The Sky-Veiling Talisman's New Ability

Wang Ping's deduction had proceeded without any surprises.

In the second month, the Datong Dynasty's three armies marched on Qingpu Road at the same time. Yet the vanguard was routed by the Rebels in less than a single exchange, and over the following month, they suffered defeats of varying severity.

By then, the Imperial Court had no choice but to acknowledge one fact: their soldiers simply could not take part in high-intensity warfare. The only reason they could hold the current front line was the Power Pills Thousand Wood Temple sold them.

Without the Power Pills, the Imperial Court would have suffered a complete collapse from the very beginning of the war.

Thus, the Imperial Court could only confront the Rebels while training troops on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, winter arrived. Heavy snow brought the two armies to a tacit halt, and Qingpu Road's drought had eased after two years. The Rebels were naturally delighted, but the Imperial Court was weighed down with worry.

The following spring, just as the spring wheat seeds had been planted, the Imperial Court sent tens of thousands of Imperial Guards to fiercely attack the Rebel strongholds near Gorge Pass. The hundred thousand elite troops trained on Beiyuan Road and Pingzhou Road simultaneously advanced into Qingpu Road once the Rebels there began mobilizing, attempting to wipe them out in one stroke.

The decisive battle lasted until summer. Both sides suffered grievous losses, and clashes between Cultivators also broke out on battlefields across the land.

Moreover, blood sacrifices, which had been forbidden ever since the Datong Dynasty unified Central Province, had risen from the ashes. The Dao Palace consequently dispatched many Cultivators to suppress the practice, leaving people everywhere in a state of panic.

Time slowly dragged on until winter again, when