Myriad Paths

Before the battle, late at night.

Zhang Xu was wearing the best armor, and the spear in his hand had been replaced with the strongest magic weapon he could control.

There was only a faint firelight beside him, and all the soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp had eaten and drunk enough, but no one drank.

"Brothers, have you received the pensions?" Zhang Xu said to many soldiers.

The soldiers nodded.

"Have you received the rewards for your children and wives?" he asked again.

"Three hundred gold, one hundred acres of land, and the hereditary civil servant documents have all been sent back." One of the soldiers answered.

"You dare to say that this is a hereditary position? I thought you were conferred a title!" Zhang Xu laughed and scolded.

The soldiers also laughed. Although they knew that this was nothing to the big guys, it could indeed be passed down from generation to generation. They had their own experience. In many places, there were old officials who had been entrenched in a certain place for many years. The relationship in the local area was so complicated that they almost formed a family.

Although it is not presentable, it is hereditary, and there is no problem at all.

After laughing, Zhang Xu looked at the thousands of people in front of him and continued: "Then you know, right? Whether it is the land just awarded or the position that can be passed down from generation to generation, there must be a premise for it to exist."

"That is... Dalu Kingdom is still there."

This made many soldiers silent.

"This country is still there, our land and positions are still there. If it is broken by humanity, everyone has seen what happened to Song Kingdom." Zhang Xu pointed outside.

What happened to Song Kingdom?

You can see it at a glance.

There is no burial after death, and no one survives.

Humanity has no mercy at all. To humanity, this is just slaughtering chickens and dogs. Only a few "people" who have found their own way can be looked up to, and such people are unlikely to join humanity.

People who really have this kind of mentality, most of them have their own persistence, and they are ready to die for this, and will never easily compromise for the sake of survival.

As mentioned before.

People recognized by humanity will not give in easily.

Humanity generally despises those who surrender easily.

But if there are like-minded people, humanity will gladly accept them and regard them as part of itself, and work together to build a human world.

But this kind of struggle... is a disaster for people like Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu's morale mobilization did not last too long, but everyone could understand what he was saying.

Zhang Xu chewed a piece of jerky in his mouth, and other soldiers were also eating various things, all of which were the best military supplies, which were not available at ordinary times.

Looking at them, Zhang Xu reminded: "This is the last meal, don't eat too much, or you can't run fast."

The soldiers nodded one after another, but they didn't stop talking.

When everything was over, everyone was dressed up and went into battle. The weapons and armor were unprecedentedly elite. They didn't have such good treatment before.

"Everyone, get ready." Zhang Xu said, and then ordered the flag officer to raise the military flag.

The moment the military flag was raised, the momentum of the entire army changed!

Following the guidance of the military flag, everyone's aura was connected, and a collective military aura Dharma image rose up, which was the gathering of all the soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp.

That Dharma image was a faceless man, without a face, but covered in armor and holding a spear, dressed like the most ordinary vanguard soldier.

"It's midnight, let's go!" Zhang Xu ordered.

The Xianzhen Camp was dispatched immediately!

At the same time, there were sixteen other armies that also rushed out!

Seventeen, the number of people in these armies varied, with only a few thousand and tens of thousands, but together there were hundreds of thousands of people.

The night was unexpectedly dark, and the light emitted by the Dharma image illuminated some places, but the places outside could only see darkness.

However, it was not dark soon.

Above the sky, the Tiangong arrays that were patrolling low in the Gangfeng layer immediately detected the actions here and started directly!

Everyone could clearly see that many sets of glittering magic weapons were passing through the sky.

These spherical "heavenly palaces" strode through the thundering and lightning-filled gale layer. Some scouts with good eyesight could even vaguely see the multi-sectioned amulets hanging on them, which clattered and clanged when they collided.

The lightning in the gale layer collided with these heavenly palaces, making a clanging noise, interweaving with the noisy thunder, one after another.

Then, there was a flash of light.

The flash suddenly appeared, disappeared in a flash, and appeared almost at the same time as the next flash of light.

Yes, the next one, because... what followed was countless flashes, one after another, one after another, all these lights connected together, almost illuminating the sky into daylight!

