Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 139 The Grand Background of the Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms World
Boom boom boom!
The moment the army of corpse demons stepped into firing range, blinding flames suddenly erupted on the artillery battalion's position.

A thousand M1 240mm howitzers roared in unison, their blazing muzzle flashes like giant red lotuses blooming, turning the entire night sky crimson.

The 240mm shells streaked across the sky, leaving trails of scorching lava, carving hundreds of charred tracks through the putrid miasma, like a scorching fire of punishment hurled down by the gods.

The first salvo struck the center of the corpse demon array with pinpoint accuracy, and the earth within a hundred meters radius was overturned amidst the deafening explosion.

Rock fragments, severed limbs, and rotting flesh rose into the sky like a black storm, instantly turning more than a dozen corpse demons into dust.

A strong stench of blood and decay mingled and permeated the air.

"Load armor-piercing rounds! Strike the joints!"

The second round of shelling tore through the night sky, and specially made tungsten-core armor-piercing projectiles pierced the corpse demon's body like meteors.

When the shells accurately struck the corpse demon's neck or knees, the decaying bones cracked with a crisp sound, and bluish-gray corpse blood gushed out like a spring.

The corpse demons collapsed to the ground, their mangled bodies twitching a few times before ceasing all movement. The dark purple corpse poison also solidified, no longer corroding the earth.

The army of corpse demons tried to quicken their pace, but they could not make an inch amidst the intense artillery fire.

Each wave of artillery fire was like the scythe of death, mercilessly reaping their lives.

Corpse demons were blasted to pieces, and the piles of corpses in front of the battle line grew higher and higher, forming a flesh and blood barrier made of the remains of their own kind, but this was no match for the whistling shells.

"Incendiary bombs! Burn them through!"

The final barrage tore through the night, and incendiary bombs carrying phosphorescent flames fell to the ground like fire dragons, instantly igniting the entire horde of zombies.

The bluish-gray skin sizzled in the flames, and the stench of burning flesh mixed with the white smoke of phosphorescence rose straight into the sky.

The corpse demons, consumed by flames, let out mournful howls. They twisted and struggled, but could not break through the blockade of artillery fire. In the end, they turned to ashes in the flames and disappeared into the night wind.

The artillerymen loaded and fired in an orderly manner, the gun barrels becoming hot and red-hot from continuous firing.

The army of corpse demons could only gradually perish under the constant bombardment; their slow pace seemed so small and hopeless in the face of overwhelming artillery fire.

While the artillery battalion was bombarding the area, all of Ji Qiu's battalions were mobilized.

The Trapped Camp advanced from the front of the Corpse Demon army.

The Wei Wu camp attacked from the left flank of the Corpse Demon army.

The Flying Feather Camp attacked from the right flank of the Corpse Demon army.

The Wolf Riders and Iron Riders surrounded the Corpse Demon army from the rear.

When the artillery bombardment subsided, these troops began to make contact with the army of corpse demons.

At this point, the army of corpse demons, though called an army, was actually more like a mass of corpses and pieces of flesh.

Although these corpse demons were physically strong, far surpassing ordinary soldiers, they were still powerless against modern artillery.

Their slow speed, however, further amplified the power of modern artillery.

Therefore, at this point, there were very few intact corpse demons left in the army of corpse demons.

However, the soldiers in each battalion still dared not slack off.

Ji Qiu had informed them in advance that these corpse demons carried a large amount of corpse poison, and the survival of any one of them would cause great harm and could very likely trigger a plague.

Therefore, we must eradicate evil completely and kill all the corpse demons without leaving a single one alive!
Led by their respective commanders, they charged into the ranks of the Corpse Demon army, brandishing their weapons.

They severed the heads of the corpse demons, which were not yet completely dead, pierced their hearts with spears, and sliced ​​open their rotting throats with blades.

Blood and putrid fluids splattered everywhere, screams and roars mingled, and the battlefield was in complete chaos.

However, just as the finishing blow was about halfway through, a strange black mist suddenly shot into the sky from the wreckage of the corpse demon army.

Amidst the churning black mist, a figure slowly emerged.

The man was dressed in a tattered Taoist robe, his face was as pale as paper, but his eyes revealed a sinister and ruthless look.

He made a fist with both hands and muttered incantations. The surrounding black mist instantly transformed into countless black chains, which flew towards the soldiers who were finishing off the enemy.

Wherever the chains passed, the air emitted a piercing shriek, and the soldiers who came into contact with them instantly stiffened, their skin turning bluish-gray at a visible speed, transforming them into new corpse demons in the blink of an eye.

