Chapter 353 Confrontation
At about noon the next morning, eight hundred thousand troops gathered in the wilderness south of the capital, and the densely packed square formations stretched for dozens of miles.
Above the army, there were thousands of true gods riding on huge auspicious clouds and sitting in hundreds of divine chariots, lined up in neat rows.
There was a huge army everywhere in the sky and on the ground, which looked really majestic and spectacular.
The common people in the capital couldn't help but gather around to watch the excitement. Such a spectacular scene was rare to see in a thousand years, let alone once in ten thousand years.
After all, there weren’t so many gods gathered together and flew in the sky on auspicious clouds ten thousand years ago, not to mention that these gods were all sitting on huge chariots.
Xuandu Tianzun, Chilian Tianzun and Juliu Tianzun are all different. They command the army to advance in an orderly manner, neither fast nor slow. They are not like Chilian Tianzun who seems to be sightseeing, nor like Juliu Tianzun who seems to be in a hurry to be reincarnated.
He even ordered the elite garrison troops to send out scouts to gather information in all directions to prevent enemy ambushes or sneak attacks, or to investigate the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. He was so experienced that it was obvious that he was a veteran general who had fought in many battles.
Of course, the mortal scouts he sent out were not of much use. These elite garrison troops could at most wander around the edge of the Jiuqu Formation outside Jiuling Mountain and Sishui Pass, and they had no way of finding out the truth inside.
If Chen Jiu was as ruthless as Xuandu Tianzun, these scouts would be killed by the bat soldiers before they could even get close to the range of a hundred miles of the Nine-Curve Formation.
However, he did not order the bat soldiers to take action. After all, these were not Japanese pirates and they had no choice. Moreover, it made no difference whether these elite guards were killed or not. Anyway, Xuandu Tianzun and his men would be able to discover the Nine-Curve Array as long as they got within 300 miles of the periphery of the Nine-Curve Array. There was no point in him killing them.
The target chosen by Xuandu Tianzun seemed to be different from that of Chilian Tianzun and others. He actually led a large army and headed straight for Jiuling Mountain!
Seeing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Now he didn't have to run back and forth between Jiuling Mountain and Sishui Pass. If this guy led a large army to attack Sishui Pass, he would be a little annoyed.
After all, his strength is there. Once they start attacking the Nine-Curve Formation outside Sishui Pass, he must go there to take charge. Otherwise, Bailing Tianzun and Yu Dayou will not be able to hold on.
Now that they are heading straight for Jiuling Mountain, he can still wait for them while enlightening the earth immortals and demon immortals.
He was relieved, but those true gods from the aristocratic families and the royal family were in trouble, because there was no road from the capital to Jiuling Mountain that could accommodate an army of 800,000. They used to attack Sishui Pass, but the road there had already been opened, so they didn't have to work at all.
However, Xuandu Tianzun chose to attack Jiuling Mountain, and he also required the 800,000 troops to form a formation and advance forward, so the road had to be at least several hundred feet wide.
Along the way they moved mountains, filled rivers, built roads and bridges, and were as tired as dogs.
They advanced in a mighty force for nearly half a month before they arrived at the north of Yishan and Lushan. Now, they were even more tired, because there were mountains all ahead, and there were mountains hundreds or even thousands of feet high everywhere. It was very difficult for them to move just one, and they had to move them one by one, which was really killing them.
The imperial army passed through Yishan and Lushan, which were three or four hundred miles long, and there was a new territory of thousands of miles ahead. The journey exhausted the earth-type true gods, and when they arrived at the edge of the Jiuqu Formation outside Jiuling Mountain, they were almost exhausted.
However, Chen Jiu was at ease and did not need to move at all, because Tianzun Xi had already brought those demon fairies and demon gods to move all the magical herbs, birds, beasts, and even flowers, plants, and trees from the new domain to his wood kingdom. He would not lose even a single flower or grass.
It took more than forty days for the Imperial Court army and the Hongmeng Sect army to rush here. He now had more than four thousand true gods and six thousand demon gods under his command. At this time, his strength was enough to counterattack and kill the Hongmeng Sect army.
Now, he only needs to wait for Xuandu Tianzun to send out those True Lords and True Men to rush into the Nine-Curve Formation to break it, and then he can take action.