The lights were the culprits for creating the magma lake across the country before.

This was the impression many soldiers got in the fleeting lightning.

In the dark night, the bright white flashes intertwined together to form a black and white picture.

Lightning flashed and flickered, the bright light was dazzling, and the dark shadows were so thick that it was all blurred.

After the thunder and lightning, the night sky was clear, the earth was burning, and the smoke was curling. Through the smoke, the tiny heavenly palaces like needles began to turn white. These spheres... seemed to be affected by something, and they fell into the sky one after another, falling with the white light they ejected, falling, and turning into meteors.

The Seventh Ranks took action.

But I saw hundreds of seventh-level people set out, and the Dharma statues rose up to intercept the heavenly palace!

A large number of heavenly palaces were directly shot down. Accompanied by lightning, thunder and various magic spells, the sky became like a painting.

There are various magic spells, Dharma signs, thunder, heavenly palace, and falling white light on the painting.

If time were frozen at this moment, it would definitely be a beautiful work of art.

Unfortunately, time does not stand still.

The light from the heavenly palace began to fall to the ground.

Although 99% of them had been intercepted, a few scattered ones still broke through the interception net and hit the ground.

The entire wilderness in the direction of Song Guo's charge was flashed by white light, bursting with energy, and the entire land seemed to be burning - countless tiny tongues of fire were spitting out from the vast mountainside, swaying and squirming along with bursts of thunder and lightning that had become the end of a powerful crossbow. , reflecting the red clouds galloping in the sky.

Fires, accompanied by meteors, the heavenly palace fell, blasting out bursts of impact, and a cloud of smoke rose from time to time, passing over the horizon, covering the shadows of the Dharma signs in the sky.

Zhang Xu led the army to charge. He was already trying his best to observe everything around him, but the too gorgeous battlefield environment prevented him from seeing clearly. He couldn't even find where the enemy was, nor could he identify it. What are your enemy forces doing?

He could only see that the falling palaces in the sky seemed to be deliberately controlling the landing point and constantly blocking their sight.

The night seemed to have become darker, and even the fire burning nearby could not be seen. Although the firelight danced gorgeously in the sky and formed a gorgeous pattern together with the Dharma signs, at this juncture, I could no longer care about admiring it. , they can only bury their heads, avoid the explosions and falling palaces around them, and move towards the goal as much as possible.

Three thousand miles!

Their strategic target is three thousand miles away!

So, don’t stop for a moment!

The air was filled with a strong smell of burning, and the smell of death began to fill the battlefield.

But this is just the beginning.

Zhang Xu estimated that their marching speed could reach about four hundred miles a day in a hurry.

In other words, it would take them at least a little more than seven days to get to the location.

Three thousand miles, a distance that can be reached in an instant for the mighty, is so difficult for them to walk.

But...it was precisely because it was difficult for them to walk that they were able to finish it.

Because, if you take a closer look, you will find that outside of those seventh-grade hands raising their hands to intercept the Heavenly Palace, outside of the Gangfeng layer, there is another battlefield!

Through the narrow gap in the strong wind and black clouds, through the storm that obscured the sight, we came to the higher sky. Under the dome, the field of vision suddenly broadened, and we could easily see the houses of Dalu Country in the distance, and even If you pay attention, you can also look out over the charred pine forest on the battlefield.

If you don't look down, but look up, you can see many bright lights in the dark night.

These bright lights are colorful and confusing. There are many bright firelights in a dark night sky, which seems to have burned holes in the night sky.

Ruins, wreckage, and a large number of burning and exploding spells can be vaguely seen. There is a faint light showing the three centers, but it is not very clear.

But what makes people feel even more mysterious is that...it is obviously very high in the sky, but between the three centers, there are actually stretches of wilderness stretching out in twists and turns.

It was a vast expanse of darkness, occasionally dotted with shimmering, smoky land. They seemed to be fighting on this land floating in the sky, but they couldn't see clearly what it was.

But this is only the perspective of the seventh graders.

If you enlarge the scope of observation, you can see that outside the Gangfeng layer, there is actually a more magnificent Dharma statue standing outside the sky! This dharma image is large enough to cover everything around it. It is the true nature of the 'Black Field'.

