“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Boom boom boom!”
Outside the battlefield of a certain city, sounds that shook heaven and earth rang out, and the earth violently trembled under the trampling of various cavalry.
A total of five hundred thousand troops from the three great empires were attacking Longyuan City, a military stronghold of the Zhenwei Empire. If they could capture it, over a dozen cities behind it would fall into their hands like ripe fruit.
This was a crucial battle.
Victory or defeat would directly determine the situation in the Eastern Sea Region.
For this reason, the Zhenwei Empire had also dispatched elite troops, vowing to defend Longyuan City to the death.
Both sides had been slaughtering each other outside the city for several days now, with victories and defeats on both sides. Neither could gain the upper hand over the other, and the situation had entered a stalemate.
“This siege must succeed!”
In the camp of the three great empires, the supreme commander said in a low voice.
After all, they were the attacking side. If they couldn’t capture Longyuan City for much longer, not only would it hurt morale, but their provisions would also be difficult to maintain for too long.
“General!”
Just then, a soldier came to report: “Out… outside, a strange phenomenon has appeared!”
“Strange phenomenon?”
The commander and generals were stunned and rushed out of the military camp. They saw brilliant, dazzling light rising from the area in front of where the army was charging on the battlefield.
A martial artist said gravely: “Signs of spiritual energy revival!”
“Could there be a spirit stone vein hidden beneath the Longyuan City battlefield?” The supreme commander’s eyes filled with excitement.
Even someone like him, a military man who led troops in battle, knew how important natural spirit stones were to martial artists and to a nation!
“Pass down the order!”
The supreme commander immediately shouted: “We must break through Longyuan City today and occupy the place where spiritual energy has revived!”
“Yes!”
…
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
On the battlefield, after receiving orders, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the three great empires quickened their charge, creating a scene like surging ocean tides.
“This is trouble!”
On the walls of Longyuan City, the defending general saw the flowing light produced by the spiritual energy revival and furrowed his brow: “The city is going to be lost!”
When signs of spiritual energy revival appeared, it meant there was a spirit stone vein hidden underground. This would definitely be extremely tempting.
The three great empires would definitely attack with everything they had!
“Damn it!”
A deputy general said angrily: “If His Imperial Majesty were still here, how would these three empires dare to act so presumptuously!”
In the past, the Zhenwei Empire would go looking for trouble with the three great empires, and the other side would thank their lucky stars. Now, having lost their pillar of support, they were being attacked by others every few days instead. It was truly frustrating.
“Complaining won’t solve any problems.” The defending general’s gaze was resolute: “Pass down the order—we must defend Longyuan City to the death!”
“Yes!”
The deputy general hurriedly passed down the order.
The two hundred thousand defending soldiers had already made up their minds: if the city stands, they stand; if the city falls, they fall.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
On the battlefield, soldiers from the three great empires charged forward in attack.
Just as an earth-shattering siege battle was about to unfold at Longyuan City, flowing light flickered in the distance. A massive ancient ship emanating an archaic aura suddenly suspended itself above the area where the flowing light was rising.
Screech!
The charging soldiers from the three great empires all stopped and looked at the warship that seemed to have appeared out of thin air with disbelieving eyes.
This thing…
Could also fly in the sky?
The Longyuan City defenders were also dumbfounded.
When two armies faced each other, a flying ship suspended itself in the center of the battlefield—this scene was simply extremely incongruous.
“General!”
On the city tower, the deputy general exclaimed: “It’s the Sect Master of Eternal Ages Sect!”
The defending general had also already seen the young man in white robes standing at the bow of the ship, and said with shocked eyes: “Why has he come again!”
“Hey, hey, hey.”
Jun Changxiao picked up the amplifying megaphone, and after testing the sound, said loudly: “Listen up, you people below. This place where spiritual energy has revived was discovered by this seat first. If you don’t want to die, hurry up and scram.”
Very domineering, very arrogant.
“Hmph!”
The commander from the three great empires said coldly: “It suddenly appeared right in front of us—how dare he claim he discovered it first?”
“General!”
A general said: “Judging from the scale of the phenomenon, the spirit stone vein hidden underground must be absolutely magnificent. We absolutely cannot give it up, otherwise those above will definitely blame us!”
“The fellow standing on the warship should be a martial artist from the Zhenwei Empire deliberately playing tricks!” someone speculated.
After brief consideration, the supreme commander gave the order: “Shoot him down!”
“Yes!”
