The Name of Eternals

Chapter 184: Li Tiangang's Call for Aid

Li Xuanli was shaken. Li Hao's battle flag intimidated the demon horde, a power he could hardly comprehend.

Next to him, Li Qingling and Li Xueyun were also stunned, puzzled that even the royal family's battle flags did not hold such majesty. Was the name they heard being called that of their grand-nephew?

"Kill them!"

"If that kid doesn't come out, we'll kill them all and force him out!"

The five demon kings, enraged by Li Hao's absence, launched their attack. The Abyssal Dragon Demon King was the first to attack Qianji Daoist. Beside him, the Giant Spider Demon King spat out his spider sword towards Li Xuanli and the others.

Li Xuanli and his group turned pale with anxiety. Although the battle flags had startled the demon kings, it was only temporary. Without Li Hao and his Four Pillar Realm protector, they were doomed.

"Be careful!"

Li Hongzhuang's expression was grave as she whispered, "Protect yourselves at all costs!"

Then she quickly pulled out several battle flags from her back and threw one with force.

"Watch out!"

Bai Shenjun saw the incoming flag and immediately warned.

The Giant Spider Demon King reacted a moment too late. Just as he was about to evade, the flag, under Li Hongzhuang's control, chased after him.

Feeling humiliated and enraged, the Giant Spider Demon King, a mighty demon king, had to avoid a mere battle flag? He shot a spider sword through the air to cut it down.

The flag shattered, but the energy seal within it was released.

With a buzzing sound, a crimson-golden sword aura shot skyward, aiming straight for the Giant Spider Demon King.

The mighty sword aura, carrying immense power, slashed towards him.

"Damn it!"

The Giant Spider Demon King's pupils contracted in fear. He knew the flags contained sword formations, but he had never encountered them personally. He hadn't expected the sword formation to be this powerful! He spat out multiple spider swords, roaring, "Ten Thousand Swords to Heaven!"

Snow-white spider silk swords formed a sword formation, seemingly shattering the sky, shooting out countless white rainbows, colliding in succession.

But the crimson-golden sword aura, like a divine blade, swept through the sky, destroying the sword formation and striking the Giant Spider Demon King.

With a slash, two of his spider legs were severed, spraying demon blood.

The remaining power of the crimson-golden sword aura still aimed for his head but was intercepted by Bai Shenjun, who split it with a single sword stroke.

The vibrating sword blade filled Bai Shenjun's heart with dread. A mere sword formation carried such a deadly force. No wonder a single battle flag could kill a Three Indestructibles Demon King!

Not far away, the Three Indestructibles demons in the demon tide were terrified, feeling fortunate they had stopped in time. Otherwise, a disaster would have befallen them.

"Go!"

Li Hongzhuang transmitted her voice while throwing out two more battle flags.

Two more flags whistled through the air towards the Giant Spider Demon King. The nearby Worm Demon King quickly moved to help block them but was extremely wary, not daring to destroy the flags.

Li Hongzhuang used her spiritual control to tear the flags apart mid-air, releasing two more sword auras.

"Damn it!"

The Worm Demon King, enraged and frightened, spat out his blood sword, forming a sea of blood to block them.

Taking the opportunity, Li Hongzhuang led Li Xuanli and her two aunts towards the defensive formation.

Qianji Daoist, catching his breath and steadying his spirit, noticed the power of the sword auras within the flags. Comparable to full-force attacks of the Dao Heart realm, with many more flags on Li Hongzhuang's back, they could indeed hold off the demon kings for a while.

"Don't leave!"

The demon kings roared, unleashing waves of demonic energy and dust, blocking their path. The ground cracked, extending muddy dragon claws to strike at them.

With a thud, Qianji Daoist's nine-section whip pierced through the claws. Despite his injuries, he led Li Hongzhuang and the others through the encirclement.

Seeing the pursuing demon kings, Li Hongzhuang threw more battle flags, tearing them mid-air, causing the sword auras to injure her own spiritual sense.

The sweeping sword auras indiscriminately attacked, forcing the demon kings back.

The shattered sword auras transformed into countless sword shadows, covering the demon kings.

"Stay here!"

The Giant Spider Demon King, seeing them nearing the formation, disregarded the sword shadows, releasing numerous spider webs to catch them. But his body was assaulted by the sword shadows.

He had noticed the diminished power of the sword shadows, thinking they would only cause pain.

But suddenly, one of the sword auras seemed to penetrate him.

The webs, which had just trapped Li Hongzhuang and the others, couldn't be retracted in time. A powerful warning surged from his heart.

His pupils contracted as he roared, trying to repel the sword shadows, but it was too late.

His strength rapidly drained, his soul felt sapped, his power and life force ebbed away.

"What's happening..."

In utter horror, the Giant Spider Demon King scanned his body. Despite the numerous sword shadows, he hadn't suffered severe injuries, just lost two spider legs.

Yet... his consciousness was fading.

With a thud, he collapsed, his soul extinguished.

He was only at the Dao Heart realm, with no second life.

Such an eerie scene halted the other demon kings' pursuit. They watched in horror.

If not for sensing the Giant Spider Demon King's life force vanish, they might have thought he fell asleep.

"What's going on?"

"He's dead?"

"He wasn't severely attacked. How could he die?"

The demon kings were terrified, feeling a chill.

Bai Shenjun's pupils shrank, recalling his own near-death experience. That eerie feeling of death approaching.

He looked at the myriad sword shadows, suddenly realizing and roaring, "Don't physically block the sword auras!"

