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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 163 (418): [The Entire City Engaged in Battle]
(163rd of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Two hundred West Sea Slave Veterans formed a formation of five ranks and forty rows.
Their eyes, sharp and expectant, burned with the renewed fervor of blood that had lain dormant for years.
In this moment, each man recalled his youth, his first days in the military camp, full of vigor and vitality.
They remembered the exhilaration of past battles, the endless demons and demonic specters they had slain.
Now, they shouldered the heavy responsibility of their final battle, a last stand in the twilight of their lives.
The remaining six hundred West Sea Slave Veterans were divided into thirty groups.
Li Weiyi distributed thirty copies of the intelligence information, quickly assigning each group its task: "The farthest Prefecture is eighty miles from here. How long will it take to deliver the message?"
"If I can't deliver it within half an hour, take my head," a hundred-year-old veteran at the Seventh Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm stepped forward.
"I don't need half an hour. I can reach it in a quarter of an hour. Within fifteen minutes, the entire Prefecture's troops will be fully assembled and ready to move out. Anyone who dares to delay will face my blade!"
Another veteran, an Aberrant Humanoid at the Ninth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, had once been the scout commander of the West Sea Slaves.
He had repeatedly ventured deep into the Far Western Ashlands for reconnaissance but had retired over a decade ago due to injuries to his Qi Sea.
His Body Technique speed was unmatched among those present.
Li Weiyi assigned the task of delivering the message to the farthest Prefecture to this former scout commander.
Turning to the others, he declared, "Speed is crucial in warfare. Today, we must race against the enemy and against time. We must strike them head-on before they can fully react."
"Our enemies are all Martial-Mystic Dao masters with lightning-fast reactions. If we can't quell the fighting within fifteen minutes, it will be a disgrace to the Western Sea Slaves."
"Whether we're on the defensive or the offensive in this battle depends entirely on you!"
"The clash between Transcendents and Great Powers requires the support of the city's Formation. But the enemy could destroy it at any moment. Your ability to swiftly control the city and ensure the Formation functions properly also rests on your shoulders!"
"The enemy might realize their mistake and try to intercept you. You must adapt on the fly, breaking into smaller groups. No matter what, you must complete your mission."
"Finally, after eliminating the traitors, you must fill the gaps in the Defensive Formation. Can you do it?"
The Captain of the 30th unit of West Sea Slave Veterans' eyes blazed like they were about to erupt into flames.
"There's no task a West Sea Slave can't complete!"
"Inform all prefectures: this is an order from the Third Palace Master and Duke Tai Shi. Life or death hangs in the balance - we must depart immediately!" Li Weiyi roared.
Old Zhuang, one of the Captains, met Li Weiyi's gaze.
Li Weiyi nodded, and Old Zhuang's entire body surged with Spiritual Qi. Despite his crippled leg, he moved with incredible speed, joining the other West Sea Slave Veterans as they transformed into human rivers, weaving through the labyrinthine streets at breakneck speed.
Li Weiyi turned to Xingyuenu, who understood immediately.
The two of them silently activated the Governor's Robes they wore.
A mile away, the four Blood Handprint Knights of the Dark Knight Legion were puzzled.
It was clear these veterans weren't rushing to the Western Territory as ordered.
"What are they doing? They're distributing paper scrolls," one of the Blood Handprint Knights, over five meters tall with a pair of black feathered wings, sensed something amiss.
But the area was shrouded in a Psychic Field, preventing them from eavesdropping on their conversation.
He could only sense a surge of intense killing intent emanating from these incomplete, ancient bones.
Another Blood Handprint Knight with a Pure Immortal Body sneered, "Interesting. They've actually mobilized two hundred old soldiers into formation to face us. Over the past few days since entering the city, countless Lingxiao Martial-Mystic Cultivators have foolishly challenged us. Are they planning to test the sharpness of our spears as well?"
"Something's wrong. They're moving, but in different directions. Damn it, those two hundred old soldiers have formed a battle formation! Their battle intent is overwhelming! Dark Knight Legion, all units, form battle formations and prepare to engage!"
Even though the Third Blood Handprint Knight didn't believe these old soldiers dared to charge them, the moment their killing intent surged, he immediately ordered his troops to prepare for battle.
It's crucial to understand that between two armies of equal strength, the difference between fighting in formation and fighting as scattered individuals is like heaven and earth.
