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Chapter 790 The Final Battle of Tongchuan
Two o'clock in the morning.

First, a series of lightning bolts rose from the north bank, followed by a deafening roar that swept across the Baipu River. Hundreds of cannons opened fire simultaneously, and shells rained down on the trench positions on the south bank as if they were free.

Rumble!
The earth trembled, and a deafening roar filled the air.

Jiang He leaned against the trench wall, patiently chewing on an energy bar.

A shell landed in the area of ​​the Third Bridge, shattering the vehicle wreckage and sending metal fragments flying everywhere. Two soldiers, still dozens of meters apart, suddenly fell to the ground. The enormous kinetic energy contained in the metal fragments blasted holes in their flesh and blood, leaving blood everywhere.

Not far away, Luo Yeli was fulfilling her duties as a medic.

Zihua, a classmate, acted as an assistant.

Forbidden Item: Desert Queen can now unleash her domain, possessing power comparable to a C-rank, but Luo Yeli's main reason for acting as a medic is that sand can stop bleeding, and it's very efficient.

"Dijiang, orders from military headquarters!"

"The 1st Battalion of the Bridge-Defending Regiment must break out of the trenches and establish a defensive line along the river!"

Jiang He glanced at the rain of shells falling from the sky and wondered if the military staff had gone mad. The military was now issuing orders directly to the battalion level and simultaneously notifying all higher command systems. But the problem was that the bridge-guarding regiment didn't seem to have a battalion; it only had three companies. Even if it did, he couldn't possibly obey such an order.

Not only him, but also the commander of the Frost Regiment at the Wangtian Hotel next door had no intention of taking action. Trying to break out of the trenches under heavy fire would be too costly to advance the front line.

Shell craters began to appear on the south bank of the battlefield.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

Jiang He changed positions several times, dropping shells one after another in the same spot. His "Divine Invulnerability" gave him a sense of crisis, allowing him to anticipate the arrival of shells.

boom!
A communications officer had just rushed out of the trench when he was hit by a shell and instantly blown to pieces.

Luo Yeli was somewhat dazed. She gritted her teeth, reached out and manipulated the quicksand to bring over the battlefield communicator. This thing was very sturdy, and when it was delivered to Jiang He, it could still make calls normally.

"Military headquarters, this is Dijiang," Jiang He said calmly.

On the other end of the communicator, a middle-aged man's calm yet hoarse voice rang out, saying, "This is Commander Tongchuan. Organize a battalion to establish a position on the banks of the Baipu River."

Jiang He rubbed her temples and replied, "Understood."

A-level expert, the highest-ranking officer of the Tongchuan Army.

Orders are absolute; right or wrong doesn't matter. For mid-level officers, obeying orders is paramount.

Jiang He pondered the necessary consequences of disobeying military orders, then immediately contacted Wu He and said, "The commander personally ordered that the Fierce Dragon Company, Black Bear Company, and Falcon Company now establish positions on the riverbank."

Wuhe naturally did not refuse. In any case, none of the three companies were the direct subordinates of the evil fiends, so the only difference in how they died was the method.

"clear."

The artillery fire continued to rage.

As Wuhe transferred away several zodiac-type evil spirits, more than 500 soldiers rushed out of the trenches.

"Everyone, get up!"

"Get moving! Get moving! Get moving!"

"The commander personally ordered it! Are we all courting death if we don't move?"

"Don't be afraid, I'll charge with you!"

Three companies crawled out of the trenches like long snakes, and the neighboring regimental commander Fu Shuang had no choice but to withdraw a battalion to launch an attack.

Unlike Jiang He and Wu He, who had to weigh the gains and losses, the native creatures of the Night World believed that the prestige of an A-level expert was deeply ingrained in their hearts. Their every word and action was not to be disobeyed. Even a death charge was better than their entire family being implicated and executed afterward.

A series of almost frenzied shouts rang out.

But it soon became relatively quiet again.

A sharp hissing sound of air bursting came from the sky, approaching from afar at a speed too fast for anyone to think. Explosions continued to erupt, and powerful shockwaves swept in all directions like walls, turning soldiers into scarecrows, constantly being blown away and torn apart.

