Chapter 112: The Power of Ordinary People
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty nodded, and he smiled with some emotion.
He had no choice at this point.
He couldn't crack the method of the Western Patrol King, but since he heard Helan Heiyun say so, he must have his own way.
Just before he nodded, the Helan black cloud had already begun to glow.
Yes, in everyone's eyes, the Helan black cloud is shining.
Wu Guzhi was exuding endless light, but in the eyes of everyone, the Helan black cloud was like turning into a black star, constantly releasing black light.
Soon, however, everyone realized that they were wrong.
Helan black clouds are not glowing, but light that seems to be devouring everything.
She and Wu Guori became the two ends of darkness and light.
The battlefield became half light and half dark.
The mandala is still there.
But from small to large, some small objects are distorted first.
In the streets and alleys, which were obviously illusory but very real, the wild cats running by the roadside, the broken bowls placed by beggars on the ground, and the things on the tables in the noodle shops, began to distort.
This kind of twisting, like a dough that has already been made but has too much moisture, begins to slowly deform along a certain inclined surface, and flows like mud.
And yet, in the next moment, poof... With a constant soft sound, these things that began to deform were like punctured blisters, releasing thin air currents and then disappearing.
All the tiny objects in the mandala began to disappear.
Although these small things are very inconspicuous in this city, and they don't seem to occupy any place, after these things disappear, the city seems to be inexplicably empty, and it begins to seem unreal.
Then the figures that were moving, those who had been gilded with a layer of gold by the power of the Northern Wei Emperor, also began to twist, bursting like blisters.
The Western Patrol King still squinted, holding back the burning sensation of his pupils, staring at the golden fire that seemed to be becoming more and more obvious in the sky.
He didn't go to see Helan Heiyun.
At this time, the changes in the mandala did not surprise him.
The true natal magic weapon and supreme martial arts of the You Emperor are above all the methods and magic weapons of the You Dynasty, which is also the guarantee that he can get after he smashes all the best resources squeezed out of the world to his army and subordinates.
Even if those Patrol Kings and Divine Generals were extremely powerful, their exercises and the magic weapons they used would be naturally restrained by the Immortal Emperor's natal weapons and supreme exercises.
Helan Heiyun possessed the Netherworld Divine Silkworm, the Immortal Emperor's natal magic weapon, and with the Immortal Divine Silkworm's Origin Vitality, it would not surprise him that she was able to crack such a method as him.
All the figures walking in the mandala were about to disappear, but with the release of the true yuan in his body, in the middle of the mandala, above those vivid buildings, there were flowing figures again.
It was a celestial maiden dressed in a light veil.
The posture and appearance of each celestial girl are perfect, but their faces are too delicate and perfect to have the breath of the world, and the most important thing is that although they have a variety of expressions on their faces, some smile, some peaceful, and some seem to be just distracted, but there is no unchanging indifference in their pupils, like frozen glass.
All these celestial maidens looked indifferently at Helan Heiyun and the Northern Wei Emperor.
Their bodies were also shrouded in darkness, and as the buildings beneath them began to twist, they began to spill out of their bodies with a rainbow of sparkles.
These colorful crystals are like gemstones of various colors.
In this battle, the most lacking thing in the Northern Wei Dynasty was bravery, and at the moment when the power of the mandala was destroyed, several soldiers and the worshippers of the Luoyang magnates finally rushed to the side of the Northern Wei Emperor.
In the eyes of these practitioners, in order to win this war, the first thing to ensure was the safety of the Northern Wei Emperor.
This kind of person who can rush to the side of the Northern Wei Emperor at this time is also a cultivator of the Divine Thought Realm.
However, when these colorful crystals fell, these Divine Mind Realm cultivators who desperately rushed to the side of the Northern Wei Emperor all felt a terrifying coercion that could not be resisted.
These people's bodies kept vibrating.
