txolops Chapter 194 We'll use dummies too! The final battle begins!
Chapter 194 We'll use dummies too! The final battle begins!
"But what if we're wrong?"
Long Han still had reservations: "If the other side is truly engaging in a fair and square bet, but we secretly rig it, and if word gets out, wouldn't we become a laughingstock and discourage our fellow participants?"
"Therefore, we are not trying to 'tamper with things,' but rather to be 'fully prepared.'"
Lin Chuan smiled slightly and said calmly, "It's very simple. On the surface, we will still send out those ten fellow Daoists, but those who will actually participate in the battle can be ten 'dummy' figures."
"A dummy?" Everyone was taken aback.
"Indeed. With your supernatural abilities, creating avatars, puppets, or talisman substitutes that can temporarily deceive cultivators of the same level should not be difficult. Let these 'dummy' figures carry the real stakes. If the opponent is truly engaging in a fair and square duel, then it will be a matter of skill, and losing will only result in the loss of some treasures. But if the opponent is truly plotting a suicide attack... losing some treasures and avatars will ensure the safety of ten of our main forces, and will also expose the despicable acts of the Mulan people on the spot, boosting our morale and crushing their conspiracy in one fell swoop!"
After Lin Chuan finished speaking, he said no more.
He believed that Wei Wuyai and the Old Demon Hehuan, these old monsters who had lived for thousands of years and witnessed countless bizarre methods, would naturally have their own ways of creating an incarnation that was indistinguishable from the real thing, and that he didn't need to worry about the details.
Wei Wuyai, Master Zhiyang, and the Old Demon Hehuan exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming. Long Han and Feng Bing also nodded slightly, clearly agreeing that the plan was feasible.
"Fellow Daoist Lin's considerations are thorough; this plan is excellent!" Venerable Zhiyang clapped his hands and exclaimed.
"This will both prevent problems before they occur and ensure complete safety. Let's do it this way! We need to start arranging the specifics immediately!"
In the following days, a once barren area on the border between the Kingdom of Yu and the Kingdom of Beiliang suddenly became turbulent.
From the two horizons, dozens of miles apart, groups of mages and cultivators, riding various magical artifacts and treasures, descended from the sky like flocks of migrating birds.
They were well-trained and, based on the terrain they had already scouted, quickly used some existing barren mountains and valleys as a base to set up a series of continuous camps with banners waving in the wind.
Overnight, all sorts of imposing and mysterious formations sprang up like mushrooms after rain both sides' camps.
Defensive, hallucinatory, offensive, warning... flashes of light, extinguishing runes, transforming the once desolate and uninhabited border into a formidable battlefield riddled with death traps.
A fierce wind arose, and a chilling atmosphere filled the sky.
Furthermore, numerous small teams of three or five cultivators and mages frequently took to the air to patrol the area within dozens of miles around their own camp, their wary eyes sweeping over every cloud and every mountain valley, fearing a surprise attack from the enemy.
As time went on, more and more monks and mages gathered here from the rear. The camps on both sides continued to expand, and the densely packed tents and temporary stone houses almost covered the mountains and fields as far as the eye could see.
Large and small, layer upon layer of defensive barriers covered both sides of the border, and the intertwined spiritual pressure made the spiritual energy in the air chaotic and heavy.
The atmosphere on the eve of the decisive battle grew heavier day by day, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
The day of the decisive battle is fast approaching.
Early that morning, just as the sky began to lighten, a team of Core Formation cultivators patrolling the outer perimeter of the Tiannan camp were shocked to see a large patch of dazzling light suddenly appear in the direction of the Mulan mage camp opposite them!
Immediately afterwards, "Boom—!!!"
The earth-shattering sound of war drums, like the roar of a sleeping beast, reverberated from the opposite camp, carrying for miles and instantly shattering the deathly silence of the morning!
To the sound of drums, squads of mages flew out of the camp gates and from the aerial array exits in an orderly fashion. Some rode on flying carpets, some rode in strange flying boats, and some piloted various magical artifacts. Silent and solemn, they advanced slowly like steel torrents towards the decisive battle zone that had already been demarcated at the center of the border between the two sides.
"Enemy attack?! No, the final battle has begun! Send the signal immediately!"
The patrolling cultivator was greatly alarmed and immediately activated several pre-prepared transmission talismans.
The talisman transformed into a stream of light and shot swiftly toward the core of their own camp.
Almost immediately, a deep and resonant bronze bell rang out from the center of the Tiannan camp, instantly drowning out the lingering sound of the distant war drums.
The bell tolled sharply and penetratingly, echoing through every tent and waking every monk.
"Thump—thump—thump—!"
The bell tolls nine times!
In an instant, the Tiannan cultivators, who had been gathering strength and recuperating for a long time, surged into the sky from countless tents, stone houses, and caves like a floodgate being opened!
Sword light, escape light, magical treasure radiance... all converged into a boundless, multicolored tide of light, emitting sharp whistling sounds and soaring roars, sweeping across the sky in the same direction as the army of mages!
For a moment, the sky seemed to be occupied by two vast oceans of light.
On one side was the orderly torrent of the Mulan Buddhist monks, mostly bathed in warm-colored rosy light; on the other side was the colorful and awe-inspiring wave of the Tiannan cultivators.
When the two sides were more than ten miles apart, they suddenly stopped, like two towering waves coming head to head!
Whether they were mages or monks, they all stopped advancing with perfect understanding when they were at a distance where they could clearly see the ferocious or cold faces of their enemies.
Then, separated by this deadly distance, they gazed at each other silently and with hatred.
On one side was a desperate army fighting with their backs to the wall, where retreat meant annihilation, their eyes burning with a mad flame of wanting to seize their land.
On one side are the righteous people who defend their homeland and will not allow foreign enemies to trample on their home, their hearts filled with a righteous spirit to protect their country and people.
Before the two sides had even truly made a move, the earth-shattering killing intent that embodied the will of hundreds of thousands of cultivators was already colliding, spreading, and rising wildly in the void where the two armies were facing off, causing the wind and clouds to change color and the sunlight to dim!
At this moment, Lin Chuan was floating above a group of cultivators numbering over a thousand.
This group of cultivators mainly consisted of disciples from sects of the Northern Liang Kingdom that were on good terms with Huangfeng Valley, such as Huangfeng Valley and Huadaowu. Lei Wanhe, the Murong brothers, and others were among them.
He coldly gazed at the vast army of Mulan warriors stretching for over ten miles in the distance, seemingly reaching the sky.
As far as the eye could see, patches of rosy light appeared, each representing a battle formation of hundreds of mage warriors, disciplined and with their killing intent concealed.
Such battle formations stretched as far as the eye could see.
Clearly, both sides have committed their main forces to this decisive battle.
Although he couldn't instantly count the exact number of people, Lin Chuan knew with a quick scan of his divine sense that at least 60,000 to 70,000 cultivators had gathered in this sky and on this land!
Among them, Core Formation cultivators, who are rarely seen in the cultivation world, are now everywhere, lined up in the formation like ordinary soldiers.