Wu Tao, after positioning the Celestial Crystal Cannon, looked up at the clear, cloudless sky. Then, he lowered his gaze to the endless sea of Blood Race soldiers below and sighed, shaking his head.
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Afterward, Wu Tao turned his attention to Lu Yuehua beside him.
Seeing his gaze, Lu Yuehua extended her right hand, firmly grasping his, and gestured for Wu Tao to relax.
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The war horns blew, and the great battle commenced.
Led by the Gluttonous Blood Beast were divine beasts such as Yingyu, Guishan, Yazi, Yingzhao, Qiongqi, Bo, Ranyishu, and Qietu, a total of dozens!
Empowered by their innate divine abilities, they charged at the formation of Tongguan City, causing it to shake violently.
Behind these divine beasts followed hundreds of thousands of blood beasts like pythons, moon wolves, monstrous birds, and bats...
These blood beasts, trailing the divine beast-level blood beasts, also surged towards the formation of Tongguan City!
Upon witnessing this, the cultivators on the walls of Tongguan City unleashed a barrage of magical artifacts, treasures, spells, and divine abilities.
Under the control of the cultivators, the Celestial Crystal Cannons and the Hundred Arrow War Chariots continuously unleashed terrifying attacks.
Countless blood beasts fell mid-flight, and countless more perished at the foot of the city walls!
Only the divine beast-level blood beasts, due to their thick hides, numerous divine abilities, and protective spells, managed to survive without a single one falling.
The leading Gluttonous Blood Beast was particularly extraordinary.
It spewed a foul wind, surrounded by a black hole-like aura capable of devouring everything.
As these divine beast-level blood beasts attacked the formation of Tongguan City, advanced mechanical puppet beasts, stored within the city, were deployed. They divided into several teams and charged towards these divine beast-level blood beasts!
Concurrently, the surrounding human cultivators raised their magical artifacts and treasures, unleashing attacks on these divine beast-level blood beasts.
The attacks from the human side were clearly much stronger than before. They would not passively wait for the blood beasts to break through the formation.
Xue Letao, Xue Zhongsheng, and Xue Zhuzi’s expressions darkened. After a cold snort, they gave an order!
A large number of Blood Race members also seized this opportunity, employing various means and breaking spheres to create countless small breaches, infiltrating the formation of Tongguan City!
The two sides clashed fiercely on the city walls, with spells, divine abilities, magical artifacts, and treasures flying and colliding.
Thus, the human cultivator army defending Tongguan City suffered heavy casualties for the first time.
Innumerable human cultivators were decapitated and dismembered, the outcome being exceptionally tragic!
Fortunately, the formation of Tongguan City possessed an automatic recovery function, and these originally damaged small breaches gradually repaired themselves over time.
The Blood Race members trapped within the formation, however, did not flee. Instead, they actively engaged, seemingly intending to stall the defenders.
The high-ranking officials of Tongguan City, witnessing this, showed no signs of joy, but rather frowned deeply.
The four vice-city lords, along with twelve Nascent Soul stage cultivators, all took action. Instantly, resplendent lights erupted, and within moments, these Blood Race members were completely annihilated.
"It's time to release the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses to assist the army in attacking the city!"
Xue Zhongsheng observed the situation and muttered to himself, playing his trump card.
"Yes, understood!"
A direct descendant who had been waiting behind Xue Zhongsheng immediately accepted the command and departed.
At the forefront of the Blood Race army, after a stir, two eerie black and white coffins were carried out.
Thirty human young girls and thirty human young boys were escorted by several Blood Race members to the vicinity of the two coffins!
Next, these sixty individuals were held down and bled like chickens, their necks slit.
The bright red blood flowed from the wounds, dyeing the two coffins crimson. Several Blood Race members surrounding them simultaneously formed seals and chanted incantations, unleashing various techniques to begin the final unsealing steps.
Amidst the harsh and obscure incantations, the coffin nails on both coffins began to tremble!
During this process, a "creaking" sound emanated from the surroundings, as if the coffin lids were about to be flipped open.
Several Earl-level Blood Race members retreated several steps upon seeing this!
This was because these two blood corpses were rumored to possess immense power in life. Although their strength had been considerably weakened by being turned into zombies!
Yet, when they fought together, ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators were no match for them!
Hearing the commotion behind him, Xue Zhongsheng couldn't help but glance back at the two coffins, his heart filled with complex emotions!
These two coffins contained his enemies from centuries ago!
The names Yang Tian and Yin Di remained taboo within his Bloody Ridge territory to this day!
For these were the appellations of the two blood corpses within the coffins.
Yang Tian and Yin Di were members of the Yin-Yang race who, for reasons unknown, had come to the territory of the Blood Race!
They wreaked havoc upon the Blood Race, burning, killing, plundering, and committing all manner of evil!
