txolops Chapter 26 War
Chapter 26 War
The allied forces of all races were larger than before, their banners blotting out the sky, and their spiritual light illuminating half the heavens into a magnificent sea of light.
A thousand years later, the allied forces of all races and the army of ferocious beasts once again confronted each other on the endless wasteland in the central part of the primordial world.
A massive army of ferocious beasts surged in from the west, with countless enormous and monstrous creatures covering the mountains, fields, and rivers. They were a dark, overwhelming mass, like an endless black tide, more numerous and larger than a thousand years ago, and their malevolent aura was far more intense.
Millennia of slaughter and devouring have made the ferocious beast race even more terrifying.
The allied forces of all races arrayed themselves from the east, countless races gathered together, their banners like a forest, their spiritual light like a sea.
The elites of the five clans—Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Qilin—were all present, along with countless other races, large and small. Some rode flying spirit beasts, some drove war chariots, some wielded magical weapons, and some wore divine armor. The shadow of the crushing defeat in the battle a thousand years ago had not yet completely dissipated, and the faces of the allied warriors all carried an indelible solemnity.
Above the army of ferocious beasts, a figure stood in mid-air.
Shaped like a great bell, with palms like cattails, a dragon's spine and a tiger's back, leopard eyes and golden pupils, and wild, cascading black hair, his body was surging with liquid-like dark red baleful energy. Just by standing there, the sky seemed to shrink by three points. The fierce and terrifying pressure was so real that even from tens of thousands of miles away, it made the warriors of the Allied Forces of Ten Thousand Races feel a tightness in their hearts. It was none other than the Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
Shen Ni held a long, scarlet spear in his hand. The spear shaft was over ten feet long, and its entire body was dark red, like congealed blood. The spear blade was twisted into a spiral shape, and its edge gleamed with a cold light.
The God-Slaying Spear is a supreme innate treasure.
Above the Allied Forces of All Races, two figures stood side by side.
On the left is Hong Qing, his gray-white Taoist robe fluttering gently in the wind. His face is as calm as an ancient well. Three streams of pure energy from the beginning of creation intertwine and flow above his head, with the three heavens appearing and disappearing within them.
On the right is Mo Yun, his golden robes fluttering, his face cold and stern as if carved by a knife. A silver-white lotus of thirty-six petals slowly blooms above his head, within which is a dazzling sea of billions of stars.
Shen Ni's gaze first fell on Hong Qing, his leopard eyes narrowing slightly. He had fought Hong Qing once before and knew how powerful this Taoist was. In that fight, neither of them could gain the upper hand. He was not surprised that Hong Qing was here today.
His gaze shifted to Mo Yun, and Shen Ni's brows furrowed sharply.
When did another being surpass the Great Luo Golden Immortal appear in the primordial world? The aura emanating from Mo Yun made Shen Ni feel an indescribable discomfort. It wasn't that he was powerful, but rather that this aura was completely opposite to his own. His Dao was about plundering, devouring, and killing, while the aura emanating from Mo Yun was about inclusiveness, bearing, and the very essence of heaven and earth.
Shen Ni's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
He knew he couldn't possibly win against two opponents, but fortunately, he had prepared in advance to win this battle.
"Fellow Daoist, come out." Shen Ni shouted in a low voice.
As soon as she finished speaking, a figure emerged from the darkness behind Shen Ni.
He wore a black robe, had black hair, and a cold, sharp face. A gray-white longsword hung at his waist. The sword was entirely gray-white, like ashes, and his aura was deep and powerful, surpassing even the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Jidu looked at Moyun opposite him with a cold and stern expression, his gaze like a sword.
For some reason, he felt that the aura on Mo Yun was somewhat familiar. He seemed to have sensed it somewhere before, but he couldn't figure out who the owner of this aura was.
He didn't even consider Zi Chen. He had witnessed Zi Chen's strength. Although he was not weak, he was still far from surpassing the Great Luo Golden Immortal. He didn't think Zi Chen could take that step.
Mo Yun looked at Ji Du, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, not only him, but Jidu has also surpassed the Great Luo Golden Immortal. In that battle, Jidu disappeared after taking the Ten Death Sword. Zichen deduced Jidu's origins, but it was obscured by an extremely mysterious power, and he could only judge that Jidu had a supreme innate treasure.
It now appears that Jidu not only possesses a supreme treasure, but has also taken a step beyond the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Below, the bugle calls of the two opposing armies sounded simultaneously.
The horns of the allied forces of all races were deep and resonant, like the pulse of the earth; the horns of the ferocious beast army were sharp and piercing, like the howls of ten thousand ghosts. The two horn sounds collided in the sky above the wasteland, shaking the clouds and causing them to churn endlessly.
