PDLP Chapter 290 Su Ji's position, taking down the powerful figure.
Chapter 290 Su Ji's position, taking down the powerful figure.
Li Hui led 30,000 troops northward, not only to leave men to guard the recaptured cities, but also because many of his troops were not elite enough.
After all, Li Hui initially only had three thousand soldiers. He recruited soldiers while fighting, and his army also included powerful families, Qiang people, and slaves.
With over 100,000 troops, some were of superior strength and some were of inferior strength, and many generals felt that heading north was too risky. Li Hui did not insist on taking them, and only brought most of the elite troops.
Before conquering the Central Plains, the Barbarian Gods lived on the grasslands of the northern desert, a place covered in snow every autumn and winter, known as a bitterly cold land.
Moreover, there are vast stretches of Gobi Desert and deserts extending for thousands of miles between the Central Plains and the grasslands. If the barbarian tribes were allowed to escape to the northern desert, it would be difficult to wage war against them again in the future.
Li Hui's idea was to ambush the Barbarians along the way, deplete their strength, and prevent them from invading the Central Plains for a hundred years.
The barbarian gods, perhaps because they were fleeing with their families, were moving slowly, or perhaps they never imagined that Li Hui would abandon the pseudo-emperor of Xindu to pursue them, soon came into view.
Because the great calamity of the Dragon War obscured the secrets of heaven, not only the divine lords who accompanied the army to guard the area, but even the great powers could hardly detect the details of all parties. It was not until the two sides appeared in each other's field of vision that the Barbarian God Clan realized that danger was approaching.
"Li Hui's tribe actually wants to wipe us out. Do they really think our Barbarian God Clan is easy to bully?"
The Barbarian God Clan was divided into a pro-war faction and a faction that stayed behind. Immediately, some people went to the northern desert to request support from the remaining clansmen; since the enemy had come to their doorstep, those Barbarian God Clan members would certainly not sit idly by and wait to die.
"Soldiers, mount your horses quickly and use guerrilla tactics against the enemy!"
The barbarian gods are most skilled in mounted archery. They were unable to unleash their full potential in the previous siege battle, and now they intend to avenge their defeat.
"May the gods raise dust and sand, so that the enemy cannot see our tracks!"
The deserts and northern deserts are the home ground of the Barbarian Gods, where their strength can even be unleashed beyond their normal limits.
Before long, a small sandstorm rose up, with barbarian cavalrymen following closely behind, ready to fire at Li Hui's troops while they were in a state of panic.
"Form ranks!"
Li Hui had anticipated this scene and immediately gave the order. The soldiers, who had already rehearsed, immediately began to move according to the formation.
As some troops retreated, vehicles loaded with high-quality steel cannons came into view. As shells were loaded into the cannons, the artillerymen's eyes were all on Marshal Li Hui.
Li Hui's eyes flashed with lightning, and he could vaguely see the barbarian cavalry in the sandstorm, but he did not give the order to fire the cannons.
However, the number of shells carried this time is limited, and firing now would be affected by sand and dust, so it would be better to wait a while.
As expected, after the barbarian gods stirred up a sandstorm, their own gods also made their move.
"Desert God, you're nothing but a soul now, yet you still dare to stir up sand and dust here?"
The one who spoke was Lu Tuo, one of the three deities of the City God Temple. Su Ji had specially invited him to deal with the current situation.
Ultimately, Su Ji was also a person from the land god system, and also held the position of a divine official.
The four emperors all wanted to make a name for themselves during the dragon contest so they could take the throne as the next Heavenly Emperor, but Su Ji hoped that the Yellow Emperor in the center would take another term.
Furthermore, since Li Hui was originally a seed of the Dragon Struggle from the Central Yellow Emperor's worship site, the City God and Earth God systems could not sit idly by. Therefore, Lord Lu Tuo gladly came after Su Ji's invitation.
"Accumulated sand forms hills!"
The sandstorm was only a few feet high to begin with, but under Lu Tuo's supernatural power, countless heavier sandstorms seemed to be affected by gravity and began to fall to the ground.
"Lord Lu Tuo? You actually chose to enter the tribulation on your own initiative!"
Having lost his divine body during the tribulation, Hei Mo was now filled with intense killing intent upon seeing Lu Tuo undergo the tribulation.
"If it weren't for this tribulation, I wouldn't have received the full support of my clan. Now that I have successfully merged with the Dao here, none of you will be able to escape!"
The sandstorm rose again, transforming into a massive sandstorm several miles high, through which the face of the Black Desert could be faintly seen.
"Harmony with Heaven and Earth?"