The former is a unified whole, while the latter is a loose collection of individuals.
The disparity is akin to a morale-fueled army pursuing a routed force.
Ten thousand fleeing soldiers are no match for eight hundred elite tiger troops.
"Roar! Roar! Roar..."
Two hundred West Sea Slave Veterans roared like savage beasts.
As they raised their Horse-Slaying Sabers, every blade tip aligned perfectly in a straight line, achieving Heavenly Dao Law Convergence.
Their Dao Heart Manifestations, Qi, spirit, and battle intent merged into one, forming a giant resembling the West Sea King, towering dozens of meters tall.
"Whoosh!"
Formation glyphs and Scriptures erupted from their armor and Horse-Slaying Sabers, filling the sky and earth.
The formation glyphs coalesced into a Formation Plate three miles in diameter, blanketing the sky and earth, transforming the space into a furnace that enveloped the Dark Knight Legion.
The Scriptures flew toward the West Sea King, transforming into scales for its armor.
A black flag fluttered in the wind, and a hurricane enveloped the battlefield for miles around.
The clash of gold and iron, the thunder of war drums, swirling sand and cloud mist, and the spectral images of countless soldiers and horses - all these manifestations of battle intent materialized in the heavens and earth.
At this moment, even an Immortal Realm Great Power who dared to approach would be cleaved in two with a single strike.
The Dark Knight Legion, of course, possessed their own battle formations.
As elite troops, their individual combat prowess surpassed even the West Sea Slave Veterans.
But their arrogance blinded them.
They never imagined that a Lingxiao Realm army could suddenly unleash such overwhelming killing intent.
As if determined to slaughter them all.
The instant the four Blood Handprint Knights sensed danger, Li Weiyi and Xingyuenu activated the Governor's Robe and executed a spatial jump.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Two purple mist orbs materialized within the Dark Knight Legion's formation.
Emerging from the mist, the two unleashed their Dao Heart Manifestations, creating explosive shockwaves that sent several nearby Dark Knights flying.
Then, wielding their warriors, Li Weiyi and Xingyuenu launched a frenzied attacks.
Their goal was to sow as much chaos as possible, delaying the Dark Knights from forming a battle formation.
The five-meter-tall Black Feather Aberrant Blood Handprint Knight reacted instantly.
He leaped from the White Bone Giant's back, hurling a spear at Xingyuenu and sending a palm strike toward Li Weiyi from a distance.
All four Blood Handprint Knights were at the Ninth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm.
Though the Blood Handprint Knight was still twenty meters away, his Willpower had completely locked onto Li Weiyi.
The blood-red handprint he unleashed resembled a burning sun, capable of leveling entire mountains.
"Roar!"
Li Weiyi's Governor's robe emitted a dragon's roar.
A massive, mist-like dragon erupted from his chest and collided with the incoming blood handprint.
Last night, his Wind Mansion Dragon Seed had broken through from the peak of the Fourth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm to the Fifth Heaven.
The Dragon Soul power he could now wield was far greater than when he had fought Xie Chucai.
"Boom!"
The Dragon Soul shattered inch by inch under the impact of the blood handprint.
The power contained within the blood handprint rapidly diminished, its crimson glow fading.
"Fight!"
Li Weiyi summoned the Golden Crow Flame Armor, combining internal Martial-Mystic Powers with external psychic power.
With this fusion, he unleashed a palm strike that met the blood handprint head-on.
The force of the collision sent him flying backward.
The resulting shockwave scattered outward, knocking three riders from their horses.
Li Weiyi retreated several yards, yet remained composed as he steadied himself and faced the enraged Blood Handprint Knights.
"Go!"
"Whoosh!"
He activated his Governor's Robe, transforming into a purple mist that vanished in a flash of light, evading the spears that pierced the air where he had stood.
Meanwhile, Xingyuenu used her Prefectural Governor's Official Seal to deflect the spears thrown by the Blood Handprint Knights. She retreated a step and then teleported away.
The Blood Handprint Knights landed where Li Weiyi had just stood. "It's him!"
From his earlier performance, it was clear this was the Lingxiao Heavenly Pride who had defeated Xie Chucai at the Six Thoughts Zen Temple.
He had heard many descriptions of him.
He was a target the Dark Knight Legion was determined to eliminate.
