Chapter 771 — The Battle for the Jade Gate Pass
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That demon-god carefully planted his army's banner in the ground, bent to pick up his shattered armor, and accidentally brushed against the flagpole.
The great banner toppled with a soft thud, its tattered cloth lying flat against the ground.
"This flag must not fall. .
.
" He had just meant to set the banner upright when a tide-like roar suddenly reached his ears; countless gods and demons surged and fled backward, and who knew how many were howling: "The army flag has fallen—we have lost—run for your lives!
" The four-armed god-demon stood stupefied; he had just meant to raise the great banner when the surging tide of gods and demons swept him apart from it, carrying him farther and farther from the flag on the ground. "It's over. .
. " he thought to himself.
"Even if I found the flag, I could never steady the troops' hearts.
Better to flee for my life! " And he turned and ran at full speed.
Yan Qianzhong watched the god-and-demon souls fleeing in all directions on either side and sneered without cease. Yan Jiuxi, the Great Sun Star Lord, and other demigods and ancient gods could sit still no longer; they rose one after another to stop the fleeing soldiers, but the army's heart had already scattered—how could they hold it? Deserters fled across mountains and plains, surging like a tide toward the tops of Lord Tu's feet and scrambling up his legs; a chorus of weeping rose, and who knew how many were crying: "The Little Tyrant is eating people again!
" Within the Eye of Lord Tu, the karmic-fire Lord Tu said in surprise: "It seems we need not record so much. Two great halls will do; I doubt they will even be filled.
" The old yin-courier shook his head and sighed. "The ones left are the true giants.
Few as they are, their sins are vast enough to reach the heavens. " A long while passed before the commotion gradually subsided.
The Big-Head Doll looked ahead and saw that only a thousand-odd gods and demons still stood there, not having fled.
He was dumbfounded, glanced east, glanced west, and said to Shen Mu: "Little brother, they've all run away—what are we going to eat? " The moment his voice sounded, there came a whoosh—several hundred more gods and demons, unable to master the dread in their hearts, threw down their banners and took to their heels. Shen Fengqing ground his teeth, longing to chase after them, but Shen Mu was in control of the body now, and he could not act on his own.
"Eating any number of these little minnows is worth less than eating one big fish. " Shen Mu's gaze fell on the hundred-odd towering gods and demons remaining around them, and he smiled.
"Brother, the big fish we are going to eat now are these!
" Shen Fengqing grew elated and laughed.
"Then what are we waiting for? " Shen Mu leaped up.
In the instant he sprang into the air, the godly and demonic weapons in midair suddenly melted, becoming a surging torrent; as Shen Mu leaped into the sky the torrent gathered together and formed a great sword streaming with flame, which he gripped in his hand.
In the very instant he gripped the great sword, Yan Qianzhong, Yan Jiuxi, the Great Sun Star Lord, and the others moved as one, each bursting forth with divine powers. Jade Lock Pass in Youdu had been the darkest place in Youdu, the place heaviest with demonic qi; now it was as though several thousand suns had appeared in the sky. The blazing light of their powers stretched for ten thousand li, surging in from all directions to blast at Shen Mu in midair.