Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 143: Submission or Death?

"I am curious about one thing. Can I, alone, exterminate all 200,000 soldiers of the Heishan Army?"

The one who said these words, Zhong Cang, did not threaten or roar like an evil spirit. In fact, he did not show any intention to kill. He was simply interested and wanted to test it out.

The feeling he gave to Hou Hua was like watching a mischievous child observing ants moving their nest. Suddenly, the child became interested and poured a bucket of water into the ant nest, wanting to see if the water could drown all the ants.

Did the child have any terrifying intent or malice when pouring the water?

No.

Those children were just innocently curious, and some adults even found them lively and adorable.

However, at this moment, Hou Hua did not feel any of that.

Zhong Cang's attitude of neither good nor evil made him feel like he had fallen into an abyss, and an endless chill spread throughout his body.

He couldn't help but feel fear. Zhong Cang was like a curious child, but in Zhong Cang's eyes, the Heishan Army was like ants.

What was even more terrifying was that after the previous battle, he couldn't even accuse Zhong Cang of being arrogant. Instead, he believed that Zhong Cang could really do it. And that truly frightened him.

"You...you can't do this. They are all human beings, just like you!"

"If you slaughter 200,000 people, you will be condemned by heaven!"

"Also, we didn't provoke you. The ambush just now was orchestrated by the people of the Demon Sect, not us."

"I didn't have any intention to fight with you just now, really..."

Fearful, Hou Hua kept explaining.

It wasn't that he was cowardly, but Zhong Cang at this moment was truly terrifying.

To be honest, if Zhong Cang had threatened with a murderous intent, Hou Hua wouldn't be afraid.

But Zhong Cang, who was neither good nor evil and remained indifferent, gave people a sense of 'divinity'.

It was the kind of god who regarded mortals as ants.

This kind of Zhong Cang made him have an intuition that, out of curiosity and interest, he might unleash divine punishment on Heishan City and destroy the entire city.

As a general, Hou Hua had the courage to confront humans, but when it came to gods who demonstrated power and 'temperament', he dared not.

Hou Hua wanted to let Zhong Cang know that Heishan City itself had no ill intentions.

But when he looked up, all he saw was Zhong Cang's still cold and heartless pure white pupils.

In that instant of direct eye contact, Hou Hua understood that the 'divine being' before him knew that the 3,000 people were tempted.

Even more so, it knew that he had only charged forward with a deterrent mentality and had no intention of truly starting a war with the Cloud Firmament Sect.

Yet, despite knowing all of this, Zhong Cang still made a move.

This move was only meant to tell himself one thing: 'He' was not interested in listening to his explanations, nor did 'He' want any reasons.

What he wants is just a result.

Death, or submission.

"..."

Feeling all of this, Hou Hua fell silent and no longer engaged in meaningless explanations.

Such silence did not last long.

After he was seriously injured, Zhong Cang's gravity imprint (monomer) was lifted, and the gravity field returned to the group of injured soldiers, and this gravity was gradually increasing.

Under the pressure of gravity, the heavily injured heavy cavalry became even worse. It wouldn't take long for them to be crushed to death by gravity.

Sensing all of this, Hou Hua smiled bitterly and surrendered.

"I'm sorry, it's our fault. We shouldn't have charged at you, shouldn't have launched an ambush. I will give you an explanation..."

After speaking, Hou Hua found that Zhong Cang remained indifferent.

Reluctantly, Hou Hua could only say, "As an explanation, I am willing to persuade my father and use all the power of the Black Mountain Legion to besiege the people of the Demon Gate."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Cang's gravity field finally retracted.

His expression also returned to indifference.

After taking a final look at Hou Hua, Zhong Cang left with his team.

And after leaving that area, many fellow disciples looked at Zhong Cang with not only admiration, but also a hint of fear.

Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs.

In the Heavenly Heart state, Zhong Cang is domineering and treats all living beings without emotion. In his eyes, humans are no different from ants. This state is indeed terrifying.

Only Yue Qianqian, who possesses Sword Intent, dares to speak to Zhong Cang.

Suppressing her palpitations and chills, Yue Qianqian calmly said,

"Is it appropriate to let the eldest son of the Black Mountain Legion go like this without any constraints? He now hates you to the bone."

"It doesn't matter. Besides hatred, he fears me even more. As long as fear outweighs terror, he won't dare to do anything."

After speaking, Zhong Cang looked at a cultivator who excelled in speed and invisibility and gave a faint order,

"Go to Black Prison City and make all the cultivators from Cloud Firmament Sect withdraw."

"Yes."

Although he was puzzled, the person who received the order did not question it and left directly.

This is Zhong Cang's current status and deterrence. When he issues an order, even if others don't understand, they won't ask questions but will execute it directly.

...

After issuing the order, Zhong Cang came to a hilltop, letting the others rest, while he himself looked towards the direction of Black Prison City.

No one dared to disturb Zhong Cang while he stood there. However, after a while, Zhong Kangping came over and asked with some concern,

"Cang'er... cough, Zhong Cang..."

"Uncle, just call me Cang'er."

"Alright, Cang'er, actually, we don't have to be so intense. We can slowly make our way into the city and plan accordingly."

"It's useless. Just by using means to win them over, we won't be able to compete against the Demon Sect."

"??? How can we be inferior? The Demon Sect is cruel, but our Dao Sect... cough cough, although we also need resources, we will maintain order and share some benefits with local forces. Most forces, as long as they're not foolish, tend to lean towards our Dao Sect."

"Indeed, newly emerging forces may act this way, but based on the information we've collected along the way, the imperial dynasty in this world has existed for eight hundred years and is in its decadent final years with no hope."

"???"

