After all the sacrifices have been made to speed pass, who is still practicing hard skills?

"boom!!!"

I don't know how much time had passed, but the battle between Jiang Che and Hu Yuanlie seemed to have reached its final moment. Jiang Che, who was determined to fight at all costs, burned his own blood and yang spirit without hesitation.

In exchange for an excellent opportunity, he swung his sword and directly cut off one of Hu Yuanlie's arms. Although it grew back again at the cost of his essence and blood, his body was not tempered.

It has undoubtedly become the shortcoming at the moment.

Hu Yuanlie himself was also pushed back dozens of miles by Jiang Che. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and his face looked extremely ugly. He never expected that Jiang Che would be so strong.

Even if he burned the divine blood, he still couldn't gain the upper hand. After fighting for less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Che cut off one of his arms. If the fight continued.

Unpredictable safety
Thinking of this, Hu Yuanlie had already developed the idea of ​​retreating. He directly tore through the void and was about to escape. But after he returned to heaven and earth, he was shocked to find out.

The army under his command had been completely defeated at this moment, and the troops from the Central Plains were chasing them all the way.

The strong men from various groups he brought with him also suffered heavy casualties at this moment. The number of deaths alone was as high as one hand, and almost all the others were seriously injured.

Although the Martial Saint of Central Plains also suffered heavy casualties, this loss still made him heartbroken.

Because these twenty or so Martial Saints are almost the top warriors gathered from most of the grassland, and among them there are even several who are from the Barbarian Temple.

If they were all destroyed here, the entire grassland might even be in danger of being extinct.

Turning his gaze to Duan Yuntian, Hu Yuanlie was immediately furious. Looking at the entire battlefield, everyone else was fighting bloody battles, but he was the only one who was extremely relaxed.

Compete with a strong man from Central Plains to test the power of rules.

At this moment, he once again thought of the ancient saying circulating in the Central Plains.

Non-my family, its heart must be different!
Duan Yuntian would never fight a bloody battle for the royal court.

But at this moment, it was obviously not the time to pursue these things. Hu Yuanlie frowned and said in a deep and congratulatory voice:

"Retreat! Retreat back to the camp!"

"withdraw!!!"

Hu Yuanlie's roar was like thunder, resounding throughout the area within a hundred miles. All the Northern Barbarian Martial Saints and Sword Khans seemed no match for the Central Plains Martial King Jiang Che.

The last bit of fighting spirit finally vanished.

At the command.

They tore open the void and used all their magical powers to start retreating.

"Want to leave? It's not that easy!"

As an indifferent voice sounded, Jiang Che's true body was reflected above the void. He was a thousand feet tall and exuded a terrifying pressure that was difficult to describe in words.

As soon as the words fell, golden sword energy spread across the world.

"Humph!"

Suddenly Yuanlie snorted coldly, and as his mind moved, the rules of endless fire surged and transformed into a huge curtain of fire, blocking Jiang Che's sword that split the sky and the earth.

Although he couldn't beat Jiang Che, he was a rule-based immortal after all, so he could still stop the opponent.

And with him as the final cover.

The rest of the Northern Barbarian Martial Saints fled for their lives at all costs.

Of course, the strong men from Youzhou City couldn't just sit there and watch, so they all rushed forward to fight.

"This battle is over. Let's stop here."

Duan Yuntian looked at this scene, as if he had expected it, and his expression was very calm.

Old Ancestor Ku Rong frowned and wanted to refute, but after weighing the strength of both sides, he did not say much. He just snorted coldly and did not stop the Northern Barbarian Martial Saint from escaping.

In an instant, Jiang Che and Hu Yuanlie were fighting again, and the power created by the two people who appeared between heaven and earth was unparalleled, and the earth was turned upside down at any time.

Hu Yuanlie's injuries were gradually getting worse.

However, he no longer had the confidence to fight Jiang Che desperately. After seeing that almost all the Northern Barbarian Martial Saints had escaped into the turbulent flow of the void, he turned around and left without hesitation.

A long trace was left between heaven and earth.

"Kill, and pursue the victory!"

Feng Yujiang's golden armor was stained with blood and his long hair was disheveled, but at this moment he was eager to fight. Over the past few years, except for the time when the Mountain God King Ji Chengdao took action, he was almost always suppressed and beaten.

Now that we finally see hope of winning, we naturally don’t want to miss this opportunity.

He led a group of martial saints and chased after them.

The soldiers below were also full of fighting spirit and pursued the enemy all the way north.

