257: Brothers, let’s go home (ask for monthly tickets)

Half a day later, the setting sun was like blood.

Outside Weiyuan Pass, which had been reduced to ruins, a towering black giant tree, a hundred zhang tall, stood erect.

This was formed when Ji Xuan Great Demon sacrificed himself to activate a Black Nest seed, and it was also the war fortress of the Fei Yi Clan.

On this day, accompanied by a sharp shriek, a blood-red pillar of light shot up into the sky, stirring clouds and mist, connecting heaven and earth.

Within the pillar of light, a black serpentine shadow soared into the sky, and as it reached mid-air, a thunderous large hand surged up from below, seizing the snake's tail.

Thunderous Dharmic light furiously leaped and boomed upwards towards the monstrous serpentine shadow, instantly engulfing it.

Agonizing hisses emanated from the demonic shadow, shaking the Void Realm, and the entire blood-red pillar of light trembled violently, becoming extremely unstable.

And above the high heavens where the blood-red pillar of light penetrated, the setting sun was like blood, clouds resembled burning fire, and fire clouds rumbled and rotated, forming a colossal vortex.

Within the rolling vortex, several black demonic shadows appeared, overlooking the clouds, their monstrous demonic eyes shooting out startled and fierce light as they gazed into the blood-red pillar of light, letting out great roars.

“Old Ninth!”

Subsequently, Devilish Qi stirred restlessly, intending to unleash Divine Ability.

But as soon as they made a move, the blood-red pillar of light let out a trembling sound as if about to shatter, followed by a frustrated and furious roar, “No, the teleportation array is unstable; if we attack, it simply cannot withstand it.” At this moment, the black serpentine shadow in the middle of the pillar of light let out an agonizing hiss, and soon, amidst the lightning and electric light, it shattered inch by inch, then collapsed and was annihilated in the thunder.

The several demonic shadows above the high heavens could only watch helplessly as Old Ninth dissipated, their demonic eyes blazing fiercely as they stared at the end of the pillar of light below!

“Ninth Mountain Zhonglang This General Chen Yuan!”

“Where are our clan’s Sixth Elder and Eighth Elder?”

An extremely cold voice rang out, and in the center of the five colossal demonic shadows, a pair of brilliant silver triangular pupils flickered with cold light, their Aura extremely dangerous.

Following the cold light, beneath the blood-red pillar of light, a figure in green stood tall; at this moment, the figure lowered his hand, his gaze fixed on the five demonic shadows high in the sky.

The Ten Fiends’ foundation is indeed profound.

The two sides stared at each other, one in the sky and one on the ground, separated by tens of thousands of miles!

The figure in green was Chen Yuan; before leaving, he naturally had to settle the grievances from a few days prior and destroy this Black Nest branch, so that this eastern battlefield, dominated by the Fei Yi Clan, would be difficult to advance quickly from Weiyuan Pass eastward for four thousand li.

Because this thing was the Fei Yi Clan’s war fortress, capable of long-distance teleportation; in the early stages, they frantically slaughtered, using the blood and flesh of the common people to nourish and activate Black Nest seeds, then massively deployed Demon Soldiers, repeating the cycle.

Those demon monsters occupying cities all made similar moves.

They were preparing for the large-scale war that would follow.

As a participant in this war and having come into contact with several Wucang Great Demons who had emerged, Chen Yuan understood that these fellows’ strength and cultivation were still subject to some restrictions; when the day of true unsealing arrived, those true Great Demons would step out of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

“Dead!”

“I killed them!”

Faint golden light flickered in Chen Yuan’s eyes, and he stretched out his hand; a five-colored pagoda emerged from his hand, spinning and growing against the wind, and several roars emanated from within, revealing three lifelike demon monster bas-reliefs.

The shattered pagoda Dao fruit re-converged with his Primordial Spirit, and the slain demon monsters automatically imprinted their lingering thoughts, becoming a part of Chen Yuan’s path to the Dao.

As for the previous demon monster imprints, when he underwent the Five Thunder Lightning Tribulation, they blocked a true thunderbolt for him and were all shattered.

Upon seeing this, the blood-red pillar of light immediately trembled violently, and the Devilish Qi above the high heavens surged.

“Damn it!”

“You have gone too far!”

“When we and the ancestors in the stone source are unsealed, that will be your death, and the entire Sichuan region will be buried with you.”

The voice was cold, tinged with extreme suppressed fury.

Chen Yuan, hearing this, burst into laughter.

“Haha, you truly give This General Face.”

Saying this, he raised his hand, a long spear in hand, its tip pointing directly at the high heavens, his brows and eyes full of arrogance and disdain,

“This General is right here now.”

“Do you dare to come down and fight This General?”

