Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

In other words, the original War Demon was a story boss with infinite health and infinite mana, but through Himegami's manipulation, the boss's health bar was cut first and then its mana bar. Even though the boss's attack power was not reduced at all, it was still possible to kill it!

The boss's health bar is already showing; is it appropriate not to go in and gang up on it?

"War? Ridiculous!" Ji Yushen sneered, looking down at the demon of war. "War is nothing but a continuation of politics... Since I can get what I want at the negotiating table, why bother with fighting and killing?"

Having said that, Ji Yushen began placing pieces in his hand:

“Bishop, E3.”

"White Horse, H3".

"Soldier, D4!"

Space trembled repeatedly as Pope Clement III of the Theocracy, the prophesied saintess Serafina, and all the remaining legendary figures and main forces of the Empire crossed space and descended upon the wasteland battlefield!

The hunt has officially begun!

…………

"The arrogant Himegami, the hypocritical Pope, the diminutive Freya, the shameful human..."

The war demon roared in fury, cursing and swearing, which made Himegami laugh out loud. Only Freya felt wronged, thinking to herself, "Do I have nowhere else to curse?"

But after a barrage of angry words, the demons of war returned to their composure.

After all, the head of the war demon "now" is the night, representing military strategy, wisdom, and tactics, which instantly reviews all the advantages and disadvantages and sees through all its own shortcomings:

Although the [Victory] Source is perfect, and as a war demon, even without immortality and magical power, its pure material strength is still invincible, it has a fatal flaw—it has no weapons.

It doesn't refer to the six divine weapons in His hands, but rather to the three legendary sparks under the element of [Victory], the three children of war—

The demon of nuclear bombs, "Sun"; the demon of tanks, "Chariot"; the demon of violence, "Power"; and the spark of a gun that could have become the twenty-third legendary card.

Now, "Sun" Chaos is an apostle of the Amber God, protected by the true god, and unable to return; "Chariot" Peng Longteng was sent by Ji Yushen to conquer a small country thousands of miles away long ago; and "Power" was immediately sealed by layers of chains after being traded to Ji Yushen, and is unable to respond.

Even the gun was "forgotten" by Freya several dozen days ago.

Currently, he only possesses about a third of the "chariot" and "gun," along with weapons such as "knife," "sword," "bow," and "bomb." Lacking legendary-level power, and facing two sets of source material and several legendary figures who have been plotting for some time, the most important thing to do now is...

Strategic shift!

As someone who represents military strategy, wisdom, and tactics, Ye naturally knows that a head-on confrontation when the enemy is fully prepared is not what the Art of War advocates. Strategic retreat is also an unavoidable part of war.

After all, war is not only a contest of brute force, but also a calculation of intrigue and strategy. To assess the situation and act prudently is the way to go.

Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, running away is the best!

As long as He escapes this encirclement and finds a deserted place to reignite the war, and the conflict reignites, He can quickly reunite with His origins, regain the power of resurrection, ascend to the peak once more, and reverse the deadly situation!

"I am the Sixth Heaven Demon King, the Primordial War Demon!" Night suddenly shouted, and all the demonic energy in the heavens boiled. "Appear, Mara's Transformation - Tri-sahasra-mahā-sahasra-lokadhātu!"

Boom—

A colossal skeletal form, obscuring the sky and covering the earth, emerged from behind the demonic body, enveloping the vast wasteland!

The War Demon ignited the last remaining spark of its spear's essence, causing the God-Slaying Spear in its hand to soar into the air, then multiply into countless fragments, densely filling the entire sky—

"All personnel, defend!"

Vilette shouted loudly and immediately opened up the legendary holy domain.

The next instant, countless muskets fired simultaneously.

The densely packed bullets converged in the air, like a thick, boundless steel wall, relentlessly crushing and advancing in all directions at a speed of three thousand meters per second!

Legends unleashed their sacred domains, and Ji Yushen summoned chains to protect the capital's magic array. However, the imperial army fared poorly—even the gold generals had their sacred domains shattered instantly by this attack, and were torn into mincemeat by a hail of bullets in the blink of an eye. Not to mention the silver generals and the rest of the common people!