Both armies charged simultaneously.
The earth trembled violently under the trampling of billions of living beings, and the warriors of the allied forces of all races surged in from the east, like a vast ocean of five colors.
The dragon warriors transformed into dragon forms, their golden scales shimmering in the sunlight; the phoenix warriors were surrounded by raging flames, turning half the sky crimson; the white tiger warriors were entirely silver-white, their killing intent soaring to the heavens; the black tortoise warriors carried black armor on their backs, as steady as a mountain; the qilin warriors rode on auspicious clouds, their five-colored divine light flowing around them, with countless warriors of other races following closely behind, their various spiritual lights intertwining, illuminating the entire wasteland into a magnificent sea of light.
The ferocious beast army surged in from the west, like a black, raging tide. Their size was several times, even dozens of times, larger than the warriors of all races. Every step they took caused the earth to crack, and dark red malevolent energy surged out, gathering into a dark cloud that blotted out the sky. Within the dark cloud, countless twisted faces writhed and howled, and countless ferocious beasts roared. Their eyes held no reason, no fear, only the most primal violence and bloodlust.
Two vast oceans collided with a deafening roar in the middle of the wasteland.
In that instant, heaven and earth fell silent.
The sounds of shouting, screaming, roaring, wailing, clashing magical weapons, cracking bones, and tearing flesh all mingled together, creating a deafening roar that exceeded the limits of what the ear could distinguish.
In the first wave of collision, hundreds of thousands of lives were lost.
The dragon's spear pierced the skull of the ferocious beast, and the beast's dying counterattack tore the dragon warrior to shreds; the phoenix's flames burned swarms of ferocious beasts, and the beasts' malevolent aura extinguished the phoenix's life force; the white tiger's claws and the beast's fangs clashed, and the wounded fell from the sky, dying before even hitting the ground; the black tortoise's armor cracked and shattered under the impact of the beast, and the black tortoise warrior self-destructed his armor, perishing together with the enemy; the qilin's auspicious clouds were stained black by malevolent aura, and as the qilin warrior fell, five-colored divine light exploded, engulfing the surrounding ferocious beasts.
Blood poured down like a torrential downpour.
Golden dragon blood dyed the earth a golden hue; crimson phoenix blood burned the sky a fiery red; silver tiger blood, black Xuanwu blood, five-colored Qilin blood, and many more unnamed bloods—green, blue, purple, orange, cyan, indigo—cascaded down from the sky like countless colorful waterfalls, forming a vibrant sea of blood on the wasteland.
Limbs and severed arms fell like hailstones, and heads rolled down from the sky, some still with their eyes open, retaining the ferocious expressions of the battle; severed limbs were stuck in the blood and mud, their fingers still twitching slightly, as if still holding the shattered weapons; fragments of broken magical artifacts were scattered all over the ground, mixed with the white bones, reflecting a dim light.
A colossal beast, shaped like a mountain, charged into the ranks of the allied forces of all races. With a hundred arms swinging, hundreds of warriors were smashed into a bloody pulp with each swing.
Dozens of dragon warriors rushed forward at the same time, their dragon spears piercing the giant beast's body from all directions. The giant beast let out a deafening roar, its hundreds of arms flailing wildly, swatting the dragon warriors away one by one.
The last phoenix warrior descended from the sky, transforming into a ball of blazing white flame, and crashed into the giant beast's mouth. The beast's head exploded from the inside, and its massive body crashed to the ground, crushing countless warriors who were fighting below.
A vast azure dragon was entangled with an equally enormous nine-headed ferocious beast.
The Azure Dragon's claws tore off one of the beast's heads, while the beast's other eight heads simultaneously bit into the Azure Dragon, tearing off large chunks of flesh.
The Azure Dragon, in pain, swept its tail, sending the ferocious beast flying. The two tumbled and fought in the sky, crushing everything in their path, from warriors of all races to ferocious beasts.
As the battle raged, the earth cracked open, revealing bottomless ravines from which raging fire and magma surged, engulfing countless corpses.
The sky was torn apart in the battle, and the void cracks spread like a spider web, cutting everything that came near into pieces.
As malevolent energy clashed with spiritual energy, and calamity energy clashed with life force, the entire world trembled violently in this endless battle, as if it might collapse at any moment.
This was a war like a meat grinder, where thousands of lives were lost every breath and countless creatures were wiped out from the heavens and earth every moment. But neither side retreated. The ferocious beasts knew nothing of fear, but the allied forces of all races knew that retreating would mean annihilation.