Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

The Iron City front line was like being crushed by a huge rock, with a heavy haze covering every inch of land.

Inside the tent, the light was weakened by the thick animal skin curtains, making it extremely dim.

Wu Jingyu, the general of Yunzhou, was a tall and strong man, but he was exhausted after reading the mountains of battle reports.

His eye sockets were sunken and his eyeballs were covered with crisscrossing bloodshot veins, like a dry riverbed covered with bright red cracks.

Fatigue, like invisible chains, tightly bound his body and will, making him feel suffocated.

Wu Jingyu raised his rough palms and rubbed his sore and cracked temples with his knuckles, trying to dispel the fatigue that was coming like a tide, but the effect was minimal.

The desk was piled with emergency war reports from all over the country that came in like snowflakes. The edges of the rough paper had long been worn and curled, and the dark black ink had been smudged by sweat and tears, becoming a blur.

Every battle report was like a heavy hammer, hitting his fragile nerves again and again, giving him a splitting headache.

The demons' attack was like a flood that broke through a dam, becoming more and more ferocious and unstoppable.

The news of the emergency on the defense line sounded like a death knell, causing panic among the people.

Wu Jingyu took a deep breath, and his chest made a dull sound like an old bellows. He forced himself to restart like an old machine, concentrating his scattered mind and continuing to deal with the official business that would never be finished.

The rough fingertips slowly moved across the cold paper like an old ox plowing the field, making a subtle and heart-pounding rustling sound.

Finally, after reading the last battle report, Wu Jingyu felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness, like a heavy block of lead, pressing on him and making it hard for him to breathe.

The battle situation was ten, a hundred times worse than his most pessimistic expectations!
He put down the brush in his hand heavily. The wolf-hair brush that had accompanied him for many years now looked dull, just like his mood at the moment.

Wu Jingyu leaned back weakly, the heavy backrest creaking sadly. He exhaled heavily, and the depressed air in his chest seemed to solidify into substance.

Funiu Mountain...

What is the situation there like now?

He frowned, and worry surged in his heart like a tide, almost drowning him.

According to the news received earlier, the defense line of Funiu Mountain had been blatantly breached by the demon army, and a group of defeated soldiers were forced to break out in a bloody battle.

Can they, those men who fought so hard, successfully reach the main position of Funiu Mountain?
Can Xu Chong, the young general he promoted, withstand the next tsunami-like attack from the demons?
Wu Jingyu's brows furrowed even tighter, like layers of mountains, and his heart was burning with anxiety.

The situation on the Funiu Mountain front was like a sword of Damocles hanging over one's head, constantly threatening the direction of the entire Yunzhou war.

If Funiu Mountain is unfortunately lost, then the rock-solid Tieyi City will be like a baby without its protection, directly exposed to the bloodthirsty iron hooves of the demons.

Wu Jingyu didn't even dare to imagine the consequences of that. Once it happened, there would be countless deaths and rivers of blood!
"Report!"

At this moment, a rapid and broken shout suddenly came from outside the tent, like a thunder that cuts through the night sky, instantly breaking the suffocating silence in the tent.

A messenger rushed in like an arrow, looking panicked and pale, as if he had seen the most horrifying scene in the world. In his hand, he tightly grasped a battle report that was stained with blood and exuded a strong smell of blood.

"General! Funiu Mountain... An urgent bloody report from Funiu Mountain, eight hundred miles away!"

The messenger's voice was trembling uncontrollably, like a candle in the wind. It was obvious that he was completely shocked by the contents of the battle report in his hand, and he had lost his composure.

Wu Jingyu's exhausted body suddenly shook, as if injected with an electric current. He sat up straight in an instant. His bloodshot eyes shot out terrifying light like two cold stars. His eyes were as sharp as torches, staring at the panic-stricken messenger.

"Quick! Present it!"

His voice was low, but it contained an unquestionable majesty, as if a sleeping lion suddenly awakened, bringing with it a terrifying sense of oppression.

The messenger was frightened by Wu Jingyu's sudden outburst of momentum. His body trembled violently. He did not dare to delay any longer. He immediately handed over the blood-stained battle report with trembling hands, respectfully presenting it as if he were holding a red-hot iron.

