"Immortal, don't believe his nonsense! They suddenly attacked the town, captured us, and tried to kill us!" At this moment, a little girl with mud on her face, kneeling on the ground, shouted at Xu Le.
At this moment, the prisoners who were being held down also began to stir, pleading or denouncing the evil deeds of Wutugu and others, which attracted Xu Le's attention.
Seeing that things were not going well, Wutugu gave a signal to the square-faced man. The man immediately understood, picked up his scimitar, took a big step, grabbed the hair of the little girl who had been the first to shout, forced her head back, placed the scimitar against her throat, and with a little force, made contact with her skin, revealing a line of blood, from which beads of blood slowly seeped out.
Feeling the cold blade, the girl couldn't help but start sobbing, but with her head tilted back, she couldn't breathe properly and gasped for air with her mouth slightly open.
But the burly man with the square face didn't stop; he tightened his wrist, preparing to make an example of them and quiet the crowd of civilians down.
"You really don't take me seriously at all, you even dared to kill someone in front of me."
Xu Le's eyes narrowed, and his tone became angry. He hadn't expected that these guys would still dare to do this after he had shown his power. They simply didn't take him seriously.
"Not good, retreat." Wutugu noticed that Xu Le was getting angry and realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly ordered a retreat.
Neigh!
The horses neighed and were driven to retreat in the opposite direction, but was it any use?
The last cavalrymen were the first to retreat, but before they could run a few meters, they crashed into an invisible wall, fell to the ground, and were pinned down by their horses. Their chests were subjected to tremendous pressure, and blood kept gushing from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
But that's not all. Because the cavalrymen in front overturned, the people behind couldn't stop the galloping horses in time. They trampled and fell, creating a human pile.
Seeing his subordinates die in frustration, Wutugu quickly gathered his uninjured men together. He counted them and found that only seventy-odd people remained. Wutugu stared intently at Xu Le, ignoring his men's pleas, and shouted, "You wicked sorcerer, let us leave now, or when our grassland army is on our way, we will tear you to pieces!"
"Nonsense," Xu Le glanced at him disdainfully, then began chanting a seemingly profound but actually obscure incantation: "Heaven and earth heed my command, open the netherworld, open the path to the underworld, all ghosts obey my command, slaughter the world."
The crowd felt a chill run down their spines as they listened to the strange and terrifying incantation. Suddenly, dark shadows appeared on the battlefield before them, obscuring the verdant earth.
The dark liquid spread rapidly in front of Wutugu, and then figures slowly emerged from the darkness, with pale skin, lifeless eyes, scarlet light, and sharp daggers in their hands, like demons crawling out of hell.
Shadow Legion vs. Steppe Cavalry
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Chapter Thirty-Five: The Undead Legion and Soul Liquid
The soldiers of the Shadow Legion emerged from the shadows, standing before Wutugu with swords drawn. Their lifeless eyes stared at the cavalrymen, devoid of any emotion.
"Scattering beans to create soldiers!" Magistrate Liu exclaimed, staring in disbelief at the group of shadowy soldiers.
"What does 'scattering beans to create soldiers' mean?" someone asked curiously. How could beans and soldiers be related?
"I also learned about the legend of scattering beans to create soldiers from ancient books. The legend says that although Emperor Taizu received help from immortals, his foundation was shallow and he had no soldiers to use." Magistrate Liu glanced at the shadowy warrior, swallowed hard, and continued to explain: "So Emperor Taizu went to ask the immortals for help. The immortals took out a small bag from their pockets, which contained hundreds of soybeans. The immortals then instructed Emperor Taizu to scatter them on the battlefield."
Emperor Taizu had no doubt that during the Battle of Huanyubo, he had scattered soybeans, which disappeared into the ground and instantly grew into towering Yellow Turban warriors, impervious to swords and spears, and unharmed by fire or water, who utterly annihilated the enemy army.
"So that's how it is. But this immortal's technique of turning beans into soldiers is a bit..." The man suddenly realized after hearing this, but looking at the shadowy army not far away, they were no match for the legendary tall and mighty Yellow Turban Warriors, and they even looked somewhat evil.
The Shadow Legion not only had a sinister appearance, but also exuded an evil aura. However, intimidated by the power of the immortals, no one dared to speak out and could only secretly ponder it in their hearts.
