The Name of Eternity.

Chapter 257: Leading with the Blood of the Ancestors

The fierce fighting on the battlefield was extinguished by the heavy rain.

The rain was pouring down. As the rear of the demon tide was cut off by the rain of swords, the charge became powerless. With the help of the sword energy on the top of the city, the situation of fighting and retreating, which had previously forced them to retreat step by step, was stabilized in the blink of an eye.

On the city wall that was submerged by the flood of demons, the Xia family’s battle flag was once again flying.

The pressure on all the soldiers suddenly dropped. After the demons in front of them were killed, no more demons continued to attack.

They were all stunned, looking at the reversal before them in disbelief.

"This, this is..."

"Who is drawing the sword? Who is saving us?!"

"Are we...saved?"

All the troops and aristocratic family armies, including those from martial arts sects that were temporarily recruited, were staring blankly outside the defense line.

The situation outside the defense line was like purgatory. Countless sword energies pierced through it, and all the demons wailed and fell.

Those great demons in the third immortal realm rolled up their huge bodies and tried to escape into the distance, but like moths struggling in the heavy rain, they were soon covered by the rain of swords and fell rapidly without a sound.

"Who is that……"

In the center of the defense line, Marshal Xia Changkong, who was commanding the operations of the second defense line, looked up with a look of shock on his face.

Under the long river of sword energy, there was a young man sitting on the back of the red flame demon. The energy all over his body was like snow-white mist, which was visible to the naked eye. It surged towards the sword wave in the sky above his head and turned into endless sword energy that swept down.

Next to the young man stood the head of their Xia family and his brothers.

"Master, Yuanwu..."

Xia Changkong was a little stunned. The head of the family actually came in person. What about the master of the Gluttony Valley?
He couldn't help but look behind the demon tide, but saw no movement there.

On the battlefield, only a few elders from the Gluttony Valley were left, fleeing in panic into the distance, but were chased by long dragons of sword energy.

Soon, an elder of the Gluttony Valley, who was already injured, saw that the sword dragon did not seem to be very powerful, so he chose to resist with his body, but soon, he seemed to have his soul sucked away, and fell rapidly.

The demons in the Valley of Gluttony are brutal and blood-drinking. They generally have strong bodies, not much inferior to those of the dragon clan. They also rely more on their bodies in battle, but in front of the 1% fatal attribute, they are no different from ordinary demons.

Li Hao looked at the demon figures falling under the rain of swords, his face calm and unchanged. When the battlefield was almost completely calmed down, he put away his sword.

"You two, the remaining fish that slipped through the net will be left to you. I'm leaving first."

Li Hao said to Xia Linglong and the other person beside him.

The two reacted and were stunned. In just a short moment, tens of millions of demons on the battlefield were almost all wiped out!
This is so scary!

Is this the strength of the Taiping Dao Realm? It seems beyond their imagination.

"General Haotian, don't worry. Leave the rest to us. Once we have cleaned up everything, we will send troops to help Qingzhou!"

Xia Linglong reacted and quickly said to Li Hao.

Originally, she said that she was sending troops out of repayment for a favor, but at this moment, she herself felt that in front of someone like Li Hao, the troops of their Xia family were of little significance. At most, they could rescue the fallen villages and towns in Qingzhou.

After all, although Li Hao is very powerful, it is impossible for him to take care of the entire Qingzhou by himself in such a short period of time.

"Ah."

Li Hao nodded and did not reject the other party's kindness.

Then he gently stroked the head of the Candle Fire God as a signal. The Candle Fire God was covered in flames, and he stepped out with his hooves as thick as a unicorn. The flames cut through the sky of the battlefield, and he galloped away quickly into the distance, leaving the battlefield.

On the defense line, many generals, family heads, and masters of martial arts sects all looked up at the departing figure riding the red-flame demon, and this scene was engraved in their hearts.

They didn't know who the young man was, but they knew that the Xia family would give them the answer.

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Qingzhou, Qingzhou City.

The once prosperous Qingzhou City is now on full alert. Civilians are restricted from leaving their homes, and all street stalls have been cleared out, leaving wide streets free for the army to move quickly through.

On the four walls, golden magic circles were set up, but outside the city a huge wave of demons gathered.

On the top of the city wall, many Li family soldiers and the Qingzhou city defenders gathered here with solemn expressions.

Several days of fighting had left them exhausted, but no one dared to relax.

Three days ago, according to information obtained from outside through the Li family's secret technique, most of Qingzhou's land had fallen.

Hundreds of cities have been destroyed and occupied by demons. Qingzhou, the headquarters of the Li family, has suffered heavy damage unseen in thousands of years.

When the other surviving cities received the news, many people did not believe it and thought the military intelligence was wrong. However, it was not until they saw the large number of refugees fleeing from other cities and towns that they realized that Qingzhou was in big trouble.

After thousands of years of peace, the people in most cities of Qingzhou have long lost their clear understanding of demons.

