All-Heavens Game, the Strongest Player

Chapter 47 The Eight Trigrams Formation of Gods and Demons!
As Chu Xiu spoke, a semi-transparent sand table appeared in front of him, showing the city that Yuan Shu's army was attacking between Tiangong City and Yanzhou.

All the mountains and rivers and landforms appeared before my eyes.

At the same time, a thick, large beam of light shone above his head, staining half the sky's clouds and recreating the scene of purple clouds coming from the east for three thousand miles.

The next moment, another beam of light rose up and shot straight into the sky.

It transformed into a seven-colored radiance, enveloping the three regions of Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, suddenly brightening the originally dark night sky.

It was as bright as day even without the sun.

However, for the Yanzhou army and Yuan Shu's army, it was still pitch black.

They still had to carry torches as they went, but they still couldn't see anything in the distance.

"Ahead lies Taishan Commandery in Yanzhou. Once we capture it, the connection between Xuzhou and Yanzhou will be severed, leaving Cao Cao unable to attend to both ends!"

Ji Ling used a telescope to observe the city ahead and spoke to Yuan Shu and Shen Tianci.

Yes, that's right, a telescope.

Why was Shen Tianci still so confident despite the complete defeat of the Northern Heavenly Cult? Because he broke through industrial limitations in every aspect and created modern products.

Telescopes are one of them.

His military commanders, all of whom held the rank of centurion or higher, were equipped with binoculars and swift horses.

In terms of speed and visibility alone, they are no less than a certain dwarf Japanese pirate during World War II!

"Very good, army, accelerate your advance, charge!"

At Yuan Shu's command, the army accelerated its advance and headed towards Taishan County.

He picked up a telescope and began to observe the enemy's movements—and what he saw immediately struck him as odd, for there was no light coming from the distant city walls.

In ancient times, when defending a city, soldiers could be without torches, but they could not be without sight.

Two bonfires are usually set up at the city gate.

If there were enemy troops present, their figures would be revealed by the firelight, exposing their presence.

But now, there is not a single fire in or around Taishan County.

Moreover, when Yuan Shu's army approached and fired oil arrows to illuminate the city, they found no one on the city walls. The gates were wide open, but there was not a single light inside, and not a single person could be seen.

No sound can be heard.

It's as if Taishan County has been completely deserted, with not a single living person left.

"Strange, why is there not a single garrison on the border of Yanzhou?" Yuan Shu asked in bewilderment. "Could it be that they knew I was coming and dared not engage my army, so they withdrew in advance out of fear?"

This is actually quite normal.

He had over 300,000 troops and the Tiangong City as his backup, while Cao Cao had only over 10,000 troops and hadn't even had time to digest the newly acquired Xuzhou.

They have absolutely no fighting power.

After all, Yuan Shu was not a useless man like Sun Quan, who could let eight hundred men defeat one hundred thousand.

"Trying to escape? I chose to advance today so that they would have nowhere to run!" Shen Tianci looked at the pillar of light above his head, and then at the huge purple cloud that appeared in the sky a hundred miles away.

He sneered, "Marching toward the mark!"

Having said that, he was about to cross the city walls and head into the heart of Yanzhou.

But at that moment, in the rear camp of Yanzhou, Chu Xiu gently waved his feather fan. The next instant, tens of thousands of arrows rained down from the sky upon Yuan Shu's army.

Caught off guard, the 300,000-strong army suffered thousands of casualties on the spot.

But this is only the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, in Cao Cao's camp, Chu Xiu gently picked up a handful of yellow soil and scattered it onto the transparent sand table.

The next moment, countless stones the size of human heads fell from the sky in Taishan County.

The attack crashed down on Yuan Shu's army. In just one wave, the army suffered over ten thousand casualties, yet they didn't even see a trace of the enemy—Chu Xiu, who hadn't yet unleashed any offensive skills, was naturally not casting a spell; he was simply releasing various signals.

The real attackers were the defenders of Mount Tai.

They mobilized ninety percent of Cao Cao's troops and set up formations to conceal their presence.

First came a volley of arrows.

Then, the catapults will cover the area. Since the enemy can't see us at all, we don't even need a defensive formation. We can just "shoot at the target"!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Some people shouted, but even with binoculars, they couldn't see a single person.

There was no sound, no light.

The entire Taishan County was eerily quiet, as if it were a place of utter darkness and gloom, filled with an indescribable sense of dread. Even Yuan Shu, observing this, couldn't help but say, "Could we be seeing a ghost?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Tianci's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty.

For a moment, I felt like I had seen a ghost.

Of course, it wasn't the kind of ghost Yuan Shu thought it was. For players of the game, ghosts and monsters weren't anything special. Second-tier players could deal some damage, and third-tier players could easily chase after the old corpse in the mountain village without any problem.

Fourth-tier players can even unleash primordial spirit attacks, making them essentially upgraded versions of ghosts and monsters, and thus unafraid.

The fifth-tier fighters can even unleash "surface cleansing," turning an island into a punch and a mountain into a kick. They could even take the moon without a problem; monsters are simply not worth mentioning to them.

Shen Tianci's father is a level seven player.

Having been taught by him since childhood, Shen Tianci wouldn't care even if he really encountered a ghost.

He felt like he had seen a ghost—it was a feeling, as a top-tier second-generation player, he naturally knew many things that ordinary people didn't, such as the advanced derivative dungeons of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" dungeon, Musou Three Kingdoms, Ultimate Three Kingdoms, etc.

The scene he was witnessing resembled a certain fourth-order world.

That world was called the "Eight Trigrams Formation of Gods and Demons".

There, the divine artifact "Eight Trigrams Formation" created by Zhuge Liang has the power to change the world once it is activated. Even those who have cultivated their primordial spirits will enter the formation without making a sound.

The Zhuge Liang there has a special title: "The God and the Demon Zhuge Liang".

He is as famous as "Peerless Lu Bu" and "Alluring Guan Yu".

He's an insane player of the same rank, someone even after reaching max level can't beat.

"But here's the problem: that's something from a fourth-tier world. Players who get the maximum rewards from a fourth-tier world come out as fifth-tier players. How can the power of a fifth-tier player appear in a first-tier world?"

The more Shen Tianci thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! He must be using some kind of trick to bluff and scare us. Let's ignore him and head straight for Yanzhou!"

After saying that, he took out a large megaphone.

He shouted loudly, "Follow me to Dongjun! Head straight for the celestial marker, and whoever captures Chu Xiu's four-wheeled chariot will be rewarded with ten thousand gold pieces and granted a hereditary princely title!"

At this command, the previously somewhat chaotic army instantly gained momentum.

Everyone was excited.

Ten thousand gold coins is equivalent to one hundred million coins. Cao Cao's father bought the highest position among the Three Dukes, the highest official position in the imperial court. The value of that position is unimaginable.

As for hereditary princely titles, those are even more extraordinary.

In an instant, everyone seemed to be injected with adrenaline, their fighting spirit ignited.

At this moment, in their eyes, Chu Xiu was no longer an enemy, no longer a god-king, but a man of fame and fortune, a man who had risen to the top in one step, even more pleasing than the God of Wealth.

However, just as the army was preparing to advance, Chu Xiu made a move.

Instead of fleeing, they headed straight for Taishan County.

"He actually came here on his own initiative? Archers, prepare! Load the ballistae with fire oil and unleash a barrage of fire! Leave no grass within a ten-mile radius!"

(End of this chapter)