Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 928 - 766: Trampling Her Buddhist Kingdom

Chapter 928: Chapter 766: Trampling Her Buddhist Kingdom

July 31st, seven Cloud Warships were hovering above the East Sea.

Considering the importance of the upcoming battle, Li Xuan had mobilized every power at his disposal.

In addition to over a thousand field smooth-bore cannons from the Jingying forces, even two Cloud Warships belonging to The Court were lent to Li Xuan.

Although these warships were not equipped with electromagnetic guns, the over two hundred Red General Cannons mounted on both sides of their hulls still possessed immense destructive capacity, making them great killing devices for use on the battlefield of Gods and Buddhas.

By this time, nearly twenty-seven thousand ’Black Gold Divine Armor’ clad heavenly soldiers and generals, along with six thousand artillerymen from the Shenji Camp, had sequentially boarded the Cloud Warships custom-built by Li Xuan.

Not long ago, the Shenqi Union had been working day and night to deliver another two thousand sets of ’Black Gold Divine Armor’ along with corresponding ’Rune striking-pin breech-loading guns’, enabling Li Xuan to commission two thousand more heavenly soldiers before the battle.

Out of these, one thousand were used for subsequent summoning services, and the other thousand were sent aboard the warships.

Fortunately, these Cloud Warships were spacious enough. They measured about a hundred zhang in length, ten zhang in width, and fifteen zhang in height, with an internal space equivalent to a fifty-thousand-ton yacht, allowing a single ship to comfortably accommodate eight thousand soldiers and their armor.

Li Xuan was currently inspecting the various levels of these Cloud Warships accompanied by Leng Yurou and three Divine Generals.

He was using Tao-protecting Eyes to observe the structure of these warships, inspecting the reserves of various ammunition and materials, while also exchanging pleasantries with the heavenly soldiers and generals along the way.

Since everything about the heavenly soldiers and generals commissioned by Li Xuan originated from him, Li Xuan did not need to employ the methods of human military commanders to make the twenty-seven thousand heavenly soldiers follow his commands as if they were his own limbs.

However, Li Xuan knew that many of his heavenly soldiers were gradually regaining their self-awareness.

This meant he could not treat these soldiers as objects, but rather, he must respect them as people.

At this moment, the response given to Li Xuan by these ’heavenly soldiers and generals’ was one of unparalleled fervor.

Their Soul Cores were inseparable from Li Xuan, viewing him as their god, their parents, revering, worshiping, and admiring him.

Li Xuan enjoyed this feeling; wherever he went, the zealous faith of these heavenly soldiers also provided him with feedback.

This feedback allowed a majestic and peerless White Tiger phantom to appear behind Li Xuan.

——The military spirit melded by a mere twenty-seven thousand heavenly soldiers was almost equivalent to the two hundred thousand Forbidden Army of the Jin Dynasty.

As for ammunition and materials, there were also no problems at all.

A total of nine million ’copper-cased steel-core bullets’, plus Spirit Stones for the heavenly soldiers to restore their divine energy, as well as one hundred thousand cannon rounds, and one thousand five hundred tons of gunpowder— all these resources were sufficient to support continuous combat for seven days and nights.

This did not even take into account the three sets of ammunition that the heavenly soldiers themselves carried, along with the corresponding Spirit Stones.

Dugu Biluo and Yue Qianqian were both extremely capable secretaries; they would not make any mistakes in this regard.

Therefore, what concerned Li Xuan more were the hulls of these Cloud Warships. Somewhat uneasy, he asked, "Have they all been tested? I don’t want them falling apart en route."

——Such a scenario would be disastrous; he estimated that his heavenly soldiers would be wiped out.

After hearing this, Leng Yurou showed some displeasure, crossing her arms, "Rest assured, I have conducted the strictest of tests based on the data provided by Lv Qiluo. As long as her data is correct, these five warships are guaranteed to navigate the Outer Void!"

She then pointed outside the ship’s side, "Only the two ships built by Master Zhongliu were a bit lacking. They were not specially reinforced for Outer Void navigation, so they cannot sail in the Infinite Taixu.

However, there are no issues with their hull structures; it’s just that they can’t carry personnel and goods inside. Therefore, they can be directly towed over, and then we can transfer the combatants and cannons on board when it’s time to fight there."

Li Xuan then glanced at Lv Qiluo, who was beside him. She nodded slightly, "I can assure there will be no failures! I also conducted tests just now, and the strength of the ship’s body is sufficient. The airtightness of these all-metal warships is also much stronger than those made of wood. They will be more than enough for navigation in the Infinite Taixu."

