[Adult Fantasy] The Legend of the Earth and the Clouds [Complete] - 35

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Chapter One: A Crushing Struggle The journey

from Nantian City to the capital was far more than ten thousand miles. The Buddhist Immortal Sect's rebellion had severed all land and water transportation between the north and south. Flights to the capital had been grounded for days, and the railway lines were bombed into numerous pieces by the rebels. The highways were also shattered into fragments, impossible to reconnect. All countries in the world knew that the Great Swamp Empire was at war, and foreign flights had ceased entering the country. It was impossible to fly from Nantian to another country and then transfer to a flight to the capital.

From Anru Province in the southeast to Dinghuai Province in the north of the lake, the entire region was infiltrated by rebels from the Buddhist Immortal Sect. The sect was cunning, only causing trouble within the Yue Family Army's territory in the southeast of the lake, avoiding the Chen Family Army's defenses. Exploiting the internal conflicts between the various armies within the lake, they avoided a pincer attack from the north and south, swiftly capturing the Qingxu and Dage lines. Within ten days, the people north of the Yangtze River in the southeast rose up in response, and the five provinces of Linhai, Anru, Huaidong, Huaixi, and Dinghuai fell.

For a century, the gap between rich and poor in the lake had widened significantly. The poor, comprising over 90% of the population, had long harbored strong resentment towards the lake regime. Previously, though they felt injustice, they dared not speak out. Now, with a leader, followers surged like wildfire! The Buddhist Immortal Sect, composed entirely of poor people and slaves, targeted the wealthy and powerful wherever they went, both to appease public anger and to quickly increase their military spending.

The common people harbored deep hatred for the imperial nobles and wealthy elites. Whenever the army of the Buddhist and Immortal Sect reached the city walls, the city's inhabitants would open the gates in response, welcoming the rebels into the city. All the wealthy and powerful, regardless of age, were dragged into the streets by the enraged populace and slaughtered. From eighty-year-old men to newborn infants, anyone of imperial nobility or wealth was killed in the most cruel ways: skinning, grinding bones, burning alive—nothing was spared.

The wealthy and powerful in the five provinces north of the Yangtze River, terrified by the fighting, disregarded whether the Buddhist and Immortal Sect could reach the city walls and sold their property and livestock, fleeing abroad to avoid further persecution. The wealthy and powerful in the neighboring provinces of Dongjiang, Xijiang, Jiangnan, and Qujiang south of the Yangtze River were also filled with fear and fled in anticipation of a future crisis.

Ai Mingyang escorted Ma Yingfei to the outskirts of Hezhou City, bowing and saying, "This humble general can only escort you this far, Madam. North of Hezhou is overrun with bandits; please be extremely careful!"

Although Ma Yingfei longed to reach the capital region as soon as possible, she couldn't rush it. The shortest route from Nantian to the capital region involved traversing Anru Province, Dinghuai Province, Huaibei Province, Tengchang Province, Changshan Province, Zhengning Province, and Beihe Province before finally reaching Jingji City in Jingji Province. The air and ground were already sealed off by the Holy Army of the Buddhist Immortal Sect. If she were to travel by plane, it would be shot down by the sect's anti-aircraft fire before reaching the destination.

In comparison, traveling by land was much safer. Ma Yingfei and the other two drove a dilapidated but high-performance off-road jeep, each using their "Immortal Cry" supernatural powers to transform into three ugly young men. They changed into men's clothing in Hezhou City and bid farewell to Ai Mingyang.

Hezhou City is actually the capital city of Anru Province, located in the southwest of the province, close to the Yangtze River. Its military position is extremely important; it is the gateway to Jiangnan. The city is high and fortified, and to ensure the safety of Jiangnan, it must not be lost. The Buddhist Immortal Sect doesn't seem to be in a hurry to attack Jiangnan. Although there are rebel troops outside Hezhou City, their numbers are small and they dare not attack. Ai Mingyang, guarding Hezhou, is also very worried, constantly on high alert.

When Ma Yingfei reached the northern border of Anru Province, she was caught up by He Yiqing, who risked his life to catch up in a helicopter. He gave her a porcelain bottle and told her about Shui Linfeng's plan.

Ma Yingfei said, "Lin Feng loves using these strange methods, but this plan is too vicious. I won't use it unless absolutely necessary. Tell Lin Feng that I know!"

He Yiqing said, "My lord said! There's no need to be soft on the beastmen. If the city falls, the people of Daze will die even more than this many times! Furthermore, if the beastmen march south, the people of Daze will suffer even more! Please, Madam, abandon your sentimentality and think of the bigger picture!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Tell Lin Feng that I'm afraid he'll have a son without an anus, so I'll do him a favor. In that case, if the beastmen are at the gates of the capital, I'll follow the plan!"

He Yiqing bowed and boarded the helicopter. Not long after takeoff, it was shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of the Buddhist Immortal Sect rebels. Fortunately, He Yiqing's cultivation was very high, and he abandoned the helicopter and escaped in time. Helpless, he had to walk back. Seeing this from afar, Ma Yingfei shook her head and ordered Ruan Peijun to drive, choosing only back roads and zigzagging northwards on the dilapidated highway.

Although the Buddhist Immortal Sect was a rebel army, they didn't prey on ordinary civilians. The illusions of Ma Yingfei and her two companions were all ugly, impoverished people, penniless, and they encountered no trouble along the way. After several days of bumping and limping along the broken roads, the jeep ran out of gas, forcing the three to abandon the vehicle and trek on foot through the towering mountains.

One day, they arrived at a small mountain village nestled beside a stream. Ma Yingfei glanced at the map; it turned out this was the border between Dinghuai Province and Huaibei Province, but the village's name wasn't marked. However, judging from its location, they should be able to enter Chen's army's territory after passing through this village and crossing several mountains.

The book subtly reveals that the village is called Anping Village, nestled at the foot of the Huaixing Mountains. Surrounded by mountains, the village has about a hundred households, all poor and simple villagers. Because it's far from the road, the villagers rarely leave the mountains, and few seek a living elsewhere. Under the evening sunset, Anping Village appears peaceful and serene. The poor villagers support the Buddhist and Immortal Sect, which doesn't bother them. This village, entirely populated by impoverished mountain dwellers, has never suffered from the ravages of war.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ma Yingfei instructed Ruan Peijun and Lu Xiaoxiao to find a family in the village to rest. Lu Xiaoxiao looked up and was stunned. She whispered, "Mistress! Look at this village!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Indeed! It's strange! Logically speaking, although the wind in this village is stagnant, it should still bring wealth to every household. Moreover, the mountains behind it are continuous, the energy flow is unbroken, and the water is clear and still, so the offspring will surely be prosperous and the wealth and status pure."

Ruan Peijun said, "But in the valley, there is an evil aura rising, and an unknown object is blocking the vital energy, making it difficult for the energy to dissipate. This village is bullied by external forces, so it must be small in number, weak in wealth, and lacking in moral order!"

Ma Yingfei said, "If I'm right..." If I'm not mistaken, no one in this village has ever gone to university, made a fortune in business, or become an official in the government in thousands of years!

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "If only the master were here, his Heavenly Wolf Eyes could probably see what's causing trouble here!"

The three of them talked as they walked. Along the way, they could hear the sounds of chickens and dogs, the branches laden with fruit and persimmons, and the low rooftops with their eaves layered among the green bamboo and red flowers. It should be dinnertime, but there was no smoke from the chimneys in the village, and it was deserted with not a single living person in sight.

Ruan Peijun said, "How strange! Could it be that everyone is dead?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "You're ignorant! The houses are all fine. The chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs are all here. How could they all be dead?"

Ruan Peijun said, "This village is hidden deep in the mountains. When we entered, we saw evil energy rising up. There must be evil spirits nearby. It's not surprising that all the men and women in the village were taken away by evil spirits. Don't you remember the year we were ordered to go to Xichuan to kill the Heavenly Demon, when the whole city was wiped out?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Use your brain! The evil energy around this village is obviously sealed off. If that ghost comes out..." "The foul air should have spread all around, but now it's only gathered in a corner of the valley in the northwest, condensing and not dissipating!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Seniors, you see, there is still smoke coming from some chimneys. It seems that something important has happened in the village, and the villagers have finished eating early. Generally speaking, if something happens in the village, they will definitely go to some place in the center of the village!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "What the mistress said makes sense!"

When the three of them hurriedly walked to the center of the village, they indeed saw a large group of people, densely packed in a large courtyard made of earthen walls. It turned out that the whole village had come here.

Ma Yingfei said, "Strange! It's neither New Year's nor a holiday today, what are all these people doing crammed together?"

Ruan Peijun said, "Perhaps someone has died, or it's some kind of wedding or funeral!"

Lu Xiaoxiao pouted and said, "They've lived for over a hundred years, and they still talk like this. If it's a wedding or funeral, they should at least put up a sign like 'Happy Funeral' or 'Funeral'!"

Ruan Peijun said, "Not every place puts up signs when someone dies. Maybe the people here are illiterate!"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "You can't even read yourself, yet you criticize others, hehe--!"

Ruan Peijun said, "You old rascal! Want to fight?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Bullshit! I'm not old at all! Let's fight, I'm not afraid of you!"

Ma Yingfei grabbed one of them with each hand and said helplessly, "Seniors, stop arguing! Just go in and take a look!"

The three of them were all highly skilled, and they squeezed to the innermost part without much trouble. There they saw a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, wearing a yellow Taoist robe and a Taoist crown, sitting in a chair and calculating with his fingers.

Ruan Peijun whispered, "The finger technique is wrong! What school of divination is this? I can't understand it at all! How strange!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Do you think you're a god? You can understand all kinds of divination methods? Humph—!"

Ruan Peijun said, "If it weren't for the mistress being here, I would definitely teach you a lesson!"

Ma Yingfei also whispered, "Alright! Seniors, didn't you realize that this is a fake Taoist priest who's just trying to swindle money? The techniques he's using aren't from any particular school; it's just an act to fool these villagers!" "You two, stop fooling around and listen to what he has to say!"

The fake Taoist priest spoke fluently and eloquently, even more so than the Taoist patriarch of Longhu Mountain: "This ghost is called the Luo Tian Nine-Headed Ghost. It is ferocious, with a snake's body and a human head, and nine heads. It feeds on human essence and absorbs souls. Wherever it goes, villages are robbed and lives are lost. Alas! It is truly the wicked way of Heaven, allowing such a monstrous creature to be born."

These words terrified the ignorant men and women in the courtyard, turning them ashen-faced and trembling like leaves. The children immediately began to cry, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.

Ruan Peijun whispered, "Heavens! When my master and I were cultivating together, we discovered that his soul was a human head and a snake's body. Could it be that he was just deceiving us by saying he was in seclusion, but secretly came out to eat people?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Foolish girl! Master's soul is a human head and a dragon's body. Dragons and snakes are two different things. Besides, Master doesn't have nine heads! This fake Taoist is clearly talking nonsense!"

Ma Yingfei said, "It's not Lin Feng. Lin Feng's soul is Fuxi, the ancestor of the Daze people. He is a divine body with pure Taoist energy. He is definitely not a demon! Furthermore, if Lin Feng wanted to eat people, the people in the cauldron would be gone long ago. Stop arguing and listen to us!"

The old man sitting next to the fake Taoist, who should be the village chief, stood up and bowed, saying, "Recently, the ghostly sounds in the northwest valley have become louder and louder, and even in broad daylight, it's chilling. Last night, all the dead people in our village's graveyard crawled out of the ground, which is why we had to..." " We have no choice but to beg for your help, sir! We beg you, Mr. Zhang, to save us! The entire village, young and old, will be eternally grateful!"

Mr. Zhang waved his hand and said, "Saving the people from suffering is the duty of us Taoists. Village chief, there's no need for such formalities!"

After pondering for a while, he said, "I will go to the valley tomorrow to set up an altar and perform a ritual to suppress the evil spirits!"

The village chief wasn't ungrateful. He quickly handed over a hundred-yuan bill and grabbed the fake Taoist's sleeve, saying, "Heavens! How can we wait until tomorrow? Sir, please perform the ritual immediately and save us from this crisis!"