They kept snorting, and the bones in their bodies, some of which could not even withstand the pressure, began to make a sound almost breaking.
When the Western Patrol King did not hesitate to use his method with True Yuan, even those cultivators of the Divine Mind Realm could only feel a huge gap, and they could not really affect the course of this battle.
The power of the mandala has not disappeared, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty is still unable to absorb the vitality of heaven and earth from the ancestral land, and his true yuan will still be absorbed by this mandala, and he cannot give his power to Helan Heiyun.
At the moment when this mandala turned from defense to attack, he knew better than these cultivators of the Divine Mind Realm that it was not him who was really in danger at this time, but Helan Heiyun.
Helan Heiyun's body didn't make any sound, but he knew very well that it was because Helan Heiyun's entire body was devouring all the light around her, and at the same time, it was also devouring any sound coming from her body.
He could be sure that at this time, Helan Heiyun's entire body was only half a step away from collapsing or even shattering.
If these Divine Mind Realm cultivators fell, then Helan Heiyun should have died before they fell.
He was very anxious, but at such a time, he couldn't help Helan Heiyun.
At this moment, a fresh vitality erupted from Helan Heiyun's hands.
Helan Heiyun had a black horn in his hand.
It was the trumpet that had been snatched from the hands of the god of the dead.
If it were in the Shadow Dynasty, the heyday of the god of the dead would use this magic weapon, and it is said that it could even summon a large number of terrifying dead earth vitality from the abyss underground, which could attach another layer of vitality armor to his thousands of troops.
But even Li Liangling, who died in their hands, only obtained a small part of the inheritance of the Death Divine General, and could only use a limited number of methods to use this magic weapon.
Helan Heiyun didn't know anything about the inheritance of the Dead Earth Divine General, and she wouldn't have any way to use this magic weapon to absorb vitality, but the Netherworld Silkworm in her body was the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Weapons of the Ghost Dynasty, and she had innate dominating power.
Although she didn't have a powerful True Yuan and Dharma to cooperate, and she couldn't draw a large amount of Yuan Qi from those Dead Lands deep underground like the Dead Earth God Generals back then, she could sense that this magic weapon itself contained powerful power.
She didn't want these magic weapons of the Emperor Youdi to be passed on any longer.
In her opinion, Li Liangling is dead, but there may still be a practice inheritance, but even if those inheritors who have obtained the exercises, without such a magic weapon, they are useless waste for cultivators in the world.
Therefore, she chose to destroy this magic weapon without any distress and stimulate the power inside.
In her hand, the horn of death appeared in a lot of strange bulges in the black brilliance of the surface, and then the horn began to weather, sprinkling countless fine dust.
The trumpet shattered and scattered in her hands.
A whirlwind suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.
The entire mandala, including the Celestial Maidens who exuded terrifying coercion, was swept out like a huge tent with miles of bits and pieces attached to it.
At this moment, the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty regained the ability to communicate with the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.
There was no hesitation, no reservations.
The natal vitality in the depths of his sea of qi was instantly squeezed out by him.
At this time, he was sure that the greatest threat came from the strongest Western Patrol King, but at this time, it was the Purgatory God General and the Heavenly God General who posed the greatest threat to Wu Guzhi's life.
So he unreservedly squeezed out his last strength and attacked these two people!
Bang.
A golden Buddha appeared in the sky.
The Buddha's feet stomped on the ground.
One foot on the body of the Purgatory God General, and the other foot on the body of the Heavenly God General.
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Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The figure of the Hellgod General first appeared in everyone's sight.
The giant golden foot that trampled on him first faded, then vanished.
His entire body was swirled with crimson flames, like countless thick lava chains wrapped around his body.
His mouth and nose were bloodshot.
There seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes as well.
He stared at the Northern Wei Emperor fiercely, he knew at this time that the Northern Wei Emperor had no strength left, but at this time, like the Western Patrol King, he had an ominous premonition about the outcome of the battle that should have taken place in the Luoyang Imperial Palace.
