The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 87 Nezha Goes to War

Chapter 87: Chapter 87 Nezha Goes to War

If you use other immortals, now the Heavenly Court would really just be an empty commander, not even someone to serve tea would be left.

Hao Tian symbolically punished with a ten-year salary reduction, atoning for a mistake.

His gaze finally turned to Nezha and Long Ji.

This time Nezha did not dodge, but met Hao Tian’s gaze.

Hao Tian nodded slightly and decreed: "Appoint Yuzhen Yaoling Immortal Master Li Nezha as the Demon Extermination Grand Marshal, and Long Ji as Vice Marshal, to lead five thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to defeat the demon Gu Diao!"

Then he assigned five hundred Heavenly Soldiers to Nezha, the other five hundred returned to their main duties.

Nezha: "???"

How come these immortals from the Primordial era have such eccentric operations, you give me five hundred and expect me to act like I have five thousand?

"This minister accepts the order!" *2

Nezha and Long Ji set off with five hundred soldiers.

Meanwhile, Nezha secretly contacted Bai Ze: "Demon Saint, I have four thousand five hundred slots, do you want them?"

Bai Ze didn’t hesitate and immediately replied, "Yes."

Nezha lazily drifting on a cloud, discussing the script with Bai Ze.

Originally, Nezha would need to exert some effort to kill this great demon Bone Carving, but it seems unnecessary now.

Bai Ze has a life-bound magical treasure named the "Bai Ze Map," which he crafted by combining his omniscient divine skills with the authority he had in the Heavenly Court, creating an acquired spiritual treasure.

The "Bai Ze Map" records methods for dealing with the devils and demons of the world, which includes the demon Gu Diao.

When Nezha sauntered like an old man to the North State Ice Lake again, he directly channeled mana: "Bold Gu Diao, you have committed a grave sin against the Heavenly Rules; aren’t you coming out to meet your death!"

This statement was so much more confident than that of the Immortal of Colossal Spirit.

This time Gu Diao didn’t use the infant baiting tactic, directly flew out of the water, and said disdainfully: "What, those weaklings from before dare to come again, you tender little thing, grandpa will enjoy you thoroughly soon!"

Long Ji was furious upon hearing this and was about to charge with two treasure swords, but Nezha stopped her.

"Bold fiend, how dare you disobey the Heavenly Court’s orders, don’t trouble the Marshal, just watch as Thunder Bird comes to aid you!"

With these words, thunder and lightning struck out straight towards Gu Diao on the lake surface.

Then, demon soldiers successively arranged arrays neatly, trapping the Ice Lake.

Gu Diao was dumbfounded as he fended off Thunder Bird, "Thunder Bird you’ve gone mad, actually helping the Heavenly Court against me?"

The young man transformed from Thunder Bird seemed thickeyebrowed and righteous, and upon hearing Gu Diao’s words, he immediately rebuked: "Our Demon Clan is governed by the Heavenly Court, law-abiding, how could we collude with you?"

Saying this, he didn’t wait for Gu Diao to react and charged again.

Upon seeing the other side wasn’t joking, Gu Diao also started fighting desperately, and the two grappled in the array.

Long Ji watched for a while and scratched her head, asking: "Nezha, aren’t we here to exterminate demons? Why does it seem like there’s nothing for us to do?"

Nezha’s attention was on the two great demons battling below, casually saying: "What does this show? It shows that our Heavenly Court is a righteous force; wherever the army goes, there are naturally heroes coming to assist."

Down there, the two great demons fought fiercely, both revealing their true forms. Gu Diao looked quite like an ordinary giant eagle, except there was a huge sharp horn on his forehead.

While Thunder Bird bore some resemblance to a hawk, with thunder flashing between its wing flaps.

The surrounding demon soldiers all looked very dashing, devoid of any demon beast organs, each looked strong and heroic, even though their combat power aside, having them certainly beats behind the five hundred shabby troops behind Nezha.

Bai Ze Demon Saint did put some thought into this, handling things to satisfaction without leaving any room for criticism.

In the midst of the array, the battle had reached a fierce climax.

Gu Diao, risking taking a hit from Thunder Bird, desperately thrust his horn at Thunder Bird.

Thunder Bird turned into an electric arc, quickly retreated outside the array, transforming back into human form, took out a red Treasure Bead, and cast a spell to empower the array, making the red glow appear as if the array was instantly ignited.

Gu Diao slammed hard against the array, not only to no effect but also losing a large area of feathers to the flames: "Great Sun Golden Flame? It must be Bai Ze Demon Saint!"

Thunder Bird remained expressionless, fully operating the array, the originally red flames gradually showing gold, rushing towards Gu Diao.

Gu Diao now was truly panicked, roaring: "Thunder Bird, we are both of the Demon Clan, must you push me to death?"

Thunder Bird input mana.

"Thunder Bird, are your actions now worthy of His Majesties Taiyi and Di Jun?"

Thunder Bird continued to input mana.

"Cursed, the spirits of Taiyi and Di Jun in heaven will never forgive you!"

Thunder Bird still inputting mana.

A flurry of intimate greetings from the Demon Clan: "***, ***********"

Gu Diao died, directly refined by the Great Sun Golden Flame.

Thunder Bird, with demon soldiers, collected the array, then bowed lowly: "Thunder Bird and the demon soldiers have drifted half their lives, having not met a wise lord, if the Immortal does not disdain..."

Nezha immediately interrupted Thunder Bird’s spell.

"You righteous heroes assisted this Marshal in subjugating demons, this Marshal will surely report to His Majesty."

With that said, Nezha took five thousand soldiers back to the Heavenly Court, ordering himself to lead five thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to quell Gu Diao, now with five thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals behind him, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Nezha majestically returned to the Heavenly Court with five thousand troops, scaring some immortals, what was going on?

All feared Nezha would shout: "The Jade Emperor takes turns to reign, today it’s at my place."

Nezha definitely wouldn’t do that, this was the head of the Three Realms appointed by his Grandpa Daoist Ancestor.

Leading Long Ji and Thunder Bird into the Palace of the Polestar, he reported with some minor modifications and then recommended Thunder Bird.

Actually, Hao Tian, who had been watching the excitement through the Hao Tian Mirror, already knew the whole story but still nodded from time to time, giving a look of satisfaction, as if to say, ’you did well.’

To be honest, Nezha found this somewhat annoying.

Hao Tian ordering Nezha to attack the Demon Clan was not without the plan of bolstering the Heavenly Court’s strength, after all, the Demon Clan’s Supreme Treasure, the Evil Summoning Banner, is currently in Lady Nuwa’s hands.

But looking at Nezha who took a stroll and brought back over four thousand elite troops genuinely made him envious. He didn’t reward Thunder Bird and company directly but instead promoted Nezha.

The Thunder Department was divided into one government office with two plaza divisions and three directorates; one government office refers to the Shenxiao Yuqing Office, abbreviated as Shenlei Yu Office.

The two plaza divisions are the Five Thunder Plaza and the Exorcism Plaza.

The three directorates are Wan Shen Lei Directorate, Thunder Defense Directorate, and Thunder Department Directorate.

Nezha’s previous title sounded grand, but it was essentially just an officer in the Exorcism Plaza; this time, he was directly promoted to Thundering General.

Now, this position was strong because Nezha finally had the power to lead and appoint personnel, and he could now recruit and train subordinates on his own.

Nezha was quite satisfied, wandering around twice and getting a promotion, more of such good things was to his liking.

Having said farewell to Emperor Hao Tian, after arranging the troops and giving Thunder Bird a position in the Thunder Department, sending him off to train soldiers, Nezha still had some matters to deal with.