Yuan Hong was about to break the red heart energy when the divine whip fell.
Yu Yuan's face was filled with malevolence, dissipating the Golden Bodhi body, willing to suffer another blow to his chest and abdomen to beat him. Yuan Hong's body shrunk, equivalent to being hit by a divine whip on his entire body. The layer of intestines and stomach skin on the other side had little defensive strength. He sprayed blood instantaneously, and his realm of Qian Fang Xuan Gong dropped two levels.
He was afraid of getting anotherwhip, so he used a staff to pierce through Yu Yuan's belly, then transformed into a flying insect and crawled out.
Yu Yuan, as a Jiejiao immortal, breaking a hole in his belly wasn't a big deal. However, the Five Qi in his chest was broken twice, and almost half of his internal organs were shattered. Moreover, he gave himself a divine whip. This kind of injury was already severe.
Yuan Hong also felt a headache and his essence was shaken. The divine whip he received made him feel like his whole body's bones were on the verge of shattering. At this moment, he felt the qian iron staff in his hand was extraordinarily heavy and his arms trembled involuntarily.
A draw.
Quietly slipping over, Ju-Lun Sun saw the opportunity and immediately invoked the Bound Immortal Rope.
The golden Immortal Rope emerged from the shadows, first wrapping around Yu Yuan's left foot, and then quickly winding its way up.
"Retract!"
Yu Yuan was not completely unprepared. Although he was staring at Yuan Hong, his mind was also focused on Ju-Lun Sun.
As soon as the Bound Immortal Rope appeared, his treasure bag flew out with the Drop-Wealth Gemstones.
The coin with wings simply clicked once, and it snatched away Ju-Lun Sun's Bound Immortal Rope.
Ju-Lun Sun showed no sign of panic. After Tsu-Lin Sun died, he had done nothing for years, dedicating himself solely to refining the Bound Immortal Rope. He had once refined two at a time.
Now, while the Drop-Wealth Gemstones were flashing white light during the process of dropping the Bound Immortal Rope, he invoked another Bound Immortal Rope from the other end.
He had meticulously planned this. With Yu Yuan already in a severely injured state, his mental response was a full beat slower. The Bound Immortal Rope wrapped around him from top to bottom, binding him tightly.
Yuan Hong saw the opportunity and was overjoyed. He swung the iron staff and aimed it at Yu Yuan's head.
Yu Yuan's limbs could not be moved, so he could only rely on his Golden Bodhi body to withstand the blow.
"Clank, clank, clank." The qian iron staff struck the head, sounding like it was striking metal.
Yuan Hong was enraged. How could he not be able to kill such an enemy who couldn't even defend himself?
Anger helped him temporarily suppress his injuries, and his strength suddenly increased by thirty percent. The ferocity of the Tung Arms Monkey reached its limit, and "Seize the Moon and Sun, Condense Thousand Mountains" was unleashed. He leaped into the air with his entire body and delivered his final blow without any reservation.
The Drop-Wealth Gemstones could not withstand the damage of such weapons. Yu Yuan was bound tightly, with his hands and feet immobilized, and his internal Qi had slowed to an extreme point, allowing him to use only a few escape techniques now.
Thinking of his disciple Yu Huan's tragic death, he did not evade but instead closed his right index and middle fingers and remotely controlled the divine whip. The wooden whip flew up automatically, aiming for Yuan Hong's face.
Yuan Hong may not be able to kill him, but this whip will definitely kill Yuan Hong.
In the critical moment, a red radiant light cut through the battlefield from far to near, and a crystal-white jade hand reached out abruptly, grasping the divine whip. Then it flew up and delivered a spinning kick, kicking Yu Yuan towards Wen Zhong who was coming at a fast pace.
Deng Changyu's figure moved to the side, avoiding Yuan Hong's full-strength blow.
She held the divine whip and felt that this wooden whip was light as a feather. In her mind, there was no trace of any special power, just as if it were a common wooden whip.
She had been present when the Great Teacher Yu Sheng gave the divine whip and the Fensaing (Fengshen) List to Jie Ziya, and back then, she felt a series of heartbeats in response to the divine whip. Now, however, there was no reaction at all. She ignored Yuan Hong and casually waved it twice, ultimately confirming that this wooden whip could no longer harm her. In other words, she had finally broken free from the state of being "named on the list."
