Chapter 436: Wu Sangui's trump card, no choice but to run away
"not good!"
The moment the city defense formation was breached by the enemy, Wu Sangui felt a strong sense of death crisis rising in his heart.
His mind moved, and the drop of ancient demon god's blood hidden in his heart escaped a little, which immediately made his blood boil and activated the passive magical power of his natal artifact, the Tiger Soul Blade: Blood Escape Technique.
With his current level of cultivation, it is impossible for him to activate this passive magical power without any damage. However, with a trace of the devil's blood essence to amplify it, not only can he activate this magical power instantly, but he can also offset the side effects of overdrawing his body.
Ever since Wu Sangui inherited a drop of the ancient demon god Chi You's life essence and blood, he had only absorbed and refined a tiny bit of this drop of demon god's life essence and blood, which was nine feet in size.
This mere strand of essence and blood has enabled Wu Sangui to advance by leaps and bounds in recent years, making him the most powerful general in the Guanning Army, without a doubt.
Of course, this title was obtained after Cao Bianjiao left the Guanning Army.
Compared to the peerless genius Cao Bianjiao, he is still far behind.
Even in terms of background, Cao Bianjiao's innate artifact, the Wuliang Tower, is far superior to the Hupo Sword.
Wu Sangui's real trump card is still the drop of blood of the ancient demon god Chi You.
"Whoosh!"
After the blood escape technique was activated, Wu Sangui turned into a beam of blood light and left the huge Zhenyuan Tower in East City in an instant.
The next moment, he appeared in the large parade ground where his 150,000 Guanning troops were stationed.
"All the soldiers under the command of the Ningyuan militia, assemble immediately!"
"Anyone who doesn't come within an incense stick will be killed!"
The military situation was extremely critical. Wu Sangui immediately activated his spiritual power, covered the entire military camp with his spiritual power, and shouted loudly.
Due to Li Dingguo's rapid rise, Wu Sangui, who was originally the right vanguard lieutenant general of the Guanning Army, was appointed as the general of the Ningyuan militia one year in advance.
With the strong support of the Wu family and the Zu family, he has a full or even over-staffed 150,000 elite cavalry under his command.
In Shanhaiguan today, in addition to the 150,000 Guanning cavalry under his and Zu Kuan's command, there are also 300,000 garrison troops of the Shanhaiguan General's Office.
However, this garrison was mostly composed of infantry, led by Zhu Mei and He Kegang, and had only 30,000 cavalry.
After sensing the powerful aura of the incoming enemy, Wu Sangui knew clearly that as the city defense formation was quickly breached by the enemy, Shanhaiguan could no longer be defended.
"Whizzing……"
"Da da……"
Wu Sangui was strict in military discipline, and his 150,000 Guanning Army soldiers gathered very quickly. In a moment, the soldiers' figures flashed and the horses neighed. In less than an incense stick of time, they had lined up in the central parade ground and completed the army.
"Xiaodutian Killing Formation, start!"
Wu Sangui's powerful spiritual sense detected the enemy army that had attacked Shanhaiguan and was coming at a very fast speed. It would take at most a quarter of an hour for them to reach the military camp. How could he dare to delay?
He immediately flashed to the core hub of the military killing formation, and the energetic qi flowed, connecting with the qi of the soldiers, activating his most skilled military killing formation.
This military killing formation is completely different from the common military killing formations in the Ming Dynasty. It is inherited from the demon god Chi You that he obtained.
This small Dutian Killing Array is the clan-stabilizing killing array of the Wu people, a dominant clan in the ancient mythological period: the precursor formation of the Dutian Killing Array.
In the blood inheritance obtained by Wu Sangui, it is stated that the Dutian Killing Array was created by the demon god Chiyou, the ancestor of a generation of witches, by referring to the Twelve Dutian Divine Evil Array, the clan formation of the witch clan, which was the dominant force at that time, and then researched and modified it.
Although its power is far inferior to that of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, its power exceeds that of most innate formations and it created a great reputation in the ancient mythological period.
Even as a prerequisite formation for practicing the Dutian Killing Formation: the Small Dutian Killing Formation, its power exceeds that of most of the current military killing formations.
"Buzz..."
Countless bloody and evil auras rose up, enveloping all the soldiers on the scene in an instant, and transformed into a bloody giant bear beast, hiding the figures of the 150,000 soldiers.
"Roar!"
The bloody giant bear was six hundred feet tall. It raised its head and roared, then turned into a stream of bloody light and shot towards the direction of Zhenyuan Tower in Dongcheng where a fierce battle was taking place.
"Tiger Soul Blade! Out!"
"Kill all the people!"
As soon as the giant bear entered the battlefield, it was bombarded by the seven-hundred-foot-tall dark yellow bell!
