Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 357 - 215: Defeating the Enemy and Swallowing the Nine Dragons in a Moment_2

Lu Shen’s arms bulged as he thrust his spear forth, only to be parried by Zhou Li’s swipe. A strike as fierce as the Dragon Rising from the Abyss followed, severing his head.

As Lu Shen’s head hit the ground, a thought emerged in his mind. Was he dead?

Had he perished once more in battle?

It mattered not. Lord Wen’s promise was as good as gold.

During the Qi Refining Realm, a promise meant traversing thousands of miles amidst carnage, even if it required sending his wife back to the Xuan Bird Tribe.

What Lord Wen promised was an iron-clad pledge.

His child could apprentice under Lord Wen’s tutelage. Even as a mere nominal disciple, a lifetime free from cultivation worries was guaranteed.

Yet why was there a whisper of discontent?

Ah, it was because he hadn’t blocked Zhou Li for Lord Wen. He felt useless.

Lu Shen’s gaze fell back on Zhou Li, the one who wielded the knife. Oh, how he wished to kill him!

At that moment, Lu Shen realized his body hadn’t fallen. A thought arose, and the headless body moved, thrusting its spear into Zhou Li’s unsuspecting back!

His headless body mounted the horse again, thrusting the spear down from above.

Zhou Li only felt a chill down his back as blood flowed like a river over the Nine Dragon Map embedded there.

Turning around, he beheld an unbelievable sight: a headless knight charging at him with a spear.

Alongside the knight were two more headless knights attacking from both sides.

Three spears pierced through his body as Zhou Li let out a furious shout, his clothes tearing apart and revealing the sprawling dragons on his body.

“Ah!”

Zhou Li summoned all his strength, slicing thrice to completely sever the three spears.

The dragons on his body came alive in that instant, crawling from his form, howling around him as they rushed toward the Dragon Cavalry soldiers.

Zhou Li was utterly flabbergasted by the scene before him, “An undying body?”

“Three undying bodies?”

He had heard of the undying body, but he couldn’t fathom having severed three heads.

How could an undying body be that easily mastered?

His eyes turned to the Dragon Cavalry body before him as he slashed down, fearing it might come to life.

Meanwhile, the surrounding Dragon Cavalry saw his wounds pierced by three lances and drew bows from a distance, shooting arrows as if piercing the clouds.

The Dragon Cavalry nearby swarmed toward him.

As Zhou Li sought to swing his knife, he found that the ground beneath had turned to quicksand, dragging him downward with no footing to be found.

In an instant, dozens of arrows flew his way as Zhou Li stepped into the air, waving his blade to parry, the sounds of clashing steel resounding again and again.

Yet more than ten arrows struck his body, and Zhou Li looked around to find himself utterly alone, separated from his comrades by Chen Qing and Lu Shenglong’s multiple charges with the Dragon Cavalry.

The arrows struck his form, singing with the clash of metal, and not even all the spirit energy could withstand such relentless assaults from the Dragon Cavalry.

Boom!

Zhou Li’s protective spirit energy was completely shattered, and the Nine Dragon Map was blurred by his blood.

Quicksand rose with the raging wind, enveloping him in the center.

Wei Qingchen shouted, “Kill him!”

Over ten Dragon Cavalry charged forth, thirteen spears driving into Zhou Li, impaling him into the air.

Zhou Li roared fiercely, the burst of energy around him blowing ten Dragon Cavalry soldiers away, leaving him to fall to the sandy hill.

As the dust settled, Wei Qingchen galloped past on horseback, his longsword piercing straight for Zhou Li’s throat.

Zhou Li mustered his strength once more, driving Wei Qingchen back with a stroke of his knife.

At that moment, the sound of galloping hooves echoed behind. Only the roars of a dragon and elephant were heard as Lu Shenglong’s dragon spear pierced entirely through Zhou Li’s heart.

Zhou Li attempted another slash from the rear, forcing Lu Shenglong back before collapsing onto the sandy hill himself.

Sandstorms whirled upward as Wei Qingchen appeared once more behind Zhou Li, slashing down with a sword!

Wei Qingchen’s sword severed Zhou Li’s head, yet his body remained upright.

Furious, Wei Qingchen kicked Zhou Li’s still-standing corpse down into the sandy hill, saying, “So much for noble families; you’ll end up as mere dirt.”

“With skills like that, you dared to challenge the formation of the Dragon Cavalry alone?”

The yellow sands swallowed Zhou Li’s remains as Wei Qingchen raised the severed head high, shouting, “The enemy commander Zhou Li is dead; our army is victorious!”

Lu Shenglong echoed, “The enemy commander Zhou Li is dead; our army is victorious!”

All around, the Dragon Cavalry shouted in unison, “The enemy commander Zhou Li is dead; our army is victorious!”

The thunderous shouts resounded far and wide, as the nine dragons dancing around Zhou Li gradually faded away.

The Da Yan army, hearing of Zhou Li’s death, was thrown into chaos, realizing they must retreat and not dwell any longer.

Chen Qing glanced at Zhou Li’s head, shouting, “Pursue them, leave none alive!”

With the complete withdrawal of the Da Yan army, the Dragon Cavalry chased them until they retreated entirely into the city. Only then did Chen Qing order the withdrawal of troops.

Returning to the battlefield, Chen Qing, unable to suppress his internal injuries, coughed up blood.

Lu Shenglong, covered in blood, asked, “Lord Wen, are you alright?”

Chen Qing shook his head, “It’s nothing, begin the soul summoning.”

As Lu Shenglong performed the soul summoning beside, Chen Qing listened as Wei Qingchen reported the casualties and losses, “In this battle, we killed five hundred and thirty-one enemy soldiers.”

“In the battle itself, we killed around two hundred; pursuing them afterward, we slew over three hundred.”

Chen Qing wasn’t very concerned about these figures, “How many of our own did we lose?”

Wei Qingchen, aching, replied, “We lost a hundred and twelve soldiers and fifty-eight mounts.”

Chen Qing nodded lightly, “I understand.”

He approached the neatly arranged Dragon Cavalry bodies, speaking to the soul before him, “Do you wish to give me your heart?”

This Dragon Cavalry soldier, having witnessed the previous events, knelt with one knee, “I wish to continue following Lord Wen.”

Chen Qing reached out, pulling out a bloody heart, “In the name of Qingxu, I grant you the power of immortality.”

In the next moment, that heart began to beat once more, and the fallen Dragon Cavalry soldier returned to life.

Nearby, as Zhou Li’s summoned soul observed, he remarked, “The King Gu?”

“No wonder.”

After reviving all the fallen Dragon Cavalry soldiers and mounts, Chen Qing approached Zhou Li.

Zhou Li remarked, “Had I known sooner that this King Chasing Battle would become a God and Demon War, I would have been more careful.”

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After he finished speaking, Zhou Li’s soul started to smoke and dissipate. Chen Qing immediately extended a hand, preventing his self-immolation.

“In front of me, your soul magic tricks are useless.”

Chen Qing reached out, capturing Zhou Li’s soul, transforming it into a red fish in his hand.

“A red fish, not a black one, how unexpected.”

Grudges clinging become black fish, obsessions become red fish.

Zhou Li was besieged and slain, yet in the end, it was an obsession that lingered.

Chen Qing opened his mouth, swallowing the red fish Zhou Li had become, “Let me uncover the wonder of your Nine Dragon Map.”

After consuming Zhou Li’s soul, half a moment later, Chen Qing opened his eyes, having mostly understood the origin of the Nine Dragon Map despite not fully digesting it.

He ordered, “Bring me the Gu worm left by Zhou Li after his death.”