The chase lasted for hundreds of miles before it ended. The hundreds of thousands of Northern Barbarian cavalry that attacked the city today could not catch up with those Martial Saints in speed, and almost all of them died in front of Youzhou City.

On the ground, a thick bloody smell permeated the heaven and earth.

Broken limbs, armored beasts, and corpses were scattered all over the ground.

Against the backdrop of the setting sun, it looked extremely tragic and majestic.

There were many reasons why Feng Yujiang and others did not continue the pursuit. The most important one was that all the Northern Barbarian Martial Saints had fled back to the camp.

The camp set up by the Northern Barbarians was not only solid, but also had an extremely terrifying formation that was difficult to break through. After all, they did not have overwhelming strength.

Just a slight advantage.

If they continue to fight, their casualties will increase dramatically.

For this reason, when it seemed that he could no longer attack and after probing, Jiang Che, with a serious face, chose to stop fighting immediately and return to Youzhou City to rest and wait.

After all, people are not objects and have limits.

This battle lasted almost a whole day, and the second half of the day was especially brutal. Even for someone as strong as a Martial Saint, the consumption was huge, and further fighting would only result in more casualties.

But no matter what, they won a great victory in this battle.

The northern barbarian army that marched south totaled about 600,000 strong, all of them elite cavalry drawn from various tribes on the grassland. In this battle alone, nearly 200,000 of them were killed.

One battle reduced the enemy's strength by one third.

There were hundreds of Xuandan Grandmasters and Shenxiang Grandmasters who died.

Even among the powerful Martial Saints, six were killed on the Northern Barbarian side, nearly one third of the troops. Among the rest, two had their bodies shattered, and almost all the rest were injured.

On the other hand, since the war was a decisive one and they had the support of Tianyuan's elite troops, their casualties were less than 50,000. Three Martial Saints died, two were seriously injured, and the rest were also injured.

It can be called a tragic victory.

But no matter what, a pyrrhic victory is still a victory.

Such a great victory has not been achieved in at least the past hundred years.

When they returned to Youzhou City, they could clearly see that almost everyone's faces were filled with joy, and countless people were talking about King Wu Jiang Che, and their words were full of respect.

At this moment, everyone from the Martial Saint to the common people heard Jiang Che's words, and they felt from the bottom of their hearts that the reason they were able to win this battle was all because of Jiang Che's actions.

It can be said that one battle won people's hearts.

"In the previous battle, I..." Inside the palace, Patriarch Ku Rong frowned slightly, wanting to explain what happened before. After all, in this battle, if you really count it, he contributed the least.

Seeing this, Jiang Che raised his hand to stop Old Ancestor Ku Rong from saying anything else, and said with a smile:
"The success of this battle is all due to the contribution of fellow Daoist. There is no need to explain too much." These words were not all consolation. In fact, Jiang Che did realize the importance of Patriarch Ku Rong, although the opponent did not achieve any results in this battle.

But being able to involve Duan Yuntian is the greatest achievement.

Otherwise, let alone inflicting heavy damage to the Northern Barbarians, it would be a blessing to be able to avoid defeat.

After all, Duan Yuntian's strength is unquestionable, and now he has comprehended the power of rules. He feels that he is even stronger than the Northern Barbarian Khan Hu Yuanlie.

Of course, the details will only become clear after the fight.

"Your Majesty."

While the two were talking, Feng Yujiang, who had changed into a black official robe, walked up to Jiang Che and saluted with his fists. At this moment, he was not wearing a python robe.

He was just wearing a plain black martial arts robe, but he knew the hierarchy. Now Jiang Che has not yet become emperor, and he is wearing a python robe. If he also wore a python robe.

To outsiders, who is on top and who is at the bottom?

Through this battle, he was completely convinced by Jiang Che and no longer had any rebellious thoughts in his heart. Although he had indeed surrendered to Jiang Che in the past, he was not truly submissive.

It’s just because the pressure from the Northern Barbarians is too great.

After all, Jiang Che proclaimed himself the King of Martial Arts, while he was conferred the title of King of Beidi by the previous dynasty. The two titles were completely different, and Jiang Che was still in his twenties, which was a big difference from his.

It was really hard for him to accept submitting to a young man.

But it's different now.

Jiang Che has already proved his majesty with facts.

Not only did he trust him very much, he also sent hundreds of thousands of elite troops to support him and rushed thousands of miles to attack this place. In the first battle, he led the military and civilians of Youzhou and defeated the northern barbarians.