The fake Taoist wasn't completely ignorant. He had originally thought that being invited by these villagers was just a matter of assessing feng shui, pointing out graves, spouting nonsense, and fooling them to make a living. But he hadn't expected to encounter such a terrible situation. The compass he brought, as soon as he entered the village, seemed to be nailed down, pointing straight to the northwest valley and wouldn't move. The promise to hold an altar tomorrow was just an excuse; he dared not provoke such a malevolent spirit. He only wanted to slip away once the villagers agreed, but unexpectedly, they were terrified and refused to agree.

This morning, they discovered the mountain roadside was littered with corpses. A few braver ones went to investigate and found that the dead bodies in the village cemetery had all crawled out in the middle of the night, their rotting skin and stinking bones a truly horrifying sight. They didn't care that the cemetery contained the ancestors of each family; they immediately set fire to the rotting bones and corpses by the roadside and hurriedly sent people to travel dozens of miles through the mountains to invite this renowned Taoist priest to help the village.

As the saying goes, "When the heavens are inauspicious, evil spirits will surely arise." The Great Swamp Empire is now engulfed in war, with evil spirits soaring to the heavens and resentment reaching the nine heavens. The large number of deaths and the sudden increase in yin energy will inevitably disrupt the balance of spiritual energy in the mountains and rivers. The evil spirit in the mountains, having been suppressed for so long, is also about to break free due to the imbalance of yin and yang energy in the mountains and rivers.

Mr. Zhang declined, saying, "It's too late now, not suitable for setting up an altar and performing rituals. Besides, we haven't gathered all the necessary items. Let's wait until tomorrow!"

One of the villagers, an impatient young man, shouted, "Hey, sir! Do you even know how to exorcise ghosts? If you can't, just say so! There's no need for this pretense!"

Mr. Zhang made his living this way; if he said he couldn't, he'd lose all his business. He insisted, "Of course I can! In that case, prepare the altar, and I'll trouble the village elders to lead the way!"

Upon hearing this, several old men in the village exchanged glances, hesitant to step forward. Mr. Zhang said smugly, "How about it?"

Several women and children immediately burst into tears. The village chief gritted his teeth and said, "Elders, don't back down! We've lived for decades, are we afraid of death? For the peace of this village, we have no choice but to accompany you!"

Several bold young men also said, "Let's go too! We'll prepare plenty of dog blood and filth. When we see a ghost, we'll swarm it. Even if the master's magic isn't up to par, we can still subdue it!"

Master Zhang angrily retorted, "Hmph! Young men, my magic is far superior. You just need to do as I say!"

Ruan Peijun whispered to Ma Yingfei, "Mistress! Shall we go?"

Lu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "If you're afraid, you don't have to go!"

Ruan Peijun angrily retorted, "I've cultivated for a hundred years, and I'm just asking. Who said I'm afraid! Humph!"

Ma Yingfei was both amused and exasperated, and helplessly said, "Of course we'll go with them! Exorcising demons and protecting the righteous path is the duty of our Ma family!"

Leaving some people to take care of the women and children in the village, the young men carried their own lanterns to clear the way, helped a few elders, and noisily led the master towards the evil valley in the northwest of the village.

This valley, named Sealed Corpse Valley, is located eight li northwest of the village. Two mountain ranges, originating from the north and south, converge here but do not connect, winding side by side, leaving only a narrow gorge in the middle, wide enough for six trucks to pass side by side.

It is unknown in which dynasty, but someone wrote some blood-red plum blossom seal characters on the knife-cut, flat rocks at the valley entrance. Those who recognized the characters passed them down, saying they read "Sealed Corpse Valley," warning against entering. The valley is about fourteen or fifteen li long. The gorge is high and steep, with vines and creepers clinging to it like a net. Because it has long been uninhabited, countless exotic flowers and plants thrive there, and various birds and beasts roam freely.

Decades ago, some daring hunters and woodcutters from Anping Village, tempted by the things in the valley, ignored the warnings of their ancestors and entered. Many met their deaths in accidents. Remembering the warnings, they dared not enter the valley again. There is also a legend that every full moon, a bluish mist rises from the valley, from which eerie shadows and mournful howls echo.

The villagers surrounded the man and led him into the valley, only to find that the terrain was not as steep and difficult as they had imagined. The road was flat and looked as if it had been built.

Ma Yingfei, standing among the crowd, suddenly said, "Senior Ruan! Ten meters away from you, there's a six-sectioned viper hiding among the rocks. It seems to have grown four legs, so it must be five or six hundred years old!"

Ruan Peijun laughed, "These little demons can't even conjure human form. They're utterly boring to kill. Mistress, don't worry about it. If it dares to come out, I'll kill it immediately!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Mistress! There are many spirits in this valley, but they're all less than a thousand years old. They're nothing special. You must have seen the plum blossom Dao seal at the valley entrance. It was sealed by the fifteenth generation successor of Longhu Mountain. That old Taoist priest is so mysterious and deliberately obfuscating things. He should just say what's sealed inside! He wrote a whole bunch of blood seals, all nonsense!"

Ma Yingfei said, "Perhaps he couldn't say for sure. He only said 'Break when encountering a horse, stop when encountering Ying, annihilate when encountering Fei.' Ma Yingfei, aren't those three words referring to me?"

Ruan Peijun pouted and said, "That's nonsense! If the master comes, the evil creatures in this valley will also pay their dues!"

Ma Yingfei said, "If he comes! He won't care about such trivial matters. He's only interested in beautiful women and beasts. Wait! That thing is in that stone chamber!"

Ruan Peijun said, "Why does the mistress say 'chamber'? It's clearly a stone cave!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Idiot! Caves are naturally formed, or rather, largely naturally formed, while chambers are all man-made! Push aside the vines and see if it's a cave or a chamber!"

Ma Yingfei suddenly shouted, "Village chief! Don't go any further! That thing is in the cliff to your left!"

In the darkness, the village chief couldn't tell who it was. He said to the man, "Sir! Someone has already discovered the cave entrance!"

The man secretly thought, "Since entering the valley, the compass has been spinning non-stop, constantly pointing the way. The entrance on this cliff has already been pointed out by the compass. As he walked forward, the compass pointed to his left rear."

Two young men had already pushed aside the vines at the entrance and exclaimed, "This is it!"

The entrance was neither too high nor too low, embedded in the mountainside, about three feet off the ground, half a meter wide and a meter high, exuding a ghostly aura. If it weren't for Ma Yingfei's shout, even if the group had left the valley, they wouldn't have noticed the entrance hidden beneath the dense vines.

As soon as they finished speaking, a shrill howl came from the entrance, startling all the birds, beasts, and monsters on the mountain into a chaotic flight. A thick, blood-red mist rose from the cave entrance, emitting a foul stench.

Chapter Two: The Enchanting Demoness

. The stone chamber was not large, just over ten feet in diameter, about one and a half meters tall, and could hold a dozen people. The walls bore marks of being cleaved, clearly carved by axe or knife. Several enormous talismans were drawn on it in cinnabar, running from the ceiling to the floor, as red as blood.

The coffin sat in the center of the chamber, painted a deep black with black dog blood, its color somber. Judging from its texture, it should be made of red copper, extremely thick and rugged, without the usual carvings or inscriptions found on coffins. The coffin is covered with yellow silk, densely covered with prayers for rebirth and maxims to abandon evil and do good; the characters are tiny and purplish-black, clearly written in blood.

The silk is bound with ink-lined thread using a seven-star knotting method, the thread taut and connected to eighty-one red copper nails in the ground. Around the coffin, arranged in four rows on the left, four on the right, two on top, and two on the bottom, are twelve tomb guardian beast figurines. These beasts are about half a person's height, also cast in red copper, and their appearance is vastly different from those seen in folk traditions; they have horns on their heads, wings on their sides, bulging eyes, protruding teeth, and ferocious faces.

At the four corners of the tomb chamber are four red copper mirrors, each the size of a human face, emitting a faint, eerie light, all pointed at the coffin. Countless yellow talismans are scattered on the ground; this arrangement is extremely solemn.

Ruan Peijun whispered, "Mistress! This is the Seven Stars Suppressing Evil Qiankun Taiji Formation of Longhu Mountain. It's not used lightly, and it's unnecessary. What kind of evil spirit could be matched with Zhang Lu, the fifteenth generation successor of Longhu Mountain, the Grand Master of the Zhengyi Sect, to use his own life essence to suppress it? It seems this ghost is not to be trifled with!"

Lu Xiaoxiao also said, "Mistress! Serious matters are important. Since this ghost has already been suppressed by Master Zhang, let's leave it alone!"

The Zhengyi Sect includes the Longhu Sect of Longhu Mountain, the Gezao Sect of Qingjiang Pavilion and Zaoshan Sect of Maoshan, forming the Three Mountains Dao. Other sects like Jingming and Wudang are merely branches of it. It is the oldest Daoist branch in Daze.

The Maoshan Sect is active among the common people. The True Persons of the Longhu Sect have been granted imperial titles for generations, making it the head of the Three Mountains Daoist Sect and also the head of the Daze Daoist Sect. They mainly serve the imperial family and officials. For minor matters among the common people, they cannot persuade the Grand Master of the Tianyi Sect of Longhu Mountain, unless it is a powerful figure capable of destroying the heavens and earth and shaking the Three Mountains. This is why the Heavenly Dao Lord came uninvited.

Ma Yingfei pondered, "Since the beginning of time, the Three Mountains have all possessed treasures passed down from the ancient gods. The Maoshan Sect has the Heavenly Spirit Nail, refined from bronze essence, which is now in Lin Feng's hands. The Gezao Sect has the Heart-Piercing Nail, refined from black copper essence. The magical artifacts passed down from Longhu Mountain are said to be the best of the three coppers, consisting of eight extremely yang spirit dragon suppressing evil nails refined from red copper essence. It is said that they were lost during the Northern Song Dynasty, and even a great demon over a thousand years old cannot withstand a single blow from a single spirit nail.

You see, the main nails in the eight directions of these eight trigrams, as I predicted, should be the eight spirit dragon suppressing evil nails of Longhu Mountain, which were lost for a thousand years. The remaining seventy-three auxiliary nails should have been carefully refined by Master Zhang himself using extremely yang red copper!" "Back then, you only claimed the spirit nail was lost, but never mentioned that this great demon was being suppressed here. This shows how ferocious the evil spirit in this coffin is. My Ma family has been exorcising demons and protecting the righteous path for ten thousand years. If I'm not mistaken, what's suppressed in this coffin must be a zombie, and a large one with red eyes or higher!"

Ruan Peijun whispered, "Master is being reckless. Since you've captured this evil thing, why not just burn it with a Dao fire? Why go through all this trouble, suppressing it with spirit nails?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Fool! If it could be burned, Master would have burned it long ago. Zombies with orange eyes or higher can't be burned by ordinary fire. This evil thing definitely can't even be burned by Zhang Daojun's Samadhi True Fire!"

Ruan Peijun said, "Heavens! Why don't we leave sooner! This thing, even Zhang Daojun..." "There's nothing we can do, let alone us! It's such a pity to give up this Spirit Dragon

Suppressing Nail!" Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Not to mention the eight main nails, just the seventy-three auxiliary nails that Zhang Daojun painstakingly refined are also Taoist treasures. Ordinary little spirits and monsters are no match for them!"

Ma Yingfei chimed in, "That's right! The auxiliary nails need to be smelted with red copper for seven days, nurtured in a golden cauldron for seven days, soaked in black dog blood for seven days, and then for seven days, every yang hour, the character 'well' is carved, the spirit dragon is inlaid, and so on, taking a total of forty-nine days. Then, an altar is set up to invite the gods, talismans are refined, cinnabar is applied, and other subsequent processes are extremely complicated. Once completed, the nails possess extraordinary magical power and can be called sacred objects for warding off evil. Fortunately, Master Jun is a first-rank Taoist official appointed by the emperor, and his Taoist magic is profound. If..." "It's a small sect. Although they know the refining method, they are limited by their cultivation level and lack the financial and human resources!"

Ruan Peijun said, "It's just a few copper nails, right? Can't we just buy some at the market?"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "No one will think you're mute if you don't speak. The selection of copper is extremely strict. Don't underestimate these few dozen small nails; they might require hundreds of tons of high-quality copper. The refining process is also time-consuming and laborious!"

