Chapter 610: Fierce battle

In the Void Realm, the war between People of No Return and Human Dao began.

At this moment, Li Qi, upon sensing the fluctuation, immediately began his own actions.

He and Shen Shuibi hadn't communicated beforehand, but sensing the enormous fluctuation sweeping across the entire world group, anyone would know that someone was attempting a carpet search in that area.

There was no need to think; it had to be Shen Shuibi. This was Shen Shuibi attracting Human Dao's attention, forcing Human Dao to commit more combat power to defend her.

This might force Shen Shuibi to simultaneously fight against many Fifth Ranks, but she had no choice but to do so.

Therefore, Shen Shuibi's actions could not be wasted. Li Qi immediately abandoned many defensive positions in various worlds and then bravely pushed forward!

He completely disregarded casualties and didn't need to care about the gains or losses of world positions; those were minor details!

The goal was to tie down Human Dao's main force here, preventing them from returning to defend. This would force Human Dao to draw upon their reserve forces to deal with the trouble Shen Shuibi was causing.

Once the reserve forces were mostly drawn out, and Shen Shuibi's side still couldn't be settled, Human Dao would have to make a choice between the rear and the front lines.

Regardless of their choice, Li Qi was confident he could make them suffer.

If they decided to withdraw forces from Shen Shuibi's side, then the rear would be in trouble, and The Axis of All Realms would be threatened.

But if they withdrew forces from the front line, Li Qi would absolutely, without hesitation and at all costs, gather all his troops and directly push forward!

Doesn't Human Dao have an advantage in troop quality?

Then let them try to fight one against ten thousand! See if they can win!

As Li Qi made his move, countless worlds responded in unison. On the foremost front line of the battlefield, all Human Dao worlds received Li Qi's frantic command!

Advance, advance! Keep advancing!

Counterattack into the light band! All logistics and supplies do not need to be retained, and all reserves are to be thrown into the battlefield!

Break through Human Dao's defenses and burn the war to their war fortresses! Our worlds shouldn't be the only ones scarred and devastated as battlefields!

The enemy has no reinforcements! The strong fluctuation just now was Shaman Dao's hidden power breaking into the enemy's rear!

This is an opportunity!

Li Qi's command was transmitted through the 'Alliance' to the ears of one world master after another.

At the same time—

The Shen Shuibi, who had been split in half, did not bleed.

The General of the Flying Cavalry of Human Dao's pupils immediately widened, and he abruptly pulled back, retreating explosively!

But it was already too late.

Shen Shuibi's body, split in half, was suddenly suspended.

This was a sacrifice; she used herself as a sacrifice. Her split body formed the character 'Mao', looking extremely terrifying!

Blood flowed from it, gradually forming a small river.

The General of the Flying Cavalry's body retreated explosively, a flash of movement already taking him a million miles away, and then another flash—

He found himself flashing to Shen Shuibi's front.

No, it was Shen Shuibi who followed him closely and arrived in front of him!

Seeing this, the General of the Flying Cavalry suddenly raised his hand, and the Horse-Slaying Blade in his hand burst forth with intense Evil Qi, letting out an angry roar: "Hmph!"

He swung his blade, splitting mountains and seas with his Aura, shattering countless surging airwaves, unstoppable!

He had already felt Shen Shuibi's Evil Qi as a 'Mao Sacrifice'.

Unfortunately, this Evil Qi was useless against him!

He was a Fifth Rank General of the Flying Cavalry who had walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Did Shen Shuibi, a mere scholar, think she could play with Evil Qi against him?

Preposterous!

As the blade of the Horse-Slaying Blade struck out, drums roared across the sea, and military Qi enveloped the clouds, immediately Killing Intent and Evil Qi surged forth, the Qi like a person holding a sword and shield, condensing into a Dharma Idol!

That Dharma Idol did not have a human form.

Looking at the formation of the Dharma Idol, it seemed like a hundred battlefields, with people swarming like ants, military Qi connecting like melon vines, troops chasing each other, ranks clashing, the Five Elements military Qi like a canopy, connecting and gathering, at a glance, there seemed to be billions of soldiers coming! As if the sky had opened, from northwest to southeast, within it were mottled green and yellow colors, rumbling like a collapsing sea!

His Evil Qi, which had annihilated countless worlds, suddenly erupted, forming a Dharma Idol while also attempting to break through the sacrificial ground constructed by Shen Shuibi!

But at the same time, the surroundings were filled with blood, and blood had completely surrounded the General of the Flying Cavalry's Dharma Idol.

A sacrificial ground had already formed.

His Horse-Slaying Blade had not exerted its due effect.

Strange.

This General of the Flying Cavalry had known many years ago that he would go to war with Shaman Dao, so he had done his homework.

Among Shaman Dao's evil arts, the Mao Sacrifice, as a type of blood sacrifice, indeed had a way to stir Evil Qi to enhance killing power.

