Dao Foundation Immortal Sword Vermilion Bird

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

One Type 108 Rocket Launcher shell after another, trailing long tails of flame, tore through the sky and streaked toward the demonic beasts charging at Nandu City.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, the blazing explosions and smoke swallowed all the demonic beasts.

"Starting with the cheap Type 108 Rocket Launchers... it looks like City Lord Duan Hong and the others think this will be hard to end quickly." Jiang Chuan stroked his chin.

The Type 108 Rocket Launcher could be called the worst rocket launcher in the military's arsenal.

Compared with the military's Kamikaze 400 Rocket Launcher and Type 191 Long-Range Rocket Launcher, its firepower and range fell far short.

Its only advantage was that it was cheap!

Compared with rocket launchers that cost tens or even hundreds of thousands per round, the Type 108 Rocket Launcher was currently the only one whose production cost could be kept below 3,000 per round.

"The diameter from here to the fallen Changcheng area alone is over two hundred kilometers. It's far too vast."

Kang Bo said, "If we really swept it once with Kamikaze 400 Rocket Launchers, Nandu City's finances would probably go straight into the red."

"Still, City Lord Duan isn't really such an iron rooster." Meng Nanxi pointed into the distance.

Jiang Chuan saw soldiers in military uniforms carrying Single-Soldier Fuel-Air Bombs as they appeared at the foremost positions.

"The rocket launchers will inflict massive casualties on the demonic beasts, but quite a few will still break through the artillery coverage. Prepare to fire!" Qu Shi's voice came through the Military Wireless Radio once more.

Gazing into the distance, Jiang Chuan saw one hideous, terrifying demonic beast after another continuing to charge toward the position where he stood.

"Fire!"

At Qu Shi's command, Kang Bo pulled the cord switch again.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thousands of cannons arranged in staggered ranks fired in unison.

The dense artillery barrage swallowed the demonic beasts whole.

"Practical Coordination of Thermal Weapons and Cultivators says that after a single volley of artillery, most demonic beasts within the targeted area will die."

Jiang Chuan recalled what he had learned from the textbook.

"But the demonic beasts that survive are no longer foes ordinary cultivators can handle."

"Roar!!!"

A heaven-shaking roar rang out.

A rhinoceros entirely golden in color charged out from the artillery-covered zone.

The rhinoceros was ten meters long, like a train carriage, wrapped in golden electric arcs as it barreled toward the Frontline Position.

Though massive in size, it was incredibly fast.

Before long, it had reached within less than five kilometers of the Frontline Position.

The artillery shells striking its body could not harm it in the slightest.

The soldiers at the Frontline Position, carrying fuel-air bombs, had already aimed at the rhinoceros and were preparing to fire.

"It's been a long time since I killed a Fourth-Realm rhinoceros." Wei Beishan appeared before the position, a black longbow materializing in his hand out of thin air.

Wei Beishan drew the empty air, and a Silver White arrow appeared from nothing.

Screech!

Under Jiang Chuan and the others' gaze, the Silver White arrow transformed into a streak of Silver White light and shot toward the golden rhinoceros.

Boom!

The golden rhinoceros's enormous body was blasted apart by the Silver White streak.

"Is that the legendary treasure artifact?!"

Jiang Chuan, watching the battle, was secretly stunned. He had never expected that the golden rhinoceros, which could withstand even a Type 18 155mm Howitzer head-on, would be blown to pieces by a single arrow from Wei Beishan.

Meng Nanxi shook her head. "This isn't a treasure artifact. This is Teacher Wei Beishan's Earth Rank upper-grade Dao Foundation, the Meteor Bow."

"The power of an Earth Rank Dao Foundation is actually this great!"

Jiang Chuan recalled what Wu Jing had taught about Dao Foundations.

A Dao Foundation was the foundation of the Great Dao.

No two people in this world were the same, so naturally, no two Dao Foundations would be the same either.

Even if two twin brothers cultivated the same cultivation technique, the Dao Foundations they forged would still differ.

