Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

Outside the city of Hexi Prefecture, 400,000 imperial troops had already formed ranks.

Banners blotted out the sky, armor gleamed like a tide, and military formations spread across the land, connecting camps, chariots, and armored soldiers into a vast whole.

The ten military formations at the forefront had already condensed into blurry phantom images of military spirits, ready to rush straight towards Hexi Prefecture City at a single command.

At the front of the left flank, an armored soldier suddenly moved his foot.

"What is it?"

He looked down and felt that the soles of his boots were soft and yielding, as if he had stepped into a lump of wet mud.

But there was no mud there, only a wild grass that had been trampled flat on the ground by countless iron hooves.

At this moment, the wild grass is slowly straightening its back.

The soldier was stunned. What was going on? The grass could move?

The next instant, with a "whoosh," a blade of grass that was originally no longer than a finger suddenly grew into a long, blue spear, piercing through the soldier's iron boots, leg bones, and chest and abdomen from bottom to top!

Blood-stained blades of grass sprouted from his shoulder.

Before the soldiers could even scream, the four leaves on the grass stem suddenly straightened and shot out in all directions.

puff!puff!puff!

The protective aura of the four comrades shattered simultaneously, and their throats, brows, and hearts were all pierced by Qingye.

"Enemy attack!"

The fierce roar had barely begun when it was drowned out by even greater chaos.

At the edge of the camp, a patch of small, inconspicuous yellow flowers all raised their heads.

What sprays from the flower's stamen is no longer pollen, but countless tiny golden needles.

The fine needle pierced through the gaps in the armor and into the flesh, instantly turning the soldier's skin bluish-black wherever it passed.

Vines sprouted from beneath the grain carts, entangled the axles and the hooves of the warhorses.

Dozens of grain carts overturned with a crash, and the frightened warhorses reared up and neighed, only to be dragged into the ground by vines in the blink of an eye.

The ancient trees beside the military formation had their gnarled roots uprooted, their crowns spread out, and their thousands of branches swept across like long whips.

With a single strike, dozens of soldiers, armor and all, were reduced to a bloody mist.

The grass is killing people, the flowers are killing people.

Even the long-dead wooden stakes that had been cut down to serve as barricades sprouted anew in the blue light, growing ferocious wooden mouths that bit at the nearest living creature!

These plants were not strong to begin with, but when all the myriad spiritual seeds awakened together, and when the power of the entire blue sky flowed into the earth through their roots, they were no longer ordinary things that could be trampled on at will.

Besides, who would be wary of a blade of grass under their feet?

The first wave of attacks was aimed at catching this person off guard!

The army of 400,000 was thrown into chaos in an instant.

Ordinary soldiers were pierced by grass and trees, while the captain, who had just raised his protective spiritual light, was surrounded and killed by dozens of strange grass and tree species.

The military spirit, which had not yet been fully formed, burst open with a huge crack when thousands of people in the formation died at the same time.

Even the core of this 400,000-strong army, the central army, was not spared.

The royal carriage beneath Yin Daoheng suddenly trembled, and dozens of thick roots burst forth from the ground, resembling a giant, clasped hand, grabbing the person inside.

Just as several military generals were about to protect the emperor, a giant scarlet flower bloomed at his feet.

The petals closed, revealing sharp, white teeth that bit an old general at the level of a terrestrial immortal, leaving him covered in blood!

"presumptuous!"

A furious shout exploded like thunder.

The white-browed immortal from the Taicang Immortal Sect stepped forward and pressed down with a palm.

boom!

The land within a radius of a thousand miles sank down, and all the vines, flowers and trees were blasted into dust.

Before the azure liquid could even land, it was burned to ashes by the Xuanxian magic fire.

The other five Xuanxian also realized what was happening at the same time.

Some people flicked their sleeves to summon a thousand-foot-long gale, uprooting entire swathes of grass and trees; others summoned a golden bell, and wherever the bell rang, all branches and leaves crumbled inch by inch; still others, a Taoist in a green robe, pointed their fingers like a sword, and tens of thousands of sword energies rained down, forcefully clearing a space in the chaotic central army.

When the immortal Xuanxian was enraged, the mountains and rivers changed color.

Those murderous motives temporarily generated by ordinary plants are ultimately difficult to resist head-on.

"Stay calm! Don't panic!!"

"Form ranks! No one may leave their positions!"

"Those who retreat will be executed! Those who disrupt the formation will be killed!"

Orders were issued throughout the army.

With the combined efforts of the immortals and the military experts, the army, which was on the verge of collapse, was finally stabilized.

With their backs to the battle formation, the soldiers wielded their weapons, cutting down the vines and grass that kept attacking them.

Yin Daoheng also rose into the sky from the shattered royal carriage, his face ashen.

"It's nothing more than a minor technique for manipulating plants!"

"Issue my order: burn all vegetation here and rebuild..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

Because the ten Taoist priests above Hexi Prefecture made a move.

With a flick of Qingmu's finger, a tender sprout emerged from the grass and trees that had been burned to ashes by the Xuanxian magic fire.

