CHAPTER 373: CHAPTER 61: THE COUNTERATTACK FROM THE HEAVENLY COURT

In the Void, the lustrous moonlight shone over the entire small hollow, making it seem desolate yet dazzling.

"May I ask who my Fellow Daoist is?" Guang Chengzi looked at the Golden Armored Scholar General in front of him somewhat dumbfounded, feeling that he looked familiar but for the life of him couldn’t remember where he had seen him, hence the question.

Li Jing shrugged indifferently and said, "It seems the esteemed Immortal Master Guang Cheng truly has the destiny of the noble to forget things! My name is Li Jing, and I am a Guardian General of the Heavenly Court. On the occasion of the Great Wedding of the Jade Emperor, I had the honor to meet the Saint in his dignified presence. At that time, Immortal Master Guang Chengzi was following behind the Yuqing Saint. Does the Immortal Master remember now?"

Upon hearing these words, Guang Chengzi was stunned, then suddenly remembered. At the time, at South Heavenly Gate, there were only two ushers in attendance. One small old man was Beidou Star Lord, and the other was indeed this Golden Armored Scholar General.

With this thought, Guang Chengzi bowed to Li Jing and said, "Haha, so it’s General Li! This time, as the Jiang Clan of my Human Clan experiences this unwarranted disaster, I thank General Li for your noble rescue, first for saving our Human Clan from fire and water, and second for helping me, Guang Cheng, escape the Heavenly Net Illusion Array! Please, General Li, accept my bow!"

Li Jing was startled and quickly dodged the gesture, saying, "Immortal Master, please rise quickly! I, Li Jing, am here by the command of the Jade Emperor. How could I dare to accept such a grand gesture from the Immortal Master? You truly honor me too much!"

Guang Chengzi smiled slightly and said, "Without General Li, not only would I, Guang Chengzi, have died on the spot, but the entire Human Clan of the Jiang Clan would have also perished. This bow from General Li is naturally well-deserved!"

Li Jing opened his mouth awkwardly, about to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by a roar not far away.

"Hey, you mongrel dog. Don’t try to run away, come here, let’s have another three hundred rounds with your Grandpa Ju Ling!" In the sky, a burly man about six zhang tall, his body wrapped in a yellow-orange radiance, was menacingly staring at a giant dog a hundred zhang away, his blood-red eyes burning with a combat fervor.

"What a valiant man!" Watching the six-zhang-tall man wielding the Xuanhua Board Axe, Guang Chengzi couldn’t help but inwardly praise him.

"Hehe, this one is our Demon Hunting Vanguard of the Heavenly Court, named Ju Ling. A man with a rare gift, born with infinite divine power!" Li Jing saw a flicker of confusion in Guang Chengzi’s eyes and chuckled as he nodded.

Guang Chengzi nodded slightly in understanding and suddenly turned his attention to the surrounding battlefield with a sense of feeling.

At this moment, the small hollow had long become a river of blood, and the thick Blood Evil Qi could not disperse the dense stench of blood.

The Silver-armored Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Court were not high in cultivation; the lowest only possessed a Heavenly Immortal Body, and the highest had a cultivation of the Taiyin Golden Immortal. However, they often formed groups of ten, creating strange yet full of Heavenly Dao charm battle formations. With their original Golden Immortal and even Xuanxian Realm cultivation, they were able to unleash combat power at the peak of the Taiyin Golden Immortal by relying on the capability of the battle formations.

Each group fought independently against a Taiyi Realm Demon Slave, each battling on their own without interference. With hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers facing tens of thousands of Demon Slaves, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.

Looking at the Jiang Clan of the Human Clan, only one or two out of ten remained. Nearly a billion clan members, at this point, little more than ten million were defending a small hill on the east side of the hollow.

Some were unclear about the situation, as these hundreds of thousands of Silver-armored Soldiers had suddenly descended from the sky and began to help them ferociously slaughter the Black-clothed Demon Slaves.

This instantly invigorated the spirits of the group of humans, who had been numbed by the Black-clothed Demon Slaves’ killing. Some Human Clan Practitioners who had cultivated Human Clan’s Battle Skills to the Refining Void and Merging Dao even risked their lives by rushing back down the hills to assist the Silver-armored Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in attacking the Black-clothed Demon Slaves.

Their Magic Treasures clashed with great force, continuously emitting various colors of brilliance, casting the entire Void with delicate splendor, shining to the extreme.

Guang Chengzi’s expression was slightly somber. As he looked at the broken limbs on the ground and the blood-soaked land, flames of deep-rooted hatred erupted in his eyes.

After all, Guang Chengzi was one of the Ancient Ancestors of the Human Clan, harboring an inseparable affection. Seeing the Demon Slaves ruthlessly slaughtering the people of the Jiang Clan, his heart was naturally enraged!

High above in the vast sky, Ju Ling and the giant hound Xiao Tian faced each other off.

Xiao Tian had all his fur bristling, his sharp fangs flashing endless chill under the bright moon, looking up at Ju Ling, he bellowed with a thunderous voice, "You brute, where did you come from, daring to meddle in the affairs of the Yin Yang Realm. Are you tired of living?"

Ju Ling, upon hearing this, was enraged: "Is this wild dog really dumb or pretending to be? Nowadays, in the Huaxia Divine Land, the Innate Three Clans and the Witch and Demon Clans have all withered away, with only the Human Clan dominating. Most of those fallen clans have sworn allegiance to our Heavenly Court. Could it be that this wild dog doesn’t know this?"