Rumble!
Amidst the ear-splitting roar of artillery shells, almost inaudible screams and wails filled the air. Each explosion flashed a blinding orange-red light, illuminating the soil, severed limbs, and twisted metal. The pungent smell of gunpowder, along with a slightly sweet and nauseating acrid stench, quickly spread across the front lines.

boom!
The company commander of the Fierce Dragon Company had just taken cover when he was hit by a heavy artillery shell. Before he could even feel anything, he was turned into a cloud of blood mist under the high temperature and pressure, leaving only half of his charred rifle stuck in the ground. Not all Source Power users are suited for combat.

boom!
A platoon of soldiers tried to take cover in a shell crater, but a shell landed precisely in the center of the crater, and everyone inside disappeared. Scattered around the edges were pieces of uniform fabric and unidentifiable debris.

Whoosh!
A captain, brandishing his pistol, was trying to reorganize the chaotic ranks when a shrapnel bullet silently ricocheted across his face, slicing off half of his head, and his body fell straight to the ground.

In the area covered by artillery fire, survival became a matter of probability and luck. Every moment felt like an eternity. Every inch of land was burning and shaking. The soil was stained dark brown with blood. Amidst the devastation, only about three hundred of the thousands of soldiers from the Third Main Regiment and the Independent Bridge Guard Regiment reached the riverbank.

At this moment, the position finally quieted down. The excessive concentration of firepower during the charge required the artillery to be readjusted.

The group leader called, his words filled with relief.

"Dijiang, the mission is complete. I'll lend you a company."

The bridge-guarding regiment is responsible for Block A of the Jingshui River, which is the flank of the Third Main Regiment. Helping others is helping themselves.

Jiang He replied, "Thank you, I'll remember that."

It's not a big deal, but it's still a favor.

Fu Shuang hung up the communication and asked his adjutant to pour him a drink to celebrate. Fortunately, his side had reached the riverbank; otherwise, he would have had to send out a battalion to launch a suicide charge. The cost of the entire regiment being wiped out might not have been as serious as offending an A-level expert.

"Colonel Dijiang!"

"Captain Dou Niu, along with 180 men from Dou Niu Company, reporting for duty!"

Before Jiang He, Dou Niu, an E-level Source Power user from Class A of the Doomsday Academy, stood straight and bowed. This guy, who was quite arrogant in the academy, now looked weathered and looked like a middle-aged man with a stubble beard. He had obviously been prepared for the battlefield.

"Now that the bombing is over, you organize people to bring the bodies and equipment back."

"understand!"

Dou Niu looked surprised, never expecting that Colonel Di Jiang would have such integrity, actually wanting to collect the soldiers' corpses.

The bullfighting team acted swiftly and decisively.

Jiang He clasped his hands together, and molten steel suddenly overflowed from the trench, releasing his power and forming an underground fortress with the words "Tongchuan Cemetery" inscribed on the entrance.

The corpses were brought back one by one, most of them were severed limbs, or even just pieces of flesh. Wuhe led the twelve zodiac animals to deal with them one by one, while Jiang He began alchemy.

Back when Jiang He was fighting for supremacy, it took three corpses to piece together one evil spirit soldier. Now he has become a level 44 alchemy master, but due to the lack of gluttony, his utilization rate has decreased, resulting in the ratio still being 3:1.

Inside the Tongchuan Cemetery, two hundred vicious warriors quietly emerged, their uniforms stained with blood and their weapons covered in dust. Given that the strength of this elite company was not that of ordinary people, Wuhe simply appointed the twelve zodiac animals as the backbone at all levels, forming the Vicious Company One.

The First Division's troops were constantly being broken up and reorganized, and the remnants were relatively unfamiliar with each other. However, after Luo Yeli served as a medic for a night, she dared to say that she had never seen any of these people before.

"what's the situation?"

The silver-haired girl quietly approached Jiang He's side.

Jiang He glanced at her and calmly replied, "Don't ask."

Luo Yeli muttered a couple of things and then stopped asking.

……

Six o'clock in the morning.

In addition to the initial intensive bombardment, the vampires would conduct probing bombardments every fifteen minutes. This high-order attack kept many warriors awake all night, their minds tense from beginning to end.

