King of Creation Chapter 2164 - 2149: Skeleton Banner

"What!"

"Ye Zhen has already defeated Jii Qi’s thirty thousand rear army and is starting to attack him from inside and outside!"

Upon receiving the urgent military report, the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor, Congyun, turned pale, and the bit of good feeling from the smooth offensive evaporated completely.

"Send reinforcements?"

The final words on the urgent military report from Jii Qi felt incredibly glaring to the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor.

He led the army in a catastrophic attack on the Blood River Fortress, and now even the very army he sent is begging him for help.

Especially that army contains the elite forces from the Crown Prince Guard under his command.

This left the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor, Congyun, with an exceptionally stifling feeling.

Indeed, this is the unbelievably difficult decision that Jii Qi made.

To request assistance!

Even though this decision is incredibly humiliating.

His fifteen thousand elite soldiers, facing roughly ten thousand enemy troops, actually begged the Seventh Crown Prince for reinforcements.

If this spreads, his adversaries will mock him for a long time.

However, compared to returning with a major defeat which would cause the Seventh Crown Prince great disgrace, and even lose points in the competition for the position of Demon Emperor, a little humiliation is nothing.

Therefore, he resolutely requested reinforcements!

"Ye Zhen...."

Looking at the words ’Ye Zhen’ on the urgent military report, the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor, Congyun, found them extraordinarily glaring.

Soon, the Seventh Crown Prince made a decision.

That is to provide reinforcement!

Whether the Blood River Fortress can be broken through in the shortest time is not important.

What is important is actually the Marshal Ye Zhen at Blood River Fortress.

The reason the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor came here and chose to attack Blood River Fortress is because the intelligence indicated that Ye Zhen was there.

He wants revenge.

Now that Ye Zhen has appeared and is outside Blood River Fortress, breaking through the Blood River Barrier has become secondary.

Therefore, the Seventh Crown Prince immediately made a decision—reinforcement!

And heavy troop reinforcement!

The primary target is Ye Zhen, and since Ye Zhen has appeared, the timing of breaking Blood River Fortress is no longer important to the Seventh Crown Prince.

Moreover, as long as Ye Zhen is dealt with, the Seventh Crown Prince believes that breaking Blood River Fortress would be a piece of cake.

Immediately, the Seventh Crown Prince drew part of the elite troops pressing onto Blood River Fortress.

If it’s reinforcement, it needs to be fast.

And this time, the goal of the Seventh Crown Prince is to reach the battlefield at the Cairo Fortress in the shortest time, and then kill Ye Zhen.

Therefore, he must bring people who are fast in marching but not too few in number.

Otherwise, it can only provide assistance without being able to eliminate Ye Zhen.

Soon, one elite troop after another was drawn by the Seventh Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor from the siege battlefield, immediately reducing the pressure on the garrison at Blood River Fortress.

Not just Blood River Fortress, even the Yang Gate Fortress was informed by the Seventh Prince Congyun about the Cairo Fortress situation.

Although Ye Zhen is alone, that doesn’t mean other reinforcements won’t arrive.

Besides, there’s another reason.

After all, the person commanding the attack on the Blood River Fortress defense zone is the Seventh Prince Congyun himself. If failures occur one after another, the points lost in this battle for the throne would be severe.

Thus, the Seventh Prince also gave a warning to the Yang Gate Fortress to prevent a situation like Cairo Fortress.

The Yang Gate Fortress received the warning from the Seventh Prince Congyun and immediately strengthened its rear defenses.

Mobile units were stationed at the rear, left wing, and right wing to enhance defense.

The direct consequence of this is that the total number of troops attacking Yang Gate Fortress was reduced by one-third, significantly alleviating the defensive pressure on Yang Gate Fortress.

This is the strategic effect Ye Zhen desired.

By using a surprise force outside, greatly alleviate the defensive pressure at Blood River Fortress, Yang Gate Fortress, and Cairo Fortress, and then weaken the enemy at the right moment.

Soon, the Seventh Prince Congyun drew a batch of troops that could be considered elite reinforcements.

The whole defense zone of Blood River Fortress is long from north to south and short from east to west.

In Ye Zhen’s strategic defense layout, with Blood River Fortress as the center, Yang Gate Fortress and Cairo Fortress on the left and right, just happened to form an integrated southern-northern defense line.

Blood River Fortress spans four hundred thousand miles from north to south, with a direct distance of one hundred and twenty thousand miles between Blood River Fortress and Cairo Fortress.

At present, Jii Qi urgently requests assistance, and the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun is equally unwilling for his trusted Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard, Jii Qi, to suffer a huge defeat.

Therefore, reinforcements must arrive in the shortest possible time.

In such circumstances, the reinforcements drawn by the Seventh Prince Congyun were very particular.

The preferred reinforcements are naturally the entire Winged Demon Army.

Even those only at the Early Stage of the Dao Entrance Realm, their flight speed reaches 40,000 miles per hour. If the entire Winged Demon Army flies in formation, their unique frequency will further increase their flying speed.

Next would be the Naga Legion, whose flight speed is in the middle range. However, the march speed of an army depends on its slowest unit, not the fastest.

