NOVEL WEB Chapter 261 - : Start of the Great Battle
Chapter 261: Start of the Great Battle
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Murong Qiu did not retort when Wu Kunhu spoke.
Instead, he smiled and said, “General Wu is a famous general of the current era with a high cultivation level. If you want to lead the entire army, there naturally won’t be a problem. I think even General Lu won’t have any objections. But isn’t General Wu going to enter the Nine Nether Island together? How can Yan Luoying compare to General Wu?”
Su Wen narrowed his eyes. He naturally had his considerations for Yan Luoying to be the commander.
Within this army were all martial artists with higher cultivation levels from the various countries. Their combat strength was tyrannical. If one could become the commander, as time passed, the battles they fought together would increase the commander’s prestige. If they wanted to unify the world in the future, it would definitely be very beneficial.
Then there was Yan Luoying. If she had the support of the army, her cultivation level would naturally be higher.
However, it was obvious that Murong Qiu still hoped that Lu Zhen would take this position.
Gongsun Shi fell silent for a moment before turning to look at Su Wen.
This matter was actually brought up by Su Wen. As the saying goes, a snake without a head cannot do without a head. There had to be a unified commander in this army.
However, Gongsun Shi did not necessarily have to let Yan Luoying go.
No matter how one looked at it, Yan Luoying’s qualifications and reputation were still inferior to Lu Zhen’s.
Su Wen smiled and stood out to say, “That’s true. Everyone knows about General Lu’s reputation. Everyone will definitely be convinced if he can unite the allied armies of the various races. Even I have long heard of General Lu’s great name. He is the hero of Yan Country!”
Everyone stared in astonishment!
Yan Luoying was Su Wen’s wife!
Everyone knew about this.
But he praised Lu Zhen just like that?
Su Wen continued, “I think it’s good for General Lu to lead the army. After all, once we enter, it doesn’t matter if we live or die. If we die inside, someone has to replace us to continue protecting the human world, right? Anyway, as long as we defeat the demons, the world will be stable and peaceful! It won’t be a problem for anyone to be the commander. General Lu’s reputation is even more suitable.”
Everyone else was surprised to hear this.
But to Murong Qiu, it didn’t sound like that.
What did he mean by Lu Zhen being the hero of Yan Country?
What did Su Wen mean by pointing out that Lu Zhen was extremely famous?
And he even said that a Heaven Rank expert could die there!
Murong Qiu was not stupid! He naturally understood the meaning behind Su Wen’s words.
He naturally meant that Lu Zhen might rebel.
He could even tell that Su Wen was deliberately trying to sow discord.
However, Su Wen’s eyes were filled with smiles.
Murong Qiu suddenly realized that even though he knew that Su Wen was deliberately trying to sow discord, he was still put on guard by his words.
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The Yan Country belonged to the Murong family. If their Heaven Rank expert really died, would Lu Zhen rebel in the future?
Who could guarantee that?
Why did many founding emperors like to kill people? It was because they knew too well what a person thought after their strength increased.
Furthermore, most people subconsciously wanted to nip this potential threat in the bud.
Would there be any benefits if Lu Zhen led the army?
That went without saying.
However, the prerequisite was that Lu Zhen had to maintain his loyalty to the Royal Family of Yan Country.
Murong Qiu looked at Wu Kunhu, and his brows furrowed even tighter.
Could Lu Zhen be the next Wu Kunhu?
At first, he didn’t think about it and subconsciously tried to snatch the position.
But now that he looked back, if he really gave this position to Lu Zhen, he would feel uncomfortable.
“Hahaha! I’m just joking. Actually, Yan Luoying is a talented woman. It’s good that she’s the leader!”
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He laughed loudly in response.
Everyone present was experienced. After thinking for a moment, they understood the change in Murong Qiu’s attitude!
A cold smile appeared on Wu Kunhu’s face.
To be honest, this was human nature.
It was easy to be honest and open-minded.
But could one really achieve that?
Between people, vigilance, scheming, and petty thoughts were almost everywhere.
There were too few honest people.
The higher one ascended, the more common this situation became.
The reason for that was because the great majority of those who were not scheming had long since died on the road to climbing up, becoming stepping stones for others.
Su Wen smiled and said, “Senior Murong, you don’t have to be so polite. I also admire General Lu very much.”
Murong Qiu also smiled. “Not at all, not at all. We’re all family, so it doesn’t matter who’s the leader!”
“I still think General Lu is better.”
“General Yan is great too!”
“General Lu is better!”
“No no, I still think General Yan is still better!”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
The two of them were praising each other’s generals.