The entire wasteland was instantly transformed into a meat grinder, with limbs and bones flying everywhere. The million-strong army that had just been airdropped was wiped out in an instant.

Smoke billowed and dust flew everywhere.

Vilette raised her hand, summoning a gust of wind that dispersed the dust and smoke. In the empty center of the battlefield, the figure of the war demon was long gone.

The spark of the gun!

Taking advantage of the chaos of gunfire, He swapped places with one of the rapidly flying bullets, escaped the encirclement at several times the speed of sound, and left the battlefield!

"Backtrack!"

Seraphine immediately transformed into an ouroboros, reversing time and causing the earth to swirl back, sending her million-strong army back to the time before they were injured; but when she tried to send the demon of war back to its original position, she spat out a mouthful of blood, instantly deactivated her transformation, and fell to the ground!

"Hmph, want to run away?"

Ji Yushen gave a soft snort.

On the Tianyuan chessboard, the black piece representing the demon of war was retreating rapidly. Ji Yushen reached out her small hand and grabbed the black king piece, intending to refine it in an instant, but a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Tsk."

Immediately afterwards, countless black chains wrapped around his arms and around Wang Qi!

"I command you... to return!"

With a sudden flick of the fingertips backward, the void thousands of miles away was instantly distorted, folded, and stretched.

The black king piece fell back onto the chessboard, and the next moment, the war demon that had just escaped was dragged back to its original position by countless chains, returning to the very center of the wasteland encirclement!

He slowly raised his head, his three pairs of eyes sweeping over the layers of legends and armies that surrounded him. The last trace of retreat in his eyes vanished completely, and all remaining reason and strategy were devoured by overwhelming rage—

"I gave you a chance to linger on, but you insisted on seeking death... In that case, prepare to go to hell!"

Boom—!

The entire sky suddenly exploded, the blue sky and white clouds were forcibly torn apart, and a dazzling real starry sky descended to the world, with endless stars moving around, extremely beautiful.

Just as everyone was awestruck by the beautiful starry sky, beneath the stars, an extremely dazzling Venus passed through the star gate and fell to earth!

The enormous Venus landed steadily in the palm of the War Demon, transforming into an unmissable starlight. Then, the six-armed artifact vanished, leaving only a giant bow and arrow that shone like a star. The three left arms gripped the bow and arrow tightly, while the three right arms kneaded, compressed, and condensed the Venus, transforming it into a starlight arrow that could overturn the heavens and the earth.

It was aimed at Himegami.

An apocalyptic pressure swept across the land, instantly draining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, causing mountains and rivers to tremble and the wind and clouds to fall silent.

This is His strongest killing move, condensed in the name of "God of Venus and War," aside from the three legendary flames. The very act of creating this move requires burning the superior flames "Demon of the Bow," "Demon of Venus," and "Demon of the Meteor" into a single strike. This is called—

"The highest heavens face the widest lands—mountains shake the stars' fuel (An Gal Tā Kigal Shē)!"

Chapter 127, The Wasteland Where Gods Witnessed Their Death (Part Three)

The mountains are awe-inspiring, a testament to the power of the stars.

The moment the starlight arrow was released from the bow, all the colors of the world were instantly drained away.

A dazzling orb of light, far more blinding than the sun, shone brightly in the sky, as if a second sun had suddenly crashed down upon the earth. Its pure white starlight obliterated all light and shadow within a thousand miles. The earth trembled violently, layers of rock crumbled, and countless ravines stretched as far as the eye could see.

A terrifying shockwave swept across the wasteland, leveling hills and low mountains within a thousand miles, shattering towering rocks into dust. All the soldiers who couldn't evacuate in time were instantly blinded by the intense light, their eardrums shattered, and only a buzzing, deathly silence remained between heaven and earth.

The dazzling white light continued to sweep across the sky and earth, only slowly fading away after a long time.

The dust settled slowly, and the once flat wasteland was completely transformed—the ground collapsed for hundreds of meters, forming a boundless lava pit, with red magma churning and bubbling at the bottom and hot air billowing up.

In the very center of the giant pit stood an enormous, withered tree root, its dry, dark bark wreathed in blazing, inextinguishable golden flames.

