Chapter 285 Consumption
There are weak people and strong people in this world. The weak have their own sorrows, and the strong have their own differences.
Some strong people like to bully the weak, some strong people like to help the weak, and some strong people like to live a carefree life and are too lazy to play with the weak.
It is obvious that the Ming royal family is the type that likes to bully the weak. They kill meritorious officials, kill talented people, kill honest officials, kill ministers of remonstrance, etc. Basically every emperor of the Ming royal family has done all these things. As for the vassal kings, it is even more outrageous. They bully the common people like ants.
Anyway, they can kill however they want and bully however they want.
However, when they became the weak ones, they could not bear it anymore. They were so angry, humiliated, unwilling, and aggrieved that they could not express in words how much anger, shame, resentment, and so on were in their hearts when Juliu Tianzun bullied them.
Unfortunately, no matter what they thought, they still had to go up early the next morning. If they didn't, Juliu Tianzun would really kill them. This might be the sorrow of being a weak person, and they finally experienced it.
When Chen Jiu saw the princes wearing dragon robes and the royal family members wearing bright yellow robes appear in front of the formation, he couldn't help but be surprised.
This Jiajing is really cruel, he even betrays his own family members!
The imperial army launched another attack. This time they had more true gods, so naturally they had more magical powers.
However, these seemingly scary but powerless magical powers are useless in front of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
The power of the True Lord is simply not enough in front of the Ten Thousand Immortals Array composed of thousands of demon fairies. No matter whether there are one hundred magical powers or one hundred and forty or fifty magical powers, they will be chopped to pieces by Yu Dayou with one sword.
The soldiers of the eight camps on the city wall were still huddled tightly behind the shield formation without showing their heads. The scattered embers of magical power would definitely not hurt them, but the city wall was slightly damaged.
Especially these princes and royal children all have fire-related magical powers. Their fire is not ordinary fire, but fire that can melt gold and iron. Even if it falls on the city wall, it can burn the iron shell of the wall into pits everywhere.
On this day it seemed that the imperial army had a great advantage, because the foundations of the city walls were burned, and the defenders in the city seemed to have run out of magic arrows. Not a single arrow was fired today, and those true gods rushing in front were not killed at all.
Juliu Tianzun was very pleased. At least he saw the hope of breaking through Sishui Pass.
As for the fact that others would take advantage of the intervals between the battles to repair the city walls, that didn't matter. It had just begun and he hadn't launched a fierce attack yet. When the second batch of true gods were sent over from the capital, he would launch a fierce attack day and night. By then, the city walls wouldn't be able to hold on. Once the city walls were broken, Sishui Pass would almost be broken as well.
He finally turned back into the good guy with a smile on his face, as if it wasn't him who killed his own people yesterday.
At this moment, Chen Jiu was actually smiling, because the four hundred immortal bows that he ordered people to refine had been refined. All they had to do next was to prepare some more immortal arrows, and they could hunt down the true god on the opposite side again.
On the third day, they still didn't fire a single arrow.
However, those princes and royal children seemed to be even more excited. After all, they had never been to the battlefield before. It would be a lie to say that they were not nervous when they first arrived at the battlefield. Yesterday, they were just like crazy and using their magical powers recklessly.
Today was different. They had gradually adapted to the situation, and the battlefield did not seem as scary as they had imagined. They stood several miles away and cast their magical powers as if nothing had happened.
In this situation, the magical powers they cast were naturally more powerful, and even huge holes were burned on the foundation of the city wall.
Juliu Tianzun laughed even more happily, and Chen Jiu also laughed even more happily, because with the day and night work of those earth-type immortals, they had already prepared a thousand immortal arrows, and there would be a good show to watch next.
On the morning of the fourth day, the imperial army was in high spirits and arrived at a place about six miles away from the city wall in a mighty and heroic manner, and formed a neat formation.
Immediately afterwards, the true gods of the aristocratic families and the royal family began to use their magical powers to attack the city walls.
