Chapter 605: Meeting old friends on the battlefield

The sudden reinforcement troops caught Human Dao off guard.

However, he immediately reacted, then fiercely waved his command flag: "Form up, face the enemy!"

It was simple, because the opponent's banner was 'No Return'.

Was this banner for a suicide attack? Judging by the Killing Intent, was it a follow-up move?

The command flag flickered, and the other Human Dao soldiers immediately reacted, moving to their positions, and then unleashing their Cultivation.

With their flags and armor in perfect order, full of vigor and courage, under the control of the main banner, all their soldier's Qi surged out together, transforming into a mighty eagle's illusory image, meeting the charge.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was not an illusory image, but Human Dao soldiers launching a charge. As they charged, their soldier's Qi covered their bodies, forming that Dharma Idol-like phantom.

The majestic and sharp eagle's head and iron beak were the iron cavalry trampling and ravaging!

The smoke and dust that obscured the sky were the eagle's outstretched wings, sweeping both sides, capable of attack and defense.

The thunderous cannon fire was the eagle's body, the backbone of the entire army, the reserve force, ready to enter battle at any time to supplement the Formation.

The arrow rain was the Diamond Eagle Claws. This was not a physical entity, but an attack area formed by the gathering of magical techniques. Wherever it touched, mountains split open and rivers ceased to flow!

This was not soldiers standing in place, condensing Dharma Idols to fight. Although many low-level worlds indeed liked to do this, using people as human batteries, staying still after forming a Formation, letting the Dharma Body condensed by the Formation fight.

But the Human Dao Military School of Thought was not that simple.

The majestic eagle Dharma Body before them was the integration of the main banner, the army Formation, the soldier's Qi, and all the soldiers.

When launching a charge, it was both a military assault and the Divine Might of a Formation, with the main banner and soldier's Qi coordinating, and the general as the core, all abilities were completely integrated into one. The enemy had to face all these attacks simultaneously, missing one would make the opponent know what pain was.

This was the method of the Military School of Thought.

A Rank Six Military School of Thought Cultivator, plus such a well-trained army and the Human Dao's main banner, was even enough to contend against a relatively weak Rank Five, provided the opponent was fighting alone.

Armies of the same Rank, even with more than ten times the numbers, would find it difficult to directly resist the Human Dao Military School of Thought's methods.

But—

What astonished this Human Dao Lieutenant General was that the army flying the 'No Return' banner did not form a Formation.

No Formation? Are they seeking death?

In large-scale military operations, daring to be so reckless? Even if you have a hundred times the numbers, you're just a disorganized mob and will be easily annihilated!

But precisely because of this, the Human Dao Lieutenant General chose to reserve five-tenths of his strength.

If the opponent was coming to die, five-tenths of his strength was enough.

If the opponent truly had something else, reserving five-tenths of his strength would allow for a reaction, enabling him to retreat in time to cut losses and try another approach.

This was an excellent strategy, and no one could find fault with it.

However, it was this very strategy that doomed this Human Dao army.

The army in the sky flying the 'No Return' banner indeed showed no signs of any military Formation.

However, when the two sides collided—

The Human Dao soldiers then realized they couldn't contend.

So strong!

It was like a giant whale entering a vast sea, its waves not stirring, yet it could clear and purify an entire area. Wherever the No Return banner reached, nothing could stand in its way. It swept away the Human Dao army as easily as picking up straw!

Impossible, Human Dao has never lost in battles of the same Rank! Other great Dao Orthodoxy couldn't do it, and this small squad couldn't possibly do it.

But the problem was, with just the first collision, the eagle's head was already shattered, and thousands of Human Dao iron cavalry were lost.

The Human Dao Lieutenant General's hair stood on end, and he quickly reacted.

He didn't know what was happening, but he could die, yet he had to ascertain the truth for his fellow Daoists!

"All forces!" He raised his command flag again and fiercely signaled.

This was the signal for a suicide charge.

The expressions on the faces of the other Human Dao soldiers, from the Rank Seven officers to the Rank Eight Privates, changed.

There were all kinds of expressions: surprise, anger, sorrow, grief.

But in the next instant, all their expressions became resolute, and they quickly re-formed their Ranks.

All desperate magical techniques were unleashed, and various life-burning Medicinal Pills were consumed. In just half a second, this Human Dao auxiliary army erupted with more than four times its original strength!

And it was precisely because of this that they successfully forced out the true form of the 'No Return' banner in the sky.

The People of No Return were surprised; they had not expected Human Dao to be so decisive in choosing a suicide attack, forcefully compelling them to reveal their trump card.

In the collision, flesh and blood splattered. The Human Dao soldiers, one by one, bravely charged to their deaths, actually pushing the front line back. The entity behind the 'No Return' banner was forced to reveal itself.

A Grand Yin Dharma Idol appeared. The soldiers of this 'No Return' banner were merely one finger of the Grand Yin Dharma Idol.

It turned out that the opponent did not lack a Formation.

