453: Chapter 452 Powerful Encouragement

"Go." Qin Changsheng's thoughts stirred, and he issued an order to his Incarnation, Hu Nan.

On the battlefield, the Incarnation Hu Nan understood immediately.

He took a deep breath, his mana erupting like a volcano, and his entire being transformed into a brilliant golden sun, hovering a hundred zhang above the Zhenyao Pass.

Under the dual blessing of the [Command] and [Encouragement] traits, his voice sounded like thunder from the Nine Heavens, booming deep within the minds of every Cultivator, striking straight at their Soul:

"The Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth is upon us, and the Human Race has no way back! Everyone, behind us lies the Southern Territory, the land that gave birth to us and raised us! There, we have our Sect Legacy, our parents, wives, children, and fellow brothers! If the Zhenyao Pass falls today, they will surely become food in the mouths of the Yao Beasts, and the Human Race will be doomed forever!"

"Today, this Alliance Leader stands with you all! We must not let a single member of the Yao Race take even half a step across this Zhenyao Pass!"

"Kill—!!"

These words were tear-stained and heavy with weight.

Boom!

The moment Hu Nan's voice fell, invisible golden lotuses of the Heavenly Dao seemed to bloom in the Void Realm.

An indescribable, violent power transformed into golden rain filling the sky, silently merging into the body of every Cultivator.

[Heavenly Dao Trait — Encouragement, activated!]

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of human Cultivators felt their blood boiling completely!

The mana within them surged wildly like great rivers, and their previously dried-up Dantian were instantly filled with violent spiritual energy.

A faint golden light appeared on their skin, their defense skyrocketed; their bodies became incomparably light, their Speed surged; their Magic Treasure shone brightly, and their power increased by a full fifty percent in an instant!

More importantly, the Fear and fatigue in their eyes were swept away, replaced by fearless anger and towering Battle Intent!

"Kill! For our families behind us!"

"Fight these beasts to the death!"

"Kill them all! The Human Race will surely win!"

Morale reached its peak at this moment!

The human Cultivators, who had been relying on the Formation to defend on the city walls, actually voluntarily removed their protective shields at this moment, leaping down from the hundred-zhang-high walls like fierce tigers descending a mountain, actively slaughtering their way into the herd of Yao Beasts!

Rumble!

The great counterattack of the Human Race had begun.

This was a scene with extremely shocking visual effects—on one side were human Cultivators with combat power increased by fifty percent, clad in golden light, and as fast as lightning;

On the other side were the Yao Beasts, whose defense and Speed had been weakened by fifty percent due to [Fear], trembling all over, and completely devoid of Battle Intent.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

The light of blades and swords flashed wildly, and the light of Spells illuminated the heavens and the earth.

Wherever the human Cultivators passed, the Yao Beasts fell in swathes like wheat being harvested.

High-level Yao Beasts, which usually had thick skin and required several Cultivators of the same level to surround and kill, were now as fragile as paper in front of the human Cultivators, capable of being split in two with a single sword strike!

"Heavens... Is this, is this really us fighting a great war against the Yao Race?"

Immortal Master Moyuan slashed the neck of a Golden Core Stage Yao Beast with one sword strike, watching the Yao Beasts retreating like a tide all around him, completely dumbfounded.

He felt that his current state was better than ever, with every punch and kick containing immense power.

"Alliance Leader Hu... is truly an Immortal descended to the mortal world!" Sect Leader Xuanyangzi was covered in blood, yet he fought more bravely the longer he fought, his eyes filled with a fanaticism and worship for that "Hu Nan" in the sky, who looked like an Incarnation of a god, that could not be described in words.

Under the terrifying blessing of the three Heavenly Dao Traits, the army of thirty million Yao Beasts was actually completely slaughtered and broken through in just one hour!

On the battlefield, blood flowed like rivers, and severed limbs piled up like mountains.

Countless Yao Beasts scrambled to flee towards the Yao Race.

...

In a hidden valley a thousand miles away from the Zhenyao Pass, clouds and mist swirled, and the Formation covered the sky.

Inside the valley, Demonic Qi soared to the heavens.

The Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, sat high on the main seat, wearing a gorgeous black and gold robe, her appearance stunning yet as cold as frost, exuding suffocating nobility and majesty.

Beside her stood Shen Bing, Shen Hu, the Yao Race's Formation Great Grandmaster, Master Wang, and other high-ranking members of the Yao Race.

At this moment, everyone had a faint smile of certainty on their faces, sipping spiritual wine while quietly waiting for the good news that the Yao Beast army ahead had broken through the Zhenyao Pass.

In the expectations of the Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, and Shen Bing and the others, that was a violent beast tide of ten million, completely stimulated by the Calamity Qi, with their strength increased by thirty percent! With such a terrifying scale, let alone a small Zhenyao Pass, even if all the top Sects in the Southern Territory joined forces, they would absolutely be unable to block it head-on.