Following this, many top-tier commanders under Li Xuan’s command, such as Dongfang Liang, Xuanchenzi, Lu Xue, and Lord Huang, sequentially arrived.

Master Zhongliu and Tushan, the Demon Fox, two powerful beings of Extreme Heaven, also arrived not long after.

Shaosiming Yuan Taiwei finally arrived belatedly. After her arrival, she looked at Li Xuan as if he were a madman: "Li Xuan, you are simply crazy! Not even those who seek death would do it this way."

She thought that, even if this fellow wasn’t mad, his brain must have turned to mush—

Li Xuan’s face darkened slightly, and then he generously swept his sleeve: "What appears to be madness to Lady Shaosiming, seems to me to be brimming with opportunities. Lady Shaosiming need not say more; I have invited you here for one reason only, to ask for your assistance in opening the Heaven Gap!"

He truly had no other choice. To prevent Moon Lotus from seizing the body, the only way was to flatten her Buddhist Kingdom, tear Moon Lotus from her Liantai, and then completely shatter her Buddha figure while simultaneously destroying her True Spirit.

Yuan Taiwei listened but remained cool and noncommittal, her eyes showing a hint of hesitation.

Li Xuan smiled again: "Lady Shaosiming, you should know that with our own power, we can also break the First Emperor’s Seal. But doing so would not only consume a vast amount of Spirit Stones, it would also damage the First Emperor’s Seal several times more.

"Besides, isn’t this a good thing for your Jinque Palace? If I perish in the Outer Void, Lady Shaosiming, you would no longer have to repay your debt."

Shaosiming Yuan Taiwei, however, remained silent as she turned to open her ’Heavenly Eye’ and swept a gaze behind Li Xuan.

Just as Li Xuan was thinking about how to continue persuading Yuan Taiwei, the Divine General’s gaze became focused: "I can help you open the Heaven Gap, and I might even help you return to the mortal realm. However, you’ll need to loan me another twenty million silver yuan, and the previous loan must be deferred for one year."

Just by looking at the seven warships and tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers, she knew Li Xuan had made thorough preparations for the battle. She also knew that she had no chance of stopping Li Xuan.

Moreover, the place Li Xuan was embarking on was one of Buddhism’s Six Desire Heavens, the ’Tavatimsa Heaven’.

The interpretation of Tavatimsa Heaven is "The Thirty-Three Heavens," where there exist thirty-three minor heavenly realms.

The region is vast and the land fragmented, a place not fully under the control of Buddhism’s power. It is also where the reach of the Buddha falls short.

This fellow, he just might succeed—

Yuan Taiwei thought instead of fruitlessly trying to stop him, it might be better to take advantage of this opportunity to raise more funds for her ’Beitian Temple.’

Li Xuan momentarily stared in astonishment at Yuan Taiwei.

He then laughed heartily: "Then it’s settled! Twenty million silver yuan, still at three percent monthly interest! The previous debt is deferred to be repaid four years from now."

Li Xuan thought to himself that such a good deal was not to be refused, for it wasn’t his own money being spent anyway.

As for whether Yuan Taiwei’s ’Beitian Temple’ had the capacity to repay—Li Xuan had no such concern.

If push came to shove, he could always quarry a large piece of ’floating heaven soil’ from Beitian Temple to expand his Tianxingtai space.

—The soil of Jinque Palace was already a part of the Heavenly Court, and with some modification, it could easily be integrated into Li Xuan’s Heavenly Court.

Li Xuan then ordered Fu Youde beside him: "Send the command to the whole army, set sail and embark on the expedition immediately! Qiluo, you can go to the altar now, help me lock onto ’Clean-Heart Pure World’!"

Lv Qiluo nodded, and then proceeded to the third level of the ship, to a room that was thirty feet in length and width, and completely empty apart from one thing.

The room was devoid of anything else, save for an altar that filled the entire cabin.

When Lv Qiluo stepped onto the altar, she immediately enveloped all seven Yunzhong warships within trenches of deep green mana.

At the same moment, two intangible and insubstantial anchors nailed towards two different directions.

One direction was towards the Tianxingtai space; this anchor tightly gripped Tianxingtai—securing their route of return, and ensuring that no one could isolate them outside of the First Emperor’s Seal.

The other direction extended deep into the Infinite Void, searching.

Lv Qiluo would use her memory to lock onto Tavatimsa Heaven and that ’Clean-Heart Pure World’ inside it, to guide the seven Yunzhong warships as they navigated the Outer Void.

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