It was just that the Formation was too large!

That was not a common military Formation! That was a huge world group Formation with several Rank Five Cultivators at its core! It looked like it had the characteristics of the Mountain and River Grand Formation, and also incorporated some Dao Orthodoxy methods.

The power of the Formation protected the opponent, while simultaneously attacking many worlds. Their side was merely a single finger, so it wasn't seen clearly!

Having obtained this intelligence, this Human Dao Lieutenant General unhesitatingly took out his terminal and transmitted all this information to The Axis of All Realms!

The very next second after the intelligence was transmitted, the Lieutenant General, along with the entire auxiliary army, was crushed into meat paste by the finger of the Formation.

At the same time, Shen Shuibi, who was in charge of the Formation's core, frowned slightly.

She had simultaneously attacked twenty-six auxiliary armies.

Of the twenty-six, twenty-three desperately transmitted corresponding intelligence, completely ruining her plan of trying to quietly eliminate some without exposing herself.

Is this... Human Dao?

They truly dare to die.

But, it doesn't matter. From the beginning, there was no intention of remaining completely unexposed; that would have been too difficult.

The true purpose of this time was to give Human Dao a warning, to tell them that there was an armed force called People of No Return, and that there were a total of five such specially made Rank Five Formations this time.

Over a hundred Human Dao armies were simultaneously attacked.

Shen Shuibi had one, Gou Lou had one, Cha Xike had one, and the other Rank Five Cultivators of People of No Return formed the remaining two, attacking from different locations, all to make Human Dao unpredictable and unaware of the situation.

Even if someone transmitted information back, five different locations, different methods, fighting under the same banner, would still confuse Human Dao, leaving them ignorant of the details.

And the purpose of all this was to buy time for Li Qi.

"Other fronts, pay attention. Human Dao will inevitably dispatch Rank Five Cultivators to pursue and intercept. You all withdraw first and leave covertly," Shen Shuibi said.

Although less than a minute had passed since their appearance.

However, Human Dao had reserve Rank Five forces.

The other four great Formations also knew this was just a surprise attack, so after destroying twenty to thirty Rank Six Human Dao auxiliary armies in one go, they immediately retreated.

Anyway, this was already enough to give Li Qi an advantage. The rest of the matters would be left to the worlds under Li Qi's command.

But Shen Shuibi did not leave.

She stayed behind, preparing to test the quality of these Human Dao reserve Rank Five armies, to conduct a risk assessment for future actions.

In the future, their main opponents would be these reserve forces, and their specific task would be to defeat these reserve forces, causing chaos that exceeded Human Dao's redundancy capabilities, so much so that they would have to recall front-line armies to defend, giving Li Qi the opportunity to assemble his forces.

As soon as Shen Shuibi's words fell, Gou Lou and Cha Xike retreated, even though they had only been fighting for a minute.

About ten seconds after they retreated, the illusory image of a Golden Dais suddenly appeared nearby.

As expected, Human Dao Rank Five Cultivators arrived at the surprise attack location within a minute. If they had been a bit slower, they would probably have been caught.

Those two Human Dao Rank Five Cultivators, carrying their armies, began their search.

They had just left, so they couldn't have gone far.

Shen Shuibi ignored them. Whether they could retreat was their business. Now, Shen Shuibi would face her own challenge.

Sure enough, there was not a single second of delay.

In the sky, a Human Dao Cultivator descended.

That's right, it wasn't a common Human Dao army, but a single Human Dao Cultivator.

The rabbit's expression was somewhat surprised. She was currently controlling a large Formation, with a hundred thousand People of No Return supporting it. A single Rank Five Cultivator would probably find it difficult to contend with her.

Could there be a chance to slay a Human Dao Rank Five Cultivator today?!

Such a good thing?

The surprise in her heart flashed by in an instant. Shen Shuibi immediately manipulated the Formation, using her Dharma Idol as an output method, chanting a spell in her hand, and striking without holding back!

She started with Shen Shuibi's signature spell, Yin Lightning!

Faint flowing electricity, lightly soaring through the morning mist. The combination of Grand Yin Qi and lightning magic, with an extremely low sound, almost silent.

Accompanying the Yin Lightning was the Karma Wind. Wind and lightning together, extinguishing many worlds, seemingly fixing Outer Void in place.

This place was originally a battlefield, with many worlds floating about. At this moment, they were all frozen in place, but not iced over. Instead, many hungry ghosts began to crawl out.

Yin Lightning was the lightning that struck ghosts in the underworld. Coupled with the Karma Wind, it created a land of Yin ghosts. The Reincarnation mouths within the worlds were opened, and a large number of Yin ghosts were forcefully summoned by Shen Shuibi, rushing towards the opponent!

With green faces and fangs, monstrous and hideous, the ghosts miserably rushed towards the opponent, wanting to devour blood and flesh.

"Such a beautiful person, why does she still like to use such gloomy and ghostly methods?" The opposing Rank Five Human Dao Cultivator shook his head, seemingly saying with some regret.

