Longzang

Chapter 854 Fight Again
The preceding heavy incantations could be seen as moves by immortals, using others as pawns, but the final karmic transformation was clearly a direct intervention by the immortals. It's unclear which immortal intervened on the human side. Otherwise, with such a massive amount of karma falling directly on his head, even if Wei Yuan didn't perish, his Dharma body would be severely contaminated.

At this moment, Wei Yuan disregarded his shock and anger and immediately ordered the troops stationed on the far flanks to attack the two wings of the Wu tribe, while he himself charged directly towards the central camp of the Wu tribe!
"How dare you!" Liu Lan never expected that Wei Yuan would dare to attack at this time.

He instinctively looked down on any Dharma form, but having just suffered the backlash of karma, Kaguya was temporarily unable to interfere with the extraterrestrial monster's vision, and Ryuran was also unable to exert his full strength at this moment.

His massive serpentine body was wreathed in a distinct blackish-red aura, like maggots clinging to a bone, constantly trying to burrow into his flesh. Fortunately, the scales of his serpent body emitted a hazy moonlight, which barely managed to resist the corrosive influence of karma. However, the moonlight was rapidly depleting, and it was clear that it wouldn't last much longer.

Seeing Wei Yuan cross the battlefield and charge in, the four great witches around Liu Lan simultaneously took to the air to intercept him.

However, Wei Yuan's body suddenly sank, and then he angrily raised his spear. A ball of red and black light appeared at the tip of the spear, which then split into hundreds and thousands of red lightning bolts, spreading out to a hundred feet away!
The power of that single spear thrust seemed capable of shattering heaven and earth, and even the Great Dao itself was shaken. This was the spear thrust that made Wei Yuan famous back then—a reverse strike, its power incredibly strong and extreme, a pure testament to the Dao through sheer force.

After many years, Wei Yuan's cultivation level is no longer comparable to what it used to be, and the power of this spear has been elevated to a whole new level.

Massive clouds of blood mist simultaneously enveloped the four great shamans, causing them to fall one after another, unable to hinder Wei Yuan in the slightest. Liu Lan, however, had already seen through the entire mystery of the rebellion at a glance. Without further hesitation, she turned and left, abandoning the entire vanguard legion!

As soon as Liu Lan fled, dozens of great shamans flew close to the ground and also left the camp, fleeing far away.

Wei Yuan arrived with murderous intent, but he was stunned by this scene. He wondered if Liu Lan was just putting on a brave front or if she had already grasped the subtleties of the rebellion.

Wei Yuan has been constantly improving the Reverse Strike technique, mainly because the true meaning contained within this spear is extremely rare. Even Wei Yuan himself cannot guarantee whether he can reproduce the true meaning of this spear that defies the heavens in other ways.

After entering the Mind Realm and drawing upon the life-giving evolution of the two grotto-heavens, Wei Yuan gained a completely new understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, which allowed him to refine and perfect this spear technique. Now, his Reverse Attack becomes stronger against stronger opponents, unleashing its full power only when facing immortals.

Furthermore, Wei Yuan could imbue this spear with additional luck or immortal spiritual energy, significantly enhancing its essential quality. Just now, Wei Yuan arrived in anger, having imbued the spear with the karmic fire that the Red Lotus Bodhi had recently absorbed.

This karma was directly related to Liu Lan, and its power was exceptionally great; it severely injured four great witches with just a small test. But Wei Yuan never expected that Liu Lan would actually escape, without any hesitation.

At this point, there was no point in pursuing them. Wei Yuan immediately ordered a full-scale pursuit of the fleeing Wu tribe army. They chased them for a hundred miles and killed another 100,000 Wu soldiers before returning to camp.

Wei Yuan mobilized over 100,000 troops to the front lines to dig and save the soldiers who were still breathing. Fortunately, it was already morning, the dark clouds had dispersed, and the sky was bright, making the rescue easier. Meanwhile, Master Chuhe brought in a large number of intelligent guinea pigs to assist in the rescue.

However, the land had been tainted by the witch's curse, and even guinea pigs were unwilling to approach it.

