Strange Stories

Chapter 477 May You Win
In the past few days, Lord Ku Nian often rushed out of the palace to fight with Lingzhi Sanren.

The gods of both sides also fought several times.

Taoist Priest Jiang also arrived here.

Lin Jue knew that she was giving herself the last line of insurance.

If she fails in the battle with the Protector of the Saint and cannot save herself, she will ask the Divine Lord Yili, who is in the north to guard against the True Lord of the North, to come.

Lin Jue was sometimes in the sky and sometimes underground.

Before we knew it, the weather suddenly turned cold.

Even the fox turned around and told him:

“It’s so cool!”

However, this is not a natural turn of coolness from autumn to winter. Even though it is autumn now, it is only early autumn, and the autumn heat is still raging on this earth.

"No need to think about it, it must be a trick of the gods."

Lin Jue sat cross-legged on a high mountain, gazing into the distance.

A stone pass on the top of a mountain blocked the southern army from advancing towards Zhongzhou. The two sides had been attacking and defending for many days, with heavy casualties.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, snow started falling around him.

This made the fox happy.

With its long fur, it is destined not to live in a warm place. Winter is just cool to it, which makes it feel comfortable. If it snows, it will be even happier.

The fox stood up suddenly, grabbed the floating snow with its claws, and jumped around in the woods, looking around.

A layer of white fluff soon covered the ground.

"The Holy Protector has arrived."

A cold and calm voice came from behind.

A woman wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk stood there, and divine light could be clearly seen on her body: "This is the spirit in the tent of the Guardian Saint, who can reverse winter and summer."

"He has many capable people under his command."

"I haven't said much about the abilities of the Holy Guardian, but he does have quite a few capable gods under his command. He is the True Lord under the Heavenly Weng, and he occupies the orthodoxy of the Nine Heavens. He is a man of integrity, and he treats the gods and heavenly soldiers and generals under his command very well, so naturally many people follow him." Taoist Jiang said, "In addition to the soldiers and generals, he also has six divine officials under his command, namely water, fire, cold, locusts, wind, and ghosts."

"The wind on top of the city walls during the siege a few days ago..."

"Now it seems that it is very likely." Daoist Master Jiang said, "The howling in the camp of King Yue's army the night before yesterday was most likely caused by the ghost tribe."

"I see."

I heard from my junior sister before that on that day on Fengshan Mountain, the two gods, Angry Thief and Evil Bandit, attacked Senior Hua and also used the priests of the Water and Fire Divisions. Now it seems that I have already witnessed four of the six divisions.

Now this "Cold" is the fifth part.

Lin Jue pondered and said, "It's autumn now, and the soldiers are all wearing thin clothes. They will definitely not be able to bear such a sudden cold. How will you deal with it?"

Taoist Master Jiang replied: "The gods have their own abilities."

As soon as he finished speaking, the forest began to make noises.

A warm breeze blew from the east, pressing down the dead grass and shaking the mountain branches, making a rustling sound.

The wind is like the one blowing from the scorching sun in midsummer, and it feels warm on the body. It not only melts the snow into water, but also blows away the snow clouds in the sky and the cold air between heaven and earth.

The fox, who was playing in the snow, was stunned for a moment, then stopped and looked up at the sky.

Lin Jue looked into the distance.

It was clearly afternoon, but there was a ball of fiery clouds hanging in the eastern sky. It looked like there was a fire burning in the clouds, and there was a gray-robed god fanning the clouds with a fan.

"Hot and cold..."

I'm afraid the soldiers won't feel good either.

Fortunately, the warm breeze was gentle and only lasted for a moment.

The sky and earth quickly became hot.

Suddenly, it felt like the hottest summer had arrived.

"There's a sound!" The fox reminded Lin Jue, looking into the distance, "Another dark cloud is coming!"

There was indeed a dark cloud flying in from afar.

But when I looked closely, I realized that it was not clouds, but dense swarms of locusts that formed a dark cloud, pressing towards this world.

The Locust Tribe priest in the Guardian Saint’s tent has arrived.

And they borrowed the force of this warm wind and the heat of this summer.

"interesting!"

It wasn't long before the swarm of insects pounced on the army below.

"Wow..."

There was a sound of wings fluttering between heaven and earth.

Some locusts even flew to the mountain, and a few landed not far from Lin Jue.

They had originally landed on the green leaves and were about to start eating, but when they saw the two people and the fox next to them, they immediately became ferocious, spread their wings and charged towards the two people and the fox.

"Clap!"

Two locusts hit Lin Jue's face in succession and bounced back without Lin Jue even blinking.

Taoist Priest Jiang also waved his whisk and knocked down two of them.

The fox shook its head and opened its mouth to bite off one, then waved its claws, grabbed another one, put it into its mouth, chewed it and ate it.

"Why does it taste different from what I ate two days ago?"

After the fox finished eating, it took small steps to Lin Jue, licked the one that had fallen on his clothes and the other that was biting his face into its mouth, and kept chewing them.

After eating, give your evaluation:
“It’s just different!”

Lin Jue looked into the distance and said nothing.

These locusts are ferocious and will actively bite people. The dust may also cause discomfort in some people, but the direct damage is limited. The main purpose is to deal with military rations.

