Chapter 557: Bloody Battle at Tianxia Pass [Two in One]

The sudden arrival of the Yin Kingdom army was intentional by Qi Kunlun.

The Canglong tribe was on high alert at Tianxia Pass. He knew that there must be sentries along the way, so he deliberately told the reinforcements from Jingzhou and Xizhou not to enter Yuguan City, but to go straight into Tianxia Pass along the edge of the Bashan forces on the west side.

The Zhongzhou army he led in Yuguan City did not go straight to Tianxia Pass, but took a detour to join the two reinforcements. They did not set out together after joining in Yuguan City as expected, but joined in the west route and arrived after a long detour.

This unusual arrangement avoided the spies that Jiuyang had placed along the way.

Although the army took a detour, they traveled day and night and still arrived not much late, catching the people at Tianxia Pass off guard.

Otherwise, the Flying Tigers' first round of bombing would not have been so effective.

Most of the numerous formations within the city gates were destroyed in the bombing before they could be activated.

The entire army then showed up and marched towards the city gate with great fanfare, but they were not in a hurry to charge, and only a front team of light cavalry went forward to test. Because there must be counterattacks inside Tianxia Pass, it would definitely not be the work of an old general to rashly let the soldiers attack the city at this time.

Sure enough, before the bombing Flying Tiger Cavalry returned, a black cloud rose up in Tianxia Pass. In the cloud were countless poisonous insects, which swallowed up the Flying Tiger Cavalry with a buzzing sound that made people's scalps numb!

On the top of Tianxia Pass, Cloud Priest Xiao Zuan, under the protection of a group of warriors, had his eyes closed and his soul soaring into the sky. Dozens of mystics masters behind him also sat cross-legged and concentrated, their minds becoming one with his.

The powerful power of the soul controlled the poisonous cloud. The last flying tiger was only slightly contaminated by the poisonous insects in the cloud, and its back half was devoured by the poisonous insects in the cloud. Its bones were exposed, and it let out a wail: "Ah——"

Even though the knight on the tiger was heartbroken, he could only leap forward and abandon his mount. Before he could land on the top of the mountain, he was pierced by an arrow shot from the city gate.

call out--

A rain of arrows shot out, covering the way ahead of the Flying Tiger Riders, while a poisonous cloud was chasing them from behind. The two combined forces created a deadly situation!

The leader of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, Han Binzhou, turned around and swept his broadsword across the air. The blade light turned into a curtain of light, which forcibly blocked the rain of arrows falling from overhead and protected the Flying Tiger Cavalry as they retreated to their camp.

There were still a small number of demon tigers that were entangled by the poisonous cloud, and both they and their mounts were devoured, leaving no trace of their bodies.

Han Binzhou held his sword in his hand with angry eyes, and kicked the fire tiger under his crotch. A ball of divine fire suddenly spit out from the tiger monster's mouth. He swung his sword and merged it with the divine fire, and instantly slashed out a divine flame sword light that was enough to cut through the entire city!
The poisonous cloud could not block the divine fire blade, and the team of mystics on the city wall had no time to dodge. Fortunately, there were warriors protecting them. In an instant, eight shield-wielding warriors jumped out, leaped up, and put the eight giant shields together to form a barrier.

boom--

The divine fire exploded in the air, and the shield-bearing warriors on all sides fell to the ground. The mystics in the core area were also protected, and the soldiers in the surrounding corners were surrounded by the flames. There were also many seriously injured people, and wailing was heard everywhere.

At this moment, the Flying Tiger Cavalry also retreated completely and safely.

After the collision, both sides suffered casualties, but the Flying Tiger Cavalry successfully completed the mission of raiding and destroying the formation.

The strength of the Mystic Division was also tested. Qi Kunlun gave orders, with the military flags waving behind him. Two groups of heavy cavalrymen with dragon horses surrounded the mountain, and the Whale State’s fierce soldiers followed closely.

The two groups of heavy cavalry were the elite troops of Zhongzhou. They rode dragon-born horses with cloud-scales and vertical pupils. They could climb mountains and cross streams as if they were walking on flat ground. Not even the highest mountains could block their way.

