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Chapter 231 Enemy Attack, High Alert!! (Updated 35 times out of 2 words)

"Enemy attack!!!"

Zhang Tiezhu, in the distance, roared like a tiger whose tail had been stepped on, instantly shattering the silence!
"Highest alert!!!"

The campsite was like a pot of boiling oil thrown into cold water, instantly boiling over!
The young soldier, who had just straightened up and greeted Fang Qingyu with a bright smile, froze instantly.

"Captain Fang!"

Zhang Tiezhu turned his head sharply, his eyes as sharp as knives, filled with determination.

The gentle smile on Fang Qingyu's face had vanished without a trace. His molten gold eyes instantly transformed into two cold suns, their sharp light piercing through the violently distorted force field shield and locking onto the depths of the cave!
"go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Fang Qingyu let out a low shout, and the scorched earth beneath his feet exploded!

Thunderclap and Shadow!

Purple and blue lightning crackled around the pale gold dragon shadow, instantly tearing through the air!
Fang Qingyu's figure seemed to teleport, and he was the first to crash into the violently fluctuating force field shield!

hum!
The sensation of passing through a cool, stagnant curtain of water!

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed!

Dead!

The absolute silence was broken!

Instead, there was an indescribable, chilling cacophony!
The ruins of Heisong'ao before my eyes are no longer the desolate and lifeless place they once were.

The dim sky was like a shattered mirror, filled with countless twisted, writhing spatial cracks that exuded a foul aura!
Deep within the cracks, there churned darkness, thick as ink.

And at this moment, beneath this shattered sky.

Above the entire ruins, on the ground, and even in the air.

Countless grotesque and twisted limbs, heads, claws, tentacles, and even half-bodies, which defy common sense, are struggling and tearing at each other, desperately trying to squeeze out of those spatial rifts!

It was as if demons from hell were vying to emerge from the rotting soil.

The steel centipede-like segments churned in the void, emitting a piercing metallic scraping sound.

The shadow weaver's thick, dark silhouette appeared and disappeared in the shadows, and her silent, wailing phantom rippled like water!

The mandrill's massive claws, covered in moss and vines, clawed at the edge of space, its crimson eyes darting about as it let out a deafening roar!

Shadowhound, Corruption Fly, Rock Golem
Countless small and medium-sized ghosts, like a black tide, have already surged out from the cracks.

They coalesced into a nauseating, writhing black carpet, frantically heading towards the only exit.

The force field barrier from the valley entrance surges forth!

"As planned! Let's go!"

Fang Qingyu's voice was like a thunderclap, clearly reaching the ears of the four people behind him amidst the distorted clamor within the valley!

Without pausing for a moment, Thunderclap Shadow Strike was activated once more!
He transformed into a purple-gold lightning bolt that tore through the void, ignoring the surging tide of shadow hounds below and the swarm of putrid flies hovering in the air, his target pointing directly at the valley entrance!

There, three Iron-Eating Demons, like mobile steel fortresses, were fully emerging from the spatial rift!

Their enormous bodies almost completely blocked the narrow valley!
The rusty metal limbs churned wildly, producing a sharp, piercing sound, while the massive metal drill head emitted a deafening roar as it spun and crashed into the force field barrier guarding the valley entrance like a giant drilling machine!
If you were to be hit by them, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Roar--!!!"

Fang Qingyu, suspended in mid-air, let out a deep and majestic dragon roar.

On his right arm, beneath the skin, countless dark golden dragon scale patterns instantly lit up.

The bronze fist swung out fiercely!

Breaking through the Nine Hells!

boom--! ! !
The air was completely crushed!
A dark golden fist aura, condensed to its extreme, was like the furious strike of an ancient dragon god. It carried the terrifying power to crush mountains and ignored distance, instantly traversing space!