According to the research of ancient immortals from the Ancient Era, the main factors influencing the strength of a Dao Foundation were a cultivator's Essence, Qi, Spirit.

That was, Divine Sense, spiritual power, and the physical body.

Thus, when the ancient immortals established the first three realms, those three realms respectively cultivated Divine Sense, spiritual power, and the physical body.

According to the ancient immortals' classification of Dao Foundations, they were divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Each rank was further divided into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and supreme.

The higher the rank, the greater the cultivator's potential and the higher their chances of becoming immortal in the future.

Jiang Chuan had only known a little about Dao Foundations before, but he had never understood just how powerful they truly were.

Now that Wei Beishan had acted, he understood the terror of a Dao Foundation!

"If you saw Teacher Qu Shi's Dao Foundation, you'd think the Meteor Bow was nothing much." Song Zhiyan looked at Jiang Chuan.

"What is Teacher Qu's Dao Foundation?" Jiang Chuan asked curiously.

"Teacher Qu Shi's Dao Foundation is called the Immortal Sword Vermilion Bird."

Song Zhiyan answered, "The Immortal Sword Vermilion Bird is a Heaven Rank middle-grade Dao Foundation. It can form the divine beast Vermilion Bird, or split into three thousand swords. It ranks ninety-fifth on the Dao Foundation Ranking in the God of War APP."

"It is said that in Teacher Qu Shi's most glorious battle, all three thousand swords emerged at once. Their sword light illuminated the mountains and rivers, and in one battle, she slew nine Sixth-Realm demonic beasts."

"She slew nine Sixth-Realm demonic beasts!"

Jiang Chuan sucked in a breath. The descendant of the Blazing Flame Elephant King he had encountered outside the city days ago had only possessed Sixth-Realm strength.

That clash had been like a volcano erupting, the earth shaking and mountains trembling.

From dozens of kilometers away, the aftershock of the attacks had sent him, Meng Nanxi, and the other three flying.

Facing nine such beings, Qu Shi had actually slain all nine by herself!

For the first time, Jiang Chuan truly understood the terror of a Heaven Rank Dao Foundation!

I wonder if I'll be able to forge a Heaven Rank Dao Foundation in the future too?

With Wei Beishan's slaying of the golden rhinoceros, the battle had basically come to an end.

The demonic beasts charging toward Nandu City had all been killed by the artillery fire.

"Drone reconnaissance confirms that the demonic beasts in the artillery-covered area have been cleared."

Qu Shi's voice came through the Military Wireless Radio once again.

"Next, the military will advance under armored cover and push forward to construct positions. All Immortal Gate High School students are to rest in place. Do not wander around as much as possible, in order to avoid unforeseen incidents."

"Looks like today's great battle is over."

Jiang Chuan knew very well that building positions to face demonic beasts was not as simple as digging a trench.

They also had to build bunkers with reinforced concrete and establish a network of firepower.

Even with all kinds of modern machinery working together, this sort of project would take at least several hours, perhaps even more than ten.

At noon, Jiang Chuan and the others also received today's spoils of war.

Demonic Beast Meat from the golden rhinoceros that Wei Beishan had shattered with one arrow.

Then...

Something that left Jiang Chuan helpless happened.

Even on the battlefield, the Cookhouse Squad had somehow obtained ginseng, Poria, and other Spirit Medicine. They stewed a huge pot of Medicinal Cuisine and brought it over for them.

Looking at the golden chunks of meat in his bowl, so packed with Transcendent Factor that it was nearly overflowing, Jiang Chuan shut his eyes, gritted his teeth, and stuffed one directly into his mouth.

"Once I kill demonic beasts myself, I'm definitely going to cook them!"

After eating more than ten flavorless chunks of golden meat in a row, Jiang Chuan felt that it was time to break through.

He jumped onto the bed of a truck and immediately began refining the rhinoceros meat in his stomach, preparing to use the Demonic Beast Meat to completely finish Muscle Refining.