Therefore, the Naga Legion selected by the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun of the Demon Emperor all have cultivation no less than the Divine Communication Realm. Their numbers are few, but they are elite.

Following them are the Three-eyed Demon Clan Army and the Moon Demon Army with strong talent abilities, as well as the Bull Demon Legion which is more suited for assault.

However, compared to the Winged Demons, these armies fly too slowly.

Thus, the forces chosen by the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun are all elites at the Early Dark Palace Realm and above.

Moreover, these elites are the backbone of their units and cannot be withdrawn excessively; doing so would drastically decrease the combat power of the troops left at Blood River Fortress.

In the end, the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun organized a reinforcement force consisting primarily of Winged Demons, Four-Armed Nagas, and mid-level Demonic Winged Snakes, supplemented by a small number of elite Moon Demons, Three-eyed Demons, and Bull Demons, reaching a size of 80,000.

Among these reinforcements, there are as many as eight thousand elites at the Dark Palace Realm and five hundred elites at the Realm King Realm, with over ten at the Dao Realm, making for a luxurious lineup.

While en route to reinforce, they further enhanced their speed with the secret techniques of the accompanying Demon Masters. The Seventh Crown Prince Congyun is confident they can reach Cairo Fortress within two hours.

Nevertheless, after the reinforcements set out, the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun quietly appeared alone in front of the carriage of the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong.

At this moment, the Seventh Prince Congyun felt somewhat regretful.

He was too confident—so confident that he wanted to alter the prophecy results of the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong.

But it’s too late for regret now.

Yet, successive defeats and setbacks have shaken the confidence of the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun a bit.

Doubt is basically in the nature of the Royal Clan, transcending racial boundaries.

The emergence of Ye Zhen’s forces beyond the city made the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun have multiple unfavorable speculations.

Thus, he came to the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong, wanting to confirm his thoughts and further strengthen his confidence.

However, to the dismay of the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun, just as he appeared in front of the carriage of the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong, the attendant boy inside lifted the curtain and came out.

"Please return, Your Highness the Seventh Prince."

"I wish to..."

"Master Hong already knows the intention of Your Highness the Seventh Prince. Master Hong asked me to convey that what the Seventh Prince seeks is beyond his power.

Peering into the Heavenly Secret is obscure and arduous, and cannot be done repeatedly in a short time."

Here, the attendant boy paused before continuing, "As for Your Highness the Prince, you should remember that within you flows the noble blood of the One-eyed Demon Emperor. Failure is not to be feared; what’s important is to have a fearlessly brave heart.

Only then can one be unafraid, remain calm as a god, see with discerning eyes, and stay undefeated in a hundred battles!"

"These are the words Master Hong asked me to convey to Your Highness the Prince, please consider them carefully!" After saying that, the attendant boy lifted the curtain and returned to the carriage, leaving no further sound or movement from within.

The Seventh Crown Prince Congyun stood there muttering, "Fearless, to remain calm as a god, to see with discerning eyes...and stay undefeated in a hundred battles..."

After murmuring for a while, the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun casually tore open a rift in the void and disappeared in an instant.

...

As the Right Commander of the Crown Prince Guard under the Seventh Crown Prince Congyun, Ji Qi is also a capable general carefully nurtured by the Three-eyed Demon Clan.

Demon Clan’s generals must undergo extensive combat to become qualified.

Thus, Ji Qi possesses strong commanding abilities.

After Ye Zhen’s sixty thousand troops swiftly annihilated his thirty thousand mobile units, he decisively halted the siege, realizing that the situation was worse than he had imagined.

The units retreating from around the Cairo Fortress’s walls were being tenaciously pursued by the fortress troops.

In such a case, the fortress army would surely pursue relentlessly.

That would mean his army would truly be caught front and back and unable to form an effective defensive formation.

In that case, he would be truly defeated.

Clenching his teeth so hard he almost shattered his sharp canines, Ji Qi issued the next order.

"Raise the Skeleton Banner and order all unretreated units to fight to the death! Any who retreat even half a step, behead them, and enslave their close kin. If they die in battle, the ancestors’ remains will be dedicated to the Demon God Palace, receiving triple compensation, and merits will be posthumously awarded to their descendants!"

Among the Demon Clan, although each is selfish, they historically gathered by family and bloodlines, prioritizing the honor of their ancestral remains above all.

If the ancestral remains are honored, their soul spirits will one day return home and reincarnate.

If dedicated to the Demon God Palace, then the ancestral protection over their soul spirits will be much stronger, allowing a more robust and gifted reincarnation.

But if no one honors the ancestral remains, they will be forever lost in the void, unable to find the way home or to reincarnate.

Compared to the honor of the ancestral remains, other matters become less significant.

In the next instant, when the Skeleton Banner with a white skull on a blood-red background was raised, the orders from Right Commander Ji Qi spread throughout the battlefield.

All demons engaged with the Cairo Fortress forces, upon seeing the Skull Banner and hearing the orders, were momentarily stunned, then let out helpless and furious roars.

The next moment, these demons, shouting madly, turned and charged the pursuing garrison of Cairo Fortress.

Simultaneously, Ji Qi also roared loudly, "Form up!"

"Form the Demon Spirit Round Wing Formation, hold firm for reinforcements!"