The three spoke in hushed tones, while the village chief and his group, ever since entering the tomb, had been pale-faced, huddled together at the entrance, their eyes fixed on the terrifying black coffin, fearing that the thing inside might suddenly burst out—that would be a terrible disaster. Even

the few young men who thought themselves brave had their mouths dry, unable to speak, their legs trembling uncontrollably. How could they dare to make a move?

The man was pushed to the front by the crowd, standing in a row with Ma Yingfei and the other two. He only caught fragments of their conversation, then lowered his head, lost in thought, staring at the nail heads scattered around the coffin in a Tai Chi formation. His face seemed paler than usual, filled with fear. He thought to himself, "Is there really a red-eyed zombie in the coffin? Otherwise, why would they use eighty-one Spirit Dragon Suppressing Nails? And surround it with a Tai Chi formation? Although my master and I share the same surname Zhang, and were family five hundred years ago, this Zhang is not that Zhang. Oh my ancestors! Aren't you setting me up?"

His fear intensified with this thought. A chill ran through him, and he shivered involuntarily. Turning around, he saw the village chief and the villagers trembling, their faces ashen. He said in a hoarse voice, "This place is not safe to stay. Let's get out of here first." Ignoring his weak legs, he turned and walked towards the cave entrance.

The villagers, young and old, rushed out and grabbed Mr. Zhang, begging him to perform a ritual. Mr. Zhang's eyes darted around, thinking to himself, "This ghost has already been subdued by that so-called master. Whether I perform a ritual or not is irrelevant. As long as I don't touch those restrictions, I should be fine. This is a remote and desolate village; it's really not easy to come all this way. If I don't get some money and go back quickly, I'll have a hard time explaining to my wife!"

Seeing his hesitation, the village chief gritted his teeth and handed over five hundred-yuan bills, saying, "Sir, please save us! The whole village will be eternally grateful!"

Upon seeing the large bill, the man immediately composed himself, took it with one hand, stuffed it into his pocket, coughed, and said, "In that case, prepare some things immediately, and we will perform the ritual at midnight!" After saying this, he asked for some things and pretended to start the ritual.

The village chief listened with a smile and said, "To be honest, we have already prepared what you need, sir!"

He immediately ordered several quick-footed young men to run back to the village, and soon returned with yellow paper, cinnabar, realgar, a black dog, and a rooster. They carried two or three square tables and brought back a lot of food, which they placed on the tables. In the darkness, no one could tell who was who, and since there were few outsiders in the village, Ma Yingfei and her two companions also took some food, found a flat stone to sit on, and began to eat.

Lu Xiaoxiao said while eating, "Zi Shi is midnight. That coffin definitely contains a large zombie. Midnight is when zombies are most active. Does he want to die?"

Ruan Peijun said, "Why don't we remove those spirit nails and escape on our flying swords?"

Ma Yingfei said to Ruan Peijun, "You've been with him for so long, you've even started acting like him. Once the spirit nails are removed, the zombie will immediately break out of the coffin. The three of us have the strongest spiritual energy here; it'll chase us relentlessly! Besides, if the zombie is released, who knows how many people will die!"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "Mistress is absolutely right! But if Master were here, he would definitely do as Peijun said, not caring about the dead or alive, and would really remove the spirit nails and run!"

Ma Yingfei said, "He was born into poverty. Since birth, no one has taken his family's lives seriously. The three of them, weak and poor, were bullied by everyone. " "And he doesn't care about the lives of people in the world, acting only according to his own whims, never considering anything else!"

Ruan Peijun, with a mouthful of food, said foolishly, "So, does that mean Master is a bit perverted?"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "You said that! How about you say it again to Master when you get back?"

Ruan Peijun was startled and said, "Heavens! He'd skin me alive! Just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "Think before you speak. Master isn't someone we beasts can talk to. Anyway, he won't do anything to us. What does it matter to us if he kills everyone in the world? He tells us to kill, we kill; he tells us to set fires, we set fires. We do whatever he says, and we don't care about anything else! Understand?"

Ruan Peijun muttered softly, "Understood!" Realizing she had said something wrong, she felt depressed and dared not talk nonsense anymore, so she ate her food in silence.

Ma Yingfei shook her head, deeply worried about Shui Linfeng. She had no idea what Shui Linfeng was thinking, and she wondered what kind of outcome he would cause in the future.

At midnight, a half-moon hung in the sky. The villagers lit dozens of pine torches, partly for illumination, partly to scare away wild beasts and birds, and partly to bolster their courage.

The pine torches illuminated the surroundings as bright as day. From time to time, the howls of wolves and the cries of ghosts echoed from the mountains. The night wind was icy cold. Ma Yingfei and her two companions continuously released their spiritual senses to survey their surroundings. The demons and ghosts, less than a thousand years old, knew that a powerful figure was present and wisely kept their distance.

A small square table was placed in front of the stone chamber, covered with a brand-new yellow cloth. On the table were three incense burners, two sets of red candles, a fat chicken, white wine, glutinous rice, and other items, placed in the center of the table. Mr. Zhang, dressed in a yellow Taoist robe, was performing a ritual five steps behind the table. Holding a peach wood sword, he stepped in the Seven Stars Formation, closed his eyes, and murmured incantations. Amidst the flickering firelight, his Taoist crown stood tall and imposing, his figure graceful and elegant. The yin-yang symbol on his back was strikingly black and white, giving him an air of otherworldly refinement.

He chanted, "Heaven and earth were dark and yellow, the universe was vast and boundless, all things were born, demons ran rampant, now I command the law, inheriting the Tao, their original forms vanish, all ghosts lie in hiding! Hah—!"

Mr. Zhang assumed a horse stance and waved a talisman. Strangely enough, even though there was no fire in front of him, the moment the talisman was waved, it burst into flames with a "whoosh."

Ruan Peijun couldn't help but chuckle softly, "What a clever trick! He's almost made a living person appear out of nowhere. If this can subdue the zombie in the coffin, then Zhang Daojun will have to eat shit!"

Mr. Zhang continued, tilting his sword to his left hand, grabbing a handful of glutinous rice from the bowl, and scattering it in front of him. Amidst the dense, whispering sounds, Mr. Zhang suddenly opened his eyes, staring straight into the void, and resolutely shouted, "Demons and monsters, kill any that approach! May the Supreme Lord Laozi command you swiftly!"

He picked up his wine cup, took a sip, and spat it into the candle. The wine, mixed with flammable oil, produced a violent crackling sound, and the wind, fueled by the flames, seemed to transform into the raging fire, spewing forth fiery clouds with ferocious intensity.

Just as they were getting into the swing of things, a sharp, delicate voice suddenly cried out, "Everyone, quickly crouch down and hold your breath! That thing is about to come out!"

This shout, delivered with internal force, was deafening. Immediately afterward, a loud explosion erupted from the stone chamber, a burst of crimson flame, and the first spirit dragon-suppressing nail in the northeast corner leaped out, transforming into a blood-blue spirit dragon, its eyes bulging with fury, its whiskers bristling. With a roar, it slammed its claws down on the heavy bronze coffin.

"Boom—!" A pale human hand was caught in the coffin's corner, struggled twice, and then forcibly retreated back into the coffin.

In the eerie silence of the night sky, incomprehensible incantations echoed from the northeast, seemingly summoning the evil creature within the coffin. The coffin lid at the northeast corner creaked and groaned as the spirit dragon struggled to suppress it, but the gaps in the lid appeared to widen. A pale, withered human hand, bearing long fingernails, slowly emerged from the coffin. This time, with a flick of its wrist, it moved as if alive, reaching out to grab the dragon's tail.

Ruan Peijun said, "Strange! Why does the curse come from the northeast, not the east or the west?"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "We have a legend in Emei that ten thousand years ago, there were nine demonic corpses, made from the corpses of gods, who coexisted with the gods. Three were gold and silver, and six had silver eyes. They were known as the Nine Evil Stars, roaming the Three Realms. Later, Nuwa arranged them into a divine dragon formation and destroyed six of them. Three of them were severely injured but managed to escape. Although their demonic power was not as great as before, they were still beyond the reach of ordinary moral people!"

Ruan Peijun said, "Qingcheng and Emei are both Shushan sword sects." "We also have a legend in Qingcheng, saying that three demonic corpses escaped. One was the Golden-Eyed General Nicholas, and the other two were two Silver-Eyed zombies, his lieutenants, one named Alphonsina and the other Lucy!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "The legend says that the three golden and silver zombies were all male, while the six silver-eyed zombies were all female. One golden-eyed zombie led two silver-eyed zombies, commanding a zombie army. The golden-eyed zombie was the commander-in-chief, and the silver-eyed zombies were the lieutenants. They fought a great battle against the gods. The ones who escaped were the most powerful central general of the zombie army and his two lieutenants. The left and right generals and their lieutenants were all captured..." The Divine Dragon Formation was destroyed. The golden-eyed zombie Nicholas and a silver-eyed zombie, Alphonseina, flew westward. The other silver-eyed zombie, too badly injured to fly, hid in the deep mountains of the Great Swamp!

Ruan Peijun said, "It wasn't until the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty that the silver-eyed zombie left in the Great Swamp was discovered again, causing a great disaster. Emperor Taizong was terrified and urgently requested the Daoist Master of Longhu Mountain to lead the True Lords of the Three Mountains Daoist Sects to subdue it!"

Lu Xiaoxiao exclaimed, "Heavens! Could it be Lucy in this coffin?"

Ma Yingfei's face was grave, and she said in a hoarse voice, "It is indeed Lucy, otherwise she wouldn't have obeyed..." "The curse of Gonggong!"

Ruan Peijun said, "Does Madam mean that the enemy is attacking Shanhaiguan from the northeast of Daze? Is it Gonggong from ten thousand years ago?"

Ma Yingfei nodded and said, "Exactly! Didn't your master tell you?"

Ruan and Lu said in unison, "Heavens! Madam—! We think you should go back! Not only should you not concern yourself with this matter, but you can't even go to the capital! How can humans fight against the demons! Isn't that courting death?"

Ma Yingfei's face turned cold and she said, "Ten thousand years ago, humans, with their barbaric bodies, dared to fight against ferocious demons and evil spirits for land, let alone now that we have fast guns and cannons at our disposal?"

Lu Xiaoxiao took a few steps back, looking at Ma Yingfei with surprise and doubt, and said, "Back then, Peijun and I, even when fighting Ma Danna of the Ma family together, were no match for her. We were defeated by the Ma family's Divine Dragon. Your Ma family's Taoist arts and martial arts are different from any other Taoist sect in Daze, forming their own unique style. After we returned, we investigated the origins of your Ma family quite a bit!"

Ruan Peijun said, "But what we found was astonishing. It turns out that your Ma family's ancestor was one of Gonggong's two most beloved demonesses, the Soul-Destroying Demoness. Because Gonggong often used a magical beast to transform her into a mare for riding, after Gonggong was enfeoffed, your ancestor took Ma as his surname and called himself Ma Soul-Destroying Demoness, carrying Gonggong's mission, which has been passed down from generation to generation!"

Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Although we searched all over the Five Sacred Mountains..." "Even the Daoist scriptures of the Three Mountains couldn't find out what mission your Ma family left behind in the mortal realm with!"

Ruan Peijun said, "This time, while the master is in seclusion, the mistress insisted on returning north, which is highly suspicious!"

Ma Yingfei angrily said, "You two old geezers, shut up! I don't care what happened to the Ma family's ancestors, but Yingfei has been with Lin Feng for life, and is naturally Lin Feng's woman. If you two continue to have wild thoughts, you can go back to Nantian to report! Don't worry about me!"

Ruan Peijun looked at Lu Xiaoxiao, and Lu Xiaoxiao looked at Ruan Peijun. Although the two had quarreled for a hundred years, their relationship was like that of sisters, as if they were one person, and their hearts were already connected. If they abandoned Ma Yingfei now and went back to report, their master, Shui Lin Feng, would surely skin them alive.

Lu Xiaoxiao immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Mistress, don't be angry! We were just curious!"

Ruan Peijun also smiled and said, "Mistress, you are very magnanimous. Speaking of which, we two are from the same generation as Ma Dana of your Ma family! Even when picking eggplants, you should give an older person a break, so let it go!"

Ma Yingfei was both amused and annoyed and said, "Ma Dana is my great-aunt! You two have lived for over a hundred years, how can you be so undignified?"

