Chapter 459

"The Tyrant is licentious and tyrannical, committing all kinds of crimes and killing the innocent!"

"Huangfu Wuji is a wise and upright person who loves his people like his own children. He is a rare virtuous emperor!"

Through word of mouth from the Desolate God Cult, Huangfu Wuji's image was established as a glorious and mighty figure, while Gu Chen's image in the eyes of the common people plummeted.

"This is too much! The Desolate God Cult really dares to spread all kinds of rumors. Some places even said that Kun City was massacred by His Majesty's order! "

"Not only that, they said that the Sect Master was trying to usurp the throne. For this, they even found a fake Princess Lanchu and said that wherever the Tyrant's army passed, they would burn, kill, and loot!"

All kinds of rumors spread to the allied forces, causing the generals to be filled with righteous indignation.

After entering Youzhou, they strictly abided by the discipline and did not offend any city in Nine Regions. But now, they unexpectedly became a demon-like army, and the image of Gu Chen was smeared to the extreme.

The Desolate God Cult was too good at stirring up the hearts of the people. They could even turn white into black. Many commoners were too ignorant. Without knowing the truth, they believed what they said!

"We should send troops to encircle and annihilate the Desolate God Cult and uproot this damned cult!"

"How do we encircle them? The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. The followers of the Desolate God Cult are too scattered, and it is impossible to encircle and annihilate them all. If we don't handle it well, they will make use of us and say that we are wantonly slaughtering civilians, which proves that our army is cruel! "

The generals were in a deadlock, and their opinions were not unified.

"Humph, you humans are just like this. You care too much about things like reputation."

During the debate, Sun Jinming kept shaking his head. "In my opinion, we don't even need to care about the Desolate God Cult. They are just tools that Huangfu Wuji uses to interfere with us. As long as we take down Qingzhou as soon as possible and defeat Huangfu Wuji's main army, the Desolation God Cult will naturally be obedient without a backer! "

Sun Jinming's words were crude, but his reasoning was not crude. His words enlightened everyone.

"That's right. If the Desolate God Cult wants to spread rumors, then let them. Our target should be the battlefield."

Gu Chen made the final decision. He didn't care how his image would be slandered. He was focused on the overall situation.

Having come to a conclusion, the allied army didn't care about anything else and advanced at full speed. Finally, a few days later, they arrived at the border of Youzhou and Qingzhou, looking at Huangfu Wuji's Netherheaven Army from afar.

After the Man with a Bamboo Hat became the commander-in-chief, he took the initiative to retreat a hundred miles to the border. Within this hundred miles, there was nothing but flat plains.

The two armies looked at each other from afar and could see each other's banners fluttering in the wind.

"Wuuu —"

After the allied forces arrived, the Man with a Bamboo Hat rode on a strange bird and waved his hand, signaling the start of battle.

A torrent of steel from the Netherworld Army riding on strange beasts swept out, rapidly traversing a hundred miles of plains as they charged towards the allied army!

"Kill!"

The Allied Army immediately sent out their troops, and both sides clashed on the battlefield.

On Gu Chen's side, Nangong Zheng, Lu Yichen, and many others looked at the Man with a Bamboo Hat in the distance. Their eyes flickered with intense hatred.

He was Huangfu Wuji's right-hand man and had committed countless sins for Huangfu Wuji.

He had conducted countless cruel and inhumane experiments and was unscrupulous in order to complete his experiments!

Gu Chen stared at the Man with a Bamboo Hat in the distance. His gaze was ice-cold.

The other party was the one who had given the order for the calamity in Feng Lin Manor. Because of him, Elder Nangong had been modified into the Myriad Poison Body and was still enduring the agony brought about by the poison.

It could be said that the first person Gu Chen wanted to kill the most was Huangfu Wuji, and the second was this Man with a Bamboo Hat!

As long as they could take down the Man with a Bamboo Hat, it would be equivalent to Huangfu Wuji severing his limbs. At that time, with so many saints ganging up on him, no matter how strong Huangfu Wuji was, he would still have to die!

"Man with a Bamboo Hat, do you dare to fight against the Old Man?"

Nangong Zheng shouted from the front, his eyes filled with towering killing intent!

"Haha Jie, Nangong Zheng, you are merely my experimental subject. You are not qualified!"

The Man with a Bamboo Hat's strange laughter came from afar. Shen Xudong stood beside him, and his eyes were filled with worry.

"When this war ends, I will use you as an experiment, Man with a Bamboo Hat."

Gu Chen replied indifferently. He had noticed Shen Xudong, but he appeared extremely cold.

At the same time, he looked behind the two of them. Other than the upper echelons of the Netherheaven Army, there were also representatives of the various major factions. Among them were some familiar figures.

He saw Mu Tianci, whom he had once fought at the tournament, on the side of the Azure Wood Manor.

He saw his old friend, Qi Zeyan, on the side of the South Flower Sacred Land.

Feng Jiuqian, Hong Taiyi, and other old friends from the Glazed Light Sect and Xuantian Sect were also here. What surprised him even more was that the leader of the Sky-sea Pavilion was Yao Yufei.

He originally believed that the Sky-sea Pavilion had already dealt with Yao Yufei, the Underworld God Palace's High Priest. He never expected her to still be alive. Now, she had used Huangfu Wuji's influence to take control of the Sky-sea Pavilion.

These old friends, be they friends or enemies, were now standing against him. They were either passively or actively tied to the Netherheaven Army.

Gu Chen shifted his gaze and saw True Martial College's Deputy Dean Qi and Mu Ziyu. However, he did not see Ye Qingshuang. It was unknown where she had gone.

Perhaps he had no choice but to kill some of his old friends. Gu Chen severed the unwillingness in his heart as his expression turned frosty.

This was war. Being merciful to the enemy was being cruel to oneself. No matter who it was, as long as they stood against him, he had to attack them.

He believed that his old friends had already made up their minds. They were only standing here because of their bonds and beliefs.

Just as Gu Chen was analyzing the enemy's upper echelons, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed!

The Netherheaven Army and the vanguard of the coalition army were already locked in battle. There was no clear winner, but suddenly, the ground began to shake violently!

Then, within the hundred miles of the plains, giant monsters broke out of the ground and let out terrifying howls!

They were creatures that looked like octopuses. They were sticky all over, and there were dozens of them.

As soon as they appeared on the battlefield, poisonous smoke came out of their mouths and bodies, instantly spreading over a hundred miles.

"Ah —"

When the soldiers came into contact with the poisonous smoke, they were immediately corroded and turned into a pool of blood!

"Run! What kind of monsters are those? "

Be it the soldiers of the Netherheaven Army or the coalition army, they all fled in fear. However, the speed at which the poisonous smoke spread was too frightening. In the blink of an eye, it engulfed everyone and turned them all into a pool of blood!

"What's going on?"

Countless soldiers of the coalition army were shocked. The dozens of monsters were each a hundred feet tall. They had never seen such ferocity and terror!

"Man with a bamboo hat, you …"

Nangong Zheng looked at the giant poisonous octopuses with a bewildered expression.

"Haha Jie, Nangong Zheng. Don't you find me familiar?"

Man with a bamboo hat's laughter came from afar. "It's all thanks to you. I used your body as an experiment to refine this poisonous gas that can be used on a large scale."