Originally, Shaman Dao did not advocate blood sacrifice, but after all, like Human Dao's evil arts, there were also means like Spirit Shaman within Shaman Dao, and human sacrifice and blood sacrifice were also practiced by some.

And now, Shen Shuibi had learned the Mao Sacrifice, and her method of using it was extremely sinister. Why couldn't his Horse-Slaying Blade shatter the sacrificial ground?

The General of the Flying Cavalry was puzzled, but his hands did not stop. He did not try to attack Shen Shuibi's body; that was useless. Now she had become one with the sacrificial ground.

Therefore, what needed to be shattered was the sacrificial ground itself.

He swung his blade again!

The Evil Qi seemed to dominate the vast wilderness, fully displaying his dual Fifth Rank cultivation!

Less than half a minute into the battle, the sacrificial ground was shattered again and again, and the Evil Qi on his body grew thicker and thicker.

Between the flashing blade lights, Shen Shuibi's figure completely disappeared, becoming part of the sacrificial ground.

The Light Dragon Banner soared in the sky, thunder and fierce winds constantly changing, the blade light under it was vastly different from heaven and earth, forming a murderous intent from condensed Evil Qi, drums roared and rumbled, in the endless Void Realm, terrifying Qi surged, clashing with tremors, overflowing and rumbling, collapsing and tumbling!

Blade shadows soared, leaving no tracks or paths, clear Origin Qi combined with the military Qi of Human Dao Military School of Thought cultivators burst forth, the entire dead zone of the world was blown away, with churning turbid dust and roaring shattering sounds!

At the same time, an extremely strong Killing Intent also erupted from his body.

Under his blade light, it was as if divine wrath had descended, like crimson sharp winds, peering into the rocks and illuminating all directions, reflecting streams and severing all, shaking and terrifying, all matter around, those temporarily formed mountains and seas, including the nearby battlefield, all cracked and shattered, swept away together.

This wasn't over yet; besides the blade shadow of the Horse-Slaying Blade, the Evil Qi from the Military School of Thought was also rising, seemingly to increase infinitely.

Behind him, the Evil Qi seemed to condense into a giant blood beast, constantly devouring matter in the Void Realm.

From the giant beast's body, crimson blood-light emanated, seemingly with the phantom of a coiled dragon and divine steed, neither real nor unreal, flickering on and off, blazing on mountaintops, illuminating Yin and Yang, though recorded in ancient maps, never seen in this era.

As a veteran general who had experienced countless battles, a Fifth Rank General of the Flying Cavalry, he had presided over many Human Dao wars, conquering world groups by the tens of thousands. Who knew how many lives had turned to dust at his command.

Therefore, he naturally possessed Evil Qi sufficient to suppress worlds. Even a slight leakage of this Evil Qi would be enough to turn a Seventh Rank world into a sea of blood, drive an entire world's people into madness, cause them to kill each other, collapse civilization, mutate living beings, and finally enter the apocalypse of civilization, where the remaining rational beings would spend their lives amidst mutated creatures and the pollution of Evil Qi.

And now, this Evil Qi and Killing Intent were beginning to show signs of going out of control.

The moment the Evil Qi went out of control—

The General of the Flying Cavalry's eyes instantly narrowed, and he sensed something was wrong!

He knew why he couldn't cut through or escape this sacrificial ground anymore.

Because he was the sacrificial ground itself!

He was both the main sacrificer and the object of the sacrifice itself. This sacrifice was a cycle!

The reason for the Evil Qi's loss of control was that Shen Shuibi had used herself as a sacrifice, continuously pouring the Evil Qi of the 'Mao Sacrifice' into him.

Indeed, Evil Qi has the effect of enhancing killing power.

She used herself as a sacrifice, and then made the General of the Flying Cavalry the main sacrificer, with the object of the sacrifice also being himself.

Yes, when the General of the Flying Cavalry's blade struck down and split Shen Shuibi in two, the sacrifice had already begun. It was just not the usual Shaman main sacrifice, using the power of sacrifice to deal with outsiders.

This time, the General of the Flying Cavalry's blade split open the sacrificial offering, and he himself was in the position of the main sacrificer, with Shen Shuibi as the sacrificial offering!

Shen Shuibi's Mao Qi form was indeed fierce, but she had experienced too little life and death. Her fierce Evil Light was actually mostly superficial excitement, without the determination to fight to the death.

Therefore, she was not enough to face a genuine Human Dao General like him. She herself was aware of this, which meant that the opponent had no intention of confronting him directly from the start.

She merely used this to provoke him into releasing Evil Qi, and then used Shaman Dao sacrificial methods to merge his Evil Qi with hers, ultimately causing his Evil Qi to enter his Dao Heart and his murderous intent to become demonic.

"Hmph, a petty trick, not worth mentioning." The General of the Flying Cavalry stopped swinging his blade, stomping the hilt onto the ground, and the bright blade light immediately dimmed.

Human Dao can kill, and can also stop killing. Only Demon of Death would be troubled by pure Killing Intent.

The reason humans kill is for a specific goal that requires the means of killing, not for killing's sake. When killing is not needed, his Dao Heart remains as clear as water.

