vncnus Chapter 247 The Bloodstained Painting! Firepower is King!
Chapter 247 The Bloodstained Painting! Firepower is King!
The Xiao Jingtian brothers were implanted with demonic seeds by Chu Yang and obediently returned to Japan, where they prepared to wreak havoc as Chu Yang had instructed.
Before leaving, Chu Yang gave Xiao Jingtian the Five Great Techniques of Chaos, so that he could make up for the deficiencies in his own cultivation techniques.
The two left, moved to tears.
The great calamity of a thousand years ended before it even began.
It can be said that the late emperor passed away before completing his great undertaking.
After lying in bed for half a month, Xiao Sanxiao gradually recovered her strength and chose to leave without saying goodbye. It is estimated that she was afraid of being asked for advice by Chu Yang and really did not want to have her blood drawn.
The Zhonghua Pavilion was completely destroyed by Chu Yang's hilarious laughter and is currently under reconstruction. Unnamed, troubled by his reputation, has decided to find a new place to live in seclusion and has entrusted the Zhonghua Pavilion to Chu Yang to manage.
The world of Fengyun has entered a rare period of peace.
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The Palace of Souls.
Fengyun Chuyang handed over the dragon vein, which had absorbed the fortune of the Central Plains, to Da Ming Chuyang.
The latter will take back its own world to continue absorbing fortune, and then use the Treasure Refining Technique to refine the dragon vein into its spine.
The power of the four auspicious beasts—dragon, phoenix, qilin, and black tortoise—is now only lacking in Chu Yang himself. During the half-month that Xiao Sanxiao was recuperating, everyone worked overtime to extract the blood of the black tortoise.
It's just finished now.
After refining the dragon turtle blood, the auspicious beast blood within Chu Yang's body reacted, with four different powers balancing each other like the four ultimate techniques of the chaotic world.
The ferocity hidden in the blood of the auspicious beast gradually subsided, and even a hint of holiness emerged.
The Four Auspicious Beasts will evolve into the Four Sacred Beasts.
This feedback to Yuan Wuzhen naturally resulted in another boost.
After refining the auspicious beast's blood, Da Ming Chu Yang, who had obtained the dragon vein from Feng Yun Chu Yang, returned to his own world.
The Ming Dynasty, thanks to the promotion of alchemy, has now unleashed an astonishing vitality.
From martial arts sects to ordinary people, everyone sees killing demons as a trend. No matter how talented you are, as long as you have demon flesh and blood, you can go to the government to exchange it for pills.
With the elixir, martial arts cultivation can progress by leaps and bounds, and even children from ordinary families without talent have the opportunity to stand out.
The era of everyone slaying demons has arrived.
The calamities within the Ming Dynasty were disappearing at an alarming rate. In addition, Qi Jiguang's army quelled the rebellion in the south, and the entire south gradually stabilized, giving the people the right to live.
If the problem of demons can be solved at the same time, then the Ming Dynasty will have no more worries, and people everywhere can live and work in peace and contentment.
Chu Yang was determined to completely eliminate the demons, but since he couldn't find the source, he could only deal with the demon race first.
Qi Jiguang's army had completed its weapon preparations, and the entire army was equipped with new firearms. The army was stationed at Wanglong City, facing Japan across the sea.
The demon race has also made moves, seemingly unwilling to sit idly by and wait for their doom, amassing a large number of demon soldiers at sea. Moreover, there are sea creatures stirring up trouble beneath the waves.
Qi Jiguang realized that the usual warships probably couldn't withstand such battles, and that brand-new warships were needed to deal with the demons and sea creatures.
Therefore, shipbuilding became a major undertaking.
Almost overnight, a shipyard appeared near Wanglong City.
Even with a shipyard, the artisans in the firearms battalion would find it difficult to build new large ships in a short period of time. Their expertise lay in firearms, and their shipbuilding skills were only at a passable level.