"Big Brother Jiang!" she shouted, lifting her right hand to toss the divine whip back to Jiang Ziya on the top of Xiqi City.
Faking old eyes that are blurred and not accepting it? That's not possible.
Jiang Ziya accepted the divine whip and bowed three times in the direction of Deng Changyu.
Wen Zhong protected Yu Yuan, and without Ju-Lun Sun's incantation, the Bound Immortal Rope could not be untied in a short time. He tried twice but couldn't come up with any good solution, so he could only let his disciple Ji Li take care of Yu Yuan.
He rode on the back of the black qilin, his divine eyes fixed on the south.
The earth shook violently, and a fiery red flag appeared on the horizon as the Han army arrived.
After Huang Fei Hu had occupied Qing Long Pass, he advanced towards the southwest direction first, attacking from both the front and the rear. This cut off the three hundred thousand troops of Qiuyin defending Ji Niu Road and killed his general Gao Xian. He then captured over twenty thousand soldiers under Qiuyin's command. After that, he merged his five hundred thousand Han troops led by Deng Yi with the main force. At this moment, the southern sky over Xiqi City was filled with banners and its overwhelming presence threatened anyone who dared to look at it. Over one million two hundred thousand troops were arranged in neat formations as they slowly advanced towards Xiqi City.
Wen Zhong saw Huang Fei Hu riding the five-colored divine ox at a glance, and also noticed these southern elite troops.
Huang Fei Hu's generals behind him, he recognized most of them. With his cultivation of a heavenly being, he knew many senior officers and even knew their names, which were all elite troops of the Dai Zhou kingdom!
He maintained a neutral expression and looked at Deng Changyu, "Thank you for saving my elder brother. I wonder what Your Majesty intends to do today?"
The relationship between the two sides could never go back to what it used to be, and Deng Changyu didn't care.
She asked Yun Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and Wen Zhong's relationship was decent, but the three swordsmen had a very average opinion of him. They believed he wasn't a real immortal, and Yun Xiao addressed him as "Master." The distance between them was very obvious.
Deng Changyu showed no sign of fear and spoke out loud, "In the presence of"
She glanced at Yuan Hong.
There were also grievances between the two sides. In the past, Yuan Foutong was indirectly killed by her.
He didn't know if she still had the Shanhe Sheji Tu in her hand, and the severely injured Yuan Hong had a wary expression on his face.
"Most here are brave warriors of the Yin Dynasty, and Marquis of Western Zhou is a wise man of the world, as is the Marshal, a pillar supporting the country. The various generals have different minds, but at this time, we should row together in the same boat, extinguish disasters and calamities. How can we let our brave warriors throw away their lives for women to mourn at the gate?"
She talked aimlessly for a while, and as the Han troops approached Xiqi City, she noticed their proximity.
Han Rong and Qiuyin from Wen Zhong's side barely managed to reorganize the Shang troops into an array. However, the front and middle ranks were just decent, while the left and right wings as well as the rear ranks remained in chaos.
The Western Zhou forces were also reinforcing their defenses at the four gates.
Deng Changyu only spoke again after a moment of thought, "I, Deng Changyu, have always disliked fighting. I only like to resolve disputes. Now I willingly offer to help the Marshal and Marquis of Western Zhou resolve this calamity caused by battle."
Wen Zhong constantly glanced at his own troops with a corner of his eyes.
After half a day of sieging the city and suffering a beating from Yuan Hong and the Western Zhou troops both inside and out, the Shang army really had very little combat power left. Deng Changyu's offer to "resolve the dispute" would be beneficial for them.
The Western Zhou forces were thinking the same thing. They couldn't move forward anymore.
Wen Zhong asked, "How do you plan to resolve this dispute?"
Deng Changyu reached out to Nezha, and her first disciple promptly took out the Qiankun Bow and the Zhitian Arrow.
She fired an arrow into the empty sky, its whistling piercing the ears. With a blazing firelight, Kuailun in his dark Taoist robe, wearing lotus flower headdress, with hawkish beak and sinister face, had to reveal himself. He grabbed the Zhitian Arrow in one hand and everyone could see clearly that in his other hand was holding the Drop-Wealth Gemstones and the Bound Immortal Rope.
