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Chapter 643 - 262: What Wolf Demon Dares Stand Before Me? (Please Subscribe)

The east was just beginning to show the pale light of dawn, but the night had not fully receded, merely hinting that dawn was approaching.

In the darkness, accompanied by low growling, the rumbling of a swift charge sounded, moving from far to near.

A middle-aged general in a red lock armor solemnly stared at the shadows surging beneath the city wall and shouted loudly:

"Beat the drums!"

"Woo—"

"Woo—"

"Clang clang clang—"

In an instant, the sound of horns and drums echoed throughout Beixiong Pass.

"Taishan Army, prepare for battle!!"

"Yes!!"

The soldiers, who were already meticulously guarding Beixiong Pass, promptly stood by the city wall, pouring one barrel of water after another down the wall.

Indeed, the soldiers were pouring down not the fire oil from South-Garrison Pass but barrels of ice water deliberately drawn from within the pass.

In the extremely cold Beixiong Pass, this water, protected from freezing by an array, quickly formed ice crystals upon hitting the walls.

Soon after, nearly ten thousand archers, each with a longbow slung over their backs, surged from the gates and towers, standing two by two, spread across the mere twenty miles of Beixiong Pass.

Meanwhile, on either side of each archer were two soldiers wielding shields and axes, as if assigned as guards to the archers, defending a section of the wall in groups of six.

With just these formations completed, there were thirty thousand Taishan soldiers.

But that was not the end.

Inside the towers behind them, every tower had no fewer than a hundred soldiers vigilantly watching, their eyes fixed on the soldiers outside.

Among them were axe and shield soldiers, archers, and several physicians dressed in white robes and wearing headscarves.

Additionally, at every mile stood a slightly taller tower.

Besides soldiers and physicians, these towers housed several Daoists in Daoist robes, hands forming seals to activate the array above the pass.

In just a moment, Chen Yi took it all in, a smile appearing on his face.

Although the Demon Court's Dragon Gate posed a threat to Beixiong Pass, the Taishan Army's adept response showed they were already accustomed to it.

Every soldier executed their tasks without any unnecessary movements; "strictly obey orders" could perfectly describe them.

"Hey Old Eight, what the hell are you doing? Get your ass over here!"

"If you keep standing there, be careful not to get severely punished by the supervising officer!"

An angry shout came through, and only then did Chen Yi, belatedly realizing, mimic the other axe and shield soldiers by standing beside the man, protecting the nearby archers.

The person who spoke was taller than Chen Yi's original figure, his plump body making the armor bulge, barely fitting his face inside the helmet, with a Heart Protection Mirror engraved with "Soldier" on his chest.

He held an axe in hand, and his shield was a size larger than those of other axe and shield soldiers.

Upon seeing Chen Yi approach, the chubby soldier knocked his head with the axe handle.

"Daring to sneak inside the pass to relieve yourself during the night watch, are you courting death?"

Chen Yi didn't feel pain, he pretended to smile shyly as he adjusted his helmet, repeatedly saying "Sorry, sorry" as if he were embarrassed.

Since he had randomly joined a team of axe and shield soldiers, he wasn't familiar with their memories, so he didn't dare say much.

"Maybe Old Eight is missing his wife at home," teased the archer beside him as he prepared his bow and arrow:

"Boss Zhang, don't blame him."

"Not blame him? I wish I could bash him to death!" The soldier surnamed Zhang glared at Chen Yi, shouting angrily,

"Cut the damn grinning, can't you see the demons are about to attack?!"

"If some demons manage to breach our wall, the Colonel's whip won't spare anyone!"

"Yes, yes... The boss is right."

Chen Yi chuckled twice, then also grabbed his waist-bound iron axe, the blade's gleam reflecting on the city wall under the cold moonlight.

The axe and shield soldier Zhang evidently knew the person Chen Yi replaced very well, after a few curses and a reminder, he stood vigilantly looking outside the pass, occasionally lifting his shield to shield the archers slightly above, showing a hint of tension.

"Boss, something doesn't seem right."

At this moment, the archer drawing the bowstring tightened his gaze, frowning as he watched the demons charging from afar, and reminded:

"This time the Demon Court's Dragon Gate seems not quite the same."

"Hmm? Let me take a look."

Boss Zhang cautiously poked his head out, his round eyes wide open, faintly showing a layer of True Yuan enhancing his vision.

Two breaths later, he abruptly pulled his head back, shouting:

"Be careful, the number of demons is far more than usual, probably no less than triple!"

Chen Yi had sensed it long before him; in his Slaughter Sword Intent perception, there were as many as fifty thousand demons attacking from outside the pass.

This number far exceeded what he previously understood as "Dragon Gate."

Normally, "Dragon Gate" involved about ten thousand Little Demons, their cultivation not exceeding the sixth rank.

Yet, not only were there fifty thousand demons this time, but many had a cultivation exceeding the fifth rank, with the three leading demons reaching the fourth rank, just a step away from speaking human language.

"Be careful!"

"The Demon Court has sent no less than fifty thousand demons, and there are three Demon Generals!"

"Activate the array!"

At this moment, the commanding officer on the pass also discovered the anomaly below, directly ordering the Qimen Lineage Daoists in the towers to activate the Beixiong Pass array.

Simultaneously, Marquis Taishan Wang Xidu, who had been inside the pass, swiftly arrived, personally overseeing Beixiong Pass.

Chen Yi glanced back, untroubled about the demon army outside posing a threat to Beixiong Pass.

In contrast, Marquis Taishan Wang Xidu couldn't help but draw a few extra looks from him.

Truth be told, since leaving Kyoto Prefecture to enter the Grand Void Sect, he hadn't seen Marquis Taishan in a long time.

Like his father Chen Taiping, over a decade had passed, and now Wang Xidu's presence was even more imposing, his appearance slightly older.