The Shadow Legion ignored what these people thought of them, gripped their short swords, and leaped up to stab Wutugu.
Although Wutugu was afraid, he could not sit idly by and wait for death. He dodged the attack by turning to the side, and his scimitar drew an arc in the air, directly cutting the shadow warrior in two.
"This..." Wutugu stared blankly at the shadow warrior who had been cut in two, feeling somewhat puzzled. This ghostly shadow warrior was so weak. Although the shadow warrior did not bleed, he was indeed lying on the ground, a corpse.
Wutugu was secretly pleased. He seemed to have discovered that this Taoist was not as powerful as he had imagined, but rather seemed to be all bark and no bite.
The previous flames and lightning were likely just a smokescreen, and the invisible wall they crashed into might also be part of that smokescreen. The reason this Taoist priest stopped attacking was probably because he was unable to.
Wutugu became increasingly certain of this idea, and once again swung his sword to kill a shadowy warrior. Pointing at Xu Le, he shouted, "You evil Taoist, I have seen through your tricks. Surrender now, or I will surely cut off your head!"
"ignorance!"
Xu Le looked at Wutugu, who was already excited, and coldly uttered two words before looking indifferently at the group of grassland people.
A commotion broke out in the crowd, and doubts began to arise about the immortal's strength. Although they dared not say it outright, their expressions clearly showed their dissatisfaction.
Magistrate Liu, observing Xu Le's apparent mastery of the situation, recalled the more detailed description of that legend in the ancient text. If it were as the legend described, then these soldiers would surely…
Looking up, Wutugu let out a wild laugh, brandishing his scimitar, making it impossible to get close for a moment. However, in the midst of the fierce battle, he did not notice that the shadowy corpse on the ground was beginning to change, slowly merging into the ground, and then a shadowy warrior would emerge from the shadows, repeating endlessly, like an endless cycle.
Not long after, Wutugu also noticed something was wrong. His eyes swept across the battlefield behind him, his pupils dilated, and he pursed his dry, cracked lips, saying in a hoarse voice, "You... are actually immortal."
The resurrected Shadow Warriors ignored Wutugu's shock. In their view, there were only two kinds of creatures in this world: those their masters forbade to kill, and those their masters ordered to be killed. Wutugu belonged to the second kind.
Although the grassland people were brave and skilled in battle, they were no match for the immortal shadow warriors' constant suicide attacks. They were beheaded or had their hearts ripped out, dying a gruesome death.
Looking at the bloody scene before him, Xu Le felt a pang of emotion, a fleeting pang of pity, but he immediately dismissed it. After all, compassion can sometimes be a death sentence. Letting go of these beasts of prey would only be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, inviting trouble. It was better to nip them in the bud.
At this moment, a brilliant golden light shone from Xu Le's chest, and a divine light spread throughout his body. He communicated with the Rubik's Cube with his mind and discovered that the side of the Rubik's Cube representing the sheep was lit up.
After communicating with the Rubik's Cube, a six-pointed star pattern appeared in his eyes, spinning counterclockwise. The world before him instantly lost its color, becoming entirely different, with gray and white becoming the dominant colors. In this world, he could also see blurry blue, humanoid wisps of smoke being driven by an invisible force, constantly being drawn into the Rubik's Cube.
soul!
The Rubik's Cube actually devoured a soul! Xu Le could not hide his shock and couldn't help but exclaim, but because they were far away, no one could hear what he said.
Xu Le suppressed his shock and continued to concentrate on observing the changes within the Rubik's Cube. More and more blue smoke gathered within the cube, then the cube released a dark golden beam of light that shot into the smoke, stirring and swirling it.
However, it didn't last long. The souls outside had been almost completely absorbed, and the dark golden light pillar inside the cube slowly faded away.
The blue smoke had now transformed into a pool of sky-blue liquid, pure and clear, like the most beautiful sapphire in the world, stunningly beautiful.
After the blue liquid appeared, it was split in two by the Rubik's Cube. One of the portions then split into twelve smaller portions, which flowed into the rune patterns on the twelve inner and outer faces.
Xu Le, who had been communicating with the Rubik's Cube, could clearly feel the joy of the rune pattern. At the same time, a message from the Rubik's Cube made him ecstatic.
The power of the talisman has been enhanced!