Lu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "We are getting younger and younger! After our master and I started dual cultivation, we feel even more light and healthy. By the way, how is Ma Dana?"

Ma Yingfei said sadly, "She is not like you. The women of our Ma family cannot cultivate inner elixir. She died many years ago!"

Ruan Peijun smiled and said, "Mistress, you are again..." Just kidding! Once when the mistress was practicing double cultivation with the master, I was waiting nearby. I clearly saw that the mistress was spitting out a rare platinum elixir. How could Ma Danna die? Weird thing!

Ma Yingfei said angrily: "Are you talking about your ancestor's life and death?" Huh--! I can cultivate the golden elixir because I have completed the task assigned to our Ma family by the old thief Gonggong. I found the reincarnated man Wang Fuxi and muddleheadedly unlocked the seal in Beitaia Mountain for the old thief and released him! "

Ruan Peijun" Oh -! "I made a sound, and when I was about to speak, suddenly "Boom--!" "There was a violent sound like a mountain collapsing and the earth was cracking. It turned out that the pale ghost claws in the coffin finally grabbed the tail of the bloody green horned dragon, "Pa--!" "With a sound, the dragon was thrown to the rock wall, roared angrily, and broke out of the coffin.

Chapter 3 Nine Dragons Combined

. Rubbles flew up all over the sky like a goddess scattering flowers. Fortunately, everyone was already lying on the ground. Although many people were injured by the rocks, they had broken canthus teeth and mouths and dared not make a sound.

The stone chamber had been blasted open, leaving a gaping hole. A ferocious demon, its skin a deep white, its body charred and purple, stood suspended in mid-air. Its clothes were tattered, leaving it completely naked. Waist-length silver hair obscured most of its face, and its ten fingers were like hooks. Though it appeared humanoid, it was clearly not human, but a demonic seed forged from a divine corpse.

One branch descended from the gods was human, their civilization passed down using square characters. Generally, names were no more than five characters long, with the surname first and the given name last. Their guardian beast was the dragon.

The other branch, descended from the demons, consisted of beastmen and humanoid creatures from the continents of Atlantis and Black Barbarians. At first glance, they appeared human, but upon closer inspection, they were not. Some had snow-white skin and golden hair with blue eyes, while others were entirely black, head to toe. Their naming conventions were the opposite of true humans, with the given name first and the surname last. They used a jumbled set of letters as their script, also called the "intestine talisman," a creation of Gonggong, and they regarded the dragon as an irreconcilable evil beast.

Only creatures with black hair, black eyes, yellow skin, and who walk upright are human; others can only be called humanoid creatures, remnants of demonic beasts, and cannot be called human.

The eighty-one Spirit Dragon Suppressing Nails flew up together, trapping the evil spirit within the Dao array reflected in mid-air. The silver-haired zombie roared furiously, attacking with all its might like a madman, its claws flailing wildly. A series of muffled metallic thuds rang out as the seventy-three auxiliary nails were reduced to dust. The remaining eight main nails could no longer restrain the zombie and were knocked down.

The silver-haired zombie laughed wildly, its silver hair falling as it laughed. Ma Yingfei, standing at the forefront, noticed a cluster of golden needles in each of the zombie's eyes. Although the number of needles was unclear in the darkness, Ma Yingfei knew that this silver-eyed zombie had clearly been struck by the Maoshan "Yaksha Yin Needle Curse," its eyes nailed shut, which led it to mistakenly enter the red copper coffin and be subdued by the Master of Longhu Mountain. The battle between the human and the zombie must have been incredibly fierce back then.

The naked, milky-white corpse was covered with wounds from various attacks by Dao lightning, refining fire, mysterious ice, and magical artifacts. Several rope marks on its neck, though thousands of years had passed, remained.

There was only one way for the zombie to recover. Ma Yingfei immediately shouted, "Although that zombie is a divine corpse, it's blind! All of you lie down and don't move! If she sucks our blood, things will be terrible!"

Ruan Peijun on the left cried out, "Mistress! This zombie seems to have been severely injured back then. Master Zhang can only trap her, not destroy her!"

Lu Xiaoxiao on the right said, "Mistress! Judging from the burn marks on her body, Master Zhang didn't use Samadhi True Fire back then, but the terrifying Purgatory True Fire! Heavens! Even that can't destroy her?"

Ma Yingfei said in a seductive voice, "Peijun on the left, Xiaoxiao on the right, cover my attack from the front!"

The zombie looked up at the sky. He laughed wildly, "Ignorant brat, overestimating yourself! Do you know who I am? It would be better if you came up to die! Your Majesty, the Great Demon King, this humble general is here to report immediately!"

Ma Yingfei said coldly, "Arrogant! You are Lucy, the deputy general of General Nicholas! Prepare to die!"

Lucy howled, "Impossible! There is no human who can recognize me. What kind of god are you?"

Ma Yingfei turned around and revealed her true appearance. The spirit armor on her body appeared. It was a uniform snowflake jade dew chain white gold armor, with long boots that reached her knees. Her beautiful hair was flowing. Her hands moved in succession, forming a Dao knot. Her cherry lips chanted, "Lin-Bing-Dou-Zhe-Jie-Zhen-Lie-Zai-Qian, Zhu Xie--!"

"Awoo--!" A dazzling white gold sun dragon was summoned. It shone directly on the earth as if it were daytime. The mountains, rivers and trees were incredibly clear. The monsters, birds and beasts in the mountains were all frightened and ran around in all directions. The dragon's body, which was more than two hundred feet long, soared up like a small mountain. The ignorant masses, terrified, kowtowed repeatedly, praying incessantly. But all the citizens of Daze knew the dragon was a sacred creature of the Daze people, and thought they were saved.

The dragon soared into the sky, reaching the heavens, and with a great spin, accompanied by faint wind and thunder, it crashed down. With a short, rapid "bang!", it pierced through Lucy's body in an instant.

Lucy, the silver-eyed zombie, had already suffered severe injuries ten thousand years ago. A thousand years ago, just as her injuries were beginning to heal, she was besieged by the leader of the Zhengyi Sect, leading dozens of True Lords of the Three Mountains Great Dao. Although many virtuous individuals died,

she was severely wounded again. The Gezao Sect's Heart-Piercing Nail, designed to strike the opponent's heart and scatter their soul, was ineffective against a zombie, as it had no soul. The Maoshan Heavenly Spirit Nail was similar; the combination of Yin and Yang would immediately scatter the enemy's soul, preventing their reincarnation. Using Yin to control Yin was equally useless against her.

Only the legendary, supremely yang divine dragon can destroy zombies of the extreme yin and cold, those with blue eyes or higher. While the Spirit Dragon Suppressing Nail of Longhu Mountain is also a supremely yang object, it only has the form of a dragon but lacks its soul. The combined eight dragons might be able to destroy red-eyed zombies, but they would be helpless against silver-eyed zombies.

Ma Yingfei withdrew the divine dragon and coldly looked at Lucy.

Lucy let out a shrill scream and fell backward. Her body turned pitch black, then with a soft thud, it shattered into fragments, scattering in all directions. Just as the fragments were about to hit the ground, they suddenly squeaked and transformed into thousands of vampire bats of all sizes, each with two fangs and invisible red eyes. They took flight again, seeking to devour humans.

Ruan Peijun and Lu Xiaoxiao had already seen this clearly and anticipated her move. These vampire bats, once they had drunk enough human blood, could reassemble into a complete Lucy within a thousand years.

Ruan Peijun, on the left, shouted, "Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow, Azure Cloud Sword Technique, Slay Evil—!"

Lu Xiaoxiao, on the right, shouted, "Yin and Yang Limitless, Heavenly Gang Sword Technique, Slay Evil—!"

All the swordsmen of the Shu Mountain Sect, when trained to their peak, could master flying swords. The two flying swords, one azure and one red, transformed into fan shapes in mid-air, multiplying into thousands upon thousands of swords, chasing after the filthy aura emanating from the vampire bats, slashing and piercing them.

Ma Yingfei, positioned in the center, conjured a white dragon sword with a flick of her slender hand. She cried out, "Snow Dance in the Ice Sky, Ten Thousand Swords Fly Together, Slay Evil—!"

The white dragon sword transformed into gleaming, transparent ice shards, like snow, blocking the swarming, squeaking bats. Under the rain of three clusters of swords—one green, one red, and one white—not a single bat escaped, all pinned down, some among rocks, some on trees, some in the grass. With the flow of spiritual energy, they vanished without a trace.

Suddenly, Ma Yingfei's heart stirred. Her alluring eyes caught sight of the almost invisible Spirit Dragon Suppressing Nails on the ground. The eight nails seemed to see their former master, their shafts trembling and buzzing.

Ma Yingfei stretched out her jade-like hand and said sweetly, "Come here!"

Strangely enough, the eight spirit nails transformed into eight streaks of crimson light, flying into the center of Ma Yingfei's fair and translucent palm. At the same time, the Sun God Dragon within her sensed this, slowly emerging from her left shoulder with an enormous dragon head, nodding at the eight spirit nails. It then carried Ma Yingfei and floated down to a large stone pillar, shrinking its body to the thickness of a wrist, coiling and turning around her body, unpredictable.

Deep within Ma Yingfei's spiritual consciousness, she suddenly felt an innate awareness being awakened. Several incantations flashed through her mind, and she involuntarily murmured them. The eight spirit nails transformed into blood-blue dragons the thickness of chopsticks, rhythmically following the Sun God Dragon's body.

Ma Yingfei chanted more and more urgently, and the nine divine dragons, large and small, swam faster and faster. Gradually, the eight blood-blue spirit strands were refined by the Sun Dragon, shedding the blood-blue filth and coppery substances from its body, becoming as bright white as the Sun Dragon, with silver eyes, silver beard, silver claws, and silver scales. With a "whoosh," they merged into Ma Yingfei's eight extraordinary meridians, and the Sun Dragon disappeared, hiding in her vital energy channels.

It turned out that the Ma family's nine-character mantra corresponded to the nine true dragons. Ma Yingfei's thoughts had just returned to an ancient, war-torn era, where she had given the spirit nails refined from the eight divine dragons to someone, ordering that person to pass on the Great Dao.

Ma Yingfei slightly opened her alluring eyes. A group of villagers had already knelt beneath the stone pillar, bowing in unison, "Fairy Maiden!"

Ruan Peijun and Lu Xiaoxiao also revealed their true forms, one in green and one in red, standing on the flying sword. Ruan Peijun giggled, "We are fairies too! Come and kowtow!"

The man said, "This humble Taoist knew long ago that an immortal would come to the rescue. Only celestial fairies can slay such a demon. Let us all bow again!"

Ma Yingfei stood up, floated to the ground, helped up several elderly people in front of her, and said coldly to the man: "I am Ma Yingfei from the Ma family of the Northwest, not some kind of fairy! If you continue this nonsense, you'd better watch out!"

the man said urgently. "Throughout Daze, who doesn't know about the fairy of the Ma family of the Northwest Exorcist Dragon Clan? Even if the fairy punishes me, I, Zhang, will still bow again!"

The village chief behind him also said, "It has always been said that the fairy of the Ma family is very powerful. Today, this old man has finally witnessed the Ma family's supernatural powers. The fairy is merciful and has saved our entire village. Please accept this old man's bow again!"

Ma Yingfei hurriedly said, "I can't accept it! I dare not accept it!" and dodged away.

Ruan Peijun said, "Does the Qingcheng Sect not have any fairy maidens? You should also bow to me! I can accept it! I dare not accept it!"

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "You only killed a few bats, yet you are so arrogant!"

The village chief hurriedly led everyone to turn around and bow to Ruan Peijun and Lu Xiaoxiao.

Ma Yingfei said, "You two stop fooling around. Buy some food from them; I'm leaving!"

The village chief hurriedly replied, "We can't repay such a great kindness. How could we dare take the money of the three fairies?" He quickly ordered people to prepare food and also inquired about Ruan and Lu's names and sects, saying that he wanted to build a temple for the three of them so that they could offer sacrifices throughout the year.

