The Battle's Outcome Is Decided
"Sniping Supreme Grandmaster, just a hair's breadth away."
Qin Yan murmured to himself, a bright light shining in his eyes.
Although they failed to kill Hong Sheng, the difference was not significant.
Whether Hong Sheng lives or dies is irrelevant to Qin Yan, because it has already achieved his goal.
He has achieved his goal of weakening the Taiping Army and the Great Li royal family's foundation.
It will be very difficult for the Taiping Army to shake the position of the Great Li royal family!
Even at the end of the dynasty, its fundamental strength remained.
Let alone the Attendant Hall, the Demon-Suppressing Bureau alone might be able to suppress all the top experts of the Taiping Army!
However, the top experts of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau dared not make any rash moves.
You must know that demons and evil spirits are rising in this era!
The top experts of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau were preoccupied with many other matters.
After coming into contact with some of the top figures in the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, Qin Yan naturally learned some of the secrets behind it!
General Qi Hong, the Northern Demon-Suppression General, needs to stay in the Capital. Unless it's an emergency, he absolutely cannot leave the Capital!
Southern Demon-Suppressing General Qin Zhu, the Demon Suppressor of the South, has a heavy responsibility in guarding the south, including resisting the invasion of demons from the Southern Border!
The fighting power of these awakened beasts is already terrifying, comparable to that of a powerful being in the Third Realm.
Therefore, Qin Zhu's task is probably the heaviest of all!
The matter of the mass grave was so urgent that they had to be brought in to handle it!
General Zhou Wang, the West Demon-Suppression General, is guarding the Western Desert Royal City!
This Western Desert Royal City was originally the capital of one of the kingdoms in the Western Regions, but it was later annexed by a neighboring country.
The entire population of the royal city was slaughtered, staining a river outside the city red!
Time flies.
This royal city disappeared into the annals of history, and later, the kingdoms of the Western Regions were incorporated into the Great Li!
Yes, it happened within these last few decades.
The royal city reappeared amidst the endless Sand Sea, transformed into a ghost town.
It's full of Yin Soul, spirits, and Ancient Zombies that are hundreds or even thousands of years old!
It's virtually impossible for Zhou Wang, the West Demon-Suppression General, to mobilize them and prevent these monsters from escaping and endangering the safety of the western border.
Gong Miao, the East Demon-Suppression General, has the same duty: to guard an ancient battlefield with a history of thousands of years.
Every night, countless ghost soldiers appear and fight each other until dawn before disappearing.
Some ghost soldiers roam the ancient battlefield, while others accidentally break away and threaten nearby prefectures.
The two perilous lands, east and west, have tied up most of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau's high-end military force!
No matter how desperate the situation, even if the entire Demon-Suppressing Bureau were to come out in full force, it would not be able to shake it.
Therefore, they can only guard the area, not actively eliminate it!
Hongjia Emperor even considered abandoning the defense of the two perilous locations, but Elder Pillar of the State suppressed his intentions!
It was precisely because of the existence of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau that the Great Li Dynasty did not collapse prematurely.
Otherwise, if the Demon-Suppressing Bureau were to lose its protection, who knows what might happen?
Even so, the number of strange occurrences gradually exceeded the limits of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau's control.
It has been on the verge of spiraling out of control.
Or rather, it has already begun to collapse!
The balance of power in Pengzhou and Lizhou had long been broken after the rise of the Taiping Army.
According to intelligence, the number of demons and evil spirits in the two states is increasing at an incredible rate.
This applies even to the states that have already been recaptured.
The number of deaths was too high, and the number of resentful ghosts and Fierce Ghost Yin Soul that had risen from the dead was enough to give the Demon-Suppressing Bureau a major headache!
The Great Li were alright, but the Taiping Army didn't care about any of that, even if they were aware of the problem.
It's too late to intervene.
The Taiping Army was doomed from the very beginning.
Qin Yan is simply accelerating this process!
But the moment the Taiping Army disappeared also marked the beginning of the collapse of the Great Li Dynasty.
The two prefectures would become the final straw that broke the back of the Great Li Dynasty.
This was an inevitable outcome!
Qin Yan returned to Changxin as quickly as possible; the situation on the battlefield was extremely dire.
Zuo Qingwen had already disregarded everything.
The Taiping Army now has no way out, and once the soldiers' excitement fades...
They were completely finished.
Azure Register High Person transformed into a relentless attack machine, unleashing a barrage of Daoist magic upon the Taiping Army.
He single-handedly stabilized the situation of the Great Li Army, preventing it from collapsing immediately.
The Taiping Army was risking their lives to try and hold off this powerful cultivator at the Spirit Travel Realm!
If the Great Li Army collapses, the Taiping Army can still achieve a partial victory in this war.
We won't lose everything.
Qin Yan onto the city wall, and both armies engaged in a tug-of-war within the city.
At this moment, he also transformed into a long-range artillery turret.
Boom!
A high-ranking general of the Taiping Army was killed by Qin Yan with a single arrow, and the resulting explosion engulfed a large area around him.
It's Qin Yan!
Zuo Qingwen felt a chill in his heart; Qin Yan's appearance meant that Mu Old Ghost was dead!
A Supreme Grandmaster died at the hands of a junior.
That's clearly impossible.
But he soon realized that Qin Yan might Supreme Grandmaster- level figure behind him.
Heavenly King Hong's serious injury may also be due to this mysterious powerful figure!
It wasn't that they didn't expect the other party to exist, but rather that they didn't expect the other party to be so powerful.
Mu Old Ghost's strength is definitely among the top three of all the strongmen in the entire Taiping Army.
He is far superior to the Immortal Master Minghe from back then.
This is also why Hong Sheng, who knew someone had connections, still wanted to kill them.
We lost. We lost completely.
Even a desperate gamble that sacrifices everything is still a differentiator.
Qin Yan's ability to kill powerful individuals is truly terrifying.
Even some Supreme Grandmasters might not be able to compare to him.
As one commanding general after another was killed, chaos ensued within the Taiping Army.
At the same time, the pressure on the high-ranking generals of the Great Li Army was greatly reduced.
He began to command his army in a counterattack.
These generals were all high-ranking military officers, and they quickly halted the rout.
The balance of power is shifting.
"Does this monster have no limit to its stamina?"
Zuo Qingwen listened to the soldiers' report, he learned that a high-ranking general was being precisely sniped.
The situation has spiraled out of control.
Each massive explosion.
This was all incredibly agitating to the Taiping Army generals, who all understood the situation.
Once Qin Yan sets his sights on someone, none of them can escape death!
With the fall of more than twenty high-level experts.
The thread that had been pressing down on these people's hearts finally snapped.
"If we don't leave now, we'll definitely die at Qin Yan's hands."
A general with a full beard felt a chill in his heart; Qin Yan's methods were simply too monstrous.
Killing people of the same realm is as easy as mowing grass, and fighting people of a higher realm is commonplace.
This monstrous and abnormal talent was beyond their comprehension.
The bearded general quickly led his confidants away from the battlefield; staying there meant certain death for them.
After escaping, they may still have the potential to rise again based on their strength.
There are quite a few people who have this kind of thought.
Zuo Qingwen quickly realized this, but there was nothing he could do to change it.
The defeat and escape of Heavenly King Hong had a tremendous impact on the Taiping Army.
The disappearance of high-ranking generals left mid- and low-ranking officers completely bewildered!
Only the lowest-ranking soldiers fought without fear of death!
By dawn, an overwhelming sense of exhaustion swept over the Taiping Army!
His fighting ability plummeted instantly; he didn't even have the strength to wield a knife.
He was as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, and collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.