They seemed to have gained experience from smashing things, and the magical powers they cast were quite strange. Basically, they would explode when touched, but the power would still remain after the explosion.
This time, the city wall was smashed beyond recognition. After several rounds of attacks, the arrow stacks that had just been repaired yesterday and the protective wall below were almost flattened by them, and the foundation of the city wall was also dotted with fire pits.
They seemed to have forgotten the terror of the Great Demon King of Jiuling Mountain and the ferocity of Juliu Tianzun, and they were smashing things with great enthusiasm. The royal princes even threatened that they would be able to break through the city wall and capture the Sishui Pass in a few days.
At this time, Qi Jiguang had secretly raised his hand and issued an order to prepare for the attack.
After a round of magical attacks, just as the true gods were catching their breath, a hundred sharp arrows suddenly shot out from the gaps in the shield wall and hit the five true gods in the middle in the blink of an eye.
Without even a second thought, the five true gods immediately transformed into giants over a hundred feet tall, even with smug smiles on their faces.
As a result, as soon as they smiled, they were struck by lightning and froze there.
Because the arrows came not in one wave, but in five waves!
The five waves of arrows shot over continuously like a string of cannonballs, and continued to shoot upwards.
The calves, lower abdomen, chest, neck, and head, the sound of arrows entering the flesh continued. The five true gods were stiff all over, blood spurted out everywhere, and they fell backwards with their heads raised.
They thought they would become invincible after suddenly growing to giant size, but the enemy had already calculated their height and fired five rounds at them in a row.
The other true gods were stunned upon seeing this.
How come five true gods were shot to death in the blink of an eye!
Before they could react, hundreds of sharp arrows suddenly shot out from the city wall, this time hitting the five true gods in the middle left.
These five true gods didn't know whether they should grow bigger or not, and their reactions were different. Some didn't grow bigger, some became more than ten feet tall, some became more than thirty feet tall, and some became more than fifty feet tall. In short, no one dared to grow to more than a hundred feet tall.
It was also five rounds of continuous shooting, but this time the result was different. The true god that did not grow bigger was shot directly and fell to the ground with his head raised, without a sound.
He thought he was smart, but in fact he was the dumbest. The twenty immortal arrows at the beginning were definitely not shot randomly. They were definitely aimed at his vital points. If he didn't grow bigger, he would just be standing there waiting to die.
As for those that have grown bigger, it depends on luck whether they die or not. Some are unlucky and are directly shot in the vitals, and naturally they die. Some are lucky and are only hit by one or two waves of fairy arrows in unimportant parts, and naturally they are fine.
In short, this wave of 500 immortal arrows did not kill all five true gods. Only two were shot to death on the spot, and one was lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. The other two were standing there and were not seriously injured.
Qi Jiguang saw this and sent a telepathic message to Chen Jiu, "Master, this move doesn't seem to work. They should have seen it. If it becomes more than ten feet high, the first round of immortal arrows will be able to hit it, and it won't hit the vital points. The other four rounds will fly over it directly."
These guys reacted pretty quickly. It looked like the next round would be wasted. This round would use up nearly fifty bottles of elixirs. Although he didn't lack them, they couldn't be wasted.
Chen Jiu frowned and thought for a while, then said calmly: "Then don't shoot, let them think we don't have immortal arrows."
They stopped shooting, and the imperial army seemed to have no interest in continuing the siege, so the day ended in a hasty manner for both sides.
Juliu Tianzun was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.
He couldn't make a move yet. If he made a move and Chen Jiu also made a move, they would be the ones who suffered the loss.
Okay, you guys have a lot of immortal arrows, right?
Immortal arrows are also immortal weapons, and each one requires an immortal pill. One hundred arrows means nearly ten bottles of immortal pills. Keep shooting, I want to see how many immortal pills you have!
He continued to fight with Chen Jiu, forcing the true gods of the aristocratic families and the royal family to attack the city walls every day.