After crossing the Huai River, they would reach the territory of the Chen family army. The Ma family was now wanted criminals, and Ma Yingfei, upon arriving in the Chen family's territory, could not show her true identity to avoid trouble. The three of them continued to disguise themselves as three young, ugly men. In these extraordinary times, the Chen family army was already on edge, and had set up many checkpoints along the way. Ma Yingfei and the other two were prepared, having taken the intelligence agency's travel permit that Lu had left with, and traveled smoothly all the way.

Gonggong's army, stationed at Shanhaiguan, had been urging its troops to attack with great urgency for days. Chen Ben's army, defending Shanhaiguan, boasted 150,000 troops. Combined with local garrison forces, security forces, and hastily assembled militia, their combined strength exceeded five million, effectively halting Gonggong's two million-strong demon army at Shanhaiguan.

The people of Daze, normally forbidden even to carry a three-foot-long knife, were unfamiliar with rifles and artillery. Soldiers only hoped to find good jobs and live a comfortable life after their service, never considering defending their homeland. The beastmen were ferocious, and their main attack consisted of five thousand zombie soldiers, who slaughtered Daze's soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables.

The golden-eyed zombie Nicholas, who initially commanded five thousand zombie soldiers, could only field over three thousand during the day; the remaining two thousand were all zombies with yellow eyes or lower, only able to attack at night. However, after the beastmen conquered the northeast, Gonggong hastily collected over three hundred thousand high-quality walking corpse materials, gradually refining them into walking corpses and deploying them to the battlefield in batches.

Creating powerful zombies is extremely difficult. After a zombie bites a living creature, it must return a drop of zombie blood to activate the new zombie. Otherwise, the creature bitten or scratched by a zombie will either bleed to death or die from zombie poison. It's not like the legends say, that simply being grabbed or bitten by a zombie automatically turns one into a zombie. Furthermore, the blood of a living creature congeals immediately upon entering a zombie's body, making the return of a drop of zombie blood incredibly difficult.

The probability of a corpse turning into a zombie due to an imbalance in the magnetic field is extremely low, and even if it does, it's only the lowest level, the White-Eyed Zombie, whose leveling speed is incredibly slow.

Gonggong divided the siege force into two groups. During the day, the White Bear Clan, Brown Bear Clan, Bi'an Clan, Mammoth Clan, Rhinoceros Clan, and Lynx Clan led the main attack, supported by the Giant Bat Clan and Flying Lynx Clan, taking turns attacking. As soon as the sun set, five thousand zombies became the main attacking force, driving hundreds of thousands of walking corpses in a relentless assault.

Humans knew the consequences if the beastmen breached the Shanhaiguan Pass. Knowing that the Gonggong army included a zombie corps, almost all the True Immortals of the Three Mountains Great Dao came. Li Zhengdao, the Maoshan Weiling Immortal, one of the Two Immortals, along with the four True Immortals of Maoshan—Li Zongdao, Zhang Zongqing, Wei Zongchang, and Lin Zongzhao—led over a hundred Daoist practitioners from the Maoshan sect to aid in the battle against the demons.

The other, one of the Two Immortals of the Great Swamp, the Shangqing True Immortal, the supreme Daoist of Longhu Mountain, led thirty Daoist practitioners from Longhu Mountain with the four guardian True Immortals. The head of the Zao Sect of Qingjiang Zaoshan Pavilion, the Dayan Sanren Xuanqing True Immortal, had already been subdued by Shui Linfeng. Unable to find their leader, the Daoist priests of Qingjiang Pavilion had to rely on the Seven Sons of Zaoshan Pavilion to lead their forces. Others, such as Xiao Lingsu, the leader of the Emei Martial Arts Alliance and one of the Three Lords, and Yi Qing, the Purple Ying Sword Master of Wudang and one of the Four Saints, led heroes from across the land to defeat the enemy.

Gonggong slumped back into the fragrant breasts of Xisalina and Naya Zhuoma, and said in a loud voice, "Who? Who on earth is it? How dare they destroy my silver-eyed zombie Lucy?"

Standing on the left, Naredeeva, the general of the Shura army, dressed in full sexy military attire and holding an automatic rifle, tossed her beautiful golden hair and said, "Your Majesty the Great Demon Emperor need not worry. Humanity is already at its last gasp. In less than three days, we will surely break through Shanhaiguan!"

The deputy general behind them, Lurisva of the Flower-skinned Tribe, was also a beautiful beast with long legs, full breasts, and red hair and blue eyes. She interjected, "Your Majesty, should we send someone to investigate who exactly is capable of destroying General Nicholas's deputy general, Lucy?"

Gonggong replied, "No need! Our previous attack on humans was merely a surprise attack, taking advantage of their internal disunity to conquer the Northeast Plain in one fell swoop. Now it seems the war has reached a stalemate, which is not a good thing. Although you are humanoid, your appearance is quite different from humans." "That person can kill Lucy the Silver Corpse. If you go, you'll only be wasting your lives!"

Naredeeva said, "Your Majesty, I have a question. May I ask?"

Gonggong laughed, "Speak, no need for formalities!"

Naredeeva said, "Your Majesty! In the recent battles, I wonder if you've noticed that the walking corpses and zombies below the orange eye level are completely ineffective. Only the less than one hundred zombies above the orange eye level are beyond the reach of the human Taoist priests. I'm thinking, since General Nicholas and the others..." "Since you created all the golden and silver-eyed zombies, why not create a few more?"

Gonggong replied, "You don't understand. To create golden and silver-eyed zombies, you need the essence of an old woman and the blood of a god or demon. The nine golden and silver-eyed zombies below the Great General were created in my twentieth year after my birth, when I still had flesh and blood. I used my own blood mixed with the rare essence and marrow of an old woman to create these demonic creatures. Now I no longer have a physical body, let alone blood. How can I create more? Besides, even if I found the young gods and demons..." Where did this "demon" and "beast spirit" come from? The "beast spirit" isn't a natural creature, but a variant of the black sheep. Black sheep resemble pigs but prey on tigers and leopards; the saying "playing the pig to eat the tiger" perfectly describes this creature. Black sheep are already hard to find, so how could a "beast spirit" be found? As for the zombies below red, green, blue, and orange, they are all incomplete copies of these nine golden-and-silver-eyed zombies. A zombie's blood can only flow freely during a total solar eclipse. Only after biting a creature on that day can it successfully regenerate a drop of zombie blood. I really hope a total solar eclipse happens immediately! "Let me create thousands upon thousands of high-level zombie soldiers!"

Princess Naya Zhuoma of the Silver Dragon Demon Kingdom chuckled wickedly. "Great Demon Emperor! This lowly concubine doesn't understand. Even if a total solar eclipse occurs, it's only for a few tens of minutes. How can you create thousands upon thousands of zombie soldiers?"

Gonggong laughed loudly. "The Golden-Eyed General's speed is faster than the speed of light, but he has no brain and can't think. I ordered him to bite people and replenish his blood within a dozen minutes. He did it with unparalleled skill. The people and beasts he bit will immediately turn into zombies during the total solar eclipse, and then bite other people and beasts..." "These ten-odd minutes can give me four or five hundred thousand zombie soldiers!"

Princess Xishalina of the Crimson Flame Demoness of Tianzhu Kingdom laughed wickedly. "Does that mean that people and beasts bitten by the Great General will turn into silver-eyed zombies, while those bitten by the silver-eyed deputy general Alphonse will turn into red-eyed zombies? And their power will be reduced by half?"

Gonggong laughed and said, "My little darling, rumors are not necessarily true. In fact, the highest quality zombies turned from people and beasts bitten by the Golden-Eyed and Silver-Eyed Generals are only red-eyed. Some raw materials of too low quality may even turn into..." The lowest-level white-eyed zombies don't have a strict hierarchical order. Their power inheritance is also chaotic; even red-eyed zombies of the same level can vary in strength in a real fight. "If, as you say, such a good thing happened to me, I would have driven Fuxi and Nuwa off Earth ten thousand years ago."

Suddenly, a strong, acrid smell wafted in from outside, and Xisalina couldn't help but vomit on the spot. Gonggong was shocked and shouted loudly, "Someone! What happened?"

A beast soldier ran in from outside the human-skin tent, tall... He cried out, "It's terrible! The Great General has been trapped in a golden net by the Taoist priests, the Deputy General has been pinned to the ground by seven Taoist priests with flying swords and can't move, the walking corpses are burning and stinking, the scene is chaotic, and General Peter, the leader of the Bi'an tribe who was supposed to be there to provide support, can't get up there at all!" Gonggong

roared, "What? Take me up there to see!"

Chapter Four: Raid on the Enemy

Camp Zhang Shixuan, the Supreme Immortal of Shangqing on Longhu Mountain, the head of the Tianxia Dao sect, sat in the center of the command hall. To his left sat Li Zhengdao, the Supreme Immortal of Weiling from the Maoshan sect, and to his right sat Chen Ben, the commander of the 14th Army Corps of Daze. Dozens of people sat neatly below the steps. To the left were all the best fighters from the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, and to the right were the generals and officers of the Chen family army. Xiao Lingsu, the head of the Emei sect, sat in the first position on the left, followed by Yi Qing, the head of the Wudang sect.

Zhang Shixuan said, "After days of testing the enemy, we now know the results. Gonggong's zombie army is nothing special; there aren't many high-grade zombies, and the vast majority are just walking corpses and low-level zombies!"

Xiao Lingsu worriedly said, "Is this Gonggong the same Gonggong from ten thousand years ago? If they are the same demon king, we may have difficulty dealing with him alone!"

Maoshan Weilu Immortal Li Zhengdao laughed, "As far as I know, this demon king is the same Gonggong from ten thousand years ago. However, firstly, he was severely injured by Emperor Fuxi's divine weapon back then, so it's impossible for him to recover all his magic power from ten thousand years ago. Secondly, Emperor Fuxi voluntarily gave up his divine body and chose to reincarnate in the human world. Although the reason is puzzling, when Nuwa transformed into the Earth Mother, she passed down the Great Dao of the Three Mountains. Even if it is Gonggong, I am confident that I can defeat him!"

Chen Benxi said happily, "That's great! Although the beastmen's soldiers are brave,..." "Breaking through the fortified Shanhaiguan Pass is no easy task. What's truly terrifying are those zombies! Let alone fighting them, even the soldiers are terrified just looking at them!"

Li Zongdao, the Maoshan exorcist sitting below, laughed, "Those zombies are extremely easy to subdue. I'm not good at killing, but I'm very skilled at exorcising ghosts. Just stick a zombie-fixing talisman on them, and zombies with eyes smaller than orange will be immediately immobilized. Then just burn them with Daoist fire. Ordinary fire can extinguish zombies with eyes smaller than orange! Even novice Daoists in our Maoshan sect can draw corpse-fixing talismans!"

Fan Wentai, the Xuxia Zhenren of Longhu Mountain, chimed in with a laugh, "Zombies with eyes smaller than red can be fixed with silver or purple talismans. Summon them with Purgatory True Fire or Meteor Shower. We haven't been fighting these past few days because we've been busy drawing talismans. Today, we've almost finished them, and tonight is the perfect time to go into battle!" "What I'm worried about are those ten or so red-eyed zombies, especially the two demonic corpses, one gold and one silver. Even if we subdue them, we can't destroy them!"

Zhang Shixuan said, "Before coming here, I specifically looked through our sect's Taoist canon. The fifteenth generation Taoist leader of Longhu Mountain, the master of the Zhengyi Sect, led the Taoist followers of the Three Mountains during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty in a record of capturing a silver-eyed zombie. At that time, the Taoist followers of the Three Mountains suffered heavy casualties, but they also summarized valuable experience for later generations in capturing silver-eyed and gold-eyed zombies. Gold and silver-eyed zombies, unless they are the divine dragons of the Ma family, will be useless no matter how much they are cut with knives and axes, burned with fire or struck by lightning. But they can be subdued and made unable to move! True Man Li Zongdao, True Man Zhang Zongqing, True Man Wei Zongchang, True Man Lin Zongzhao, True Man Fan Wentai, True Man Li Botao, True Man Huang Dachu, True Man Shao Zhongjie!"

The eight True Man all said in unison, "I am here!"

Zhang Shixuan said, "A few days ago, I..." "Dao Ling, have you mastered the Eight Extremes Heavenly Net Formation?"

The eight smiled, and Huang Dachu said, "The footwork and Dao techniques of the two sects are quite similar. Moreover, our predecessors seemed to have foreseen this and specially passed down this legwork and Dao knot. Even the talismans are exactly the same. The eight of us only practiced the coordination, and in less than half a day, we were already proficient!"