It slammed hard into the massive metal drill head of the Iron-Eating Demon charging at the very front!
Click——! ! !
A sickeningly loud bang, like a divine weapon snapping in two!
The metal drill bit, powerful enough to pierce through steel, shattered like fragile glass the moment it came into contact with the dark gold fist energy!
The terrifying force of the punch continued unabated!

They surged downwards along the Iron Devourer's steel centipede-like body, unstoppable!

bang bang bang! ! !
The heavy, muffled sound was like the beating of a giant drum!
The body, covered in thick, rusted armor, was blasted open, twisted, and broken!

Metal fragments mixed with dark green corrosive venom burst forth like fireworks!
The enormous Iron-Eating Demon let out a shrill, ear-piercing metallic wail. Its massive body was as if struck by an invisible giant hammer, and it rolled violently to the side, crashing into a half-collapsed earthen wall. It lay sprawled on the ground, convulsing violently, with thick smoke billowing from its metal joints. It was clearly completely destroyed!
One punch!
Instantly kill a large, heavily armored ghost!

But the crisis is not over!
The other two Iron-Eating Demons have already approached the barrier!

One of the enormous crushing pincers opened, shrieking as it tore through the air, and clamped down hard on the barrier!

The other end suddenly raised its front half, its perforated abdomen contracted violently, and countless fragments gleaming with cold metallic light shot out like a storm, heading towards the barrier!
"Humph!"

Fang Qingyu landed, and the ground beneath his feet was cracked like a spider web.

With icy eyes, he suddenly spread his five fingers, covered in dark gold dragon scale patterns, and clenched them in mid-air towards the Iron-Eating Demon that was spewing out a storm of metal!
hum!
A narrow, dark crack silently appeared in the air above the Iron-Eating Demon's head!

An irresistible and terrifying suction force erupted instantly.

The metal fragments that had just been ejected were instantly sucked into the dark crevices and disappeared without a trace, as if they had been thrown into a black hole.

The massive body of the Iron-Eating Demon was also sucked in, causing it to stagger and abruptly stop its jetting motion!

"die!"

Fang Qingyu seized this fleeting opening.
With a burst of power from his feet, his figure shot out like a cannonball!
His right fist, covered in dark gold dragon scales, slammed out once again!
The target was the relatively weak joints of this Iron-Eating Demon!
boom! ! !
A dull thud was accompanied by the ear-piercing noise of metal tearing apart.

The iron-devouring demon's waist joints were blasted off by the violent force.

Its massive body was broken in two, and dark green, corrosive venom gushed out like a fountain.

The last Iron-Eating Demon, wielding its crushing pincers, clamped onto the force field barrier, causing it to fluctuate violently.

Fang Qingyu didn't even look, his left hand forming a knife-like shape with his fingers together!

The crimson flames of tribulation and the bone-corroding lightning instantly intertwined and compressed at the fingertips!

Thunderous Blaze: World-Burning Slash!
Swish——!!!
A condensed, dark red lightning-fire blade aura tore through the air!
Like a red-hot iron cutting butter!
It instantly swept past the massive crushing pincers of the Iron-Eating Demon!
Click!

The giant steel clamp snapped in two with a snap!

The Iron-Eating Demon let out a painful howl!

Fang Qingyu moved again, his figure flashing like lightning!

It appeared instantly on the side of its massive head!
The dragon-scaled fist, like a pile driver, pounded heavily on the relatively thin armor of its head with a dull thud.

Bang bang bang bang—!
Like a heavy drumbeat!
Just three punches.

The thick armor was smashed and torn apart!

It revealed the writhing, foul-smelling, dark green flesh and blood, and the pulsating energy core within.

Fang Qingyu's final punch, imbued with tribulation fire and lightning, slammed in fiercely!

Pfft——!
Dark green pus and shattered tissue splattered everywhere!

The massive body of the Iron-Eating Demon crashed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then remained motionless!

The threat of the three large life-destroying ghosts facing the valley entrance was completely eliminated by Fang Qingyu alone in the most ruthless and violent way in the blink of an eye!
……

Meanwhile, behind Fang Qingyu.