After thinking it over, Chu Yang decided to use elixirs as a reward to invite skilled craftsmen from all over the world to Wanglong City to build ships.
At this moment.
The demons on the Eastern Sea are seen as precious pills by countless people. Even if there are no pills as rewards, countless people would flock to them just to get a share of the spoils in this war!
The imperial edict was posted in major cities, causing a great stir. Any warrior who had ever hammered iron claimed to be a craftsman, and everyone was eager to prove their worth.
What were once considered low-class professions suddenly became highly sought-after.
Besides artisans, array masters are also among those invited. Like the new firearms, an excellent battlefield cannot be separated from the support of arrays.
As a result, the sects on the mountain could no longer sit still and sent their disciples and formation masters down the mountain.
Chu Yang's killing of Mu Daoren in Qixia Town was witnessed by the elders of various sects. The effect of making an example of him was very good, and everyone cooperated with the imperial court's actions.
From the imperial court to the common people, everyone pooled their wisdom and efforts.
Regardless of the purpose, when the entire national strength of the Ming Dynasty is concentrated on one point, it will generate an awe-inspiring and immense power.
Warships appeared on the sea like dumplings being dropped into boiling water. Many of these warships were built by Qi Jiguang's army using steel, based on blueprints provided by Chu Yang.
The warship contained many eye-catching steel behemoths.
For a moment, you might really think it's a modern warship.
The bustling shipbuilding project naturally couldn't be kept secret from the demon race across the sea.
They were both curious and apprehensive about the steel-clad warships; the unknown is what evokes fear the most.
At this juncture, it's too late for the demons to inquire further. They can only urge their northern companions to speed up their progress and try to put the Ming Dynasty in a difficult position.
The Jurchens fought against the demon race for a long time, but ultimately suffered a crushing defeat due to their lack of combined battle formations. Nearly two-thirds of their people perished in battle, and the remaining survivors were all transformed into demons.
After becoming a demon, one's life and fortune are controlled by the demon race, making one their vassal and subject to their control.
The remaining Jurchen people thought that was the end of it, but they did not expect that the demon race would force them to attack the city the day after the transformation was completed.
Attack the Xuanbing City, a strategic city on the northern border of the Ming Dynasty!
Including the elderly, children, and women, a massive 100,000 people gathered and headed to the border of the Ming Dynasty.
Upon receiving the news, Chu Yang dispatched two Grandmasters, Zhuge Zhengwo and Gu Santong, to reinforce Wanli Xuanbing City, primarily to deal with the demon king entrenched in the north.
Guo Bujing volunteered to go along.
Chu Yang had refused him many times before, but he was adamant in his stance, so he had no choice but to agree.
Because the Divine Marquis's Mansion was responsible for matters concerning demons and monsters, it could not be acted lightly, so the three of them led a portion of the Six Doors' personnel northward.
A few days later, Zheng Dongliu broke through his cultivation barrier, successfully overcoming his inner demons, and advanced to the Grandmaster realm with the help of the pills given to him by Chu Yang.
Just then, the Six Doors and the Divine Marquis's Mansion were leaderless, so Chu Yang ordered Zheng Dongliu to take charge of the three major agencies, stabilize the Central Plains, and manage the overall situation.
At the same time, news of a demon attacking the northern border spread, and many martial arts practitioners immediately joined forces to go north to kill the demons, becoming another new force.
Ten days later, the demon army drove the Jiannu tribe to the walls of Wanli Xuanbing City and launched a fierce attack on the border.
Thousands of demon-slaying crossbows were lined up on the city wall. Li Chengliang ignored the cries of the Jiannu people below and coldly ordered an attack.
Crossbow bolts rained down like a storm!
The crossbow bolts, powerful enough to pierce the bodies of great demons, exerted terrifying force among the crowd, often piercing through several people with a single bolt!
Suddenly, strings of blood gourds hung on the snow.