Under the huge amplification of the Xiaodutian Killing Formation, Wu Sangui's innate divine weapon, the Tiger Soul Blade, flashed out and turned into a size of a hundred feet. It was grasped by the claws of the bloody giant bear and slashed towards the oncoming Xuanhuang Chaos Bell!
"when!"……
After a deafening explosion, both the dark yellow bell and the bloody tiger soul sword were knocked back and thrown away by the opponent!
The massive shock wave that was stirred up even tore apart and blew away nearby buildings within a thousand feet radius, leaving the scene in a complete mess!
However, although the attack power of the Tiger Soul Divine Sword, which was amplified by the Xiaodutian Killing Array, was very strong, it was still much inferior to the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell.
It can be clearly seen from the fact that the Tiger Soul Divine Sword and the Blood-colored Bear were pushed back more than three hundred feet, while the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell was only pushed back about a hundred feet before it stabilized its body.
"The owner of this dark yellow bell artifact is undoubtedly the rumored leader of the Renaissance Army, Li Dingguo, who is personally leading the military killing array to attack."
Wu Sangui tested the other party's fighting ability and was immediately shocked and said inwardly, "Li Dingguo's cultivation is too strong. Rumor has it that he has broken through to the middle stage of level six."
"With his life-originated divine weapon, the bell, its power far exceeds that of my Tiger Soul Divine Sword. I can never defeat it!"
"For now, it's better to leave first."
"As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. I may not be able to defeat Li Dingguo now, but I may be able to defeat him in the future."
After testing the opponent's attack power, Wu Sangui already had an idea.
"Demon God's blood, burn!"
Unlike other practitioners, if Wu Sangui wanted to achieve an ultimate outburst, he didn't need to burn his own essence and blood. He only needed to draw a trace of the devil's essence and blood from his heart as a replacement.
After all, even if there is only a trace of the blood essence of the ancient demon god Chi You, the power contained in it is more powerful than three drops of one's own blood essence.
"Blood Escape Technique, activate!"
Seeing the dark yellow bell controlled by Li Dingguo drawing an arc in the air and continuing to fly towards the military killing formation operated by him, Wu Sangui did not dare to be careless and immediately activated the passive magical power of blood escape, which came with his own natal artifact, the Tiger Soul Divine Sword.
"Swoosh!" An extremely strong bloody aura suddenly emerged, wrapping the bloody giant bear beast and the Tiger Soul Divine Sword in its hand. It instantly turned into a bloody stream of light and shot towards the outside of Dongcheng Zhenyuan Tower!
The speed of this stream of light exceeded the fastest speed of the Great Jin Dynasty. In the blink of an eye, it rushed out of the city gate tower and disappeared into the northeast sky!
I have to say that Wu Sangui is a very decisive guy.
After personally testing Li Dingguo's fighting ability, he knew that he could not beat him at all, so he made a prompt decision and ran away immediately.
But he has a drop of blood of the ancient demon god Chi You in his body, and his ability to escape is unparalleled in the world today.
As long as he is not trapped by a powerful formation and is determined to escape, no one can stop him.
Even Li Dingguo, who is now in the middle stage of level six, can't do it.
"The leader of this enemy's military killing formation should undoubtedly be Wu Sangui, who was specifically mentioned by the Military Intelligence Department."
Li Dingguo watched the other party run away decisively, and thought to himself with some annoyance, "I didn't expect that Wu Sangui really has a life-defining artifact on him, and it is an artifact with extremely powerful attack power."
"He actually has a magical power of escaping that can be activated instantly. This is a very tricky matter."
The power of any magical power should not be underestimated, let alone this special magical power of escape.
If Li Dingguo wants to truly keep the other party here, he has to completely remove the seal of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and improve his own cultivation by two small realms, so that he can stimulate the true power of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and imprison time and space.
Of course, if Li Dingguo can break through to the spirit refining realm in the future, that would be another matter.
"Cao becomes a dragon!"
Li Dingguo then thought of something, his face changed slightly, and he immediately operated the military killing formation, flew to Cao Bianjiao, who had just cleared out all the enemies in the East City area, and ordered loudly, "Wu Sangui has taken the opportunity to lead his Guanning Army to escape. Once he returns to Ningyuan City and informs the Guanning Army in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, our army is likely to fail, causing these two important towns to fall into the hands of Huang Taiji!"
"You must lead all the soldiers of the Pixiu Corps and rush to Ningyuan City day and night to prevent Wu Sangui's army from entering the city. It would be best if you could capture this important town of Ningyuan first and block Huang Taiji's way south!"
In the Liaodong Corridor area, the importance of Ningyuan Fortress is even greater than that of Jinzhou Fortress.
