Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16359

Chapter 16357 Bloodbath

Xu Zhengqing was sitting in his room, processing documents. He was an elder of the Ironclad Sect, possessing formidable command abilities. When Fang Wuwei was alive, he was Fang Wuwei’s deputy. Now that Fang Wuwei was dead, he had become the commander of the sect alliance army. Because of this, he was extremely busy every day, with many matters to handle.

Just as Xu Zhengqing was processing documents, his door was suddenly pushed open. Xu Zhengqing frowned and looked up, about to reprimand, when a voice came: “Elder Xu, news has come back from a frontline stronghold that a large number of enemies are heading towards us. They are numerous, overwhelming.” Xu Zhengqing

‘s expression changed instantly. He immediately shouted, “Sound the alarm! Notify everyone to enter the underground space! Send a message to General Li and the others, asking them to come to our aid immediately, quickly!”

The person responded and immediately turned and left, followed by the piercing sound of the alarm. The alarm rang out, and the entire base erupted into chaos. Everyone flew out of their rooms. Many members of the Jade Beard Sect lived in the underground space, which they had been continuously expanding, but it wasn’t enough for everyone to live there. So many still resided outside. Upon hearing the alarm, they rushed out of their rooms and entered the underground space through the designated entrances. Because they entered the underground space daily to expand it, they knew exactly where to enter, and although panicked, they remained organized.

Xu Zhengqing, however, didn’t immediately enter the underground space. He stood in mid-air, looking in the direction the Blood Slaughter Sect had come from. Soon, he saw numerous giant energy swords, all composed of human figures and encased in protective shields. To be honest, Xu Zhengqing still didn’t know how the Blood Slaughter Sect had created such massive swords.

Once the giant swords reached them, they showed no sign of stopping, crashing directly into their protective barrier. Xu Zhengqing’s expression changed upon seeing this. He hadn’t expected the enemy to attack without a word or warning. He immediately led the remaining men into the underground space, sealing off the entrances and exits. Let the enemy use magic to enter; he wasn’t going to leave the entrances open for them.

By the time Xu Zhengqing entered the underground space, military and aristocratic alliance reinforcements had arrived and were continuously arriving. Their underground space was equipped with numerous teleportation arrays to facilitate reinforcements.

Their underground space is now ten zhang deep and extends downwards, with ten levels in total. Its area completely covers the original main hall of the Jade Beard Sect. This underground space can house millions of people. This underground space not only has a command hall, but also various passages. Some of these passages are actually sealed off, which are fake passages, while others are real passages. There are also open passages and hidden passages. The open passages are very simple, which are normal passages for people to pass through. However, the hidden passages are not. The hidden passages are next to the open passages and are used to ambush people. When the enemy enters the open passages, they can attack the enemy from the hidden passages. It can be said that they have gone to great lengths to set up this underground space. Each level of the underground space has a teleportation array, and not just one teleportation array. At the same time, there are also living quarters for disciples, living areas, and combat areas, all of which have been separated. It can be said that the entire underground space has been transformed into an underground war fortress.

After entering the underground space, Xu Zhengqing immediately contacted the military and the reinforcements from the aristocratic alliance. These reinforcements also had commanders, and Xu Zhengqing met with them first, then made arrangements for them. Everyone entered combat readiness in the shortest possible time.

Within this underground space, they had also set up some amplification arrays in specific locations. These amplification arrays were actually a type of sound transmission array; while they couldn’t transmit sound very far, they could transmit it over short distances. These amplification arrays were used for communication, a method far more convenient than traditional communication arrays.

Xu Zhengqing’s location was at the very bottom of the underground space, which made it even easier for him to command. Even if enemies entered the underground space, they couldn’t directly attack the bottom level. This ensured his command system wouldn’t be disrupted; he could continue commanding the army from the bottom without being attacked and forced to abandon command. If they abandoned command, they would be truly finished.

Xu Zhengqing had just arrived at his command center in the underground space when he immediately felt the space tremble slightly. His expression changed instantly, and a disciple ran to his side, saying, “Elder Xu, our defensive array has been breached.”

