Chapter 7

"These are the Pigeon Dog Army, are they?" Jixia muttered to himself.

He saw an extremely grand scene: a thousand Evil Dog soldiers and five thousand Hunting Dog soldiers standing neatly in an open area outside Tai Cang City.

They wore clothes made of animal skins, held long knives and wolf-tooth clubs, and panted heavily, drooling.

Just looking at this bizarre scene made Jixia feel incredibly strange, and even more so, the shock of seeing dogs walking upright with intelligence not inferior to humans.

"Who can tell me what that three-zhang-tall giant ape is?" Jixia suddenly pointed to a giant creature far away, tightly bound by chains, with a hundred or so Pigeon Dog people holding the chains to prevent it from struggling.

"That is the gold-eating giant ape from the Zhou Qing Kingdom, likely captured during the battle between the Pigeon Dogs and Zhou Qing," Ji Qianqing explained with a serious look. "This giant ape is incredibly strong, capable of smashing open iron gates with its bare hands. If the Pigeon Dog Kingdom has mastered the method to control the gold-eating giant ape, our chances of victory will be even slimmer."

Jixia looked at the giant ape roaring to the sky, its fangs exuding a chilling aura, and shuddered involuntarily.

"General Ji, can you protect me in a moment?"

"Your Highness, once the battle starts, you must not run around. I will do my utmost to protect you."

Jixia nodded hurriedly.

Suddenly, a horn sounded!

At the sound of the horn, the six thousand Pigeon Dog soldiers, who had been standing upright, dropped to all fours, emitting low growls, and charged towards the Cangshou Army behind Ji Qianqing and Jixia.

"Fire the arrows! When the Pigeon Dogs are thirty zhang away, throw the stones!" Zuo Kun, seeing the Pigeon Dog Army finally within range, roared and swiftly slashed his long sword, giving the order.

Two thousand archers stood on the tall city walls, divided into two groups, continuously shooting.

The long bows, made of unknown materials, were drawn into full moons by the Cangshou Army archers. The arrows, emitting a pale blue light, flew through the sky, breaking the surrounding air, and shot directly at the Pigeon Dog Army!

The range was as far as three hundred zhang!

In Jixia's eyes, these arrows were even more powerful than heavy crossbows, as a few that landed on the ground split even the stones!

However, even such powerful arrows did not cause significant casualties among the leading Evil Dog soldiers.

Two black-haired Evil Dog leaders leaped from the ground with all their might, leaving deep cracks in the earth beneath them. In an instant, they were in the air, and with a swing of their wolf-tooth clubs, blue spiritual energy flashed, and the arrows were shattered and fell to the ground.

Although the other Evil Dog soldiers were not as terrifying as the leaders, they were extremely fast. Except for a few who were hit in vital spots and died on the spot, the others managed to dodge in time. Some of the more powerful Evil Dogs could even catch the arrows with their bare hands!

"This is nothing like the cold weapon wars on Earth!"

Jixia was drenched in cold sweat, but he did not feel much fear. On the contrary, he trembled with excitement.

"Can the human body really be so powerful? Tai Cang, the Pigeon Dogs, and Zhou Qing are just small kingdoms in the vast wilderness, insignificant. What would it be like when truly powerful divine kingdoms clash?"

The four thousand Cangshou Army soldiers, planning to meet the enemy head-on, also charged at the Pigeon Dogs like beasts upon Ji Qianqing's order.

Four thousand men faced over five thousand Pigeon Dog soldiers, who were far stronger than them, without any fear!

To defend Tai Cang, what was there to fear in death?

If Tai Cang fell, even if they survived, they would face a future worse than death. Only by fighting with all their might, even at the cost of their lives, did they have a chance of survival!

Huge stones, burning with flames, were hurled from the city walls of Tai Cang, smashing into the Pigeon Dog Army and creating large, deep craters in the ground.

These stones finally caused casualties among the Pigeon Dogs. In just two waves, dozens of Evil Dogs were crushed to death.

The two Evil Dog leaders exchanged a glance. One of them approached the gold-eating giant ape, and a nearby Evil Dog soldier handed him a silver needle as tall as a man. The Evil Dog leader took the needle, leaped high, and landed on the ape's face, forcefully stabbing the needle into the ape's forehead.

The giant ape let out a thunderous roar and struggled wildly, trampling dozens of Pigeon Dogs to death. The Evil Dog leader sat steadily on the ape's head, eyes wide open, with red light flashing in them.

After a struggle, the red light gradually dominated the ape's eyes. It stood upright and fiercely slapped a flying stone!

The stone was instantly turned to dust, scattering in all directions. The giant ape did not stop, opening its hands and catching another stone!

Ji Qianqing's face changed, and she whispered, "Not good!"

The giant ape caught the stone, its right arm muscles bulging, and the immense strength from the ape's arm was transmitted to the stone. The stone was thrown with such speed and force that it was more terrifying than a stone launched by a catapult!

This throw was aimed directly at Ji Qianqing and Jixia, who were at the forefront of the Cangshou Army.

Ji Qianqing drew her long sword, took a deep breath, and blue light rapidly gathered on the sword. She slashed at the stone!

A blue sword aura burst from the sword, meeting the stone and instantly cutting it in half.

