All the Presented Scholars present knew that the nine tones of the Guqin – odd, ancient, penetrating, quiet, moist, round, clear, even, and fragrant – each tone added to a War Song would increase its power by ten percent, and also imbue it with a special power. If all nine tones were present, it would cause the heavens and earth to change color.

“So this War Song has the ‘penetrating’ tone from the nine tones of the Guqin. No wonder, these soldiers are all transformed from the Guqin’s sound, their attacks must also possess the ‘penetrating’ power. No wonder the attacks of those spears are so fierce.”

“How old is he, and he’s already dabbled in both the killing intent of autumn and winter and the nine tones of the Guqin? To my knowledge, one must at least reach the second realm of the Guqin to comprehend that level of killing intent and the nine tones of the Guqin. Could he really be omnipotent?”

“I admire Fang Yun… no, Master Fang, from the bottom of my heart! This is a War Song, how many War Songs have been composed since ancient times? War Songs are much more difficult to compose than War Poetry. Even masters of the fourth realm of the Guqin who serve in the army do so to compose War Songs, but even though they have composed them, their actual power is far less than those few famous songs that have been passed down for a long time. But the power of this ‘General’s Order’ seems extraordinary.”

“It’s more than extraordinary. If we talk about the artistic conception of the Guqin, it’s naturally far inferior to famous songs like ‘Guangling San’, but the war intent and heroism it contains are even above those famous songs. This song is not about Nie Zheng stabbing the King of Han in ‘Guangling San’, but about the army of a nation going to war.”

“And the ‘nation’ of this army seems to be much larger than an ordinary nation, with a faint hint of the grandeur of the Han Dynasty.”

“In the future, there will be one more must-learn War Song for Guqin masters.”

Shi Tang said, “Indeed. It’s not shameful at all to take him as a teacher. Not to mention his fame in poetry and literature, just this ‘General’s Order’ alone, being his student is an honor! Even without considering the factor of the War Song, this War Song will definitely become a famous song, leaving a lasting legacy for hundreds of years, especially this part right now, it’s passionate and generous, shaking people’s hearts. It’s the best at boosting morale!”

“Not good, the Demon Emperor’s Golden Guard is reminding those Demon Generals.”

“Sure enough, the Imperial City Army is not vegetarian, those Demon Generals are ordering the Demon Soldiers to retreat. They’re using Demon Techniques to attack. The Imperial City Army is starting to give up close combat, defending against close combat, those Demon Barbarians who can fight from a distance are attacking.”

“The soldiers of the Guqin sound are dying and getting injured quickly, but it’s already very good, at least they’ve wasted five hundred Demon Soldiers with their own power. It’s not bad. It’s our turn! Let’s go!”

Shi Tang suddenly said, “Wait a bit longer, look at Fang Yun.”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Fang Yun, and saw that the strings in front of Fang Yun were emitting wisps of smoke, giving off an elusive and transcendent aura.

Fang Yun’s mind seemed to be completely immersed in the Guqin, becoming a part of the Guqin itself.

“The Guqin strings are smoking!” Several Presented Scholars exclaimed in a low voice.

“Yes, the Guqin strings are smoking, the War Song is changing!” Shi Tang stared intently at Fang Yun, his eyes flashing with surprise. He had only occasionally seen the Guqin strings smoking on masters of the third realm of the Guqin, but Fang Yun was only in the first realm of the Guqin and his Guqin strings were smoking. It was truly miraculous.

The War Song changed, and Fang Yun began to play the War Song ‘General’s Order’ again.

This time’s ‘General’s Order’ was different from before, the previous War Song was passionate and full of vitality, like real soldiers going to war, but this time, it was filled with a breath of annihilating everything.

Autumn kills, winter ends.

A real cold wave spread in all directions with the shocking Guqin.

Everyone present felt the bone-chilling wind, shrank their necks, and subconsciously stepped back, while Xun Ye and Liu Zizhi retreated even more, as if they were afraid of being killed by Fang Yun’s sound, especially those few spirit beasts, they retreated even further.

Niu Shan and the other Demon Barbarian guards found it strange, with their fur, even if it was really winter, it wouldn’t be this cold. They had no choice but to slightly release their blood and energy, only then could they resist the severe cold.