His laughter echoed through the high heavens, making the sky rumble, and also irritating the several giant demons who roared, but not a single demon dared to descend.

Once the teleportation array shattered, the spatial compression alone would be enough to give them a hard time.

They could only jump in anger, their eyes wishing they could slice Chen Yuan into a thousand pieces.

“Then, farewell!”

Chen Yuan bared a mouthful of white teeth, twirled his long spear, and thrust its tip fiercely into the Black Nest wood below; a piercing shriek immediately emanated from within the Black Nest.

That was the sentience of this Black Nest wood, very bizarre. Chen Yuan let out a cold snort, and dazzling firelight surged fiercely from the spearhead, rapidly flowing downwards from the split opening.

And the blood-red pillar of light immediately began to tremble and roar, on the verge of collapsing; the five demons above the high heavens roared in fury, unleashing a sky full of demonic light towards the pillar of light.

Chen Yuan watched with disdain.

Then, under the unwilling gaze of those few demons, with a buzzing roar, the blood-red pillar of light exploded with a bang. The demonic shadows in the fiery cloud vortex above the high heavens also vanished as the vortex shattered.

Only roars of shock, anger, and unwillingness echoed in the sky.

Chen Yuan leaped, flying back to the half-collapsed southern city wall of Weiyuan Pass, a dozen li away.

A few days ago, he led the Ninth Mountain Army in a great battle against the Six Mountains demon monsters here, and many soldiers’ souls dissipated in this land.

Now, here, Black Armored Soldiers surged, searching up and down; on the city wall, broken Black Armored Soldiers and bodies were laid out.

Some were still vaguely discernible, while others were a bloody mess, completely reduced to a pile of shattered flesh, adhering to the armor, making them indistinguishable.

Only over a hundred bodies were found.

Most of the rest had no bones left, merged with this battlefield.

The soldiers removed their helmets, their cries faintly audible, accompanied by the howling of wind-blown smoke.

“Souls, come back!”

“Brothers!”

“Return home!”

Chen Yuan sang a long, distant chant, seemingly reaching the sky above and the Nine Netherworlds below, filled with desolation and sorrow.

At his command, the Ninth Mountain Army collected their brothers’ bones, either wrapped in horsehide or carried on their backs, and with the long neighs of horses, a clatter of hooves, they passed through this ruin, galloping north, returning home.

Chen Yuan flew out of this city wall, which had stood for a thousand years and was now reduced to ruins, and shook his hands.

A great rumbling sound arose.

From the great mountains flanking the city wall, huge rocks flew out, completely burying the city wall that interred loyal souls.

As Chen Yuan rubbed his hands, a new mountain appeared!

Then, a golden light flew out from Chen Yuan’s sleeve, growing against the wind, and directly landed on the mountaintop.

A giant black-bottomed, gold-edged flag, ten zhang tall, flapped in the wind!

The Ninth Mountain’s Mountain-Slaying This General Flag!

It swayed and swayed in this world.

After doing all this, Chen Yuan took one last deep look, then turned and transformed into a green light, catching up with the distant dust-raising army heading north.

Two days later, night, a bright moon in the sky.

On the main battlefield, a dozen li outside Chuanzhong Pass, corpses lay strewn across the fields, the moonlight bleak.

“Caw!”

“Caw!”

The cries of crows floated throughout the night, the pungent smell of blood and the mountains of corpses attracting these creatures.

On a pile of mixed human and demon monster corpses, a black crow was carving into decaying flesh when suddenly, a hand abruptly reached out, grabbed the creature, and squeezed it explosively.

The nearby flock of crows startled, a flurry of flapping sounds.

And in the pile of corpses, the hand moved, emitting a faint spiritual light, but then, a hundred meters away on the ground, a sword buzzed and flew up, swishing, and landed on this hand.

The next second, the pile of corpses exploded.

A young man in black emerged from within, propping himself up with the sword, and stood up with difficulty.

His name was Gongsun Wuji.

He had come out of seclusion and heard the bad news, coming here to avenge his friend.

But even though he was the Sword Tomb successor renowned in the Sichuan region, and had finally achieved a Breakthrough to the Heavenly Gate through arduous cultivation, he was still too weak amidst the overwhelming power of the demon monsters!

His sword had been shattered.

And many people, filled with hot blood, had died here.

He was now on a patch of hills, his ears ringing due to severe injuries, making him dizzy. He struggled to support his body with his sword, climbing to a higher point.

He saw Sichuan City in the distance, where demon monsters howled, light erupted, and colossal demon monsters overlooked the clouds!

He spat out a mouthful of blood onto his last sword; the dim sword immediately hummed and rose into the air.

Gongsun Wuji leaped onto it, transforming into a streak of sword light.