Chapter 244 The decisive battle before the duel

"My little friend was joking, I have a lot of these kinds of objects here. Keeping them is just to commemorate the grace of our ancestors, and has no other value.

If you can carry forward the way of space in the hands of children, you can even understand special laws.

Our clan will be very pleased, and maybe we can gain something from my friend’s understanding." Jiuyuan said with a smile.

Jin Ziming was stunned, as if he had returned to the era of Shuiyang Pavilion. Jiuyuan's routine seemed familiar. He seemed to have said these words to others before.

Jiuyuan is a smart dragon and will not get too entangled here. He leads everyone forward to appreciate other collections.

After the visit, Jiuyuan said casually:

"We are all guests from afar. I have prepared a small gift for you. It will be delivered to the guest room later. Please accept it and don't refute my brother's face."

After saying that, without waiting for the demons to argue, they took the lead and walked to the banquet hall. Soon, the guests and hosts exchanged glasses and exchanged glasses, becoming intimate.

Jin Ziming returned to his residence and found a storage ring on the desk. He looked into it and saw the void cub and the rib.

There is also a booklet next to it, which actually translates the dragon script on the ribs into the common script of the demon clan.

Jin Ziming couldn't help but sigh, this old dragon was so considerate, it would be embarrassing if he didn't fight for his benefits when he went back.

Of course he likes these two treasures that contain the way of space.

So I decided to go back and ask Chen if he could accept it. If not, he would have to hand it over to the inner treasury.

But that experience must be translated into human language for future reference.

The next day, the five demons bid farewell to the Dragon King of Jiuyuan and set off to return to Baijin City. Halfway through the flight, Ao Lie looked at everyone with a half-smile and said:

"Have you all received gifts from that old guy Jiuyuan?

Logically speaking, we have to turn it in when we go back, but this time we negotiated an alliance with the Jiaolong clan, which is a great contribution, and I think King Chen will reward it.

I would suggest to him that he simply use the Gift of the Nine Abyss to avoid the inner treasury becoming even more empty."

The five demons laughed tacitly, feeling happy in their hearts, and their escape speed became much faster. King Chen was overjoyed when he received the report, and immediately agreed to Ao Lie's proposal.

At the same time, the core elders and Jin Ziming were summoned to urgently introduce a policy of gentleness towards the Jiaolong clan, and asked Ao Lie to take them with them and return to Daze to sign the contract.

At the same time, she also brought reassurance that Jingxi had sent back good news from the outer sea, and the dragon kings of the three seas agreed to send troops to help.

In the interior of Honghuang Continent, under the example of the Dragon Clan, the Bear Clan and the Black Snake Clan, almost all the neutral races took notice and joined the Chen King's camp.

So far, He Zong Lian Heng has achieved great success, and King Chen's reputation has reached an extremely high level.

Both the army and the militia have surpassed their opponents and have the strength to win in battle.

King Hao Sai's side was in turmoil, but a piece of long-awaited good news finally reached his ears through secret channels:

"King Chen accidentally practiced and his soul was severely damaged. In order to stabilize the situation, he announced that he had obtained a new technique and was in seclusion to meditate."

King Hao Sai was overjoyed and understood that it was the Shadowless Soul Insect that had done the deed. He immediately summoned his most trusted officials and shouted to the sky.

"Chaotian, Chen has been tricked, and I have decided to challenge him to a duel."

"Great, Your Majesty, this day has finally come. Didn't Chen claim to be the livelihood of all people in the world and not want to provoke a civil war between the Holy Clan and the Monster Clan?

You two are in the same realm, and since he claims to have a purer bloodline, let's have a showdown to see who is the emperor of the prehistoric times?"

"Chaotian, for those elders and tribal leaders who you can trust, you can reveal it to them in private.

Let’s just say that we got a secret report that King Chen was eager for quick success and instant gains during his cultivation, and suffered a heavy blow to his soul, so that everyone could regain their morale and prepare for possible battles or resistance before victory.”

"Okay, you can also summon members of the Holy Clan Presbyterian Church and let them exert their influence.

Chen must not be allowed to back down from the duel and insist on using a duel between two kings to replace the bloody war between races."

This proposal naturally received unanimous support from the Presbyterian Council, and even many demon clans that did not participate in the war tended to resolve it peacefully.

In the secret room of the Peng clan, Chen gathered his confidants and were having a meeting to discuss.

"King Chen, whether you agree to the challenge depends on your confidence in winning. If you are sure that you can defeat Hao Sai, of course you can agree.

Otherwise, ignore him, we insist on destroying them with more and less," Min Xiao said.

"Hao Sai entered the sixth level of perfection much earlier than I did. I just relied on my ancient bloodline to make up for the gap. In actual combat, the outcome is still 50-50."

"If that's the case, I don't agree with the duel." Min Xiao responded.

"What if before the duel, we treat him in his own way and implant the Shadowless Soul Insect into Hao Sai's soul.

Let the bug attack at the critical moment of the battle, and King Chen can be sure of victory. In this case, we can agree to the duel."

Military advisor Jingxi said.

Seeing Wu Tong and Ao Lie nodding, Jin Ziming questioned:

"Then do we have such an internal agent? He must be a close confidant of Hao Sai, who can get close to him, and he must be strong enough to release the soul worms unknowingly."

Jingxi and Minxiao frowned, shook their heads and replied, "No."

