Chapter 914 - 349: Half a Year of War, Crossing Tribulation (Double Update)

Chapter 914: Chapter 349: Half a Year of War, Crossing Tribulation (Double Update)

This scene shocked everyone!

That Divine Hall army which had looked so aggressive and impenetrable by blades and spears turned out to be this fragile? On the city wall, the Dragon Hidden Army saw the Dragon Teeth slaughtering, and the Dragon Feather Guards were also stunned on the spot.

From the bottom of their hearts, a surge of hot blood seemed to erupt from within them; they were itching to jump down and join the killing right this moment.

Most of Mu Qingge’s Dragon Hidden Army were Floating Guests by origin; in their bones, they naturally carried the madness of adventurers. That trace of fear toward the Divine Hall in their hearts had unknowingly already shattered.

Miserable screams kept coming; those Divine Servants of the Divine Hall were constantly falling under the hands of the Dragon Teeth.

The Dragon Teeth’s strange footwork and swift, precise, ruthless methods were almost all one-strike kills.

Yao Xinghai muttered, "How many people did they have to kill to temper them like this?" He was referring to that unflustered calm in the face of danger, that madness in killing the enemy, and those precise moves.

They weren’t stupid; they could see that the Dragon Tooth Guards were fighting by trading life for life. These Dragon Tooth Guards seemed to not care about their own lives at all, fighting only to kill the enemy.

Yao Xinghai couldn’t help turning his gaze to Mu Qingge, who stood beside him with a calm face, and asked, "You’re not worried they’ll get hurt?"

Mu Qingge’s lips curved slightly.

Her Dragon Tooth Guards were unique. As long as their heads weren’t cut off, no matter how severe the injuries, they wouldn’t die. What’s more, the sniper unit under Xuan Kui’s charge wasn’t sitting idle; they had been covering from the dark the whole time.

"They’re wolves, not sheep. The battlefield is their world." Mu Qingge said something that was neither true nor false to Yao Xinghai.

"Qingge, I’m going down." Wei Molili suddenly spoke.

Mu Qingge raised an eyebrow and nodded in a pleased mood. "This Divine Hall army is even more vulnerable than I imagined. Aside from Qianxue, any of you who wants to go down and try your hands, go."

As soon as her words fell, Ji Yaohua chuckled and said, "My hands have been itching for a long time."

He was still talking when Ying Ze and Wei Molili had already used action to prove everything, directly leaping off the city wall and charging into the chaotic battlefield.

Ji Yaohua’s mouth twitched; he looked to Yao Xinghai. The latter smiled and nodded to him, and the two of them jumped down together.

Xi Qianxue stood behind Mu Qingge, her gaze complicated. She wanted to ask, but in the end didn’t ask anything.

Mu Qingge sensed her mood as well, yet didn’t offer a single explanation.

With the addition of this fresh force, the Divine Hall army collapsed even more badly. When the time was about right, Mu Qingge ordered a full assault. The gates of Luoxing City opened, and the Dragon Hidden Army and Dragon Feather Guards, who had long been unable to hold back, all charged out. The people brought by the Sang Family and those from the Alchemy Institute also rushed out together, charging into the enemy ranks.

This battle raged on until nightfall.

The corpses of those six Transcendance Tribulation Stage old monsters from the Divine Hall fell from the sky. A few grenades casually tossed out by Mu Qingge directly wiped everything clean, ending the war.

A hundred-thousand-strong army, utterly annihilated!

Mu Qingge laughed very happily. She believed that when this news reached the Divine Hall, the Divine Venerable’s expression would be extremely wonderful.

"Qianxue, you can tell the world everything now." Mu Qingge turned and smiled at Xi Qianxue.

Although Huangfu Huan and Shen Bicheng couldn’t help her openly, they could make moves in secret. For example, right now they were on their way to the Central Continent Sky City to transfer the Xi Family.

This battle shocked the world and also awakened countless powers and families who had been sitting on the fence, watching.

The news reached the Central Continent Divine Hall. Aside from the message of total annihilation, there was another message: Xi Qianxue’s public speech. It proved that everything was fake, that it was all the Divine Hall’s conspiracy; she had not been abducted, but had fled into Luoxing City. And when the people of the Divine Hall rushed into the Xi Family, they discovered that the Xi Family had mysteriously disappeared.

The Five Continents of the Middle Ancient Realm fell into complete chaos...

In the Central Continent Divine Hall, the transparent cylinder that collected the Power of Faith was accumulating more and more impurities, and the pure energy within was becoming less and less.

The Divine Venerable stood nervously in the hall, not daring to face the two Upper Gods who had come from the Divine Demon Continent.

Zi Bo stared at that transparent cylinder and shook his head expressionlessly.

In half a year, the Divine Venerable had already figured out the personalities of these two Upper Gods. This expressionless look on Upper God Zi Bo’s face right now could only mean that he was very angry, extremely furious.

The slightly chubby one didn’t look any better at the moment.

"Lord Yu, what do you think we should do about this?" Zi Bo asked.

So the slightly chubby one’s name was Yu Gong. Hearing the question, he shifted his gaze, glanced at the now turbid and filthy Power of Faith, and said coldly, "In this half year, those above have already noticed something amiss here. Knowing that the two of us came, they entrusted this matter to us. However..."

His eyes slid and fell on the Divine Venerable.

The Divine Venerable sensed it in his heart and immediately knelt to beg for mercy. "Two Upper Gods, please give me one more chance!"

"Hmph, give you one more chance? In this half year, how many chances have we given you? Yet you’ve only made things more and more chaotic; now it’s practically beyond control. If you don’t have the capability, then don’t occupy the position." Zi Bo said with disgust in his tone.

