Chapter 125 Talisman Array
The army of the Northern Underworld has already arrived at the city. The 30,000 soldiers are neatly arranged into three square formations, spreading out for several miles in radius. The momentum is truly terrifying.
On the other hand, on the city wall of Fengdu City, there were only two or three thousand soldiers lined up in a row, which looked very thin.
If we only consider the number of his men, Chen Jiu seems to be doomed to lose, and in terms of momentum, there seems to be no comparison.
It's a pity that the commander of the Northern Yinsi army is a spoiled prince. At this moment, that guy is so angry that he is commanding the army recklessly to prepare for a fierce attack on Fengdu City, which is densely covered with magic arrays.
However, Chen Jiu, with the Luo brothers and sisters, Zhang Qian and Patriarch Hongyun, stood on Yu Qi's shoulders and listened quietly to Yu Qi's explanation of the art of talisman formations.
In terms of power alone, this way of talisman formation surpasses any other way of heaven. If one can fully control the way of talisman formation, then not only can one trap a true god, it is even possible to kill him.
However, the Way of Talisman Array is not the Way of Heaven. Even if one completely masters the Way of Talisman Array, it is impossible to become a god. Moreover, the complexity of the Way of Talisman Array far exceeds that of a single Way of Heaven, and it is extremely time-consuming to study.
Chen Jiuke had no time to waste on this. He wanted to cultivate to become a god, and there was more than one way of heaven that he wanted to comprehend. Therefore, he did not delve into the art of talisman formations. He gave all the jade slips related to talisman formations to Yu Qi.
However, not studying it in depth does not mean that you don't need to understand it at all.
This art of talisman formation is not very useful for cultivation, but it is very useful for competition between cultivators, especially in large-scale battles like this, so it is necessary to understand it.
If one party does not understand the talisman formation and the other party does, then it will be like a fight between mortals with or without weapons. The one with bare hands will naturally be no match for the one with swords, spears, swords or halberds.
If both sides know how to use the talisman formation, then it depends on who knows more and uses it better. This is just like the quality of swords, spears, and halberds. A sword made of raw iron is naturally not as good as a sword made of tempered steel.
Yu Qi's main research was on defensive magic arrays, which simply meant restraining, weakening or disrupting the opponent's spiritual energy or even consciousness.
If they don't break the magic circles he has set up inside and outside the city walls, the attacks with talismans, Yin energy, karma, and even various magical powers will be ineffective. The opponent can only rely on brute force, while they can fight back with talismans and various magical powers.
After Yu Qi's detailed introduction, Chen Jiu finally had a certain understanding of this large-scale battle between immortal cultivators.
At this time, the army of Beiyinsi also beat the war drums and began to attack.
"Boom boom boom" a dull drumbeat sounded, and tens of thousands of huge arrows came over like a dark cloud.
If these were ordinary arrows, they could just stand still and let others shoot at them without any problem. However, even the lowest-level ghost general-level golden-bodied gods could not be shot by ordinary arrows.
The Northern Yinsi army would naturally not be so bored as to attack them with ordinary arrows.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" a sound of breaking through the air was heard, and when the arrows fell down, it seemed as if they encountered an invisible resistance, and their speed actually began to slow down significantly. This was the effect of the magic circle. If these arrows fell slowly, they would not hurt anyone at all.
However, these arrows began to spontaneously combust like falling meteorites. Some of them disappeared while burning, while others fell on the front of the city wall, splashing sparks.
Yu Qi introduced in detail: "This is the arrow engraved with the array-breaking talisman. If they have enough arrows, the array on the city wall will slowly break down until it becomes ineffective."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "Don't we have any means of fighting back?"
Yu Qi sighed slightly and said, "I have only been learning the art of talisman formations for a short time. I can only engrave talismans such as armor-breaking and penetration on crossbow arrows. As for engraving talismans to increase the attack range on crossbows, I don't know how to do it yet. Our powerful crossbows can't reach them at all now. We can only wait until they rush to a mile range in front of the city wall."
Well, ordinary people can only shoot arrows accurately from a hundred steps away, which is less than one mile. But now the range of the bows and arrows of the Northern Yinsi army is as far as four or five miles!
Now I can only watch others ejaculate.
I hope Cai Changwei is really angry and has lost his mind.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" another sound of breaking through the air was heard, and thousands of arrows were fired at the same time. The sky was like fireworks, so brilliant.
If Zhang Wanxia was watching, she would definitely not be able to help but exclaim in admiration.
Unfortunately, this thing is not a good thing. If there are enough arrows engraved with formation-breaking talismans, they will be in trouble.
Fortunately, the Northern Yinsi army fell silent after firing only five rounds.
At this time, the magic circle on the city wall had not suffered much damage, and the arrows with other talismans attached were basically useless. Even the magical powers of the ghosts and immortals would be weakened to the point of being like a tickle. What else could people do?