As dawn broke, on the north bank, a vampire in fine clothes, with cloudy eyes but a youthful face, stepped out of the battleground. Duke Tusen slashed his sword at the river, and a thousand-armed ice ape materialized, unleashing countless eerie lights. The vast White Waterfall River was instantly frozen, with ice peaks standing tall and unyielding. Not only the river's surface, but even the silt beneath the riverbed became as hard as iron.

Another sword strike.

A ghostly light shot into the sky, and roars like those of demons echoed from the north bank. Tens of thousands of blood servants and mixed-blood vampires surged out of their positions, charging endlessly towards the north bank. Using the ice peaks on the river as cover, the vampire Tucson army and the Valota army launched a full-scale attack.

"All regiments at the front must hold their positions."

"If the position is lost, the commanding officer will be executed."

“All C-level and B-level Source Power users, you must stop the nobles.”

"The decisive battle has begun! I repeat, the decisive battle has begun!"

Following the army-wide announcement from the military headquarters, came a notification from the First Division. The First Division was responsible for the western flank battlefield of Majui County, which was the area around the Third Bridge. The First Main Regiment had been largely wiped out and was now relegated to the reserve. Between the Fushuang Regiment and the Bridge-Suppressing Regiment, the division commander had personally led the Second Main Regiment to take over the bridge.

The artillery bombarded the position.

The troops on the riverbank formed a gradient of fire with the positions, the gunfire as dense as stars, and chains of machine gun fire covered the river surface, killing countless blood-soaked cannon fodder troops.

The fierce enemy opened fire in quick succession, the Third Regiment opened fire, the Second Regiment opened fire, and the artillery regiment directly under the First Division opened fire. Armored troops lined up at the bridge exit, with more than forty tanks serving as cover.

boom!
Jiang He set up his sniper rifle, and an ordinary bullet shot out from the muzzle, piercing the forehead of the vampire baron who was peering out from behind the ice peak on the river. The rhythmic force carried by the bullet shattered his heart.

Bang bang bang!
In an instant, Jiang He fired five shots.

Five barons collapsed to the ground, blood blooming between their brows. Boom!
Three mortar shells came flying in, and Jiang He transformed into a bolt of lightning, leaving his original spot and quickly arriving at the next sniper position to fire.

Bang bang bang!
Six more Blood Nobles have died.

The precise artillery fire and gunfire alternated continuously. When the thirtieth low-ranking noble fell, the bombardment turned into a blitzkrieg, interspersed with precision-fired source energy bullets. More than ten snipers and two entire artillery batteries turned their fire towards them.

Jiang He simply put away the Bloodstained Dawn.

He moved again and set his sights on an artillery position on the opposite trench, where ten heavy cannons and thirty mortars were arrayed. The observer was a vampire viscount who clearly possessed vision-based innate talent. As Jiang He peeked out, the artillery opened fire simultaneously.

Suddenly, an ouroboros mark appeared on the vampire viscount. Jiang He activated his teleportation technique and flashed over, his body crackling with lightning. With a single slash, the cold blade instantly beheaded the vampire viscount.

With the complete power of lightning, not to mention the destructive power of lightning attribute energy, just in terms of the speed boost alone, Jiang He already surpasses the vampire count or C-level source power user, and is comparable to a marquis.

Whoosh!
A flash of lightning appeared.

A long, azure line swept across the artillery position. Sweat beaded on the foreheads of the vampire snipers, who couldn't keep up with the enemy's speed. Arcs of lightning leaped across the battlefield, interspersed with flying knives. The entire artillery company was wiped out, and large amounts of blood flowed into the trenches, turning them into mud. Dozens of cannon barrels were twisted into pretzel shapes. Jiang He's strength was equally formidable.

call!
The domain suddenly attacked.

The Frost Realm has descended, not upon Duke Tucson, but upon a vampire count from the Duke's family.

A 50-meter radius domain enveloped Jiang He, and the frost within its range was guaranteed to hit, freezing Jiang He's body. At this moment, the secret technique "Illusion" was activated, and Jiang He flashed to the side of the vampire count. The blade slashed down, and an invisible edge and azure lightning spread across the blade.

—Secret Technique: Wave Blade.

—Secret Technique: Lightning Flash.