Wu Jingyu snatched the battle report and unfolded it roughly. He moved so hastily that he even tore a corner of the edge of the report.

His eyes were like those of a hungry beast, frantically scanning every word on the paper, afraid of missing any key information.

However, after just a few glances, Wu Jingyu's face suddenly froze, as if he was cast under a spell, and he stood there stiffly, his eyes filled with shock as surging as a tsunami, and deep disbelief, as if he had seen the most ridiculous thing in the world.

The contents of the battle report were like thunder from the sky, exploding in his empty mind, making his eardrums buzz and his head dizzy.

"On the Funiu Mountain Front... one person actually... controlled the Black Mountain Giant..."

"Total annihilation...total annihilation of the demon army?"

"Five demon kings have fallen... more than ten great demons have died..."

"Countless demons were killed or injured... like... being harvested like grass?"

Wu Jingyu's voice trembled slightly, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, with a hint of unbelievable absurdity.

Like a drowning man grasping at a straw, he repeatedly checked every word and punctuation mark in the battle report, fearing that he might have read or misunderstood due to his old age and blindness.

This is simply... a fantasy!
No, this is even more ridiculous than a fairy tale!
How could one person, all alone, achieve such a goal?

Annihilate the entire demon army?

You know, how terrifying the power of the demon army is!
The demon soldiers are like tides, the demon generals are like forests, the demon king and the great demon who are granted the title of marquis possess the terrifying power to destroy the world. With a wave of their hands and a move, mountains can collapse and the earth can split, and the sun and moon can lose their light.

But now, this bloody battle report clearly states that all of this was destroyed by one person? Completely overturned by one person?
Wu Jingyu felt his breathing become rapid, and he made heavy wheezing sounds like an old bellows, and his chest heaved violently as if it was about to explode.

He raised his head suddenly, as if grasping the last straw, and looked at the messenger who was still kneeling on the ground, and asked in a hoarse and anxious voice.

"This... this battle report... is true? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Or is it... a conspiracy of the devil? That person... who is that person?!" The messenger was shocked by Wu Jingyu's gaze which was as real as substance, and his body began to tremble violently like a sieve. He kowtowed quickly, his voice trembling, but with a hint of fanatical reverence, he answered excitedly.

"Reporting to the general, the battle report is absolutely true! I guarantee it with my head, there is absolutely no falsehood! It is what the surviving soldiers on the front line of Funiu Mountain saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears, there is absolutely no falsehood! I dare to guarantee it with my life!"

"As for...as for that adult..."

The messenger paused, his voice filled with awe, excitement, and fanaticism, like a pilgrim talking about the god he believes in, full of indescribable complex emotions.

"Yes...it's the Yunzhou Inspector, Lord Jiang Yue!"

"Jiang... Jiang Yue?"

When Wu Jingyu heard this, he felt as if he was struck by a bolt from the blue. His whole body shook violently and he stood there in a daze for a moment, as if all his soul had been sucked out of him and he became an empty shell.

His mind was blank and buzzing, as if he had lost all ability to think.

Jiang Yue?

Jiang Yue, the Inspector of Yunzhou?
Did he hear it correctly?

In his impression, Jiang Yue was only at the fifth level of cultivation not long ago. Although he was gifted, it was impossible for him to possess such incredible strength.

How could a cultivator at the fifth level possibly possess such terrifying power?

Can you control the Black Mountain Giant that only exists in myths?
Can one wipe out an entire army of demons by himself?

He even killed five demon kings and more than ten great demons who were granted the title of marquis?
This... this is simply impossible!
This completely overturned his decades of cognition and thoroughly shattered his inherent worldview!
Wu Jingyu felt that his cognition had been subjected to an unprecedented severe impact, as if a magnitude 12 earthquake had shattered his originally solid worldview and caused it to collapse.

As if grasping at his last straw, he picked up the blood-stained battle report again and read it carefully, word by word, trying to find a flaw, a falsehood, or even the slightest doubt.

However, every word in the battle report was extremely clear, the handwriting was vigorous and powerful, and every description was full of convincing reality, with thorough details and strict logic, and there was no trace of any loopholes at all.

