Chapter 1155 — The Youth Subdues the Fairy Yunyan
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Perhaps the people who live here will even mock Jingping, laugh at us for overreaching ourselves, just as Heavenly Venerable Fire mocks me. . .
" He burst out laughing. The Land of the Great Void. One after another the Four-Emperor divine artifacts pressed down upon the Collapsing Void; the Heavenly Court's great army swept on in all its might, driving straight in, racing to strike the Land of the Great Void. The Creators, meanwhile, came and went like ghosts through the void, seeking to strike by stealth; they wielded the Four-Emperor divine artifacts that Jiang Baigui and Emperor Yanfeng had seized, hoping to sow chaos and break up the Heavenly Court army's advance. Yet this time the army was led by the Heavenly Court's Four Heavenly Masters, and by the Four Emperors of the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Heavens. The Four Heavenly Masters were of surpassing wisdom, and the Black Emperor, the White Emperor, the Azure Emperor, and the Crimson Emperor were of overmastering might; the Creators took their kills, but their own dead and wounded were many, and they had no choice but to withdraw. Divine King Langwo brought up the giant void beasts and led them into battle in person, inflicting grievous losses upon the Heavenly Court army; but before long Heavenly Venerable Fire and Heavenly Venerable Hong descended, sorely wounding Langwo, and the army of void beasts was forced to retreat. The Creator clan was utterly at a loss, and could only hold the Land of the Great Void and wait for the great battle to come.
Yet everyone knew that this battle for the Land of the Great Void would be savagely, bloodily fought; the Creators of the Great Void were few to begin with, and none could say how many would live through it.
"First Heavenly Master of Jingping, how do you think we should block the Heavenly Court's army and whittle down its strength?
" Yan Yunxi asked with a smile. "Simple," Jiang Baigui said.
"Hold the perilous ground. The Collapsing Void is the greatest perilous ground of all. " Yan Yunxi's eyes flickered.
"Divine King Langwo led the army of void beasts in a surprise strike, and came back sorely wounded. Even the strongest of the Creator clan can do nothing. Heavenly Master of the kingdom of Jingping, how will you hold the perilous ground? " "Are you testing me? " Jiang Baigui said, astonished.
"You know yourself how to hold perilous ground. Do you mean to sound out my wisdom? " With a flick, Yan Yunxi snapped open her folding fan.
"You are Jingping's First Heavenly Master, come to lend us aid. Speak your method; I want to see how much military strength you are worth.
" "How much military strength am I worth? " Jiang Baigui said mildly. "When the Jingping Calamity broke out, I was not worth a single soldier.
" The smile froze on Yan Yunxi's face. When the Jingping Calamity had broken out, Kaihuang gave a single order and Fengdu drew itself in; the gods of Jingping did nothing to help save Jingping's people.
Now that Jiang Baigui brought the matter up, she felt somewhat in the wrong, and guilty at heart. "But I am not one of you.
That is why I have come to help. " "If I were you," Jiang Baigui said, "I would choose three thousand good-for-nothings and send them into the Collapsing Void. These wretches must be rotten in their Dao hearts, their minds filled with terror. Their inner demons will be born without cease, forming an unspeakably dreadful army of inner demons to block the Heavenly Court army's path.
" Yan Yunxi's eyes lit up. "You speak to my very heart," she said, smiling.
"Then, Heavenly Master Zixi, how much military strength do you think I am worth? " Jiang Baigui asked. "The Heavenly River Navy, with its million mighty soldiers, is not equal to you.