With a single slash, the shimmering blade cleaved the vampire count in two, from his skull to his abdomen. Blood splattered onto Jiang He's face, bringing with it the familiar stench of blood. The count's blood essence was drawn from the blade's tip, elevating his power to a new level.

[Strength: D→D+]
As the domain collapsed, Jiang He opened his mouth.

A series of intense rhythms swept outwards.

—Secret Technique: Death Declaration.

Hundreds of soldiers who had come to attack him had their heads explode, blood gushing out like a fountain. The scene was extremely horrifying and terrifying. By the time the snipers came to their senses and prepared to fire, Jiang He had already disappeared.

The river is frozen over, and the rice seedlings have fallen.

In a short while, Jiang He swung his arms three times.

A total of twenty-four quenched throwing knives shot out, each with a carefully designed trajectory. Before the lightning-encrusted blades, they pierced through the light armor, flesh, and bones of the vampire warriors. The quenched throwing knives were like twenty-four lightning snakes, each stretching out for hundreds of meters. Each snake linked together more than a dozen warriors, capturing and killing prey within a radius of a hundred meters like a spider web.

—Secret Technique: Tempering Thunder Net.

Whoosh whoosh!
Radiant light, blooming blood.

No fewer than two hundred people were killed instantly, and the surrounding area was cleared out immediately.

On their own position, Commander Fu Shuang stared in disbelief.

With a single strike, relying on the far greater killing range than the domain, Dijiang wiped out an entire company. In fact, a full-strength regiment only has a dozen or so companies.

"Fire support!" Commander Fu Shuang shouted as he turned around.

The artillery of the Third Main Regiment was immediately adjusted and aimed at the machine gun positions opposite Jiang He. Officers at all levels realized the strength of "Colonel Dijiang".

But in the next moment.

Swish!
Jiang He disappeared from the spot and reappeared hundreds of meters away.

The secret technique, Tempering Lightning Net, covered the area once more. Before the lightning could dissipate in the naked eye, Jiang He appeared again. In less than half a minute, there were sixteen spatial flashes, and the three hundred and eighty-four tempered flying knives seemed to be everywhere, with lightning sweeping across the battlefield.

The ice around the Third Bridge was almost completely cleared.

The deaths of nearly four thousand Blood Servant warriors caused such a commotion that even the dukes and A-rank warriors had to turn their attention to it.

“This guy.” Luo Youdao stood on a rooftop, his eyes solemn. He doubted that without a high-ranking vampire, Dijiang could wipe out both sides on the battlefield. In the previous battle of Hanguzhuang, it was said that he had flashed over a hundred times in a row.

On the north bank of the river, Duke Tucson could barely contain his murderous intent. He glanced at the restless Vauxhall priests across the river, then turned to his blood relative adjutant and said coldly, "Have Noah keep an eye on Dijiang. He doesn't need to do anything else."

"Understood," the blood relative adjutant replied.

In fact, Dijiang was already a household name among the vampires. Both Red Knight and Child of Nature were among the top geniuses of the thirteen blood clans, yet they were both hunted down and killed by Dijiang.
This young human officer, who has risen to prominence on the battlefield, is now like a star in the sky. Although he cannot yet influence the overall situation, no one can ignore him.

The seventeenth flash.

boom!
Before Jiang He could make a move, a black pillar of fire shot down from the sky.

Marquis Noah's face was ferocious. Last time, when Dijiang killed the Duke of Tucson's younger brother, Earl Thomas, he suffered a great loss, with his elite armored forces changing hands and incurring heavy losses.

The flames that could easily annihilate a large number of main battle tanks suddenly fell. In the vision of the God-like Indestructible Evolution, this move was slow and sluggish. Jiang He saw that none of the three B-level source power users behind him were blocking the Marquis, so he simply flashed back to the trench.

Marquis Noah stared intently at the opposite bank.

It was obvious that the commander of the First Division, along with the two B-level advisors, wanted to wait for him to reveal a weakness when he was chasing Dijiang.

"Hehehe, even if you can only live in the fortress, you'll still be this disgusting."

The next moment, the Marquis of Remington and the Marquis of Tommen arrived.

The boundless blood servants and vampires surged out of the north bank once again.

