Wen Yuan dispersed the military formation and ordered the army to charge into the battlefield. Seeing that the victory was decided, Yang Youji commanded his army to outflank, intending to capture the surviving soldiers of the Black Water Immortal Dynasty.
Just as the battle of Nan Shui was drawing to a close, Xian Zhen, leading seven hundred thousand soldiers, arrived at Shui Yun City, a border city on the eastern frontier of the Black Water Immortal Dynasty!
Seven hundred thousand!
A full seven hundred thousand Xuanwu Legion soldiers bypassed the battlefield of the Nan Shui mountain range. The army, stretching for several miles, blocked the front of Shui Yun City!
"The flag of the Great Han Divine Dynasty. My goodness, the Great General is leading the army to attack Nan Shui City. These humans actually have the mind to lead their troops to pressure our Shui Yun!"
"They are truly an ant-like race. Do they not think about who we are? We are the two great powers of the Nan Ze domain, the Black Water Immortal Dynasty, and behind us are the Hong Family Four Clans as our backing. These weak humans from the Western Regions do not truly believe that after pacifying the Heng Tian Immortal Dynasty, they can lead their troops to contend with us, right!"
On the city walls of Shui Yun City, countless soldiers of the Black Water Immortal Dynasty looked at the Xuanwu soldiers below the city and in the void outside. A deputy general pointed at Xian Zhen and mocked him.
Behind the Xuanwu Legion, divine power surged. The aftershocks of the battle of Nan Shui, the bloody aura. Both Xian Zhen and the hidden Hong Family powerhouses within the city knew that the great battle had begun!
"I say General Zhang, can these humans from the Western Regions break through our city-protecting formation?"
A deputy general said to the deputy general who had previously mocked Xian Zhen.
"Break?"
The deputy general turned his head when he heard this and said, "Deploy the formation, and within three days, if they can break it, I'll admit defeat!"
"How about it?"
"I'm not fighting with you. Humans from the Western Regions are the weakest. Who in the Three Thousand Dao Prefectures doesn't know this? Fighting with you is not asking for humiliation!"
At this moment, the space outside Shui Yun City instantly shattered for dozens of miles, revealing a massive rift burning with black gas. Xian Zhen held his bronze sword, gripping the banner of the Xuanwu Legion tightly. Layers of black divine light bloomed, and a ten-thousand-zhang tall Xuanwu divine beast materialized. The massive body of the Xuanwu divine beast lifted all seven hundred thousand soldiers, and multicolored auspicious light emanated.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, an endless killing aura surged out. That terrifying aura directly shook the city-protecting formation of Shui Yun City, and even Shui Yun City itself trembled!
"Not good!"
At this moment, the mocking deputy general's pupils contracted. The deputy general beside him also turned pale. The trembling of the city-protecting formation truly shocked them. Xian Zhen, standing on the head of the Xuanwu, clad in black armor, resembling a scholarly general, had been locking onto the aura of a top-tier Great Celestial Venerable realm from deep within Shui Yun City.
As he had expected, he had initially thought this being, rumored to be from the Imperial Bloodline of the Black Water Immortal Dynasty, was an Unsurpassed Profound Venerable. However, all the information pointed to the Hong Family Four Clans. This led Xian Zhen to assume that a powerhouse sent by the Hong Family Four Clans was stationed here, possibly an Unsurpassed Profound Venerable!
But later, he analyzed it more deeply. The Eight Great Families of the Central Continent were currently engaged in a bloody war. Powerhouses like Unsurpassed Profound Venerables were indispensable core forces on the battlefield. At such a critical juncture, why would the Hong Family Four Clans cripple themselves by sending an Unsurpassed Profound Venerable to guard here!
Now, the moment he sensed the aura within the city, he couldn't help but smile. A top-tier Great Celestial Venerable, it was truly effortless!
On the Xuanwu divine beast, Xian Zhen held the bronze sword in one hand and the banner of the Xuanwu Legion in the other. The auras of the seven hundred thousand soldiers of the army, guided by the military formation, all converged into Xian Zhen's hand. The Xuanwu divine beast beneath his feet became more stable, its divine light grew more intense, and the ten-thousand-zhang tall Xuanwu appeared increasingly substantial, as if a living Xuanwu had emerged into the world, suppressing the nine heavens and sweeping across all realms!
Crack!!
The city-protecting formation of Shui Yun City instantly cracked in ten thousand places. The aura of the Xuanwu divine beast directly suppressed the formation. The tens of thousands of cracks made countless soldiers of the Black Water Immortal Dynasty tremble with fear, and countless generals who witnessed this scene had their hair stand on end.
"Xuanwu??"
The old man from the Hong Family ascended the city gate tower, looking at this scene with immense shock. An ancient divine beast that had disappeared for an era, even a wisp of its divine soul, still shocked him greatly.
"Human, who are you?!"
The old man from the Hong Family's expression turned grim. He looked at Xian Zhen standing on the head of the divine beast with a solemn tone.
Behind Xian Zhen, seven hundred thousand soldiers were orderly arrayed on the vast back of the Xuanwu divine beast, their blood essence reaching the heavens, their divine light emanating in myriad directions, like celestial soldiers.
"Commander of the Great Han Divine Dynasty's Xuanwu Legion, Xian Zhen!"
Xian Zhen said coldly, his bronze sword blooming with bronze divine light, which began to spread across the entire Xuanwu divine beast.
"Xian Zhen?!"
The old man from the Hong Family looked on with solemnity. He had never heard of such a person among the Great Celestial Venerables within the human race in the Three Thousand Dao Prefectures.
A being of the Great Celestial Venerable realm, at only the first layer, made him feel the same fear and insignificance as seeing a prodigy from his own clan. This human, Xian Zhen, must be the prodigy of this era for the human race!
No more than thirty years old!
A prodigy of the era at the age of thirty!
Even the direct descendants of the Hong Family were not this terrifying!
"The Eight Great Families of the Central Continent, you must be from the Hong Family. Your reach is too far!"
"Die!"
Xian Zhen said coldly.
Boom!
The legion banner in his hand bloomed with endless divine light. The Xuanwu divine beast roared in the void, and the boundless divine power fused with the divine light emanating from the banner, transforming into a bronze divine sword that directly slashed towards the city-protecting formation of Shui Yun City!
"Hah!"
The seven hundred thousand Xuanwu soldiers were all blooming with divine power. This sword, infused with the divine power of the seven hundred thousand strong army, was wielded by Xian Zhen and radiated awe in all directions!
Boom!
The city-protecting formation of Shui Yun City, unable to withstand the blow, instantly shattered. The thousand-zhang long city wall instantly turned to dust, and countless soldiers vanished under this sword. It was estimated that at least two hundred thousand soldiers perished!
With a single slash, the city wall and gate of Shui Yun City, which stood in front of the Xuanwu Legion, disappeared, and even one-third of the city turned into nothingness!
"Such a terrifying human, damned!"
Amidst the swirling dust, the blood-drenched old man from the Hong Family, having used some trump card for survival, did not die under this bronze divine sword!
"Hmm?"
Xian Zhen raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. With this sword, he was confident of killing not only a top-tier Great Celestial Venerable but even an Unsurpassed Profound Venerable.
He was a commander, not skilled in combat, but the military formations he formed were superior to those of other generals!
Among the emerging heroes, he was considered the best!
The name of the Commander-in-Chief began with him!
Xian Zhen looked coldly at the blood-drenched old man from the Hong Family. He must have used a trump card brought from the Hong Family to barely survive.
However!