Lu Tuo was startled at first, then breathed a sigh of relief:
"You are merely a half-step Great Power who has passed the test of Earth God. Even if this is your training ground, we are not incapable of fighting you!"
A half-step great power is only at the level of an invincible god-king. Even with the advantage of a favorable cultivation ground, they are only a great power with decent strength.
If it were a one-on-one fight, Lu Tuo would definitely leave this place immediately, but now that he has more helpers, the Black Desert in front of him is not invincible.
"The light of the sun and moon, a dreamlike celestial realm!"
Zhang Xiaolian merged her three bodies into one, transforming into a sky-covering divine image. "Golden Toad Spits Coins, Earth-Rank Divine Power!"
Yan Tianchou and Su Ji can be considered different individuals, and the great calamity will not involve Su Ji.
"Divine Wood Mech!"
The Thousand Transformations Ancestor seized this opportunity and planned to make the Mohist school prosper alongside Li Hui.
"Golden Armor!"
Mo Linglong has served as Su Ji's housekeeper for many years. She could have avoided the tribulation, but she voluntarily entered it to contribute her strength.
"The Great Fiend Formation!"
This time, it wasn't Qian Feng who set up the formation, but Marshal Li Hui, and the key to the formation was none other than the 30,000-strong army!
Qian Feng refined the Four Symbols and Five Elements Gang Sha Grand Formation into his body, while Li Hui, under Su Ji's guidance, transformed it into a military formation. Countless soldiers' blood and qi surged into the sky, condensing into nine phantom images of soldiers and evil spirits.
These soldiers do not have a precise standard for combat strength. If we have to judge them by their power level, then they are all at the level of divine generals.
However, these kinds of evil spirits are the nemesis of ghosts and gods. Even though the dojo of the half-step great power Hei Mo is not far away, Li Hui has enough confidence to protect himself.
"With their thorough preparations, we can only retreat and avoid confrontation today..."
Having "died" once, Hei Mo became even more cautious in his actions, no longer inclined to confront things head-on.
As the sandstorm gradually dissipated, the barbarian cavalry came into Li Hui's view. The enemy seemed to have received an order to retreat, and they had spread out several miles away.
"It's only four or five miles away. Artillery, fire immediately!"
The Hongyi cannons had a short firing range, but they used high-quality steel cannons, which exceeded the traditional concept of the barbarian gods.
"Boom boom boom!"
As the cannon fire subsided, hundreds of cavalrymen were quickly thrown to the ground, while the remaining cavalrymen fled in terror, but still could not escape the effective firing range of the steel cannons.
"Using high-strength steel cannons against alien races is exhilarating, but if used against rebels..."
Li Hui shook his head, his resolve to fight for Long Zheng only strengthened.
Without the steel cannons, the future Longzheng campaign would have been a bloodbath, causing heavy casualties among the soldiers. Only with such deterrent weapons as the steel cannons could more bloodshed be avoided.
Unexpectedly, just as the cannon fire rang out again, a huge figure suddenly appeared above the barbarian cavalry.
Then they saw that the newcomer's hair stood on end, and he looked like a giant wolf. With just one spit, the cannonballs exploded in mid-air.
"Ok?"
Su Ji recognized the person at a glance. When the Undying Demon Lord was born, this powerful figure from the Barbarian God Clan had confidently attacked, but the Undying Demon Lord crushed his clone with a single hand.
Now that this powerful being has made his move again, it seems that Su Ji, the Golden Toad Sage, is just a figurehead.
"The Great Dragon Struggle? It's nothing more than a chessboard for the power struggles of various forces; the Great Calamity of the Mortal World is only effective against those powerful beings who have reached the Dao of Heaven and Earth!"
Su Ji did not take action, not out of fear of being affected by the great calamity, but to give face to all parties involved.
Now that the powerful figure of the Barbarian God Clan has made a move, it's practically a direct provocation. Even if this chessboard is smashed, no one will dare to touch him!
"The path of deflection, the cracks in the void!"
As soon as the Barbarian God Clan's Giant Wolf Venerable detonated the cannonballs in mid-air, he noticed that the void around him was beginning to distort, and he immediately showed a look of panic.
"Who exactly made the move?"
"The Black Emperor of the North? Such an emperor would never stoop to deal with a mere Venerable like me..."
"Could it be the Golden Toad Sage? Isn't he afraid of the war escalating?"
However, before the Giant Wolf Venerable could even struggle to escape, the entire void seemed to open its jaws wide.
"Om-"
In an instant, the Giant Wolf Venerable vanished into thin air. If it weren't for the exploding shells still hitting the ground, many would have mistakenly believed he had never existed. (End of Chapter)