Volume 13: Sword Immortal Chapter 22: Wang, my home is gone!
Outside Guangling Pass, there used to be many beacon towers, which were specially set up by Lunwu Hall according to local conditions for the purpose of warning.
The locations of these beacon towers were chosen with extreme strictness and precision, ensuring that one could see two or more adjacent beacon towers from the platform of any beacon tower. Two monks were assigned to serve as beacon guards at each beacon tower, taking turns with each other.
Yes, see.
Because of the variety of methods used by the demons, they are fully capable of taking down beacon towers at lightning speed, leaving the beacon towers no time to pass on the news.
But it would be different if they could see it. No matter how diverse the methods of the demons are, they cannot hide it from the world, and this would buy Guangling Pass precious reaction time.
It was precisely relying on this seemingly down-to-earth beacon system that even though the Black Armor Domain demons suddenly rose in strength and flattened the 31 cities outside Guangling Pass in one fell swoop, the Zhongwu Domain still reacted in time and avoided further losses.
Faced with the full force of the Black Armor Domain demons, Guangling Pass 's response was very simple.
Completely abandon the deep defense outside the Great Wall and concentrate all the backbone forces inside the Great Wall.
This is a very wise move.
Giving up is something you must learn in war.
There is no doubt that this day is a disaster day for the Zhongwu Domain, but the human race has never lacked the courage to fight against disasters.
Moreover, it is not completely hopeless.
There is a formation of Daozu at Guangling Pass.
All the monks from all the sects know one thing: in the world of cultivation, attacking the mountain gate formation is something that no sect is willing to do.
In front of the mountain gate formation that took ten or even a hundred years and countless resources to build, the attacker often suffers much greater losses than the defender.
As for how much more, it is determined by the strength of the formation.
Even if it is the stronger side, if they choose to attack the mountain gate formation head-on, even if they finally take it, the losses are often unacceptable.
Therefore, in most of the struggles between sects, the monks mostly resorted to methods such as sneak attacks, coercion, planting spies and even alienation.
Daozu's formation is, without a doubt, the most powerful formation in the world.
The fact that it is large enough to accommodate so many cultivators from Guangling Pass to attack at the same time shows how terrifying it is.
Over the years, the human race has been able to fight against the demons with the help of the eight Daozu formations.
Even the Dragon City Pass was operated by the Heart Demon Clan for ten thousand years, and was finally opened by attacking from the inside.
The monks at Guangling Pass also knew one thing clearly: the situation of the Black Armor Domain coalition was not optimistic, and they had to end the war as soon as possible to avoid instability in the rear.
Ten years is a big hurdle. The first ten years must be when the demons' offensives are the most fierce and their morale is the highest. After this time, the demon cultivators' will, desire to win and even confidence will decline.
On the other hand, the other demons will certainly be happy to see that your Black Armor Domain has been unable to capture Guangling Pass and is suffering a tragic loss with the human cultivators, and will gloat over your misfortune, or even cause trouble for you.
With hope, the monks of Guangling Pass have the determination to persevere.
In addition, his hometown is right behind him, which gives him even more reason to retreat.
In war, besides one's own strength, isn't it all about mentality and belief?
In addition, the human race has another advantage.
In the world of cultivation, the backbone of attacking magic arrays are generally magic practitioners, or at least spiritual practitioners. This is their advantage.
Because in the specific circumstances of attacking the formation, the magic practitioners have enough time to cultivate forbidden secret techniques that they cannot use in normal battles, which are commonly known as "countdown ultimate moves."
But, unfortunately, there is no such group of Dharma practitioners in the demon clan's cultivation system.
The demon clan's cultivation system is based on blood, which in turn extends to a powerful divine and demonic body. Although it cannot be said that there are no long-range attack methods, it is generally biased towards close combat, similar to physical cultivation.
To put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of reckless men who are not good at attacking.
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The war between monks is by no means as simple as imagined.
In the secular world, wars between two countries can last for several years.
If there is enough food and grass, a siege can even last for ten years.
This is even more true of the Monk War.
Because for monks, there is no problem of food and fodder.
As long as they have enough mana and energy, they can keep fighting.
Not to mention that this is a war between two domains, and there is an entire large domain behind both sides providing logistical support.
The goal of the Black Armor Domain Demons is to quickly capture Guangling Pass, but in fact, in the expectations of the Four Shura Kings, this "quickly" means within ten years.
On the demon side, the attack on the dome formation of Guangling Pass has been ongoing - the protective formation of Guangling Pass is called the dome.
But there is no sign of a breakthrough yet.
