Executioner Squad

The Human-Shaman War has reached a stalemate.

On Shen Shuibi's side, just when she was about to give up, more than a dozen fifth-grade Shaman Path descended from the sky, landing on a fifth-grade flying boat that was about to explode.

These people could immediately tell friend from foe.

Human Path is the enemy.

Then they swarmed forward, and more than a dozen people joined forces to pin General Zhou and the Mohist cultivator to the ground, killing them both.

There was no tragic outburst, no dramatic death and enlightenment battle against a dozen people. Everyone was a top-tier fifth-rank cultivator. I had a dozen of you against two of you. You two had no chance to fight back. You were just brutally beaten to death here.

Shen Shuibi stared in disbelief.

This means... the Shaman Path's reinforcements have found me?

Then the Shaman of the group said, "Girl, I see that this area is going to be a tough battle. I appreciate your hard work. However, we are under a spell and our minds are still a bit muddled. We can't tell the way. Could you lead us back to the main camp of the Shaman Path?"

"Okay... it's just a bit far, it might take a while to get there, we don't have such a good flying boat." Shen Shuibi said wearily, supporting herself.

"Far? Where is this? Isn't this the territory of the Shaman Path Sect?" the Shaman, somewhat puzzled.

He still hasn't figured out where he is!

"No, this is the heart of Human Path. We'd better run fast, or more reinforcements will come," Shen Shuibi said, then began to Qi regulation and suppress her injuries.

Suppress it a bit, so it'll be easier to escape.

"Human Path heartland? You've come here to repair detectors? Shouldn't these things be repaired in our own territory?!" The Shaman was shocked.

It's truly shocking. Generally speaking, these kinds of things are built under heavy guard by one's own forces, making it easier to deal with a surprise attack from the enemy.

After all, such a detector is enough to turn the tide of battle, exposing all of the enemy's ambushes and reserves. Under normal circumstances, no one would create such a thing.

Building this signifies a major decisive battle and a tough, relentless assault.

Human Path would never create it, because it's completely unnecessary. Human Path created it, it would have to gather troops to protect the probe, which would give the Shaman Path a chance for a decisive battle and would restrain itself.

Shen Shuibi simply shook her head and urged, "It's a long story, we'll talk about it on the way. Let's go now. The entanglement on the front lines can't last too long. Once the intensity of the war decreases and Human Path are freed up, we won't be able to leave."

"Alright, let's set off quickly." This Shaman didn't dawdle. Although he had some doubts, he knew he could ask as many questions as he wanted once they arrived, so there was no need to waste time here.

With that, the group quickly set off, traveling through the void and heading towards the Shaman Path line according to the direction indicated by Shen Shuibi.

Although it was the heartland of Human Path, it was still a force of more than a dozen fifth-rank soldiers, which would be a formidable force on the main battlefield. They were unlikely to be blocked by scattered scouts on the way.

About ten days later, they finally made it back to the front line.

Of course, on the way, Shen Shuibi also told them about the predicament Li Qi was facing, the way to break through the predicament, and why he decided to build a detector behind enemy lines.

It wasn't until these Shaman Path reinforcements witnessed the main battlefield that they realized the immense cost the Shaman Path had paid due to their absence.

It was a really big price to pay.

Leaving aside the Blood Sacrifice, just considering the losses, the entire army's reserves launched a surprise attack, a fierce assault, with casualties thousands of times higher, forcibly forcing Human Path to be unable to return...

How many people will die from this?

In this single raid, the Shaman Path lost nearly a tenth of its worlds, with numerous worlds shattered and the deathly aura of the Blood Sacrifice so thick that the stench could be smelled even on the front lines.

One-tenth of the total combat strength of the Shaman Path...

The death toll would then be in the trillions.

That's how brutal an attack can be, regardless of any damage.

Fortunately, the results were also remarkable.

The heavy sacrifices brought decisive victory, and reinforcements arrived. Now, it's the Human Path crisis's turn.

This group of reinforcements, introduced by Shen Shuibi, arrived together in the half-dead world where Li Qi was.

The war was still ongoing, but its intensity had decreased significantly, so Li Qi had some free time to receive these guests.

Of course, reinforcements were secondary; the important thing was that Shen Shuibi returned safely.

Li Qi sat in the world and cleaned up a spot.

There was nothing we could do; the whole world was submerged in a sea of blood. We could only clean up a few places where we could sit, so we wouldn't be overwhelmed by the smell of blood.