"Touching them might be fatal!"

The other demon kings were stunned.

Their bodies couldn't touch the sword shadows? The sword shadows' attacks weren't strong. Were they hidden traps or poison?

Despite their confusion, recalling the Giant Spider Demon King's death linked to the sword shadows, they shielded themselves with spells and weapons.

It's better to be cautious.

The Giant Spider Demon King's death delayed the pursuit. As Li Hongzhuang and the others neared the formation, the Liangzhou commander shouted for nearby generals to lend their formation tokens.

With the tokens in hand, he rushed out and handed them over, pulling Li Hongzhuang and her group inside.

Once inside the formation, Li Hongzhuang and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xuanli turned to see his army rushing towards the formation. But the enraged demon kings attacked the Xuanzi soldiers, crushing them like mountains. The tens of thousands of troops were quickly slaughtered, leaving a field of corpses.

Li Xuanli's eyes reddened, clenching his fists.

"Father."

Li Wushuang ran over, her face streaked with tears.

Li Xuanli looked at her, seeing she was unharmed, but his face showed no joy, only numb sorrow as he watched the Xuanzi soldiers fall.

Li Hongzhuang also saw this, stepping forward and throwing three more battle flags to cover the Xuanzi soldiers.

This time, the demon kings wised up, attacking the soldiers directly to test if the flags' attacks could distinguish between demons and humans.

Seeing their cunning, Li Hongzhuang hesitated, fearing to tear the flags and harm the soldiers.

The demon kings realized the sword formation's weakness, smiling coldly as they slaughtered the soldiers.

Horrific screams echoed as the demon kings slaughtered the soldiers, while those on the city walls could only watch helplessly.

The demon kings in the midst of the soldiers rendered long-range attacks useless. Their attacks barely scratched the demon kings.

As the numbers dwindled, the slaughter quickened, leaving only a field of corpses.

Despite their desperate fight, the soldiers couldn't withstand the demon kings, who moved too swiftly.

Watching the river of blood and the field of corpses, the soldiers on the city walls gripped their weapons, feeling ashamed and sorrowful.

The demon kings, having vented their rage on the soldiers, retreated as Li Hongzhuang detonated three more flags.

The sword auras chased the retreating demon kings, their powerful blows breaking demonic spells and injuring two demon kings.

Bai Shenjun, targeted by a sword aura, fled at full speed, terrified of the encounter.

Feeling humiliated, he cursed, being a demon king chased by a mere sword aura.

"Damn it!"

The remaining demon kings, seeing Li Hongzhuang with dozens more flags, looked grim.

Such terrifying flags, with so many left, who could withstand it?

A full-blown attack might doom them like the Giant Spider Demon King.

"What now?"

"Wait for the Grand Elder. Only he can resolve this."

The demon kings decided to summon the Grand Elder, waiting for his reinforcements.

For now, they would lay siege.

Seeing the demon kings retreat, the people on the walls, though sorrowful, felt some relief.

But the demon kings and the distant demon tide didn't withdraw, standing ten miles away, visible to the naked eye.

Realizing the demon kings were plotting, they could only wait for reinforcements.

"General Hongzhuang, thank goodness you arrived in time," said the Liangzhou commander, looking at the demon kings before turning to Li Hongzhuang.

Without her timely arrival, Li Xuanli and Qianji Daoist would have perished, and they would face the demon kings' onslaught.

Li Hongzhuang nodded, her heart pounding. Facing five demon kings, without Li Hao's flags, she would be powerless.

Thinking of Li Hao, she worried about Tianmen Pass after she left.

But seeing the numerous flags on the walls, she felt reassured.

"Whose flag is this?" Li Qingling asked her niece, curious.

Li Hongzhuang called her aunt and replied, "This is Hao'er's flag, Tiangang's son."

"The one more talented than Little Nine? He has such a reputation now?"

Li Qingling and Li Xueyun were astonished. Though they had guessed, hearing it confirmed was shocking.

Li Hao's fame had spread, and though they were far from Qingzhou, they had heard and paid attention.

That child was only fifteen years old.

"It is indeed the young general Hao Tian's," the Liangzhou commander thought. He had doubted Li Tianmen's placement of a young boy at Tianmen Pass, thinking it reckless. Now, they owed their lives to him.

Hearing the conversations, Li Wushuang felt lost. She had tried her best, but why did her cousin seem further away?

Their closest encounter had been a sparring match under the tree…

"Tiangang has a good son!" Li Qingling praised, seeing the flags on Li Hongzhuang's back. "These demons recognize the power of this flag, far surpassing Little Nine's fame."

"Indeed," Li Xueyun agreed.

Li Junye's death was a painful memory for the Li family, but now this young boy had covered the scar, shining even brighter.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a scout rushed in, reporting to the Liangzhou commander, "We saw a signal for aid from the east!"

"The east?"

Li Xuanli, staring numbly at the city walls, turned sharply.

He quickly stood, his wounds slightly healed from resting and his self-healing.

"Five demon kings here, there must be more in the east," the commander said, worried.

Li Xuanli's face darkened. There were five here; the east wouldn't be less.

"Is it Seventh Brother's call for aid?" Li Hongzhuang's face changed, quickly saying, "I'll go!"

"I'll go too," Li Qingling said, "I can still fight."

"Me too," Li Xueyun added, "I haven't used my Undying Power yet."

"Aunts, don't go."

Li Hongzhuang shook her head, "If the demon kings chase, you'll be useless. With Hao'er's flags, I can intimidate them."

Without delay, she took two formation tokens and left.