Strictly speaking, the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty's True Yuan cultivation was slightly inferior to him, but with his special bloodline strength and strong will, he could even be injured under repeated battles.
He now vaguely felt that if he was elsewhere, if he had only fought a fair battle with the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he might not be able to defeat the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The figure of the Heavenly God General also appeared.
She held a ritual weapon in her hand.
The artifact looked a lot like a ding, but on closer inspection, it looked more like an incense burner.
At this moment, a straight upward but very small white vitality continued to extend from this magic weapon to the sky.
Her body also seemed to be unremarkable, and it seemed that she could block the blow more easily than the Infernal God.
However, in an instant, her knees bent slightly, but with a thud, she fell to her knees.
Her body began to shake constantly.
Circles of faint golden light continued to emanate from her body.
Until this time, it seemed that the afterglow of the impact had not disappeared in the meridians in her body.
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The Western Patrol King saw it clearly.
That's not your own delusion.
The light from the direction of Luoyang became clearer and more obvious, and it gave him a feeling that was very similar to the true yuan of the Northern Wei Emperor.
Especially at this moment, he could faintly feel that that little bit of fire was the reason why these three powerful enemies in front of him dared to stay here and fight like this.
There was more remorse in his heart.
It's just that the light of the fire makes him feel even more helpless, and there is no time to waste.
At this time, the mandala was broken.
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty no longer had any strength, and the Helan Black Cloud beside him seemed to have become less terrifying without his help.
In his previous arrangement, killing Wu Guzhi was a matter for the Purgatory God General and the Heavenly God General, but now he decided to kill this woman who can be described as a Bright Sage who can be described as madness.
This crazy Bright Saint Sect woman was almost attacking all of them with the power of one person, and at this time, the Northern Wei Emperor's methods of attacking the Purgatory God General and the Heavenly God General seemed to be just an auxiliary and supplement to her attack methods.
A glass of light lit up.
Even in the dazzling light, the surface of this glass-like brilliance kept blooming with bursting air masses, but this glass-like brilliance was still extremely stable and continued to condense power, and then slashed towards Wu Guzhi.
Wu Guzhi could not stop this blow from the Western Patrol King.
Even if no one made a move on her, her whole body at this time felt more and more transparent, as if it was about to melt into her own light.
But Helan Heiyun didn't want her to die.
Since it was their common decision to stay here and fight hard, they either died together, or she would not allow Wu Guzhi to die before her.
Her cultivation is much lower than that of the Western Patrol King, and her shot is not as fast as the Western Patrol King, but fortunately, Wu Guzhi's light delayed for some time, and when this glass-like brilliance was about to fall on Wu Guzhi's body, accompanied by her terrible shout, a black tooth blocked the front of this brilliance!
This black tooth is the natal weapon of Emperor You, and it is also the natal weapon that the Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty passed to her.
Now she used all her strength to sacrifice this natal artifact.
Countless fine crystals appeared in the air.
Two powerful and ancient forces meet.
A few wisps of clear shadow appeared outside the body of the Western Patrol King, like several crystal ribbons.
There was no movement in his body, and it seemed that even the power that rushed back along the True Yuan was absorbed by the few wisps of clear shadow outside his body.
On the other side, the black tooth flew upside down.
Wu Guzhi and Helan Heiyun also flew upside down.
The dazzling light and the all-engulfing blackness disappear at the same time.
Like him, all the god generals and quasi-god generals on his side, their eyes all fell on the black fang that flew upside down and the Helan black cloud.
A lot of blood wounds appeared on Helan Heiyun's body, and her entire body seemed to be close to splitting.
That black tooth, for them, exudes infinite allure.
A crimson flame appeared in the air.
This crimson flame came from the Purgatory Divine General closest to Helan Heiyun and the others.
The crimson flame was like a burning rope entangled in the black tooth that was flying upside down.
