human Race cannot break!]

[Bloody battle!!!]

[Just as Princess Taiping's consciousness was about to fade——]

["Boom——!!!"]

[The celestial vault tore open a massive rift, a pitch-black colossal ship broke through the Void Sea, crushing countless demon tides, the flag of the Profound Bird fluttered at the ship's prow, the flag face like burning black flames, wherever it passed, demon blood boiled!]

[Wind!]

[Wind!]

[Great Wind!]

[Black Armor warriors leapt down from the colossal ship like a tide, halberds like a forest, iron shields like mountains, their charge momentum cracked the earth! Their faces hard as iron, each strike carried with it the power to shatter city and collapse mountains, forcibly tearing open a gap in the demon tide!]

["That is... True Martial Lords from other states of heaven——" Princess Taiping's pupils suddenly shrank, her sword-holding hand slightly trembling.]

[The Human Race's Seven States of Heaven, isolated from each other, only "Certified Saint" wielding Supreme Divine Weapons dared to venture far abroad to expand territory! Yet this army before her without Supreme Divine Weapons dared to traverse the Void Sea, facing the Demon God directly?]

["Be careful! There's a Demon God!"]

[Princess Taiping suddenly looked up, alerting all the generals.]

["Boom!"]

[The sound of battle drums exploded like thunder, dispersing the demon fog within hundreds of feet.]

[From within the black-armored military array, a captain rose into the air, the long spear in his hand like a Black Dragon emerging from the abyss, smashing the heads of three Great Demons in a single strike, the blood splattering like ink onto the iron faces of the Armored Warriors, yet no one blinked.]

["Jiang Yuan, you scoundrel, there are only a few heads of Great Demons, and you took three in one move. How are my soldiers supposed to earn their merit?" came a furious shout from the right side of the military array.]

[The giant axe in his hands was still dripping with blood, the demon flesh left on the blade still wriggling, clearly having just severed a Great Demon. This person was none other than Wei Tu, the True Martial General of the Imperial Pass's vanguard army.]

["What do you understand?" Jiang Yuan sneered, "These three 'Blood-Eyed Demon Apes' have formed an array. Delay any longer, and at least three hundred of my black-armored soldiers would be lost. They must be eradicated immediately."]

["Besides, this place was reported by Zhao Zheng, a soldier under my command, so the credit should go to him!"]

[Implying, Jiang Yuan did not care for such a 'small merit.']

[Princess Taiping saw the two leading True Martial Lords surrounded by visible blood fiend auras. They stood amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, yet argued like merchants at a market, neither glancing at the twitching remains of the Great Demons.]

[It was as if this wasn't a battle for racial survival, but a division of spoils after a hunt.]

[Princess Taiping thought the others hadn't heard her earlier warning about the "Demon God" and gritted her teeth, leaping from the war chariot and dragging her blood-stained armor to Jiang Yuan's front, saluting: "Taiping of Yunzhou Celestial Forest Kingdom pays respects to the general. There is a Demon God here named Hu Lű!"]

["Its divine technique 'Light of Decay' can erode human lifespan. Due to this, all three True Martial Lords of Yunzhou Heaven have perished, with fewer than one in ten men surviving!"]

["I urge all generals to be cautious."]

[Jiang Yuan's gaze swept over her blood-stained armor, then past the group of elderly soldiers with white hair behind her, still gripping their weapons.]

["Interesting." Jiang Yuan suddenly laughed, "The Human Race here hasn't lost its spirit. Would you be willing to become a general in my Qing Country?"]

[Princess Taiping was stunned, "General, the priority now is the Demon God Hu—"]

[Boom!]

[A heartbeat-like thud suddenly rolled over the battlefield.]

[All sounds ceased abruptly.]

[The entire land suddenly turned an eerie gray-white.]

[Demon God Hu Lű opened its eyes.]

[Behind it, the waters of the Void Sea condensed into twelve bronze mirrors, each reflecting different scenes of death: an infant turning to bones, a young man becoming dust, a city collapsing into sand in the span of a breath...]

["Fresh... True Martial Lords delivered to my door." The voice of Demon God Hu Lű sounded like the overlapping sighs of countless dying people. Its crocodile-like head slowly turned, pupils locking onto Jiang Yuan.]

["Truly a rare blood feast..."]

[Invading the strong era of the Human Race in the State Heaven Land, if the Supreme Divine Weapons of the Martial Arts Hall awaken, there is still the risk of demise.]

["Courting death!" Jiang Yuan's playful expression vanished as he slowly tightened his grip on the long spear.]

["Qing Country?" Demon God Hu Lű glanced at the dark Profound Bird Banner on the warship. It possessed the Void Sea Treasure 'Yin-Yang Mirror' and did not fear the encirclement by the Human Race's True Martial Lords.]

["During my sleep... it seems I have not heard of such a small country."]

[In the eyes of the Void Sea Demon God, a "big country" had Certified Saints of the Third Heaven holding Supreme Divine Weapons.]

["Where did this ignorant Little God come from?" Wei Tu, unfazed, said, "If you anger His Majesty and he personally arrives later, if you, this ignorant Little God, don't flee, it shows you have guts."]

[Behind them was the Imperial Pass, where the Martial and Literary Dao's three lines of sixteen Saints from the Martial Arts Hall oversaw the battlefield. Even if they perished in battle due to a lack of awareness, Demon God Hu Lű and its entire race would be buried with them.]

[Princess Taiping looked at the suddenly serious black-armored captains and understood something—]

[These madmen weren't underestimating their enemy...]

[They were simply excited!]

[Buzz—!]

[Demon God Hu Lű's crocodile-like head slowly swayed, the bronze mirror surfaces rippling, twelve intertwining death shadows coagulating, about to reflect upon the boastful Wei Tu.]

[Boom—!]

[The Celestial Vault suddenly collapsed, and a majestic golden palace descended with a roar.]

["Is that... Changle Palace?"]

["Has His Majesty truly arrived!?"]

[Wei Tu's pupils constricted sharply, his giant axe clanging onto the ground.]

[Matters concerning the Human Race's Seven States Heaven are of grave importance, and the Saints of the Martial Arts Hall reported to the Forbidden Guard before Changle Palace, immediately alerting this First Emperor who hadn't made a move for three millennia.]

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