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Chapter 226 The Spirit of the Black Tortoise Army, The Death of the Shaman

"Blood Serpent Coil Formation!"

Finally, seeing that Li Yaohui and his men had suppressed them on the city wall, the Qing generals had no choice but to use their last trump card.

In an instant, everyone's energy connected, and a bloodthirsty aura surged into the sky, with a phantom of a blood snake coiled above them.

Everyone who saw the blood snake felt a chill run down their spine, a sense of dread washing over them, as if they were facing a natural enemy, and could be killed at any moment.

Immediately afterwards, streaks of blood-red mist began to spread outwards, draining the life essence of all living things that came into contact with it, turning them into dried corpses, whether they were snakes, insects, rats, or humans.

Endless bloodthirsty energy gathered and gradually merged into the phantom of the blood snake, making it more solid and, along with the mysterious connection, transmitting it towards the blood-red giant python.

"sizzle"

Ten miles to the east, in the mountains and forests, a blood-red python, several tens of feet long, suddenly raised its head and looked towards the direction of Gaizhou Garrison City.

Another sacrifice?!

After having this thought, the blood-red giant python immediately swam towards the direction of Gaizhou Garrison City.

Along the way, rocks rolled down mountains, and vegetation was broken.
On the other side, when the crimson mist approached Li Yaohui and the others, their expressions changed slightly.

It wasn't out of fear of its power, but rather because they sensed the intense resentment, despair, and fear contained within the blood-red mist.

How many people would that require to be slaughtered?
That must be tens of thousands, right?

Of course, it's not that they can't stand killing.

When their Celestial Empire's army went on campaign, how many times did they not commit countless killings?
However, they all fought on the front lines, and all they killed were the enemy.

There has been no recent fighting in the area where Gaizhou Guard is located.

So where did the Qing army's tens of thousands of killings come from?

Furthermore, as the crimson mist passed by, both ordinary Qing soldiers and civilians were devoured, their life essence consumed and turned into dried corpses. Their souls were devoured and annihilated, transforming into spiritual power that merged into them.

The source of this Qing army's killing spree is quite obvious; it was nothing more than the massacre of civilians.

"They are truly barbaric and cruel, killing even the people under their own rule indiscriminately."

"Heh, apart from my Celestial Empire, which ruler would care about ordinary people?"
To them, ordinary people were nothing more than objects to be enslaved.

"Yes!"

After a few words of reflection, the group, under Li Yaohui's command, mobilized their inner strength and once again set up their military formation.

As the military aura swirled, a colossal phantom of a Xuanwu, several dozen feet tall, rapidly materialized above the crowd. An invisible force spread out, repelling and suppressing all the surrounding blood-red malevolent energy.

With a shake of its head and a sway of its tail, the phantom of Xuanwu quickly locked onto the remaining Qing soldiers and the blood-red giant python above.

"die!"

In that instant, Li Yaohui also locked on, thrusting his spear rapidly toward the top of the city wall while letting out a loud shout.

As he moved, the snake head at the tail of the Xuanwu above the military formation, carrying immense force, shot out like an arrow.

"laugh!"

The gunfire surged, instantly piercing the city wall above and heading straight for the Qing general.

Sensing the sharpness of the shot, the Qing general immediately mobilized the strength of his troops to reinforce himself, and swung his long sword fiercely.

However, in the next instant, the blood snake that had evolved from the military formation above it was bitten by the head of the Xuanwu snake.

"Crack!"

In an instant, the blood snake's head was bitten off.

If it's a normal attack, just the crimson color evolved from the bloodthirsty aura, even if it's completely shattered, it can be reassembled.

However, after its head was bitten off by the Xuanwu snake's head, a mysterious power instantly spread and proliferated.

In an instant, the blood serpent completely collapsed, and even its blood-red aura was dissolved.

"puff!"

The Qing soldiers closely associated with them all coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The Qing general also coughed up blood, his strength completely drained. His once swiftly swung longsword became weak and powerless, wobbling aimlessly.

"Pfft!"

On the other side, Li Yaohui's spear moved like a meteor, its energy instantly piercing the throat of a Qing general.

"cluck"

With difficulty, the Qing general opened his mouth, then tilted his head and died completely.

About seven miles east of Gaizhou City, the blood-red giant python, which was rapidly approaching, suddenly stopped, let out a painful roar, and a blood-red mist suddenly spread, eroding and dissolving all life around it.

Even the surrounding rocks have become pitted and uneven.

"Shout!"

With another roar, the blood-red python slowly swam around to regain its strength, its gaze towards Gaizhou Garrison City filled with rage and savagery.

On the other side, after the Qing general died, the remaining Qing soldiers first showed fear in their eyes, followed by bloodlust and fanaticism.

