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At this point, any delay would mean total annihilation. Xu Yanbing immediately leaped into the air, his spear drawing a blinding arc of energy through the air!
"Boom!"
Wherever the spear's energy reached, the wind and clouds in the world churned, dark clouds gathered in Shangfang Valley, and torrential rain poured down!
Several months ago, Xu Yanbing broke through to the level of a terrestrial immortal, but Bei Liang kept this a secret.
Because of Chen Zhibao's previous experience, Xu Xiao was also afraid that Li Chang'an would send another expert or come himself to assassinate Xu Yanbing.
As the rain fell into the valley and onto the Northern Liang cavalrymen, these soldiers were filled with renewed hope!
"It's Mr. Xu!"
"Mr. Xu has broken through to the level of a terrestrial immortal!"
"Kill! Fight your way out!"
From both the front and rear directions of Shangfang Valley, the cavalry began another fierce charge against the Mo Dao formation!
In the pouring rain, the soldier holding the eighty-pound Mo Dao remained unmoved, as steady as Mount Tai!
"The King of Beiliang died in this valley, never leaving Shangfang Valley on horseback!"
The deafening shouts echoed through the valley.
At the top of Shangfang Valley, rain fell on the face of the young Zhuge Liang, and a tear fell from his eye.
His slender, fair fingers plunged into the rain, and the vital energy in his hands gradually condensed. In the blink of an eye, the wind and clouds in the sky suddenly changed again!
A cool breeze swept across the blood-stained face of the soldier wielding the broadsword, then the breeze grew fierce, gradually turning into a hurricane!
A strong east wind blew from the valley, gradually pushing the dark clouds away from Shangfang Valley!
Xu Yanbing was shocked. "Your Highness, this is terrible! The other side also has a terrestrial immortal!"
The lightning was still flashing, but it was blown further and further away by the hurricane, and a figure with a feather fan and a turban slowly floated in the sky above Shangfang Valley.
"Xu Xiao, you old scoundrel, let's see who can save you today!"
A strong east wind blew away the dark clouds in the sky, followed by a series of fireballs falling from the sky!
"Boom!"
The blazing fireball fell into the valley above, and the flames that had been extinguished suddenly flared up again!
Sixty thousand elite Northern Liang cavalry charged left and right through the sea of fire, crowding and trampling at the two valley entrances before being gradually swallowed by the flames.
Xu Yanbing's spear aura clashed repeatedly with Zhuge Liang's fireballs, but Xu Yanbing was completely suppressed.
Xu Yanbing didn't know why his martial arts-based immortality was inferior to Zhuge Liang's Confucian-based immortality!
"Your Highness, things are hopeless, let's retreat!"
In Xu Yanbing's view, even if he couldn't save these 60,000 people, he should be able to take Xu Xiao away without any problem.
However, just as Xu Yanbing turned around, seven or eight raging fireballs simultaneously struck Xu Xiao.
Xu Xiao, the butcher of the Spring and Autumn Period, had a ferocious expression and let out screams as his body was surrounded by flames!
Chapter 247 Slaying Dong Zhuo! Xu Fengnian Offers Land to Rebel!
In the raging fire of Shangfang Valley, Xu Yanbing watched helplessly as Xu Xiao was burned to ashes, unable to rescue him in time.
The notorious butcher of the Spring and Autumn Period, who dominated the battlefield for over thirty years, wiped out the six states of the Spring and Autumn Period and killed four emperors, died on the battlefield as he had wished.
The Confucian master who achieved the Great Celestial Phenomenon has a far greater control over celestial phenomena than Xu Yanbing, a mere martial artist!
The entire Shangfang Valley had been burned into a living hell, with Beiliang soldiers everywhere whose armor had been set ablaze.
The soldiers screamed and cried, but nothing they did could change their fate of being burned alive.
At both the front and rear valley entrances, the corpses of the Northern Liang army were piled up like mountains. The Mo Dao team stood on the corpses of the Northern Liang cavalry, which were more than ten feet high, and firmly guarded the valley entrances!
Although the veteran soldiers of the Mo Dao were all third-rank warriors, the Northern Liang cavalry were now at their wits' end, and if they couldn't break through, they would only face certain death.
After discovering that these veteran soldiers wielding Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) were incredibly strong and their eighty-pound Mo Dao could cut through iron like mud, the Beiliang cavalry retreated time and time again.
However, as the fire spread through the valley, the soldiers in the rear pushed the soldiers in front of them over once again.
"Kill! Kill them!"
"Either be burned to death, or be hacked to death with a long-handled sword!"
"Come on!"
These Northern Liang soldiers, their eyes bloodshot, completely abandoned their warhorses and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the eighty-pound longswords.
The blood-soaked Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) churned wildly among the Beiliang soldiers, who fell like autumn wheat, wave after wave.
However, with no way out, the Northern Liang soldiers could still surround and kill a fully armed Mo Dao soldier even at a cost of dozens of times their own.
As soon as one Mo Dao soldier was torn apart by a Beiliang soldier, another immediately took its place. The Mo Dao soldiers, with their gleaming cold blades, did not allow the defensive line to retreat an inch.
Since its inception, this has been the toughest battle for the Mo Dao soldiers!
Zhuge Liang understood the military strategy of leaving an opening when besieging an enemy, but given Li Chang'an's insufficient forces, he could not let a single Beiliang soldier escape.