Xu Zhengqing remained calm and replied, “I guessed it. Notify everyone to prepare for battle.”

The disciple responded and immediately went to make the notification. They used a loudspeaker to transmit the message, which would then reach the other levels where disciples were stationed to receive and relay orders throughout the entire space.

There was no direct passage between the two underground levels. To move from one level to the other, one had to use magic to temporarily create a passage. The same applied to moving from one level to the other. Of course, there were also designated locations where passages existed, where the soil was relatively thinner.

Not long after Xu Zhengqing issued his order, less than a quarter of an hour later, a disciple approached him and said, “Elder, the enemy has entered the first level of the underground space.”

Xu Zhengqing nodded and said, “They came very quickly. How is the battle?”

“Very fierce, and the enemy has suffered heavy casualties.”

Xu Zhengqing nodded and then said, “Tell me when the enemy enters the second level.” The disciple acknowledged and turned to leave, while Xu Zhengqing stared at a map in front of him, his face extremely grave.

Because they had been expanding the underground space these past few days, many magic arrays had not yet been built. The most important of these was the projection array, which was missing. Therefore, Xu Zhengqing could not see the battle situation on the first level and could only rely on his subordinates’ reports.

At this moment, the battle on the first level had entered a fierce stage, with people dying every minute. The Blood Slaughter Sect disciples could not use too many of their Blood Slaughter Sect techniques, so they were fighting the people of the Divine Kingdom to a standstill, with heavy casualties on both sides.

Because it was underground, and on a battlefield pre-arranged by the Divine Kingdom’s allied forces, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples were extremely passive during the attack. Moreover, those participating in this attack weren’t the Blood Slaughter Sect’s veteran disciples; they were all disciples recruited by the Divine Kingdom. Although these individuals had switched cultivation methods, their strength hadn’t increased significantly, and their combat power was limited, making them incomparable to the Blood Slaughter Sect’s veteran disciples. Some of these new disciples had even interacted with members of the Divine Kingdom’s army and knew them, which is why they were sent—to avoid suspicion from the Divine Kingdom’s forces.

These new Blood Slaughter Sect disciples, unfamiliar with the terrain and lacking coordination, coupled with their limited strength improvement, suffered heavy casualties against the well-prepared Divine Kingdom army. Furthermore, the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples’ bodies couldn’t disappear immediately after death; they had to remain to prevent the Divine Kingdom’s forces from suspecting anything.

The battle raged on, with the Blood Slaughter Sect suffering heavy casualties before finally capturing the first level of the underground base. They then immediately began exploring deeper, quickly reaching the second level. Their reason for this exploration was the discovery of amplification arrays. Finding these arrays suggested a command center was in place, but they found none on this level. The

Blood Slaughter Sect disciples soon entered the second level, where another fierce battle ensued. While the Blood Slaughter Sect disciples were on the second level, Xu Zhengqing received the news. He knew he couldn’t expect the Blood Slaughter Sect to simply kill everyone on the first level and leave; if they found the second level, they would likely find the third. Therefore, he immediately ordered the third level to send reinforcements to the second level, further intensifying the battle on the second level.

When the Blood Slaughter Sect entered the first underground space, Xu Zhengqing did not order the people from the other levels to attack it. His idea was that if the Blood Slaughter Sect killed everyone on the first level and thought they had wiped out everyone there, they would leave. At that time, he would have the opportunity to ambush the Blood Slaughter Sect from behind and give them a severe blow.

Unexpectedly, the Blood Slaughter Sect discovered the second space, which meant that they would definitely discover the third space. Therefore, there was no need to hide it any longer, so he directly ordered the people from the other levels to support the second space. As a result, the battle on the second space became unprecedentedly fierce. The two sides fought continuously there. In this space alone, the number of casualties on both sides exceeded two million, and the entire space was littered with the corpses of cultivators from both sides.

Meanwhile, reinforcements from the Divine Kingdom continued to arrive, but none of them went directly to the second level. Instead, they came from the teleportation arrays of other levels. Once they arrived, they were all under the unified command of Xu Zhengqing, either staying in other levels or supporting the second level. All of them were under Xu Zhengqing’s command.