Compared to the fortified cities that control the four war zones, the four major clans undoubtedly control a larger area. As long as they capture a few large shelters, they can continuously replenish their cannon fodder-level warriors. If they didn't have to leave a considerable number of blood-drinkers behind, they could form a human wave tactic that disregards the cost.

Three cannon fodder regiments, totaling tens of thousands of people, rushed onto the ice.

The fierce battle continued, and the three hundred soldiers on the riverbank ran out of ammunition and food at noon and were quickly wiped out. The elite vampire troops had already landed on the south bank, established positions, and were steadily advancing.

In five hours, Jiang He fired over a thousand sniper bullets, having to constantly move at high speed to dodge enemy fire from the opposite bank. His total military merits in the Apocalypse System reached two A-levels. Most importantly, he continuously recuperated and swapped most of the Blood Nobles he had killed with his own spatial abilities.

"Boss, we've retrieved the body!"

Wuhe ran over to report, while Luo Yeli sat down in a corner to rest, panting. She had opened up more than a dozen tunnels, which the evil spirits used to advance and steal back more than three thousand corpses from the ice, ostensibly for a flanking attack.

At this point, only two platoons of about sixty men remained in the Bullfighting Company. The Evil Fiend Company fought the most bravely, but suffered heavy losses, with seven of the Twelve Zodiacs dying in battle. The attempt to steal corpses resulted in huge casualties.

"You guys hold on for now."

Jiang He entered the Tongchuan Cemetery, and Luo Yeli followed. She already had a guess, otherwise she wouldn't have taken the initiative to dig the tunnel.

Alchemy begins.

It is a reincarnation from the dead, but the real core is the Evil Matrix. The brain of the corpse is essentially the central processing unit and processor. When the soul is shattered, the living being will die completely. The Evil Soldiers have no actual relationship with their predecessors and are more like a shell company going public.

"Boss, I'm alive again!"

"Ouch! Ouch! A mortar shell hit the back of my head!"

"There's no C-level in any field? The boss seems to favor me."

1000 basic-type soldiers, 150 F-level, 30 E-level, 9 D-level, and 3 C-level, totaling 1192 evil soldiers were born. The Rat, Ox, and Tiger were directly upgraded to C-level because of the vampire count killed by Jiang He, while the other nine zodiac animals were D-level.

"Go find Wuhe and follow his orders."

"clear."

The group left the cemetery one after another through various hidden exits. The current Evil Fiends are a reinforced battalion of the main force level, and their combat power is outstanding. Fu Shuang of the main force regiment next door is only a C-level source power user. The puppet-type alchemy master has consumed a huge amount of resources and knowledge, but he is indeed worthy of the name.

At the cemetery entrance, Luo Yeli suppressed her shock and asked, "Is there any price to pay for your alchemy?"

She was actually a little at a loss.

Her sniping skills were at the level of a sharpshooter, no less than the alchemy level of the three fortress masters, and her talent and combat power even slightly surpassed the top geniuses of the vampire clan. She couldn't believe that such a guy was really just cannon fodder at the beginning.

Jiang He calmly looked into the girl's eyes and said, "The price is nothing more than a headache. I won't harm you unless it's absolutely necessary. Try to cover up the statistics of the frontline personnel on the Tianqi satellite."

"That's a minor matter. Because of your military achievements, I now have considerable authority." Luo Yeli couldn't help but ask, "Then what constitutes a necessary situation?"

"Of course, it's betrayal, like stabbing me in the back."

As Jiang He walked out of the cemetery, the roar of artillery fire once again filled his ears. The vampire cannon fodder troops had already charged to within a hundred meters of the trench line. He unleashed his power with both hands, and streams of molten iron spread between the rocks and soil, making the trench as solid as a rock, and machine gun bunkers rose up one after another.

"Boss, the Third Regiment is calling."

Zishu brought the communicator, and just a few dozen meters behind him, a shell blew the student company commander, Dou Niu, to pieces.

"This is the bridge-guarding regiment, Dijiang."

"I am Fu Shuang, brother, could you come here for a moment?"

"immediately."

Jiang He hung up the communication, his eyes fixed on the flank positions, and then his figure disappeared. The Third Main Regiment had sent the Bullfighting Company to assist in the defense at dawn. It was not an unreasonable request, and he did not intend to refuse.

(End of this chapter)