I saw tens of thousands of soldiers in the rear of the Northern Yinsi army raising their flags together. A Yin general even raised a huge flag into the air, and nine huge spears appeared in the air in an instant.
"Nine Nether Mysterious Evil Formation!"
Chen Jiu couldn't help but exclaimed.
Hearing this, Yu Qi frowned slightly and said, "The army under the Eastern Ghost Emperor of the Northern Underworld is best at the Nine Nether Mysterious Evil Formation, but this formation is mainly used to trap and consume the enemy. The real sharp attack is the Nine Nether Spear. If the Nine Nether Spear shoots over, the magic formation on the city wall may not be able to completely resist it. We must find a way to block it, otherwise, it will probably pierce the city wall and many magic formations will become ineffective."
As soon as he finished speaking, nine huge spears whizzed towards him.
The magic circle on the city wall slowed down the speed of the Nine Nether Spears for a bit, but the nine huge spears still pierced the city wall.
Chen Jiu was just about to pull out Kai Tianfei to cut off these giant spears, but Zhang Qian raised her hand and summoned nine giant dragons, which immediately entangled the nine giant spears.
Uh, I forgot that she has nine ancient dragons or dragon souls in her hands.
Originally, the souls of these nine giant dragons were raised in the Honghuang Divine Cauldron, but after the Honghuang Divine Cauldron had exhausted its Yin Qi, it could no longer be raised, so they were borrowed by Zhang Qian and taken to the Immortal Palace.
At this time, the Nine Nether Mysterious Evil Formation seemed to be useless. With the help of the formation, the nine dragon souls quickly crushed the nine giant spears.
Cai Changwei saw this and gnashed his teeth in anger, "Charge forward and capture Zhang Qian and Chen Jiu. I want them alive!"
Alas, do you know how many people will be killed by your reckless behavior?
The Yin generals and judges were helpless and could only give orders.
A burst of dense drum beats sounded, and the tens of thousands of soldiers in the front line of the Northern Yinsi army immediately raised their swords, shields, spears and halberds and rushed towards the city wall.
They didn't need any ladders or anything, they could just jump up the ten-foot-high city wall. However, they couldn't use any magical powers and could only use brute force.
Seeing this, Yu Qi couldn't help but smile coldly, raised his hand and ordered: "Prepare the crossbows."
The two or three thousand golden gods on the city wall immediately cooperated to load huge crossbow arrows on thousands of powerful crossbows.
Soon, the Northern Yinsi army rushed to within a mile of the city wall.
Yu Qi waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Shoot. "
With a "buzz" sound, thousands of huge crossbow arrows were fired at once, and tens of thousands of troops of the Beiyin Division were knocked down in an instant.
However, not all of these golden-bodied gods were shot to death. Only those whose heads were pierced by the crossbows lay motionless on the ground. If the crossbows only penetrated other parts of the golden body, they would still be able to get up and continue to charge.
This loss seems to be nothing. At most, one row of crossbow arrows will be shot out from the city wall at a distance of about a mile. If these golden gods rush up the city wall, the situation will be different. The Fengdu City will be broken by him. By then, Zhang Qian and Chen Jiu, hehe.
Cai Changwei couldn't help but smile smugly upon seeing this.
However, Chen Jiu sneered and raised his hand to scatter thousands of bean soldiers.
These bean soldiers are all equipped with the immortal weapon Guandao, and they are thick-skinned and tough, with defense more terrifying than the golden-bodied gods. Others' swords and knives can at most cut a cut on their bodies. This kind of attack is just a tickle to them. With a flash of wood spirit energy, they recover instantly.
It was different when they chopped off the golden gods. They killed them one by one, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
Cai Changwei was furious when he saw this: "What kind of monster is this? Zhang Wenyan, hurry up and take it away for me."
This thing is difficult to kill even if it is kept in the Immortal Palace. Aren’t you asking for trouble for us?
The most powerful Yin Shuai Zhang Wenyan sighed helplessly, flew to the front of the formation, and expanded his spiritual sense to collect.
As a result, those bean soldiers naturally could not be collected.
Zhang Wenyan's face changed, and he quickly flew back and said, "Those monsters can't be contained at all. Your Highness, quickly order the troops to retreat!"
Cai Changwei was so angry that he yelled, " How can it be impossible to collect it? There is no magic circle under the city wall."
If you don’t believe it, go and try it!
Zhang Wenyan said anxiously: "It's not the array's problem, it's the monsters themselves that have problems. Aren't there talismans on our golden-bodied gods to prevent them from being taken into the Immortal Palace? Those monsters probably have them too.
Your Highness, quickly order the troops to retreat, or else tens of thousands of troops will be killed by them."
Cai Changwei was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted: "Sound the horn, withdraw the troops."
With a loud bang, the case was smashed to pieces.
