Chapter 257: Led by Ancestor Blood
The fierce fighting on the battlefield was extinguished by the heavy rain.
The rain was pouring down, and as the back of the demon wave was cut off by the sword rain, the attack was unable to continue. With the help of the sword energy on the top of the city, the situation that had been forced to retreat steadily, and the situation of retreating while fighting was stabilized in the blink of an eye.
On the city wall that was submerged by the torrent of demons, the Xia family's battle flag flew again.
The pressure on all the soldiers suddenly dropped. After the demon in front of them was killed, no demons even continued to attack.
They were all stunned and looked at the reversal in front of them in disbelief.
"This, this is..."
"Who is guiding the sword? Who is saving us?!"
"Are we...saved?"
All armies and family armies, including those Jianghu sects who were temporarily recruited, stared blankly at the outside of the defense line.
The area outside the defense line was already like purgatory, with countless sword energy penetrating down, and all the demons wailing and perishing.
Those big monsters in the Third Immortal Realm rolled up their huge bodies and tried to escape into the distance, but like moths struggling in the heavy rain, they were soon covered by the rain of swords and fell rapidly, making no sound anymore.
"Who is that..."
In the center of the defense line, Marshal Xia Changkong, the commander of the second line of defense, looked up with shock on his face.
Beneath the long river of sword energy, I saw a young figure sitting on the back of the red flame demon. The energy in his body seemed to be snow-white mist, which was visible to the naked eye. It surged towards the sword tide in the sky above his head and turned into endless sword energy sweeping down.
Next to the young man stood the head of their Xia family and his brothers.
"The head of the family, Yuan Wu..."
Xia Changkong was a little stunned. The head of the family actually rushed there in person. What about the owner of Gluttony Valley?
He couldn't help but look behind the demon tide, but saw that there was no movement there.
On the battlefield, only a few elders from Gluttony Valley were left. They fled in panic into the distance, but were chased by long sword-qi dragons.
Soon, an elder from Gluttony Valley was injured. At this moment, it seemed that the sword energy dragon was not very powerful, so he chose to resist it with his body. But soon, he seemed to have his soul taken away, and he died rapidly.
The demons in the Valley of Gluttony are brutal and blood-drinking. They are generally physically strong and tyrannical, not much inferior to the dragons. They also rely more on the physical body when fighting, but in the face of 1% fatal attribute, they are no different from ordinary demons.
Li Hao looked at the falling demon figures under the rain of swords, his face calm and unchanged. When the battlefield almost completely calmed down, he put away the wave of swords.
"You two, I'll leave the rest of the fish that slipped through the net to you. I'll leave first."
Li Hao said to Xia Linglong and the two people beside him.
The two of them reacted and were stunned. In just a moment, almost all the tens of millions of demons on the battlefield were wiped out!
This is too scary!
Is this the strength of the Taiping Dao realm? It feels beyond their imagination.
"General Haotian, don't worry, leave the rest to us. Once we clean up, we will send troops to Qingzhou immediately!"
Xia Linglong reacted and quickly said to Li Hao.
Originally, she said that sending troops was indeed a return of favor, but at this moment, she herself felt that in the face of an existence like Li Hao, their Xia family's troops were of little significance. At most, they could save the villages and towns in Qingzhou that had fallen everywhere.
After all, although Li Hao is strong, it is impossible for him to take care of the entire Qingzhou in a short period of time.
"Um."
Li Hao nodded and did not refuse the other party's kindness.
Then he gently stroked the Candlefire God's head as a signal. Flames swept over the Candlefire God's body, and his thick hooves like a unicorn stepped out, piercing the sky of the battlefield with flames, and galloped away into the distance, leaving the battlefield.
On the defense line, many generals, family heads, and masters of Jianghu sects all raised their heads and stared at the figure riding away on the red flame demon, remembering this scene in their hearts.
They didn't know who the young man was, but they knew that the Xia family would give them the answer.
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Qingzhou, Qingzhou City.
Qingzhou City, which used to be prosperous in the past, is now on alert. All civilians are restricted from leaving their houses, and all stalls on the streets have been cleared, freeing up wide streets for the rapid passage of troops.
On the four city walls, golden magic circles were propped up, but outside the city was a mighty wave of demons gathering.
On top of the city, many Li family soldiers and Qingzhou City defenders gathered here with solemn expressions.
The fighting for several days made them exhausted mentally and physically, but no one dared to relax.
Three days ago, according to information obtained from the outside through the Li family's secret techniques, most of Qingzhou's land had fallen.
Hundreds of cities have been shattered and occupied by demons. Qingzhou, the headquarters of the Li family, has suffered unprecedented damage in thousands of years.
When the remaining cities that survived received the news, many people did not believe it and thought that the military information was wrong. However, it was not until they saw the influx of large numbers of refugees fleeing from other cities and villages that they realized that something was really wrong in Qingzhou.