Zhang Shixuan laughed and said, "Good! Seven disciples of Gezao, how is your Seven Stars Subduing Demon Formation?"

Xuan Dingzi laughed and said, "This Seven Stars Subduing Demon Formation has been passed down in our sect for four or five hundred years. The seven of us have been practicing it since childhood, so what problems could we have? It would be even better if our eldest brother were here!"

It turned out that the Gezao Sect had always selected the most outstanding disciples to practice the Seven Stars Subduing Demon Formation. They were also afraid that if one or two of them were to die, the Seven Stars Subduing Demon Formation would not be able to be activated when it was of great use. Therefore, each generation had more than seven Daoists who could form the formation.

The senior brother Xuan Ding mentioned is none other than the sect leader of the Gezao Sect, the Great Evolution Hermit Xuanqing Zhenren, who is currently enjoying himself in Shui Linfeng's golden cauldron!

Those in the know below said, "Your eldest brother was ordered to intercept the Chiseltooth Demon Army during the Ras Fara Tournament and has already passed away. Didn't you receive a death notice from the Intelligence Bureau?"

Xuan Ling said, "The notice we received from the Intelligence Bureau only said that our eldest brother was missing! Nothing else was mentioned!"

Yi Qing said, "The government speaks based on evidence. Xuan Qing has neither been seen alive nor dead, so the official document from the government can only say that he is missing! That's not surprising!"

Zhang Shixuan said, "It seems more likely that he has passed away. Your Gezao Sect should elect a sect leader as soon as possible after this incident to avoid causing chaos within the sect!"

Chen Ben bowed and said, "This time, the defeat of the zombie army was entirely thanks to the immortals!"

Suddenly, someone outside the hall on the left shouted loudly, "Commander Chen! I believe that we cannot just hold our ground like this; we should take the initiative to attack!"

Chen Ben said, "Who is it! Come up and speak!"

A young man strode up from the doorway outside the hall. He was broad-shouldered and had a strong build. He stood with his legs apart in the center of the hall and bowed.

Yi Qing said, "Huang Tianzhan! What do you have to say at such a young age?"

The newcomer was Huang Tianzhan, a lay disciple of Wudang, only nineteen years old. Upon hearing this, he raised his head and said loudly, "Master! This disciple believes that it's not good for us to just hold our ground and be attacked while we're locked in. We should select a suicide squad and secretly launch a two-pronged attack from the left and right, taking advantage of the night to raid Gonggong's camp. That old devil Gonggong has been arrogant for days and knows we won't dare to attack first. We'll catch him off guard and show our national power!"

Chen Ben retorted, "How dare you! The Emperor's decree repeatedly emphasizes that we must defend Shanhaiguan to the death, exhaust Gonggong's forces, and force him to retreat!" "But we weren't ordered to risk a raid on the camp!"

Huang Tianzhan laughed loudly. "The Emperor is old and frail. Offense is the best defense. Besides, the country isn't ruled by one person alone, and we don't need to listen to that old man in everything!"

Chen Ben angrily retorted, "Nonsense! If it weren't for the fact that you're a disciple of Master Yiqing, I, the commander, would have you executed! Guards! Take him away!"

Qing Suojian Xiao Lingsu shouted, "Wait—! Huang Tianzhan's words are reasonable! Why won't Commander Chen listen to advice?"

Chen Ben said, "Please don't be offended, Fairy! I, the commander, am only acting on imperial orders! If it's about raiding the camp, I can't make the decision myself; I must consult His Majesty the Emperor!"

Huang Tianzhan simply didn't... Chen Ben, with a sweeping motion of his arms, knocked the two approaching soldiers off balance. He roared, "Chen Ben, what kind of work is this cowardly, weasel-faced man? Why don't you hand over the army to our master, and we'll surely slaughter Gonggong, leaving not a single soldier alive!" Chen

Ben pointed his halberd at Huang Tianzhan, trembling with rage. He hissed, "Insolence! You dare defy me? Even if you raid the camp, who will you send? Who dares to lead troops out of the pass at the risk of death, deep behind enemy lines? Do you dare go, you brat?"

Huang Tianzhan laughed wildly, "I, Huang, am not capable, but I am willing to raid the camp. I will personally gather the brave men of the Great Swamp; I don't need your army..." "Those eunuch-like, testicleless so-called elite soldiers!"

He turned to leave, but Yi Qing shouted, "Wait! Even if you're going, you need to plan carefully. According to you, after secretly leaving the pass, you should quietly circle around to Gonggong's rear and attack from both sides. Only then will it be effective. If you go alone, you'll not only be throwing your life away, but the effect won't be significant. Besides, to break Gonggong's evil magic, everyone needs to discuss it!"

Huang Tianzhan laughed, "What's so difficult about that! I'll charge in from the left. As for the right flank, we can just have them draw lots! But don't count on the so-called Daze officers!"

Behind a general on the right stood a man who, upon hearing this... Unable to contain himself, he disregarded military discipline and shouted, "Huang Tianzhan! Don't push your luck! No need for a draw, I'm willing to attack from the right flank!" With that, the man strode into the hall from behind the general. He was handsome with sharp eyebrows and a muscular build, and declared loudly, "Fu Guodong, platoon leader of the guard platoon of the 41st Army Group of Daze, is willing to risk his life to attack Gonggong from the right flank and share the nation's burden!"

The commander of the 41st Army Group was shocked and shouted, "Fu Guodong! Have you lost your mind? Get back here!"

Fu Guodong turned around and gave the commander of the 41st Army Group a crisp salute with a "snap!" before turning back. He shouted, "I am Fu Guodong! Although I am just a lowly guard platoon leader in the Daze Army, I am still a second lieutenant. There are also men of courage in the Daze Army who are willing to die for their country on the battlefield!"

Chen Ben slammed his fist on the table and angrily said, "Fu Guodong! Huang Tianzhan is a roughneck who doesn't understand military discipline and national laws, and that's one thing! But you are an officer, do you want to rebel?"

Qing Suo Jian Xiao Ling Su said, "Commander Chen! Don't always use big names to intimidate people! Daze is not just one person's Daze, but the Daze of all Daze people! Since the young general is willing to advance from the right flank, I am willing to follow the army and cover for the young general!"

The commander of the 41st Army Group jumped up and down . He said, "Fu Guodong! You're so reckless, doing something that will lead to certain death! Do you know that this journey is a death sentence? Oh dear—! How am I supposed to explain this to the old immortal after we return?"

Qing Suojian asked, "Fu Guodong! What happened?"

Fu Guodong replied, "My ancestor was Fu Jianqiu of the Xingyi School. He suddenly summoned me back from university and ordered me to join the army!"

Yi Qing was overjoyed and rushed forward, saying, "So you're the great-grandson of the old immortal Fu! In that case, we're not strangers anymore, haha! How has the old immortal been lately?"

Huang Tianzhan laughed, "I knew it! What kind of soldier is this brave! It turns out you're one of our Daoist disciples!" "!"

Chen Ben said, "Your raid on the camp was entirely a private matter. If the Emperor questions you, this has nothing to do with me. As for the weapons and equipment needed for the raid, you two can go to the armory and choose whatever you want. As for the suicide squad members, you can recruit them yourselves. This commander will not interfere! Meeting adjourned!"

Among the six million soldiers and civilians, Huang Tianzhan and Fu Guodong exhausted their words and only managed to recruit a little over five thousand qualified suicide soldiers. In Daze, if you wanted to recruit traitors, there were plenty of people, but if you wanted to gather courageous men to go deep behind enemy lines and risk their lives to kill the enemy, there were very few followers. Some people even said to their faces that the two of them were crazy.

Chen Ben truly ignored them, letting them go to the armory to select the most formidable Type 92 infantry rifles, grenades, and other equipment from Daze. Each member of the suicide squad was equipped with ten magazines, a two-foot-long narrow-bladed knife on their back, steel helmets, "military armor" bulletproof vests, soft-soled combat boots, night vision devices, and electronic aiming devices. After drinking a farewell toast, they left under the cover of night during the handover period between the retreat of the White Bear Clan and the arrival of the zombie soldiers.

Daze's weapons manufacturing was far ahead of the beastmen, especially the Type 92 infantry rifle, which Chen Shang had his engineers develop in recent years. It was the best light weapon on the continent, with each magazine holding ninety rounds, using 5.8 caliber ammunition, a rate of fire of two thousand rounds per minute, capable of both single and burst fire, a short and lightweight barrel, an effective range of eight hundred meters, and the ability to fire continuously for 24 hours without the barrel turning red.

Their copper smelting technology was even more advanced. The brass used for the bullets of the Type 92 infantry rifle was an alloy copper, much heavier than ordinary brass of the same volume. Compared to the bullets of the orcs' AK47, it was two-thirds smaller, yet had greater destructive power. Their artillery was also superior to that of the orcs, with a rate of fire one-third faster and a range more than 500 meters longer. It was only with a large amount of well-equipped weaponry that the extremely cowardly Daze army managed to hold Shanhaiguan.

Huang Tianzhan and Fu Guodong intended a surprise attack, planning to strike deep into the heart of Gonggong's army from the edge of the orc army's encirclement, a hit-and-run strategy. They didn't even consider bringing heavy weapons. Gonggong was also extremely arrogant, daring to set up his command post on a very conspicuous plain. Based on intelligence from the reconnaissance aircraft, the two selected the largest human skin tent of the orcs on the map and secretly led a suicide squad to sneak there under the cover of night.

Tonight, the zombie army suffered an unprecedented blow since its deployment. The two immortals, Shangqing and Weiling, led 8,000 Daze Daoist followers and 30,000 brave civilian volunteers down the pass. Using a pre-arranged Daoist formation, they affixed corpse-fixing talismans to the faces of the walking corpses and zombie-fixing talismans to the faces of the zombies. The volunteers following behind used gasoline to burn them. Rows of walking corpses and zombies, which looked like wooden stakes, were quickly set ablaze, and a huge fire broke out in the pass.

The orange-eyed and above zombies leading the group had developed some consciousness and felt fear. Seeing the danger, they abandoned their zombie soldiers and turned to run away. The silver-eyed zombie Alphonseina, thrown into chaos, rushed forward to quell the commotion, only to encounter the seven disciples of Gezao who had been waiting. They quickly surrounded her, activating the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Formation, their flying swords flashing like meteors, sealing her off from above and below in a fierce, tumultuous battle.

The gold and silver zombies, Nicholas, were also found by the eight True Immortals of the Dragon Tiger Sect and Maoshan Guardian. Each of them grabbed a corner of the Luotian Net made of Xuan silkworm silk and charged forward to attack. The two immortals, freed from their duties, led the Taoists of the Three Mountains Great Dao, targeting only areas with many zombies. The zombies slaughtered the human soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables, while the Taoists burned the zombies as easily as children playing with fire—a true example of one thing subduing another.

As the corpses burned, more and more appeared, filling the air with a stench so overwhelming it was nauseating. The

Taoist priests and volunteer soldiers who had emerged from the pass were prepared; those with higher cultivation used the innate fetal breathing method, while those with lower cultivation and the volunteer soldiers had already donned gas masks. Peter, the leader of the Bi'an tribe, who was bringing up the rear, hadn't anticipated this move. Caught off guard, he was blocked by piles of burning zombies and walking corpses, unable to advance. He sighed in frustration, and the stench was unbearable for his soldiers; many had already fainted from the stench, and most were vomiting profusely, rendering them incapable of fighting. He could only order: "Front line becomes rear line, rear line becomes front line, retreat!"

The Seven Sons of Gezao had already pinned the silver-eyed zombie Alphonse to the chariot with flying swords and each unleashed a "Meteor Shower." The burning, though not fatal, caused her to hiss and screech amidst the surrounding flames. The leader, Xuanxu, shouted, "Five Thunder Formation!"

The other six understood, immediately leaving two True Immortals to kill her by binding her collarbone. Five True Immortals chanted incantations, and five purple talismans rose, flashing with lightning in mid-air. As the lightning struck, Alphonse struggled even more fiercely, screaming and howling like a madwoman. The surrounding zombies, unable to withstand the Five Thunder Method, scattered in terror.