Shi Tang’s body suddenly trembled slightly, “The previous ‘General’s Order’ was the army of the living, but this time… it makes me feel like the army of the dead!”

As soon as his words fell, a cavalryman made up of pitch-black smoke appeared. This cavalryman was extremely large, at least two people tall, and his warhorse was incredibly strong. Both the man and the horse were wrapped in thick armor, holding a huge blood-colored spear.

The entire War Song only formed one general.

“I’m here!”

The general only said softly, his voice carried ten miles, the warhorse galloped forward, leaving a trail of afterimages behind him.

The Demon Barbarians over there were originally fighting with the Demon Emperor’s Golden Guard, but when this general appeared, both sides gradually stopped their hands and looked over together.

The Demon King, who was originally sitting on the ground watching the show, stood up abruptly when this general appeared, his blood and energy churning like flames, staring intently at the general.

In the blink of an eye, the general charged into the Imperial City Army, and in another blink of an eye, the general pierced through the formation of the Imperial City Army, leaving a black road behind him, with a faint black fog emerging on the surface of the road.

The black fog road was not wide, only ten meters, and all the Imperial City Army within this ten meters were killed, the road was covered with pieces of Demon Barbarian corpses, even the blood and energy Demon Flag formed by a million Demon Barbarians could not save them.

Then, the blood and energy Demon Flag in the sky split into two, with the black fog road as the boundary, one Imperial City Army was divided into two Imperial City Armies, and the power of the blood and energy Demon Flag greatly decreased.

The general turned his horse around and made a turn, charging again, and a rolling human-shaped black smoke was seen, with chaotic flashes of blood-colored spear shadows, piercing through the two Imperial City Armies from the other side.

Neither the Demon Soldiers nor the Demon Generals could withstand a single blow from this general.

In the camp of the Imperial City Army, a “cross” shaped black fog road appeared.

The Imperial City Army was divided into four, and the blood and energy Demon Flag also became four sides.

The general charged twice, killing only over five hundred Demon Barbarians, but completely scattered the power of the Imperial City Army.

The morale of the Imperial City Army completely collapsed!

“What are we waiting for? Take action! Attack with me!” Yan Yukong shouted excitedly.

The Presented Scholars who had attack Imperial Scholar Treasures of Literature immediately used them, and the power of twelve War Poems was emitted from the Imperial Scholar Treasures of Literature, concentrating on one Imperial City Army.

If the Imperial City Army was still one, a large number of Demon Generals could use Demon Techniques to break the power of these War Poems, and even if there were residual waves, there wouldn’t be much casualties, but those Demon Barbarians had already been intimidated by the general’s power, and before they could defend, over three hundred Demon Barbarians were swallowed by the Imperial Scholar Treasures of Literature’s War Poems.

The first blood and energy Demon Flag collapsed.

The Presented Scholars were overjoyed, and without needing Yan Yukong’s command, they immediately launched an attack.

The general stood there, looking down at the Imperial City Army.Thousands of Imperial City soldiers dared not to step forward.

The general spurred his horse.

“Charge!”

All the soldiers and the general charged together, like several rows of sharp blades cutting through an Imperial City army, eventually killing hundreds of enemies and wiping out the second Imperial City army.

At this point, only a hundred music soldiers remained, standing beside the general.

Niu Shan said from the side, “Charge! Why aren’t you charging anymore? Kill all the blood Demon Barbarians!”

Fang Yun gave Niu Shan a helpless look and put away his awe-inspiring zither.

Fang Yun had three strands of talent energy. Now two were exhausted, and the Holy Land was so dangerous. Since the Imperial City army had been defeated, he had to keep one.

Fang Yun thought that after he stopped playing, the music soldiers and the general would disappear. But the general suddenly pointed at the third Imperial City army.

“Charge!”

The general and all the music soldiers launched their final charge. After the charge, everything dissipated.

The bodies of the Imperial City’s Demon Barbarian soldiers on the ground proved their presence.

All the Presented Scholars, except Fang Yun, took action and eliminated the remaining Imperial City army.

The participating Presented Scholars silently walked back towards Fang Yun.