Jiang Wei's small figure had already silently appeared atop the huge rock in the center of the valley.

Holding her tablet, her clear, large eyes calmly surveyed the chaotic battlefield below.

"laugh--"

A faint whooshing sound, almost drowned out by the noise of the battlefield, rang out.

A beam of dark red light, condensed to its fullest extent, shot out from the top of the rock like a red-hot steel needle.

The target was on the edge of the left flank of the battlefield, in the heavy shadow of a house ruin!

There, a Shadow Weaver, whose body had just emerged from the shadows, had not yet had time to unleash its "Mental Web Weaving".

The crimson beam pierced with unparalleled precision into the deepest part of its shadowy body, into the pulsating crimson "crystal of pain."

"Ugh—!"

A piercing wail, seemingly emanating from the depths of the soul, exploded in everyone's minds!
The shadow weaver burst like a punctured balloon; the thick shadow instantly dissipated, turning into wisps of black smoke and disappearing!

"Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!"

Three more soft sounds followed!

Three dark red beams of light, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, precisely targeted and eliminated the target.

On the left and right flanks, the Shadow Weaver, who had just emerged from the shadows near the valley entrance and was attempting to unleash a mental attack, was instantly annihilated without any resistance.

Jiang Wei lightly tapped her fingertips in the air.

All the Shadow Weavers who tried to get close to the valley's force field barrier became her priority targets for elimination!
……

"Get out of my way!!!"

Chu Kuanglan's roar was like thunder, exploding on the left flank of the battlefield!

The area he was in was a high point of a cluster of house ruins near the ravine.

At this moment, the area below was already submerged by a dense swarm of shadow hounds and dozens of rock golems.

Even worse, a mandrill, over seven meters tall and resembling a mobile fortress, was roaring and wielding its massive claws, covered in a layer of rocky keratin, as it frantically pounded on the ruins where Chu Kuanglan was standing!

Each strike shook the earth, sending rocks flying everywhere!
"Lava Burst!"

Chu Kuanglan's body was enveloped in crimson energy that boiled like lava.

Laughing wildly, he neither dodged nor avoided!
He leaped headfirst down at the mandrill below!

Covered in molten lava energy, his fists, like two meteorites falling from the sky, slammed into the mountain demon's enormous head with a violent aura capable of incinerating the entire world!

A savage glint flashed in the mandrill's crimson eyes, and its massive rock claws, whipped with a fierce wind, charged upwards to meet the attack!
boom--! ! !
Like two small mountains colliding.

A blinding flash of light and a violent shockwave exploded outwards.

Chu Kuanglan was thrown upwards by the enormous recoil force.

But his fighting spirit burned even brighter!

The mandrill let out a painful roar as its massive rock claws were smashed open by Chu Kuanglan's violent fist, leaving several cracks and dark green blood mixed with stone chips flowing out!

"Come again!"

Chu Kuanglan forcibly twisted his body in mid-air.

His figure transformed into a streak of crimson light, instantly circling around to the side of the mandrill!

With both fists like a storm, carrying scorching air waves, they slammed into the mandrill's relatively vulnerable knee joints!
Bang bang bang bang—!
The heavy, muffled sound was like the hammering of iron!
The mandrill staggered backward!

Chu Kuanglan was like a leech, relentlessly striking with every punch!

The violent lava energy continuously eroded the mandrill's tough skin!
He firmly anchored himself on the high ground of the left flank, like a reef, forcefully blocking the surging tide of life-destroying demons below, and dragging the most threatening mountain demon into a violent close-quarters battle!

……

On the right flank, the battlefield was ablaze with the glint of swords!
Lu Jiuyuan's figure moved like a ghost, darting through the complex ruins at high speed!
The swordsmanship was incredibly fast, with an unpredictable and elusive trajectory.

Chi Chi Chi -!
Where the blade swept past, the attacking shadow hounds fell like wheat being harvested.

Heads flew off, blood splattering everywhere!