In their view, this beast tide would definitely be able to easily tear the Zhenyao Pass to pieces, and the human Golden Core Cultivators inside would also inevitably fall in large numbers.

As long as the Zhenyao Pass was broken, the Yao Race army could take advantage of the situation and drive straight in, effortlessly incorporating the entire Southern Territory of the Human Race into their territory, completing the great cause of unifying the Southern Territory!

"Report—!"

Just at this moment, a scream full of panic and urgency broke the tranquility of the valley.

A Yao Race scout responsible for frontline Intelligence rushed into the valley with a panicked expression, tumbling and crawling. Because he ran too anxiously, he even fell heavily when he landed, looking extremely disheveled.

Seeing this scene, Shen Hu was not angry, but instead laughed heartily, his eyes full of contempt and pride.

He raised his wine glass, looked at the scout, and said with a smile:

"What is the meaning of this panic? Is it that good news has come from the front, and the Zhenyao Pass has been completely broken by our clan's children?"

"Hmph, this general said long ago that the Human Race is nothing more than this; they have the advantage of the Formation, but are cowardly and incompetent in their bones. Look at the time, it has only been an hour since the beast tide launched the attack, right? They couldn't even hold on for an hour!"

"It seems that we really overestimated the Human Race before. The Southern Territory is destined to be the world of our Yao Race!"

On the main seat, the Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, also nodded slightly and took a sip of her wine, obviously very approving of the words of Shen Hu, Master Wang, and the others.

In her view, the only reliance of the Human Race was the Formation, but in the face of absolute power, all struggles were futile.

Shen Bing did not speak on the side, but her tense expression also completely relaxed, a sneer hanging on the corner of her mouth.

However, the Yao Race scout kneeling on the ground was trembling violently at this moment, his face pale without a trace of blood.

He raised his head, his eyes full of extreme Fear and despair, and cried out with a hoarse and trembling voice:

"No... that's not it! Reporting to the Demon Empress, reporting to all the adults... the Zhenyao Pass has not been broken!"

"Our ten million Yao Beast army... has been defeated! They are being slaughtered madly by the humans!!"

Hearing the cries of the little Yao, the air in the entire valley seemed to freeze in an instant.

Shen Bing and Shen Hu, who had previously been full of certainty, had their smiles freeze directly on their faces.

On the main seat, the Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, who had always been confident and calm, had her pupils shrink suddenly, and the jade cup in her hand was crushed with a "snap", the mellow spiritual wine flowing down through her fingers, but she was completely unaware.

They never expected that those were tens of millions of Yao Beast armies!

"You damn slave, are you lying to us?!"

Shen Hu stood up abruptly, took a step to the little Yao, grabbed his collar and lifted him into the air, his eyes red, and roared: "That is a beast tide of ten million! And they are in the midst of the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, with Calamity Qi entering their bodies, their strength increased by a full thirty percent, and they are not afraid of death!"

"How could the Human Race kill through them in an hour? If you dare to spread false military Intelligence, this general will tear you apart right now!"

Shen Hu simply could not accept this fact.

Ten million Yao Beast armies, even if they stood there and let the humans hack at them, they couldn't finish hacking them in an hour! Not to mention that they were violent Yao Beasts whose strength had increased by thirty percent!

"Let him go, let him speak clearly!"

Shen Bing could not sit still at this moment, her face ugly, and she hurriedly stopped Shen Hu.

"Speak quickly! What happened on the front line? What kind of demonic magic did the Human Race use to defeat my ten million army?!"

The little Yao was choked by Shen Hu until he could barely breathe. After being thrown to the ground, he coughed violently while kowtowing like pounding garlic, his voice filled with endless horror:

"This lowly one would never dare to deceive the Demon Empress and all the adults! It is true... we are all defeated!"

"Our vanguard army had already approached the Zhenyao Pass, but just as they stepped within a thousand miles of the pass, I don't know why, but all the Yao Beasts suddenly seemed to see some great terror, their Speed greatly reduced, and they were even trembling with Fear, their combat power less than one in ten!"

"And just at this moment, the Human Race elected a new Alliance Leader named 'Hu Nan'. That Hu Nan only said a few words, and all the human Cultivators went crazy, golden light erupting from their bodies, and their strength increased by several percent out of thin air! They didn't defend the city at all, but rushed down from the city walls and slaughtered our children like chopping melons and vegetables!"

"That Hu Nan's Command was even more miraculous, every step was stuck in the fatal weakness of our army. Now... now more than half of the ten million army is dead or injured, and the rest are fleeing. The Human Race has killed until their eyes are red, and are chasing and killing us all over the mountains and plains!"

After hearing the scout's report, the valley fell into a deathly silence.

"Hu Nan... the new Alliance Leader?"

Shen Bing muttered to herself, her eyes flashing with disbelief: "A person, just by saying a few words, can make hundreds of thousands of human Cultivators increase their strength? And can make my ten million Yao Beast army Fear before fighting, their strength drop sharply? How is this possible? How can there be such a terrifying secret technique in this world?!"