The infantry army in the middle came from Jingzhou, the hometown of martial arts. Since ancient times, everyone in Jingzhou has been brave and the skills of the soldiers are generally higher than those of other states. The power of the infantry charge is also greater than that of other troops, so they are known as "fierce soldiers".

On the city wall, Ye Futu looked at the mighty Yin Kingdom army and said to Tu Shanshi beside him, "I'll leave the two groups of dragon riders to you, the people of the Demon Sect. The front battlefield will be handled by my Blue Dragon Cavalry. I hope the Demon Queen won't let us down."

"Just wait and see." Tu Shan replied calmly without any expression.

This was the first time that the Wusheng Sect's demon cultivator was assigned a mission in a head-on confrontation, so she naturally could not afford to make any mistakes.

Two groups of dragon riders, one on the left and one on the right, galloped up the steep mountains like two black clouds, and reached the halfway point in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, bursts of explosions suddenly came from the mountains. Amidst the chaotic noises, black figures rushed out, bringing with them iron chains, pits, poisonous fog, and hidden weapons...

Although this trap that had been set up long ago did not cause much damage, it successfully prevented the advance of the Yin Kingdom Dragon Riders, and the black shadows that appeared from all directions rushed into the formation.

These shadows were all wearing black robes, revealing only a pair of scarlet pupils. Their bodies were harder than iron and steel, and they seemed to be covered with sharp blades, attacking from all kinds of tricky angles. After they rushed in, they chopped and stabbed all the people and horses, causing the Longju team to immediately become chaotic.

It was not until a leading general chopped off one of the black shadows with a sword that they realized that the thing that fell to the ground with a clang was not a living creature, but a human-shaped puppet!
"Nine Yang Wusheng Sect." In the Yin army formation, Wang Rulin had sharp eyes and immediately recognized the origins of these puppets. "The Yang people are indeed not righteous. They actually let these demon cultivators go to the battlefield openly!"

After saying this, he drew his sword in his hand, "We must let these Nine-Yang Demon Cultivators know where the orthodox sect of the Demon Sect is..."

"Huh?" Deng Yunzi next to him looked at him strangely.

"Well, no matter where the orthodox teachings of the Demon Sect are...it won't work!" Wang Rulin quickly changed his words.

However, when Deng Yunzi saw the demon cultivators appear and disrupted the cavalry formation, he also wanted to fight. He and his two brothers came behind Qi Kunlun and said, "Old General, is it our turn to go into battle?"

Qi Kunlun was watching the situation. These Wushengmen demon puppets were not that difficult to deal with. The cavalry formation could kill them all with a single charge. But they were not flesh and blood, so there would be no loss even if they killed the enemy. On the contrary, the heavy-armored dragon riders were very precious, and it was not worth losing any of them.

Moreover, these magic puppets are very agile and move like the wind, so it is really difficult to deal with them if they break into the formation.

If there is such a delay, I am afraid that the indiscriminate attacks of the Qi Refiners on the Yang Army's side will also fall, causing heavy losses to the Dragon Riders.

Just then, two great sword masters came to challenge him, and Qi Kunlun readily agreed. "The evil sect is a small fry, and we need the great masters of the Xuan sect to suppress them!"

He immediately left Sword King Sun to command the central army, while the other two brothers went their separate ways, one galloping like the wind, the other turning into a sword of light, and charged into their respective magic cultivation formations.

The heavily-armored dragon riders had a hard time dealing with these nimble and sharp demon puppets. Under the swords of Wang Rulin and Deng Yunzi, they were like fleas, which could be killed in a single swing of the hand. As soon as they entered the formation, they beat the demon puppets and made them dodge everywhere.

The fierce soldiers of Whale State in the center formation had already reached the foot of the mountain, and the demon cavalry of Canglong Tribe also came down the mountain to fight. Each demon beast looked ferocious, with flying hooves and claws and smoke and dust rising everywhere.

The soldiers in the formation showed no fear. They used powerful bows, fire crossbows, flying stones and bullets to give the cavalry a head-on blow.

In another encounter, the heavy shields in front blocked the attack, followed by the chopping of swords and spears. The charge of the demon cavalry was stopped, and facing the huge numerical advantage of the Yin army, they were immediately chopped down in large numbers.

