Hua Mulan gripped her spear, her gaze fixed on the barbarian Venerables. With each thrust, her spear seemed to cleave the void, splitting heaven and earth. It moved like a dragon, its golden radiance erupting, sending countless heads rolling in the sea of blood.
"Screech!!"
Hua Mulan's spear pierced directly through the chest of a barbarian Venerable. With a flick of her wrist, the spear spun and danced, tearing the Venerable's body apart, flesh and blood splattering.
Within the battlefield, a vast sea of blood churned, its malevolent aura thickening and obscuring the void. Deep crimson light enveloped the scene. Barbarian soldiers wailed in terror, falling into the bloody mire with expressions of regret. Golden light flashed across the bodies of the barbarian soldiers, their bloodied weapons glistening as they cut through flesh.
Hua Mulan held her spear, her eyes scanning the entire battlefield. Whenever a Venerable appeared, stars would erupt, a mighty dragon emerging from the sea, as if a deity controlling the ebb and flow of the battle.
"Humans!!"
Among the barbarian soldiers, countless were splattered with blood, their faces pale, cold sweat streaming down their brows.
They were also elite Tianwu troops, having fought across all directions against demons, the Four-Eyed Tribe... In the past million years, what top-tier forces had they not bled against? Yet, they had never felt such powerlessness.
The human army before them, the valiant troops of the Great Han Dynasty, had, since their invasion of the Southern Barbarian region, swept through everything with their might. Their bloody path had paved a road of iron-clad warfare, and countless barbarian cities had fallen!
"Kill!"
The Jinni Legion soldiers scattered across the battlefield suddenly ignited streams of golden light. The Jinni divine beast in the sky roared, its roars echoing through the blood-soaked void. Waves of golden ocean gradually turned crimson, and an awe-inspiring killing intent enveloped the heavens.
The soldiers of the Jinni Legion's Second Army instantly created distance from the barbarian soldiers, raising their golden halberds. As the vast blood energy permeated them, streams of cold light flashed on their blades!
Countless Jinni Legion soldiers, their faces cold, became even more bloodthirsty and ruthless as they were stained with blood. Like a single entity, they moved in unison, slashing towards the battlefield.
With a thunderous roar, the Jinni divine beast's eyes in the void blazed with bloody light. Endless sharpness flashed in the sea of blood. The gradually reddening golden ocean vanished, and a colossal, blood-red battle saber materialized, exuding an unparalleled aura that could tear through the heavens.
"Boom!!"
Hua Mulan brandished the army banner, controlling the terrifying primordial energy of the entire formation. As the banner waved, she channeled the vast blood energy of the Jinni Legion soldiers.
It was unclear how long Hua Mulan had been waving the banner when, suddenly, her expression shifted. She stamped her foot in the void and let out a powerful roar.
"Kill!"
The blood-red battle saber in the void instantly erupted with boundless killing intent, its blade subtly shimmering with sharp ferocity.
The great saber descended, its blade unleashing a killing-infused edge that plunged into the terrified barbarian army.
In an instant, countless barbarian soldiers dissolved into bloody mist. The saber's might slashed down, and the mist hanging in the air rippled under the saber's intent. Barbarian soldiers vanished into the void as the saber's brilliance flashed.
"No!!"
"The human war spirit is formidable, we cannot resist!!"
"Retreat!!"
"Fall back to He Yun City!!"
On the blood-drenched battlefield, countless miserable cries filled the turbulent sea of blood!
"Run?"
Hua Mulan chuckled coldly. To disintegrate the barbarians, to sever their elite forces, shatter their centers of power, and annihilate their living strength – these three were indispensable!
"Kill!"
As the churning sea of blood gradually subsided, the Jinni Legion soldiers from all directions, gripping their golden halberds, surged once more into the chaotic barbarian ranks.
"Boom!!"
"Screech~~!!"
Saber light flashed, blood splattered, and the entire battlefield descended into chaos. The Jinni Legion soldiers, wielding their icy blades, swiftly slaughtered the barbarian army whose fighting spirit had collapsed and whose hearts were filled with fear.
Countless barbarian soldiers were mercilessly slain, their corpses falling from the sky to crash heavily into the blood.
"Charge!!"
After a few dozen breaths, the barbarian army that had charged out from the city was annihilated. Hua Mulan, holding the army banner, led the Jinni Legion's Second Army into the ravaged barbarian capital.
Smoke billowed!
"Strategist, do you think the Barbarian Emperor and the High Priest will be in He Yun City?"
Gao Changgong narrowed his eyes, watching the barbarian army, devoid of resistance, as Hua Mulan’s Jinni Legion Second Army swept through, harvesting the lives of barbarian soldiers. The magnificent and imposing city vanished in an instant, and the thousand-foot statue of the Barbarian Emperor was shattered by Hua Mulan's spear.
The statue, symbolizing the Barbarian Emperor's supreme glory, crumbled in the void and dissipated into countless fragments.
...
"How is it?"
Inside He Yun City, Dugu Xin gazed at the deputy generals under his command, his expression grave. For half a day since he and Fei Yingdong led the Jinni Legion's First and Third Armies in a surprise attack on He Yun City, they had not encountered a single Venerable, let alone the Barbarian Emperor and the High Priest.
Hundreds of thousands of Jinni soldiers were arrayed outside He Yun City, peaceably taking possession of the city that bore witness to the barbarians' rise.
Countless barbarian warriors submitted to the might of the Great Han!
"Reporting, General, no!"
Several deputy generals shook their heads.
"General Dugu, General Dugu!"
Fei Yingdong rushed in from outside the hall, his voice urgent. "There is no trace of the Barbarian Emperor or the Barbarian High Priest within the city or within a radius of dozens of miles. My subordinate generals, leading a thousand elite cavalry, have scoured a thousand miles but found no sign of the Barbarian Emperor."
"None?"
"Could it be!"
Dugu Xin's eyes flashed with divine light. If not in the capital, and not in He Yun City, then they could only be in the heartland of the Azure Dragon Legion.
"General Dugu, you mean!"
Fei Yingdong narrowed his eyes, a hint of nervousness in his gaze. "The Barbarian Emperor and the High Priest went to the southern region's heartland. Then the Azure Dragon Legion!!"
"Do not panic."
Dugu Xin's expression was calm. "The Azure Dragon Legion has three top-tier Venerables: Li Guang, Feng Yi, and Ma Yuan. Even if the Barbarian Emperor descends, I fear he will not be able to overcome the Azure Dragon Legion."
"Let's go, we will report to the commander!"
Dugu Xin stepped out of the hall, Fei Yingdong closely following. After mustering a thousand troops and not yet five miles out of He Yun City, they met Gao Changgong, Xie Hui, and Xu Chu, who had descended into the southern region via Mi Cang Dao.
"Reporting to the commander, He Yun City has been successfully occupied, but the Barbarian Emperor and the High Priest were not found!"
"This subordinate speculates that the Barbarian Emperor and the High Priest have likely converged with the barbarian army and their script. The Azure Dragon Legion is in danger!!"
Dugu Xin's voice was heavy.