The true master of the art of beast taming revealed its monstrous power at this moment. He directly controlled the guinea pigs to dig downwards, with one dying and another taking its place. They quickly dug multiple tunnels underground, rescuing many people who were buried deep underground and on the verge of death.

In the final moments, several thousand more were rescued. In this battle, Qingming suffered 250,000 casualties, more than half of whom were elite soldiers. Less than 100,000 survived on the front lines, a devastating loss.

The Wu tribe paid the ultimate price, losing a million soldiers, and many of their commoners and slaves also perished in the pursuit. The Qingming troops were in a bloodthirsty frenzy, no longer distinguishing between warriors and civilians, killing any Wu tribesmen they saw.

Fortunately, Xu Wenwu was still alive, and of his 500 Dao soldiers, more than 460 survived, with only about 30 killed in action. The surviving Dao soldiers all showed a noticeable increase in their aura, indicating that the absorption of several streams of fortune was not in vain.

Wei Yuan stood above the Wu Clan's camp. Below, 100,000 Qingming warriors had completely occupied the camp and were conducting a thorough search. Several high-ranking officers came to Wei Yuan's side, awaiting further orders.

Wei Yuan looked northwest, pondering what the Witch Clan would do next after this round of great curses.
After pondering for a long time, Wei Yuan's thoughts gradually became clear, and he began to give orders: "Plant explosives in the camp and detonate them in one hour to destroy all facilities in the camp. Take away all supplies, useful or useless, and burn anything that cannot be taken. Recruit laborers and craftsmen to build a new defensive line immediately!"
Furthermore, all pursuing troops have withdrawn, and the scouts have returned to within a hundred li.

The generals accepted the order and went to carry it out.

Sure enough, as night fell, the returning scouts reported spotting a large army in the northwest, estimated to be at least a million strong. The Wu tribe couldn't possibly have sent two vanguard legions; this time, it must be their main force.

Wei Yuan keenly sensed that the Witch Clan did not want to engage in positional warfare or a war of attrition. Therefore, disregarding casualties and karma, they directly destroyed the defensive line that Wei Yuan had built up over a year ago with a powerful curse, and then launched a massive army invasion. At that point, Qingming would have no defensible terrain and would be doomed to defeat.

Wei Yuan understood that it was time to race against time and see how many fortifications he could build before the Wu Clan launched a new attack.

Night had fallen, and a large contingent of the witch army poured into the vanguard legion's destroyed camp. Liu Lan reappeared, but this time her aura was much weaker, and even the luster in her eyes had dimmed.

Two shamans who looked almost identical appeared beside him. They were only about ten feet tall and barely as thick as the Flowing Serpent's body. However, the Flowing Serpent abandoned all its arrogance and even became somewhat ingratiating.

Both witches were humanoid, bald, with some silver eyes. The only thing that made them look less human was that each of them had two compound eyes of different colors at the corners of their eyes, which barely added a bit of beauty to them.

However, in the eyes of other witches, these two faces were too smooth and too symmetrical, with the left and right sides being exactly the same, without even a single decorative fleshy bud or tendril, making them incredibly ugly.

The shaman on the left said, "Our soldiers have traveled nine thousand miles today, and you've prepared a wasteland to welcome us?"

Liu Lan smiled and said, "I didn't expect him to retaliate. At that time, I was under the influence of karma and lost my ability to fight, so I had to retreat temporarily."

The shaman on the right said, "Recall all the commoners and slaves, and immediately begin construction. Let the army rest for a day, and attack the day after tomorrow. In a little over a day, the humans won't be able to build many fortifications, will they?"

Liu Lan said, "Fortifications of that level before took the human race nearly two years to build with the mobilization of tens of millions of people! Now, let alone less than two days, even if we gave them two months, they still couldn't build a complete defensive line. That's already overestimating them. If we used commoners and slaves to do it, it would take about fifty million laborers two or three years to complete."

The shaman on the left had a glint in his eyes and said, "The common people and slaves are too lazy, they can't even compare to the weak humans! That's your problem!"

Liu Lan hurriedly replied, "This time I will definitely give him a good talking-to!"

(End of this chapter)