252: The city is broken and the ghosts are dead

Not far away, blood Qi surged, rolling like an angry tide.

A well-ordered phalanx was instantly crushed under the terrifying power of the Blood Fiend City Lord.

When he witnessed his capable general die tragically before his eyes, his rage was instantly ignited. He slammed his large hand, covered in blood-colored Texture, down towards the Heavenly Army below.

“Boom boom boom!”

A series of earth-shattering roars came, and the weaker Heavenly Soldiers, unable to withstand this terrifying power, their bodies exploded like inflated balloons.

But these Heavenly Soldiers did not die; instead, they transformed into silver crystals and vanished from their original spots!

At the same time, within the Western Hall of the Ancient Time Land, a torrent of Saint Crystals flowed into the Primordial Heavenly Pool. Simultaneously, silver crystals emerged from the Six Dao Void Realm Gates and fell into the Heavenly Pool.

After a baptism, the Heavenly Soldiers reappeared, full of life, and then stepped back into the Void Realm Gate from which they came, reappearing on the battlefield!

This was the Heaven-Defying aspect of the Heavenly Soldiers: as long as the heart of the soldier was not destroyed immediately, these Heavenly Soldiers would not die!

The Blood Fiend City Lord also noticed the anomaly. No matter how many Heavenly Soldiers he killed, the same number of Heavenly Soldiers would reappear. Connecting this to the hearts of the soldier, he guessed what was happening.

But he had no chance to destroy these hearts of the soldier, because Marshal Efeng would not let him continue.

A Divine Spear swept over, collapsing the sky and striking towards the Blood Fiend City Lord's head, intending to pierce him!

Unfortunately, the Blood Fiend City Lord was powerful. The blood Qi behind him transformed into wings, tearing through the sky and instantly moving far away, avoiding the blow.

“You have some skill, but today you will die!”

Efeng shouted, his Divine Spear instantly extending infinitely, stabbing towards the Blood Fiend City Lord.

“Boom!!!”

The Blood Fiend City Lord dodged, but a ten-thousand-zhang Ghost Mountain behind him was instantly shattered!

“Kill me? You are not worthy enough!”

As his voice fell, the Blood Fiend City Lord unleashed his Divine Ability, his colossal body filling the sky. As the blood-colored wings on his back flapped, the heavens and earth were torn apart, and strong winds raged. The entire world instantly transformed into a blood-colored realm.

“Blood Fiend Raging Feathers!”

The Blood Fiend City Lord directly unleashed his Divine Ability, his terrifying Divine Might unmatched. With whooshing sounds, tens of thousands of blood feathers, imbued with terrifying runes, flew forth, like an apocalypse, roaring towards Marshal Efeng!

“Drive thunder and command lightning, cure evil and suppress demons, ward off locusts and eliminate plagues, refine and save wandering souls.”

“Five Qi Divine Thunder!”

The Divine Spear pierced through the heavens and earth. Thunderclouds gathered above the sky, dispelling the blood clouds. Immediately after, five-colored Divine Thunder was drawn down by the Divine Spear, then clashed with the blood feathers!

In an instant, the light generated by the clash of Divine Abilities burst forth, earth-shattering, scattering the winds and clouds of the ten directions.

“Kill!”

After one blow, the two did not pause and clashed again.

In the distance, endless Blood Fiend Ghost shadows surged like a tide, engaging in fierce battle with the Heavenly Army.

Above and below, everywhere the eye could see was a tragic battlefield. The sound of war drums echoed through the starry sky, deafening.

The Heavenly Army's battle formation was like an indestructible immortal palace fortress. Every Heavenly Soldier cooperated closely, their Aura like a rainbow. Every attack was like a thunderous strike, sweeping away one Blood Fiend Ghost clan after another.

“Fire arrows!”

The Blood Fiend Ghost clan's powerful experts roared. All the archers on the city walls came out, drawing their bows to the sky. Blood-colored arrows whistled upwards, flying into the high heavens, striking towards the Heavenly Army.

But with the battle formation blocking, the Heavenly Army was unharmed!

“Descend!”

The Divine General waved his Divine Spear, and a tapestry of runes intertwined, transforming into a violent gale and thunderous storm, descending overwhelmingly.

“Ah...”

Screams rose and fell on the city wall. Swaths of blood-colored Ghost shadows were swept into the gale and thunderous storm, directly annihilated into ashes. The Divine Might was unstoppable.

Although the Blood Fiend Ghost clan was numerous, they found it difficult to resist the powerful offensive of the Heavenly Army.

However, the Blood Fiend Ghost clan was not entirely without means to retaliate.