Zhong Kangping didn't understand the connection between the decadence of the imperial dynasty and the competition between the Demon Sect and the Dao Sect, but seeing Zhong Cang's determined expression, he stopped asking and brought up another matter.

"Cang'er, are you really confident in annihilating the two hundred thousand army of Black Mountain City? I think if they don't surrender, we can use other methods. Please don't act stubbornly just for the sake of face."

This statement was also the main purpose of Zhong Kangping's visit.

With his own family ties and witnessing Zhong Cang's strength, he saw Zhong Cang as the hope for the rise of the Zhong family.

Therefore, even if the task assigned by the sect to win them over failed, he didn't want anything to happen to Zhong Cang.

Sensing his uncle's concern, Zhong Cang smiled.

"Don't worry, I won't act impulsively."

"As for the two hundred thousand army, I am also confident in dealing with them."

As he spoke, Zhong Cang looked up at the sky and sensed the information conveyed by the flowing wind.

After a while, Zhong Cang calmly said,

"If they don't make a move, in five days, it will be the time for the Black Mountain Army and the people from the Demon Sect inside to be annihilated."

...

From the sect's residence in the Xuan Yuan Realm to Youzhou, the journey was still far.

During the journey, Zhong Cang constantly used the artistic conception of wind to listen to the information collected by the flowing wind.

After summarizing the information, Zhong Cang came to the conclusion that Cloud Firmament Sect couldn't compete with the Demon Sect using ordinary means.

Therefore, in the end, Zhong Cang acted domineeringly and prepared to make the Black Mountain Army surrender through force.

Of course, during the journey, Zhong Cang only had this idea.

After being ambushed by the Demon Sect and fighting against the Black Armor Army and the Demon Sect cultivators, he realized his own strength and made a firm decision.

At the same time, although he was prepared to use thunderous means, Zhong Cang wasn't reckless.

He had no intention of entering the city himself and planned to evacuate all the Cloud Firmament Sect cultivators.

In this way, even if the plan failed, the cultivators who could fly and move swiftly would still have the ability to retreat.

...

On this side, Zhong Cang was waiting.

Waiting for the decision of the Black Mountain Army and waiting for a certain moment five days later.

In the Black Prison City, the commander of the Black Mountain Army, Hou Pengtian, stood in the military hall of the Black Prison City, angrily staring at several Demon Sect cultivators who had been brought here.

"You dare to control my son and let him lead the troops into battle? The Wanling Demon Sect has such audacity, they don't even put me in their eyes!"

Note: The translation provided is a faithful representation of the original Chinese text. Some sentences may appear fragmented or lack proper grammar in English due to differences in sentence structure and grammar between the two languages.

In the face of the furious Hou Pengtian, the Mo Gate cultivators who stayed behind in the Black Prison City and were brought here showed no fear at all.

This is inevitable, as weakness is the original sin.

With the support of a major sect like the Spirit Demon Sect, even if they were only at the Qi Refining Stage, they would not regard the Imperial Dynasty in this place, let alone a general.

Therefore, both Zhong Cang and the other side acted in a domineering manner.

It was only because they didn't want to end up in this situation that Zhong Cang took action without hesitation.

At this moment, facing Hou Pengtian's angry words and murderous gaze, several Mo Gate cultivators looked at each other and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, not taking you seriously... that's right. So what? Are you planning to kill us?"

This statement made the anger in Hou Pengtian's eyes grow stronger, and the figures of the Legion Guards became more and more visible around the house, appearing and disappearing.

Surrounding the Mo Gate cultivators in the center, Hou Pengtian, full of killing intent, said:

"You think I dare not!"

"Of course you don't dare, hehe... the support from the Cloud Firmament Sect has already been intercepted by us. Without support, the Cloud Firmament Sect has already lost here, and you have no other choice. If you don't join the Holy Sect, when we win, all of you will die."

"They haven't lost yet. If my Black Mountain Army joins, you won't win."

"Hehe, you can't join... I forgot to tell you one thing. The cultivators of the Cloud Firmament Sect were personally killed by your son leading the troops. Do you think that after dozens of disciples, including inner disciples, died, the Cloud Firmament Sect will spare you?"

"It's possible if Nascent Soul speaks."

"Hahaha, Nascent Soul... do you think anything in this realm can make Nascent Soul interested?"

"...No, hahaha."

"Crack, crack..."

The laughter of the few people made Hou Pengtian clench his fists tightly.

However, the furious Hou Pengtian did not make the Mo Gate cultivators afraid.

But they didn't want to completely push the other side away, so the Mo Gate cultivators did not continue to say anything excessive. As for before, one was due to the nature of being a member of the Mo Gate, and the other was deliberately speaking arrogantly in order to make Hou Pengfei understand his current situation.

He couldn't threaten the Mo Gate and had no other choice.

After giving a big stick, a demon woman began to offer sweet dates.

"General Hou, why be angry? My Spirit Demon Holy Sect is not like the Cloud Firmament Sect, we are not petty. If you join us, we will not be stingy with resources, nor will we restrict you. We will even give you cultivation techniques, longevity pills... these things that the Cloud Firmament Sect cannot provide."

"Those hypocrites, with so many restrictions, they recruit disciples based on talent, luck, and character... unlike our Spirit Demon Holy Sect, which teaches without discrimination."

"Even if you want, we are willing to let a fairy marry you..."

The threat from the cultivators made Hou Pengfei realize that he had no choice.

And the temptation of resources offered by the demon woman.

Using a stick and offering a sweet date, although this method is common, it is indeed effective.

And the key role in this is the Mo Gate cultivators who wielded the stick, their recklessness made Hou Pengfei not dare to act rashly.

However, just as he gritted his teeth and was about to agree, the Mo Gate cultivators showed a victorious smile on their faces.

With a loud bang, the door of the conference hall was pushed open.

(End of this chapter)