"Oh no, it's Yu Ji! He's not dead yet!" someone shouted in terror.

But it was too late. Yu Ji had already launched his attack, his figure moving across the battlefield like a ghost. Wherever he went, corpses and demons were reborn, and the situation was instantly reversed.

The armies that had initially held the upper hand were now forced to halt their finishing blows and turn their attention to dealing with this sudden turn of events, setting the stage for a new and fierce battle.

However, just as Yu Ji was wreaking havoc, a strange golden light suddenly appeared in the sky.

Holding the Imperial Seal of the State, Ji Qiu slowly stepped into the battlefield, surrounded by an ancient and mysterious aura.

The dragon patterns carved on the surface of the jade seal glowed faintly, as if they were alive and moving. A heavy, mountain-like pressure spread out from the jade seal, causing the entire world to tremble.

"Seal!" Ji Qiu shouted, and the jade seal suddenly burst forth with boundless golden light.

Countless ancient runes emerged from the air, like golden chains, and shot towards Yu Ji.

Yu Ji sensed the danger, his pupils contracted sharply, and the madness on his face instantly turned into terror.

He waved his hands, trying to summon black mist to resist, but the black mist was easily torn apart like paper in front of the golden runes.

Golden runes tightly bound him, and Yu Ji let out a shrill roar as demonic energy surged wildly around him, trying to break free of the restraints.

His Taoist robe was torn to shreds by the force, revealing pale skin covered in incantations. Every inch of his skin was trembling violently, as if a thousand steel needles were piercing him.

However, the sealing technique of the Imperial Seal was too powerful. The runes tightened more and more, and Yu Ji's demonic energy gradually dissipated. His body was also frozen in place, unable to move.

A brief silence fell over the battlefield as the soldiers gazed at the imprisoned Yu Ji, their eyes filled with shock and surprise.

Ji Qiu, holding the imperial seal, slowly approached Yu Ji, who was sealed by the Imperial Seal of the State. With a wave of his arm, he put Yu Ji into the Qiankun Bag and then turned around and returned to Taishan County.

……

The dungeon of Taishan County.

Ji Qiu released Yu Ji, intending to use mind control techniques to control him.

However, he discovered that Yu Ji's mental resistance was too high, and with his current mind-controlling techniques, he was simply unable to control Yu Ji.

Even if it were Diao Chan herself, it wouldn't work, let alone him.

After thinking it over, he finally placed a dragon seed into Yu Ji's body.

Dragons can control a person regardless of their mental attributes, which is what makes them more powerful than the Mind Control Technique.

However, dragons also have a drawback: their effects take a relatively long time to take effect.

The Dragon Seed is actually more like a secret technique that subtly influences the thoughts of others.

After being implanted into the recipient's body, it takes some time for the implant to take effect.

Fortunately, Jiji is currently under lockdown, so Jiqiu has plenty of time to wait.

So he put Yu Ji, who had been implanted with the dragon seed, in a dungeon, and then returned to Shu County to bring back his troops.

Once the troops were all transported back, all the trivial matters were also dealt with.

It was already three days later.

At this point, Ji Qiu felt it was about time, so he went back to the dungeon and lifted Yu Ji's seal.

Then he saw Yu Ji kneel respectfully before him and say, "Your subordinate greets your lord!"

"Hmm, get up. Tell me, what exactly happened? Why are you so determined to kill me? Who is behind this?" Ji Qiu asked calmly.

He was not surprised that Yu Ji would suddenly appear on the battlefield; in fact, he had anticipated this scene.

When he assembled his think tank and determined that the only possible threat to him in this battle was Zhang Lu's troops.

He was wondering why Zhang Lu wanted to be his enemy.

He doesn't seem to have committed any crime against Zhang Lu.
Then he realized that Zhang Lu was the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, which was a branch of Taoism.

Among the branches of Taoism, besides the Five Pecks of Rice sect, there was also the Way of Great Peace founded by Zhang Jiao.

In the Taiping Dao, Ji Qiu always considered himself the most legitimate second-generation Dao leader.

But in the eyes of all the Taoist sects in the world, the other person is probably the second-generation leader of the Taiping Dao, whose legitimacy is even stronger than his.

That's Yu Ji!
Although Ji Qiu learned from Zhang Ning that Yu Ji had stolen the Taiping Essentials from Zhang Jiao.

However, it cannot be denied that in the years following Zhang Jiao's death, Yu Ji had been spreading the Way of Peace in Jiangdong and had already laid a very solid foundation.

