An hour later, a bright moon rose from the back of the main camp, cold moonlight cascading down, making the scene below feel like entering a winter chill.
Yin Tianxia finished adjusting his breath.
"Attack."
While Yun Wuyue gave the command, she took out the pitch-black Demon Control Token and injected her True Qi into it, "War Beast Sky Slaughter, heed my command, kill!"
"Boom——"
The earth cracked open, and a ferocious demon beast clad in golden armor erged, its heavy footsteps shaking the grand walls of Tianjing City.
Above, the bright moon hung in the sky, below, the War Beast Sky Slaughter; the two supre forces unleashed their formidable auras, bearing down heavily.
Yin Tianxia stood in mid-air, moonlight cascading down, covering the city walls below with frost at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even the array patterns engraved on them couldn't stop the frost's spread.
She maneuvered the Moon Wheel, approaching Tianjing City, her majestic and cold voice echoing throughout the city, "Surrender, and you will be spared your life. Resist, and not even chickens or dogs will be left alive."
The cold words were filled with murderous intent, causing those who heard to shiver uncontrollably.
The Northern Zhou army had pushed all the way to Tianjing, capturing thirteen cities along the way. Of those, five had been annihilated for choosing to resist to the death. This bloody precedent was laid out starkly, and no one in Tianjing City doubted Yin Tianxia's murderous resolve.
But...
"Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are no cowards!" A loud shout ca from the city walls.
"Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are no cowards!"
Like a stone stirring a thousand ripples, the citizens, both on and below the walls, as well as everyone in the city, shouted resolutely, swearing to resist to the death.
Rationally, surrender was the best choice, but people are often guided by emotion.
Especially since Tianjing is the Daqian Capital, where people are deeply influenced by Daqian. Those in power might have thoughts of survival, but the lower and middle classes have a sincere patriotism.
If one day Northern Zhou faced the sa situation, one could imagine that the military and civilians in the Divine Capital would act the sa way. No matter the dynasty, the first to surrender would never be those at the lower levels.
"Admirable courage," Yin Tianxia's expression remained unchanged as he calmly ordered, "Storm the city!"
"Boom——"
The already prepared Divine Fire Cannons roared in unison, ruthlessly bombarding the city walls like a teor shower. The great war had begun.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!"
From the walls too, firepower was unleashed that was not less than that of their own side. Daqian also wielded firearms that were no weaker than those of Northern Zhou.
For a mont, the sky was filled with the exchange of sparks, the continuous roaring echoing through the sky, the sll of gunpowder perating the entire battlefield.
"Mo Family's chanical techniques, combined with those special explosives, have created firearms no weaker than ours."
Yun Wuyue shook her head slightly, "When the Daoist Master traded the formula for explosives to Daqian, it was sowhat of a miscalculation."
When Qing Yu was still in a weak position, he had used the formula for explosives as a trade condition to make peace with the Six Gates. At the ti, he hadn't expected that the explosive formula he traded away would one day pose a threat to his own side on the battlefield.
"However, our army is not sothing that can be stopped by these firearms."
Yun Wuyue gently raised her hand, and a stream of light flashed across the Demon Control Token, "War Beast Sky Slaughter, go."
"Roar——"
The War Beast Sky Slaughter let out a thunderous roar, shrouded in thick Demonic Essence, charging straight toward the city walls like a black lightning bolt.
The incoming cannonfire fell futilely against its indestructible body as the War Beast Sky Slaughter carved a deep ravine and crashed into the walls of Tianjing City.
"Boom——"
The formidable power caused the entire city wall to tremble endlessly, creating a grotesque gash at the point of impact, tearing open a massive wound in the ancient and solemn city wall.
Simultaneously, nurous Divinity Realm warriors within the Northern Zhou army also took action. Apart from Yun Wuyue, who controlled the War Beast Sky Slaughter, and the serenely standing Xuanzhen, all others soared into the air, launching palm force and Sword Qi to exacerbate the damage to the breached wall.
Such powerful attacks were more than enough to overwhelm the walls, which housed a massive Array Plate below.
Yet, this one-sided battle had driven the strong warriors within Tianjing out into the open.
Pure and impure energy transford into a Divine Dragon ascending the sky, Heavenly Soldier Qi Force splitting the air, majestic Death Qi spreading forth—Daqian's three Supre warriors arrived, leading their many Divinity Realm subordinates.
"Heavenly Scroll, Earth Scroll, the unity of heaven and earth, Dragon Roar Chant."
"Netherworld Ten Halls."
"Wave of Splitting Universe, Heavenly Weapon Ten Transformations."
Mu Cangsheng and others ca with Extre Moves across the sky, unleashing powerful killing strikes to establish their might against Yin Tianxia.
The howling Dragon of Pure and Impure, the solemn and majestic Netherworld Ten Halls, and the heaven-splitting Heavenly Soldiers instantly filled the sky with heavy Qi Force, montarily halting the moonlight's shadow.
The three Supre warriors working together would be too much for even the strongest at their peak, leaving no choice but to temporarily retreat; Yin Tianxia would be no exception.
But this was contingent on there truly being three attacking Supre warriors.
"All under heaven is void."
Taisu Energy condensed into a whirlwind descending from the sky. Wherever its Qi chanism touched, the Splitting Universe Divine Weapon and the Dragon Energy of Pure and Impure transford into white crystals, each disintegrating.
The only thing unaffected was Yama's Death Qi.
"Taiyin Mysterious."
Taiyin Moonlight swept down from the sky, its deadly cold colliding with the extre Yin of Death Qi, causing the temperature to plumt.
"Using the Daoist Master's Soldier Armor Martial Scripture against us is courting death."
Xuanzhen, clad in moon-white Daoist robes, arrived gracefully. The True Qi of a Divinity Realm overwhelming both Mu Cangsheng and Pei Dongliu, their Qi chanisms disrupted and chaotic.
The Soldier Armor Martial Scripture had an issue.
This thought flashed across Mu Cangsheng and Pei Dongliu's minds in unison.
"Laying out the world with the Soldier Armor Martial Scripture, Qing Yu is indeed vicious," Mu Cangsheng's Qi chanism was unstable, making even flying a wobbly affair.
He had been cultivating two volus of the Soldier Armor Martial Scripture and delved deeply into them, so the influence he suffered was substantial. When the Qi chanism from the Wasteful Scroll arrived, his True Qi imdiately beca chaotic, rampaging within.
Pei Dongliu, though not cultivating for as long, was highly compatible with the Tear Scroll, and his Power in this regard was not shallow.
As a result, both fell victim.
"Withdraw."
With a decisive shout, Mu Cangsheng and Pei Dongliu headed downward. Yama, too, retreated while fighting, continually pulling back.
Having lost the combat strength of two Supre warriors at the outset, this battle was hardly winnable.
However, even though Mu Cangsheng and the others wanted to retreat, it depended on whether Northern Zhou permitted it.
"War Beast Sky Slaughter, chase them," Yun Wuyue ordered coldly.
"Roar——"
Receiving the command, the War Beast Sky Slaughter unleashed its slaughtering nature, its Demonic Essence crossing the sky, wild Demonic Qi traversing at will to obstruct the retreating Mu Cangsheng and others below.
At the sa ti, Yin Tianxia also led a group, advancing aggressively, pursuing relentlessly.
The battle, barely begun, already showed signs of one-sidedness. The Northern Zhou army was inspired, forming a Soldier Evil Array to attack inside Tianjing City.
The fall of the Daqian Capital was thus set in motion.
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