Nikolai was trapped in the center by the eight True Immortals using the Great Luo Heavenly Net. Wei Zongchang, the Five Zombie Soul-Stealing Master, immediately unleashed the Maoshan Yin Blade, slashing Nikolai's body repeatedly. The exorcising True Immortal, Li Zongdao, also chanted the "Yaksha Yin Needle Incantation."

Nikolai cried out, "My eyes! My eyes!"

Wei Lingxian and Shangqing True Immortal rushed forward, shouting in unison, unleashing the Taoist demon-subduing technique "Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens!" The attack ripped Nikolai's skin apart, leaving him charred and mangled. The Great Net of Heaven couldn't take it anymore. With a few muffled thuds, it snapped. Nicholas roared, forgetting about revenge, covered his eyes with his claws, and fled in a gust of yin wind. The Taoist priests, not expecting this outcome, looked at each other in dismay. It was too late to give chase, so they had no choice but to turn back and search for other zombies and walking corpses to use as offerings.

Gonggong, leading his horde of beautiful beasts, had just emerged from the human-skin tent when, out of the darkness, Huang Tianzhan suddenly appeared at the edge of the left flank of the beastman army, weaving and twisting. Wielding his Type 92 rifle, he swept it at any beast he saw, shouting with his inner force, "Which bastard is Gonggong? Stick your head out and take my spear!"

Gonggong roared, "I am! Where did this little bastard come from! So arrogant!"

From Gonggong's right emerged Anskawa of the Giant Bat Clan, followed by his lieutenants Sharanteva and Qingslova, leading three thousand Rakshasa soldiers. They intercepted Huang

Tianzhan, their voices seductive, "Handsome brother! If you have the guts, state your name!" Huang Tianzhan spat, "How unlucky! I never hit females, but today..." "I have to make an exception this time. Fine, I'll reveal my name then. What are you afraid of, you vixen, biting my penis? I am Huang Tianzhan of Wudang! You slut, dressed like this, anyone who knows you'd think you're fighting, anyone who doesn't would think you're a prostitute!"

Anskawa rolled over, firing a volley of bullets sideways, and hid behind an armored vehicle, giggling lewdly, "Handsome brother! Stop shooting, how about I give you a little nibble on your penis in bed?"

Huang Tianzhan spoke from behind cover, his eyes only glancing at Gonggong. The Type 92 infantry rifle had an effective range of 800 meters, and Gonggong, careless, was standing exactly 600 meters away. If he were using a beastman's AK47 infantry rifle, unless it was Shui Linfeng with the Heavenly Wolf Eye, no one else could reach him.

Huang Tianzhan's electronic sight under his night vision goggles secretly locked onto Gonggong, raised his hand and fired a burst, risking emptying an entire magazine before rolling away to reload.

Gonggong roared, caught off guard, his right side riddled with bullets. His concubines around him also lay dead on the ground. Fortunately, he was a demon, otherwise they would already be corpses. However, even a biological energy body cannot withstand the impact of a powerful energy body. He bared his teeth and roared, "Catch this Huang Tianzhan! I'll skin him alive!"

The Silver Dragon Demoness, quick to react, emerged from behind the other beautiful beasts unharmed. She said in a demonic voice, "Your Majesty, Great Demon Emperor, I'll go ahead to meet the General. You should hide to the right for

a while!" Gonggong wouldn't die, but he couldn't catch his breath for a while. He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright!"

The Silver Dragon Demoness summoned her silver dragon, jumped onto it, and with a wave of her jade hand, led the Great Demon Kingdom's personal guards to meet Nicholas. The Silver Dragon Demoness's silver dragon was not a true divine dragon, but a hybrid of a divine dragon and some kind of large, ferocious beast. It had a large belly, a long neck, a wide mouth, wings on its back, a broad chest, a huge tail, a ferocious face, silver scales all over its body, and could breathe fire.

Unexpectedly, the right side also failed. A pleasant blast of a Type 92 infantry rifle from Ozawa rang out, and Fu Guodong crept up as well. While stealthily moving in the darkness, he had already overheard Huang Tianzhan and Gonggong's conversation. Seeing Huang Tianzhan charging straight at him, Fu Guodong, also 600 meters away, fired a burst at Gonggong. Gonggong rolled over and fell, his chest riddled with black holes, from which wisps of black energy escaped, almost revealing the true form of the three-headed Taotie.

On the left, Naredeeva of the Leopard Clan, accompanied by her lieutenants Lurisva and Tesluva, led three thousand sexy and alluring female Asura soldiers to meet them, shouting, "Who goes there? You sneaky thing! If you have a dick, give me your name!"

Fu Guodong cursed under his breath, "Damn it!" and shouted back, "I am Fu Guodong of Xingyi! You slut, dressed like this, do you want me to beat you up? Or do you want me to fuck you?"

Naredeeva laughed seductively, "Handsome boy! Come out! You can beat me or fuck me, it's up to you!"

Huang Tianzhan heard this from afar and laughed loudly: "Fu Guodong! You finally made it up! I thought you'd run back halfway because you were scared! These sluts are really fierce, don't hold back, or you'll die at their hands!"
Chapter Five: The Reorganization of the Crimson

Flame Demoness Xishalina was also slippery. Like the Silver Dragon Demoness Naya Zhuoma, she was unaware of the enemy's situation in the darkness. When she moved, she hid behind her female slaves. Seeing Gonggong fall and several more beautiful female beasts die in front of her, she quickly reached out to catch Gonggong, turned around, and swung a handful of crimson poison fire. Thick smoke rose up and sealed off a large area.

Huang and Fu secretly lamented their loss, knowing that Gonggong wouldn't die so easily. Meanwhile, large numbers of beast soldiers were attacking from Gonggong's left and right flanks. They immediately shouted in unison, using their inner strength, "Brothers! Retreat—!"

Naredeeva and Anskava also cried out, "Little brother! Don't run! Just a quick attack and you're gone, isn't that itchy to death!"

Huang Tianzhan angrily retorted, "Lewd!"

Fu Guodong angrily shouted, "Shameless!"

Without turning back, the two quickly led their suicide squad, splitting into left and right groups, the front becoming the rear, and the rear becoming the front, turning... He turned and ran, and in the darkness, the vanguard cried out in unison, "Ouch—!"

Huang Tianzhan swung his spear back, sweeping it across the breasts of several Rakshasa female soldiers, laughing loudly, "Does your tooth hurt? What are you yelling about? Shoot me—!"

A soldier returned from the front, panicking, "Captain! We can't go any further! There are ghosts!"

Huang Tianzhan said, "Nonsense! It must be some beast soldiers playing tricks!"

Just then, the prostitute led evil spirits to attack from the retreat route, the demon scourge led its accomplices to attack from the side, and Anskawa was hot on their heels. Huang Tianzhan suddenly laughed, turned around furtively, and hid in the shadows. When he came out, he ran into the prostitute. Without saying a word, Huang Tianzhan threw a military treasure bag at her face. The prostitute didn't know what it was, and being too close, she couldn't dodge in time. She hurriedly stretched out her claws to parry, and the treasure bag tore open at her claws, drenching her head and face with a yellowish, unidentified liquid, the stench of which assaulted her senses!

The demon howled, black smoke billowing from its body. It retreated hastily, shouting, "What is this?"

Huang Tianzhan laughed loudly, "It's my virgin urine! How is it? Tastes good, right? A personal gift! Hehe--!"

Virgin urine is especially effective against evil spirits. When an evil spirit is doused with virgin urine, it's like a living person being hit by a grenade. If the demon hadn't been a ghost among ghosts who had cultivated in the underworld for ten thousand years, it would have been completely annihilated by the virgin urine. Even so, half of its body was still partially visible, and it roared furiously, "You little bastard! I'll strangle you to death!"

Huang Tianzhan shouted, "Great-Great-Grandmaster! Where are you having sex?" "It's urgent! Show yourself and save us!"

Zi Yingjian Yi Qing said, "You disrespectful grand-disciple, you naughty fellow, go back and slap yourself twenty times, now run!"

He raised the whisk in his left hand to the sky, and it instantly transformed into thousands of whisks, each a meter long, hovering in the air at a moderate height. Huang Tianzhan laughed, "Grand-disciple's grand-disciple loves playing this the most, brothers! Mission accomplished, follow me!"

With that, he picked up his gun with one hand, jumped onto a whisk, and shot away. Since someone had demonstrated, the remaining team members were not fools. The survivors all jumped onto the whisks in the same way, holding their rifles upside down with their right hands, gripping the handles with their left hands, and pressing their upper bodies against them, and then they also went.

The demons had joined forces with the demons and were about to give chase when Yi Qing said, "Wait! Try this!"

Suddenly, the purple sword in his right hand multiplied into thousands of blades, hacking wildly at the two groups of demon soldiers. He stood on one of the purple swords and laughed, "You can play by yourselves! I have things to do at home, so I won't keep you company any longer. I'm leaving!"

The demon roared angrily, "You damned old bastard, you sneaky devil! You think you can just slip away after getting something for nothing? Don't go, take this!"

Yi Qing suddenly turned around and, unexpectedly, delivered a palm strike to the demon's face. The demon cried out, "Ouch—!" He was almost knocked out of his wits and tumbled down from the black mist.

Yi Qing unleashed several powerful techniques in quick succession, appearing imposing but actually exhausted. Without another word, he turned and fled. The beast army following behind, tens of thousands of AK-47 rifles, relentlessly firing at Yi Qing. Anskawa recognized them as the elite troops of the Brown Bear Clan. Gerilev, hiding behind the massive army, shouted from afar, "Anskawa! Are you dead?"

Anskawa's three thousand Rakshasa concubines, who had hastily engaged in battle and suffered heavy losses at the hands of Huang Tianzhan's suicide squad, gritted their teeth, their golden eyebrows flashing with fury, and roared, "Gerilev! I'll bite your father's dick! Why the hell did you only come up now?"

Gerilev... Not angry, she squeezed in and laughed, "My father died of syphilis a long time ago, luckily he was buried! After the great victory, you can go open the coffin and see for yourself. If his penis hasn't rotted yet, you can bite it, I have no objection!"

Qing Slova was shot in the left upper arm and angrily said, "You slut! Still talking nonsense! Hurry up and chase! Ouch--! We must capture that hothead Huang Tianzhan alive!"

On the right flank, Fu Guodong was also blocked from retreat by the bewitching prostitutes and the poisonous demons. Fortunately, the Emei Qing Suo Jian Xiao Lingsu caught him and released the Emei Thorn Rain, shooting down the evil spirits. She then used the Embroidered Phoenix Brocade Handkerchief, which transformed into more than a thousand, and ordered Fu Guodong to lead the suicide squad on the right flank to stand on them. A fragrant breeze also drew them back.

The Mammoth Clan's reinforcements arrived even slower. Their leader, Batian, grumbled, "Are they really from the Great Swamp? Don't be mistaken! Humans like that dare to raid our camp! It's unbelievable!"

Naledeva shouted, "Idiots! Why aren't you pursuing them?! That little bastard surnamed Fu killed so many of my sisters! I'll fight him to the death!"

The beastmen's left and right legions, nearly 400,000 strong, surged forward in a chaotic rush to Shanhaiguan. In their haste, they disregarded all discipline and order, only to be blocked on the narrow mountain road by burning, rolling zombies and walking corpses—a cardinal sin in military strategy. Chen Ben, having received intelligence from the vanguard, found this extremely satisfying to do. He immediately ordered all the large-caliber fortress heavy artillery inside Shanhaiguan to bombard the beastmen legion crammed onto the mountain road, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.

Gerilev exclaimed, "Oh no! We've fallen into a trap! Quick, get out of here—!"

The Silver Dragon Demoness, riding atop a beast that resembled a dragon but wasn't, saw Alphonseina, pinned to the chariot and burning fiercely by the Seven Sons of Gezao, amidst the towering flames. She immediately commanded the silver dragon to breathe fire. Poisonous smoke and flames roared from the sky, turning the area within a hundred meters of the chariot into a sea of fire. The dragon fire was even more intense than the Daoist fire. In her attempt to save Alphonseina, Naya Zhuoma inadvertently set a large number of the zombie soldiers who had come to her aid ablaze.