However, these things are not important. Regardless of whether Yu Ji is the legally recognized second-generation leader of the Way of Peace, he is at least a member of the Daoist sect. And as long as he is a member of the Daoist sect, he can establish contact with Zhang Lu.

Therefore, once things have progressed to this point, a judgment can be made.

Yu Ji conspired with Zhang Lu and plotted against Ji Qiu in order to compete with Ji Qiu for the position of the second leader of the Way of Peace!

Of course, there are definitely many hidden details here.

For example, why was Yu Ji so determined to kill Ji Qiu?

Was it merely for the Taiping Essentials Heavenly Scroll and the Taiping Daoist lineage in his possession?

Why would Zhang Lu agree to Yu Ji's request and scheme against him?

Zhang Lu was a regional warlord, and not a weak one at that, so he had no reason to obey Yu Ji's orders.

If Yu Ji wanted to get him to work, he would have to offer him a huge reward.

What kind of immense profit could drive Zhang Lu to do this?
And why were the Pu family members willing to act as pawns for Yu Ji and Zhang Lu?
Countless secrets are hidden in the thick fog, making it difficult for Ji Qiu to see clearly.

But it doesn't matter. Once we capture Yu Ji, everything will become clear!

Therefore, from the moment Ji Qiu decided to attack the Pu family again, his real target was no longer the Pu family's Earth Spirit Secret Technique.

This is at best a secondary goal.

At this moment, his real target was Yu Ji!

Now, after careful planning and hard work, they have finally captured Yu Ji.

He can finally resolve all the doubts in his heart!

Yu Ji respectfully replied, "My lord, it is not that I want to kill you, but that the Yellow Heavenly Dao Venerable wants to kill you. He said that you are an anomaly and will ruin the plan, so he issued a decree ordering me to kill you!"

"Huang Tian Dao Zun? Isn't that one of the three venerable ones of Taoism? Could he really exist?"

Ji Qiu raised an eyebrow, but didn't show much of a strange expression.

As he came into contact with more and more information about the world of Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms, he began to make guesses about many things.

The concept of the Three Venerable Ones of Taoism would certainly be nothing more than a mythical and illusory thing in modern times.

But in Dragon Kingdom, it might actually exist.

Yu Ji said, "The Three Venerable Ones of Taoism are indeed real. They are the transformations of the primordial spirit of the Great God Pangu. Since the Great God Pangu created the world and transformed into all things, they have been the most noble beings in the world!"

"Where are they now? Why can't we see them in the mortal world?" Ji Qiu asked.

Yu Ji said, "That's a long story."

"It's alright, take your time, I'll listen," Ji Qiu said.

Yu Ji said, "The story begins in ancient times."

At that time, the witch and demon races were the main players in the world, with the demon race ruling the heavens and the witch race ruling the earth, and they were hostile to each other.

Later, the great war between the Lich King and the Demon King shattered the heavens and earth, leaving less than one-tenth of the world intact, and thus the Lich King was abandoned by the Heavenly Dao.

Subsequently, the human race emerged and became the new protagonist of the world.

However, although the human race is the newly chosen protagonist of the world, in terms of strength, it is far inferior to the witch and demon races, whose strength has been reduced to less than one-tenth after the great war.

Under normal circumstances, the human race still has a long way to go before it can grow into the true protagonist of the world.

However, since the human race appeared through the hands of the demon saint Nuwa, the two races are naturally close.

Thus, Nuwa's brother, the demon saint Fuxi, voluntarily transformed into a human and became the first human emperor of the human race.

Fuxi orchestrated a marriage alliance between the human and demon races, allowing their bloodlines to merge and begin to converge.

This not only strengthened the human race but also allowed the demon race to share in the human race's fortune, enabling them to recover their strength.

At the same time, the three Taoist masters and the two Buddhist saints also set up camps among the human race, starting to develop their faith and seek fortune.

With the protection and support of many powerful figures, the human race grew stronger day by day, gradually gaining the strength to compete with the dominant witch race.

Therefore, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, the human and demon races joined forces to launch a decisive battle against the witch race.

As is well known, the Yellow Emperor defeated Chi You and won a great victory.

From then on, the Wu tribe completely declined. Some of the bloodlines of the great Wu were absorbed and integrated by the human race, while those Wu tribes who refused to surrender were driven out of the Nine Provinces.

Subsequently, Kyushu entered a period of rule by the human and demon races.

However, the human and demon races, having lost their common enemy, clearly cannot coexist.

The demon race, in particular, is confident in its strength and wants to regain its position as the world's overlord, making the human race, the protagonist of heaven and earth, its vassal forever, obediently contributing its fortune to it.