King Chen was thoughtful and said:

"Then we should simply take the initiative to fight a tough battle with Haosai, dispatch all the allied forces, inflict heavy losses on them, make the other party's top leaders fearful, and make them worry about their future fate.

In this way, it may be possible to develop one of Hao Sai's cronies into an insider in a short period of time, and then restart the plan of the Shadowless Soul Insect, which will also preserve the strength of the Great Desolation."

Ao Lie slapped his thigh and shouted:

"I agree with King Chen's opinion. Give him a hard fight and scare those turtles out of their courage."

"Okay, let's reply to Hao Sai like this. If you want to fight one-on-one, the armies of both sides must first engage in a real fight.

Once the battle is over, we will determine the target of the lobbying based on the news from the Holy City and persuade him to defect as soon as possible." Military advisor Jingxi concluded.

"After the big victory, the initiative is in our hands. If we want to fight one on one, we have to wait for us to find the internal agent and put the bug into Hao Sai's brain, hahaha..."

Min Xiao smiled proudly.

King Haosai quickly received the reply. He summoned his ministers to discuss the response. In view of his military weakness, he actually could not refuse and could only reply publicly:

"I condemn King Chen for neglecting the creatures of the saints and demons and forcing a civil war. For the sake of the livelihood of the people of the world, King Hao Sai agreed to King Chen's request to fight in groups first and then in single combat.

But King Chen must swear an oath on the heroic souls of the Holy Emperors of past generations, and promise not to start another war after this war, but only to have an individual duel with King Haosai."

Three days later, King Chen agreed to King Hao Sai's proposal, but asked that the time for the duel must be decided by himself.

This letter of war stipulated that three months later, the armies of both sides would fight a decisive battle on an ancient battlefield between the Holy City and Baijin City.

The reason why it takes so long is, of course, so that the reinforcements from the outer sea can arrive in time.

The two kings issued a pre-war mobilization order to mobilize their troops and assemble on the battlefield.

The original neutral races joined the war one after another. The Dragon Kings of the North Sea and the East China Sea led their troops to land on the northwest coast of the Hongqing Realm, while the South Sea tribe entered the Honghuang Continent from the southwest.

Previously, King Hao Sai asked Chaotianhou to inform the leaders of the participating troops that King Chen was seriously injured while practicing martial arts. The original intention was to boost morale, but unexpectedly it had the opposite effect.

Faced with the absolute disparity in strength, these important ministers all bet their money on the next duel.

Many tribes secretly hide their core strength, not wanting them to die in this unsuspecting team battle. This has further exacerbated the difference in combat power between the two sides.

This bloody battle finally started. King Chen gathered most of the most high-end forces to specifically target King Hao Sai's confidants or hardcore.

Although these guys hid their masters, they had to go to the battlefield.

I originally wanted to put on a show in front of Hao Sai, show my face and escape in the chaos, but the strategy proposed by King Chen was very targeted:

"In the front, we rely on numbers and morale to crush the opponent. We focus on injuring and capturing prisoners, while retaining Honghuangzhou's overall combat strength.

The group of experts gathered to ambush behind the enemy in advance.

We only need to avoid the strongest King Hao Sai, Chaotianhou and Baihu, etc., and carry out containment and massacre on other targets that are alone."

This battle, without any suspense, ended in Hao Sai's disastrous defeat.

King Chen's side killed more than 10,000 enemy troops and captured 170,000 prisoners. However, Hao Sai's iron rod was killed by 13 people, severely damaging his core strength.

King Chen's latest speech is being played all over Honghuang Continent. In the projection, he looks heroic and does not appear to be seriously injured at all.

He accused King Hao Sai of being cruel and vicious, and causing everyone to betray their relatives, and he wanted to eradicate this cancer with his destiny, unify the ancient world, and create the supreme glory of the saint race and the demon race.

This video made the elders and clan chiefs of the Haosai side even more frightened, and they began to suspect that the king had been deceiving them before, lying that King Chen was seriously injured in order to stabilize the situation.

The situation in Honghuang Continent was completely clear, and the enemy's morale was extremely low. The Black Rhinoceros and other three tribes were the first to defect and surrender to King Chen.

The elders who originally supported Hao Sai began to think of a way out for themselves, and even asked someone to bring a message to King Chen, suggesting that they should not fight one-on-one, but lead the army directly to the Holy City, and they would open the door to welcome him.

According to the reports of the confused elders of the Holy City, King Chen determined the target of rebellion and arranged for the rebellious elders to lobby.

In the Haosai Palace, he was discussing with the three powerful officials.

"The state of Chen in the image surprised me. Could it be that he was not soul-wounded?"

"I think it's more like he's disguising himself to deceive us and lower our morale," Bai Jin comforted.

"Although Chen's combat power is on par with the king's, you are still a little stronger. If there is the intervention of the Shadowless Soul Insect, it can be said that victory is guaranteed." Chaotianhou is full of confidence in the duel.

"Alas, now I have no other choice. Either fight, or wait for the Holy City to be besieged." Hao Sai sighed.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Before going to battle, Bai Jin will preside over the ancient blessing ceremony of the Holy Clan for you. I believe you will be victorious." Bai Hu suggested.

On the other side, King Chen had a firm attitude and rejected the suggestions of some ministers and defecting elders, and did not start the war again.

He agreed to Hao Sai's invitation and held a final duel ten days later on the battlefield of the previous round.
Chapter completed!