By the side, Emperor Zhou looked at Wu Kunhu bitterly.
He felt bitter!
The two of them had not spoken since they met.
Both of them had grudges in their hearts.
Now, he did not even have the qualifications to interrupt. There were practically no generals that the Great Zhou could bring out.
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If Wu Kunhu was still at the 9th Grade Earth Rank, this position would definitely be his.
The other small countries all had their own thoughts.
When Gongsun Shi saw Murong Qiu withdraw, he smiled and said, “In that case, Yan Luoying and her people will be in charge of all military matters. Please cooperate!”
Gongsun Shi then looked at Su Changqing and said, “Regarding logistics, dispatches of the commoners, and many other matters, please take care of them, Changqing!”
Su Changqing nodded in agreement.
“As for the Spiritual Masters…”
He was pondering when he suddenly frowned.
Whatever he had spoken about literally came true.
The group of Spiritual Masters had already started fighting!
A group of old men were fighting each other!
“F*ck your father! Who did you say made something crude?”
“Hehe, your thing is just unstable. Look at my Thunder Crossbow, it’s countless times stronger than your thing!”
“What a joke. That thing of yours is so weak. What’s the use of having stability?”
“Eat this old man’s punch!”
These old fellows were even harder to deal with.
At this moment, Ni Hongxiao was reading in her tent. In front of her was a computer…
The last time Su Wen had drawn the lottery… he had drawn a large hamper. Within it consisted of science and technology encyclopedias, from basic physical and chemistry creatures… to some advanced practical applications.
Su Wen threw this to Ni Hongxiao without hesitation!
Now, Ni Hongxiao was ravenously absorbing this knowledge.
To her, the inspiration from these things was simply too explosive.
And it had to be said that Ni Hongxiao’s learning ability was too terrifying.
She basically not only possessed a photographic memory, but her understanding and comprehension abilities were also top-notch…
Su Wen could tell the difference between people through her.
In his previous life, these were things that even the teachers could not fully understand. However, Ni Hongxiao’s self-study speed was countless times faster than his own guided learning.
As for the infinite energy computer, it was also something Su Wen took out from the system.
There were no movies nor games inside, so he directly threw it to Ni Hongxiao.
Without a doubt, Ni Hongxiao was one of Su Wen’s most trusted people.
She did not care what happened outside at all. She was only immersed in her own world.
Suddenly, Su Wen opened the tent’s curtain and walked in.
He moved to her side and kissed her lightly.
Ni Hongxiao seemed to not notice anything as she continued to read seriously.
“I told Gongsun Shi to let you lead those Spiritual Masters!”
With a calm expression… Ni Hongxiao coldly replied, “Not interested!”
To her, the book in front of her attracted her attention more.
Su Wen sighed and said, “No matter what, we have to work hard together to allow humanity to continue. Only then can you continue our research in peace, right?”
Ni Hongxiao sighed, as if she had accepted everything.
“Those old things are very annoying!” Ni Hongxiao sighed.
Su Wen shook his head helplessly. He had to admit this.
At this moment, those fellows outside didn’t care if there was a Saint present or not!
They were still arguing, but from their initial disdain for the other party’s creation, it had turned into a debate about the principles behind it!
“From the way I see it, for your fire-attribute array formation, instead of adding the Inferno Stone to this node, why don’t you change it to absorbing the thunder’s spiritual strength to increase the firepower? Perhaps the explosive effect will be more presentable.”
“Nonsense. With the arrow as the foundation for the explosion, it naturally has to condense a large amount of flames to form an elemental explosion. Only then will the effect be better. By adding thunder spiritual force, the power will be reduced!”
“Old Fogey, why are you so stubborn? If you extend a miniature lightning-elemental spirit design from that node, its power will only increase!”
“Hehe, I just invented a new fire array formation…”
These guys were making a lot of noise.
Different countries naturally had different understanding of many things.
Gongsun Shi was helpless about this situation as well.
Even he could not use his strength to suppress these people’s arguments.
After all, this was an academic thing.
Finally, Su Wen brought Ni Hongxiao out.
Ni Hongxiao had a cold expression as she came to the group of soul teachers. Gongsun Shi loudly announced, “From today onwards, you must listen to Ni Hongxiao’s orders!”
Those old fellows were immediately displeased when they saw Ni Hongxiao!
“What does such a young girl know?”
“That’s right! What does she know? Command us? Just tell us what to research. We’ll do it ourselves.”
“We don’t need a commander.”
These people were all arrogant.
Ni Hongxiao sneered and waved her hand.