In particular, the battle report described in detail the horrific appearance of the Black Mountain Giant and the shocking scene of Jiang Yue's battle. Between words, it seemed to reproduce that horrific battle that was like a battle between gods and demons.

The mighty power like that of gods and demons, the terrifying destructive power that could crush everything in its path, is vividly portrayed on the paper. Every word is heart-wrenching, every sentence is shocking, and it makes people tremble with fear and shudder.

Wu Jingyu put down the battle report, his heavy palms trembled slightly, his eyes were extremely complicated, shock, doubt, puzzlement, ecstasy, hope, all kinds of complex emotions intertwined like a rolling tide, colliding violently in his chest, making it difficult for him to distinguish for a moment, and even a little at a loss.

Jiang Yue...

How on earth did he do it?
In such a short period of time, his strength has undergone such a drastic and shocking change as if he had been reborn?
Could it be that he has been hiding his strength all this time? Has he been keeping a low profile and pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?

Or did he encounter some earth-shattering adventure on this perilous journey to Kyoto? Did he obtain some kind of heaven-defying inheritance?
Wu Jingyu's mind was filled with countless questions, tangled together like a tangled mess, leaving him puzzled.

I also thought of the time when this young man became Xu Chong's apprentice, which was even not long ago.

It has only been a short period of time, and the growth rate is beyond words.

If everyone is like this, there is no need to worry about demons causing chaos!
Of course, Wu Jingyu also knew that talent of this level was no longer simply rare.

This is simply unheard of!

But no matter what, Jiang Yue was able to kill so many demons and turn the tide by himself, which was a great thing for the precarious battle situation in Yunzhou. No, it was simply a blessing from heaven and a timely help!

The crisis in Funiushan has been resolved!
Yunzhou is saved!

A long-lost ray of hope, like the breaking light of dawn, finally rose slowly in his heart which was as silent as stagnant water, and quickly spread, illuminating his inner world shrouded in gloom.

He let out a long breath, and his body, which had been tense to the extreme, finally relaxed a little. His furrowed brows also relaxed, as if ice and snow had melted, and he revealed a long-lost smile.

"Immediately pass down the order, and spread the report of the great victory in Funiushan to the entire army as quickly as possible! We must let Tieyi City, Yunzhou, and all the soldiers who fought bloody battles know that Yunzhou has produced an unparalleled strong man! An unparalleled hero who can turn the tide and save Yunzhou!"

"The name of Jiang Yue will surely be like a lightning that cuts through the darkness, deterring demons and villains, boosting the morale of our Yunzhou soldiers, and reviving the glory of our human race!"

Wu Jingyu's voice was sonorous, powerful, and full of irrepressible excitement and excitement, like a volcano that had been suppressed for a long time and finally found an outlet to erupt.

He seemed to have seen the dawn of a turnaround in the battle situation in Yunzhou, and saw the hope of the demons being defeated and the human race counterattacking!

Jiang Yue's appearance was like a dazzling flash of lightning that suddenly appeared in the darkness, instantly tearing apart the heavy haze covering Yunzhou, bringing light, hope, and the dawn of victory!

He might really be able to lead Yunzhou out of this dark and hopeless situation, defeat the extremely powerful demons, and finally achieve the final victory!

Wu Jingyu's eyes were filled with unprecedented expectations and beautiful visions for the future.

He couldn't wait to see with his own eyes the Yunzhou Inspector who had created a world-shaking miracle, Jiang Yue! This peerless hero who was like a god descending from heaven!

"Originally, they were sent out for protection, but now it seems..."

"I still underestimated the growth rate of this kind of genius."

Thinking of this, Wu Jingyu's eyes twitched slightly and he made a decision immediately.

Counterattack!

Unlike the last time, when troops were sent to provide support, the entire army launched a final counterattack, giving their all to gamble on hope!
If we can win this battle, Yunzhou can be conquered!

The Beast God Cult suffered heavy losses in Funiushan this time, which will inevitably affect other places. The encirclement of Tieyi City will certainly not be so tight. Moreover, reinforcements are on the way, so we can take this opportunity to catch them off guard! (End of this chapter)