The tender shoots grow quickly in the wind.

One plant, two plants, millions of plants!

In the blink of an eye, the scorched earth turned blue again.

Countless plants intertwined and rose from the ground, transforming into plant soldiers clad in vine armor and wielding wooden spears.

Unlike the ordinary plants that were temporarily awakened before, these plant soldiers all possessed pure Azure Heaven Dao power.

"The spring breeze never ceases, and all trees are reborn."

The Fairy of Cold Lotus raised her delicate hand, and countless lotus shadows fell upon the battlefield.

With each lotus shadow that touches the ground, hundreds or even thousands of broken plants and trees take root anew.

A flash of lightning appeared in Lei Huai Dao Ren's sleeve, and giant trees, draped in azure lightning, crashed head-on into the Xuanxian magic.

Chi Teng Tong Zi, Mo Rong Dao Ren, and Bai Mei Dao Ren also made their moves at the same time.

Ten streams of Xuanxian aura pressed down on the imperial army without any concealment!

Rumble!!

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The battlefield, which had just been cleared by the six Xuanxian, was once again swallowed up by an even more ferocious wave of vegetation.

The white-browed immortal's hand froze in mid-air.

"Mysterious...Mysterious Immortals? How...is that possible?! And...ten of them?!"

For the first time, his voice betrayed shock.

They are not ten terrestrial immortals who temporarily borrowed the power of heaven, but ten true powerhouses who possess the Xuanxian Dharma Body and the Xuanxian Great Dao!

All the information they had previously received only mentioned that the Azure Heaven Path had five terrestrial immortals.

But now, not only have all five people entered the Xuanxian realm, but there are also five unfamiliar faces behind Gu Changjin!

What's even more terrifying is that... that Prince Xuan didn't make a move from beginning to end.

The six imperial immortals could no longer care about the army below and simultaneously took to the air to meet the enemy.

Ten beams of azure immortal light collided violently with six beams of dark blue Dao light, instantly tearing open dark cracks in the sky.

Aoki Ichiken stopped the White-Browed Immortal.

The cold lotus bloomed, blocking the retreat of the two royal experts.

The remaining eight Taoists either urged the trees, summoned heavenly thunder, or transformed into a sea of ​​vines, and in the blink of an eye, they completely separated the six Xuanxian.

Advantage in numbers?

From the very beginning, it was not on the side of the imperial court!

Yin Daoheng looked up at this scene and felt a chill run down his spine.

The next moment, as if sensing something, he suddenly turned his head.

On the other side of the sky, Gu Changjin was also looking at him.

Their eyes met.

A thunderclap suddenly resounded in Yin Daoheng's mind!

boom!

His soul felt as if it had been struck head-on by an invisible longsword, and everything went black in an instant.

The royal seal between his eyebrows and the military force behind him lit up simultaneously, blocking most of the power, but the remaining sliver of gaze still caused his soul to crack open.

Yin Daoheng staggered backward, blood seeping from his eyes, and spat a mouthful of blood onto the python robe on his chest.

Just one glance!

He, a terrestrial immortal, was already severely injured!

"Mysterious Immortal...the pinnacle?... "

Yin Daoheng's face turned pale as he finally understood what the court had misjudged.

Gu Changjin did not possess the power of a Xuanxian by borrowing the power of the Azure Heaven.

He himself is a Xuanxian, and may even be at the pinnacle of Xuanxian!

Including the ten Qingtian Daoists, there were a total of eleven Xuanxian warriors standing outside the city of Hexi Prefecture!

But Yin Daoheng did not back down.

He gripped the military tally tightly, forcibly suppressing the excruciating pain in his soul, his gaze sweeping over the 400,000-strong army struggling to form ranks amidst the surging vegetation.

The defeat on the Hexi line does not mean the whole game is lost.

And there's Beishuo, and Hanchuan!

There were 200,000 troops on each side, with two Xuanxian (mysterious immortals) in command.

As long as those two routes conquer the prefecture and sever the other two pillars of Qingtian, these plants and immortals who depend on Qingtian may very well fall from their cultivation levels!

There's only one word I need to do.

drag!

Let it drag on until the two states fall, let it drag on until the heavens crumble!

"Beat the drums!"

Yin Daoheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, suddenly raised the military tally, and his voice echoed across the battlefield.

"Imperial Guards, gather your spirits! Each camp, return to your ranks!"

"Six celestial beings, engage the Azure Heaven Daoist Immortal; the rest of you, follow me and defend the central army to the death!"

"Anyone who dares to retreat a single step today will be executed!"

Boom!

Boom!Boom!

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The heavy war drums once again resounded across the Hexi Plain.

The chaotic army of 400,000 was forcibly regrouped, and several broken military spirits rose again amidst the blood and murderous aura, fighting against the overwhelming vegetation.

Yin Daoheng stood beneath the military spirit, blood seeping from his seven orifices, yet his gaze remained fixed on the direction of Beishuo and Hanchuan.

Soon, the good news from those two routes must be arriving soon!