The first batch of demon cavalry that rushed down the mountain were killed, and the cavalry behind them turned around and galloped back up the mountain without saying a word.

This is why there are few demon cavalry in Yin Kingdom.

Monsters are very wild. Except for classic mounts like the dragon colt that have been domesticated for countless years, other monsters are difficult to tame.

The reason for the Canglong tribe is that Mangcang Mountain cooperated with them, provided them with many monsters, and helped them form a monster cavalry. The monster cavalry of the Canglong tribe is indeed famous all over the world, but there is also a big problem, that is, they cannot fight against the wind. Monsters seem to be ferocious and brave, but in fact, most of them are cunning and scheming. When they see more of their own kind dying in front of them, they will immediately want to escape, which is extremely deadly on the battlefield.

It was the same as the last time when the three great sword masters used the Sky-lifting Sword Diagram to kill thousands of demon riders. If those demon riders could charge together, they might be able to break through. However, after they encountered fatal danger, their formation immediately became chaotic, and they panicked and lost their way, which led to their near total destruction.

If not for this, Yin Kingdom also has nearby monster lands, and there would not be only a few monster cavalry that never formed a large organization.

The Yang people knew this, but they were content with it. Since the Canglong tribe had chosen to use the demon cavalry to dominate the world, they had to accept their weakness of not being able to fight tough battles.

Qi Kunlun had fought against the Yang people countless times in his life, so he naturally knew how to deal with the various Yang armies. Seeing the demon cavalry retreat, he immediately ordered the central army and all the soldiers to attack together!
An army of one hundred thousand strong pressed forward, men and horses alike like a tide, the mountains and hills shook violently, and the earth trembled!
The Canglong tribe raided the northern border of Yin Kingdom this time, and all the troops that came were fast-moving demon cavalry, with a total number of no more than 20,000. This was already a very astonishing number, as it was the wealth accumulated through thirty years of hard work, as they had lost thousands of them in the previous period.

Now the Yang army in Tianxia Pass is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

As long as it was a head-on collision, the Yin army was not afraid of attacking the city. The reason why they were so cautious in their previous attempts was because they had suffered from the Tianxiao Demon Cloud Formation and were worried that the Yang army would have some new evil tricks.

Seeing that the battlefield was one-sided, Qi Kunlun could not miss the opportunity.

When the demon cavalry retreats, the enemy will be in chaos, which is the best time to charge and capture the city.

But Xiao Zuan, who was standing on the city gate, looked at this scene without any fear, and just said softly: "It's your turn."

"Ah."

A sneer was heard from behind, and another man in a white robe embroidered with gold walked up to the top of the city wall. It was Xiao Ting.

Just now, he was afraid of being discovered by the Yin army, so he had been hiding under the city wall. Now he officially walked onto the city wall. Looking at the Yin army pressing forward on all fronts below, his eyes were full of coldness.

"Let these Yin soldiers be buried here. Priests, help me!" He shouted, and clasped his hands together. His eyes shone with white light. Behind him, a group of mystics with high cultivation levels gathered their spirits to help him.

Bang bang bang bang!

As Xiao Ting used his magical powers, countless battle flags rose in the distance. As these flags appeared, four almost edgeless light curtains suddenly appeared on all four sides of the battlefield, with Tianxia Pass and two mountains as the boundaries, covering all the Yin troops.

When Yin Jun didn't know why this change happened, Xiao Ting threw out a cloth bag from his arms, which swelled up against the wind and became several feet in size. A strong wind with a sharp white light suddenly blew out from the mouth of the bag!
boom--

The strong wind rumbled and blew out, making the infantry soldiers who were climbing the mountain unable to move. The wind felt like a blade, scraping at their bodies, leaving cracks at any time.

The infantrymen in the formation tried to put up shields to block the wind, but the shields made clanging sounds from being hit. After a while, they could not block the wind and were completely blown away.

This mighty gale was just the beginning. After the cloth bag left his body, dozens of strong men appeared behind Xiao Ting, pushing out eighteen huge four-wheeled carts filled with sparkling white fluorescent sand. The sand and gravel exuded a dazzling spirituality.

