webnovelfull Chapter 273 The War of the Li Witch
Chapter 273 The War of the Li Witch
Within the boundaries of Jingzhou lie 100,000 mountains, a million Li people, and 100,000 Wu people.
The Li and Wu tribes openly made no attempt to conceal their foreign origins, standing out conspicuously in southern Jingzhou, in opposition to the Great Xia Dynasty.
The Li and Wu ethnic groups have coexisted and integrated for thousands of years, practicing witchcraft and strengthening their bodies, which is something that scattered ethnic groups like the Huanjing and Ling ethnic groups cannot compare to.
Ning Xiaoxi stood atop a high mountain, gazing at the endless, seemingly limitless mountain range, the mysterious and unpredictable Ten Thousand Mountains, like a fairyland.
Is the royal family planning to start a war?
The Li and Wu ethnic groups coexist, and deep in the mountains lies a hidden city. If the lineages of both tribes within that city can be destroyed, then the Li and Wu ethnic groups will be effectively exterminated.
So, the Spirit Guard's target is the legacy within that city?
Since the two clans began practicing the art of inheritance five hundred years ago, the outside world has known nothing about their internal affairs. Even the location of the inheritance city was only estimated in the last hundred years. At that time, it was discovered that there were two cities, one real and one false.
Ning Xiaoxi looked at the flashing red dot on the map, "Is this real or fake?"
The dumpling is proud, [and that's certainly true.]
Which of the Spirit Guards launched the attack?
Tuanzi lowered her head. "It's true. They located the true city after sacrificing countless Shadow Guards."
Ning Xiaoxi's eyes flashed. [They were investigating with the Ink Shadow Guards, but the ones who launched the attack were the Spirit Guards?]
Different roles.
[The Shadow Guards are so pitiful!] Ning Xiaoxi couldn't help but complain, [How can the Shadow Guards be so loyal to royalty like this?]
When there's no other choice, one is naturally loyal.
A faint fluctuation of spiritual energy emanated from the depths of the mountains, wave after wave, in a very regular pattern.
A fight broke out.
Ning Xiaoxi didn't rush forward at this moment. She was joking; with the Spirit Guard attacking the city, the Li and Wu tribes would definitely mobilize all available members to return and support the defense. This was a battle for survival; even ordinary tribesmen would risk their lives to join the fight.
Thick black smoke rose from the mountains from time to time. Ning Xiaoxi opened the map and could clearly see that a hidden city deep in the mountains was the center, and the surrounding area was surrounded by a defensive line set up by Yuling Town within ten miles to block the Liwu people who came in like a tidal wave.
On that defensive line, Ning Xiaoxi saw Lu Wu's physical body, as well as the physical bodies of the White Tiger, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Tiangou. Their incomparably powerful flesh and blood bodies stood all around, mercilessly reaping the lives of ordinary people from the Li and Wu tribes.
Lu Wu climbed down from the three mulberry trees, slid out of the cave, and stood beside Ning Xiaoxi. After a period of nurturing, his broken soul was now able to stand completely beside Ning Xiaoxi, although his height was not much different from Ning Xiaoxi's.
Ning Xiaoxi raised her chin. "Don't you want to try to save it?"
Lu Wu shook his head, his expression sorrowful. From the moment his soul was forced to leave his body, he had already perished. He shouldn't have continued to exist in this world, so there was no need to fight for it anymore.
From sunrise to sunset, from waning moon to full moon.
Like a tidal wave, the Li and Wu tribes overthrew the Heavenly Dog. Their ferocity surged, and a faint divine soul of the Heavenly Dog descended from the sky, merging with the flesh and blood of the beast, transforming into specks of green fireflies that filled the world. All the trees and forests covered in the green glow began to wither and fall. The Li and Wu tribesmen revealed their true colors, relentlessly attacking the demonic beast's body and even turning on their own comrades who were fighting alongside them.