Like a canvas stained with blood...
The battle at Wanli Xuanbing City has begun, and the warships at Wanglong City are ready, with hundreds of thousands of troops poised to set sail.
Inheriting the glorious tradition of the Zhu family, Chu Yang decided to personally lead the expedition.
Since Zhuge Zhengwo and the others were not in the capital, no one cared about him.
In addition to the hundreds of warships of the imperial court, several prestigious sects also secretly built a few ships each, which would probably amount to dozens of ships in total.
Once they were lined up at sea, the scene was extremely grand.
Chu Yang's dragon boat was in the center, like stars surrounding the moon.
The demon race was not to be outdone and assembled a large army to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out.
The two sides met in the waters near Japan and engaged in a fierce battle.
The demon race's warships were relatively outdated and difficult to approach under the fierce firepower of the human race's warships, putting them in a passive and defensive position in the early stages of the war.
Seeing that they had an absolute advantage, the dozens of warships belonging to the Jianghu sects broke away from the main force and approached the demon warships.
Wealth can be very tempting.
Every demon corpse is a valuable treasure, and they feel it's more worthwhile to salvage the situation rather than have it torn apart by artillery fire.
This group of martial arts practitioners seemed certain that Chu Yang would not fire upon them.
After all, they had recently helped the imperial court build so many warships.
Dozens of warships were able to approach the demon race's warships at top speed with a clear conscience.
On the deck of the dragon boat, both Chu Yang and Qi Jiguang witnessed this scene.
Seeing this, Qi Jiguang said worriedly, "Your Majesty, shouldn't we remind them to come back? The demon race clearly has a backup plan."
"It's alright." Chu Yang waved his hand and said, "Even if we told them, they wouldn't listen. Look at those people, they can't see anything else, not even their own lives."
Qi Jiguang sighed, "But letting them die here would be a huge blow to morale and would be detrimental to the upcoming battles."
"We'll still provide them with some assistance; as for how many of them will come back alive, that's up to fate."
Chu Yang nodded.
At that moment, an anomaly occurred.
Suddenly, the sea surface resembled boiling water, with countless bubbles rising from the seabed. Then, everyone witnessed a scene that sent chills down their spines.
The area beneath the warship was teeming with countless figures!
Upon seeing this, some of the more timid female disciples immediately screamed. Their shrill cries seemed to be some kind of signal, causing chaos not only on the warships but also underwater.
One after another, dark figures burst out from the seabed, leaping straight onto the deck and revealing their ugly and ferocious true forms.
Sea monsters are incredibly diverse and far more bizarre than land monsters. Among them, humanoid sea monsters are few and far between, and without exception, they are all royalty.
The sea creatures, riding sea beasts, rammed the warship. The violent shaking caused those standing on the edge of the deck to fall into the sea, instantly turning the surface of the water crimson. Scattered limbs floated on the surface and were quickly swallowed by the sea beasts.
This scene horrified everyone, so they all moved closer to the center.
Upon seeing this, the sea creatures that leaped onto the deck immediately launched an attack, hoping to take advantage of the moment when the enemy was off guard and inflict heavy casualties.
The sounds of fighting echoed endlessly.
A large number of warships hastily attempted to turn around and escape, resulting in them colliding one after another and facing imminent danger.
next moment.
The roar of artillery fire rang out!
The sea surface churned, and countless sea creatures perished under the barrage of artillery fire, their corpses floating on the surface.
The cannons fired at the sea, forcing the sea creatures to keep their heads up. The besieged warships finally had a chance to breathe and frantically sailed back.
Some warships had large numbers of sea creatures standing on their decks.
However, those sea creatures never imagined what kind of hell they would witness when they brushed past Qi Jiguang's army.
The soldiers held new firearms in their hands, propping them up on the edge of the deck.
The enormous gun barrel was almost the same size as the cannon barrel, the bullets dragged on the ground like chains, and there were wheel-like pressure valves on both sides. The copper tubes resembled knotted muscles.