The monks of Guangling Pass defended with great determination, relying on their profound skills in formation, the vast treasury of 20,000 years of accumulation in one area, and the unity of all the monks.
When the opponent relies on the formation to act like a turtle, it becomes a very difficult thing for the attacker.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to being a coward. For Guangling Pass, the best outcome of this battle is not to lose.
The monks of Guangling Pass were divided into two parts.
A group of monks are responsible for presiding over the formation to defend against the enemy - relying solely on the power of the formation itself is obviously not enough to face a war of this level, and monks must enter various formation points to contribute to the dome formation.
The group of monks who presided over the formation were divided into three waves.
When the first wave of monks ran out of mana, the second wave immediately took over.
The second wave of monks ran out of mana, and the third wave followed closely behind.
By the time the mana of the third wave of monks was exhausted, the mana of the first wave of monks had almost recovered, almost to the point of perpetual motion.
Another group of monks were responsible for facing the enemy head-on.
The formation is nothing more than two parts: the formation itself and the energy supply system composed of spirit stones and monks.
It takes time to rotate monks, and if the formation runs at full capacity for a long time, the formation base itself will inevitably be damaged and need to be repaired.
Just like a machine, if it runs at high load for a long time, it will overload and overheat, shortening its service life.
Regardless of the rotation of monks at the array points or the repair of the dome array, the dome array will experience a period of weakness or even a vacuum period. It requires monks to face it head-on and share some of the pressure for the array.
For the demons, this is the key to breaking through the formation.
During this weak period, the demons will engage in the most bloody and cruel war of attrition with the human cultivators who confront them head-on, using the lives of their own demon cultivators as consumables in exchange for the lives of the cultivators at Guangling Pass.
As long as the casualties of the monks at Guangling Pass reach a certain level and they can no longer organize a decent defense on the front, Guangling Pass will be doomed to collapse.
Because at that point, the dome formation would have to work at overload to make up for the gap.
Then the speed at which the monk who presides over the formation recovers his mana will not be able to keep up with the speed at which it is consumed, and the formation will not be able to be repaired, so it is only a matter of time before the formation is broken.
This battle between Taoism and demons is, after all, so simple and crude, and is divided into two stages in total.
In the first stage, the demon cultivators made a full effort to attack the pass, and the monks of Guangling Pass used the dome formation to meet the enemy and kill the demon cultivators.
In the second stage, the dome formation entered a weak period. Some monks from Guangling Pass came out to face the demon army head-on, while other monks took the time to repair the formation and perform rotations.
The two stages continue to cycle until one side can no longer hold on.
In the first stage, the human race suffered no losses, but the demons had to do it because only in this way could they enter the second stage.
There is no doubt that because of the existence of the first stage, the losses of the human race are far less than those of the demon race. This is the advantage of the human race.
But the demon clan is big and powerful, so they are not afraid of losses, which is another advantage for them.
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In a newly built garrison city thousands of miles away from Guangling Pass, the four Shura Kings of the Black Armor Domain gathered together. In addition, three of the eight... now only seven were also present.
Luo Qiantuo Shura King drank a mouthful of the black blood wine unique to the Black Armor Domain and sighed, "The human race's formation is really hard to break. Apart from slowly grinding and relying on human lives to fill it, there is no hope of breaking the formation at all."
"However, if we start a war together with other Saint Demons, we won't have to worry about instability in the rear, nor will we have to worry about reinforcements at Guangling Pass. We can have no worries at all, and the pressure won't be as great as it is now."
"It's only been three months, and we have lost more than 700,000 men in the Black Armor Army. The casualties at Guangling Pass only add up to a hundred thousand..."
"Although our losses are greater, the people of Guangling have been forced to retreat into the city by our army and dare not show their heads at all. It is only a matter of time before we capture them. Luo Qiantuo, you don't have to worry." The pro-war King Pochi Shura said carelessly, not caring at all.
"That's not the case. It seems that the monks at Guangling Pass are trapped in the city with no room for advance or retreat. But actually we can't afford to waste time. The outcome of this expedition is really unpredictable. It might just be a farce with a good start but a bad end!" Another Asura King Vimalakirti obviously supported Rakṣita more. He looked obscurely at King Rāhu, the leader of this expedition, who had a blank expression on his face while sitting on the main throne.
"Lin Xiu killed my general Qiang cavalry. Can we just let this grudge go? Don't encourage others!" Pozhi said dissatisfiedly.
They were arguing heatedly here, but King Rahu just sat there drinking from beginning to end, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Luo Hou, what do you think?" Luo Qiantuo simply stopped testing and asked directly.