The Seven Sons of Gezao, unable to bear the sight below, knew they couldn't kill Alphonseina. Survival was paramount, so they hastily dispelled the Daoist formation and scattered in all directions. Alphonsina crashed heavily onto the scorching ground. Naya Zhuoma quickly grabbed Alphonsina with her dragon claws, bound her, and lifted her up. She slapped her dragon horn, ordering the silver dragon to return. The silver dragon flapped its wings, and its tail swept through the crowd of rebels in the Great Swamp, instantly killing dozens of people.

Master Xuxuan Li Botao, covered in dust from the dragon's tail, pointed his sword at the silver dragon in the sky and said hatefully, "Once I find the girl from the Ma family, I will definitely destroy you, you wicked dragon! Humph—!"

The silver dragon demon soared straight into the heavens, and along the way found the blind, howling golden-eyed zombie Nikolai lying in a valley, and brought him back to the camp. Gonggong

had been shot over a hundred times, and his demonic energy was in chaos. The army retreated a hundred kilometers before stabilizing. He hurriedly ordered two hundred captured people from the Great Swamp to be brought up, and his vital energy was drained from their mouths to heal their wounds. They would be unable to fight for several days.

Huang Tianzhan, riding on a whisk, flew into the pass and met Fu Guodong, who was standing terrified on a brocade handkerchief. Fu Guodong also flew back unsteadily. Fu Guodong, seeing Huang Tianzhan, disregarded the danger and laughed in mid-air, saying, "Huang Tianzhan! How did you come back riding a mop! That's hilarious!"

Huang Tianzhan glared at him and laughed again, "You're even funnier than me! How did you come back standing on a sanitary napkin? Did you crawl into someone's crotch?"

Yi Qing Zhenren, however, fell into the pass while lying on his flying sword. The Wudang disciples were shocked and rushed forward to help him. The Seven Masters of Jiejianchi had already smelled the blood. In the darkness, they quickly touched their hands and found them covered in blood. They asked urgently, "Master! Where are you hurt?"

Yi Qing gasped, "My butt! Ouch! I've been hit more than a dozen times in my butt! It hurts so much!"

The Wudang disciples wanted to laugh but dared not, and hurriedly helped their master to treat him.

This battle was a resounding victory, but also resulted in heavy casualties. Of the two suicide squads that had penetrated deep behind enemy lines, only a little over three hundred returned, and from then on, they followed Huang and Fu, refusing to leave. The Taoist priests and righteous soldiers who went to battle at Wancheng also suffered heavy losses. The Taoist priests, seeing the situation was dire, used their Five Elements Escape Techniques to escape, but the righteous soldiers had no way to escape, and nine out of ten were wiped out.

For the next three days, neither side engaged in battle. Gonggong's arrogance and carelessness, treating humans as nothing, caused even greater losses to the beastmen, who lost over ten thousand beastmen soldiers and generals. What Gonggong found even more intolerable was the death of several of his most beloved concubines. The three thousand Asura beauties and three thousand Rakshasa beauties, carefully selected from various beast kingdoms, were slaughtered by Huang and Fu with their men, with two-thirds of them killed, and Gonggong himself was seriously wounded.

Gonggong felt his heart bleeding, and said angrily, "Huang Tianzhan and Fu Guodong, those two fools! If I ever catch them, I'll skin them alive and use their skins as bedsheets!"

Anskawa said, "Great Demon Emperor, now that things have come to this, we must think of a way to bypass Shanhaiguan and strike directly at the capital of Daze. If they play dirty tricks, we won't play it openly either!" Gonggong

stroked her large breasts and said, "You're right! My darling! Are your wings healed?"

Anskawa gritted her teeth and said, "If the Great Demon Emperor catches that fool surnamed Huang, you must hand him over to me!"

A beast soldier reported from outside the tent, "Your Majesty! Wolf King Xiao Rang, the leader of the Wolf Clan, requests an audience with generous gifts!"

Gonggong said, "The Wolf Clan has been restored! Bring him up to see me!"

Wolf King Xiao Rang came to Gonggong with a series of kowtows and said respectfully, "Our greatest Great Demon Emperor, I, Xiao Rang, have come with special gifts to pay my respects!"

Gonggong laughed, "No need for that! Speak plainly!"

Xiao Rang stood up and clapped his hands towards the outside of the tent. Wolf soldiers brought in eight beautiful women. These eight women were extremely tall, all over 175 centimeters, with flowing hair, delicate faces, large and firm breasts, plump buttocks, and skin as clear as jade. They were completely naked, and their presence filled the tent with a sensual aroma.

They wore nine-centimeter-high black tasseled boots over their knees, and silver rings with seven silver bells adorned their vulvas. A pair of nipple bells trembled on their slightly upturned nipples, and delicate nose rings against their noses added to their allure. One end of their long, thick black ponytail was cruelly inserted deep into their small anuses, dragging down to their pink knees. Their buttocks ached, and their inner thighs trembled involuntarily.

Her snow-white wrists were clad in black soft leather elbow cuffs that reached her elbows, her fingers long and slender; her breasts and backs were bound by black, finger-width leather straps in a net-like pattern, making her flesh protrude slightly. Her body was covered in ferocious, colorful beast tattoos, which, combined with her alluring face, made her appear even more eerie and bewitching. A large, gleaming horse bit was held in her small mouth, and fragrant saliva dripped from the corners of her cherry lips.

The eight beauties were arranged in two rows. The nipple rings on the breasts of the beauty at the back were not fastened with bells, but rather connected to a silver chain about a meter long, which merged into a single chain about a foot in front of her, attaching to the clasp behind the collar of the beauty in front.

Two burly wolves roughly grabbed the reins of the two leading beauties and shouted, "Kneel down!"

Xiao Rang laughed, "These are the human beauties captured by our wolf clan. We brought two thousand in total. The most beautiful ones can be used as livestock, and the less attractive ones can be used as laborers or military rations. We also have half a ton of gold, a cartload of jewels, and ten thousand strong human men. We hope the Great Demon Emperor will be happy!" Gonggong

laughed loudly, "Happy! Of course I'll be happy! These eight beauties were specially brought up by you. Is there anything different about them?"

Wolf King Xiao Rang flattered, "Of these eight beauties, the last six are the most beautiful ones that I captured. The first two are human." "The royal family, the niece of the Zhao family army's commander-in-chief, and the cousin of the Northern Expeditionary Marshal Zhao Chengyu, one named Zhao Tianxian and the other Zhao Tianluan, are of noble lineage. They have now been trained by the little wolf to be female beasts to entertain the king!"

Gonggong laughed loudly, "In the Northeast, we also hunted tens of thousands of beauties. Apart from the few hundred selected beauties, the rest were all distributed to the generals for their amusement. Untie these two Zhao family beauties and bring them up. Give the rest to Naledeva. After selecting the good ones, distribute the rest to the generals. Oh, and tell the cook to pick out two tender ones. How about we drink some wine later?"

The beasts laughed and agreed in unison.

Naredeva said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Gonggong said, "My darling! Don't worry about me! Speak freely!"

Naredeva said, "This time we suffered heavy losses, losing two-thirds of our warriors. Besides ordering the chieftains remaining in the country to replenish our forces, I have another idea!"

Gonggong said, "Oh—!"

Naredeva said, "The highest mortality rate this time was among the warriors guarding the outer perimeter of the main tent. Many of our sisters didn't even have time to raise their guns before they were shot dead. Our beast race's birth rate is already far lower than that of humans, and the proportion of beautiful female beasts is even smaller. Our three thousand Asura soldiers and three thousand Rakshasa soldiers are almost the entirety of the beast kingdoms..." Selecting another batch of elite beauties like these would be truly difficult. There's an old human saying: "Though a fox's attack may be flawed, it should never be followed by a dog's tail." Another saying goes, "Better to have none than something of poor quality." The beauties of the Great Demon Emperor's three thousand Asuras and three thousand Rakshasa troops must not be of inferior appearance. The Asura and Rakshasa troops should serve as a beautiful sight in the Beast Kingdom, a symbol of the mighty Great Demon Emperor; their ceremonial function should be greater than their actual combat function. In the Beast Realm, the alluring and noble beauties are almost all from prestigious families, pampered from childhood, unable to endure hardship or stay up late. If the Great Demon Emperor were to use these top-quality beauties, chosen from among thousands, in fierce battles, the cost would be... "Too high!"

Gonggong laughed, "You're right! So, according to my little darling, what should we do?"

Encouraged, Naledeva's pretty face flushed with excitement, and she calmly said, "Since the Great Demon Emperor has already ordered the Grand Chief to select beautiful beasts from the country, we can't just change our minds! Why don't we wait until the beautiful beasts from the country arrive, and then Anskawa and I will each carefully select eight hundred from the old and new beautiful beasts—women with alluring figures, agile movements, and extremely beautiful appearances—and organize them into two teams, Rakshasa and Asura, to stay by the Great Demon Emperor's side. Those who are less desirable, or those who have been injured, will be given a large sum of money as a reward and ordered to return to Xinjiang to marry other beasts, to ensure the continuation of our beast race!"

Anskawa said, "It seems that our beast race's battle with humans is not something that can be resolved in a day or two. Humans are too numerous; to avoid extinction and ensure the continuation of the species, it will be a long-term issue! However, judging from this recent human raid on the camp, such things will definitely happen again. Three thousand warriors each are already insufficient. Your suggestion to leave only eight hundred in each team seems a bit too few beasts. If another raid occurs, with so few people, even you and I might perish! Don't tell me you're going to use male beasts to make up the numbers!"

Naredeeva pouted and smiled enchantingly, "Of course not! Our Rakshasa and Asura teams are filled with beauties, each one a peerless beauty, born to serve only the Great Demon Emperor." Or perhaps mixed with other foul beasts, you wouldn't be disgusted, but I would be!

Gonggong fondled the plump buttocks of the two noble mares, Zhao Tianxian and Zhao Tianluan, slapping them with a "slap slap" sound, and laughed, "Little vixen! Speak quickly!"

Naredeeva said, "After this incident, in addition to more intensive training, the Asura and Rakshasa warriors who remain in each team must also be taught emergency response knowledge. Don't think that just because the Great Demon Emperor is surrounded by heavy armor, you are completely safe."

Anskawa said, "I completely agree with this, but the number is still a bit small. Although they are elite troops, in an emergency, they may be outnumbered!"

Naredeeva smiled and continued, " " These eight hundred carefully selected beautiful beasts are only for commanding troops and serving as the Great Demon Emperor's personal guards. As for peripheral tasks such as guarding, sentry duty, or risking their lives, we'll need to summon more beautiful beasts!"

Ankasva laughed loudly, "After all this, you still want to summon troops. I thought you had some brilliant idea!"

Naredeeva sneered, "But these beasts are not the same as those beasts!"

She kicked Zhao Tianxian, who was wearing a horse bit and rubbing her lips against Gonggong's crotch, and said, "Aren't they beasts? And the lowest of beasts at that!"

Gonggong laughed loudly, "Brilliant plan!"

Ankasva exclaimed, "You slut! You want to use human beauties to serve us! Human men and women are all spineless by nature, they..." "If they can escape death and receive better treatment, they'll definitely agree, right?"

Naredeeva laughed. "That's right! Humans are smarter than us, good at surviving by any means necessary, and their nature isn't as violent. Whether male or female, they only obey the powerful. Humans like Huang Tianzhan and Fu Guodong are extremely rare in the Great Swamp! This time, we conquered dozens of provinces in the northeast and northwest of the Great Swamp, and the number of beautiful human women we hunted is enormous. The Great Demon Emperor can order all the beast tribes to select from the captured beauties those who are tall and fit, have good stamina, are alluring, beautiful, and submissive, and send them over.

After they arrive, we'll carefully select them again... " "Form two elite guard armies, the Rakshasa and the Asura, each with 37,500 beautiful beastmen. Human beauties can also wear animal costumes, exposing their breasts, and it doesn't matter if they're dressed up as provocatively as possible. After formation, they will be divided among the concubines and Anskava for training. Our 800 true beastmen will serve only as the Great Demon Emperor's close guards and officers for the human beastmen, from squad leaders and deputy squad leaders all the way to army-level officers—all of them are of our noble race. This way, if another attack occurs, the ones who die in large numbers won't be our own kind, but rather their human beauties. The Great Demon Emperor won't care how many die!"

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