Those rock golems that move relatively slowly often only see a flash of cold light before the vine-like tissues connecting their joints are precisely severed, and their massive bodies collapse with a crash!

A mandrill, attempting a sneak attack from the side, had just taken a step forward.

Lu Jiuyuan's figure appeared behind it as if he had teleported!
The longsword transformed into a condensed, cold moon, silently slicing through the mandrill's relatively vulnerable ankle tendons!
puff!

Dark green blood gushed out!
The mandrill let out a deafening roar of pain, and its massive body instantly lost its balance, crashing heavily to the ground!
Lu Jiuyuan didn't even look, his figure disappeared again, and he rushed towards another area where shadow dogs were gathered!

His knife
Like an invisible net of death, it firmly sealed off the right-wing battlefield.

Any ghost attempting to break through will be mercilessly cut by this cold blade.

...Twenty meters behind the valley entrance.

Wei Banmeng stood quietly behind a relatively intact stone wall.

The twin Xuanchi swords in her hands remained unsheathed.

But a chilling, yet extremely sharp aura, centered on her, swept across the area in front of the valley entrance and the central region in an instant, like an invisible storm!

Ice Blue Blade Domain!
Within the area, the temperature plummeted to freezing!

The air froze, and countless tiny ice crystal blades of energy appeared out of thin air!
Like a living spirit, it spins at high speed, swirling and dancing!

Chi Chi Chi -!
Those ghost tides that had just crossed Fang Qingyu's defense line and were trying to surge towards the force field barrier from the gaps on the left and right flanks or the central open space were instantly trapped as if they had fallen into a viscous glacier!

The shadow hound's movements became sluggish and stiff, and its body was quickly covered with a thick layer of frost!
An ice shell condensed on the surface of the rock golem's bulky body.

Even the mandrills charging at the forefront showed noticeable sluggishness as their massive feet stomped on the frost-covered ground.

Even more terrifying are the ubiquitous ice crystal blades.

They are like the finest, sharpest razors, spinning at high speed and cutting through every life-threatening creature that enters their domain.

The shadow hound's fur was easily torn off, revealing the flesh and blood beneath.

The vine-like tissues on the rock golem's body were severed inch by inch.

The mandrill's tough skin was also scratched open with fine, bloody cuts.

Although it could not cause fatal injuries, the continuous delay, cutting, and cold erosion greatly weakened the momentum of the Death Demon's attack!

The surging tide of life and death was dragged into a quagmire where people stumbled along!

Lu Jiuyuan relieved a tremendous amount of pressure for Fang Qingyu's frontal assault and for Chu Kuanglan's left and right flanks.

This also bought valuable time and space for Zhang Tiezhu and the Fierce Tiger Company, who were directing the battle from the rear!

……

"Tiger Company! Cover for them!"

Zhang Tiezhu's roar was like a tiger's howl, piercing through the howls of the ghosts and the explosions of colliding energy!
His imposing figure stood like an iron tower inside the force field barrier at the valley entrance, only a dozen meters away from the edge of Wei Banmeng's Ice Blue Blade Domain!

This is the last line of defense!

His gaze was like that of a hawk, fixed intently on the battlefield ahead!

Fang Qingyu, like a war god, stood at the forefront of the valley, confronting the greatest threat head-on!

Jiang Wei's dark red beam of light was like the Grim Reaper calling her name.

Chu Kuanglan and Lu Jiuyuan fought a bloody battle on the left and right flanks.

Wei Banmeng's icy blue blade domain slowed down a large number of life-destroying ghosts.

But the battlefield is too big!

There are too many ghosts!
There are always some who slip through the net!
Some of the shadow dogs were sent flying by Chu Kuanglan's violent fist energy!

Some rock golems managed to squeeze through the edge of Lu Jiuyuan's blade net!

Some small and medium-sized ghosts were delayed by Wei Banmeng's Ice Domain but were not completely killed!