"The Book of the Void Ashes..." Seeing this scene through the magic mirror, Tong Chuxue's lips trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but say aloud, "The story Master told is true, there really was someone who wanted to burn the World Tree... Teyvat, could it be the unknowable distant past of this world...?"

Just then, through the magic mirror, she saw the huge withered tree root suddenly crack open.

A slender young girl slowly emerged from the raging flames.

Her dragon robe was already tattered and torn, the brocade charred and curled, revealing the fair but scalded skin beneath; her cheeks and neck were covered with red burn marks and tiny bloody cuts, and scarlet blood kept oozing from the corners of her lips; her hair was disheveled and stuck to her face, and although she was in a sorry state, no one dared to underestimate her—

It is a miracle that they could stand up and walk out after taking a full-force blow from the demon of war!

Countless jet-black dragon vein chains extended from the hem and sleeves of the dragon robe, wrapping around and locking tightly a blasphemous card that shimmered with a soft, luminous white light—

"Priestess".

This card, originating from the "Eternal Demon" Jianmu, embodies the ultimate vitality, defense, and resurrection power in the world. Himegami, by wielding the power of this blasphemous card, recreated that immortal Jianmu—

But it was also destroyed by the demon of war, leaving only the tree roots.

"Ji Yushen..."

The war demon stared intently at the girl at the bottom of the pit, its demonic body trembling slightly. It was about to unleash its second killing blow to finish off its opponent when it suddenly realized what was happening and raised its head in surprise—

Above the heavens, in the brief moment when the war demon was gathering its strength, Vilette had already completed all the incantations.

A court of justice suddenly unfolded across the sky, with rows of blue stone pillars. In the center of the court, the illusory image of a judge, towering ten thousand feet tall, slowly solidified, his heavy robes cascading down from the clouds. The enormous golden gavel was raised high by the illusory image—

"The sinner Wang Zhiming raised an army in rebellion, besieged the capital, attempted to assassinate the emperor, disregarded the proper order between ruler and subject, and plunged the world into chaos. His crimes are unforgivable—"

"death penalty!"

With a final sound, the heavens trembled.

A guillotine spanning the sky suddenly took shape, its blade crashing down, its target the left side of the war demon—the head of Wang Zhiming, the symbol of the past!

A flash of cold light, and blood gushed out.

This move directly targets the War Demon's weakest point, which it cannot defend against or dodge. The War Demon let out a miserable scream, and Wang Zhiming's head fell to the ground, rolling on the edge of the scorching lava pit. All his past obsessions, resentment, and struggles were frozen in time.

"what--!!!"

The demonic body convulsed violently, and the murderous aura surged wildly in an instant. The powerful figures watching from the clouds, the battlefield, and all around felt a simultaneous sense of relief; their hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, instantly settled.

You can kill them!

Before this, everyone doubted whether the Primal could be killed by a Legend, and the battle between Cangxuan and the War Demon was shrouded in mystery, unknown to anyone; but now Vilette has successfully severed Wang Zhiming's head, even if it is only the weakest of the three heads, it is still an unprecedented feat!

Once we cut off the remaining two heads, we can finally kill Him!

But the next second, everyone's joy froze instantly.

"BOOM—!!!"

Despite losing Wang Zhiming's head, which represented the past, the War Demon showed no signs of decline or weakness. Instead, it seemed to have completely broken free of its last shackles, with its overwhelming demonic energy soaring to the heavens and earth, and its killing power increasing at a visible speed!

As a symbol of war, He does not become weaker because of injury; on the contrary, the more severe the injury, the more frenzied His fighting spirit becomes, and the more domineering His power of killing becomes!

The next instant, His figure vanished from the spot.

"Oops!"

Vilette's expression changed drastically. Just as he was about to retreat, a suffocating pressure enveloped his entire body—the War Demon appeared silently behind him, its six arms rising and falling simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of six divine weapons: the God-Slaying Sword, the God-Cutting Blade, the God-Binding Rope, the Thunder God Cannon, the God-Shooting Spear, and the God-Shattering Thunder!

In an instant, countless killing forces piled up, and Vilette's legendary sacred domain shattered like paper. Her body was torn apart instantly, blood mist splattered everywhere, and no remains were left!

Royal Inquisitor, the legendary Vilette—