However, due to the inaction of the true high-ranking Blood Race members, and the fact that the siblings, when united, possessed power close to the late Nascent Soul stage, they were unstoppable and roamed freely for many years.
Yang Tian and Yin Di, the twin siblings, with dual bodies and dual souls, were as if one, capable of unleashing several times their combat power. Few could match them, anywhere.
During their rampages, many Duke-level Blood Race members who had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage perished at their hands.
Their power was sufficient to invert the heavens and earth, to disrupt yin and yang. Even Xue Zhongsheng had to pay a great price, joining forces with many friends and incurring significant losses, before he finally managed to kill them both.
In the years that followed, Xue Zhongsheng utilized a secret Blood Race technique to erase their consciousness and spent several hundred years refining them into the legendary Yin-Yang Blood Corpses!
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The sound of the two coffin lids shaking grew louder, and the coffin nails began to fall off incessantly as time passed, with fewer and fewer remaining.
In the next second, both coffin lids were simultaneously flung open. A foul wind surged, and two blurred figures, one black and one white, shot out from the shattered coffins.
These renowned Yin-Yang Blood Corpses appeared as a pair of handsome young man and a beautiful young woman. The man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, while the woman was elegant and dignified. Their skin appeared lifelike, but their eyes were dull and vacant.
Xue Zhongsheng patted his storage bag, produced a black and white bronze bell, and then shook it!
Upon hearing the sound, the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses' eyes flickered slightly. Their bodies exuded a powerful corpse aura. Standing shoulder to shoulder, they transformed into a black and white streak of light and sped towards Tongguan City.
The streak of light formed by the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses appeared slow, but in reality, it was extremely fast!
Furthermore, upon reaching the formation of Tongguan City, the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses easily tore open a large hole using their domain!
The other blood beasts and Blood Race members seized this opportunity to surge into Tongguan City in an endless stream.
City Lord Xie Wen, who had remained inactive until now, frowned slightly upon seeing this, but he did not choose to emerge. Instead, he played another card from his hand!
A moment later, from the rear of Tongguan City, a clear chirp echoed, suddenly resonating through the heavens.
A pure-blooded phoenix, the king of all birds, about ten feet in size, appeared amidst a fiery glow.
Its cry was like a phoenix’s call, yet like an infant’s wail, like flutes, and like bells and drums.
Its body was covered in flames that would never extinguish. Its wings soared to the heavens, truly the king of all birds!
With the body of a qilin, the head of a serpent, the tail of a fish, the markings of a dragon, the body of a tortoise, the jaw of a swallow, and the beak of a chicken, its long red tail feathers swayed, its movements exuding an air of disdain for the world, fully displaying the majesty of the sovereign of avian creatures.
It gazed proudly, its eyes sweeping over the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses. It tilted its head slightly and let out a few phoenix calls, as if confirming something.
Xie Wen pointed at the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses and nodded, confirming his spirit beast’s chosen target!
With a "zizzle," the pure-blooded phoenix erupted with true phoenix flames, transforming into a colossal firebird ten thousand feet tall.
With a sharp cry, the pure-blooded phoenix spread its wings and soared into the sky. The spiritual energy within a radius of thousands of miles converged in its direction.
Innumerable streams of spiritual energy flowed into the pure-blooded phoenix like rivers returning to the sea.
The pure-blooded phoenix, already at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, instantly became even more powerful, its phoenix flames growing ever more dazzling.
Both the human and Blood Race forces inside and outside Tongguan City halted their attacks, gazing in astonishment at the pure-blooded phoenix!
The commotion created by this pure-blooded phoenix was simply too immense!
The ambient temperature instantly rose, as if one were placed beside a furnace, with hot air steaming, striking awe into everyone's hearts.
However, upon seeing this pure-blooded phoenix, the reactions of the human and Blood Race sides were vastly different!
On the human side, the cultivators' faces were filled with ecstatic joy.
"It seems to be the City Lord's spirit beast, our Tongguan City's guardian divine beast."
"Victory is certain in this battle, victory is certain!"
Some human cultivators shouted loudly, and then, relying on the city walls, launched a frenzied counterattack against their opponents!
Clearly, with the addition of a higher combat power, the morale of the human cultivators had significantly improved.
Conversely, on the other side.
The morale of the Blood Race could not be said to have fallen to rock bottom, but it had certainly plummeted!
Xie Wen, witnessing the divine might of his spirit beast, even showed a rare hint of a smile.
Xue Zhongsheng, gazing at the pure-blooded phoenix within the flames, his expression suddenly darkened. He said unconvincingly, "A pure-blooded phoenix that can manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is indeed very powerful. However, my Yin-Yang Blood Corpses are not to be trifled with either. Who will win, who will lose, is still uncertain until the very end."
After speaking, Xue Zhongsheng commanded the Yin-Yang Blood Corpses to charge towards the pure-blooded phoenix!