Once Ningyuan City fell into the hands of Huang Taiji, it would be very detrimental to the future strategic layout of the Fuxing Army and the Later Jin Tatars, so it must be captured!
As Wu Sangui led his 150,000 Guanning troops to escape, Shanhaiguan no longer had much resistance and would soon fall into the control of the Fuxing Army. Cao Bianjiao leading the soldiers of the Pixiu Legion to leave at this time had no effect at all.
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Cao Bianjiao also realized the seriousness of the situation. His face became solemn and he responded loudly.
"Whoosh!"
He immediately manipulated the military killing formation he presided over and shouted to Liu Zhiqing, who was leading another Pixiu army nearby, "Ah Qing, our Pixiu army will immediately turn northeast and rush to Ningyuan City as fast as possible!"
"The soldiers will change horses but not men. We will march day and night. We must reach our destination within three days and capture Ningyuan!"
After saying this, he controlled the divine beast transformed by his killing array magic and rushed towards the outside of the East City. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the night outside the city and launched a pursuit of Wu Sangui's army that had just left.
His cultivation level was far above that of Wu Sangui. Even if the other party possessed miraculous special escape abilities, his endurance could not match that of the elite cavalry corps led by Cao Bianjiao himself.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely be able to reach the destination before Wu Sangui leads his troops back to Ningyuan City, and take advantage of the opportunity to capture it in one fell swoop.
As the commander of a main combat corps, Cao Bianjiao had made countless military achievements in the past year. He used his military merit points to exchange for a large number of top-grade elixirs from the logistics department, which allowed him to remain in peak condition for several days without any problems.
With the help of his own innate magical weapon, the speed of launching a long-distance attack will definitely exceed that of Wu Sangui.
After all, it is impossible for Wu Sangui, who is only at the peak of level five, to use his magical power of escape continuously for a long time.
Cao Bianjiao and Liu Zhiqing led the Pixiu Legion to leave, but it did not affect Li Dingguo and You Shilu who led the Taotie Legion to launch a fierce offensive against Shanhaiguan.
"Wu Sangui! You are too afraid of death, aren't you?"
Zu Kuan did not have the same magical power of escape as Wu Sangui. After he fled back to the base of his own army, You Shilu had already arrived with a large army and defeated the unprepared Zu army.
After the 150,000 Zu Family Army soldiers suffered more than 50,000 casualties, Zu Kuan gathered the remaining Zu Family Army soldiers and formed a military killing formation to launch a counterattack.
However, under the fierce attack of 200,000 soldiers led by You Shilu, who also had the peak level of fifth-level cultivation, the 100,000 Zu family troops led by Zu Kuan were still defeated.
This made Zu Kuan unable to stand alone. He was so angry that he started to curse, "We can't defend Shanhaiguan anymore! I have to run away immediately!"
"Otherwise, we will definitely be killed here by Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army, or even wiped out!"
As long as he is not stupid, he will realize that under the current situation, his resistance is futile.
What's more, his defense area is in Jinzhou, so breaking out and returning home is the right thing to do.
As for the government troops left behind in Shanhaiguan, they can only fend for themselves.
"Oh!"
When Zu Kuan, who was manipulating the military killing formation, collided head-on with the military formation led by You Shilu and was blown away, he controlled the divine beast transformed by the killing formation, turned in the air, and fled for his life towards the outside of the East City!
"Where to go!"
The military formation led by Li Dingguo intercepted the enemy in front of it in time. After being amplified to the extreme by the killing formation's magical power, it turned into a seven-hundred-foot-sized Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, and slammed into the enemy's military formation!
"Oh!"
"puff!"……
This attack was beyond the limit that Zu Kuan and his 100,000 soldiers could withstand, causing all the soldiers, including him, to spit blood and were seriously injured.
"Whoosh!"
Zu Kuan was indeed a famous warrior in the Zu family army. He suppressed his injuries and took advantage of the momentum of being knocked away by the powerful enemy. He controlled the killing array and transformed himself into a 500-foot-long divine beast, leaped out of the Zhenyuan Tower in the east city, and landed on the sea outside the city.
Then he summoned up his remaining strength, burned a drop of his own blood, leaped a few times, and disappeared into the pitch-black night.
"Another enemy troop has escaped!"
"Forget it, let's capture Shanhaiguan first!"
Li Dingguo and You Shilu were so angry that they fled to other enemy gathering places in the city and launched a bloody massacre on the remaining defenders in the city!
After two consecutive elite cavalry units of the Guanning Army fled, there was no longer any force in the vast Shanhaiguan that could resist the Fuxing Army.
Only half an hour had passed, and the 300,000 defenders in the city were either dead or surrendered, and the battle was over.
This famous first pass in the world finally fell into the hands of the Fuxing Army.
(End of this chapter)
