Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 385 – Beiping City

That night, the hidden troops launched another attack, their ferocity far surpassing that of the day. It was obvious that the hidden troops wanted to take advantage of the dark night, which would be detrimental to their defense, to break through Chang Chen City. However, the soldiers of the Yan Army had been through a lot of trials, and each of them was fighting with their lives on the line. At daybreak, An Zheng looked at the city walls. The corpses that were piled up were at least two to three meters tall, and their bodies were pressing down on top of each other. Blood had already dyed a large area outside the city red.

Many of the corpses were badly damaged, but that was because the fangs of the city guards were too powerful. The Wolf Fang hung from the city wall, but when the defenders reached the city wall, they would let go. Every one of the mace strikes was hundreds of pounds heavy. How much force would it take to smash down from a city wall that was tens of meters high? Moreover, it was filled with meter-long nails. If one were to smash on an enemy, it would definitely be a bloody mess. When the Wolf Fang was raised, it could even bring up the enemy’s incomplete corpse.

In the distance, a group of exhausted soldiers began to approach them once more. They didn’t carry any weapons, they held white flags in their hands, and drove a large carriage after another. The soldiers on the city wall were fully on guard, their archers ready to attack at any moment. However, as long as there was nothing abnormal with the hidden troops, they would not shoot any arrows, because the hidden troops were here to retrieve the corpses of their fellow soldiers.

They carried the body to the wagon and carried it away.

However, most of the corpses were incomplete, and could only be casually piled on the carriage.

The enemy had to rest for a bit before they could continue their attack, and it was time for An Zheng to leave as well. He did not go and bid farewell to Chang Huan and Huo Tangtang. After sending someone to inform him, he activated the Heaven Defying Seal and teleported to the direction of the capital city of Youguo, Beiping City.

Seeing An Zheng’s bloodied body and the fatigue on his face, Qu Liuxi’s heart ached uncontrollably. He had prepared food and pills to recover his strength for An Zheng, and he also had to take care of the fact that there were no Oldman Huo s on him.

An Zheng took a hot bath, changed his clothes, and ate a few mouthfuls of rice. An Zheng looked at the remaining food in the bowl and put it down. Then, he turned around and looked at Qu Liuxi and the others, “Don’t come out.”

The moment An Zheng left the Heaven Defying Seal, he felt an extremely terrifying aura.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. He felt a chill in his heart.

That was a battle between experts, a true expert.

An Zheng had always been curious about just how strong Fang Zhiji was. His initial guess was that he was at the peak of the Higher Completion Stage, close to it. But when he saw the two people fighting in the sky, An Zheng realized that Fang Zhiji had actually broken through to the Lower Celestial Stage. And the person who was fighting with Fang Zhiji, didn’t seem to be at a disadvantage at all.

That waower that An Zheng was once familiar with, a power that he had once transcended.

The Lower Celestial Stage was something that cultivators could learn from their nearly peak-level strength. In the entire world, including the 3000 Buddhist countries and the Great Xixi, there were only two people who could reach the Greater Heaven stage. However, after reaching the Lower Celestial Stage, cultivators with that kind of strength would havuge gap between each rank. Even if they were both at the first stage of the Lower Celestial Stage, there would still be a difference in their fighting strength because of the difference in their physique and cultivation technique coupled with their magic tools.

But one thing was for sure, every single Lower Celestial Stage Ranker was the pillar of our nation.

The one who was fighting in the sky was Fang Zhiji, and the other person was dressed in a red robe. An Zheng suspected that he was the Youguo’s Sect Leader, Xing Wu. The battle between the two had almost torn apart space, and teleportation was already the basic ability after reaching Lower Celestial Stage. Thus, the two of them would appear in the sky on one side, and on the other side.

Accompanying the unparalleled war between the two, the Yan Army was also fiercely attacking Beiping City.

A large area of the walls of Beiping City had already collapsed. No one knew how it had happened. The soldiers of the Yan Army were rushing into the city without fear of death. However, the process of charging in was not going smoothly. The soldiers of the hidden army on top of the city walls were frantically attacking. Out of ten people, only six or seven could enter the city.

However, the destruction of the city placed an even greater pressure on the hidden troops.

It looked like Fang Zhiji had seized this opportunity. Bei Ping was not far away from being captured by Yan Jun. The Youguo must have spies in the State of Yan, so the news of the Swallow King ordering Fang Zhiji to retreat must have also spread to the Youguo. No one would have thought that Fang Zhiji would disrespect the imperial edict, bring several hundred thousand of the Yan Army’s elites with him, and take the opportunity while the hidden troops’s defenses were slightly relaxed. With the addition of the concentrated troops at the border, in a single breath, they arrived outside the northern city.

An Zheng stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. At this time, he had no way to prevent the Yan Army from attacking.

The fighting in Beiping City was much more intense than outside Chang Deng City. An Zheng, who had thought that he was used to the blood and slaughter these few days, was once again deeply shocked by the war. Life became worthless at this moment. Every second, countless people would die in battle.

The instant An Zheng left the Heaven Defying Seal, An Zheng also felt two sharp gazes from the sky looking at him. At the same time, the two Lower Celestial Stage Rankers who were fighting noticed An Zheng’s appearance. Heaven Defying Seal’s teleportation could not be concealed from such an expert.

