Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 447 Battlefield 3
The flaming red lotus blooming in the sky above the battlefield did not last long before it was blown away by the wind, and along with it were also the numerous Qin and Zhao soldiers whose number was approaching four figures.

In the face of pure yang flames whose temperature has been raised to the extreme, even steel will be melted in an instant, not to mention the relatively fragile flesh and blood. So when the flames faded away, all that was left was a vast scorched earth over a hundred meters wide, with magma flowing everywhere and debris everywhere.

Suddenly, a pair of horse hooves as big as bowls crushed the magma that was flowing freely on the surface, and thousands of golden lights splashed up. Looking upward along the horse hooves, I saw more than 20 tall cavalrymen on fierce horses galloping in from outside the scorched earth.

The continuous sound of horse hooves carried a powerful momentum as if they were going to crush the mountains and rivers, but after stepping into the outer perimeter of the scorched earth, they suddenly stopped with a low shout from the leading general.

"end!"

The sound of hooves stopped for a moment, and the galloping horse was immediately stopped by the spear-wielding general on horseback. The red mane on its neck fell down, and it even spewed out burning sparks with its breath.

At this time, the fire poison inside the scorched earth has not yet disappeared, and magma is flowing wildly. Only this special red-maned horse can run rampant here without hindrance and is not afraid of the high temperature. However, even if the mount is not affected, the many cavalrymen on horseback cannot completely ignore it.

The air was filled with rolling heat waves, like a huge steamer of heaven and earth. Just as it reached the periphery, the scorching heat burned the cavalrymen's temples so much that sweat oozed out of their sweat, which then turned into wisps of white mist rising upwards.

At the front of the team, the middle-aged general in the lead glanced at the long river of magma that gathered into a river on his side. His already cold face now looked even more gloomy. When he watched it from afar before, he only felt its magnificence and splendor, but only when he stepped in personally could he truly feel the horror of the flaming fire lotus.

The residual fire poison on the periphery has reached such a level. Perhaps the Yin-Yang sorcerer is much more powerful than he expected. At least before figuring out the true strength of the enemy, it is no longer advisable to advance rashly. The terrain advantage can help a Yin-Yang sorcerer far more than these military strategists who defeat others with force.

As his thoughts raced, his eyes inadvertently swept across the half-broken bones under the scorched earth. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he slaughtered his comrades wantonly. Based on this alone, no matter how strong the sorcerer was, he could not defeat his Zhao army's ten thousand chariots.

Thinking of this, the cavalry general quickly raised his eyes and looked towards the center of the scorched earth in the distance. His sight passed through the layers of twisted hot air and saw a rolling black fog hovering above the pool of magma in the center. Inside, there was a tall, not-so-real figure vaguely emerging.

There is no need to explain the source of the magma pool, but the dark mist is very familiar to him.

"Nasha? And how could this level of evil energy possibly..."

Before he finished speaking, perhaps sensing his overly naked gaze, a pair of scarlet blood eyes suddenly opened in the black fog in the distance. The moment their eyes met, he felt a piercing chill instantly spread throughout his body. In a trance, it seemed as if everything around him was eclipsed, and only the pair of constantly expanding scarlet eyes gradually occupied the entire world in front of him.

"The evil spirit has entered his brain. There is no hope. Give up on capturing him alive and prepare to kill him directly!"

'Evil spirits enter the brain', this is an absolute taboo that any military disciple must keep in mind at the beginning of his practice, which is not much different from what the Taoists call "going astray and becoming possessed".

It means that a large amount of uncontrolled vicious energy has invaded the brain, and once you fall into this state, it can be said that there is basically no hope. All the opponent's reason will be completely overwhelmed by the most thorough cold murderous intent. Communication will be impossible and irreversible. Except for the destruction of the body, there is no way to stop the opponent from indiscriminate and crazy killing.

So after forcibly breaking free from the passive deterrence brought by those scarlet eyes, the cavalry general did not hesitate at all, raised his hand and issued a decisive order to kill directly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rapid horse hooves rang out again, and at the same time, boiling blood gushed out from the heads of more than 20 cavalrymen who were charging, quickly condensing into a huge red spear with a murderous aura.

The next moment, as the leading general's murderous intent surged, the red spear in the sky suddenly pierced through the air and shot out towards the dark fog in the distance.

"kill!"

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"Kill! The world will eventually be destroyed, and all living things must be killed!!"

"Life and death go hand in hand, life cannot last long, death is inevitable, all living things can only be killed!!"