The inside of the gun barrel was engraved with arrays, and every bullet fired was incredibly powerful.
of course.
The consumption of the user's true energy is equally staggering.
The minimum requirement for a gunman is that he must be a top-notch expert who has undergone seven blood transfusions.
In the past, there weren't many people in Qi Family Army who could meet the requirements, but now, Qi Family Army's supply of elixirs is the highest in the Ming Dynasty, and there are many soldiers who have undergone seven blood transfusions.
Therefore, in addition to cannons, the decks of each warship were also filled with the latest Ming Dynasty cyber machine guns developed by the artillery battalion.
It was manufactured based on the Maxim heavy machine gun given to it by Chu Yang.
The flashes from the gun barrels formed a line, more dazzling than a spotlight. The sea creatures on the deck instinctively covered their eyes, and before they could even see what it was, their bodies were torn apart by the powerful firepower.
With the sea creatures forced into the ship's cabins, Qi Jiguang's army could unleash their firepower without restraint, and in the blink of an eye, the decks of dozens of warships were cleared clean.
A trail of blood was left behind.
The survivors emerged from the cabin and cheered, while others hid in corners and wept, mourning their fallen comrades.
After this incident, these dozens of warships representing various martial arts sects no longer dared to act recklessly and obediently followed behind Qi Family Army.
Under the relentless and intense firepower, both the sea creatures and the demon race suffered heavy losses, but they didn't care.
Both races are numerous and have extremely high reproductive capacity. No matter how many die, they will quickly recover after the war, so it is not a pity at all.
As long as they can exhaust the ammunition on the warships, they can wait for the opportunity to turn the tide. This is a lesson learned from years of fighting with General Qi.
pity……
They were unaware that Qi Jiguang's army had upgraded its firearms, and that even when they ran out of ammunition, the soldiers could still use their true energy to replace it.
Even without using true essence, there are other alternatives that provide energy.
In short, it's impossible to miss.
The sound of gunfire lasted all day, turning the nearby seas red. The sea creatures had left countless lives on this battlefield.
As time went by, they gradually disappeared from sight.
"The sirens were completely defeated and fled the area."
After observing the battlefield, Qi Jiguang concluded that the alliance between the demon race and the sea race had probably collapsed.
Without the sea creatures to restrain them, the demon race's warships were no match for Qi Jiguang's army and were forced to retreat repeatedly until they returned to their homeland.
At the very moment the demons were fleeing, seven terrifying auras rose simultaneously, pressing down on the Qi family army.
"Demon King!"
Qi Jiguang was very familiar with this aura; he had witnessed it before in Wanglong City.
There were as many as seven similar auras!
Of the twelve demon kings of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, two were killed by Chu Yang in Jinling City, three went north to attack Wanli Xuanbing City, and the remaining seven are here!
Seven enormous, imposing figures hung high in the sky, causing the soldiers of Qi Jiguang's army to instinctively grip their weapons tightly, cold sweat pouring down their backs.
Seven demon kings!
But this is not the end!
After the seven demon kings, three even more powerful auras overwhelmed them!
The air was thick with the smell of blood.
It felt as if a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood were rushing towards us.
Not to mention those martial arts practitioners who had never experienced a battlefield, even soldiers in Qi Jiguang's army had their teeth chattering.
"roll!"
The clear, cold voice boomed like thunder!
Chu Yang took a step forward, his figure flashed, and he suddenly appeared in front of the seven demon kings.
Shouldering the sun and moon, dragons and elephants resound together!
Starlight shimmered on the fist as it slammed down!
In his Yuanwu True Form state, Chu Yang unleashed a full-force attack without reservation, destroying everything in front of him!
Before the seven demon kings could even announce their names, they were reduced to dust by the power of that punch!
The world suddenly fell silent! (End of Chapter)