After thousands of years of comfort, the people in most cities in Qingzhou have long lost their clear understanding of monsters.
Occasionally, the Demon Suppression Department would hunt down demons that had been killed and parade them around the streets before transporting them back from outside the city. Countless people would come to join in the fun and watch, which was just a novelty.
Now that demons are sweeping across the city, every city is shrouded in unprecedented shadow and fear, and every city is on trembling alert.
However, compared to Qingzhou, which was already in war, the city of Qingzhou was now besieged on all sides and in danger.
On the city wall, Li Muchiu and Li Xiaoran were guarding this place, but both of them had pale hair. Compared with before, they looked obviously more than ten years older, and the wrinkles on their faces were more and deeper.
They suffered two heavy blows during this period, which made them feel heartbroken.
More than a month ago, when Li Tianzong's spirit disappeared, they went to the Ming River in anger. However, they did not attack directly, but secretly explored. As a result, they unexpectedly discovered that the power of demons gathered outside the Ming River was beyond their imagination.
Longmen and Holy Palace actually mobilized most of their forces, and the leaders of the two major forces were personally stationed just to kill Li Hao.
They did not act rashly, but chose to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Longmen's lair.
This is a rare opportunity. The Holy Palace's lair was wiped out by Prince Qing, and the Dragon Gate's lair was also defenseless.
Mobilizing a large amount of intelligence through the Tianji Tower, they explored Longmen's lair. After reporting it to His Majesty, the Li family and the royal family sent troops to destroy it together.
It took more than half a month to destroy Longmen's lair. The leader of Longmen who died outside the river got the news and became furious. He advanced his plan to attack Qingzhou and went directly to Qingzhou City.
However, Li Xiaoran and Li Muxiu had already known that Li Hao had left the Ming River, so they did not continue to guard the area outside the Ming River, but returned to Qingzhou in advance.
And it was expected that after Longmen found out the information about the destruction of their lair, they might be angry at Qingzhou and come back early to set up defenses. As a result, Longmen and the Holy Palace strongmen failed to attack Qingzhou overnight and failed to break through Qingzhou City, which exposed their purpose.
Since the failure of the Liangzhou plan and the failure of the Qingzhou City secret attack plan, Longmen and Shenggong could no longer take care of the secrets. After discussion, they directly called on all demons to launch a massive attack on Qingzhou.
Thus, this protracted fighting began.
In this battle, both sides made countless sacrifices and persisted for more than a month, but Qingzhou was finally defeated.
The Li family retreated all the way to the defensive line, abandoning most of Qingzhou City, and finally defended all the way to Qingzhou City. The army sent from the Imperial City was intercepted and killed by another demonic force. Not only did they fail to reinforce to Qingzhou, they also suffered heavy losses.
The demons besieging Qingzhou are not only the Holy Palace and Longmen. In addition to the Taixu realm that is still guarding the Ming River and welcomes the return of their master, there are other top demon forces that have also come to an end.
When they asked for help from the Xia family in Youzhou, they learned that Gluttony Valley had attacked the Xia family. Obviously, the Gluttony Valley's move was to restrain the Xia family. Although the five great generals fought openly and secretly with each other, they helped each other in times of crisis. , and the Xia family is the closest divine general's residence to the Li family.
The attack from Gluttony Valley made it impossible for the Xia family in Youzhou to allocate troops to reinforce Qingzhou, and also cut off their hopes.
In the past few days, all the calls for help from Qingzhou to other parties have come to nothing, and Qingzhou seems to be surrounded and isolated by demons.
This time the demons gathered more power than in Liangzhou, and they seemed determined to crush the entire Qingzhou and completely defeat it.
They retreated all the way from the border, were defeated while fighting, and abandoned their armor. Now, they retreated to Qingzhou City, which was their last position.
If it is lost again, only the Divine General's Mansion will be left, like a boat in the sea, which can be destroyed at any time.
Li Xiaoran looked grim. In this more than a month of fighting, both he and Li Muchiu almost died.
The leader of the Dragon Gate revealed his strength and broke through to the Taiping Dao realm from the half-step realm in the originally recorded information.
As for the Palace Master of the Holy Palace, he was originally in the Taiping Dao realm. Fortunately, Yan Bei was seriously injured in a fight with Prince Qing, and his realm fell. He seems to have not recovered yet, and is only comparable to the Half-Tao realm.
If Li Muchiu hadn't been in the Half-Way Realm and could hold up the Dao Domain to barely resist, he would have died in the battle long ago.
With half-step invincible fist and half-step domain, Li Muxiu fought to a draw with the leader of the Dragon Gate, which greatly slowed down the speed of Qingzhou's defeat. Otherwise, Qingzhou would have been defeated a month ago. This Qingzhou City It has also been destroyed long ago.
But now, it is still in a desperate situation.
"Their target is our Li family. They want the God General's Mansion to be removed from the list!"
