760 Slaughter Cauldron, Heavenly Ne (1/2)
Outside Youdu Jade Lock Pass, a tattered flag rustled as it fluttered in the cold wind. This flag was too old and seemed to have been used in battle before. On it were traces of divine arts and burn marks left behind by flames.
On the flag, there were even rust-like bloodstains.
The one holding this flag was a four-armed devil god that was three hundred yards tall. The four incomparably thick arms held onto the pole of the flag, and his gaze was sharp and firm. He stared relentlessly at the gate of Jade Lock Pass.
Whoosh.
The huge flag split apart from the fierce and cold winds. Long strips of cloth fluttered backward in the sinister wind.
Where the strips of cloth floated by, majestic gods stood neatly in ranks. There wore tattered armor on their bodies and held broken god weapons and devil god weapons in their hands. They all stood quietly behind the huge flag.
The number of gods was simply too much. They stretched all the way into the horizon.
And in the center of the army, there was an imperial canopy with several huge holes. The canopy covered an area of dozens of miles, and under the canopy was a pole that was as thick as a pillar. Beside it was the throne formed from coiling dragon bones.
The wind was too harsh.
The gigantic existence sitting on the throne shook his scarlet red cape to prevent it from getting blown away by the cold wind. His face was pale, and he coughed heavily a few times.
”After Red Deity got injured by Son of Youdu then, you still have yet to recover?” A woman with the head of a snake and the body of a human slithered over to him, but she spoke with a manly voice.
The expression of that Red Deity didn't look too good, and he said indifferently, ”Red Deity? I'm already dead, I don't deserve the title of Red Deity. This current Red Deity is Qi Xiayu, that girl. Just call me Yan Qianzhong.”
Lu Li smiled tenderly. ”During the end period of the High Emperor Era, Red Deity fought with Qi Xiayu, it was honorable even in defeat. Even though Red Deity died, Qi Xiayu also had no choice but to surrender...”
Yan Qianzhong was very unhappy. ”Scram.”
”Understood.”
Lu Li was full of smiles, and she walked over to another camp. That army of gods with boundless soldiers wasn't the full military power that had come this time. They were merely the army of gods under Yan Qianzhong.
Yan Qianzhong was originally the Red Deity of the old celestial heavens. During the end of the High Emperor Era, the old celestial heavens wanted to wipe out the High Emperor Celestial Heavens. Red Deity Yan Qianzhong faced off Qi Xiayu, and even though both of these Emperor's Throne were incomparably powerful, Qi Xiayu was still a little more skilled, and she managed to kill Yan Qianzhong.
However, Qi Xiayu was also severely injured because of this and got seized by the old celestial heavens. She was forced to surrender and become the new Southern Heaven Red Deity.
This was the story that Lu Li had brought up earlier.
Yan Qianzhong was originally Red Deity, and after he died, he landed in Youdu to be a Ghost Deity. However, he was far from the world of sensual pleasures. After becoming a ghost, he had lost all of his senses. Whatever he ate had no taste, and he couldn't smell the fragrance of the flowers. Even though he was riding roughshod over people, he still had to take orders from the celestial heavens; therefore, he was naturally unhappy.
Lu Li reminding him of that made him even more unhappy.
Lu Li came to the camp beside his, and she saw an incomparably gigantic god standing over there. His body was like boulders. She said with a smile, ”Crown Prince Jiuxi, Son of Mother Earth, how are your injuries recovering?”
”Over the years, I have swallowed countless souls and have finally recovered.”
That Boulder Giant Yan Jiuxi grinned and said, ”Today's battle, I will definitely take Son of Youdu's head!”
The gods under him were all half-gods, and it was obvious he was a half-god overlord during the Dragon Han Era!
Lu Li said with a smile, ”Crown Prince Jiuxi, we aren't trying to kill Son of Youdu this time, we are just seizing his fate and seizing his corporeal body.”
Yan Jiuxi snorted, and his voice boomed like thunder. ”Lu Li, don't think I don't know what you are planning. Back then, when you invited all of the gods in Youdu to campaign against Son of Youdu, you ended up losing our people and even suffering heavy injuries. Later, you gathered our power to create the divine weapon called God Suppression Heavenly Web and said you wanted to seize Son of Youdu for us to deal with him. However, after creating God Suppression Heavenly Web, you delayed making your move. Your ambition is high, and you are thinking of becoming another Earth Count!”
Lu Li nodded her head and agreed with everything he said. ”I never got a chance in the world of the living, and God Suppression Heavenly Web might not be able to get rid of him.”
She came to another camp and said with a smile, ”Goddess Xuan Wuji!”
Goddess Wuji took a glance at her and said insipidly, ”There's no need to talk anymore. Son of Youdu and I have a deep grudge, we can't coexist under the same heaven. However, Lu Li, you aren't a good person either. If it wasn't you who couldn't defeat Son of Youdu and called my son to help, would my son have been eaten by him?”
Lu Li said righteously, ”Son of Youdu's sins are overflowing, and he is the supreme evil in Youdu. As His Majesty's martial concubine, you are known for your methods of martial battle. Wiping out the celestial heavens until death puts an end. Lu Li is always respectful to you, so why would I purposely let His Highness send himself to death?”
She came to another camp and bowed. ”Great Sun Sovereign.”
That was the three souls primordial spirit of a natural-born sacred god. Ancient gods had no seven spirits, they only had three souls.
Great Sun Sovereign of the current celestial heavens was a strong practitioner of the High Emperor Era. Meanwhile, this primordial spirit in Youdu was the real Great Sun Sovereign.
Great Sun Sovereign was like a huge bird that stood on three legs. His feathers were smooth along his body and weren't messy at all. ”Provincial Governor, don't worry, we won't let Son of Youdu escape in this battle.”
”Great Sun Sovereign's speed is unmatched in this world, you definitely can make him run out of places to escape to.”
Lu Li continued to walk forward and paid her respects to the big shots of Youdu. Some of the big shots even transformed their corporeal bodies into celestial palaces while they sat on the Emperor's Thrones in the celestial palaces, looking awe-inspiring and impressive.
These big shots were strong practitioners on Emperor's Throne Realm and Numinous Sky Realm that had died in the past million years. There were some half-gods that had died even earlier and had died from old age before the cultivation of divine treasures and celestial palaces had even come out.
However, their battle power was also astonishing high. Even though they had no realm, their cultivation was no weaker than the strong practitioners on Numinous Sky and Emperor's Throne Realm.
Lu Li paid her respects all the way down and met a hundred big shots before coming to her own camp.
In this camp, there were only a hundred Youdu devil gods left and a few thousand monsters.
Attacking Fengdu the previous time, Elder Messenger of Death suddenly slipped away and caused her to have to throw down her army to escape back to Youdu. The rest were mostly slaughtered.
Jue Huang, Xuan Ming, and Han Lei came up. These hundred devil gods and thousands of monsters were the entire military power of the four great provincial governors.
Xuan Ming was full of worries, and he frowned. ”There were also so many strong practitioners the last time, didn't they all get slaughtered miserably by him? Could we seize him this time?”
Lu Li was full of confidence, and she smiled. ”It's different this time, those big shots were all full of confidence the previous time, and they thought they could defeat him. Solo fights were more common, and no one really ganged up on him, so they all suffered a disadvantage. Son of Youdu fought and escape, so it made it easier for him to execute his moves.”