436: burst

In the sky.

Li Fufeng's brows were tightly furrowed.

Currently, one-third of the Water Dragon Ascension Formation has been deployed; if this continues, the battle can be declared over.

But as expected, things were not as simple as he thought.

Previously, that group of elite foreign races had been slacking off, but now, in an instant, they unleashed their true strength.

Furthermore, another five hundred thousand troops entered, with the Wild Bone Clan and the Water Spirit Clan deploying their entire forces!

They were getting serious!

In the battlefield.

Charging at the very front were still those elderly individuals with grizzled hair.

Some of them held three-foot-long green swords.

Some held crescent moon scimitars.

And some held seven-foot-long spears.

They seemed like warriors who would never turn back, their gaze always fixed forward! Forward! Straight ahead!

The previous battle was fought very easily.

They were battle-hardened and knew that things weren't that simple.

Now, the true battle had finally arrived.

The death they yearned for, enjoyed, and anticipated was finally coming!

In this era, those who could Cultivate to the Martial Venerable Realm were one-in-a-million talents.

It was impossible for them to be incited by simple words, to inexplicably fight to the death, or to inexplicably die.

They were all thinking individuals.

They often wondered how one's life should be lived to be considered Perfection.

Earn a lot of money?

Become a very strong person?

Or be the eternal hero in people's hearts?

These things sound great…

But they couldn't achieve them because their talent was limited.

Yet they also wondered, even if they achieved these, would life be considered Perfection?

Of course not.

Why?

They already knew that humans are creatures that are never satisfied.

No matter how one lives, there will always be regrets.

So, they settled for the next best thing.

A perfect life does not exist.

What about a life with a clear conscience?

The brightly dressed, spirited youths on the frontier loved to chase the fiercest girls, drink the strongest alcohol, slay the most ferocious monsters, and fight the most exhilarating wars!

Their varying talents limited the height of their lives.

But they could not limit their ambition to pluck stars and embrace the moon.

Only later, as they grew up, did they realize that dreams were ultimately dreams, and reality remained reality.

Some goals they simply couldn't reach.

They could only be ordinary mid-level combatants, insignificant figures who could not influence the outcome of a battle.

But the youths galloping on the frontier would not be crushed by reality.

They loved to fight, not because of a brutal desire to kill, but because they loved to see the simple smiles of those behind them.

Responsibility and protection enriched their hearts, gave them the motivation and courage to move forward, and also taught them what it meant to live a life with a clear conscience.

In their youth, what they wanted was very simple.

It was still that phrase: chase the fiercest girls, drink the strongest alcohol, slay the fiercest enemies.

In middle age, they were severely struck by reality, falling into confusion and helplessness, because they were too weak to fulfill their inner ambitions.

But by their current age, they had awakened.

It turned out that this world was very simple.

Happiness and joy were also very simple.

Just don't overthink things.

The things to do were still those things: drink, chase girls, kill enemies!

But one more was added.

To die when it was time to die!

They were all elderly individuals of advanced age.

They lacked the recklessness of youth.

They lacked the confusion of middle age.

After decades of a long life, looking back, they realized that their original demeanor was still that of a youth.

It seemed they hadn't grown, it seemed nothing had changed, only their hair had turned white, and their strength had diminished.

Was this not good?

This was very good!

Because this was what those deeply immersed in the world of pleasure pursued their entire lives, yet found difficult to achieve!

Unchanging original intention!

Unchanging in this life!

In this life, we are worthy of the blade in our hands, worthy of the people behind us, and worthy of ourselves!

We are still those brightly dressed, spirited youths of yesteryear!

“Kill!!!”

Thunder erupted from flat ground!

In the center of the war-torn snowy forest, an impassioned roar from an unknown old soldier completely awakened the slumbering lions in the hearts of the other veterans!

They were clearly people with wrinkled faces and white hair.

But at this moment, their eyes shimmered with a clear light that even young people would find hard to possess!

This was the last moment of their lives!

They were shouting their own slogans!

“Dragon Tiger Army, will fight to the death and never retreat!”

“Divine Tiger Unit, Squadron Leader Ling Yun, seeks death here!!”

“Kill all these bastards!”

“Come!”

“Fight!!!”

Chaos.

The entire battlefield was in utter chaos!

Those three hundred thousand old soldiers charged like madmen; even if they became separated from the elite troops in the rear, they had no intention of stopping.

They were just like in the past, moving through this forest, advancing, wielding their seemingly decaying weapons.

The entire battlefield.

Various colors of light shot up into the sky.

The power of various elements erupted from the bodies of these old soldiers, soaring into the clouds, even forming a large cluster of rainbows in the high sky.

This place was very close to Tianhe Waterfall, and everywhere were users of Water elements.

Under the collision of various surging powers, One by one rainbows spanned the sky, as if constructing a path directly to heaven.

But they never believed there was such a thing as heaven in this world.

They only believed that if they could kill one more person, the probability of the children behind them surviving would be higher!

Therefore.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The winter snow was shaken away by deafening explosions!

Trees began to fall wildly, rolling in all directions.

White snow and fresh blood intermingled, flying everywhere.

One old person after another, with one earth-shattering roar after another, was annihilated!

Everyone was battle-hardened.

They knew very well that with their raw strength, they couldn't possibly fight against the young, strong foreign races.

No matter how good their predictions were, they couldn't be faster than the terrifying reactions of the young foreign races!

So, they chose to self-destruct directly!

In this world's Martial Dao system, it was impossible to self-destruct out of thin air, unless there was an elemental conflict.

But very few people would Cultivate two completely contradictory elements.

So, to achieve a self-destruct effect, one had to prepare various Materials in advance and mix them into the body to create an explosion!

And this also meant.

These old people, before stepping onto this battlefield, had truly prepared themselves not to return!

They never intended to go back!

Three hundred thousand old soldiers.

For three hundred thousand young foreign race powerhouses.

This was a huge gain!

Hei, who was currently moving through the battlefield collecting foreign race corpses, suddenly turned sideways, because a mottled, severed limb grazed her side.

The boiling blood of the old people splattered onto Hei's cheek.