217: Dingshan Pass was broken and the commander fell (asking for a monthly ticket)

"Ah!"

"Help!"

"Run! Dingshan Pass can't hold!"

...

Inside Dingshan City, smoke billowed everywhere, and ear-piercing screams and cries filled the air.

People fled for their lives. On the streets, mothers and children separated by the crowd, young children sat on the ground wailing, while mothers, pushed away by the crowd, frantically searched and cried out heartbreakingly.

"Child!"

"Wuwu, have you seen my child?"

...

At this moment, in the sky, screams mixed with the wailing of horns, flags flew, and the entire Dingshan Pass let out a sharp roar.

Voices shouted, and cold, iron-clad figures flew through the air, stepping on flags.

There were tens of thousands, densely packed, a spectacular sight.

Three powerful streams of Qi converged in the sky, erupting with the mighty Qi of the Dao Soldier Heavenly Gate. Three Fashan Flags from different mountains, each turning into a giant ten-zhang size, landed in the hands of three Zhonglang Generals from the Second, Seventh, and Twelfth Mountains. They roared ferociously, shaking their Fashan Flags, causing the heavens and earth to rumble.

With a sway to the left and right, numerous Formation Flags buzzed, and the armored soldiers on them shouted in unison. Streams of light were stirred together by the main flags and shot towards the sky. Three enormous golden mountains, over fifty zhang tall, thundered upwards, shaking the firmament.

And at this moment,

The heavens and earth rumbled.

A colossal demon, the one that had previously exploded the blood-robed decree, overlooked from the clouds.

It was humanoid, with a green face, two tusks, black eyes, and golden pupils. Half its body was hidden in the clouds, with the visible part alone being thirty zhang tall. A massive hand, covering the sky and sun, pierced through the sea of clouds, revealing the fiery glow of a comet breaking through the Void Realm, carrying surging destructive Demonic Qi as it descended with a whoosh.

The sight was terrifying.

The three golden mountains shot up and collided abruptly with this giant fiery palm, a hundred zhang in size, with even its folds clearly visible.

"Boom!"

A tremendous roar echoed through heaven and earth.

Sharp, ear-piercing spiritual light and Qi waves, like a volcanic eruption, surged downwards in all directions through the Void Realm, as if to destroy the world.

On the Felling Mountain Sub-flags, figures trembled, blood oozed from their mouths and noses, then splattered out as a mist of blood. Their pupils involuntarily widened, then their bodies collapsed, falling one after another.

The three Zhonglang Generals of the Fa Shan Army were also heavily struck. Looking up at the sky, they saw that the three golden mountains had been cut in half, and their faces were filled with terror.

Just then, the Great Demon in the sky, with a ferocious brow and wide eyes, like a demon or a god, snorted angrily from its green nostrils, spewing out two bolts of thunderous Qi.

On the ground, countless commoners screamed, covering their ears, feeling as if their heads had been stirred by a red-hot iron rod. They fell to the ground, wailing and screaming.

The Great Demon in the sky then stepped out a massive foot, like a pillar supporting the heavens, and stomped fiercely towards Dingshan Pass.

Just then, a powerful Qi surged into the sky. It was a giant crimson firebird, about fifty to sixty zhang in size. The firebird opened its mouth and spat out a shili ( Bronze tripod). The shili ( Bronze tripod) spun rapidly in the Void Realm, transforming into a hundred zhang giant, with surging green Qi emanating from it, like a series of mountain ranges. The overwhelming pressure it exuded was equal to that of the Great Demon in the sky.

Upon the giant shili ( Bronze tripod), mountains, rivers, earth, insects, fish, birds, and beasts were depicted. They seemed to come alive, running around the shili ( Bronze tripod) and rotating upwards with it. The shili ( Bronze tripod) seemed capable of suppressing all things, making the Void Realm hum and collapse as it crashed towards the green giant foot.

Upon seeing the shili ( Bronze tripod), the green-faced Great Demon roared as if it had seen a mortal enemy, its voice like rolling thunder.

"Old Ghost Ji, even if you're dead, you're still not at peace. What can a mere Dao Fruit left behind do to this venerable one?"

This shili ( Bronze tripod) was indeed a Dao Fruit left behind by a fallen Town Demon Envoy.

After the Town Demon Envoy who guarded Youmen Pass fell, his Dao Fruit was left to the Commander of the Middle Route under his command, and his Dao Soldiers were left to the Commander of the Right Route. From then on, they retreated to defend two Fu Gates, organizing a defensive line against the Yao Race, holding the same rank as Pei Yanhu, who was stationed in Jin Guan City. Pei Yanhu was the Left Route.

At this moment, inside the head of the giant firebird was a middle-aged man with fiery red hair and a look of absolute determination. The firebird, formed by his Dao Qi, carried the shili ( Bronze tripod) left by the Town Demon Envoy, soaring upwards, scattering brilliant divine light and a sky full of flames.

He knew that once he went, he would never return.

He let out a great roar,

"Go!"

"Take as many people as you can!"

"Get the message out."

After this roar, the giant shili ( Bronze tripod) rumbled and crashed into the green giant foot descending from the sky.

"Clang!"

A deafening roar.

The shili ( Bronze tripod) firmly withstood the green giant foot.

And beneath the great shili ( Bronze tripod), the giant firebird, carrying the shili ( Bronze tripod) on its back, let out a sharp cry capable of piercing metal and shattering stone. It suddenly spread its wings, and flames surged, emitting terrifying heat.

Inside the giant firebird, the middle-aged man with fiery red hair, the Middle Route Commander, a subordinate of the Jiannan Road Town Demon Envoy, with a look of utter determination, also began to burn fiercely.

This person had chosen to burn his own Dao Fruit, achieving ultimate sublimation.

The shili ( Bronze tripod) then surged with waves of green Qi, heavier than mountains, shaking the Void Realm with continuous, thunderous roars, before fiercely striking the giant foot of the Great Demon, which was like a pillar supporting the heavens.

It left streaks of blood on the green giant foot.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"Insignificant ants, how dare you wound me?"

"You're courting death!"

The Wucang Great Demon, like a god or a devil, let out a fierce shriek. Its two grim eyes were filled with monstrous killing intent.

Its Primordial Spirit manifestation was ferocious. Its green mouth opened, and its huge white tusks flipped outwards.

A vast black light "boomed" out.

The giant firebird, carrying the shili ( Bronze tripod), met it, bathed in flames within the black light, emitting a sharp, piercing cry as it continued to ascend, higher and higher.

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

Below, the three Zhonglang Generals watched this scene, their eyes widening in grief.

Then, with reddened eyes, they almost gnashed their teeth as they let out an enraged roar,

"Retreat."

"Take as many people as you can."

With that, the three Zhonglang Generals waved their main flags, and Formation Flags flew down from the sky.

Each flag flew into the fleeing crowd, rolled up, carried three to five people, then flew up again, heading south.

Densely packed.

Covering the sky.

A massive retreat.

Not long after, a mournful wail came from the sky.

The giant firebird in the black light gradually dimmed.

Then, with a "boom,"

The flames suddenly exploded.

The Middle Route Commander completed his curtain call in the final moments of his life.

"My Lord!"

Outside the city, mournful cries echoed.

And in the distance above, the Great Demon's furious roar, filled with exasperation, could be heard.

"Kill them all!"

"Northward!"

At the same time, with the violent explosion, a green light flew out from the center of the blast.