The rain continued to pour outside the cave.
The Savage Cow stared with wide eyes, asking, “You… you want to go out? No!”
Suddenly, a violent noise came from the foot of the mountain, continuous and unending. Waves crashing against the shore, a storm raging, fire burning across the land, frost and snow falling, the sound of a zither, the fall of chess pieces… But the loudest of all were the roars of the Demon Barbarians, their vital energy forming a fierce wind that blew into the cave.
With so many barbarian generals joining forces, Fang Yun knew that those people wouldn’t last long. At most, they would use the Jade Blood Pill Heart in half a quarter of an hour, and in at most a quarter of an hour, they would fight to the death. By then, they would certainly inflict heavy casualties on the Demon Clan, but all the Presented Scholars would inevitably perish.
“Go!” Fang Yun forced a single word out of his mouth.
“Your Majesty! You were chosen by the Moon God, you can’t go!”
Fang Yun looked at the Savage Cow with determination.
“Your Majesty!” The Savage Cow knelt down with a thud, and the surrounding Savage Cow people also knelt down.
“Qi!” A voice that had changed its tone came from Fang Yun’s mouth.
All the Savage Cow people looked at Fang Yun, completely unable to understand what kind of power could make a dying man desperately try to save his friends?
Feelings they had never experienced before emerged in their hearts, like admiration, like being moved, and a bit of sadness and regret.
The Savage Cow sighed softly, saying, “Perhaps, this is why you could become the Moon Emperor. Someone, take His Majesty to the cave entrance!”
The Savage Cow people lifted Fang Yun and the thick blanket to the cave entrance, allowing Fang Yun to see the battle below.
The battle below had reached a fever pitch.
A chessboard was flying in the sky, releasing a large amount of mist to cover some of the demon soldiers and generals. A Presented Scholar was constantly throwing white and black pieces into it.
White pieces were for trapping, black pieces were for killing.
The chess player was also reciting verses, writing Go poems to aid the game of Go.
One person sat at the back, his hands fluttering over the zither like butterflies. It was the War Poetry “Guangling San”, also known as “Nie Zheng Stabbing King Han”. The melody was upright, filled with murderous intent. Ten figures holding daggers were seen darting around, killing towards the group of demons at an extremely fast speed, making people dizzy.
At the very front of the Presented Scholars, four of them held the Treasures of Literature of the Imperial Scholars, forming four layers of strong protection to block the attack of the Demon Clan. At the same time, they and the four Presented Scholars behind them were constantly writing protective war poems, forming mountain-like illusions to block the Demon Barbarian’s offensive.
In the Demon Clan group in front, there were more than ten semi-transparent demon generals, all summoned by war paintings. They didn’t know what death was and scattered the formation of the Demon Barbarians.
The remaining Presented Scholars were either strategizing on paper, reciting verses, creating tornadoes, waves, or causing small-scale earthquakes, forming an incredibly meticulous cooperation. For a time, the Demon Barbarians suffered heavy casualties. Many Demon Barbarian generals could only frequently defend themselves and were unable to charge to the front of the many Presented Scholars.
Except for a few Demon Clan members who were good at using demon techniques, most of the Demon Clan were better at killing enemies close by with their vital energy.
Many Presented Scholars had black shadows formed by the “Yi River Song” around them. Each one was incredibly solid, and all the occasional venom and bone spurs were blocked by the black shadows of Jing Ke.
Whenever a Demon Barbarian general broke through to the near place with his powerful body, a Presented Scholar would turn a page in his military book, and the Demon Barbarian general would suddenly turn around and charge into the Demon Barbarian crowd, killing a few Demon Barbarian soldiers before waking up.
If someone was accidentally injured, Hua Yuqing would immediately treat them with a medical book, but his movements were obviously a bit slow. Fang Yun knew that the medical book consumed more talent than any other Treasures of Literature, and it wouldn’t be long before he would consume his lifespan to activate the medical book.
Fang Yun suddenly understood why Hua Yuqing, who was only in his twenties, looked like he was in his thirties.
Seeing this scene, Fang Yun was not happy, but even more worried. Because the Wolf Savage Saint Child, Xiong Cang, and the Demon Barbarian Elephant General had not yet gone all out, they were just slowly using demon techniques to consume the human race’s power.