Dark clouds began to gather in the sky, the gray sky heavy and oppressive.
A high-ranking shaman of the Wu tribe severed the white tiger's head with his blade. Its body began to crumble, releasing a terrifying aura. Wherever this aura touched, everything—flowers, trees, snakes, insects, rodents, and even the shamans and commoners—vanished, their flesh and bones dissolving. The decaying matter corroded the mountains and earth, filling the air with a stench of decay. In the eastern sky, the white tiger's phantom traversed the heavens, its roars and howls terrifying all the people of the Wu and Li tribes, causing them to collapse and die. The white tiger's phantom gazed at its crumbling, fragmented body, the starlight in its eyes fading into nothingness before finally vanishing without a trace.
The Li people used their powerful bodies to drive the beasts in the mountains to devour the Taotie. At the last moment, a glint of light flashed in the Taotie's originally lifeless eyes, and bursts of blood energy suddenly erupted between heaven and earth. It ignited upon contact with the body, and the raging flames instantly burned away the body and soul. In an instant, the entire area was engulfed by the fire, and the Taotie's body also dissipated in the boiling blood energy.
Lu Wu's proud body twisted and turned, agile enough despite lacking consciousness. His tiger paws were covered in flesh and blood, and his body, head, and face were covered with the remains of the Li and Wu tribes. The Li people, fearless of death, raised their waist knives and began to slowly dismember Lu Wu's body. Pieces of flesh flew up and fell, tendons and bones were shattered, and flesh and bone were separated.
Blood stained the sky and spread across the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Dark clouds rolled and gathered, pressing down with the heavy pressure of an impending mountain rain.
Lu Wu, standing beside Ning Xiaoxi, closed his eyes, and a faint aura of his soul drifted out and landed on the skeleton of Shen Yu, who was still fighting fiercely.
Lu Wu's flesh and blood had been completely shaved off, his internal organs scattered on the ground, leaving only his skeleton, shimmering with a pale silver light, still relentlessly killing enemies. As that wisp of divine soul descended, the dancing skeleton ceased all movement and collapsed with a deafening roar.
As Lu Wu's skeleton collapsed and his physical body was slowly annihilated by dismemberment, the wisp of his soul that remained on the skeleton rose as a faint blue shadow, slowly dissipating into the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The mountains and rivers grieved, and cries of sorrow filled the land. The already weak soul shrank further, becoming so light that it seemed a gust of wind could blow it away.
Ning Xiaoxi's spiritual energy surged, enveloping the ethereal soul that was as light as the wind.
Dark clouds filled the sky like a black night falling, and torrential rain poured down.
Spirit guards rose from all directions into the air, attempting to disperse the dark clouds and prevent the rain from falling.
"Click-clack!"
"Crack!"
"Boom!"
"Crack!"
Thunder roared and lightning flashed incessantly. All the rising spirit guards were struck down by lightning and fell with the raindrops, their bodies and souls annihilated.
In mid-air, a golden talisman gate opened, and Tianxian stepped out of the gate, holding a black imperial edict.
"The King of Humanity commands that demons and evil spirits be slain; all under Heaven and on Earth shall obey the King's command and heed his orders to pacify the heavens!"
The clouds in the sky grew darker and darker, but there was no more thunder or lightning. Daylight turned into night, and no more obstacles appeared.
Tian Xian turned and stepped into the talisman gate. The black edict he read was hung high above the gate, its faint golden light shimmering, which awed all things and spirits in the heavens and on the earth.
Lu Wu's remaining little divine soul looked sadly at the royal decree in the sky, proving that the human race had truly stood at the top of all things and spirits.
Ning Xiaoxi stared intently at the imperial edict. It was the source of the human king's confidence in fighting against demons and the backbone of the human king in the world. Under the king's command, none could disobey!
The fierce flames receded, and heaven and earth grieved together. The Hundred Thousand Mountains were now shrouded in a thick aura of blood.