Will Xuandu Tianzun send his True Lords and True Men into the Nine-Curve Formation to break it?
He seemed to have overestimated this guy.
Early in the morning of that day, before the hour of Chen, there were bursts of orders from the imperial camp, and the army gathered. The army of Hongmeng Sect also rode on auspicious clouds and rose several miles into the sky. It seemed that they were about to launch a fierce attack on the Jiuqu Formation.
As a result, only 400,000 imperial troops plus 300 noble families and true gods of the royal family launched the attack.
These guys were just like attacking the city wall of Sishui Pass. They set up a formation about five miles outside the Jiuqu Formation, and then used their magical powers to slowly push forward, filling up all the river channels in front of them, knocking down all the trees, and flattening all the mountains!
When Tianzun Shuiling saw this, she was dumbfounded. This was a trapping formation, not a killing formation. Despite people's advice, she could not send out the earthly immortals and true gods in the formation to rush out and kill. If she really sent out the earthly immortals and true gods in the formation to kill, not only would the formation be ineffective, but those earthly immortals and true gods would probably be killed by the Hongmeng Sect's army.
Chen Jiu didn't expect that Xuandu Tianzun would play like this.
They just won't send the True Lords and True Men into the formation, and will just let the True Gods of the aristocratic families and the royal family push forward little by little. What can you do?
Should we just lead the army out and fight them?
Then we'll fall into their trap, and all our preparations for the Nine-Curve Formation and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation will be in vain.
They are using the imperial army as bait, will you take the bait?
If you don't take the bait, I will slowly wear down the Nine-Bend Formation!
Chen Jiu frowned, then quickly flashed to Sishui Pass and ordered loudly: " Ji Guang , Zi Long, quickly gather all the troops from the Shenqi Camp and the Shenxue Camp."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang and Deng Zilong immediately issued orders, and 300,000 troops gathered from all directions like a stream of ants.
Seeing this, Bailing Tianzun couldn't help but ask, "Ajiu, what's wrong?"
Chen Jiu said helplessly: "Xuandu Tianzun is playing dirty tricks, using the mortal army to attack the Jiuqu formation outside Jiuling Mountain. I have no choice but to let the soldiers of the eight camps go to fight them."
Is there anyone who can break the formation like this?
This guy is using the mortal army to lure them out to charge and fight. If they really charge out, they will be fooled.
Bailing Tianzun thought about it for a moment and understood that Xuandu Tianzun was really insidious.
When Chen Jiu saw that the army had been assembled, he immediately led the 300,000 troops from the Shenqi Camp and the Shenxue Camp to the Kingdom of God. He also sent a message through his telepathic consciousness, asking Yangmei Tianzun to arrange carriages for them and to assign demon gods to pull the carriages.
Fortunately, he ordered 210 large vehicle frames last time. Although this type of vehicle frame is specially used for setting up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, if it is made bigger, it can also be used by the soldiers of the eight camps. As long as it is about ten miles in radius, it will not be a problem to densely pack ten thousand troops on it.
Soon, he flashed back to Jiuling Mountain.
However, at this moment Qi Jiguang and Deng Zilong were still directing their men to board the carriages. After all, they had an army of 300,000, and it was impossible for them to board 30 divine carriages covering an area of more than ten miles in the blink of an eye.
Seeing Chen Jiu standing there without saying a word, Shui Ling Tian Zun couldn't help but said anxiously: "Ah Jiu, what should we do? If they advance a few more miles, they will hit those True Gods and Earth Immortals stationed on the mountain."
Chen Jiu said calmly: "Shui Ling, don't worry. If an enemy comes, we will fight him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. They are using the mortal army, and we will use the soldiers of the Eight Battalions. It's okay. I have brought the people here. Please wait for a moment."
Not long after, Qi Jiguang and Deng Zilong led their men onto the divine chariot, and the demon gods pulling the chariot also drove up the auspicious clouds.
Chen Jiu raised his hand and waved, and they appeared on the north side of the Nine-Curve Array, about two or three miles away from the edge of the array.
