Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2846

Chapter 1359 Conquest

At this moment, a fierce battle was taking place at Juyong Pass, fifty miles northwest of Beijing.

Li Zicheng’s army had swept through Shanxi, with major towns like Datong and Xuanfu surrendering one after another. His massive army was poised to sweep across the land, and its advance soon reached Juyong Pass.

The Order faction, of course, understood the importance of Juyong Pass; if it fell, Beijing would be defenseless.

Therefore, they mobilized all their generals and remaining troops to reinforce the city. A

fierce siege ensued .

Li Zicheng’s army was in high spirits, charging recklessly towards the city walls.

The Order faction, knowing their fate hinged on this battle, unleashed their various blessings, quickly turning the area below the city into a river of blood.

It must be said that the Order faction’s capabilities were truly formidable; amidst a barrage of dazzling lights, Li Zicheng’s army was harvested wave after wave like leeks.

Yet, there was no joy on their faces, for Li Zicheng’s army was simply too numerous.

One group died, and countless soldiers immediately replenished their ranks, as if replenishment were free.

Moreover, many soldiers from the Order faction would be infected by the enemy’s abilities and successively join the Reproduction faction.

This is the horror of reproduction—an endless source of soldiers. Once entangled with it, you either annihilate the enemy or you are devoured and assimilated.

Seeing that they had successfully worn down the Ming army’s morale and realized that their resistance was not so strong, Li Zicheng’s army began to deploy their ultimate weapon: the battering ram.

Enhanced by various formations and skills, the battering ram was truly as indestructible as a pillar of strength. No matter how the defenders attacked, it was difficult to break through it. They could only keep the city gates tightly closed, with beams of light shining on the gates to strengthen their defenses and prevent the battering ram from breaching them.

However, the power of the battering ram was too great. Even after just a few rammings of the city gates, even if they did not successfully break through, the gates were already covered in blood.

Seeing that each powerful impact caused the deaths of large numbers of defenders, the Ming army commander dared not be careless and hurriedly formed a formation to change the Order law at the city gates.

The once-solid stone slabs transformed into turbulent earth, and as if in an earthquake, the ground at the city gate began to ripple violently, attempting to push the massive battering ram out.

Seeing the ram being pushed out bit by bit, the breeding forces hastily unleashed various spells, causing the ram to grow larger out of thin air, eventually becoming even larger than the city gate itself. The more the defenders tried to push it out, the more the entire city wall began to shake violently.

Seeing this, the defenders hastily cast a powerful spell—Rain of Order.

A torrent of water surged up at the city gate, attempting to use the properties of water to overcome the seemingly indestructible ram.

Unfortunately, they forgot they had just used a forbidden earth-based spell; now, combined with water magic, the area around the city gate became a muddy mess.

Not only did they fail to push the ram out, but in a way, it facilitated their attack.

Thus, it became a simple contest of strength between the two sides.

But Li Zicheng’s army was now unstoppable, their fighting spirit soaring. The morale of the defending troops had long since crumbled, with many even contemplating surrender and complete acceptance of the enemy.

Ultimately, the flimsy city gates could not withstand the onslaught of the massive battering rams, and in that instant, blood truly flowed like a river.

Li Zicheng’s army, brimming with fighting spirit, charged into the city with roars, leaving nothing but mud and countless dead and wounded in their wake.

Before long, the once formidable Juyong Pass had been completely conquered by the army, at their mercy.

Li Zicheng’s army did not stop; he wanted to use this battle to completely break down the morale and physical and mental forces of the established order, so that the subsequent siege of Beijing would not result in such heavy casualties.

Finally, the defending generals in the pass trembled and prostrated themselves at his feet, offering their most primal loyalty, allowing him to transform them with his fertile power.

…

Meanwhile, in the cave, Zu An gently kissed away the tear stains on the girl’s cheek: “What’s wrong? Was I too rough just now?”

“No.” Zhao Xiaodie shook her head, clinging to the man like an octopus, completely embracing him with her gentleness.

She didn’t want to answer the question, because she had suddenly thought of her father and brother, feeling utterly useless.

The reason she entered the Temple of Annihilation was because she learned that the Shadow Tower’s betrayal and ability to threaten Zu An stemmed from the power of Annihilation.

Therefore, she wanted to use this mysterious power to avenge herself.

Several times she had narrowly escaped death in the temple’s trials, yet she grew stronger, even developing a growing confidence in revenge.

She never expected to encounter him in this world, and that their relationship had reversed here.

She was a high-ranking member of the Annihilation faction, while he had fallen from grace and become a prisoner.

Her first reaction was to torment him like a cat playing with a mouse, only then could she avenge everything that had befallen the Qi Prince’s Mansion.

For some inexplicable reason, she had somehow managed to conceal Jiang Luofu’s identity from him, comforting herself that it was all a long-term strategy. She

planned to let him mistakenly believe she was in love with him, then betray him when he was at the height of his power, letting him experience the pain of falling from grace and losing everything.

But she never imagined that even as a penniless prisoner, he would become a sought-after guest by both the Unruly String and the Conqueror King.

His unwavering confidence and ability reminded her of his various miraculous feats of defiance in the cultivation world.

This man was always so confident, always able to turn the impossible into possible.

He was invincible…

This thought had been deeply ingrained in her mind during her time in the cultivation world. She had initially thought that obtaining the power of annihilation could change things, but their reunion revealed that this man was powerful no matter where he was.

Although she told herself it was all an act, solely for the sake of revenge,

why did she feel so happy while acting, but feel so tormented by the thought of revenge, instinctively wanting to avoid it?

For a moment, she couldn’t tell whether she was afraid of him or loved him.

Rationally, she wanted to find an opportunity to get close to him, gain his trust, find his weakness, and avenge her father and brother.

But emotionally, she couldn’t control herself; she subconsciously wanted to be close to him.

Especially after a period when her mind went blank, she felt that he was her everything, her everything; revenge was long forgotten.

Father, elder brother, Xiaodie is afraid she really can’t avenge you…

Zu An naturally didn’t know the complex thoughts of the girl in his arms, but he could clearly sense that she had changed; the tenderness and love deep in her eyes were hard to fake.

The next morning, the two continued their journey and were shocked to learn that Li Zicheng’s army had broken through Juyong Pass and was already at the gates of Beijing.