novellaaa Chapter 69 The Lich War
Chapter 69 The Lich War
Chapter 69: The Lich War (Part 2)
The Wu tribe attacked the Thirty-Third Heaven, initiating the decisive war between the Wu and the Demons. Hongjun was slow to realize what was happening. When he tried to stop them, he discovered that he had been blocked by Xuan Chu's divine sense. It was all Xuan Chu's conspiracy. As a result, Hongjun and Xuan Chu fought fiercely in the Chaos. However, Hongjun in the Chaos was not the same as Hongjun in the Primordial World.
Outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, Tongtian and Houtu confronted the Five Sages of Heaven. Originally, Taishang wanted to invoke Hongjun's name, but Houtu, relying on Xuanchu's support, showed no respect whatsoever.
Houtu said, "It's not impossible to save the demon race, as long as you can defeat me and my elder brother Tongtian."
Upon hearing this, none of the Five Sages of Heaven dared to act rashly. The battle in the East Sea left a deep impression on them. Tongtian alone could deal with four Sages of Heaven. Now, there was also Houtu, a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal and a representative of the Earthly Dao. Her strength must be above Tongtian's. Unless Zhenyuanzi was also here, how could they fight?
However, the Five Sages of Heaven only came to the Thirty-Third Heaven after receiving a message from Hongjun. If they abandoned the demon race and left like this, they would probably be punished by Hongjun later. Helpless, they could only stay here in a stalemate.
Above the Thirty-Third Heaven, the demon race had fallen into a complete disadvantage. The demon queen Xihe was severely injured by the combined forces of Xuanming and Houyi. Just as Xuanming and Houyi were about to finish off Xihe, a blood-red longsword swept across the sky.
Xuanming couldn't dodge in time, and the Ancestral Witch's true body was pierced by the longsword, bleeding profusely. This sword is strange, that was Xuanming's first thought. The Ancestral Witch's true body is the most powerful physical body in the prehistoric world, almost without exception. Even the Four Immortal Execution Swords of Tongtian cannot break it under normal circumstances. But now, a sword of unknown origin has easily pierced his physical body, which is truly unbelievable.
"This is the Slaughtering Witch Sword! Big Brother is back!" Seeing this, Taiyi was certain that Dijun had returned, and the sword that had pierced Xuanming's body must be the Slaughtering Witch Sword, which the demon race had spent countless resources to forge. With the Slaughtering Witch Sword, the demon race was sure to win.
As soon as Taiyi finished speaking, Dijun appeared in front of Xihe, holding the Slaughtering Witch Sword, staring at Xuanming and Houyi with a frosty expression, especially Houyi, who was the culprit who killed Dijun's nine sons.
"Hou Yi, don't! There's something strange about the demonic sword in Di Jun's hand. Don't be impulsive!" As soon as Di Jun appeared, Hou Yi wanted to rush forward, but fortunately, Xuan Ming stopped him in time. Although Hou Yi had already advanced to the body of an Ancestral Witch, his physical strength was still far inferior to that of the Eleven Ancestral Witches. Di Jun's sword could even break through Xuan Ming's physical body, so dealing with Hou Yi was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
As soon as Di Jun appeared, the Lich and Demon factions, who had been fighting each other, broke away from their battle and stood in a stalemate.
"Witch Clan, the Dao Ancestor has decreed that the Demon Clan rules the heavens and the Witch Clan rules the earth. I never expected that you would dare to attack the Thirty-Third Heaven while I was away. Are you truly not afraid of the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao's punishment?" Di Jun said with a cold face.
"Hahaha!" Upon hearing this, Dijiang laughed loudly and said, "Dijun, don't try to scare this Ancestral Witch with your Dao Ancestor. Why don't you let them punish this Ancestral Witch? Let me tell you, your Dao Ancestor has long been trapped in Zixiao Palace by my uncle. You think he'll come to save your demon race? Dream on! As for the Heavenly Dao Saints, they did come, but they were stopped by my elder brother Tongtian and my sister Houtu. Today, no one can save your demon race. Prepare to die!"
Upon hearing Di Jiang's words, Di Jun's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected that Hong Jun wouldn't be able to come, and even the Heavenly Dao Saint had been stopped. In other words, the upcoming battle would have to rely solely on the demon race itself.