Needless to say, this is not a magical power used for direct fighting, but a skill for "managing" the people in the world, a skill for gathering incense, and perhaps a "great magical power". In terms of the fundamental incense of the gods, it may be more useful than other magical powers for fighting. Therefore, the gods raise locust gods and plague gods not to exorcise demons or enhance their fighting abilities, but to herd the people.

Either shepherd your own people, or deal with the believers of other gods.

In short, it’s still about dealing with ordinary people.

"Humph……"

Lin Jue shook his head and snorted.

The southern gods’ response was to bring rain.

"Boom!"

Dark clouds gathered quickly and there was a loud roar of thunder.

When you notice the first raindrop falling, the second, third, and fourth ones follow immediately. Before you can react, heavy rain starts to fall, and then it's so dense that it pours down on the earth.

The figure of a priest could be seen faintly in the dark clouds.

In the face of this sudden heavy rain, the army locusts were all in the wilderness and had no way to avoid it.

When locusts come into contact with water, they can no longer fly.

But soon after, the water tribe from the Guardian Saint's tent came again.

Just now, they released the locusts, relying on the warm wind and summer heat brought by the southern gods. Now, they are relying on the heavy rain sent by the southern gods to control the locusts.

Shiding City is built on a mountain with dangerous terrain and steep slopes everywhere. Although the rain has only been falling for a short while, it is too heavy and has already washed out mud and water on the mountain.

The rain officials under the tent of the Holy Protector not only failed to stop the rain, but continued to rain, fueling the rain. The water officials controlled the rain, accumulating it in the mountains and washing away the mud, sand and rocks in the mountains. After the mountain was softened, they didn't even have to do anything. They just stopped and the water accumulated in the mountains mixed with the mud, sand and rocks, turning into a mountain torrent, rushing down together.

One of them rushed directly towards the attacking army.

The Southern Army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Lin Jue couldn't help but stand up.

Just as he was about to take action, fortunately, Lord Ku Nian also had a powerful deity under his command, who pushed huge rocks from somewhere to block the mountain torrent.

Lin Jue then sat down and thought to himself, no wonder.

If your army is lightly dressed, I will turn the weather to winter. If you make it hot, I will bring a locust plague. If you send rain, I will cause flash floods.

No wonder the armies of the North and the South had already reached outside Qinzhou and Zhongzhou, but were blocked by the imperial court for so long.

This is also a reason, besides the fact that attacking a city is inherently more difficult than defending it.

And this is just one part of the battlefield between heaven and earth at this moment.

It is a microcosm of the struggle between heaven and earth.

The situation is probably the same elsewhere, perhaps even more intense.

Lin Jue shook his head, then turned around and said, "It seems that the gods on your side are not as good at strategy as the Guardian Saint."

"Ku Nian Shenjun became a god because of his bravery. When he was alive, he loved charging into battle, seizing flags and killing generals, and he had little strategy."

Lin Jue couldn't help but look at her again.

It seems that the merits she has accumulated are enough for her to be conferred the title of Yuanjun. Otherwise, the status of the Zhenjun priesthood is much higher than hers, and she would not have said this so calmly and indifferently.

Just then, there was a flash of silver light in the sky.

There were several silver rings as big as wheels, flying at high speed and hitting the strong gods who were pushing huge rocks to resist the mountain torrent.

The response here was also very fast.

Two rays of divine light descended and transformed into two divine generals wearing black and red armor and blood-red cloaks. One held a spear, and the other held a pair of swords. They danced in the air and brandished their weapons.

There were several clang sounds in succession, and the silver ring was knocked away.

However, the next moment, the silver ring came again.

I don’t know if the silver rings that had just been knocked away flew back again, or if they were just flying slower, but this time there were dozens of silver rings flying back.

The two generals were very brave and fought hard.

However, they are not True Lords and obviously cannot defeat Lingzhi Sanren.

At this moment——

A divine light descended from the sky and landed beside Lin Jue.

A burly True Lord revealed his true form, holding an ancient halberd in his hand. The mountain-patterned armor on his body was still damaged, and his colorful divine clothes had not been changed, but it added a touch of bravery and fighting spirit to him.

"I'll leave this to you?"

It was a sound like thunder, as if exploding on the top of the head.

"Okay." Lin Jue raised his head and looked at him. "I only have one question."

"Speak quickly!"

"The Guardian Saint has a magical power called the Golden Cicada Escapes from its Shell. If there is no way to break it, you can only defeat him but not kill him. Since the Divine Lord has come to fight the Guardian Saint, do you have a solution?"

Lord Ku Nian’s eyes couldn’t help but shrink.

After hearing this, he realized that this Taoist actually wanted to fight to the death with the Protector of the Saint, and even wanted to take his life.

"What a courage!"

Ku Nian Shenjun took out a cover:
"If you really have the guts, I have an item called the Black Turtle Sky Bell. Throw it out and it can trap the whole world! Once you release it, no matter how fast it escapes, it can't get out. But you can't get out either. This will definitely be a matter of life and death!"

It looks like a high-arched turtle shell.

Lin Jue reached out and took it.

Lord Ku Nian was still majestic without getting angry, and seemed to look up to him. Then he glanced at Taoist Jiang, and with a bang, he turned into divine light and flew towards the immortal in the distance holding the ancient halberd.

"May you win!"

His thunderous voice could be heard from afar.

I'm not wishing you good luck, I'm not wishing you won't meet the Protector Saint here, I'm not advising you to defend and not fight, the words "I wish you victory" are already the recognition of this Divine Lord.

(End of this chapter)