"When the sky is filled with murderous intent, the stars will move and change their positions; when the earth is filled with murderous intent, dragons and snakes will rise from the land; when people are filled with murderous intent, heaven and earth will turn upside down!!"

"The mad deceiver sharpens his knife at night, the emperor star is swaying and the Mars is high; from now on, the world will be turned upside down, why should we be stingy when killing people... The seven kills must be done, and all evils will be eliminated!!"

"Everyone, I like war, so I am passionate about killing. Hahahaha... Kill them all!!"

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On the other side, inside the pitch-black fog, due to the mad influx of a large amount of evil spirit, countless noisy roars began to roar in Xu Yue's mind. If it were not for the protection of the mental barrier, he would not be able to maintain even the most basic consciousness.

Nearly a thousand soldiers were killed in one strike, and coupled with the non-stop bloody massacre that had occurred for an entire hour before, the total amount of evil energy attracted was appalling.

Generally speaking, the human body absorbs evil spirits such as evil spirits through passive infiltration. Although the efficiency is slow, it can generally ensure safety. When it reaches the saturation point, the subconscious will even drive the human body to actively resist, so the possibility of losing control on the spot is extremely low.

But Xu Yue's current condition is obviously not like that. With the help of Paradise, his body is almost madly devouring all the evil spirits around him in a hungry manner. There is no gradual progress, nor is there any knowing when to stop. The main idea is that as long as it doesn't kill him, he will swallow it to death.

This has resulted in his current state being only a hair's breadth away from complete insanity, but with the existence of the mental barrier, that last bit of clarity, though seemingly shaky, has always been able to remain standing under the constant onslaught of massive murderous intent.

"Whoo~"

A thick bloody breath was slowly exhaled from Xu Yue's mouth and nose. The evil spirit not only corroded his mind, but also his body. He could feel that within ten minutes, large areas of tissue necrosis would occur in his body's organs, including his heart and even his brain.

Death was approaching, but Xu Yue's face, covered with evil spots, still did not show any fear. Only the inexplicable curve at the corner of his mouth became more and more wanton.

The next second, his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and inside them were scarlet blood and murderous intent. As far as the eye could see, a cavalry column was approaching quickly on the scorched earth in the distance, and what arrived earlier was a red spear at least ten meters long in the air.

Above the scorched earth, the air currents were torn apart by the speeding spears, leaving only a sharp sound of breaking through the air and a long red streak across the sky.

The turbulent airflow created waves in the magma pool on the surface, and soon the galloping spears reached the periphery of the black fog.

Just as it was about to tear through the mist and point to the tall figure inside, a Fang Tian Hua Ji, which was slightly smaller than the spear, had already stabbed out first and firmly blocked the sharp edge of the spear tip.

"Qiang!!"

The moment the two touched, the harsh sound of metal collision suddenly turned into invisible sound waves that spread out, causing ripples on the lake and filling gullies on the ground wherever they passed, and it looked very powerful.

At the center of the sound waves, red spears and painted halberds were seen confronting each other in a stalemate, but in the end one was fake and the other was real. After a few breaths of stalemate, the right side gradually showed signs of weakness and the tip of the red spear began to be uncontrollably shattered by the painted halberd, and then exploded in mid-air under the far-reaching control of the cavalry general.

So before the sound wave stopped in the previous second, the roar came again in the next moment. The red spears formed by the blood and energy of more than 20 cavalrymen exploded violently. As a result, the thick fog around was shattered by one blow, and the tall figure hidden in it turned into a beam of black light and was blown away.

The black light flew backwards for more than twenty meters before finally landing on the ground. The moment it landed, there was another series of roars and explosions, until it rolled over and created four or five huge dents on the charred surface, which barely relieved the tremendous force exerted on him by the explosion of the red spear.

"Cough cough..."

Outside the scorched earth, large amounts of dark blood kept vomiting out of Xu Yue's mouth, accompanied by hoarse coughs, and even a few pieces of still-wriggling internal organs could be vaguely seen in between.

If it were in his prime, Xu Yue would never have been injured so badly even if he could not block the red spear. But unfortunately, due to the continuous erosion of the massive amount of evil spirit, his internal organs that had not yet completed metallization were already on the verge of breaking. Now after suffering another severe blow, his internal organs were almost completely necrotic.

"Phew, there should be about five minutes left, enough..."

Muttering, Xu Yue struggled to stand up slowly from the bottom of the pit. Although the attack from the red spear just now reduced his survival time to just five minutes, it also briefly drove away the evil spirits that were pouring in. It could be said that this was a mixed blessing.