Chen Jiu was not in a hurry. After all, the immortal arrows were made by themselves, so the loss would not be much. If he could collect a thousand immortal arrows, he would ask Qi Jiguang to strike hard. If he couldn't collect enough, he would just wait for a day.
Qi Jiguang was racking his brains to think of a way to use the linked arrow technique to shoot the real god on the opposite side to death.
At the beginning, they were in groups of twenty immortal arrows. After the opponent grew to over a hundred feet in size, they could only shoot at four vital parts. If the opponent only grew to over ten feet in size, then they would not be able to hit any vital parts at all.
Later he changed it to a group of ten immortal arrows, with a group about ten feet apart. This time, they shot and killed five or six more true gods.
However, after the other party reacted, he simply threw him about nine feet high, causing him to waste another five hundred immortal arrows.
Later, he thought of another way, which was to shoot two arrows in a group directly towards the middle of the enemy, with one group every two meters or so. Anyway, with the speed of the magic arrows, the enemy would definitely not be able to dodge without flashing.
This time, they shot and killed six or seven more true gods.
However, after the other party reacted, he simply threw a bullet about ten feet high at him, causing him to waste another wave of five hundred immortal arrows.
He changed his tactics again and started by shooting out two magic arrows to lure the enemy, and then followed up with the remaining ninety-eight arrows in one wave, all of which were shot out, scattering them directly within a range of ten feet, densely packed like a fairy.
This time, he achieved unexpected results and killed nine true gods in one day.
The two sides battled with wits and courage, constantly depleting each other's strength. Chen Jiu's side was only consuming immortal arrows, while the Royal Court was consuming real gods.
The Imperial Court will naturally suffer if this continues. Even if they can prepare a thousand immortal arrows in two days, the more than 140 true gods will not last more than two months.
However, Juliu Tianzun thought that Chen Jiu would not be able to bear it first.
Because even a hundred immortal arrows might not be able to kill one of their true gods, so it would be good enough if three hundred immortal arrows could kill two true gods.
In other words, one of their true gods can consume about 95 bottles of elixirs from Chen. Ten of them would be 150 bottles, a hundred of them would be 1,500 bottles, and more than 140 of them would be more than 2,000 bottles.
Who has so many elixirs to waste? Even ordinary Heavenly Lords may not be able to produce them!
Anyway, he couldn't take it out, let alone more than 2,000 bottles, he couldn't even take out 1,000 bottles.
Therefore, he thought that Chen Jiu could not outlast him.
Moreover, he has made a lot of elixirs these days!
Because nine out of ten immortal arrows shot from the city wall would miss the target, and those immortal arrows that missed the target were actually swept into the kingdom of God by his divine sense!
This hand carries about 400 cigarettes, this hand carries about 400 cigarettes, he is almost making a fortune!
He even ordered people to pull out all the immortal arrows that shot at the True God and give them to him, saying that they were to serve as proof of the great war or something.
In fact, he was just looking for those that were not damaged.
After all, the body of a true god is not very hard, so unless the arrow hits the bone, it will generally not be damaged. In this way, he can collect dozens more arrows in each round.
He earns an average of forty to fifty bottles of elixir a day, which means four to five hundred bottles in ten days, and more than a thousand bottles in a month!
Naturally, he couldn't stop doing such a good thing. Even if he really couldn't last long, he would have to keep going. After all, he wasn't the one who would die!
Those true gods from the aristocratic families and the royal family were almost driven crazy by him. This was clearly asking them to die. Why?
Why are they going up there to die!
There is absolutely no point in charging forward like this. Their numbers are decreasing, and it is impossible for them to break through the city wall. Why does Juliu Tianzun force them to go up and die?
In fact, you can figure this out with a little thought.
They are not fools. They are clearly going there to die, but people are forcing them to go. Why?
Of course someone wants them dead!
Who would want them dead?
Obviously, it is the current emperor Jiajing and the crown prince Zhu Yijun!
They understood after fighting for less than half a month that the enemy had no intention of taking over Sishui Pass at all, they just wanted them to die!
In this situation, what should we do?