After more than a month of fighting, Li Xiaoran had already figured out the purpose of these demons and wanted to destroy the Li family, and this was only the first step for them to capture Dayu.
This plot may have been brewing decades ago. Ever since the nine sons fell one after another, the area under the jurisdiction of the Li family has been frequently attacked by demons. Now it seems that everything is traceable and is a target.
If the bloodline of the Li family is cut off and there is no successor to the Li family, if the bloodline of the direct line of the Li family weakens, the true dragons selected will probably be inferior to most of the other divine generals.
That is the most suitable time to attack the Li family.
But now, the demon's plan seems to have changed ahead of schedule.
Li Muxiu's eyes were deep and he slowly adjusted his breathing. He had previously fought with the lord of the Holy Palace outside the magic circle and defeated him and retreated, but he himself was also very exhausted.
The leaders of these two major forces took turns to consume him and make him exhausted.
"Wuliangshan, haven't you replied yet?"
Li Muxiu looked to the west with a gloomy expression.
There was a wave of monsters covering the top of the mountain, densely packed, giving everyone in the city a great sense of oppression, but his eyes did not change, looking through the waves of monsters and looking farther away.
Over there is Wuliang Mountain.
The relationship between the Li family and Wuliang Mountain is considered close. They usually offer incense and incense. Until now, Li Qianfeng is still the direct disciple of the Buddha.
But there was no news about the letter asking for help sent to Wuliang Mountain.
I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t receive it, or because Wuliangshan is also in trouble.
"Tell Tiangang, I can't hold on any longer. Now that the Li family has reached its last moment of life and death, it's time to call them back."
Li Muchiu looked away, knowing that there was no hope for Wuliang Mountain. He took a deep breath and his eyes became fierce.
Li Xiaoran was slightly startled, his expression changed, but he was silent.
He knew that now, it was indeed time for the Li family to fight to the death.
The glory of the past has spread, and now it is time to return to guard this glory and heritage.
If the ancestral hall is destroyed, the scattered bloodline will be meaningless.
The inheritance of the Millennium God General Mansion is not only the bloodline, but also the foundation. Once the foundation is shattered, even if the bloodline is retained, it is impossible to make a comeback.
After all, success in many cases is a matter of timing and opportunity, which cannot be replicated.
"I see."
Li Xiaoran glanced at the second brother, nodded slightly, and immediately stood up and flew quickly towards the God General's Mansion in the city.
Soon, he landed in the Divine General's Mansion like a stream of light.
In the mansion, in the mountains and rivers courtyard.
Many figures gathered in the hall of the courtyard. The leading figure, with a tall figure and an upright and majestic aura, was none other than Li Tiangang.
To his right, a female general wearing battle armor was sitting on a wicker chair. It was his wife Ji Qingqing.
In addition to their husband and wife, He Jianlan, Li Xuanli, Gao Qingqing and other ladies from various colleges are also here.
But unlike the luxurious clothes of the past, these ladies are now like Ji Qingqing, wearing battle armor with frost on their faces, as if they are ready to rush to the battlefield to fight at any time.
"Wuliangshan didn't reply..."
"The sword master from the Southern Sword House has not responded either..."
In the hall, the atmosphere was cold and solemn.
The former connections in the Divine General's Mansion seemed to have been suddenly stripped away at this moment, and there was no news at all.
However, except for these two major forces who are closer to the Li family, many other forces and sects that have received favors from the Li family have rushed over, but most of them are not strong in the Four Realms, or even the Three Immortals. Jing is already the strongest existence.
Now, they are in urgent need of experts from the Juexue Realm to come to their aid and share the pressure on Li Muchiu.
After all, this old man has to stand up to the leaders of two major forces by himself. One of them is still in the Taiping Dao realm at its peak. It is too strenuous and he will fall down at any time.
Whoosh.
Li Xiaoran's figure fell outside the hall. He didn't stop and stepped in directly. Looking at the miserable and sad people, he looked directly at Li Tiangang and said: "Second brother said, prepare to sacrifice to the ancestors." Blood Yin, recall all the blood of my Li family."
"In this battle, you can survive if you succeed, but if you fail, the Li family will be exterminated!"
His eyes were deep and cold: "Success or failure depends on this one move, and my second brother can't hold on any longer!"
Hearing Li Xiaoran's words, everyone in the hall was stunned, but they were not too shocked. Instead, they looked miserable.
The fall of Qingzhou and the dense crowd of demons outside Qingzhou City made them understand that this would happen sooner or later.
When guided by the blood of their ancestors, all the bloodline of the Li family will sense the danger of the Li family. This is the call of the bloodline. It will only be activated when the life and death of the Li family is truly at stake and this divine general's mansion that has stood for thousands of years faces an impasse. !
And those thousands of years of inheritance, spreading out and spreading out, are all over the Yu Dynasty. It is an extremely majestic force. If you use the blood of your ancestors, everyone will feel it.
(End of chapter)