Chapter 52
Chapter 52 Preparation for a War
Mentioning the “Eight Devils in the Mountains”, they were really well-known in this alienated world. They were transferred by different elves, who had fierce natures and dreamed of blood. They were daunting.
The first brother was a loin, transferring into an elf after long cultivation. He was called King of the Mountains.
The second brother was a tiger with good cultivation, transferring into a horrible monster and being called Saint of the Forest.
The third brother was an eagle and also a formidable elf, nicknamed Flying God.
The fourth brother was a leopard with deep cultivation, called Wind through Mountains.
The fifth brother was a black bear, becoming more fierce when he became an elf. He was called Black Whirlwind.
The sixth brother was a wolf with cultivation, named Howling Monster.
The seventh brother was a giant python, transferring into a horrible elf and called Green Dragon.
The eighth brother was a hyena with cultivation, claiming to be Wind Ghost.
These eight brothers had been cultivating for thousands of years and transferred into human shapes. They all had extraordinary skills but still kept their ferocious nature.
They stood on their own feet and each of them had recruited many animals as the subordinates of their kinds. They became the overlords in their mountains and forests respectively and no one dared to provoke them.
After the eight became sworn brothers, they helped each other and built a deep friendship. Their force enhanced and they even gained a great ambition to embezzle the entire forest.
Ninth Heaven Condor had already heard that the “Eight Devils in the Mountains” were extraordinary and could not meet someone to defeat them. He always wanted to conquer the eight evils. With their help, it was much easier for him to realize his dream to dominate the world.
He repeatedly persuaded the eight brothers to follow him and promised to give them many benefits, but they still refused. He was angry and somewhat helpless.
“Eight Devils in the Mountains” knew Ninth Heaven Condor was very powerful, but since they had so many fellows, they ignored his invitation and refused to follow him.
The eight devils were unrestrained and always swayed in the mountains and forests. All of them were bloodthirsty. Besides, they were all tyrants on their respective mountains, so how would they be willing to be the others’ subordinates.
They thought that if they followed the orders of Ninth Heaven Condor, they would not only be short on the reputation but also lose the fun of being a free leader.
Later, Ninth Heaven Condor found that it was useless to persuade them and lost his patience. He planned to conquer the eight brothers by force to achieve his hegemony of the world.
The eight brothers thought they all have extraordinary skills and plenty of fellows. They were not willing to be conquered or afraid of their enemy, so they fight against Ninth Heaven Condor.
Although with extraordinary skills, “Eight Devils in the Mountains” had less cultivation than Ninth Heaven Condor’s. Their power and skills were less powerful.
They flocked and attacked, trying to give a lesson to the snow sculpture elf. Then, he would never ask them to follow him.
After a fierce battle, “Eight Devils in the Mountains” were defeated and had to surrender. Though they were not willing to surrender, they could only follow their promise and called Ninth Heaven Condor as their Lord, helping him to realize his ambition to dominate the world.
Of course, King of the Mountains and the other brothers could not do anything in vain, and they could gain a lot of benefits from it. They also had their own ambitions to occupy all the mountains and become eight kings of the beasts.
After Ninth Heaven Condor conquered the Eight Devils in the Mountains, he was very happy and his ambition to dominate the world was more inflated, determining to realize the long-awaited dream as soon as possible.
Since then, the snow sculpture elf cultivated and studied the formations with King of the Mountains and the other brothers together, preparing for the dominance of the world.
After careful planning and preparation, Ninth Heaven Condor and “Eight Devils in the Mountains” would join hands with the emperor of Yingtian Country to conquer the six countries.
When they were scheming a plan to conquer the six countries, they got a message that the emperors of six countries were gathering in Mount Yucui to have a meeting. They were happy. It was really a good chance they could not miss. They hoped to succeed at this time.
By then, they led a group of elite soldiers to attack Mount Yucui silently and capture the five emperors successfully. They not only broke the union of the six countries, but also conquered five of them and turned them as the subordinate countries.
Ninth Heaven Condor and the emperor of Yingtian Country won the first battle and gained a lot. They greatly built their confidence. They planned to attack Tianyue Country with their victory, conquering the whole six countries to enhance their force and achieve higher goals.
Since the beginning of taking the attack, it was successful and they conquered some cities soon.
Today, they broke into the capital city of Tianyue Country. When the victory was coming, they felt excited and waited for the harvest of victory.
However, when they would nearly realize their dreams, Xiao Tianlong arrived and turned the situation of war. He gave those devils with great attack and shrank their inflated ambition.
The situation of war suddenly changed, which made the emperor of Yingtian Country and Ninth Heaven Condor very angry and upset. They could not give up this good situation which they built with great efforts. They planned to reorganize and restart a fight to kill Xiao Tianlong and win Tianyue Country.
The war was imminent, and Xiao Tianlong did not know how the enemy arranged the troops. He could only divide the troops into four parts on average to guard the four gates and leave a remaining team to support the others at any time and to resolve the sudden crisis.
The imperial master ordered the old and weak in the city, as well as the injured soldiers, to be placed in the palace, in case of getting hurt.
With the guard of Ninth Heaven Pearl, they could be safe for a moment.
They recalled all the young men in the whole city and arranged them in lines to help the soldiers to guard the capital.
When everything was done, everyone had a rest to prepare to attack the enemy.
The capital was in a tense and horrible atmosphere, as well as the tragic pride of the same enemy and the firm will of protecting their country.
Both sides were preparing for the final fight.