The area within a radius of over a hundred miles was cleaned up, the deathly aura and Blood Qi disappeared, and the world was restored to its original state.

Of course, it wasn't much better in its original state. It was a dying world, a barren wasteland, devoid of life, with no living beings, just like the wasteland on Mars.

But that's good enough. Wartime conditions are limited, so just cleaning it up is fine. It's not like we have to build a palace for people.

After Li Qi finished doing all this, he quietly waited for Shen Shuibi to arrive.

Before long, Shen Shuibi arrived with a dozen or so Shaman.

The list had already been sent to Li Qi through the 'Alliance', and the identities of all the members had been verified.

There were men and women, and the leader was a male Shaman named Yi Ben, who, according to seniority, was Li Qi's great-nephew.

That's right, he has to call Li Qi his grandmaster uncle, who is a generation older than his grandmaster uncle.

There was no other way; Li Qi's seniority was directly inherited from Zhu Fengdan, Zhu Fengdan seniority was ridiculously high. It could be said that Li Qi's seniority alone was comparable to that of a fourth-rank official.

However, this kind of seniority is just for fun and is unlikely to bring actual status. Wushen Mountain generally respects a part of natural competition and does not use etiquette and law as a coercive constraint.

Seniority is seniority, cultivation is cultivation, knowledge is knowledge, and status is status. Each is considered separately. Just because you are of a higher seniority does not mean you can suppress outstanding juniors. There is no such logic.

Not to mention that this junior's cultivation and age are much higher than Li Qi's. He is a true fifth-rank cultivator, a solid peak fifth-rank cultivator, whose cultivation is no less than Shen Shuibi's.

The Shaman arrived in this world, and Yi Ben, the leader, frowned and looked around at the world.

A world surrounded by a sea of blood.

This indicates that Li Qi forcibly absorbed a large amount of the power of the Blood Sacrifice, and the leaked portion has tainted the world.

As a legitimate Shaman, Li Qi should have known the drawbacks of doing so, but he still did it...

As expected, the battle was even more intense than he had anticipated.

This made him feel somewhat ashamed.

They were ambushed and lost their ability to determine direction outside the domain. They have been trapped in the void outside the domain for so long. It must have been difficult for this war zone commander who is only a sixth-rank official.

So, as soon as he landed, Yi Ben immediately cupped his hands and said, "Commander—"

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw Li Qi immediately come to greet him.

Um?

Yi Ben was somewhat surprised. Was this commander really so enthusiastic? So he stepped forward, extended his hand, and wanted to shake hands with Li Qi.

However, Li Qi brushed past him and hugged Shen Shuibi tightly.

Ignoring the stares of others, Li Qi let out a long sigh, "Thank goodness... thank goodness."

Shen Shuibi smiled and said, "Alright, let's get down to business first."

Yi Ben was a little embarrassed, but he didn't resist. He just coughed awkwardly and said, "The couple's affection is so deep, it's truly enviable."

"My apologies, but having just experienced life and death, I am naturally a little worried. In wartime, just use my title, Yi Zhanglu. You are really late this time." Li Qi released Shen Shuibi and said with a smile.

Zhanglu was Yi Ben's position in this battle, responsible for killing and engaging in combat with enemy spies.

Their duty is to kill, and after killing, they will dismember the corpse to cut off all the enemy's backup plans. Similar to a special operations squad, they are not responsible for specific tasks. They are a completely sharp blade and are directly dispatched by the regional command in various places.

This is indeed reinforcements, but not an 'army'. It seems that the Shaman Path really doesn't have a regular army at all. Everyone does their own thing normally, and only works together under the command of the witch gods when something happens.

Moreover, the higher-ups should also be well aware of the advantages and disadvantages between humans and shamans. With the power of the "Palm Slaughter, "the Shaman Path can resist the Human Path's dog-walking tactics and make up for its own weaknesses.

Zhang Lu uses his powerful individual combat strength to obstruct Human Path and delay its progress, thus making it easier for the Shaman Path to gather and deploy troops.

Of course, in practice, there will definitely be all sorts of problems. Human Path will also try to deal with the Palm Slaughter. For example, before the battle even started, Liu Junyi made a clever arrangement to make Li Qi's Executioner Squad get lost.

But no matter what, having an extra card in your hand is always a good thing.

If Li Qi had had such a fifth-rank Executioner Squad before, he wouldn't have been forced to the brink of despair by Liu Junyi, and Shen Shuibi wouldn't have had to personally risk her life.