Closing his eyes and putting away his blade, he saw the surrounding Evil Qi begin to converge. The giant blood beast conjured by the Evil Qi began to dissipate, finally turning into crimson blood-Qi, which the General of the Flying Cavalry absorbed into his body.

The sacrificial ground also began to become illusory.

But at this moment, the General of the Flying Cavalry's pupils began to fill with blood and turn red. His originally clear eyes were tinged with anger.

What's going on?

His Dao Heart wouldn't be easily tainted by Evil Qi, so where did this anger come from at this moment?

The General of the Flying Cavalry sensed something was wrong with himself. His long blade rose again, and a flash of blade light struck out, but it was aimed at himself!

This was a strike at his Dao Heart.

The blade light flashed, his Physical Body was unharmed, but his consciousness was split in two.

One half was clear and serene, the other filled with Killing Intent.

His Spirit Soul clearly experienced both sensations, then he reached out, pointed at the part filled with Killing Intent, and softly said: "Manifest."

With these words, his Human Dao Inner World immediately turned upside down, and the Great Dao collapsed, part of the external Dharma Idol even fracturing!

But the result was also gratifying: from the Spirit Soul filled with Killing Intent, half of it was actually revealed to be Shen Shuibi.

After Shen Shuibi's body was shattered, she used a Divine Ability to transform into Evil Qi, which was then sacrificed along with the sacrificial ground to the General of the Flying Cavalry. She secretly infiltrated his Spirit Soul, stirring up his Killing Intent and demonic nature!

Shen Shuibi, seeing her true form exposed by a single point, remained unhurried. She merely cast another Divine Ability, inciting the Evil Qi to riot.

This was also her pre-determined battle strategy from the start.

The Tang Nation General had too much accumulated slaughter, with Evil Qi entwined around his body. Normally, this Evil Qi could increase his killing power by thirty percent, but if this Evil Qi were provoked to explode, he would be unable to attend to anything else, and could only be tied down here by Shen Shuibi.

If a general of an army were tied down by Shen Shuibi, then the remaining Tang army would not be one Tang army, but five Tang armies.

This way, the pressure on the People of No Return would be reduced by at least half.

Everything was within Shen Shuibi's plan. If the General of the Flying Cavalry could become agitated and uneasy because of this, then all the better.

Shen Shuibi would not compete with him in cultivation; that would be seeking death. But she could use these tricks to seek a chance at victory for herself.

However, she never expected that after the General of the Flying Cavalry realized this, he would directly sit down, place the Horse-Slaying Blade on his knees, and then close his eyes.

"Your Dao Heart has calmed down. Aren't you worried at all?" Shen Shuibi was somewhat surprised and spoke first, asking.

She had already abandoned her Physical Body, her entire being served as a sacrifice, sacrificed to this Human Dao Fifth Rank, becoming a part of his Spirit Soul. Of course, she could detach at any time, but her Physical Body was truly shattered.

The opponent's Horse-Slaying Blade... was truly sharp.

This was a great sacrifice, but it was also the only chance for victory. Otherwise, in a one-on-one fight, she might not fear him, and might even win, but in large-scale army combat, People of No Return were absolutely no match for a hundred thousand Human Dao iron troops.

What Shen Shuibi wanted was not for herself to win, but for People of No Return to force the opponent to continuously commit forces to this side. Therefore, she made this decision without hesitation.

"Worried about what? Worried they can't win?" The General of the Flying Cavalry chuckled softly.

Shen Shuibi didn't speak, just continued to stir up the Killing Intent and Evil Qi in his Dao Heart, preventing him from acting freely.

The General of the Flying Cavalry, however, continued: "I believe in them, I believe in the power of humanity."

After speaking, he closed his eyes and began to mobilize his Dao Heart and Inner World to suppress Shen Shuibi!

A quiet, not very destructive or flashy, but far more dangerous Dao Heart battle began.

But on the other side, on the battlefield.

Gou Lou and Cha Xike led the People of No Return, fighting against Human Dao's elite army.

Their winning rate was probably... seventy percent.

Because Human Dao only had five Fifth Ranks, while the People of No Return had more than a dozen Fifth Ranks. Moreover, Human Dao's general was tied down by Shen Shuibi, preventing the full strength of their army from being utilized, so they couldn't fight one against three anymore.

Seventy percent or thirty percent, though just a few more or fewer numbers, it was like a ruthless abyss, clearly dividing victory and defeat.

Life was worthless at this moment. The joys, sorrows, and emotions of those cultivators, People of No Return, and Human Dao soldiers, would only be thrown into the abyss of war, as if they had never existed.

Every person, every cultivator participating at this moment, was a Dragon and Phoenix among men in their respective worlds, but here, they died as if without value.

No, not without value—

They were fighting for what they believed in, dedicating everything for what they pursued.

Life, this seemingly meaningless thing, was imbued with meaning at this moment.

It seemed Human Dao's defeat was already sealed.