Occasionally, the Demon Suppression Bureau would capture and kill demons, parade them through the streets and transport them back from outside the city, attracting countless people to join in the fun and watch, just to find it novel.

Now that demons are sweeping across the country, all cities are shrouded in unprecedented shadows and fear, and every city is on trembling alert.

However, compared to Qingzhou, which is already engulfed in war, the city of Qingzhou is now also surrounded by enemies and is in imminent danger.

On the city wall, Li Muxiu and Li Xiaoran were guarding there, but both of them had gray hair. Compared with before, they looked ten years older, and the wrinkles on their faces were more numerous and deeper.

During this period, they suffered two heavy blows, which made them feel devastated.

More than a month ago, when Li Tianzong's heroic spirit dissipated, they went to the Dead River in anger, but did not attack directly. Instead, they investigated secretly. As a result, they unexpectedly discovered that the demonic power gathered outside the Dead River was beyond their imagination.

Longmen and Shenggong actually mobilized most of their forces over there, and the leaders of the two major forces were personally in charge, just to kill Li Hao.

They did not act rashly, but chose to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Longmen's lair.

This is a rare opportunity. The Holy Palace's lair was wiped out by Prince Qing, and the Longmen's lair is also poorly defended.

By mobilizing a large amount of intelligence through the Tianji Tower, they discovered Longmen's lair. After reporting it to His Majesty, the Li family and the royal family sent troops to destroy it.

It took more than half a month to destroy the Longmen's lair. When the Longmen leader outside the Muhe River got the news, he was furious. He brought forward the plan to quickly attack Qingzhou and headed straight for Qingzhou City.

But Li Xiaoran and Li Muxiu already knew that Li Hao had left the Mu River, so they did not continue to guard outside the Mu River, but returned to Qingzhou early.

He also anticipated that after Longmen learned about the destruction of their old nest, they might vent their anger on Qingzhou, so he returned early to arrange defenses. This caused the failure of the overnight assault on Qingzhou by Longmen and the Saint Palace's strongmen, and they failed to break into Qingzhou City, which instead exposed their purpose.

Since the Liangzhou plan failed and the Qingzhou City secret attack plan was also broken, Longmen and Shenggong could no longer care about the secrets. After discussion, they directly called on the demons from all sides to launch a massive attack on Qingzhou.

Thus, this protracted battle began.

In this battle, both sides suffered countless casualties and after holding out for more than a month, Qingzhou was finally defeated.

The Li family retreated all the way to the defense line, abandoned most of the Qingzhou city, and finally, they defended all the way to Qingzhou City. The army sent from the imperial city was intercepted by another demon force halfway, not only failed to reinforce Qingzhou, but also suffered heavy losses.

The demons that besieged Qingzhou were not only from Sheng Palace and Longmen. Apart from the Taixu Realm that was still guarding the Dead River to welcome the return of their master, other top demon forces also perished.

When they sought help from the Xia family in Youzhou, they learned that the Gluttony Valley had attacked the Xia family. Obviously, the Gluttony Valley's move was to clamp down on the Xia family. Although the five major divine generals' palaces were fighting each other openly and secretly, they also helped each other in times of crisis, and the Xia family was the divine generals' palace closest to the Li family.

The attack from Gluttony Valley prevented the Xia family from Youzhou from allocating troops to reinforce Qingzhou, and also cut off another line of hope for them.

In the past few days, all the signals for help sent from Qingzhou to other parties have fallen on deaf ears. Qingzhou seems to be surrounded and isolated by demons.

The demons gathered this time had more power than in Liangzhou. They seemed determined to crush the entire Qingzhou and completely conquer it.

They retreated all the way from the border, fighting and being defeated, leaving their weapons and armor behind. Now, they have retreated to Qingzhou City, which is their last stronghold.

If it is lost again, only the Divine General's Mansion will be left, like a small boat in the ocean, which can be destroyed at any time.

Li Xiaoran had a grim look on his face. In the past month of fighting, both he and Li Muxiu had nearly died.

The leader of Longmen revealed his strength, breaking through from the Half-Step Dao Realm in the original recorded information to the Taiping Dao Realm.

The Palace Master of the Holy Palace was originally at the Taiping Dao Realm. Fortunately, Yan Bei was seriously injured in the fight with the Green Prince, and his realm fell. It seems that he has not recovered yet and is only comparable to the Half-Step Dao Realm.

If Li Muxiu was not also at the Half-Step Dao Realm and could hold up the Dao Realm to barely resist, he would have probably died in the battle.

With the Half-Step Invincible Fist and the Half-Step Dao Domain, Li Muxiu fought the leader of Longmen to a draw, which greatly slowed down the defeat of Qingzhou. Otherwise, Qingzhou would have been defeated a month ago, and the city of Qingzhou would have been destroyed long ago.

But now, we are still in a desperate situation.

"Their target is our Li family. They want to remove the God General Mansion from the list!"

