sword sentient beings

Chapter 872 Prologue

The battle of Two Rivers City was not very impressive in terms of scale and intensity in the long history of war between humans and demons. Even though one side was quickly annihilated, and it was a rare great victory for humans, it was still nothing special.

But at this moment, the news was as shocking as thunder to all beings in the two worlds, which meant that the three-year truce was indeed over. The curtain of war was opened again.

Inevitably, the news was met with a certain degree of resistance. Although the two worlds seemed to be full of war advocates these days, when the war really came, most people still felt panic. These days, there were new or old peace advocates criticizing both sides for the existence of hawks who acted alone and started the war without regard for the overall situation, but these noises were meaningless - no matter what, the war was coming.

After a battle ended with a complete victory for humans and a complete defeat for the demons, humans did not immediately pursue the victory, nor did the demons immediately counterattack. Both sides exercised a certain degree of restraint and even retreated. This was not appeasement or regret, but a massive contraction of forces and war mobilization in order to launch a large-scale attack soon, just like retracting the fist first in order to increase the power of a punch.

After all, large-scale mobilization is a blatant break, and since the truce period hasn’t ended yet, it was not convenient for everyone to do it first. Now we can finally complete this key step.

In order to mobilize, both sides insisted that they were the righteous side and accused the other side of being shameless and despicable. Humans naturally accused the demons of attacking the training institute and destroying the Two Rivers City without reason, attempting to destroy all the achievements of the friendly exchanges between the two sides in the past three years. It seems that there has been no day in the past three years without harbouring evil intentions. The superficial friendship is actually all fake, all for the purpose of turning against each other today to create a "gain and loss" situation and make humans even more disgusted.

The demons, of course, had it all reversed, believing that the battle in Lianghe City was a human conspiracy from beginning to end. Humans secretly provoked and sent traitors to start the war, and then the three great sword immortals shamelessly ambushed a priest of the spirit world and a large number of troops, using their numbers to bully the few and attacking and killing all the spirit world people who visited Lianghe City for friendly purposes. This was a heinous crime. If this revenge was not taken, the spirit world would lose face.

Under the vigorous mobilization, no sword immortal, swordsman, or sword saint could stay out of it. They had to either go to fight, prepare for battle, or temporarily queue up in the back, waiting to be called and ready to fight at any time.

The first battlefield this time is still in the Broken Domain, and it is spread across all domains. For example, the Taiyin Domain, a place that had almost calmed down three years ago, has now become a battlefield, and the scale of the war is apparently even greater than before.

The difference is that on the battlefield three years ago, each domain basically fought on its own, and the Sword Mountain was a mere formality, basically just a place for regular gatherings to mediate between the parties. The Sword Saints were scattered in the outer world, only serving as a deterrent to the war situation. Not to mention the Sword Saints, even the Sword Immortals did not seem to leave easily.

However, today, Jianshan has established a headquarters to manage the war forces in each domain. The Jianting of each domain has established its own camp to directly command all forces in the domain. Each camp is equivalent to a legion, and the command system is directly connected to the grassroots, like an arm at the fingertips. The camps maintain close contact with each other. Especially now that the development of technology has shortened the cost of communication, if Jianshan has an order, it can reach the headquarters of the camps in each domain in a short time.

At the same time, the demon world was also making similar arrangements. In fact, from the perspective of the demon world's structure, it was even more difficult for them to integrate resources and gather strength than it was for humans. The various races were at best superficially united, but at worst they hated each other and could not trust each other at all.

In the past, the Pantheon, led by the Haotian priest, did not want to build a more rigorous army, but there were many obstacles and it was never able to move forward. Fortunately, the demons always had the upper hand on the front battlefield, and the two worlds were mainly invaded by the spirit world. Since they could take advantage, the change was not so urgent. So the Pantheon did not force them.

But now it was different. Three years might be just a trickle of water for the human world, but it was like a storm for the demon world. The most obvious thing was that a new upper god was born in the Pantheon. He was originally called the "evil god", but now he has transformed into a holy god and openly entered the hall. All other gods were speechless and seemed to be submissive. It seemed that the god of gods had appeared.

Since there is the supreme will, some things will be easier to do. Although the Wu priest who "fired the first shot" in the name of the Holy Spirit was silent, the will of the Holy Spirit has not changed. It ordered the current right high priest of the Pantheon, High Priest Songtian, to be the commander-in-chief, with six divine generals under him. All tribes must send the young leaders or the successors of the leaders and the elite soldiers of the tribe to obey orders. Anyone who dares to disobey will be wrathful by the Holy Spirit.

The anger of the Holy Spirit is not just some kind of rhetoric, there is a precedent. Once upon a time, a medium-sized tribe with a population of nearly one million was punished by God because they were unwilling to worship the Holy Spirit. The tribe's land was razed to the ground overnight, and almost no one in the tribe survived. Since then, no one among the hundreds of tribes dared to offend the power of God.