"How can there be anything good in the world that goes as planned? The initial trials are an inevitable process," since Luo Qiantuo asked directly, King Luohou also said, "This is actually a process that starts slowly and ends quickly. In the early stages, you need to be patient and not impatient."
"Everything is under my control." He said lightly.
Luohou is too calm, too composed, and too confident. As a leader, his attitude will undoubtedly bring great confidence to others.
Since King Rāhu had said this, Vimalakirti and Rakṣita had nothing more to say.
Whether in the Black Armor Region or among the Asuras, King Rahu is undoubtedly the number one with absolute authority. Unless necessary, Rakṣita and Bhimacitra are unwilling to conflict with King Rahu.
At this moment, everyone on the field turned their heads and looked towards the door.
A demon cultivator appeared there in a hurry.
King Luohou's eyes flickered slightly.
Because he recognized that the person was Luo Jia's confidant, who should be in the Black Armor Domain , so how could he appear here?
Could it be that something big happened in the Black Armor Domain?
Are there any Saint Demons who can't hold back and are causing trouble for my Black Armor Region?
This shouldn't be the case. It's only been a short time. There's no need to be so anxious.
"Come in." Many speculations flashed through his mind in an instant, but King Rāhu's face remained very calm.
After getting permission, the demon cultivator hurried in.
"What happened?" Luo Qiantuo also recognized the man's identity and asked without waiting for him to salute.
The demon cultivator hesitated for a moment and subconsciously looked up at Luohu.
Luohou nodded slightly.
The demon cultivator who reported the news dared to speak, "King Luohou, something terrible has happened... Futu King City has been destroyed!"
The royal city is gone. Such a big thing cannot be concealed at all, and no one dares to conceal it, even if Luojia is the son of Luohu.
So even though he was unwilling, Luo Jia still sent people to the front line to report the news as soon as possible.
"Destroyed?!" Luo Qiantuo's pupils widened. The moment he saw the demon cultivator who reported the news, he knew that something big must have happened in the rear, but he never imagined it would be such a big thing.
Futu Royal City is the heartland of the Black Armor Region. If the Royal City is destroyed, doesn't that mean the entire Black Armor Region has fallen? ?
"How is it possible? Who did it? Did the Burning Moon Region take action? That's impossible. It was such a short time. Could it be that several regions joined forces?"
“No…” The demon cultivator who reported the news was shocked. He did not expect Luo Qiantuo to take the matter so seriously. He quickly explained in fear and trepidation: “The Burning Moon Realm did not take action, and neither did the other demon realms. The one who took action… was a human cultivator.”
Bhimajitra was surprised and asked: "A human monk?!"
Pozhi: "One?!"
Even Luohu's pupils shrank slightly, and he stared sharply at the demon cultivator who brought the news.
Being stared at by the four Asura Kings, the demon cultivator who reported the news couldn't help but feel a palpitation in his heart, and tremblingly told the story of what had happened in the Buddha King Realm during this period of time.
"A human cultivator has caused unrest in the entire Futu Kingdom, and has reduced the royal city where our race has stood for who knows how many years to ruins. Moreover, this human cultivator has not been killed yet and is still at large, causing trouble?" Pozhi, the most innocent person, asked loudly.
Although Vimalakirti and Rakṣita did not say anything, their expressions became extremely gloomy at this moment, although it was not very noticeable because their facial skin was a deep blue color.
“Yes…” The demon cultivator who reported the news nodded with difficulty. “This person is too good at hiding his tracks. We have been unable to lock onto him. We finally pushed him to the point of desperation, but he used a strange trick to resolve the situation…”
Breaking the impasse by natural calamity, this method is too wild and crazy. Before this, let alone having heard of it, I dare not even think about it.
Vimalakirti and Rakṣita looked at Rāhu together. His facial expression could not be seen much due to his ferocious appearance, but it was obvious that his face was twitching slightly, and his eyes were strange.
King Rahu, is this also within your control?
…
After a strange silence, Luohou finally spoke.
"Luo Jia failed to defend the city properly. I will punish him later, but the most important thing now is to deal with this human cultivator. If he continues to cause trouble, people will lose their morale."
"Demon Lord Youhu..." The general whose name was called below looked serious and was about to reply, but he didn't expect Luo Hou to deny his idea first, shook his head, and then turned to look at Luo Qiantuo: "Luo Qiantuo, you have a way to track him, so you should go back and solve this matter as soon as possible."
At this moment, Luohou's eyes looked as if he wanted to eat someone.