Even so, the momentum of the two halves of the stone did not diminish, and they heavily struck the Cangshou Army, causing dust to fly and a large crater to form in the ground. Hundreds of Cangshou soldiers died under the two stones!

At this moment, the two armies finally clashed!

The individual strength of the Pigeon Dog soldiers was finally revealed. The Evil Dog soldiers charged straight into the Cangshou Army, and often two Cangshou soldiers were needed to resist one Evil Dog, barely holding their ground and at a disadvantage.

The Hunting Dog soldiers followed the Evil Dog soldiers, dividing into two groups to protect the Cangshou Army from the sides and launch a pincer attack.

The Cangshou Army on the front line was in a precarious position!

Suddenly, two more groups of Cangshou soldiers emerged from the trenches on the sides, like a sharp sword, piercing into the flanks of the Hunting Dog Army.

Ji Qianqing tightly guarded Jixia, and within a three-zhang radius around her, the ground was covered with Pigeon Dog corpses, forming a vacuum zone.

"Is it time now?" Ji Qianqing asked, turning her head after cutting an Evil Dog in half with one sword stroke.

Jixia looked around and replied, "The Evil Dogs are still too concentrated. Wait until they spread out a bit more."

Ji Qianqing nodded and was about to continue guarding Jixia when she saw the gold-eating giant ape slowly approaching them, with an Evil Dog leader on its head, eyes flashing with a fierce light, looking at the two of them.

Ji Qianqing gripped her long sword tightly, and a nine-layered heaven aura suddenly burst forth. She said to Jixia, "Find a way to protect yourself."

Jixia was stunned, about to speak, but Ji Qianqing had already shot towards the giant ape, leaving a lingering voice in the air: "The giant ape is controlled by the Evil Dog leader and has targeted us. I will kill it; otherwise, once it gets close to you, I will be restrained and unable to fight to my full potential."

At this moment, a Pigeon Dog, seeing Ji Qianqing leave, swung a long knife, trying to cut Jixia in half!

Jixia broke out in a cold sweat, communicating with the divine tree in his mind. A silver-blue long sword immediately flew out of the void, moving neither too fast nor too slow, but emitting a strange red light.

The Pigeon Dog, seeing a strange long sword with no spiritual energy fluctuations coming towards him, just managed to sneer when the sword easily cut through his long knife and pierced into his body.

This Pigeon Dog never dreamed that he would be killed by a human with no spiritual energy!

The long sword killed the Pigeon Dog and then turned around, returning to Jixia's side, held in his hand.

Before Jixia could catch his breath, a muscular Cangshou soldier was forced to retreat to his side by a powerful Evil Dog. This young man from Tai Cang, about twenty years old, held a heavy sword with both hands, his vine armor tattered and blood flowing from countless wounds, but his face was resolute, fighting while retreating.

His momentum was incredibly strong. In a few steps, he swung his heavy sword, killing two Pigeon Dogs in quick succession!

An Evil Dog attacked from the side, and the young man barely blocked a wolf claw. The wolf-tooth club then struck his chest, causing him to spit blood and fall back, landing beside Jixia.

This single blow indicated that the Evil Dog was likely at the seventh-layered heaven realm!

The Evil Dog glared at Jixia and the young man, slowly approaching them.

Jixia looked at the young man, who was still spitting blood, and then at the Evil Dog. He forced a smile and said, "Brother Pigeon Dog, I will leave immediately. You can deal with this person as you wish."

The young man, hearing Jixia's despicable words, glared at him while spitting blood.

The Evil Dog looked at Jixia in confusion, having never seen such a cowardly Tai Cang person.

Jixia seized the opportunity, pointing to the Vengeance Sword in his hand and fawning, "I just found this treasure sword, but I can't activate it without spiritual energy. I am willing to offer it as a token of my loyalty!"

As he spoke, Jixia looked around mysteriously, afraid of being overheard: "I am a custodian of the royal treasury. If you spare me, once the Pigeon Dog Army breaks through Tai Cang, I will lead you to the secret chamber of the royal treasury. Then..."

The Evil Dog, hearing Jixia's words, perhaps feeling that this human with no spiritual energy was no threat, or perhaps tempted by the secret chamber of the treasury, stopped two Pigeon Dogs who were about to attack Jixia, pointed at the Vengeance Sword in Jixia's hand, which was glowing red, and beckoned.

Jixia's face lit up, and he quickly threw the Vengeance Sword to the Evil Dog, his forced smile becoming even more strained.

The Evil Dog caught the sword, swung it a few times, and channeled spiritual energy into it, finding that the sword's red light intensified, making it a rare treasure.

The bloodied young man from Tai Cang, furious at Jixia, wanted to stab this traitor who was selling out his country for survival, but he had no strength left.

The Evil Dog, sensing the immense power returning from the sword, grinned, thinking he had accidentally obtained a treasure?

Just as he was laughing more joyfully, a powerful force erupted from the sword, breaking free from his wolf paw, and in an instant, pierced his jaw from below, emerging from the top of his head!

The Evil Dog, who had been laughing triumphantly, died with his eyes wide open!

Jixia caught the returning Vengeance Sword, looked at the Evil Dog's blood on it with disgust, and kicked the muscular young man lying at his feet, scolding, "What are you glaring at me for? Do you know what a brain is?"