Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 688 - 308, wouldn’t be overestimating yourself like that, right? _2
At the rear of the entanglement at the crossing, nearly two hundred thousand cavalry had already regrouped, poised and ready to launch. Their gazes were firmly fixed on the direction of the warships, eyes filled with ferocity as they spotted the Earthshade Monastic Soldiers disembarking.
"I told you to let your army come ashore directly. Relying on these four planks for a slow landing means you all might end up staying here today. Master Wufa, won't you reconsider?"
These seven warships were all manned by martial artists. Even the one farthest from the shore was only two or three miles away. Mobilizing their internal energy, they could easily tread water and come ashore. Should the thirty thousand-strong army abandon the ships and land all at once, the battle situation would definitely reverse in an instant.
However, hearing Hou Yuxiao's words, Wufa's expression turned even grimmer, his demeanor hesitant and indecisive.
Hou Yuxiao's pupils flickered. As soon as Leiyin Temple's warships reached the shore, he had learned through Hou Yuduan the trickiness involved. These seven warships must have been under some kind of spell, which explained why their presence was concealed, exactly matching the avoidance of the Tongtian River Lord.
With so many casualties from Leiyin Temple, and Wufa still unwilling to let the army land all at once, merely this fact allowed Hou Yuxiao to roughly deduce that if the several hundred thousand army erupted their internal energy together and landed at once, it would surely cause the spell to fail, attracting the attention of the demons under the River Lord.
At this moment, Wufa's hesistant demeanor fully confirmed his speculation. Looking at Wufa, he curled his lips into a chilling smile and gestured subtly to his men behind him to make an airborne slashing motion.
"Charge, the army, and slaughter Leiyin Temple's sect members!"
Hou Yucheng, who had been waiting in the rear for a long time, roared. The front rows of the army instantly parted, revealing the two hundred thousand cavalry, who once again erupted with soaring internal energy and charged frantically toward the river.
In an instant, the sky dramatically changed color, and the ground trembled violently.
The faces of the two masters, Wuyu and Wunian, turned instantly pale. It wasn't out of fear—two hundred thousand ordinary cavalry posed no significant threat to their lives. The main concern was the over forty thousand behind them, and the twenty to thirty thousand Earthshade Monastic Soldiers who had just landed and hadn't yet organized into a combat formation. What should be done now?
"Abandon the ships, everyone ashore!"
Finally realizing he could hesitate no longer, Wufa issued a loud command that instantly reached everyone on the remaining five ships. The sect members of Leiyin Temple, who had been watching their comrades die and harboring towering rage, surged out in an instant.
A tremendous Buddhist light suddenly burst forth. These were over a hundred thousand elite Earthshade Monastic Soldiers, the highest in their cultivation, naturally charging to the forefront. Those closest to the shore directly mobilized their internal energy, spotted the riverside, rode their war horses, and leaped ashore, while those further away treaded on the water, reaching the shore in less than a hundred breaths, the entire hundred thousand Earthshade Monastic Soldiers had landed.
Their gazes were all firmly fixed on the nearly two hundred thousand soldiers preparing to charge over, their hearts ablaze with fury, and their morale swelled to its peak, ready for the imminent collision to deliver a devastating blow to the enemy.
"Halt, retreat!"
Yet, a voice from midair left everyone dumbfounded.
As if everything had been rehearsed, the twenty thousand cavalry, upon hearing Hou Yuxiao's command, suddenly halted in unison. Though they still charged forward for over a hundred meters, they ultimately didn't collide with the one hundred fifty thousand Earthshade Monastic Soldiers who had successfully landed. They swiftly retreated toward the rear, as if avoiding them.
Upon hearing Hou Yuxiao's voice, Wufa immediately closed his eyes, his already decaying visage instantly deteriorating further, looking as if he had aged centuries in moments. When he reopened his eyes and saw the actions of the soldiers, his expression mirrored that of his deceased nephew Yuan Kong, filled with self-blame and regret.
"So this is the Bright Glazed Glass Screen? Well played, Leiyin Temple. No wonder I couldn't find your tracks. Daring to cross the Tongtian River without notifying me, it seems the Buddhist Sect completely disregards me, the lord of the Tongtian River!"
A thunderous voice suddenly emanated from the bottom of the Tongtian River, clearly ringing in everyone's ears. Following this, the waters by the shore began to boil, strands of green Demon Qi started evaporating and rising, quickly enveloping dozens of miles around.
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This Demon Qi was powerful and eerie. Though wispy as mist, it felt immensely heavy and exceedingly oppressive. Even the qi clouds formed by the soldiers in the sky dulled in comparison to this green Demon Qi.
Everyone's vision was obscured by the green Demon Qi. Not just ordinary soldiers, but even the highest-cultivated Wufa and Hou Yuxiao, who had ascended to the peak of the Xuanyin Realm through good deeds, could not see anything on the river's surface. All they could see was the green Demon Qi.
"The River Lord has appeared, elder brother, should we still take action?"
"Do not act rashly, let's see how things unfold first."
Hou Yuxiao instructed Hou Yucheng to keep the army at bay, his gaze fixed toward the river. After more than ten breaths, the green Demon Qi finally thinned, revealing the scene on the river surface. His expression instantly froze.
To be precise, not just his, but everyone around the crossing was struck dumbfounded.
On the river surface, there were at least ten thousand demons clustered together. There were giant crocodiles covered in scales, monstrous fish with fierce tusks, white snakes with nine heads, and toads with three eyes enveloped in poison mist… all these demons without exception were over a hundred meters long, meaning even the weakest among them was equivalent to a Ninth Grade being of the Gang Qi Realm!