Snort.
The crimson flame scorched the vitality on the surface of the black fang, pulling it back almost effortlessly and falling into his hands.
Seeing such a picture, almost everyone such as the Western Patrol King and the Heavenly God General frowned.
But at this moment, this black tooth just fell into the hands of the Purgatory God General, and then there was a soft sound, and the Purgatory God General was like grabbing a red-hot iron bar, and a wisp of green smoke came out of his hand, and he let out a cry of pain, as if he subconsciously shook the black tooth out again.
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Helan Heiyun knows best what is happening.
This Nether Silkworm is not the kind of magic weapon that everyone imagined.
It's not the same as capturing ordinary magic weapons, as long as you break the true element of the enemy in the rune, you can successfully capture it.
The Netherworld Silkworm is an imperial weapon, fusing the Emperor's imperial blood and vitality, and at this time it is fused with her true yuan and bloodline, unless she dies in this world, unless her will does not exist, otherwise the Purgatory God General, whose true yuan power is naturally restrained by the Netherworld Silkworm, how can she seize it?
It's just that she doesn't have any smugness or happiness at this time.
Because she really couldn't keep fighting anymore.
She has a will, but she has little power.
The power that caused the Purgatory God to be wounded only came from the origin power of the Nether God Silkworm, not her power.
There was only one voice in her heart at this time.
If Lin Yi can really change the outcome of this battle, then hurry up, otherwise everyone will die, including the teacher of the Southern Heavenly Academy, who trusts you the most to change the outcome of this battle.
The mouth of the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was full of unspeakable bitterness.
At this time, he knew best how far away the light from Luoyang was.
For the world of cultivators, he, Helan Heiyun, and Wu Guzhi faced so many cultivators whose True Yuan cultivation was even slightly higher than him, and it was enough to be recorded in history if they were able to achieve such a feat and delay for so long.
But that's not his concern.
Even though the three of them were good enough, it really seemed like time was too late.
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The Western Patrol took a step forward.
Another city appeared in the sky.
A new mandala has fallen.
This kind of mandala is called Western Elysium, and it is a powerful method for the Western Patrol King during the Youwang Dynasty.
During the Youwang Dynasty, this method was more useful on the battlefield.
Because this kind of mandala is aimed at the practitioner.
During the period of the You Dynasty, the number of cultivators in the armies of both sides during the war was extremely large, and as soon as this mandala fell, it could limit the vitality of the countless cultivators of the enemy army.
Of course, his cultivation was far less powerful than that of the Western Patrol King back then, and the use of this method to consume true yuan was also extremely drastic, but he didn't want any more accidents.
Even if he consumes some more True Yuan, he must ensure that these three people can be killed quickly.
There should no longer be a strong man like the Northern Wei Emperor on this battlefield, as long as there is no such strong man, it is impossible for anyone to crack his mandala, and no matter how many cultivators there are in this human army, it is impossible to stop him from killing these three people.
The ground shook.
There were many huge metal figures that suddenly stood up around the light flames, and several of them also exuded a dazzling golden luster, and at the same time, the terrible sound of breaking the air continued to sound.
The Western Patrol didn't bother with the massive metal figures and the sound of breaking the air.
He knew that those were the True Yuan Heavy Armors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and some of them were even Kunpeng Heavy Armors that were so powerful that cultivators of the Divine Mind Realm had to attach great importance to them.
But because this war came in a hurry, he knew that the Northern Wei Dynasty could not transport all the powerful True Yuan Heavy Armor here, and for him, he would not be surprised unless there were hundreds of such Kunpeng Heavy Armor that appeared in front of him at the same time.
Among those True Yuan Heavy Armors, there were definitely not so many Kunpeng Heavy Armors, and these Heavy Armors were too slow for him, and too slow for those three quasi-god generals.
Even if those three quasi-god generals were stupid, they should know what they were going to do at this time, and they would definitely not let these True Yuan Heavy Armor have any weapons that could pose a threat to his life.