Suddenly, a skeleton appeared. This skeleton’s eyes flashed with blue flames as it carried a huge warhead!
Mo Xin’s eyes widened.
Wasn’t this the missile he was researching?
However, the thing Ni Hongxiao took out now was even more exaggerated than his original version. Be it the shape or size, there were some changes.
The skeleton quickly set up a spirit array.
The missile was placed in the middle of the array formation!
“Huuu!”
Suddenly, the missile flew straight out!
It drew a beautiful arc in the air… and directly struck at an area more than 30 kilometers away.
Boom!
A huge mushroom cloud rose!
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Mo Xin’s mouth gaped open.
“F*ck! Lass Ni! How did you do it?”
Ni Hongxiao glanced at him and sneered, “You’ve already developed more than half of it, but there are some problems with your train of thought. How far can you guide it with your spiritual power? I’ve used another method, the Eagle Eye Location Technique.
I used the missile to resonate with the spirit array inside the falcon’s body! I’ve used it to guide the missile, and instead thought of a way to increase the power of the explosion.” As she spoke, a falcon flew back from the sky.
Mo Xin’s eyes were filled with madness!
“Haha! That’s amazing, Lass Ni! As long as we think of a way to increase the explosive power of the missiles, so what if they’re from the Demon Race?”
Gongsun Shi didn’t expect this either.
Ni Hongxiao could actually make such a powerful weapon!
How should this thing be classified? It didn’t seem to be effective against Heaven Rank experts, but in a war between two armies, the damage this thing could wreck was astronomical.
As for the other Spiritual Masters, they were even more shocked.
Ni Hongxiao continued coldly, “Everyone, I’ve already studied the Heaven Earth Origin Qi of Heaven Rank experts. Perhaps I can create a weapon that can kill Heaven Rank experts! I’ve already come up with some ideas. Are you interested in coming with me?”
As soon as these words were spoken!
The Spiritual Masters had no more objections!
The mere thought of creating a weapon that could kill a Heaven Rank expert was exciting.
It could even be said that this was something that they did not even dare to think about before.
Suddenly, an old man beside Mo Xin kicked him!
“You old thing, who did you call Lass Ni just now? In the future, you have to call her Master Ni. You have no sense of seniority!”
Su Wen: “…”
There was no lack of bootlickers in this world.
Obviously, to these fellows, it was impossible to suppress them without true ability.
Mo Xin was furious after being kicked. He got up and went to fight with the old man!
Su Wen could not help but look at Ni Hongxiao. He did not know when Ni Hongxiao had completed the modification and upgrade of Mo Xin’s missile!
But now that their commander had been confirmed, the next step was to consolidate their strength.
Ni Hongxiao’s side was still alright, since she had already shocked the group of Spiritual Masters.
As for Yan Luoying, her portion was much more troublesome.
The people who came this time were all generals from various countries.
Wu Lie was among them.
There were countless arrogant soldiers and valiant generals.
On the first day Yan Luoying became the commander, she killed more than ten generals!
Anyone who disobeyed would be punished according to military law.
As for Lu Zhen, Yan Luoying appointed him as the deputy general.
She also gave him great authority.
This time, Yan Luoying did not disrupt the authorization of the various countries.
She had no choice. She had no time. No one knew when the war would begin.
Breaking up the organization would undoubtedly reduce the possibility of rebellion and increase the control of the troops, but under such circumstances, it would also greatly reduce the overall combat strength of the entire army. Furthermore, it was easy for internal conflicts to arise.
In Yan Luoying’s opinion, the disadvantage outweighed the benefit.
What she needed was only for them to obey.
As for those fools who could not see the situation clearly and were unwilling to listen to orders, there was no need to keep them!
Her thunderous methods instantly shocked the group of people!
Military laws were always strict!
At the same time, Yan Luoying began to understand the various generals and their strengths. Only then would she know when best to utilize them!
Whoever was good at charging, commanding, attacking, and defending.
Yan Luoying had to remember a large number of unfamiliar generals and their specialties.
Several days later, another loud bang sounded out in the void!
However, this time, the loud noise grew louder and louder.
Below the endless void, an island slowly appeared!
Rather than calling it an island, it was more like a bridge connecting the two worlds…
Gongsun Shi stood there with all the Heaven Rank experts.
Everyone had solemn expressions!
Their feelings were indescribable, as they slowly watched the landmass rise in apprehension!
The landmass of the island continuously scraped against their continent, causing the ground to tremble.
At this moment, all of the Heaven Rank experts flew into the air, pulling away from each other.
Su Wen was following Guan Gu’s team.