Like trickling streams, they bypassed the main battlefield and roared as they rushed towards the force field barrier guarding the valley entrance from all sorts of tricky angles!
If they collide with it, even just a few, it could be the last straw that breaks the camel's back!
"First rank! Left flank! Block that gap! Three-man formation! Slaughter!"

"Second rank! Right flank! A rock golem is charging! Flank it! Break its joints!"

"Three rows! Center! Spread out! Coordinate with the Ice Domain! Shoot down those Shadow Hounds that slipped through the net from a distance!"

Zhang Tiezhu's roar was clear, short, and precise.

The thick-backed machete in his hand was not drawn, but was quickly pointed in various directions like a conductor's baton.

The soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Company behind them were already on high alert.

There was no panic, no hesitation!
Upon receiving the command, it instantly starts up like a precise gear!
"kill!"

A row of five soldiers instantly formed a triangular battle formation, driving like a wedge into a gap that had been created on the left flank!
Three thick-backed swords, whistling through the air, formed an impenetrable net of blades!
Chi Chi Chi -!
Several shadow dogs that tried to squeeze through were instantly shredded into mincemeat!

"Drink!"

The seven soldiers of the second platoon pounced out from the side like cheetahs, two to a group, throwing out their specially made short spears with barbed hooks with precision!

Puff puff!
The hook instantly entangled the leg joint of a rock golem that was trying to bypass Lu Jiuyuan's sword net and rush towards the barrier!

"pull!"

The soldiers roared in unison, unleashing their full power!
The massive rock golem was pulled so hard it stumbled and crashed to the ground.

Two warriors wielding heavy hammers immediately rushed forward, their heavy hammerheads carrying the power of blood and qi, and smashed hard into the core of the rock golem's head!
boom!
Gravel splashes!

The rock golem struggled for a few moments before turning into a pile of rubble!
"Fire arrows!"

The three ranks of warriors were scattered in the relatively safe rear, each wielding a specially made bow with the arm wrapped in some kind of life-destroying tendons, the arrows gleaming with a cold light.

Chi Chi Chi -!
The crossbow bolts flew like locusts!
It accurately aimed at the central area, targeting the shadow hounds whose speed had been greatly reduced due to the slowing effect of the Ice Blue Blade Domain.

The arrows easily pierced their frost-covered bodies, splattering blood everywhere.

Zhang Tiezhu stood rooted to the spot like a rock, his sharp gaze sweeping across the entire battlefield.

The command was devoid of any fancy techniques, consisting only of the most direct orders and the most effective coordination.

Wherever an opening appears, that's where his blade will point.

Like an extension of his arm, the soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Company wove an impenetrable net of death with their flesh and blood and blades, outside the main battlefield built by Fang Qingyu and his group of five.

Those remaining, scattered souls who escaped the net, were firmly blocked before the valley entrance!

……

The battle lasted for an unknown period of time.

Fang Qingyu's fist slammed the head of the last mandrill that was trying to break through the barrier into its chest cavity.

The entire Black Pine Pass finally quieted down for the time being.

A deathly silence descended once more.

This time, however, the silence was filled with the smoke and bloodshed of battle.

It was the pungent smoke produced when the ghost was blasted apart, its energy annihilated, its blood evaporated, and its corrosive liquid scorched the ground.

It was the lingering smell of burnt wood and sulfur after the flames of destruction, the thunderous explosions, and the explosive roar of lava.

It is the frost and bone-chilling cold left behind after the ice crystal blade energy cuts and freezes.

It was a mixture of thick, nauseatingly foul blood and the stench of entrails belonging to the dead.

A gray, deathly haze of smoke enveloped the ruins at the bottom of the valley.

Fang Qingyu stood at the very front of the valley entrance.

Beneath his feet lay the remains of the mandrill whose head he had blasted apart.

He slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, tinged with the smell of blood, and his golden eyes swept across the battlefield.

In the center of the valley, Jiang Wei's small figure still stood atop the rock, her expressionless face showing her looking down at something.

