No Way Back!

"The head coach?"

The temporary deputy general, seeing that Tian Heng had not yet sounded the horn for attacking the city, asked cautiously.

They roughly knew what was going on. Although they all knew they wouldn't live long after taking the medicine, they at least wanted to earn some merit before they died. After all, the more merit they earned, the more benefits they would receive in the future. But if the gatekeeper betrayed them, only a few would be able to live and earn merit.

With that magic array and the unique mechanism of the gatekeeper, if you try to launch a direct attack, half of your men will die just at the entrance!

"Pass down the order to prepare for the attack on the city," Tian Heng said in a deep voice.

"Attack the city." His subordinate swallowed hard. Were they really going to have to fight a siege?

Moreover, fighting in the city also means facing the city defense forces. The West Sea Army escorts supplies at sea all year round, and they have the most contact with the city defense forces in various places during each resupply. Since the people of Jiangnan have improved their lives, they have become very enthusiastic. Most of the people who join the army are also bold and heroic. Many of them have drunk the city defense forces' wine and eaten their hometown specialties.

I never imagined that one day we would be fighting each other!

"Commander," several hastily promoted lieutenants couldn't help but ask, "I just checked the guards on the city gate, and they're still our own Jiangnan guards. What if we attack the city?"

"On the battlefield, swords have no eyes," Tian Heng said through gritted teeth. "Master Shen San wrote to us, telling us to rest assured and use our bows; he will coordinate from within and without to minimize casualties!"

To fight among compatriots is a serious crime, but things have come to this point and there's nothing more that can be done.

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The battle of offense and defense then began.

The sheer number of magic arrays in Nanyang City caused them to radiate brilliant light when activated, almost illuminating the entire sky above Nanyang.

Both the Heavenly Palace and the Demon Domain Realm are watching this battle closely.

The power of the Buddha Kingdom comes from bewitching people, and the area with the largest population is Jiangnan. If the Buddha Kingdom can be completely driven out, then it can basically be declared that half of them have been eliminated.

Although most people are not optimistic, such a once-in-a-million-year event is still worth watching.

"The magical formations in Jiangnan are quite advanced." On the Heavenly Palace, many divine generals gathered together, carefully observing the battle through the divine mirror.

"Hmm, this Spiritual Energy Revival has only been going on for less than ten years, and this new force's mastery of magic arrays is already almost surpassing that of the Dragon Palace. Their development is truly astonishing!"

The divine guards behind the divine general were somewhat surprised upon hearing this. Although they looked down on the Dragon Palace as top-tier forces, they had to admit that the Dragon Palace's mastery of magic arrays was very high, almost the highest in the second version, and was already infinitely close to the level of many ancient forces in the third version.

It's truly astonishing that a newly emerging human power, despite inheriting the Dragon Palace, could reach this level in just ten years.

"As expected of Chen Qing?" someone sighed softly.

This name silenced many. Perhaps most of the newly arrived Divine Guards did not know this name, but all those who had advanced to the level of Divine General had experienced the First Great War. Back then, when several factions were vying for supremacy, Chen Qing's power was a thorn in the side of all the noble forces.

The Heavenly Court and the Demon Domain cooperated deeply for the first time, and the stalemate with the myriad demon forces led by Chen Qing lasted for hundreds of thousands of years. That battle was the longest fought between the various forces, and it truly shook the heavens and the earth, and dimmed the sun and moon!

Compared to that one war, the wars of the subsequent eras were like children playing house.

In the second and third eras, apart from the slightly more intense battles when the Divine Martial Guild, supported by the Buddha Kingdom, rose to power, everyone maintained a high level of restraint in the other encounters, and almost no divine generals were killed.

Once you reach the King Level, you have an immunity from death, essentially making you an immortal noble.

Back then, the King Level? That was equivalent to Venerable! At that time, most of the forces around them had perished!

The extent of its devastation remains vivid in the memories of many.

"This is just a clone," someone murmured. "I never expected it to rise so rapidly. Elder Liu must have been senile, raising a tiger only to have it backfire on him."

"That's hard to say," a woman's voice murmured. "Elder Liu's power grows stronger the stronger the world is. If Chen Qing's counterattack fails, then everything Chen Qing has will become nourishment for him. Elder Liu is a confident man; he never thinks he's inferior to Chen Qing. After all, back then, Chen Qing was defeated by him!"

"Stabbing an ally in the back is considered skill?" A booming voice scoffed. "Does he really think he's won just because he backstabbed Chen Qing?"

"That's just how it is in the world," the woman said nonchalantly. "A win is a win; what does it matter what methods they used?"

"Women's thinking. Real strength is what truly matters. Elder Liu betrayed Chen Qing. Can he withstand what Chen Qing did back then? He's not capable. Even if he gains temporary power through underhanded means, he can't maintain control."

Some of the guards behind "Chen Qing's strength" were puzzled. Was Chen Qing really that powerful back then?

"Back then, he was..." a black-armored general chuckled, "Quite..."

"Shut up!" A cold voice suddenly came from behind, silencing the gods who had just been speaking.

Everyone can recognize whose voice it is.

The eldest princess of the Heavenly Court Long Household, whose status is often comparable to that of her father, controls the Ziwei Star and is the most powerful person under the Heavenly Emperor. Even the Three-Eyed Divine General must obey her orders.

"Your Highness... there's a fight in Jiangnan." The black-armored general stammered.

"I'm not blind!" The woman's voice was as cold as ice, making all the gods in the hall shiver.

"Something's happened in Jiangnan, Chen Qing isn't here?"

"Chen Qing is being held outside and shouldn't be back anytime soon."

"Is that so? He fell into the hands of that Liu guy back then, and now he wants to do it again?" The woman looked at Heavenly Mirror with a chilling gaze. "Chen Qing, don't make me look down on you."

None of the gods dared to respond upon hearing this.

After all, everyone knows that back then, she and Chen Qing...

"My lord, if we attack this formation head-on, I'm afraid more than half of our men will die!"

After the first two rounds of attacks, even some of the new deputy generals who were not very experienced could see that taking Nanyang City would likely result in enormous losses.

"I know, keep putting pressure on me!" Tian Heng replied coldly.

At this point, retreat is not an option; otherwise, the entire game will be lost.

Shen San had already given him the message, telling him to hold on, and that he would find a way to get them in within half an hour at most.

To be honest, he didn't completely trust Shen San either, since Shen Er seemed to have betrayed him. But he had no other choice now; he couldn't accomplish anything by relying solely on himself.

Shen San was the most reliable member of the Shen Family family he had ever met; he shouldn't have betrayed him, but now...

As time ticked by, the power of the magic array outside the city showed no signs of diminishing, and even the guards on the city gate were displaying high morale. He began to waver.

If Shen San is already under the control of the Buddhist School, then it is not impossible for him to plot against the West Sea Army in collusion with the door gods. Once the West Sea Army is completely annihilated, the Buddha Kingdom will likely completely control Jiangnan.

Is that really the case?

Tian Heng didn't know, but he had no way out!