Shen Hu gritted his teeth and turned to look at the Demon Empress, "Your Majesty, this subordinate is willing to lead the troops to conquer, to twist off that Hu Nan's head!"

However, the Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, at the head did not speak. Her face was so gloomy that it seemed water was about to drip out, and the name "Hu Nan" echoed repeatedly in her mind.

"Hu Nan... Hu Nan of the Heavenly Sword Sect..."

Fairy Qingling took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in her heart, and said coldly: "This person is definitely not an ordinary Golden Core. To be able to reverse the battle situation of ten million troops with his own power, he must possess some supreme treasure capable of interfering with the Luck of the Heavenly Dao, or even... some kind of lost ancient Law!"

She stood up abruptly, killing intent surging in her eyes: "Summon Granny Qing!"

Fairy Qingling knew that if their Yao Race wanted to defeat the Human Race now, they must eliminate Hu Nan.

As long as Hu Nan is not dead, their Yao Race has absolutely no chance.

...

Inside the Zhenyao Pass, it was already a joyous scene at this time, and the heaven-shaking cheers and loud laughter gathered into rolling sound waves, rushing straight into the sky.

Although the air was still filled with a thick smell of blood, the faces of all the human Cultivators were filled with the ecstasy of surviving a disaster and irrepressible excitement.

"We won! We actually won!"

"Hahahaha! Satisfying! Truly satisfying! I have lived for three hundred years and have never fought such a satisfying battle!"

"A ten million Yao Beast army! And we just slaughtered our way through them like this? Am I dreaming?!"

"These Yao Beasts, is their strength too weak?"

Countless Cultivators slumped on the city walls, looking at the piles of Yao Beast corpses outside the pass that stretched for thousands of miles, feeling as if they were in a dream.

Before the battle began, from the Golden Core giants to the small Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage, everyone had prepared themselves mentally to coexist with the Zhenyao Pass, or even have their Divine Soul destroyed.

After all, those were thirty million Yao Beasts crazed by the Calamity Qi, enough to destroy any super Sect.

But who could have imagined that this world-destroying battle, which should have been extremely tragic, ended in just one hour.

And the creator of all this is the Alliance Leader standing at the highest point of the city wall with a calm expression—Hu Nan!

"Junior Brother Hu... no, Alliance Leader is truly a Divine Being!"

Sect Leader Xuanyangzi walked quickly onto the city wall, his Daoist robe stained with the blue blood of Yao Beasts, but his spirit was excited to the extreme.

He held the battle report that had just been counted, and because of excessive excitement, his voice was a little trembling:

"Alliance Leader! The battle report is out!"

"In this battle, under the Command and dispatch of the Alliance Leader, it only took us one hour to completely defeat and kill the invading army of thirty million Yao Beasts! We have captured countless Yao Cores!"

Speaking of this, Sect Leader Xuanyangzi took a deep breath, suppressed his wildly beating heart, and announced the number that even he could not believe, word by word:

"And our Human Race coalition... the number of dead is only nine hundred and eighty!!"

Boom!

Once this number came out, the Golden Core Cultivators who heard it on the city wall gasped again.

Thirty million against nine hundred and eighty!

What a terrifying battle loss ratio is this? This is an unprecedented mythical battle achievement in the entire history of the confrontation between the Human Race and the Yao Race in the Southern Territory!

"Heaven bless our Human Race! Heaven bless our Southern Territory!"

Formation Great Master Daoist Master Liu was moved to tears, and bowed directly to Hu Nan.

"This old man has lived for eight hundred years, and only today do I know what a true commander's talent is. Alliance Leader Hu, please accept my bow!" Master Chu of the Sword Villa also bowed with a fanatical face.

Immortal Master Moyuan on the side had a complex expression, which then turned into deep awe.

He looked at Hu Nan and secretly rejoiced in his heart: It's fortunate that he was only defeated by three moves before.

If this Alliance Leader had really had the intention to kill, he was afraid he wouldn't have been able to take even one move.

This Alliance Leader Hu's methods are simply heaven-defying!

Facing the fanatical worship and gratitude of the crowd, the Incarnation "Hu Nan" just nodded slightly, his expression still as calm as an ancient well.

"Everyone, no need for courtesy. We have only repelled the vanguard of the Yao Beasts now. The main force of the Yao Race and that Demon Empress, Fairy Qingling, have not yet appeared, so we must not take it lightly."

Hu Nan's voice was steady and clear as he ordered: "Master Chu, immediately take people to clean the battlefield, collect all the Yao Cores and Materials of the Yao Beasts, and distribute them so that the injured Disciples can recover their mana as soon as possible. Daoist Master Liu, continue to reinforce the Great Array and guard against sneak attacks by Yao Race experts at any time."

"Immortal Master Moyuan, you immediately take people to help the wounded, and those who are seriously injured should be transferred to the Sect for treatment!"

"Obey the Alliance Leader's order!!"

Everyone shouted in unison, their voices full of unprecedented faith and fighting spirit.