Looking up at the Zhao cavalry who were about to bypass the lava pool and continue their attack, the madness in his scarlet eyes faded a little, but the cold murderous intent that was almost overflowing remained the same.

Seeing that the opposite side was about to condense a new round of red spears, Xu Yue stood up straight and clenched his left hand. As the silver liquid surged, a large red bow quietly emerged in his palm and then began to expand wildly.

Soon, an exaggeratedly long bow with an upright height of more than five meters stood firmly on the scorched earth. Wisps of mountain energy wrapped around the bottom of the bow, allowing it to take root and be as stable as Mount Tai even without anyone to support it.

Behind the longbow, after making sure its structure was stable, Xu Yue did not choose to use conventional mana to condense the arrow, but directly placed the Fang Tian Huaji in his hand firmly between the bow arm and the bowstring.

In the next step, two large silver hands with evil spots on them tightly grasped the tough bowstring that was stretched into a long straight line. As he exerted force with his whole body, teeth-grinding creaking sounds began to resound one after another, and the giant longbow on the scorched earth was slowly pulled open.

One second, two seconds...

Compared to the normal speed of drawing a bow, the giant bow was being pulled apart extremely slowly. However, with every pull, the terrifying and extreme sense of oppression around the giant bow would increase.

After several seconds, Xu Yue, who had almost exhausted all his remaining magic power, gasped and pulled the entire giant bow to the full moon.

Looking around, the red bow arm that was stretched to the limit creaked, and the golden gem inlaid on it sparkled brightly. Amidst the swirling flames, a layer of arrow phantom that seemed to be made of liquefied golden flames had completely wrapped the Fang Tian Huaji on the bowstring.

On the opposite side, although the arrows had not been shot yet, the Zhao cavalrymen facing the arrow tips all felt a strong breath of death uncontrollably surge into their hearts. Even the red-maned horses under their feet, which should have been as fierce as fire, slowed down their pace at the same time. Some horses even had the strong urge to turn around and run away.

However, before they were ready to take action, the restless horses were forcibly stopped by the cavalrymen on horseback who had noticed it in advance. At the front of the cavalry, the middle-aged general who was the leader had a gloomy face. The more fear he felt in his heart, the crazier the emotion in his eyes seemed.

He knew that he might have underestimated the sorcerer opposite him. He had only felt this terrifying feeling of oppression from General Li Mu and the Wu'an Jun of Qin. But things had come to this point. Even if the Zhao border cavalry died, they could only die in a frontal charge!
"Zhao's border cavalry, charge!"

The roars gradually grew louder and louder, and finally turned into a chorus of angry shouts from all the cavalrymen. As soon as the words fell, the cavalry's charge speed increased again, and the red spear in the sky, which was even more powerful than before, was thrown out fiercely.

On the other side, Xu Yue stared indifferently at the very familiar long red streak that once again cut through the sky. He had no intention of dodging, but simply loosened the slender bowstring in his hand that was pulled to the full moon.

"Wow!!!"

The next moment, a high-pitched phoenix cry that echoed throughout the entire battlefield suddenly rose into the sky. The bowstring rebounded, and the raging hurricane caused by the leaked force alone cut deep and hideous cracks in the ground beneath their feet like a blade. At the same time, a dazzling fire phoenix transformed from the Fang Tian Huaji suddenly broke free from the bowstring and shot out at an unrecognizable speed.

A breath, or even shorter.

First, the red spears that attacked from the opposite side were directly annihilated by the dazzling fire phoenix that arrived later, and then the fire phoenix swept over the cavalry. There was no stalemate between the two sides, nor was there any blood and flesh splattering everywhere. There was only the cavalry members who were wiped out silently.

All the flesh, blood, and armor that passed by were completely swallowed up by the ever-expanding fire phoenix, until it penetrated all the way to the center of the cavalry. The flaming phoenix transformed from the halberd finally stopped and then exploded under Xu Yue's control!

A violent roar accompanied by raging flames quickly expanded, and soon formed a giant fireball covering dozens of meters. Flames were raging inside, and the sound of phoenixes was clanging. Faintly, countless sharp metal fragments could be seen moving around inside the fireball.

After a long time, the giant fireball in the distance slowly dissipated. With one blow, more than 20 Zhao cavalrymen in front were completely wiped out, leaving only a bottomless black pit and thousands of halberd fragments that were rapidly flying away from the pit.

(End of this chapter)