90: The four directions are moving and the various parties are coming on stage (please read later)

North of Baidi City, west of Nu River.

Figures on horseback shrieked, and banners fluttered.

Under the cover of night, dense shadows moved northward, causing the ground to rumble and shake.

A demonic army, composed of tens of thousands of Feixian Sect followers, thousands of Human Demons, Demon Slaves, and monstrous beasts, swiftly withdrew from the front-line encampment.

During the retreat, the Feixian Sect's forces were somewhat panicked, scattered, and disorderly, with shouts, horse neighs, and chilling roars intermittently echoing through the ranks.

The sudden order from the Divine Sect's high command made everything very abrupt.

Suddenly, at this moment, a piercing sonic boom exploded high in the sky.

A blazing firelight, swift as a shooting star, descended from the sky.

It crashed into the center of the Feixian Sect's formation with a thunderous impact.

In an instant, the earth shook, rocks shattered, and a fierce killing Aura surged, eliciting screams and wails.

Rocks and soil splattered, flesh and blood flew, and an area of a hundred meters was instantly leveled.

In the center of the large pit, a massive crimson hammer, several tens of feet in size, as if rolled out of lava, stirred up scorching fire waves ten feet high, sweeping towards the surrounding Feixian Sect army.

The intense heat scorched the air, making sizzling sounds.

Hundreds of Disciples and a dozen Human Demons were instantly transformed into fire people, screaming in agony and dancing wildly in the flames.

A furious roar suddenly erupted from the Feixian Sect's army.

Following that, a demonic shadow roared like a tiger, stirring up rolling black and red demonic clouds, and shot into the sky.

As the demonic clouds churned, a tall demonic figure appeared, with wild white hair, white eyebrows, tiger-like eyes, and a bare, muscular upper body.

His body was covered in dense, variegated black patterns, which now churned like boiling water, flowing into his arms, and in a breath, coalesced into a completely black, long-handled horse-slaying Dao in his hand.

The dark blade, with its crimson gleam, hummed and trembled like the wailing of a vengeful spirit, captivating the mind.

Then, this demon's eyes glowed fiercely as he looked at the figure in red armor high in the sky opposite him, whose body was enveloped in swirling crimson firelight, scorching half the sky red.

“Heavenly Gate Zhonglang General!” The demonic shadow's voice was chilling and sharp, “You aren't acting like your usual coward, yet you dare to come out of the city.”

The figure in red armor laughed loudly, making the Void Realm tremble, “This General comes as he pleases. Since you demons are suddenly retreating, how can This General not see you off?”

After speaking, he looked at the White Tiger Venerable in front of him with a meaningful smile, “It seems something must have happened in Qingshan County. You all want to temporarily halt your military actions, but This General will not agree.”

As his words fell, from the large pit below, the crimson great hammer hummed, then shot into the sky, transforming into a blazing firelight, and smashed towards the White Tiger Venerable.

At this moment, a rumbling sound grew closer from the distant darkness.

“Kill!”

Suddenly, a cry of slaughter pierced the long night!

In the distance, under the long night, across the wilderness, a dense black line rolled in like the tide of Nu River.

Warhorses, clad in black heavy armor, transformed into a cold iron torrent.

Fierce armored warriors, fully armed, charged forward.

Soon, this torrent crashed into the Feixian Sect's army, and the sounds of fierce fighting erupted.

…

Meanwhile, in Baidi City, the rumbling of hooves, exiting the Fu Gate to the north, awoke many people in the night.

West of Baidi City, there is a mountain named Langya Mountain.

In the mountain, there is a military Dao field, and the Disciples who emerged from it have made quite a name for themselves in the Shu Land Jianghu.

At this moment, the Mountain Master of this Dao field was looking into the distance from a high vantage point.

He watched the soldiers and horses move in unison outside the Fu Gate, their shouts carried on the wind, their Aura fierce, and his brow furrowed.

Then he looked north again, at the vast, dark night in the distance.

But at this moment, a wisp of white Qi suddenly appeared in his dark eyes, dispersing the ink-like color within them, and spinning rapidly.

The next second, that dark sky changed color in his eyes.

A blaze of firelight shot into the sky, and a white tiger phantom, baring its fangs and claws, encircled the firelight.

The man's brow twitched, and his voice held a hint of surprise.

“Xiang Qingtian, that Zhonglang General, actually left the Fu Gate at this time to fight that White Tiger from the Feixian Sect.”

“What could have happened?”

At this moment, another phantom of a crimson bird appeared in the distant night, rushing into the firelight.

That Vermilion Bird has also arrived.

“Please summon Lieutenant Liu Ming; I have some questions for him!”

This man transmitted his voice to his Disciples.

Not long after, a man in his thirties entered Langya Mountain and arrived at a flying cliff.

On the flying cliff, a middle-aged man dressed in dark clothes, looking quite ordinary, sat at a stone table with a chessboard in front of him.

Seeing the arrival, he smiled and said.

“Lieutenant Liu Ming has arrived, please sit!”

“I wouldn't dare. The This General ordered us to adhere strictly to our posts and not leave without authorization. I only managed to come because I received guidance from the Mountain Master. Please speak, Mountain Master Xiahou.”

Liu Ming bowed, his eyes flickering slightly.

The dark-clothed middle-aged man nodded.

“Your This General's departure from the pass is known to this Mountain Master. Something must have happened. The Dao of the military has always been moved by profit and stopped by profit. It depends on whether Lieutenant Liu Ming finds it convenient to inform me.”

After speaking, the other party looked at Liu Ming with a calm gaze.

But Liu Ming felt a compelling Aura, and couldn't help but look away, hesitating for a moment,

“There's a change in Qingshan County; the Feixian Sect seems to have suffered losses in their rear.”

“They've begun to retreat.”

As Liu Ming said this, he couldn't help but recall the anomaly when he went on a mission previously, where the entire city of Qingshan County, tens of thousands of common people, all fell unconscious. However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't connect these two events.

There must be some variable within.

The specific anomaly, the spies of the Fu Department embedded within the Feixian Sect, also did not know.

Speaking of which, Qin Hu was still in Qingshan, but the Fu Department sent a message and never received a reply.

Thinking this, he cupped his fists, “I can only say this much. I will take my leave.”

Then, he turned and left, seemingly not wanting to get too involved.

As this Mountain Master Xiahou watched Liu Ming leave, his originally unremarkable demeanor gradually became sharp as his brows furrowed.

The situation has suddenly changed.

The Feixian Sect, on the contrary, is showing signs of retreat.

This won't do.

When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits. He wants to be that fisherman.

Now, he must find this variable, and then…

Moreover, his Disciples, Ye Gu Ming and Nie Shuang'er, have recently gone missing, and the last place they were heard from was near Qingshan County.

Xiahou Yuan does not believe in coincidences.

He picked up a white piece with his fingers, a dim light flashing in his eyes, and placed it on a certain spot on the chessboard.

“Clack”

Then his voice scattered with the wind, echoing in the ears of the Disciples of Langya Mountain.

“My order: there is an anomaly in Qingshan County, investigate it quickly. Also, inquire about the whereabouts of your Senior Brother and Junior Sister.”

At the same time, with the chain reaction triggered by the anomaly of the Baidi City Fu Department, the forces secretly observing in Baidi City also used various means to obtain some information.

Some of it was true, some false.

But it did not prevent these people from harboring their own ulterior motives.

For a time, under the night, people whispered, all pointing to “Qingshan.”

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