"I offer my flesh and blood as a sacrifice, and respectfully invite the Immortal Willow to descend to earth!"

"We offer sacrifices to all the people of the city, and respectfully invite the Immortal Willow to vanquish the enemy."

Immediately afterwards, the Qing soldiers suddenly reversed their grip on their weapons and forcefully stabbed them into the heart.

"Puff puff"

In an instant, blood gushed out, and endless bloodthirsty energy erupted, rapidly expanding outward after devouring their life essence.

At the same time, due to some unseen connection, the crimson python also sensed the strongest desire.

The sacrifice of over 100,000 people in one city was enough to advance his career further.

As for the enemy
He has never encountered an opponent.

Unconsciously, he increased his speed and swam quickly towards Gaizhou Garrison City.

"Incomprehensible!"
Has it already been contaminated?

Sensing what was happening above the city wall, Li Yaohui murmured to himself.

As troops that constantly fought against the Qing army, they naturally had some understanding of shamans and the twelve immortals and other deities worshipped by shamans.

According to General Wang Shi's research, if one receives blessings from these twelve deities, one will gradually be corrupted by their power, eventually becoming a fanatical believer in the twelve deities, or even a puppet of power.

The twelve immortal deities can drain their power and life at any time.

Actually, the Xuanwu formation they formed is related to the gods and immortals of these shamanistic beliefs.

After Wang Shi discovered that these shamans gathered evil energy through faith and used the phantom of faith to attack, thus avoiding the drawback of the human body being too weak to fully mobilize evil energy.

He then conducted in-depth research on it, and finally combined it with the supernatural power of formation to develop a new military formation.

This is the Xuanwu Army Formation as it is known today.

It allows one to conjure a phantom of Xuanwu, and even control the phantom of Xuanwu to launch attacks.

In this way, because there is no need to gather power through the body and no need to consider the limits of the body's endurance, it is possible to gather and unleash the power of everyone and unleash super strong power.

A dynasty could even mobilize tens of thousands of troops to form a physical image of the Black Tortoise.

As for the divine beast phantom that is formed by mobilizing military spirit and gathering the power of the army, Wang Shi calls it the "military soul".

After the method of condensing military spirit was completed, this new military formation was quickly passed down by Wang Shi.

By now, almost all sentry-level units can form the Xuanwu Army Formation.

After the Qing army sacrificed themselves, Li Yaohui immediately realized something was wrong.

"Ha, you want to sacrifice the entire city's inhabitants? How could I possibly let you have your way?"

Li Yaohui sneered and immediately mobilized the forces of his army to envelop and suppress the rapidly spreading bloodthirsty aura.

"break!"

With a loud shout from Li Yaohui, the military spirit Xuanwu stomped down with a powerful kick. "Boom!"

A mysterious, vibrating force suddenly rippled outwards, instantly sweeping across the suppressed bloodthirsty aura.

In an instant, the extremely dense bloodthirsty aura suddenly trembled, and then dissipated as if melting away ice and snow.

"sizzle"

As the blood-red aura dissipated, the giant blood python, which had already reached six or seven miles outside the city, immediately let out another painful hiss.

However, this did not stop him; instead, it made him speed up even more.

In the shaman's mansion next to the general's mansion, the moor shaman, sensing the approaching crimson python, relaxed slightly and muttered to himself.

"Soon, soon, my little darling, please come soon."

If you're too late, this shaman will be killed by those damned Heavenly Dynasty soldiers.

As he finished speaking, the shaman's eyes flashed again, as he recalled a crazy idea he had once conceived.

"Perhaps I can try the soul-body fusion I've envisioned. If things really come to a head and there's nothing I can do, maybe I can survive through this method."
Moreover, it grants even greater power.
Well, let's prepare for any eventuality.

While he was thinking this, the Morshaman had already headed towards a secret chamber.

Li Yaohui and his men were unaware of all this; he was leading his men to annihilate the remaining Qing troops.

After the Qing generals and the Qing soldiers who had received the blessing of Liu Xian all died, the remaining Qing troops had no power to resist.

When they encountered Li Yaohui and his men, they either turned and fled or surrendered immediately.

A quarter of an hour later, the entire city of Gaizhou, except for the Shaman's residence, had been cleared out.

Finally, Li Yaohui led a dozen or so people to the gate of the Shaman's Mansion next to the General's Mansion.

"Is this the shaman's mansion that those Qing soldiers were talking about?"

Looking at the mansion in front of him, which seemed even more imposing than the general's mansion next to it, Li Yaohui asked a question.

"Yes, sir, this is the Shaman's Mansion. The shaman of Gaizhou City is inside."