After more than a month of fighting, Li Xiaoran has already seen the purpose of these demons. They want to destroy the Li family, and this is only the first step in their attack on Dayu.

This plot might have been brewing decades ago. Ever since the nine sons died one after another, the territories under the jurisdiction of the Li family have been frequently attacked by demons. Now it seems that everything has traces and is targeted.

They wanted to cut off the bloodline of the Li family and leave the Li family without a successor. If they waited for a few more decades, the direct bloodline of the Li family would weaken, and the real dragon they chose would probably be inferior to those of most of the other Divine Generals' Mansions.

That would be the best time to attack the Li family.

But now, the demon's plan changes seem to have been brought forward.

Li Muxiu's eyes were deep and he slowly adjusted his breathing. He had previously fought with the Palace Master of the Holy Palace outside the magic circle and defeated him, but he himself was also extremely exhausted.

The leaders of these two major forces took turns to consume him and made him exhausted.

"Has Wuliang Mountain not replied yet?"

Li Muxiu's face was gloomy and he looked towards the west.

There, waves of demons covered the mountain tops, densely packed, giving everyone in the city a great sense of oppression, but his gaze remained unchanged, passing through the waves of demons and looking into the distance.

Over there is Wuliang Mountain.

The Li family has a close relationship with Wuliangshan. They offer incense and candles to the Buddha on a daily basis. Even now, Li Qianfeng is still the direct disciple of the Buddha.

However, there was no response to the letter for help sent to Wuliang Mountain.

I don’t know whether they didn’t receive it or Wuliangshan is also in trouble.

"Notify Tian Gang. I can't hold on any longer. The Li family is at the final moment of survival. It's time to call them back."

Li Muxiu withdrew his gaze, knowing that he could no longer rely on Wuliang Mountain. He took a deep breath and his eyes became sharp.

Li Xiaoran was slightly startled, his expression changed, but he remained silent.

He knew that at this point, it was time for the Li family to fight a desperate battle.

The glory of the past has faded, and now it’s time to return to guard this glory and heritage.

If the ancestral hall is destroyed, the scattered bloodline will be meaningless.

The inheritance of the Millennium God General's Mansion is not only bloodline, but also foundation. Once the foundation is destroyed, even if the bloodline is preserved, it will be impossible to make a comeback.

After all, success in many cases is a matter of timing and opportunity that cannot be replicated.

"I see."

Li Xiaoran glanced at his second brother, nodded slightly, then stood up and flew quickly towards the God General's Mansion in the city.

Soon, he landed in the God General's Palace like a stream of light.

Inside the palace, in the Shanhe Courtyard.

Many figures gathered in the hall in the courtyard. The figure in the lead was tall and strong, with an upright and majestic aura. It was Li Tiangang.

On his right, a female general in armor was sitting on a rattan chair. It was his wife Ji Qingqing.

In addition to them and their spouses, the ladies of various courtyards, including He Jianlan, Li Xuanli, and Gao Qingqing, were also here.

But unlike the luxurious clothes they wore in the past, these ladies are now like Ji Qingqing, wearing armor and with frosty faces, as if they are ready to rush to the battlefield and fight at any time.

"Wuliangshan did not reply..."

"The swordsman from the Southern Sword House didn't respond either..."

Inside the hall, the atmosphere was cold and solemn.

The former connections of the Divine General's Mansion seemed to have been suddenly stripped away at this moment, and there was no news at all.

However, apart from these two major forces that were closer to the Li family, many other forces and sects that had received favors from the Li family also rushed over, but most of them did not have strong men in the Four Establishment Realms, and even the Three Immortal Realms were already the strongest existences.

Now, they are in urgent need of a strong person in the realm of ultimate learning to come to their aid and share the pressure for Li Muxiu.

After all, this old man has to hold off the leaders of two major forces alone, one of whom is at the Taiping Dao realm in his prime. It is too strenuous and he may fall down at any time.

Whoosh.

Li Xiaoran's figure landed outside the hall. He did not stop but stepped in directly. Looking at the people with sad faces, he looked directly at Li Tiangang and said:
"My second brother said that he was going to prepare a sacrifice and use the blood of his ancestors to call back all the blood of our Li family."

"If we win this battle, we can survive. If we lose, the Li family will be exterminated!"

His eyes were deep and cold: "Success or failure depends on this one move, and my second brother can't hold on any longer!"

Hearing Li Xiaoran's words, everyone in the hall was stunned, but not too shocked. Instead, they looked miserable.

The fall of Qingzhou and the densely packed demons outside the city made them realize that this was a matter of time.

When guided by the ancestor's blood, all the bloodlines of the Li family will sense the danger of the Li family. This is a call using blood. It will only be activated when the Li family is truly facing life and death, and this God's Mansion that has stood for thousands of years is facing despair!
And the inheritance of thousands of years has branched out and spread out, and the scattered descendants are spread all over the Dayu Divine Dynasty. It is an extremely powerful force that can be sensed if guided by the blood of the ancestors.

(End of this chapter)