Of course, the thirty carriages were all inside the formation, and only two or three miles above the ground, so people outside could not detect them at all. However, the immortal arrows and magic arrows in their hands could attack the imperial army outside.
Qi Jiguang roughly scanned with his spiritual sense and understood. These guys were using similar tactics to the one used in the attack on Sishui Pass, with hundreds of thousands of troops supporting them from behind and hundreds of true gods in the front releasing their magical powers to cause destruction.
However, their equipment is now very different from before.
They have thousands of magic bows and tens of thousands of magic arrows in their hands, and they are all wielded by demon immortals who practice the way of Qi and blood.
As for the immortal bows, each of them had one, a total of 150,000, and there were millions of immortal arrows!
The problem is, these true gods seem to have magical weapons, and they may not be able to kill people even with their magical arrows.
What should I do?
Qi Jiguang only thought about it for a moment, then raised his hand and ordered: "Immortal bows and arrows, aim at the imperial army in the rear, and prepare to shoot."
With a loud bang, 150,000 soldiers from the Shenqi Camp picked up their immortal bows, drew out their immortal arrows, and slowly pulled them diagonally upwards.
Qi Jiguang roughly scanned with his spiritual sense, then drew out his magic sword and indicated an angle.
The angle of the magic arrows of the 150,000 soldiers immediately became exactly the same as the angle of the magic sword in his hand.
Without hesitation, he brandished his sword and shouted, "Shoot!"
"Swish, swish, swish." As soon as the arrows flew out of the fog of the Nine-Curve Formation, they covered it like lightning.
This speed is that of a fairy arrow!
Three hundred true gods from aristocratic families and the royal family immediately took out all kinds of magical weapons, turned them into the size of door panels and stood in front of them to block.
The problem was that the immortal arrows were not shot at them yet, and the expected clanging sounds did not appear, but behind them there were deafening screams.
Use the magic sword to shoot at the mortal army, and there are at least 100,000 magic arrows densely packed together!
This time, not only the three hundred true gods in front of the formation were dumbfounded, but even Xuandu Tianzun was stunned.
How many elixirs are more than a hundred thousand immortal arrows worth?
These are tens of thousands of bottles of elixir!
He had long known that Chen Jiuhao was inhumane, but he had never imagined that Chen Jiuhao could be so inhumane.
One arrow contains more than 100,000 immortal arrows!
And the person he shot was a mortal.
Did the elixir burn your brain?
What would happen if 300,000 guards were shot by 150,000 immortal arrows?
They wouldn't necessarily all die, but it was inevitable that they would all be injured, because one immortal arrow could penetrate several people.
Those who were unlucky were shot into sieves, while those who were lucky at least had a transparent hole on their bodies.
What should I do now?
The three hundred true gods in front of the formation were stunned.
Chen Jiu was also stunned. This disciple was too cruel. There were 300,000 guards there!
He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't open his mouth.
Forget it, a merciful army cannot be commanded, let him fight however he wants.
At this time, Qi Jiguang said, "Master, can I borrow Kaitian for a while?"
Do you still want to kill those true gods?
Okay, okay, you can use it.
Chen Jiu directly took off the Kaitian on his back and rolled it over along with the scabbard using his spiritual sense.
Qi Jiguang took over Kaitian, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, then drew out the Kaitian sword, jumped up, and swept over with a knife.
With a "whoosh" sound, a sword energy over ten miles long swept across, and those true gods hurriedly raised their magic weapons to resist.
If you are lucky, it will be blocked, but if you are unlucky, you will be directly cut in two by Kaitian's sword energy.
With one strike, dozens of true gods were cut in half. How terrifying!
The surviving true gods could no longer bear it, and they turned around in a hurry and flew towards the camp.
Seeing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Not bad, very much like my style back then.
Shui Ling Tianzun couldn't help but praise: "Ajiu, your disciple is so amazing."
Xuandu Tianzun on the opposite side was so angry that his face turned green.
How many magic arrows and magic weapons does Chen Jiu have?
He didn't even know what magic weapon emitted the sword energy. This thing could even split the space. How could an ordinary true god withstand it?
He is bound to lose this first battle, and sending the mortal army up there would be courting death.
All they need is a round of magic arrows and a few slashes of the sword to be done.
What to do next?
