Chapter 387 I Deserve to Die
A blood-red magic circle enveloped the entire Water and Fire City.
The temperature in the City of Water and Fire is rising steadily.
"Ghost Fire?"
"Ghostly Fire!"
"What's going on? How can there be Ghostly Fire this month?!"
"Where is the rain? Where is the Xuanpo Rain?"
The ghostly flames rising from the ground continued to ascend.
If a cultivator below the Golden Core realm is touched by the Ghostly Flame, the flames will spread throughout their entire body, burning them to ashes.
Cultivators at the Golden Core Realm and above can resist it, but it requires a large amount of spiritual energy, and they will die here when their spiritual energy is exhausted.
Unless one reaches the Nascent Soul Realm.
The problem is, how many Nascent Soul cultivators does Li Mu's Zhao army have?
Some soldiers tried to put out the fire on their bodies with water, but ordinary water was not enough to extinguish the fire. In fact, it was like pouring oil on them, making the flames burn even more fiercely.
At the same time, a huge blood-red magic circle appeared in the sky above Water and Fire City. Hundreds of thousands of souls imprisoned by the magic circle wailed and dissipated incessantly, eventually turning into fuel for the magic circle.
"White Qi!"
Li Mu frowned and gripped the long sword in his hand tightly.
How could he not understand what had happened?
Although he didn't know what kind of formation Bai Qi used, Bai Qi had set up the formation by sacrificing the people of the entire city, thus drawing out the Ghost Fire ahead of schedule!
"General! This formation is extremely strange. It is integrated with the entire Water and Fire City. If it is not activated, it will be impossible to detect."
At this critical moment, a Jade Purity Realm array master accompanying the army explained to Li Mu, which sounded like he was shirking responsibility.
"What's the point of saying this now?!" Li Mu suppressed his anger. "What's the solution?"
"The simplest truth in the world is that going in means death, and going out means life. We just entered through the north gate, which has become a death gate, making it impossible to get out. Therefore, the south gate of Water and Fire City is the gate of life, and we can go out from here!"
"Order the entire army! Charge towards the south gate! Those who break through the south gate will live!"
Li Mu decisively gave the order.
Soon, Li Mu's military order spread throughout the entire army.
Li Mu's troops were, after all, elite soldiers from the Zhao state.
After receiving the military order, they quickly calmed down and, led by their respective generals, charged toward the south gate.
But Li Mu also knew that there must be an ambush at the south gate, and Bai Qi would not be so foolish as to let him out.
As expected, as soon as Li Mu's army left the city gate, it was surrounded and attacked by Bai Qi's army.
The Baiqi army intends to block the city gate. The longer the Zhao soldiers stay in the Water and Fire City, the more people will be burned to death!
"Bai Qi! Since you sacrificed the blood of 700,000 innocent people, do you still have any humanity left in your heart?! Are you truly not afraid of divine retribution?!"
Li Mu was furious, not only because he was trapped in an ambush, but also because 700,000 Zhao people had been sacrificed in blood!
"Divine retribution?" Bai Qi stood on his horse and said coldly, "The victor is king, the loser is villain! Everything I have done is for the hegemony of Qin!"
"Kill! Block the city gate!" Bai Qi's voice echoed throughout the army.
The battle at the south gate of Water and Fire City is becoming increasingly fierce.
Despite Li Mu's personal command to fight his way out, an hour later, less than half of his soldiers had left Shuihuo City, and most of them were unable to get out at all!
Hearing the mournful cries of the Zhao soldiers in the city.
Li Mu was extremely anxious.
He knew that this time, he might really lose.
If we lose, Bai Qi will be able to advance unimpeded, and General Pang will be attacked from two sides, putting the Zhao state in grave danger.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the royal retainers in Li Mu's army, who were at the upper three realms, knew that the matter was hopeless and no longer wanted to fight against the upper three realm cultivators in Bai Qi's army.
Just as these worshippers were about to abandon Li Mu and leave, suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky.
Bai Qi focused his mind and looked up at the sky above Water and Fire City.
Dark clouds continued to gather, and with the last flash of lightning, a torrential downpour began.
All of this rainwater is Xuanpo Water.
Rain fell on the soldiers of the Zhao state.
The temperature in the City of Water and Fire continued to drop, and the flames throughout the city were gradually extinguished.
"boom!"
A huge explosion came from the city, and the earth shook violently within a radius of fifty miles centered on Water and Fire City!
The magic circle covering the city of water and fire dissipated.
In the four directions of Water and Fire City, the White Demon Sect cultivators responsible for activating the magic arrays were all terrified.
The White Demon Sect Master also spat out a mouthful of blood, suffering severe injuries.
Seeing that the magic array was completely out of control, he quickly flew to Bai Qi's side.
Meanwhile, apart from Water and Fire City, the temperature around Water and Fire City continued to rise.
Even the Ghost Fire emerged from outside the Water and Fire City, burning everything outside the city, including the Qin army!
"What's going on?!"
Bai Qi coldly glanced at the White Demon Sect Master beside him, as if he wanted to chop off his head with a sword.
"General, I don't know either!"
The White Demon Sect Master looked completely bewildered.
"We were controlling the Ghostly Fire with the magic array just fine, but suddenly, the Ghostly Fire surged even more violently, like a river bursting its banks, destroying the magic array! At this moment, the Ghostly Fire was out of control!"
Currently, only Water and Fire City, located directly above Xuanpo Lake, can avoid disaster.
General, please withdraw your troops as soon as possible; this Ghost Fire is burning too fast!
If this continues, our army may be completely annihilated!
“.”
Listening to the words of the White Demon Sect Master, Bai Qi coldly looked at the heavy rain above Water and Fire City, and then at the Ghostly Fire spreading outside the city.
At this time, the Zhao soldiers had retreated to the Water and Fire City and closed the city gates, while the Qin soldiers were reduced to ashes one by one.
Three breaths later, Bai Qi sighed heavily and said to his adjutant, "Yu Sheng, you will command the army. Lead the remnants to join forces with the Prince of Zhenbei."
"General, what about you?" Yu Sheng asked.
"Today's defeat is entirely my fault. Before leaving, I made a pledge to the King of Zhenbei, promising to defend Shuihuo City. The Qin army's orders are as firm as mountains. Now that the city has fallen, how can I have the face to go back?" Bai Qi said slowly.
"General!" Deputy General Yu Sheng still wanted to persuade him.
"Go!" Bai Qi coldly stared at Yu Sheng. "This is a military order!"
Yu Sheng's lips trembled, and in the end he could only clasp his hands in a deep salute, turn around on his horse, and lead the entire army away.
Bai Qi dismounted and looked at the black horse that had accompanied him on the battlefield: "You should go too. You don't have to die here with me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Baiqi slapped the black horse's rump hard, and the black horse ran away into the distance.
Standing on the hillside, Bai Qi watched the flames gradually burn toward him.
Although his expression was extremely calm, he was filled with resentment.
"What crime have I committed against Heaven to deserve this?"
Baiqi looked up at the sky and questioned it!
I was so close!
They were so close to defeating Li Mu, destroying the Zhao state, and achieving unparalleled hegemony!
But after a moment, Bai Qi lowered his head again, looking at the long sword in his hand, as if talking to himself:
“I am destined to die.”
In the past, during the war in Nanshan Kingdom, Kong Quan led hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers, but I tricked them and buried them all alive.
Today, to achieve my great cause, I sacrifice another 700,000 innocent lives.
"He deserves to die!"
"Frost King, I will repay your kindness in the next life!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Qi held a sword to his neck.
Blood splattered.
He committed suicide and returned to heaven.
(End of this chapter)
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