Especially Xiong Cang and the Elephant Demon General, they were obviously accumulating power, while the Wolf Savage Saint Child seemed unconcerned. He had the body of a wolf and the head of a human, but there was no trace of ferocity in his wolf eyes. He looked completely like he was interested in watching a play.
Fang Yun’s right arm and hand slowly moved, like a snail crawling, slowly reaching for his Swallowed Lake Pearl. He didn’t ask the Savage Cow for help, because if he couldn’t even take out the Swallowed Lake Pearl himself, he wouldn’t be able to write war poetry.
Fang Yun’s hand was shaking slightly, moving slowly.
The battle continued. After a while, Fang Yun’s trembling hand finally touched the Swallowed Lake Pearl. He slowly took out a golden sacred page, the Treasures of Literature Dang Yao Brush, as well as the True Dragon Blood Ink Block, water bottle, and inkstone given by Grand Academician Kong.
“Ah…”
The Savage Cow sighed deeply, immediately helped Fang Yun up, letting Fang Yun lean against the cave wall, and then helped Fang Yun grind the ink.
Fang Yun held the brush with difficulty, his hand shaking slightly, and finally closed his eyes.
“No! It’s still a bit short, I can’t write with this shaking!”
Fang Yun tried to open his mouth, but found that his throat was still unable to make a sound. The poison was under his jaw, very close to his throat, and the injury was more severe than other places.
Fang Yun kept taking deep breaths, constantly reciting the medical book in his heart.
Suddenly, someone screamed below. Fang Yun opened his eyes and saw that a man’s entire arm had been cut off. That person was not one of the first eleven to arrive at the village. Fang Yun could only see his back and couldn’t recognize him.
Hua Yuqing’s medical book glowed, falling on the man’s wound, stopping the bleeding. The man ate a Continuation Fruit, then picked up his arm, aligning the cut ends. Immediately, many fine white threads emerged from the cut, firmly sticking the wound together.
While the Continuation Fruit was treating him, the man was actually reciting war poetry, as if he was fighting for his life.
At this time, the Wolf Savage Saint Child smiled slightly, a flash of ferocity in his eyes, saying, “We can start.”
The Elephant Demon General, three zhang tall, raised its trunk to the sky, emitting a loud elephant cry. Its two front hooves were lifted high, then fell heavily.
“Boom!”
A earth-shattering noise rang out, and there was a violent tremor within a radius of one li. The entire mountain shook, and the brush in Fang Yun’s hand was shaken off.
Cracks appeared in front of the Elephant Demon General, extending instantly to the feet of all the Presented Scholars.
The ground collapsed, and all the Presented Scholars fell into the pit. Subsequently, countless rocks wrapped in vital energy erupted from the pit.
Except for those who held protective Treasures of Literature and those who managed to dodge in time, seven Presented Scholars were hit by the rocks. Fortunately, everyone had life-saving Treasures of Literature. However, the rocks wrapped in vital energy were numerous and powerful, breaking through the protection of the Treasures of Literature and causing some to suffer broken bones and even piercing wounds.
Suddenly, someone used an Imperial Scholar’s Treasure of Literature, forming a light curtain over the pit, blocking all the vital energy rocks.
The formation of the human Presented Scholars was completely disrupted, and the Demon Clan was about to charge over.
“Stop!” Li Fanming threw out a War Painting, and a semi-transparent towering mountain appeared between the Demon Barbarians and the scholars, completely blocking the Demon Barbarians.
All the Presented Scholars got a chance to breathe. They slowly retreated, preparing for the next move.
The Demon Clan’s general, Xiong Cang, grinned, his eyes filled with bloodlust. His massive black bear body was wrapped in thick vital energy, and blood-colored scales appeared on his body. He charged towards the mountain in the War Painting.
Xiong Cang hit the painted mountain like a blood-colored meteor. With a loud bang, the ground shook, and Xiong Cang’s body was thrown back, while the entire mountain crumbled, turning into pure vital energy and scattering.
Xiong Cang’s body rapidly retreated on the ground, creating a harsh sound from the friction. He plunged his palms into the ground to stop his retreat, raised his head, opened his bloody mouth, slowly stood upright, and walked towards the Presented Scholars with his front legs swinging like human arms.