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
The soldiers who had halted on the battlefield received the command and raised their bows and crossbows one after another, gathering flowing light on their arrows.
“Fire arrows!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—”
One hundred thousand sharp arrows flew from their strings, gathering into a formation like a galaxy and shooting explosively toward the Ancient Passage Warship.
Seeing this, the Longyuan City defending general was immediately delighted.
The person on that ship could even eliminate His Imperial Majesty—his strength was terrifyingly abnormal. The three great empires had actually taken the initiative to attack him. This time they were probably going to have terrible luck!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Just then, an extremely vast momentum surged from the warship, then spread through the air. The sharp arrows shooting explosively forward were frozen in place as soon as they entered it.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
In the blink of an eye, all one hundred thousand arrows were bound in midair.
“This…”
The supreme commander, generals, and soldiers of the three great empires all widened their eyes in disbelief as they looked at the spectacular scene unfolding in the air.
Jun Changxiao flew out from the warship. The powerful aura domain he emanated suddenly contracted, and the bound sharp arrows quickly converged, then were forcibly kneaded together, transforming into a giant sphere.
“…”
Everyone was shocked and pale.
“General!”
A general from the three great empires exclaimed: “This person is not simple!”
Jun Changxiao suspended in midair, with the sphere gathered from sharp arrows suspended above his head, said indifferently: “Go back and have your imperial majesties open their national treasuries. When this seat has taken away the spirit stones from this place, I will personally make a trip there.”
He paused slightly, and his gaze became cold and severe.
“Scram!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The pressure aura of the Sword-Martial Dual Saint was released, sweeping away like monstrous terrifying waves.
All soldiers who were disturbed by it instantly showed ferocious expressions on their faces, as if experiencing painful torture to their souls.
“Thud!”
The supreme commander was so shocked he fell to the ground, then scrambled up in terror and said: “Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
The hundreds of thousands of troops gathered at the Longyuan City battlefield fled in disarray, abandoning their helmets and armor, and quickly disappeared without a trace.
“They fled!!”
The soldiers on the Zhenwei Empire’s side were overjoyed.
However, looking at Jun Changxiao who remained suspended in midair, their gazes still held strong wariness, afraid that if he became unhappy, he would destroy their city with a flick of his finger!
That wouldn’t happen though, because the place where spiritual energy had revived was outside the battlefield and didn’t involve the city.
After driving away the soldiers from the three great empires, Jun Changxiao descended and sat cross-legged in the area where flowing light shot skyward, quietly waiting for the feng shui treasure land to completely revive.
“Sect Master.”
Jiang Xie said: “The signs of this spiritual energy revival are several times stronger than at Tiegu Mountain. The spirit stone vein hidden below is probably extremely massive.”
Jun Changxiao grinned and said: “An unexpected harvest.”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Just then, many scattered cultivators and sect forces from the Eastern Sea Fishery Region successively saw the phenomenon appear and rushed over from all directions.
Jun Changxiao gathered energy in his dantian and shouted: “This place has already been claimed by this seat. You all should leave quickly.”
His voice still contained the momentum of the Sword-Martial Dual Saint, deeply shocking the hearts and minds of martial artists from all sides, causing their expressions to change drastically as they departed at the fastest speed.
When strength reached a terrifying level, one could completely suppress others’ strong greed.
…
Whoosh!
Several days later, the flowing light shooting skyward disappeared.
“Crack crack crack!”
The earth began showing fissures, and incomparably pure heaven and earth spiritual energy surged out.
Jun Changxiao said: “A battlefield that gathered countless souls of the dead turns out to be a place of spiritual energy revival. This is truly somewhat unexpected.”
“Swish!”
Standing up, he activated his Five Elements Body.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
Pure earth-attribute energy spread out, then merged into the cracked ground, causing it to continuously expand outward and form a deep pit.
After approximately a short while.
A deep, long hole had been dug out.
The surface layer of earth revealed crystalline, translucent natural spirit stones.
The System said: “This should be a large-scale vein, containing at least ten million spirit stones as a starting point!”
Jun Changxiao jumped down and began frantically excavating.
Because he had the Five Elements Body and the Five Elements Heaven-Surveying Art, this vein that would require at least a large number of miners to continuously excavate for a long time was completely dug clean by him in just half a day.
After taking inventory, the large-scale vein contained a total of over twenty million natural spirit stones!
“Comfortable!”
Jun Changxiao returned to the Ancient Passage Warship, looked toward the three great empires, and said: “Let’s go settle the account with them for shooting one hundred thousand arrows.”
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