Both sides have become the highest command, which indicates that the war that has resumed has been fully upgraded. It is no longer a situation where the swordsman is the main force, the swordsman is the general, the sword immortal is the commander, and the sword saint is looking down from the sky. The current organization clearly indicates that the sword immortal will charge into battle, the sword immortal may appear on the battlefield, and even the sword saint may not be spared.

This might be the decisive battle that would decide the fate of the two worlds. The upper echelons were full of fighting spirit, and even the most determined advocates of war were a little terrified. The little people seemed completely insignificant in the face of the tide.

“Your role is crucial!”

In a special camp in the Sun Region, an old man with white hair and beard and a shrewd temperament spoke to the young people present.

"This is also an unprecedented attempt for us. Go behind enemy lines, to the Heavenly Demon Realm! In the past, our struggles behind enemy lines were only in the Broken Domain, in settlements and supply lines behind the enemy's front lines. That was actually too shallow and far from enough. Those Heavenly Demons can come to the human world without restraint and stir up evil. Why can't we go to the Heavenly Demon Realm, to their base camp?"

The young people listened very carefully. Most of them were students who had just withdrawn from Two Rivers City. Some were instructors and trainees. Of course, the instructors were also young. "We had plans more than once before. We also went to the Heavenly Demon Realm, but we could not form a large-scale plan. First, we don't know enough about the Heavenly Demon Realm. The Heavenly Demon Realm is too complicated. There are small races, and there are systems like gods that are difficult for outsiders to integrate into. Therefore, ordinary talents cannot meet the needs. In addition, it is almost impossible to break through to the other side silently. Those Heavenly Demons came to the human world to ignite the realm fire, and their realms were forcibly suppressed and eliminated by our people. It's the same when we go there. They don't care about the long term because they come here to plunder, grab a ticket and leave. We have to do serious work, so we naturally can't waste time like this."

"But now both situations have improved. First, evil gods are popular in the demon world now. Evil god believers can separate from their race and worship evil gods wholeheartedly, and their race cannot restrict them. You who are alone just need to pretend to be evil god believers."

"Besides, you have systematically studied the knowledge of the demon world and communicated with the demons face to face, which makes it easier for you to figure out their every move."

"Of course, the more important thing is..." The old man took out a bottle made of crystal: "This potion. With just one bottle, you can completely transform into a spiritual warrior demon within three days. Combined with the disguise, the difficulty of disguising the invasion is greatly reduced."

"Oh!" Many people exclaimed in surprise. It was the first time they heard of such a magical medicine.

Han Ziyuan couldn't help but say: "This is an unprecedented invention. The person who made this medicine is really a genius."

The old man smiled and said, "He is indeed a genius."

It would be great if I could use my talent in the right way.

If Jingxingjian hadn't captured this guy by accident, he would have used the medicine he made to help the demons invade the human world silently.

"Although there are so many conveniences, this is still a very dangerous mission. It goes without saying that if a person or a team is sent to the vast Demon Realm to perform a dangerous mission, it is a life-or-death situation. So we don't force you. If you don't want to join, you can quit."

Everyone was very quiet for a moment.

The old man continued, "This is not a test. Not wanting to do something doesn't necessarily mean you're afraid of death. Maybe some people don't want to do these tortuous missions and prefer fighting on the battlefield. That's fine. Everyone has their own aspirations. You can bring it up. We have a way to erase this memory, and we're not afraid of causing any losses."

This time, several people raised their hands, and the old man wrote them down one by one and asked them to leave. Yun Xiyan looked tangled, scratching his head and head, and wanted to raise his hand several times, but in the end he didn't raise his hand and stayed in the team.

After everyone had left, the old man counted the remaining people and said, "Okay, 160 people are left, three quarters of them are left. It seems that everyone is very aware. Then I will assign tasks to you."

The tasks were mainly assigned by region. The one hundred and sixty people were divided into forty teams according to their strength and personal wishes. The largest team had eight people, and the smallest team had lone rangers.

After assigning the areas, he did not give any detailed instructions on the tasks, but only gave everyone a booklet and asked them to burn it after reading it. Then he said solemnly:

"I want to warn everyone that your identities are all very valuable. Losing one of them would be a great loss. So when you don't receive the most important combat mission, don't risk sending back general intelligence. You have to wait until wartime for it to work."

"But there is one mission that is the same for everyone, and that is to collect as much intelligence as possible about the evil god, the evil cult, and the evil god's opponents and their organizations. No matter how big or small, everything can be collected."

"Here are the details. Everyone will set off one after another within a month. So everyone, I wish you good luck!"