At this moment, what reason did he have not to sincerely submit?
In his opinion, Jiang Che now has the demeanor of a king and has in fact unified the Central Plains. He is at least as powerful a king as Emperor Taizu of Zhou once was.

It is hard for him to imagine what would happen to him if he did not know the current situation.

As for marriage
To the king, it was just a relationship and meant nothing.

"No need to be polite, King of the North."

Jiang Che stood with his hands behind his back and nodded slightly.

"My lord, Fellow Daoist Ku Rong, the celebration banquet is ready now, please take a look."

"In that case, let's go. I'll trouble the King of the North to introduce them to me."

"Your Majesty, please"

Northern Barbarian Camp.

now.

Compared to the jubilation in Youzhou City, which even held a grand celebration banquet, there was dejection in the Northern Barbarian camp, with soldiers lying listlessly everywhere.

As for the reason
Without him.

The morale of the army has dropped greatly.

In the past, it was their northern barbarian army that invaded the Central Plains, causing the Central Plains to lose more than a thousand miles of territory, and the people could only rely on Youzhou City to resist them, but they were winning victory after victory.

The morale of the army had already reached its peak.

They believed that the Central Plains was within their grasp and that the people of the Central Plains were extremely weak.

But this battle shattered their fantasies.

The vanguard army of more than 100,000 not only failed to capture the city, but was also killed along the way. So far, the entire army has been wiped out. This is an extremely huge blow.

They had never suffered such a great defeat.

And they couldn't even make up lies to deceive themselves. After all, this battle involved not only hundreds of thousands of vanguard troops, but also almost all the powerful saints in the camp.

Even the Khan led the army in person, but he returned in disgrace.

In fact, if they had not set up a unique formation within their camp, it might have been difficult for them to even keep the camp. This was the real reason why they were extremely frustrated.

Because they no longer see any hope of winning.

So what if the entire army is mobilized?

We were defeated this time, but will it be an exception next time?

For a while, the talk of retreating and returning home became so rampant that it was difficult to suppress it even with suppression.

This is the bad nature of the grassland people. In a battle where they can see the hope of victory, they are extremely brave. But once they see signs of defeat, they are like a group of stray dogs, and the only thing they care about is saving their lives.

Of course, this is not their fault, because they are not from the same clan, but soldiers from various tribes recruited by the royal court. For them, the most important thing is to return alive.

Under such circumstances.

Hu Yuanlie was also extremely furious.

After returning to the camp, he immediately summoned all the powerful saints in the king's tent. At this moment, more than a dozen martial saints seemed to have lost their spirit and sat aside listlessly.

After this battle, they fully witnessed the true strength of Central Plains, and their will to fight gradually declined.

"Why are you silent? My royal army has won victory after victory, swallowed up tens of thousands of miles of territory in the Central Plains, and almost destroyed all of the northern part of the Central Plains. Now it's just a small setback due to unpreparedness.

Could it be that you don't dare to continue going south?"

Hu Yuanlie stared at the martial saints present, but his eyes fell on Duan Yuntian intentionally or unintentionally. He blamed the other party for the defeat in this battle.

If this person had not deliberately delayed and worked without putting in enough effort, Youzhou City would have been captured long ago.

If this person could show his true strength in today's battle, he would not have lost this battle. But unfortunately, this person still worked without putting in any effort and deliberately showed weakness.

This led to their great defeat.

If Duan Yuntian was under his jurisdiction, he would have scolded and cursed him long ago, but the other party was out of control, leaving him with no place to vent his anger. But at this moment, he was still sitting there, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Khan, this battle is ours"

There was a Martial Saint who couldn't help but speak, but no words came out of his mouth, and in the end he could only sigh.

"Khan, there are some things that others dare not say, but I still have to say them." A strong man in armor at the lower left said in a deep voice.

"Marshal Gu Ming, just speak your mind,"

Hu Yuanlie narrowed his eyes.

“The reason why we were defeated in this battle is because there are two more powerful people in the Central Plains. Now, there are four human immortals gathered in Youzhou City, while we only have three.

If this problem is not solved, then the next battle will still be a losing battle."

"What do you think should happen?"

"I think we can either continue to draw strong men from the royal court, or even better, ask the high priest to come here. With his help, everything will be fine. Otherwise, I'm afraid we can only withdraw our troops.

Otherwise, being stuck here will be disadvantageous to us."

The armored man analyzed in a deep voice. (End of this chapter)