Thinking of this, Ju Ling swung his giant axe and said, "Listen up, you wild dog! Your Grandpa here is personally appointed by the Jade Emperor as the Demon Hunting Vanguard. Today, I come in the name of Emperor Jade to capture you evil beings. Surrender quietly if you’re sensible. Otherwise, the Board Axe in the hands of your Grandpa here isn’t vegetarian!"

Being inherently noble and loyal, let alone the fact that Xiao Tian had followed Li Qianqiu for many years, he was already devoted to his master, Li Qianqiu, and would not betray him.

Xiao Tian, with a malicious glare in his eyes at Ju Ling, who seemed somewhat diminutive to him, bristled with rage, and howled wildly, "Be silent, Divine Beast! Die!"

"Awoo!"

Xiao Tian’s body tensed, bowing like a crescent moon, then suddenly raised his right paw, sharp claws piercing out in a flash, gleaming with a deadly chill. Those pitch-black claws, filled with an aura of destruction, appeared unusually eerie under the moonlight. His thick tail, like a steel whip, cracked loudly in the Void.

"Die!" he roared like a madman, charging at Ju Ling with incredible speed, the endless aura of destruction emanating from his right claw corroding the surrounding Void.

"Damn dog, you really don’t know what’s good for you! Today, your Grandpa Ju Ling will send you to the yellow springs! See my axe!" Ju Ling sneered coldly, suddenly leaping from the cloud tops, brandishing the floral board axe in both hands and chopping down mid-air. The enormous axe blade radiated a yellow-orange brilliance, seemingly poised to split Xiao Tian in two.

"Boom!"

The black aura of destruction collided with the yellow-orange brilliance in mid-air. Invisible shockwaves surged outward, tearing the nearby Void apart, and endless streams of Chaos Primordial Qi crazily seeped into the Huaxia Divine Land.

Hundreds of meters tall, Xiao Tian pressed his paw firmly against the Xuanhua board axe of Ju Ling. By that stance, he would not rest until he crushed Ju Ling to death right there.

A malicious smirk stretched across Ju Ling’s lips, and the aura emanating from his body suddenly surged wildly. His cultivation, originally at the Taiyi Xuanxian Realm, once again ascended. In the blink of an eye, he broke through directly to the Da Luo Realm. Yet, it didn’t stop there, his power continued to rise. After an indeterminate amount of time, when Ju Ling’s Xuanhua Board Axe shone with a fiercely blazing deep yellow light, his aura also reached the astounding level of the Daluo Immortal Realm.

"Bang!"

Ju Ling fiercely swung the giant axe in his hand, his already extraordinarily thick arms bursting with earth-shaking brute force.

"Spurt!"

A muffled sound echoed through the air, and then Xiao Tian’s hundred-meter body was seen being flung away obliquely like a cannonball, finally falling to the ground not far away, kicking up a dust cloud.

Ju Ling, having sent Xiao Tian flying with a single axe strike, laughed triumphantly: "Hahaha, turns out you’re just a Little Demon all bark and no bite, appearing strong outside but hollow inside. Just like this, and yet you dared to block my Xuanhua board axe; truly ignorant of life and death."

Xiao Tian, who had just been sent flying back, had not expected this seemingly reckless behemoth to have concealed mana of two major realms; he truly was a smiling barbaric beast.

"Damn it!" Xiao Tian growled, as his left claw also emitted a boundless power of destruction.

"Still coming? I might as well send you on your way directly!" Ju Ling said, and once again swung his axe at Xiao Tian.

"General, be careful! That black energy is a mysterious force; once it touches anything, it can reduce all matter to dust! You must avoid the attack of that black aura!" Luo He, who had been treating the injured of the Jiang Clan on the ground, looked up and saw destruction spreading everywhere and promptly warned Ju Ling to avoid any disadvantage.

"Little child, thank you!" Ju Ling laughed heartily, his axe finally clashing with Xiao Tian.

Ju Ling was naturally gifted, and with continuous postnatal practice, his simple axe strike unexpectedly contained traces of the power of Heavenly Dao Laws.

"Spurt!"

A deep red blood, like an arrow, burst forth from Xiao Tian. The thick blood, unrestrained like a waterfall, poured into a small valley below.

This was truly a river of blood. The thick scent of blood was so potent and lingering that it showed no sign of dissipating.

After this blow, Xiao Tian’s body began to wither slowly, his hundred-meter stature also started to shrivel.

"It seems this giant dog is destined to be buried here today!" Li Jing watched indifferently as the massive dog shrank to eighty meters, a faint ruthlessness gleaming in his calm eyes.

Guang Chengzi said nothing, frowning slightly, feeling that something odd seemed to be happening afterwards.

At that moment, an overwhelming shout suddenly came from outside the valley.

"Scum of the Yin Yang Realm, I swear to tear you to shreds!"

"The Demon Race? Damn it, you guys again? Do you really intend to completely annihilate the Human Clan?"

"Kill them, kill these demons!"

A team of about one hundred thousand Human Clan Cultivators from the Chen Capital Sacrificial Pavilion, led by Pavilion Master Yun Hu, arrived.

"Hmm, another wave?" Guang Chengzi looked towards Li Jing quizzically, hoping for an explanation.

Li Jing stroked his chin beard and replied with a wry smile, "Immortal Master, don’t look at me like that; I truly have no clue what’s going on here!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)