There were five other low grade Heaven Ranks in their team.
As a 5th Grade Heaven Rank cultivator, Guan Gu was responsible for providing support.
Everyone was separated by hundreds of miles.
Finally, an endless stretch of land appeared in front of them!
Nine Nether Island had reappeared in the world.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All of the Heaven Rank experts charged in, flying towards the direction they had planned beforehand!
Gongsun Shi also entered with a serious expression.
Would that fellow appear again?
Gongsun Shi did not know.
As Su Wen flew in, he noticed that the Nine Nether Island was very quiet.
There were no living beings present.
The moment they entered Nine Nether Island, the sunlight disappeared.
The sky was still colored a dull gray.
The two sides of Nine Nether Island were still the endless void.
Finally, everyone took their positions.
Everyone could not see the person beside them with their naked eyes.
It was as if they had ventured in alone.
Su Wen sighed and took out the Star Disk. As expected, there was no message from any Heaven Rank expert on it.
Meanwhile, under the Zhou Royal Palace, in the black coffin, the little monk opened his eyes.
A dignified voice suddenly resounded from Nine Nether Island.
“Submit to me!”
Following that was Gongsun Shi’s voice!
“Dream on!”
“In that case, let’s fight!”
As the voice sounded, it turned and went into the void!
Gongsun Shi also flew in.
At the same time, from afar, countless demon troops entered Nine Nether Island.
Accompanying them were the experts of the Demon Race!
Compared to the Human Alliance’s Snaking Formation, theirs was much simpler. They just rushed straight forward, led by their Heaven Rank experts!
In fact, this strategy of humans essentially placed them at a disadvantage.
It was because the Nine Nether Island was too big.
Wanting to completely wrap around and defend in that area was an extremely difficult matter!
For example, right now, there were more than ten demon Heaven Rank experts in front of Xiang Ding!
When he sensed that so many people had arrived in his area, he immediately shouted at the Star Disk, “All members of Group 15, gather. Requesting for reinforcements!”
The voice immediately traveled into the hands of the various teams through the Star Disk.
In fact, this Star Disk could be said to be an upgraded product from Emperor Zhou. It could be used to detect Heaven Rank experts and also communicate with them.
Every Heaven Rank team had to call for reinforcements as soon as they encountered a problem they couldn’t resist!
At the same time, the demon Heaven Rank experts appeared before Zhang Qian.
There were also more than ten people! Unlike Xiang Ding, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he unsheathed his sword. A dragon roar resounded through the sky.
The battle began.
Obviously, the higher-ups of the demon race had a simple plan. They gathered their Heaven Rank experts and formed a small group!
On Su Wen’s side, he suddenly heard Guan Gu’s loud shout from the astrolabe. “Everyone from the Group 18, quickly provide support to the center!”
Su Wen narrowed his eyes before shooting forward!
He charged straight towards Guan Gu!
At this moment, Guan Gu was fighting a demon.
This demon turned out to be similar to one of the races Su Wen had encountered in the mystic realm!
The Black Scale Tribe! A tall figure with shimmering black scales.
A cruel smile hung on their face as they bared their sharp teeth!
Both sides unleashed their domains and bombarded each other!
Guan Gu continued to move to escape.
It couldn’t be helped. In terms of cultivation, he was actually not inferior to this Black Scale Tribe Heaven Rank expert.
However, behind this person were six or seven Black Scale Tribe Heaven Ranks.
Bang!
Guan Gu forcefully took a blow from the Black Scaled Tribe member!
Furthermore, Guan Gu discovered that these Black Scale Tribe members were actually connected by Qi.
It was clearly a joint attack formation!
“Hidden Dragon Roams!”
The moment the Qi force from the opponent reached his body, Guan Gu’s body trembled rapidly and he quickly pulled away!
“Combined domain!” The Black Scaled Tribe member roared.
Boom!
In an instant, Guan Gu discovered to his shock that the surrounding environment had changed. A vast ocean stretched as far as the eye could see.
He gritted his teeth and wanted to use his own domain to counteract the Black Scaled expert’s domain.
However, it was useless! There was no reaction from his domain!
“Damn it! How is this possible? Domain suppression! His cultivation level is clearly similar to mine!”
Guan Gu was extremely shocked!
He knew that once he was in such a situation, it meant that his strength was at an absolute disadvantage!
However, the current situation did not give him time to think!
Seeing the enemy charging at him from behind, Guan Gu wanted to pull away!
But just as he moved!
The surrounding seawater surged up, containing boundless Origin Qi from Heaven and Earth!