The Mo Dao soldiers understood this principle perfectly well.
Zhang Kulong, the deputy general of the Mo Dao soldiers, roared with bloodshot eyes. As one of the fastest-promoting Mo Dao soldiers, he was now a second-rank minor grandmaster.
"The Tang Emperor's Mo Dao soldiers are here!"
"Invincible, we will fight to the death!"
"Under the blade of the Mo Dao, both men and horses were shattered!"
Zhang Kulong had long since removed his cumbersome armor, revealing his bulging muscles, his veins bulging, and the crisscrossing scars flowing with the blood of his enemies!
Amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, this roar instantly ignited the fighting spirit of the Mo Dao soldiers, and the entire Upper Valley was filled with their furious shouts.
"Invincible, we will fight to the death!"
"Under the blade of the Mo Dao, both men and horses were shattered!"
The fierce Mo Dao soldiers stood as steady as Mount Tai, their large banners bearing the character "Li" fluttering in the wind behind them. The sound of war drums rolled like thunder, and their surging killing intent shook the mountains!
Round after round of slaughter continued, and the Northern Liang soldiers were gradually devoured by the meat grinder of the Mo Dao and the raging fire of the bandit-hunting campaign, their vitality slowly fading away.
When Xu Yanbing saw that Xu Xiao was dead, he was finally heartbroken. He looked up at the expressionless young scholar in Shangfang Valley. He looked gentle and refined, but his methods were no less than those of Xu Rentu back then.
"Zhuge Liang, you are a dignified Confucian scholar, are you not afraid of the consequences of such killing?"
Among the three schools of thought, Confucianism emphasizes the cause and effect of heaven and earth and believes that indiscriminate killing is absolutely forbidden.
However, Zhuge Liang remained calm and said, "To stop the fighting and bring peace to the world, what is there to fear?"
After he finished speaking, countless fireballs, each over ten feet long, attacked Xu Yanbing. The area where Xu Yanbing was located was reduced to scorched earth, with nowhere to hide.
The fireballs grazed past Xu Yanbing's long robe time and time again, until flames ignited all over his body.
Xu Yanbing's expression changed drastically. It seemed that Zhuge Liang did not want to spare his life. It seemed that Li Chang'an had never accepted any surrendered generals from the Northern Liang side.
"Since you're so ruthless, then I'll fight you to the death!"
Xu Yanbing roared, holding his long spear, the tip of which propelled him against the overwhelming fireballs, and charged straight up to the top of the valley!
His clothes and hair were scorched by the high temperature. Xu Yanbing could even hear the sound of his flesh exploding and smell the pungent smell of burning.
With a deafening roar, Xu Yanbing's spear energy and the energy released by Zhuge Liang's feather fan collided violently, shearing off two more large chunks of the cliff at the top of Shangfang Valley.
The boulders fell into the valley, crushing and killing countless Beiliang soldiers who were struggling in the flames. The entire Shangfang Valley was also split into two sections by these falling rocks.
This battle will plunge the world into chaos, so how could Zhuge Liang possibly let a celestial being from Beiliang leave?
He exerted all his strength to unleash the divine power of the thief-slaying fire, even though wounds from the spear's energy were gradually appearing on his skin.
In contrast, Xu Yanbing's situation was even more difficult in this standoff, his flesh was being scorched by the flames, and the temperature was getting higher and higher!
Before long, Xu Yanbing was completely engulfed by the huge fireball, with no gaps left!
Although some of Zhuge Liang's wounds were so deep that the bone was visible, it was Xu Yanbing who couldn't hold on any longer.
Xu Yanbing's hands and feet gradually lost sensation in excruciating pain until his body was completely engulfed by flames, turning to ashes just like Xu Xiao in the blink of an eye.
Zhuge Liang was covered in blood, but fortunately no vital organs were injured. In just half a day, Shangfang Valley was completely restored to its former tranquility.
In the military camp at the valley entrance, the generals from various factions reported their battle results.
Two thousand veteran Mo Dao soldiers lost more than five hundred men, while the rest suffered virtually no casualties. This ambush, which had been planned for a month, ended in a complete victory for the Shazhou side.
However, the loss of 500 battle-hardened, third-rank Mo Dao soldiers brought tears to Zhuge Liang's eyes.
These veteran Mo Dao soldiers all followed Li Chang'an from Yongzhou. Whether they had just established themselves in Yongzhou or fought the decisive battle against Xu Fengnian in Shazhou, the Mo Dao soldiers, though few in number, were the backbone of Shazhou.
Just like this ambush on Xu Xiao, the valley entrance was destined to be the direction in which the Northern Liang cavalry would charge desperately, but if the Mo Dao soldiers did not come, even if tens of thousands of infantrymen were sent, they might not be able to stop them.
Zhang Kulong knelt on one knee, his eyes also red. Since the establishment of the Modao Squad, there had never been such a great loss.
"Strategist, do not worry! Even if the last soldier of the Mo Dao is killed, they will hold the line for His Highness the Prince of Tang!"
Zhuge Liang stood up and helped Zhang Kulong to his feet. "Go, go to His Highness's side."
"With Xu Xiao dead, Dong Zhuo's 200,000-strong army is like lambs to the slaughter."
"Lead the Mo Dao soldiers and go forth to accomplish this great undertaking that will be remembered for eternity!"