"Yes, let's go, let's meet this shaman."

Just then, the gates of the shaman's mansion suddenly opened, and the Moorish shaman walked out arrogantly.

The shaman raised his head slightly, lowered his eyes, and glanced sideways at Li Yaohui and the others.

"How dare you invade my Gaizhou City! I have already summoned Liu Xian; you can all await your death!"

"Eh~?"

A man next to Li Yaohui looked at the Moorish shaman strangely and couldn't help but loudly mock him:

"Did this person not understand the situation? He just chopped him down with one blow. Even if that Willow Immortal came, could she revive him?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yaohui and the others couldn't help but burst into laughter, looking at the Moor Shaman as if he were a fool.

"Hahaha"

"You, you, you all."

The shaman's expression changed, and he pointed at Li Yaohui and the others, saying:
"Aren't you afraid that Liu Xian will come and go berserk, slaughtering the entire city?"

"Hehe, that's not something you should be thinking about."
You should just set off on your journey in peace!

Since they have some knowledge of shamanism, how could they not know what Liu Xian is?
It's just a mutated python.

They don't think they are powerless to fight back.

Over such a long period of time, the border troops in various parts of the Celestial Empire have also discovered that the energy of heaven and earth within the Celestial Empire seems to be more concentrated than that outside.

Therefore, not only is it easier to cultivate true qi within the Celestial Empire, but even the animals within the Celestial Empire are much stronger than those outside.

They can easily kill any mutated animals within the Celestial Empire, so why would they fear mutated animals from outside the country?

Even if this python is stronger than other mutated animals after the blood sacrifice, it is at most similar to the mutated animals within the Celestial Empire. So, it is still destined to be slaughtered by them.

And
Li Yaohui looked up at the sky. As they occupied Gaizhou Garrison City, the national fortune of the Celestial Empire was gradually spreading.

With the existence of the Celestial Empire's national fortune, Liu Xian, who enjoys blood sacrifices and devours humans, might be suppressed into a soft snake without them even having to lift a finger.

Thinking of this, Li Yaohui became too lazy to talk to the so-called Moorish shaman in front of him and simply waved his hand to give the order.

"kill him!"

"Yes!"

"you."

"bass!"

Upon hearing Li Yaohui's order, the Morshaman's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to say something more, he saw a flash of light before his eyes, and then everything went black as he completely lost consciousness.

"Chief, isn't this shaman a bit too weak?"

A soldier beside Li Yaohui slowly sheathed his long sword, which was spotless, and frowned slightly as he asked.

"Ha! This is just a stand-in."

Looking at the sky above the shaman's mansion, filled with a blood-red aura, Li Yaohui couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Set up the formation!"

As soon as the order was given, golden and red lights rose up in various parts of Gaizhou Garrison City, with Li Yaohui at the core.

Subsequently, golden and red light intertwined, resonating with the national destiny, and quickly formed a massive golden and red Xuanwu military spirit that enveloped the entire city of Gaizhou.

Li Yaohui's vision also instantly sharpened, allowing him to see everything within the city.

Tens of thousands of people in Gaizhou Garrison City stared blankly at the Xuanwu Army Spirit in the sky, uttering mutterings like delirium.

“So, so big!”

"What a huge turtle!"

"Are you stupid? A tortoise and a snake in one body? That's Xuanwu, okay?"

This is a mythical beast; how can it be compared to a tortoise?

In an instant, boundless power of belief rose rapidly, quickly merging into the surrounding national destiny. While strengthening the national destiny, it also strengthened the Xuanwu military spirit, allowing it to solidify rapidly.

Besides that, Li Yaohui's main focus was on a figure shrouded in bloodthirsty aura, whose powerful presence was no less than his own, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in a secret chamber deep within the Shaman's mansion.

It seemed to be drawing upon streams of bloodthirsty power from the void, continuously assimilating its body and transforming it into a special energy state.

They also saw a giant blood-red python rapidly approaching from two miles away.

There was a faint connection of crimson energy between the figure and the blood-red python, and a special power was flowing back and forth between them.

The fluctuations of their life and soul energy are gradually converging.

"What are you doing?"

To be honest, Li Yaohui was a little confused about what was going on.

However, he doesn't need to care what they're doing; as long as he kills them, everything will be fine.

As soon as Li Yaohui had a thought, the Xuanwu Army Soul stomped down hard.

"boom!"

A massive shockwave crashed down, instantly engulfing the shaman's mansion.

The figure in the secret chamber seemed to sense something, and suddenly looked up, his inner power surging.

But it was all too late.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The immense force struck, instantly blasting the figure apart and even destroying the entire secret chamber.

(End of this chapter)