These strong men had a hard time pushing a cart with four of them, so they trembled as they came to the city wall and pushed it down.

Boom!

Eighteen large carts of sand were dumped together. These carts should be magical instruments containing the universe. The sand and gravel inside could never be dumped out and kept flowing out.

The strong wind rolled over the sand and gravel, instantly picking it up, boom -

The strong wind that covered the sky and the sun brought with it white sand. Wherever it passed, the soldiers of Yin State felt dizzy. So many people were hit by the sand that some even fainted!
"It seems to be the soul-stealing sand that was once refined by the magic sect's mystic, which can severely damage a person's soul." There was also a mystic from the Wentian Tower in the Yin army, and he immediately recognized this thing, "When combined with this strong wind, it will be terrifyingly powerful!"

The boundless strong wind should have carried these sands and stones to the end of the world, but because it was surrounded by divine barriers on all sides, the strong wind actually bounced back when it blew on them, and had to sweep them away again.

Boom boom boom!
In the blink of an eye, all of Yin’s army was enveloped in the wind and sand, feeling dizzy and unable to tell the difference between humans and animals.

The troops on all sides took the opportunity to shoot arrows and cast spells. The Yin army had no way to resist and suffered heavy casualties immediately.

"Nine-horned demon!" Deng Yunzi soared into the air, and a sword beam was about to cut the cloth bag.

But the protectors on Jiuyang's side were stacked in layers. Tushan waved his sleeves and more than ten black-robed demon puppets flew up, also forming a formation, interweaving into a black swamp in the air.

Deng Yunzi's flying sword disappeared inside and immediately lost its sense.

The sword king of the central army also shot out a sword, breaking the black swamp and causing it to explode with a loud bang. Then the two flying swords returned together.

Deng Yunzi tried to summon the Sky-lifting Sword Diagram again, but when the thunder fell from the sky, Gangfeng was not afraid. This was very different from the previous Demon Cloud Formation.

The thunder in the sky made a circle, and there was nothing around that could be struck except the soldiers of the Yin Kingdom.

Xiao Ting turned his two fingers and a strong wind blew towards Deng Yunzi. If Lao Deng had not flown extremely fast, the countless wind and sand would have almost buried him in an instant.

There was an endless stream of gale and white sand, and Yin's army could not tell the difference between heaven and earth. Not to mention charging forward, they couldn't even retreat.

"Break the formation in the rear and retreat!" Qi Kunlun was still giving orders, but at this time the Yin army could no longer form a formation and could hardly move in the wind and sand.

Qi Kunlun drew his bow and shot an arrow against the strong wind. The arrow turned into a meteor and shot to the top of the city against the wind and sand!

boom!
The explosion collapsed half of the city gate, allowing the masters of Yang Army to temporarily fly up.

Afterwards, all the masters of Yin’s army worked together and finally blasted open the barrier behind them!
The wind and sand are raging here, and it doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. It's difficult for the martingale to chase them, so if we open the barrier, there will be a way to escape.

The panicked Yin army finally found an exit to leave, but before they could come to their senses, they saw dark clouds covering the sun, demonic flames rising into the sky, and a group of demon kings rushed down from the other side of the mountain wall.

The bald black man in the lead roared, "Brothers, kill these Yin people, and the North will belong to us, the demon race!"

The small group of Yin troops that had just escaped from the formation had not yet gained a foothold when they were attacked by these monsters and would inevitably suffer heavy losses again.

In the face of the crisis, a group of practitioners and generals with higher cultivation levels stepped forward to stop the monsters from chasing them and to clear a path for the army to evacuate.

Liang Yue and Wen Yifan were also among them. They had no chance to fight in the previous battles, and had been sitting in the center of the army with Qi Kunlun. When they withdrew, the rear team became the front team, and they became the ones who opened the way.

Without the barrier to block them, the wind and sand in the formation were also blown out. The powerful warriors and the demon king on the opposite side were all people with strong spirits and souls, and would not be easily affected, but their consciousness was also damaged and they could not see anything.

In the chaos of the battle, Liang Yue had just swung his sword to kill the monster in front of him when he suddenly heard a cry from the side: "Master?!"

(End of this chapter)