Di Jun glanced at the Slaughtering Witch Sword in his hand, his expression extremely solemn. He knew very well that he had actually left seclusion early. Originally, Di Jun had reached a critical moment in refining the Slaughtering Witch Sword, but suddenly received a message from Taiyi informing him that the demon race was in danger. Di Jun couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly returned to the Thirty-Third Heaven with the half-finished Slaughtering Witch Sword. Fortunately, he arrived in time and rescued Xi He from Xuanming and Houyi.
However, it was too late to make the Wu Clan retreat. But the fact that the Wu-Slaying Sword had just pierced Xuanming's body gave Dijun a great boost. It seemed that even if the Wu-Slaying Sword was only half-finished, it was enough to deal with the Wu Clan.
"Dijiang, since that's the case, let's settle the grudges between the Wu and Yao races that have lasted for millions of years today. Perfect timing, I've successfully forged the Wu-Slaying Sword, so I'll start with your Wu race!" With that, Dijun took the Wu-Slaying Sword and charged forward.
Di Jiang initially wanted to confront them head-on, but Xuan Ming shouted from the side, "Don't let your guard down! Di Jun's demonic sword is extremely strange; it can break through the true form of the Ancestral Witch!"
"What!" Upon hearing this, the Ten Ancestral Witches all changed their expressions drastically. The Ancestral Witches' true forms were their most powerful existences besides the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. If the so-called Witch-Slaying Sword in Di Jun's hand could really break through the Ancestral Witches' true forms, they might really suffer a great loss if they were not careful. So they all dodged away.
The Ten Ancestral Witches were safe, but the Witch Clan behind them suffered a great calamity. With a single sword strike from Emperor Jun, tens of thousands of Witch Clan members died on the spot.
Seeing this, the eleven ancestral witches were furious. At this moment, two long swords came flying through the air and headed straight for Emperor Jun. Emperor Jun was shocked and had no time to activate the River Chart and the Luo River Book. He could only use the Witch-Slaying Sword in his hand to block them.
However, the moment the two longswords collided with the Witch-Slaying Sword, a violent explosion occurred, the Witch-Slaying Sword in Di Jun's hand broke in response, and Di Jun was also knocked away.
"Big brother!" Taiyi saw Dijun fly out and quickly caught him.
All of this happened so suddenly that no one knew what was going on. At this moment, Styx led the four Asura Kings and countless Asuras to attack. The two long swords that had just ambushed Di Jun were Styx's two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, Yuan Tu and A Bi.
"Di Jun, your Slaughtering Witch Sword isn't all that great, is it? It's far inferior to my Yuan Tu and A Bi," Styx said.
"Styx!" Upon seeing Styx's appearance, Di Jun and Tai Yi were caught off guard. In particular, Styx hadn't even arrived yet, but he had already used Yuan Tu and A Bi to help the Wu Clan destroy the Wu-Slaying Sword. This showed that Styx was on the side of the Wu Clan. Now that the Demon Clan had lost the Wu-Slaying Sword, and the Wu Clan had the help of Styx and the Asura Clan, the balance of power shifted, and the Demon Clan was in grave danger!
"Minghe, you are a guest of Zixiao Palace and a disciple of Xuanmen. How dare you help the Wu Clan? Do you know that you are betraying Xuanmen? Aren't you afraid of the wrath of the Dao Ancestor?" Taiyi said to Minghe, supporting Dijun.
"Heh!" Styx sneered, "So what? I have already become a disciple of Dao Venerable Xuan Chu, what can Dao Ancestor do to me?"
"Hahaha, Brother Styx has arrived just in time, solving a major problem for us." Seeing that Styx had destroyed the Witch-Slaying Sword, Dijiang was overjoyed. Without the Witch-Slaying Sword, he no longer had to be hesitant to act rashly.
"Second brother, now that things have come to this, the only hope is to set up the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation and summon the phantom of the demon god." With the shattering of the Slaughtering Witch Sword and the appearance of the Styx River, the scales of victory have tipped in favor of the Witch Clan. The Demon Clan has no chance of turning defeat into victory but to set up the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation and fight to the death.
"Alright, Big Brother!" Taiyi nodded, and then Taiyi summoned 365 Great Luo Golden Immortals, using the Eastern Emperor Bell as the array eye and the Hetu and Luoshu as aids, connecting the stars of the Zhou Tian. As the great array was formed, a huge phantom of a demon god suddenly appeared.
"Brothers and sisters, let's form an array too!" Seeing this, Dijiang was not to be outdone and called on the ancestral witches to set up the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to deal with the demon race's Zhou Tian Star Array.