What shocked the Blood Handprint Knights was how a Six-Star Spiritual Master with limited Martial-Mystic Dao cultivation could have withstood his palm strike.
He wanted to pursue Li Weiyi, but a dazzling blade light appeared above his head.
"Whoosh!"
Two hundred West Sea Slave Veterans, moving in perfect unison, unleashed the Open Horse Slash.
They had practiced this strike for a century.
Formation, man, and blade had long merged into one.
Blade intent and blade qi overlapped, unleashed from the West Sea King's hands, which stood dozens of meters tall, forming a bright river of blade light several miles long.
Buildings on both sides of the street exploded with loud "boom" sounds.
Defensive Formations within the Pale Moon Quarter were activated one after another.
The Dark Knight Legion's battle formation was only half complete, with the Formation Plate barely formed and internal chaos evident.
A towering, disheveled White Bone Giant's spectral image had just risen from the formation.
"Boom!"
A mile-long street between the two armies exploded, leaving a deep chasm and debris flying everywhere.
"West Sea! West Sea!"
The battle formation advanced rapidly, delivering a second strike.
"West Sea! West Sea!"
Third strike, fourth strike...
By the seventh strike, the Dark Knight Legion's battle formation had completely shattered.
In a flash of blade light, two or three dozen knights screamed in agony.
Some were cleaved in two, others had limbs flying everywhere, and blood poured down like a waterfall.
The Aberrant Humanoid Blood Handprint Knight, who had cultivated to the Ninth Heaven of the Dao Seed Realm, had his armor shattered and his body reduced to blood mud with a single blow.
Once the battle formation collapsed, it became a one-sided slaughter.
The Formation Plate of the West Sea Slave Veterans' battle formation enveloped a three-mile radius.
Escaping the area was no easy feat.
The remaining three Blood Handprint Knights, their wills unyielding, shouted, "Don't let your fighting spirit falter!"
They unleashed three Thousand-Character Artifacts: a Qi banner, a war drum, and a war hammer. With the combined might of all the Dark Knight Legion's Martial-Mystic Cultivators, they continued to clash with the veteran's battle formation.
Fleeing would only lead to a faster death.
If they could hold out for a while longer, the Sacred Dark Family's Transcendents would surely notice the sudden crisis and come to their rescue.
It was utterly incomprehensible why they had suddenly started slaughtering everyone.
Had these Lingxiao Veterans gone mad?
Martial-Mystic Cultivators, merchants, courtesans, officials - everyone living near the Pale Moon Quarter was jolted awake from their sleep, staring at the battle unfolding on the hundred-foot-wide main street between the two armies.
"Those Dark Knights from beyond the realm had been lording over us since entering the city, acting as if they were superior beings. Finally, someone's putting them in their place."
"It had to be the world's number one iron army, the Western Sea Slaves!"
"Aren't the veterans afraid of retaliation from the Demon Kingdom and the Sacred Dark Family for such a massacre? There must be a powerful figure behind this, orchestrating something big. This is too radical. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."
"What's happening? Both the Quarter Formation and the Inner Formation have been activated!"
"The City-Protecting Formation has also been activated - not just three layers, but all nine layers! It's unprecedented in a thousand years for all nine layers of the formation to be fully engaged. What major crisis has occurred?"
"Only the Holy Spiritual King himself can activate all nine layers of the Great Formation."
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While Li Weiyi and the eight hundred Lingxiao Veterans were taking action, the City Defense Camp was undergoing a similar purge.
Both groups moved simultaneously to ensure absolute certainty.
Last night, Tai Shi Qingshi, Liang Chu, and several other direct descendants of the Tai Shi Clan's Great Powers personally took action.
In complete silence, they had already cleared out the most critical positions within the City Defense Camp.
"All soldiers, heed my command! Follow me to the Junior Secretary of the Phoenix Terrace's residence to suppress the Heretical Sect's leader, Yao Qian!" Liang Chu, Duke Tai Shi's disciple, donned armor and led an army in a grand procession.
"Our mission is to seize the nine earth vein towers in South City as quickly as possible, establish defensive positions, and stabilize order in South City."
Tai Shi Bai shouted to all the Tai Shi Clan's retainers, then mounted his Strange Beast and charged forward like a bolt of lightning.
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END OF CHAPTER
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