"No! Upper Gods, give me one more chance. This time I will definitely break through Luoxing City, capture Mu Qingge, and force her to hand over the Heaven-Burning Furnace. Also, I will reestablish the prestige of the Divine Hall and salvage the Power of Faith." The Divine Venerable hastily said. Because he knew very clearly in his heart what end awaited him if he became useless.

Zi Bo and Yu Gong exchanged a look; in their hearts, the discussion was already settled.

Old Fish looked at the Divine Venerable and nodded. "Very well. In view of your wholehearted service to the two of us over the past half year, we’ll give you one more chance. Reorganize the army and prepare for a battle to the death with Luoxing City. Also, proclaim to the world that any family unwilling to march on Luoxing City together with the Divine Hall is an enemy of the Divine Hall."

"Yes! This slave will see to it at once!" the Divine Venerable said hurriedly.

In this half year of abasement, he had long since lost any of the Divine Venerable’s former nobility.

"Wait." As the Divine Venerable was withdrawing, Zi Bo added, "This time, the two of us will accompany the army. I want to see what this Luoxing City, what this Mu Qingge really is! A mere little ant, yet it’s managed to cling to life for half a year!"

...

In Luoxing City, after half a year of war, the place had long since become an unshakable military fortress.

All the people were soldiers; whether women, children, the elderly, or wounded veterans, no one idled. They would find some task within their strength to do.

Half a year was enough for the people of the Five Continents of the Middle Ancient Realm to see everything clearly.

Every single war had been launched by the Divine Hall. And over this half year, Luoxing City’s army had never set foot in any other city, nor had they shown the sinister intentions the Divine Hall accused them of.

On the contrary, more and more of the Divine Hall’s ugliness was being exposed, making people’s faith in the Divine Hall ever weaker, ever more fragile. Once they realized they had been deceived, the masses felt nothing but intense loathing toward the Divine Hall.

You could say, however much they had revered the Divine Hall at first, they now detested it just as much.

Mu Qingge had only nudged things along in secret; the greater part of the result came from the Divine Hall’s own lack of benevolence.

As the situation shifted, factions gradually formed.

Now, in the Five Continents of the Middle Ancient Realm, forces had split into three camps. One camp supported Luoxing City. This group was naturally led by families and powers who had ties with Mu Qingge.

For example, the three great giants of the Flowing Guest Realm, the Han Family, the Ji Family, the Ying Family, the Wei Family, the Xi Family, the Yao Family, the Alchemy Institute, the Jing Family... and many, many others.

Another camp was the families and powers supporting the Divine Hall; most of them had no relationship with Mu Qingge and had bowed to the Divine Hall’s tyrannical might, with no choice but to do so.

The remaining camp maintained a wait-and-see stance, not joining either side.

The division of camps had spread the flames of war from outside Luoxing City to all five continents.

"Young Master, new word has come from the Divine Hall. They say that in one month, they will fight a grand decisive battle with us. Any family that does not stand with them this time will face extermination afterward." Returning from his tempering in the Central Continent, Mu Feng strode quickly up to Mu Qingge and reported.

Mu Qingge’s City Lord Mansion had already become the strategic command center. Everything followed strict military standards.

Mu Qingge lifted the eyes that had been buried in the Defense Map and looked at Mu Feng, sneering. "Looks like once their mask of hypocrisy is torn off, they no longer care about appearances."

"Young Master, in that case, quite a few of the previously neutral families will be forced to choose a side. What should we do?" Mu Feng asked.

Mu Qingge slowly shook her head. "No need to worry. Troops gathered by such methods won’t give their all on the battlefield anyway. They’re nothing but a rabble of motley, worthless chickens and stray dogs."

"Then we just sit here and wait for them to attack?" Mu Feng frowned.

"No!" Mu Qingge said. "This time, we strike first!" Since it was a grand decisive battle, how could they allow the enemy to bring the fight to their doorstep?

Suddenly, thunder boomed outside.

Mu Feng glanced at Mu Qingge. She only smiled faintly. "I nearly forgot, my second Heavenly Tribulation is about to begin."

With that, she stepped down from the City Lord’s seat and walked out the door in an unrestrained, carefree manner.

Over this half year, although she had been commanding the war effort, she had never let her own cultivation lag. Not only she; during this half year, Ji Yaohua and the others had all successively entered the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and the city’s residents had long since gotten used to the sudden peals of thunder.

As Mu Qingge had just walked out the door, she saw four people heading toward her.

"Qingge!"

"Qingge."

Seeing the four, Mu Qingge smiled slightly. "Senior Brother Mei, Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Sister Shang, Senior Sister Zhu, I’m about to face my tribulation. Everything else can wait."

The four nodded repeatedly and stepped back a few paces, keeping clear of the Heavenly Tribulation’s range. Five months ago, after completing their own breakthroughs, they had come to Luoxing City without wasting a single moment, to fight side by side with Mu Qingge.

Mu Qingge stood in the plaza, gazing up at the Tribulation Thunder in the sky.

The dark clouds that had been gathering for so long were heavy and low, brimming with immense energy.

Mu Qingge’s impending tribulation drew the attention of many in the city.

Ji Yaohua said to Yao Xinghai with a playful smile, "No one else can face a tribulation as relaxed and carefree as Qingge."

Yao Xinghai said, "Well, one of her Spirit Roots is a Thunder Spirit Root, after all."

Just then, a bolt of Tribulation Thunder fell from the sky, striking Mu Qingge directly. The Lotus Seal between her brows floated out, drifting above her Heavenly Spirit and transforming into a five-colored gate...