Fang Yun had previously said that he would only deal with demon soldiers, but the real “General’s Order” was far more terrifying than what Fang Yun had described. It did not even spare the demon generals, and more than half of the fifty demon generals died under the “General’s Order”.

“We won, because of you.” Yan Yukong said with a smile.

“It’s the result of our joint efforts.” Fang Yun also smiled slightly, then looked at the Demon Barbarians, “What, there are so many of you Demon Barbarians, you can’t even take down ten Golden Guards, and you dare to act so arrogantly?”

Xiong Cang said in a low voice, “I knew that Fang Yun was not ordinary!”

The remaining Demon Barbarians were so angry that they howled and immediately killed the Demon Emperor’s Golden Guards.

The numerous human races did not assist, watching the Demon Barbarians kill each other.

These Demon Emperor’s Golden Guards all had trump cards, constantly inflicting heavy damage on the Demon Barbarian coalition army. The Demon Barbarian coalition army also fought fiercely, with several sacred Demon Barbarians using the treasures given to them by their clans, and some even stimulated the power of a drop of sacred blood.

One side obeyed the Demon Emperor’s order to guard the bronze giant gate, and the other side fought to the death for their own future. The battle was extremely fierce.

In the end, ten Demon Emperor’s Golden Guards were killed, and all the Demon Barbarian soldiers on both sides were killed. More than seventy Demon Barbarian generals were killed or injured, and the remaining twenty or so Demon Barbarian generals were all injured, some even on their last breath.

A Demon King who was watching the battle suddenly said, “Now that the Demon Emperor’s Golden Guards are dealt with, why don’t you fight each other?”

All the Demon Barbarians showed fierce expressions.

The atmosphere on the scene immediately became tense. The human races had consumed most of their talent energy, and the Demon Barbarians also didn’t have much vitality left. But if they really fought to the death, the powerful bodies of the Demon Barbarians would give them a huge advantage.

Seeing the eager looks of the Demon Barbarians, many Presented Scholars secretly complained.

Fang Yun sat in his wheelchair and slowly said, “They dare not! If I can annihilate the Imperial City army, I can kill all the Demon Barbarians present! If it weren’t for the Demon Ancestor’s gate, you would already be dead!”

Fang Yun sneered and scanned all the Demon Barbarians.

The Demon Barbarians, known for their ferocity, dared not meet Fang Yun’s gaze.

The “General’s Song” left an indelible impression in their hearts. It could be said that Fang Yun single-handedly destroyed an Imperial City army.

Niu Shan touched his big axe and sneered, “Come on, I’ll chop down as many as come!”

The Demon Barbarians suddenly sobered up. There were several star Demon Barbarians on Fang Yun’s side. If they really killed the star Demon Barbarians, those Demon Kings would surely seek revenge.

The Tiger Demon King said, “Mist Butterfly, you go to the human side.”

“Yuyu.” Mist Butterfly called out softly, somewhat reluctantly flapping her pink wings and flying towards Fang Yun and the others.

The Ape Demon General who initially proposed the distribution plan seemed very dissatisfied. He spat at the human races and cursed, “You human races are getting a bargain! Let’s go, enter the Demon Ancestor’s gate!”

The Demon Barbarians all lost their will to fight and hurried towards the Demon Ancestor’s gate. They entered the bronze giant gate one after another and disappeared.

Yan Yukong watched Mist Butterfly fly over and laughed, “We don’t need to fight anymore. Fang Yun has made the greatest contribution, and Mist Butterfly should be his. I am a hundred times envious. Even my mentor doesn’t have a Mist Butterfly. However, if we fight with Fang Yun for Mist Butterfly, we would be no different from the Demon Barbarians.”

Many people nodded. In fact, after Fang Yun finished talking about the “General’s Order”, they had already considered Mist Butterfly as Fang Yun’s.

Suddenly, Liu Zizhi said, “Fang Yun’s contribution is indeed the greatest, and I also agree. However, Mist Butterfly is sentient. If we disregard her feelings so rudely, aren’t we no different from the Demon Barbarians? Why don’t we let Mist Butterfly choose for herself? Only then can we be considered as scholars who read the books of sages.” (To be continued.)