Zhang Yunyan thought that the enemy would distribute the eight brothers and the animals under their jurisdiction to the four gates. If it was so, Xiao Tianlong would not have much pressure and the odds of winning would be greater.
However, things went different. Ninth Heaven Condor and “Eight Devils in the Mountains” led the beasts to retreat outside the eastern gate. It seemed that they would concentrate their force and take a fierce attack to win the final victory in this coming fierce battle.
The situation changed greatly, which made Zhang Yunyan nervous. Her heart was nearly out of her body.
In the face of those fierce monsters and endless bloodthirsty animals, could Xiao Tianlong resist them?
Yunyan knew that Xiao Tianlong was the major person to resist the strong enemies and was the key point to win this battle. The survival of the country and the destiny of the people were all relying on him. He was really a backbone of this country and could not fall down.
The mission was so heavy, so could the imperial master afford it?
The battlefield situation was changing rapidly and it was difficult to predict the outcome of the war.
Zhang Yunyan worried about the Xiao Tianlong’s safety and the survival of Tianyue Country, so as her own destiny.
She was keen to help the imperial master, but she had limited abilities to deal with the ferocious monsters and resist the horrible demon skills. She knew deeply that she was willing but unable to help.
Yunyan’s worry was inevitable. Xiao Tianlong was alone in this battle to fight against Ninth Heaven Condor and “Eight Devils in the Mountains”. It was really difficult.
These nine monsters were extraordinary and bloodthirsty. They were all arrogant beasts.
Ninth Heaven Condor was especially horrible, and Xiao Tianlong also felt very nervous to deal with him. Now, King of the Mountains and his brothers joined in the enemy side. Xiao Tianlong might not have the ability to fight against them and to reverse the defeat. The consequences were unimaginable.
At this moment, Zhang Yunyan was helpless and naturally became a member of Tianyue Country. Her fate had been closely linked to this country.
If Tianyue Country could survive this disaster, she could also survive and return to her own era. If Tianyue Country were destroyed, she could not be able to escape.
Even if she survived, she had no way to return to her homeland. She would become a wanderer in this alienated world and died in desperation.
If her soul was still there, it was also just a wandering ghost. She could never reunion with her friends and relatives even after they all died because they were in different worlds with a time interval of thousands of years.
When Zhang Yunyan thought of family hatred and brother Yuntian and sister Yunxia who lost contact with her for a long time, she burst into tears with pain in her heart.
All of her vows had not been completed, including her own hatred, the enemy Feng Jiabao of her adopted father, and the disappearance of her brother and sister.
Yunyan was very anxious, and could not wait to kill the enemy immediately. Then, the three brothers and sisters could reunite.
Those were her long-awaited dreams and her lifelong missions. Could she complete them?
Zhang Yunyan prayed to find brother Yuntian and sister Yunxia, which was the most important thing of her Zhang family. She should find them soon and reunion. She must kill her enemies Yan Xiaopeng and Feng Jiabao to comfort the spirits of the parents of Zhang and Lin families.
However, the reality was so cruel that she was trapped in this alienated world and got involved in this battle of life and death. She was unable to control her own life. She did not know whether she could complete the vow to revenge for the Zhang and Lin families. She felt deeply anxious and heartbroken.
Those were her lifelong missions and the motivation for her to live, so she must complete them.
If those vows turned into bubbles, she would fail the expectation of the two families. How could she live in this world?
The pain of loss, those uncompleted missions, and the lofty ambitions of this life would torture her for the whole life. In the end, Yunyan would pass away with grief.
What was even more frightening was that she left the world thousands of years ago. It was not the country where she grew up.
Zhang Yunyan had nothing to do with Tianyue Country, but now she not only needed to worry about the ancient people, but also was tied tightly with them together. She had no other choices.
What should she do in the face of dangers of life and death?
Since it was so, Yunyan had no way out, but to fight for Tianyue Country to the end.
This battle was related to the fate of this alienated world and Yunyan’s life and death, so as to whether she could return to her hometown. She could not stay out of it.
Let alone her own benefits, she could not retreat just for the deep friendship with Xiao Tianlong. She must do him a favor.
Zhang Yunyan hated the greed of the emperor of Yingtian Country, so as to the cruel behaviors of Ninth Heaven Condor and the other monsters.
If they did not launch this sinful war, Tianyue Country would not be at the time of life and death. She would not fall in this uncertain situation. It was hopeless for her to come back home.
Yunyan was not confident to win this battle, but her will to fight was firm. She was not only fighting for herself, but also for justice.
She determined to help Tianyue Country to defeat the evil force and smash the conspirators’ plots. No matter what it would take, she would have a try, even lost her young life.
Otherwise, even if she survived, she could only live in this world for a whole life. She would struggle in depression and despair, which had no difference from death.
Zhang Yunyan saw clearly of today’s fierce battle and knew deeply of Xiao Tianlong. He was really respectful and Zhang Yunyan felt happy to have such a friend between generations.
The imperial master was an extraordinary expert and the backbone of Tianyue Country. Ninth Heaven Condor was unable to win and would be lost.
Although the situation was very pessimistic, it did not reach the level of failure. Yunyan still felt a little bit hopeful to win this battle.
The situation was very critical. Even though Zhang Yunyan still had the hope to win, she still felt uneasy. Ninth Heaven Condor was not the only strong enemy Xiao Tianlong should face, but nine extraordinary monsters. It was easy to tell how terrible the situation was. It was worrying.