And all the battles take place in the black wilderness.

That 'black field' is a statue that can strengthen friendly forces and suppress the enemy. Inside the black field, there are two centers, that is, the other two fifth-grades are engaged in extremely fierce battles! But this kind of battle can't even be seen by the seventh grade. If you just feel the breath, you can feel the overwhelming pressure from the fifth grade!

From top to bottom, from fifth grade to ninth grade, people of each class have their own battlefield.

The smaller the place, the easier it is to become a breakthrough.

This is also the reason why Wushenshan regards the seventeen soldiers below as an opportunity.

But...that's not entirely the case.

Ninth-level, eighth-level, seventh-level, and even sixth-level people, there are millions of people who have received the same order. Wushen Mountain has arranged a variety of different forces to break out, and they all shoulder the same responsibility. , that is to activate the Grand Sacrifice node and fully unfold the Grand Sacrifice.

This is a war between humans and witches, not a small fight.

However, Zhang Xu didn't know the whole battlefield, nor anything else.

He only knows one thing now.

That is to use all your strength to rush out of this area, rush to the strategic target, and complete the mission.

"Lieutenant! There is someone in front!" The scout roared loudly, using magic to convey the message.

"Who is he? Can you confirm?" Zhang Xu was very calm and did not shout.

"There is a military flag, it's humanity!" the scout said after confirming it.

"So fast? Aren't they still in Zhennan Mansion? Are they here now? How scary... Get ready to fight!" Zhang Xu immediately waved his hand.

The military formation quickly obeyed the order, and all arms began to line up.

Various military flags and various magic weapons were released in advance, suppressing power, and long-range firepower and melee combat were all ready in advance.

On the human side, the army closest to them has also been discovered.

The humanitarian army immediately deployed in formation, with the military flags flying, and the troops stood up with blazing energy.

Just a face-to-face meeting, Zhang Xu immediately realized...

Not an opponent.

It can't be an opponent!

On the other side of the human path, there are fires on spears, thundering horses, and sets of standard magic weapons. Their popularity is simply ridiculous, and they are basically used as consumables.

Even the mustard seed bag is given to each person, and the various magic weapons stored in it are recorded as warehouses, so it is no problem to use them to explode themselves.

Zhang Xu and others have changed their weapons for guns, and the equipment they wear is already very powerful, but compared with humanity, both quantity and quality are far behind.

However, if it was just the equipment advantage, Zhang Xu felt that he could still give it a try.

It’s not that he has never fought well-equipped enemies. No matter how good the equipment is, it will have to be used by people, and to be honest, it’s not much better, because the upper limit of the cultivation level has already determined the upper limit of the equipment. If the cultivation level is not good, the equipment is too high. Even if it's good, it won't work. It takes a lot of energy and mana to activate the magic weapon.

If you want to unleash the power of a magic weapon, you must match the properties of the magic weapon. However, there must be a limit to the number of magic weapons that a person can 'synchronize'. More will be useless, and more will not be used.

Simply using it to self-destruct is not only wasteful, but also not necessarily powerful. Magic weapons are not designed to self-destruct. Many magic weapons are much more powerful than self-destruction.

Just like a bullet, the bullet was fired smoothly, and it must be more powerful than smashing it with a hammer on the spot.

Therefore, the equipment advantage can be overcome.

But... what cannot be overcome is the quality of the enemy.

When it comes to cultivation, everyone is about the same, mainly eighth-grade officers and ninth-grade soldiers.

However, the military formation was solemn and morale was high.

Judging from the intensity of their military strength, their collective strength far surpassed Zhang Xu's soldiers. It was obvious that both sides had similar cultivation levels, but the strength displayed by the formation was twice as high as Zhang Xu's!

Where does this double difference come from! ? Is his loss so great?

Then, the speed of deploying the military formation was 70% faster than him.

If you collide head-on with an opponent of this level, you will probably be killed directly.

Then you have to change your approach.

"Disperse!" Zhang Xu signaled.

The soldiers under his command immediately dispersed, and the formation completely collapsed, but their morale did not collapse!