But...

If the Executioner Squad had been there from the beginning, would Li Qi be able to drive Human Path into the fortress, unable to advance an inch?

It's hard to say.

Every drink and every bite is a cause and effect; cause leads to effect, and effect leads to cause. In such a complex and intertwined way, who can distinguish between them?

Hearing Li Qi speak, Yi Ben shook his head with a wry smile, "It was indeed my fault. I was careless and fell into the trap of Human Path methods, which delayed important matters. Please punish me."

"Punishment is useless. Let's get things done. Human Path is shrinking, and we need to plan our offensive carefully. We should try to compress the living space of Human Path as much as possible. As long as we maintain this momentum, the collapse of Human Path is only a matter of time," Li Qi said.

"Follow my orders," Yi Ben said, bowing respectfully.

The other members of the Executioner Squad also bowed in unison.

After that, Li Qi sat down and discussed the specific implementation details with the officers.

Determining how to leverage the strengths of the Executioner Squad is a highly technical and challenging task that requires meticulous attention to every detail.

Fortunately, Li Qi excels at considering details.

The conversation lasted six days. During these six days, Li Qi meticulously planned the battle strategy, the level of detail of which amazed everyone in the Executioner Squad.

No wonder this commander was able to turn the tide in such a desperate situation.

He truly did 'consider everything that could be considered'.

Although many things have been considered, there is no solution, after all, our abilities are limited. However, knowing that there is this risk means that we can predict and avoid it, which is also useful.

However, this level of suspicion gradually confirmed Yi Ben's doubts.

When Li Qi finally finished his arrangements and stopped, Yi Ben looked at the star map that Li Qi had used to deploy the tactics and said, "So detailed. Is this the result of your investigation of the causal lines?"

"No, it's all based on analysis and reasoning. After all, without the support of Blood Sacrifice, I couldn't use such advanced Divine Ability," Li Qi said with a smile.

Yes, his current cultivation level is still too shallow, and he is simply unable to truly influence cause and effect or manipulate the Heaven's Will.

Without the aid of world-level Blood Sacrifice to sustain his energy expenditure, he wouldn't even be qualified to investigate cause and effect, as the required energy level would be far too high.

"So it's true... At the sixth rank, he could perceive the thread of cause and effect... No wonder he's a direct descendant of the Great Shaman, no... Among the direct descendants of the Great Shaman, he's one of a kind. At least I've never heard of such a feat before." Yi Ben shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

That's truly astonishing. Is this really something a sixth-rank cultivator could do? He hasn't even scratched the surface of a fifth-rank cultivator yet!

Manipulating destiny itself and becoming 'Heaven's Will' is a typical third-rank trait, just as 'immortality' is a characteristic of the seventh rank.

It can be done at the sixth rank...

Unbelievable, inconceivable.

"Let's not talk about these things. Anyway, we can't use it. It's not like there are large-scale Blood Sacrifice all the time. Besides, I can't handle too many Blood Sacrifice. Let's just pretend we don't have that ability." Li Qi smiled.

Yi Ben didn't say anything more. He simply stood up, waved his hand, and put away the star map behind him that was covered with various markings. This would be his mission guide from now on.

"Then I shall take my leave. The mission is important. However, Commander, you have just finished presiding over the Blood Sacrifice, so please rest well. Your health is the most important thing. Also... I see that your body is a bit weak. Be careful of the backlash of karma, which could cause your existence to disappear." Yi Ben gave this advice before leaving.

Li Qi nodded, indicating that he understood.

In fact, no one knew this better than him.

Having probed the law of cause and effect three times in a row, he has already scrambled his own causal threads. Now he must establish as many connections as possible to solidify his existence.

Otherwise... they really will break free from the great web of cause and effect.

The Executioner Squad left to join the battle.

Li Qi then sat down.

Shen Shuibi sat down next to him and took his hand.

"Those Unreturning Disciples... should all be dead by now, right?" When they were truly alone, Li Qi didn't rush to be affectionate, but instead asked Shen Shuibi this question.

"Yes, after all, it was inside enemy territory, and I was only able to come back because of good luck." Shen Shuibi nodded.

"In the fifth-rank battlefield, there are probably very few who can be reincarnated. However... let's add the name of the 'No Unreturning Disciples' to the public memorial position. The memorial position is the second one in our war zone. After the war, at least a Ranked Shaman will personally preside over the ceremony, so that the dead will not remain without a place to return to." Li Qi nodded and said.