Thus, the first conflict between humans and demons broke out during the reign of Emperor Yu.

The demon race stirred up a monstrous wave, intending to drown the human race.

Yu the Great cast nine tripods to suppress the demons of the nine provinces!
In terms of the outcome of this battle, the demon race emerged victorious.

However, the human race also demonstrated its strength, making the demon race dare not underestimate it.

Thus, the two tribes returned to peace and formed the first dynasty in which the two tribes coexisted: the Xia Dynasty.

But the demon race was not willing to give up.

Unable to subdue the human race directly, they decided to use a slow and insidious method to gradually disintegrate them.

So they contacted the imperial court, carried out large-scale human sacrifices, and slaughtered a large number of ordinary humans, trying to sever the foundation of humanity.

This finally pushed the human race to its breaking point, leading to the second war between humans and demons, also known as the Investiture of the Gods.

In this battle, the Zhou Kingdom, dominated by humans, defeated the Shang Kingdom, dominated by demons.

The Demon Heavenly Court, established by the demon race, was overthrown, and the human race established the Human Heavenly Court on the corpse of the demon race's Heavenly Court!

In this battle, the Buddhist and Taoist forces, led by the Three Venerables of Taoism and the Two Saints of Buddhism, played a significant role.

They were the ones who defeated many of the powerful demons.

Therefore, after the war, they also gained enormous benefits and became the supreme rulers whose status was even above that of the human race's Heavenly Court.

But the dragon slayer eventually becomes the dragon himself. After the three venerable ones and two saints became the rulers of the Heavenly Court, they began to harvest the fortune of the human race on a large scale.

In order to more effectively harvest the fortune of the human race, they not only established the Dragon Qi system to quantify the amount of fortune within each human being, but also intended to divide the human race into various feudal states that would fight each other.

This period lasted for approximately eight hundred years.

Eight hundred years later, the human race's destiny could no longer tolerate it and finally gave birth to the protagonist of this destiny, Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng swept across the six kingdoms, unified the nine provinces, and established the Nine Provinces Barrier based on the Nine Tripods of Yu the Great, keeping the power of the Heavenly Court outside the nine provinces.

Then, by pooling the collective fortune of the entire human race, they fought against the Heavenly Court, sacrificing their lives to severely injure all three Venerables and two Saints.

At this point, the Heavenly Court could no longer extract dragon energy from the human race of the Nine Provinces, while the human race of the Nine Provinces had to use a large amount of dragon energy to support the Nine Provinces Barrier, so the amount of dragon energy in their bodies decreased significantly, and the difficulty of cultivating dragon energy secret techniques became extremely high.

Later, after the First Emperor died, the land was divided.

The three Venerables and two Saints risked serious injury to kill the First Emperor, their original intention being to return the Nine Provinces to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Unexpectedly, the First Emperor had a backup plan and gave Liu Bang the position of the protagonist of destiny.

Thus, Liu Bang, brimming with dragon energy, unified the nine provinces within a few short years and inherited the Qin system, completely integrating the nine provinces into one!
The three Venerables and two Saints were still unwilling to accept defeat, but they no longer had the power to directly break through the barrier of the Nine Provinces and invade the Nine Provinces.

Therefore, they had no choice but to undermine the human race from within by spreading their faith and supporting powerful clans.

Let the human race fight each other, reduce the total amount of dragon energy, and cause the Nine Provinces Barrier to gradually lose its power and eventually disappear on its own!
That's what they did during the Former Han Dynasty. After nearly two hundred years of effort, they finally enabled Wang Mang to usurp the throne.

Unexpectedly, the human race's fortune gave birth to Liu Xiu, extending the life of the Han Dynasty.

However, nearly two hundred years have passed, and the human race's fortune has been almost exhausted, making the Nine Provinces Barrier teetering on the brink of collapse.

The plan of the Three Venerables and Two Saints is about to succeed, and this time it seems that no one will be able to save humanity.

But I never expected you to appear again!

Your appearance has introduced many variables into the Three Venerables and Two Saints plan.

You actually rescued the millions of human people in Luoyang who should have died at the hands of Dong Zhuo and brought them to Taishan County.

The people of the Sanfu region outside Luoyang should have died long ago, but you have once again saved them and brought them to Taishan County!
It is because of these things that the Three Venerables and Two Saints believe that you are a huge variable, and may even be the protagonist of an era that will be born again by the destiny of the human race, so they are determined to get rid of you as soon as possible!
That's why the Yellow Heavenly Daoist Venerable issued a decree, ordering me to find a way to kill you!

(End of this chapter)