However, at this moment, the aura in his body shook a little.
The source of the shock came from his mandala, from the Western Elysium where he had towned.
Above that mandala, countless fireworks exploded.
Each firework only shone in crimson for a moment, but then billowed black smoke erupted.
By the time countless muffled explosions actually reached his ears, countless black clouds of smoke and dust had formed a thick cloud, and the fluttering debris had already sprinkled down from the air.
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty looked at such a scene with some consternation.
"Xi Kangsheng ......"
At this time, he was even a little inexplicably distressed, feeling that the treasury silver of the Northern Wei Dynasty and his own private treasury were burning, but in the next moment, he felt that his thoughts at this time were a little ridiculous, and he couldn't help laughing at himself.
Among the three famous generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xing Lian, Yang Yi and Xi Kangsheng, in the past few years, Xi Kangsheng, who was the first to be famous, appeared to be the most silent.
But of course, he knew very well that before the battle of Meishan, when the Southern Dynasty was still doubling the production of Zhenyuan armor under the pressure of the spiritual famine, the Northern Wei Dynasty had already begun to reduce the expenditure of Zhenyuan heavy armor and spend more money on ordinary heavy armor and firearms.
Lin Yi saw the firearms of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Meishan, and after that, he has been thinking about firearms, and after meeting Xia Baying in the party, he was even more sure that firearms would soon completely change the future war, and even completely replace the status of many magic weapons and Zhenyuan heavy armor.
Not long ago, Qi Zhuji had already taught the magnates in Jiankang City a good lesson.
But it is no exaggeration to say that the Northern Wei Dynasty has taken many steps faster than Lin Yi, who walked the fastest, at this point.
When Lin Yi saw the firearms of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Meishan, the Northern Wei Dynasty already had firearms rationed to the army that was not particularly elite to deal with the ordinary Zhenyuan heavy armor of the Southern Dynasty, and Lin Yi had already seen their firearms successfully defeat the Zhenyuan heavy armor of the Southern Dynasty at that time.
The real fact is that a few years before that, Xi Kangsheng had already set up two new workshops in Luoyang under the will of the Northern Wei Emperor, and a large amount of investment was made in order to make firearms strong enough and in sufficient quantities.
Limited by the constraints of materials, the Northern Wei Dynasty even spent a lot of money every year to purchase finished firearms and materials for the manufacture of firearms from the party through various methods.
In fact, when it comes to finished firearms, Xia Ba has always been very conservative.
She knew very well that powerful firearms were the foundation of the Shaba tribe.
Therefore, with the most clever firearms manufacturing technology and some special materials, she did not give the Northern Wei people any opportunity to learn at all.
The Northern Wei Dynasty spends a huge amount of money every year, and all she can get from the party is ordinary firearms and materials that have no secrets to speak of for her.
But it was under such conditions that the Northern Wei Dynasty had successfully improved the crude firearms that could be manufactured and bought in their hands over the years.
The Northern Wei Dynasty is rich in various mineral deposits.
In particular, minerals such as lead ore and graphite are even much more abundant than those of the Southern Dynasties.
Over the years, Xi Kangsheng has determined that the power of some firearms cannot be enhanced, but they can be combined with some of the basic consumables used by the border army to deal with cultivators, such as lead powder pills.
In fact, since thousands of years ago, even before the Youwang Dynasty, all cultivators had already discovered that as long as the finely ground lead powder diffused in the air and reached a certain concentration, it could extremely effectively hinder the penetration of the cultivator's true essence and the communication with the heaven and earth vitality.
And if a large amount of lead powder is inhaled into the body, it will cause serious damage to people's lungs and intestines, and even endanger life.
This is the property of this very common metal itself.
Therefore, for thousands of years, lead powder pills and lead powder packets have been rationed in large quantities in the army.