Everyone was shocked. They didn’t expect Xiong Cang to be so terrifying, destroying the Imperial Scholar’s War Painting with his bare body. Was this the power of the top-tier Demon Clan’s bloodline?
The Wolf Savage Saint Child smirked, “Xiong Cang, let these foolish humans witness the power of our Demon Barbarians! Let them understand before they die that this world belongs to the Demon Barbarians. Humans are only fit to be slaves!”
“At least, I won’t be!” Li Fanming declared, “Wherever I am, there is righteousness. My blood turns jade, and I exchange ten years of my life for the righteousness of the world!” He fiercely slapped his heart, and blood spurted out. He then recited the “Song of the Great Wind”.
The blood turned into the jade words of the “Song of the Great Wind”, and then the words turned into a blood-colored tornado that was five zhang wide and ten zhang high.
Unlike the ordinary “Song of the Great Wind”, this tornado was surrounded by thick white clouds, covering all the barbarians, completing the “clouds flying high” part of the “Great Wind rises, clouds fly high”.
“Poetic Soul!” Xun Ye’s voice came from the side, filled with shame, but he still didn’t step out of the cave to help.
All the Demon Barbarians blocked by the clouds started running around in confusion, and the remaining Presented Scholars immediately attacked with their War Poetry.
“Roar…”
A bear roar echoed, and then a huge semi-transparent bear paw descended from the sky, shattering the blood-colored tornado and the incoming War Poetry.
Xiong Cang’s body swayed, but the fighting spirit in his eyes was even stronger.
All the Presented Scholars shivered. Even the “Song of the Great Wind” that was activated with the sacrifice of jade blood and formed a Poetic Soul, which was stronger than the ordinary Imperial Scholar’s War Poetry, was shattered by a single swipe of the Demon Clan’s general?
Hundreds of Demon Barbarians gathered together and charged towards the human Presented Scholars.
A sense of despair enveloped the human Presented Scholars, and everyone was preparing to sacrifice their jade blood.
Suddenly, the wind and clouds surged on the mountainside, and a massive amount of vital energy from heaven and earth gathered there.
The Wolf Savage Saint Child, Xiong Cang, and all the Demon Barbarians immediately looked up, and then all the Presented Scholars also turned their heads to look at Fang Yun at the entrance of the cave.
Fang Yun’s Demon-Subduing Brush fell on the pale golden Saint Page, and he wrote a War Poetry on it with ink that was black with a hint of blood.
Lying alone in a desolate village, I do not pity myself;
Still thinking of guarding the frontier for my country;
In the quiet night, I listen to the wind and rain;
Dreaming of iron horses and icy rivers!
Fang Yun’s injuries had not yet healed, and it would normally take him a hundred breaths to complete this poem. However, his top-grade Heart of Literature allowed him to write this poem in a shorter time.
Layers of treasure light.
The True Dragon Blood Ink and the Demon-Subduing Brush each contributed to half a layer of treasure light, while the jade blood sacrifice contributed to a tenth of a layer. Fang Yun’s calligraphy realm contributed two layers. Under the doubling power of the Saint Page, the treasure light immediately doubled from one and three-tenths layers to two and six-tenths layers.
The Saint Page itself added one layer of treasure light, making it three layers and six-tenths!
The original book added one layer!
The original work added one layer!
The world-renowned work added one layer!
Six layers and six-tenths of treasure light appeared on this War Poetry, meaning that the power of this poem increased by six times and six-tenths.
Fang Yun wrote this War Poetry too quickly. Before all the Demon Barbarians could react, an icy river that covered a mile was formed, and then a storm raged in front of Fang Yun. The rainwater within dozens of miles around him crazily gathered, forming 760 heavy cavalrymen made entirely of rainwater.
These heavy cavalrymen held sharp spears and charged with the thunderous sound of horse hooves!
At first, the Wolf Savage Saint Child only showed curiosity. After seeing the 760 cavalrymen, his expression became serious. Finally, his face changed dramatically.
“Not good! Run! These heavy cavalrymen are made of Weak Water rain!”
The Weak Water cavalrymen were just the beginning.
(To be continued.)