"Not a Military School of Thought member, no wonder he didn't bring soldiers," Shen Shuibi immediately thought.

But in the next moment, a simple and unadorned 'righteous Qi' spread out, instantly sending countless Yin ghosts flying. Even the Reincarnation gate opened by Shen Shuibi was forcefully closed.

"Vast Righteous Qi? No, how could a Confucianist be so rigid and meticulous? Is it a Mohist?" Shen Shuibi immediately made a corresponding guess, then clasped her hands, drawing power from the Formation, and conjured her Pill Furnace!

If it was a Mohist, then she would counter with the true fire of the Pill Furnace.

The Pill Furnace's concealed fire gave birth to new fragrance, stripping away all Yin to restore true essence. With the harmonious interplay of water and fire, true fire was born, and the surrounding Void Realm ignited into a sea of fire, spreading for hundreds of millions of miles, intending to refine the incoming person into ashes of tribulation!

However, on the other side, the Human Dao arrival also took out a Pill Furnace and blew into it.

A stream of green fire also spewed out from the opponent's Pill Furnace, and it even blew towards Shen Shuibi's side.

Shen Shuibi's original sea of fire, which was Innate Qi, where extreme Yang gave birth to Yin, now fell into the Acquired state, changing from formless to having form, losing its original nature of mixed Yin and Yang. Water and fire were separated, no longer harmonizing with each other. Due to the disharmony of water and fire, heaven and earth failed to interact, resulting in stagnation.

Thus, both of her moves were effortlessly dissolved by the opponent.

This made Shen Shuibi take a deep breath.

Among Rank Five Cultivators, there was such a Divine Spirit?

She was already very powerful, and she had the boost of the Formation, yet she was fighting the opponent to a standstill?

Human Dao still had such a master?

Powerful, but not powerful enough.

Shen Shuibi said nothing more. She never liked to waste words, and instead directly overturned her Pill Furnace.

As the Pill Furnace overturned, the Pill Fire within directly poured out.

In ancient times, the Dao Ancestor's Pill Furnace once overturned, falling into the mortal realm, forming a绝地 (絕地,绝地,絕地), a绝地 (絕地,绝地,絕地) called 'Flaming Mountain'. The flames within were the Dao Ancestor's Pill Fire. Even the Ten-Life Buddha or the Great Sage of the Demon Race could only scratch their heads in front of this Pill Fire, utterly helpless. If they entered it, they would definitely be burned to ashes.

This would cause the Pill Furnace to be half-废 (废,废,废), because the true fire of a Pill Furnace generally burns perpetually. Pouring it out would require re-cultivating the fire seed in the future, which was very difficult.

However, in correspondence, its power was absolutely explosive!

All of Shen Shuibi's Pill Fire poured out, streams of flames bursting forth, incredibly dazzling, sparks flying everywhere, like thousands of spiritual snakes slithering.

Flames poured down, covering hundreds of millions of miles, engulfing one world after another, and then continuously bursting forth.

It was as if a Heavenly God had kicked over a glazed lamp, and the myriad points of light falling into the mortal realm continuously splattered, falling like rain, like stardust scattering across the human world, illuminating a vast expanse of the Void Realm, making many worlds glow brilliantly, dazzling to the eyes.

With the Pill Fire poured out, Shen Shuibi formed hand seals.

One of Dao Orthodoxy's signature magical techniques, Fire Magic.

Throwing fire for ten thousand miles to the Kan and Zhen palaces, four fierce horses charge with a flash of fire!

With the help of Shen Shuibi's Pill Fire seed, the Fire Magic now unleashed an incredible Divine Might. Even among Rank Five Cultivators, probably few could withstand it!

However, the Human Dao Cultivator in the distance merely raised his hand slightly.

With a hum, countless fine, misty dust particles seemed to suddenly appear in space.

Even with a Rank Five's eyesight, it was somewhat difficult to clearly see what they were, but a very weak inner quality could be distinctly felt.

"Their essence is so weak... The opponent isn't a true Rank Five; they were forcibly promoted by their official Rank," Shen Shuibi immediately realized.

So then there was a question: what exactly was this misty dust?

Something with such a weak essence, and also a half-baked official Rank Five, and only one person, how could he have withstood her first two moves?

Could such a person truly stop her?

Shen Shuibi frowned slightly, quietly watching the opponent's response.

Once he responded, he would expose his true origins.

The sea of fire swept over.

Then, in the next second, those misty dust particles touched the sea of fire.

Shen Shuibi's eyes suddenly widened!

Those dust particles were alive, and each one possessed the characteristics of a Rank Five! It was as if countless Rank Five Cultivators who had lost their power were fighting her.

So there were all sorts of methods.

Although they didn't have the power of a Rank Five, they had a lot of Rank Five knowledge!

Are these Clones? Incarnations?

No! Neither of them.

She knew who the opponent was.

Lord of Pestilence!