However, how to make the lead powder spread as evenly as possible, cover a wide range, and continue to maintain the concentration of a certain space, this is a big problem.
On the battlefield, even if hundreds or thousands of archers shoot lead bullets at the same time, the area covered is not very large, and the lead powder is not evenly exploded, and it is not even as good as hundreds of infantry soldiers spilling the lead powder packets at the same time.
Although this combat method can effectively prevent the opponent's swordsman from killing with flying swords in the melee, it can only contain the power of several cultivators in an area at most.
Moreover, the lead powder is heavy, and it is difficult to maintain sufficient concentration in a certain space after falling to the ground.
But the explosion of a firearm and this kind of lead pellet are a match made in heaven in the eyes of Xi Kangsheng and others.
The explosive force of a firearm can spill as much dust as possible from the lead pellet, and it can be done very evenly.
Therefore, in the past few years, the most successful of his two workshops is the development of heavy oil firearms that can be attached to heavy armor for a long time, and the other is this kind of lead powder pellet that can be shot out and then exploded.
Lead powder was not valuable to the Northern Wei Dynasty, but it only required a lot of manpower to produce enough fine lead powder, but firearms were really valuable to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
This combination of firearms and lead pellets is precisely because of the high price, so although it is hoarded a lot, it has never really been used in large-scale wars.
After the defeat of the Northern Wei army in the Battle of Zhongli, Xi Kangsheng emptied the warehouses of the two workshops and transported a large number of such firearms to the Northern Wei border.
But I didn't expect that the war between the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty did not continue, and the army of the Southern Dynasty did not invade the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty on a large scale, but the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the army of Guan Long fought to the death here.
At this time, the unimaginably thick lead powder continued to fall from the sky, and this natural effect of covering and blocking the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi and True Yuan even surpassed the mandala of the Western Patrol King.
How many of these firearms lead pellets were consumed in this instant?
The emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty knew that he couldn't feel distressed, but when he thought about it, he was really a little distressed.
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It's not just that it's dark.
Within a radius of more than ten miles, all the people were dark.
These finely ground lead powders are extremely dry when made into lead pellets, and the powder does not contain any water vapor, so that when the firearm is exploded, the powder is spilled very evenly.
But when they fall, they naturally absorb some of the moisture in the air, and when they fall on everyone's body, armor, and even skin, they have some stickiness.
Many large ordnance and the heavily armored blades fell as well.
These things are naturally too slow for the Western Patrol King.
If it's too slow, you'll have plenty of time to react and dodge.
These things seem to fall densely, but none of them can fall on them.
But these things kept falling, and in front of them, it was like they were covered with thorns.
Helan Black Cloud couldn't breathe.
She only felt that as long as she took one breath, the thick lead powder would make her unable to breathe anymore.
She was in extremely poor health at this time, and if she had to hold her breath like this, she was really as uncomfortable as those who were drowning and dying.
But she can endure.
Her willpower alone far exceeds that of the vast majority of people on the battlefield.
She couldn't even see the faces of the Western Patrol King and the others in the thick and bustle now, but she knew that their faces must be ugly, and she knew that they must be very helpless and unpleasant.
Because this is not even the power of the cultivator's world, it is purely the power of the human workshop, the power of those mortals who can be ignored like ants in their eyes.
The sound of dense footsteps like raindrops hitting the ground filled her ears and those of the Northern Wei Emperor.
Dense Northern Wei soldiers rushed over.
Some were cavalry, some were infantry.
As long as they can rush to their side as soon as possible, they all rush over as soon as possible.
They used their bodies as walls to surround them, and even the sergeants closest to the three of them covered their bodies like shields, protecting them in the direction of moving away from the Western Patrol and the others.
At such a time, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty stretched out his hand, and he pointed a retreat direction for all these people.
That's where the golden flame in the sky came from.
At this time, he felt that there was enough time.
When the lead dust clears, Lin Yi should be able to arrive.