Just as An Zheng was in a slight daze, the Lower Celestial Stage Ranker in red robes suddenly charged towards him, as a black tornado swept towards him. An Zheng did not hesitate at all and immediately teleported.

The moment he left, the place where he stood disappeared. Within a radius of a few hundred meters, a huge invisible spoon seemed to have dug ouiece of the earth, turning it into a smooth and round pit.

Under that terrifying power, the earth seemed to have changed its texture, and the soil was no longer soil.

“Huh?”

The expert from the Lower Celestial Stage was obviously surprised that he did not manage to kill An Zheng in one strike. After letting out a suspicious sound, he had no choice but to teleport far away, because behind him there was still Fang Zhiji, who was in hot pursuit.

“Myriad Arts Converge into a Sword!”

Following the appearance of a deep male voice, a huge rainbow suddenly appeared in the distant sky. An Zheng could clearly feel that it was noainbow, but a sword qi, Fang Zhiji’s sword qi.

There was a majestic power within the rainbow that seemed to be able to cut down the stars.

On the other side of the sky, a talisman appeared. Soon after, a door opened in the sky, and a giant ghost face stuck its head out of the door, opening its mouth and swallowing the rainbow. Then the Ghost Face retreated and the door closed. But the instant the door closed, a large region of the sky twisted. That red-robed guy had actually used a rune to open up a space, allowing the sword Qi to explode in another space.

At this moment, there were many soldiers who were no longer interested in killing. They raised their heads to look at the sky, their eyes filled with fear and reverence. In their eyes, that was simply a miracle.

An Zheng’s heart was obviously not as shocked as the others, because he used to be taller than these two. But even so, it was difficult to find a battle between Lower Celestial Stage Rankers, even An Zheng was not used to it. At this level, fighting would become a luxury. Sucowerful cultivator, who would still fight? If the fight didn’t go well, he would be done for if he managed to climb to such a high position.

The name of a Lower Celestial Stage Ranker waepresentation of the strength of the country, so the nation would not allow its own Lower Celestial Stage Ranker to attack its own people.

As the two flew further and further away, they eventually flew to who knows where. However, from the looks of it, Beiping City could not hold on any longer. More and more Yan Army soldiers rushed into the city, and at this time, An Zheng chose to retreat. He had no way to enter the city. It wasn’t because someone had stopped him, but because he had seen enough bloody battles. Every street in the city had a melee. Every inch of the ground was dyed red with blood. It seemed like Yan Jun’s victory did not hold much of an obstacle, and Yan Jun’s victory would definitely be washed away at that time. That was not the scene that An Zheng wanted to see.

An Zheng saw that there was a Acropolis City on the other side of the city, it was broken and incomplete. He entered the Acropolis City by himself and stood on the city walls to look at Beiping City on the other side. The Acropolis City was also filled with corpses, and there was almost no place for them to rest. Outside of Beiping City, every inch of land was being seized.

An Zheng only thought to return quickly and lead the troops back to the State of Yan.

At this moment, a muffled but extremely loud roar suddenly rang out from the distant city. Immediately after, a huge monster raised its head from the city. It was unknown what kind of demon beast it was, or what kind of monster was summoned by the cultivators of Youguo using runes. The creature was so large that it exceeded the height of the city walls. If he was allowed to charge into the Yan Army, he would definitely suffer heavy losses.

In the end, An Zheng was unable to sit still and do nothing. Just as he was about to get up, he saw an incomparably domineering energy blast towards the demon beast. An Zheng’s eyesight was very good, and he saw an extremely tall and sturdy man in the crowd, holding onto a long lance as he pounced towards the demon beast.

“Nie Qing?”

An Zheng mumbled to himself as he dashed towards the direction witap of his feet.

Within the city, the destructive power of the demonic beast was simply too great. Everywhere it passed, buildings would be destroyed. As soon as the huge body crawled over, a wide road was cleared in the city. It passed through a stretch of ruins. Surrounding this huge demonic beast, the Yan Army and the Youguo’s cultivators engaged in the final battle.

It seemed that the Spirit Demon was the last hope of the people of Youguo. The last few cultivators that were guarding Beiping City started to protect the Spirit Demon and counterattack. Their only hope was that the huge demon beast would chase the Yan Army out of the city, but the Yan Army who had already invaded the city would definitely not allow suching to happen. Almost all the cultivators in the army had arrived. Some of them were attacking the demonic beasts, while others were fighting with the cultivators of Youguo.

The enormous body of the demonic beast was surrounded by intense battles.

When An Zheng chased after Nie Qing’s figure and rushed over, a large amount of corpses were lying beside the demonic beast. The Yan Army soldiers who had already invaded the city began to set up their crossbows. However, that demonic beast was too powerful, and the crossbow bolts were unable to penetrate through its thick skin.

Nie Qing immediately rushed over, dodging all the cultivators around him, his body landed on top of the Spirit Demon beasts, he raised his long lance and fiercely stabbed downwards.

With a Dang sound, Nie Qing’s long lance was actually shaken away.

Just as An Zheng was about to go and help, he saw Nie Qing fiercely thrusting downwards with one hand like a knife: “My great swallow’s National Destiny, we cannot be hindered by a beast like you!”

In that moment, An Zheng felt that Nie Qing was even more terrifying than that Goblin Beast.