Chapter 547: Chapter 66 Gate of Dream Realm

Outside Jinshan Prefecture City, two golden dragons were still locked in combat.

Yun Shu and Qingxu True Monarch’s magical battle had been raging for several hours.

One was supported by the eight hundred years of fortune from the Daluo Sect, and the other by the national destiny of the entire Da Lan Dynasty.

Thus they could continue to draw out the fight!

As time passed, the Big Array laid down by Qingxu True Monarch grew increasingly sophisticated, garnering more “human Qi,” and the powers it could summon grew stronger.

From initially only being able to use the Gold Attribute Dharma Form’s power, it now could use gold, water, wood, fire–

the power of four attributes!

Fortunately, Yun Shu’s Daoism was “Analyze.”

With the passage of time, through “Analyze” Dao Rules, Yun Shu also gained more information and a deeper understanding of Qingxu True Monarch’s tactics.

“Analyze” Dao Rules were a classic ability that grew stronger through combat!

The more Yun Shu understood the enemy’s tactics, the more targeted his responses could be.

So even though Qingxu True Monarch’s summoned powers grew stronger, Yun Shu managed to hold on and had not been overwhelmed.

However, with Taining City and Shangtang City successively falling, the citizens inside being blood sacrificed, and the Big Array’s influence on Jinshan Prefecture’s territory increasing, the Emperor’s Dragon Qi transmitted from Lanling City was affected!

“Yun Shu, how about it, still not giving up?”

Qingxu True Monarch’s voice boomed in Yun Shu’s ear.

The critical nodes outside Jinshan Prefecture City, besides the city itself, were only four.

Now that two critical nodes had been lost, if any more were to fall, Yun Shu’s reception of the Emperor’s Dragon Qi would be further weakened, and Qingxu True Monarch’s summoned powers would continue to grow stronger.

With such gains and losses, even with Yun Shu’s “Analyze” Dao Rules, it would be difficult to bridge the vast gap between them.

In fact, Yun Shu had not anticipated that Luo Shi and Mu Kairen would fall.

Even with support from the Imperial Camp Cavalry from Ming Province’s capital city, in his estimates, Luo Shi and Mu Kairen should have been able to hold their ground.

He had not foreseen just how thorough the Daluo Sect’s transformation of the Sha Qi was, to the point where it could perfectly control the minds of the Imperial Camp Army!

This was also a reflection of Qingxu True Monarch’s standing as foremost in Array Dao Cultivation.

Throughout history, military units began to waver once they suffered casualties reaching ten percent.

Should losses exceed twenty percent, they would directly collapse.

Only the strongest of armies, able to continue fighting to the death even with losses surpassing thirty percent or more, would be remembered throughout history!

The Da Lan Dynasty had been established for many years, and decay had set in across all regions, but the Imperial Camp had maintained a measure of good order.

Good treatment, high income, no one embezzling pay, and strict training.

Under these circumstances, the combat power of the Imperial Camp Army remained consistently high, able to hold without breaking at thirty percent casualties.

But to go any higher, unless led by the “Military God” Wenren Zheng and his Sky Blue Iron Cavalry, Yun Shu did not believe the rest of the Imperial Camp could sustain higher losses.

However, the situations faced by Luo Shi and Mu Kairen involved no retreat despite seventy percent casualties!

This was where Yun Shu’s miscalculation lay, and something neither Luo Shi nor Mu Kairen had anticipated.

Had they known this from the start, they would not have chosen to fight to the end!

“How much fortune do you still have in your hands?”

Even as the situation grew dire, Yun Shu did not concede an inch in his words:

“Having drained to this point, do you still think your Tao Country can be established?”

In the past few hours, the two weren’t just contesting in magic, but also in a psychological face-off.

“Are you waiting for the court’s reinforcements?”

Qingxu True Monarch suddenly asked.

Subsequently, an illusion appeared before Yun Shu:

A dozen or so Martial Arts Masters, True Masters, leading a host of Daluo Sect disciples, left the sect, heading in three different directions.

Ming Province borders three other provinces, so if the court’s reinforcements were to come, they could only arrive from one of these three directions.

“You should be able to discern the reality and falsehood of this illusion,”

Qingxu True Monarch calmly stated.

Yun Shu was silent.

He possessed the Analyze Dao Rules and could directly see through the causes and effects behind the illusion provided by Qingxu True Monarch.

Thus he indeed could see that the illusion was not fabricated by Qingxu True Monarch, but was already a factual event.

Over the past few hours, Qingxu True Monarch had not only been battling with Yun Shu but was also reorganizing Daluo Sect’s forces.

Originally, there were already quite a few in Daluo Sect supporting him, and in the current situation, naturally, there were those willing to take a gamble with him to create an eternal glory for the Taoist way!

The forces at Qingxu True Monarch’s disposal weren’t limited to just the Imperial Camp Army from Ming Province, but spanned half of the Daluo Sect!

The overall strength of the Da Lan Dynasty was, of course, far stronger than that of Daluo Sect, but it was too scattered.

Yun Shu knew full well that the high-end combat power the court could hastily summon from the other three provinces was limited and might not be able to overpower the powerful figures sent by Qingxu True Monarch.

“The forces you have placed in Chong City, only a few are at the Tao Foundation Stage, right? Do you think they can withstand my Imperial Camp Army?”

Qingxu True Monarch attacked psychologically once more.

This chess match between the two had reached its most critical moment, and the move Yun Shu had played in Chong City was obviously the weakest, the biggest flaw at present!

Qingxu True Monarch had made it clear that this was where he intended to break through–

The move to checkmate the general!

…

Chong City.

The people there were still unaware that this place had become a potential turning point in the event.

Li Fei was in his room, recovering the Innate Qi he had depleted earlier.

Currently, the total number of Blood Souls in his Myriad Blood Pearl was 559, with 638 stored in the Blood Spring!

In the previous battle, although he seemed largely unscathed, each clone required at least ten Blood Souls to convert into Blood Evil Qi, ending up with the loss of over thirty clones, consuming a total of 427 Blood Souls.