“Activate the Blood Fiend Cannons!”

A powerful expert of the Blood Fiend Ghost clan roared!

Blood-colored muzzles aimed at the Heavenly Army. With a "boom," countless blood-colored beams of light shattered the Void Realm, striking the battle formation!

At the same time, powerful experts of the Blood Fiend Ghost clan, relying on their eerie Ghost Dao Divine Abilities and the advantage of their home ground, fearlessly charged the Heavenly Army's battle formation.

Each charge was like a torrential storm, causing the Heavenly Army's battle formation to tremble.

On the other side, the battles of several quasi-Emperor Realm giants, each unleashing their Divine Ability, saw various Origin Divine Abilities collide, clanging loudly, with rumbling sounds of slaughter, resonating with heaven and earth.

Every clash was like the collision of stars, bursting forth with dazzling Divine Light.

They battled all the way, traversing mountains, crossing rivers and lakes, making the battlefield ever wider.

On the ground, Ghost clan towns were destroyed, and the living beings within them instantly turned into green smoke.

“Master, too many Heavenly Soldiers have been lost. The number of Heavenly Soldiers revived by the Primordial Heavenly Pool each time is far less than the attrition!” Yun Qian looked at the situation, inevitably worried.

Xu Qing opened his eyes, scanned the opponents of the six Heavenly Armies, and frowned.

“The foundation is still a bit shallow!”

Among the six Heavenly Armies, Great Saint Realm still constituted the majority. However, these Ghost Cities had accumulated over countless years. Within the cities, let alone Great Saints, there were countless Saint Kings and Saint Emperors. Relying solely on the current strength was indeed somewhat insufficient.

The Heavenly Army could maintain this for so long because of the Nine Heavens God-Slaying Great Array. But once the Great Array collapsed, the Heavenly Soldiers would be torn to shreds by the Ghost clan beings of the Ghost City in a very short time!

“Yes, Master!”

Yun Qian did not hesitate, raising his hand to grab at the Void Realm.

“Rumble!”

“No!!!”

In the direction of Blood Fiend Ghost City, in the battle zone of several quasi-Emperor Realms, a giant claw slammed down. Three Blood Fiend Ghost clan quasi-Emperor Realms had no time to react and were smashed into pieces. A terrifying Aura swept across the heavens and earth, sending the Blood Fiend City Lord flying.

“No!”

Watching the powerful experts of his clan fall, the Blood Fiend City Lord roared in grief and indignation.

But more felt fear. He sensed the Aura of death from that claw. Yet, just as he had this thought, Marshal Efeng stopped him.

The same situation occurred in several other Ghost Cities. Yun Qian took action and dealt with several quasi-Emperor Realms. With his intervention, the balance of victory shifted towards the six Heavenly Armies.

Within a few days, the six Ghost Cities completely fell into the hands of the Heavenly Army.

These six Ghost Cities were the closest Ghost Cities to the mountain range where Xu Qing was located. This area, spanning billions of li, was named Blood Fiend Ghost Prefecture, subordinate to the Human Tribulation Domain's Eastern Ghost Continent.

All six cities were under the Blood Fiend Ghost Prefecture. The Blood Fiend Ghost Prefecture's strength was not weak; it was said that the Prefectural Lord was a six-step quasi-Emperor Realm.

He commanded a hundred cities, and the City Lords stationed there were all three-step to four-step quasi-Emperor Realm, incredibly powerful!

So Xu Qing did not rush to expand, but instead allowed the six Heavenly Armies to rest and recuperate.

As the defeated side, the fate of the six Ghost Cities was tragic!

All Ghost clan members above the Saint King Realm were controlled and transformed into Heavenly Soldiers, replenishing the ranks.

In this battle, some hearts of the soldier of the Heavenly Soldiers were destroyed. In such cases, the Heavenly Soldiers could not be revived.

After this campaign, the number of Heavenly Armies had to expand. A million was far from enough. The Ghost Realm, which had no shortage of Ghost clan members, was an excellent source of soldiers for the Heavenly Army.

As for all Blood Fiend Ghost clan members below the Saint King Realm, they all became resources for the Heavenly Generals and Heavenly Kings within the Heavenly Army.

Xu Qing showed no mercy for this; in the Martial Dao Realm, talking about mercy was just a ridiculous joke.

If these Blood Fiend Ghost clan members were placed on the Eternal Continent, their actions would not be more benevolent than Xu Qing's.

After half a month of recuperation, the six ancient cities had completely become empty cities, while the number and overall strength of the Heavenly Soldiers had increased by several levels.