On the high ground of the left wing ruins, Chu Kuanglan leaned on his knees, breathing heavily, his naked upper body covered with fine bloodstains and dirt.

The molten aura slowly subsided, but his eyes still burned with a fervent fighting spirit.

On the right flank of the battlefield, Lu Jiuyuan slowly sheathed his sword, his movements steady, but his hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and his face was a little pale, clearly indicating that he had exhausted himself.

Behind the valley entrance, Wei Banmeng slowly opened her cold eyes, the chill emanating from her body gradually receding, and her face turning somewhat pale.

Maintaining such a large area of ​​swordsmanship is also a huge burden for her.

Fang Qingyu's gaze finally turned to the inner side of the valley entrance, to the defensive line where the Fierce Tiger Company was located.

Zhang Tiezhu still stood there like an iron tower, his dark face covered with a mixture of sweat and blood, his training uniform torn in several places, revealing his bronze skin covered with scars underneath.

The thick-backed machete in his hand was finally drawn, its blade stained with dark green blood.

Behind him, the soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Company silently cleared the battlefield.

They moved swiftly and cooperated seamlessly.

They worked in pairs, one keeping watch on their surroundings while the other quickly examined the remains of the fallen comrade on the ground to confirm whether he was truly dead, and then carefully collected the remains of their fallen comrade.

The vast majority of the corpses on the ground were those of the dead.

The tattered fur and internal organs of the Shadowhound, the scattered rubble of the Rock Golem, the massive body of the Mandrill, and the twisted metal remains of the Iron Eater piled up in layers, almost covering the ground near the valley entrance.

The dark green and dark red filthy blood mixed together to form a viscous swamp that emitted a suffocating stench.

However, there were also a few glaring dark green camouflage patterns mixed in.

That's the color of the training uniforms worn by the soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Company.

Fang Qingyu's gaze fell on one of them.

A young warrior's lower body was almost smashed into a pulp by the giant claws of a dying mandrill, leaving only his upper body relatively intact, stained with corrosive, foul blood.

He was still tightly gripping a thick-backed battle sword with a chipped edge.

His face was frozen in a final, ferocious, and defiant expression.

It was on that very morning that the first young soldier to greet him with a smile, saying "Hello, Captain Fang," was the first to do so.

Zhang Tiezhu also noticed Fang Qingyu's gaze.

He silently walked to the soldier's mutilated body, squatted down, and with his rough, calloused hand, slowly and solemnly closed the soldier's wide-open eyes.

Then, he stood up and nodded very slightly, with a very small gesture, in the direction of Fang Qingyu.

There was no sadness, no anger in those eyes.

There was only a calmness born from witnessing life and death, tempered by war like steel, and an indescribable heaviness.

Fang Qingyu slowly withdrew his gaze and nodded very slightly to Zhang Tiezhu.

No words.

it is more than words.

They kept their promise.

Fang Qingyu's team intercepted all the large groups of second-tier and above life ghosts.

The Fierce Tiger Company caught all the fish that slipped through the net, guarding the last line of defense with their flesh and blood and blades.

The cost is already minimal.

But in war, there are always deaths.

Cruelty is the true nature of this land.

Fang Qingyu took a deep breath, the heavy smell of blood and gunpowder filling his lungs.

"Ugh——!"

A sharp, bone-chilling whistle suddenly rang out from Zhang Tiezhu's mouth, piercing the brief silence and echoing across the smoke-filled battlefield.

All the soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Company paused for a moment, then moved even faster.

Collect the bodies, clean up the battlefield, reinforce the fortifications, and inspect the equipment.

On those tired yet resolute faces, there was no relaxation, only a deeper solemnity.

Zhang Tiezhu put away the bone whistle, his gaze sweeping over Fang Qingyu and the other four, his voice hoarse and tinged with urgency:
"Captain Fang, comrades! Hurry up and recover! This is only the first wave!"

"The bigger one is yet to come!"

(End of this chapter)