Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty – Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo
Unlike Zuo Mo, Gongsun Cha noticed the combat behind them at once. He only glanced over before moving his gaze away. He couldn't help but shake his head at the performance of this group of xiuzhe, but his eyes lit up at the performance of the yao.
The xiuzhe's collective strength was a level higher than the yao but they were being suppressed by the yao. Even if it was due to being ambushed, in Gongsun Cha's eyes, the performance of this group of sword xiu was really not outstanding.
Of course, he only glanced at them. The three factions were not very different in his eyes. If they landed in the hands of yaomo, it would naturally be hard to keep their bodies intact, but if they landed in the hands of the sword xiu, they definitely would not survive either. In such a sensitive place as the front lines, being a group of people with unclear origins, they would naturally be labeled as "dangerous." To make it even worse was that they had too many valuable things on them that would breed envy in others and making them a target.
If it was Gongsun Cha on the other side, he would definitely slaughter this kind of fat sheep if he ever he encountered one.
Taking only a glance, Lil' Miss put his attention back on the mo soldiers in front of him. Even though he had fought more than once against mo battle generals in war chess, there would always be a difference between reality and war chess. Especially a war chess design from a few thousand years ago.
Lil' Miss' focus was a calamity for the mo soldiers.
The two sides had the same general amount of manpower. Full of confidence, Lil' Miss did not take the advantage based on numbers, but even so, the three groups of mo soldiers were falling at an alarming rate in front of Lil' Miss's most developed move, the three section wave killing charge.
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The one-sided battle shocked everyone, especially Liang Wei and Ming Lie. The two were exceptional battle generals and deciphering battle was their basic technique.
Battle general was the profession that the three major factions had which was the most similar between the races and that each faction was the most familiar with. It had always been the case that the yaomo and xiuzhe thought of each other as enemies and were most sensitive to this kind of information.
Shocked, the two simultaneously made the same choice—ask for reinforcements from the main army!
After doing this, the two who had cold sweats could finally relax enough to closely examine the battle which was reaching its end.
After watching for a while, the two almost exclaimed at the exact same time in disbelief.
"Three section wave killing charge!"
"Three section stab!"
The disbelief on the two's faces quickly became strange.
"Shixiong, what is three section stab?" Song Yuan couldn't help but ask.
"Three section stab is three section wave killing charge." Ming Lie stared at the battlefield with a strange expression on his handsome face. As if he was taking in his sleep, he said, "How is this possible ... ... how is this possible?"
"Shixiong!" Song Yuan saw the situation was not right. Channeling ling power, he shouted like thunder.
Ming Lie shook and his unfocused eyes became clear again. He looked gratefully at Song Yuan and explained. "I hadn't expected that the thing this person would use would be the three section stab! Shidi may not know, but the three section stab is a very ancient yao battle tactic. This battle tactic was most popular three thousand years ago, but as it heavily favored offense over defense, the yao battle generals decreased their use of it so now almost no one uses it."
"Yao?" Song Yuan had a puzzled expression. "But these people are clearly sword xiu!"
"The three section wave killing charge is what the yao call it, we usually call it the three section stab. Actually, this kind of tactic is more suited for us sword xiu. People have used it in the past, but it has a fatal flaw!"
Song Yuan became interested. "What flaw?"
"It cannot sustain itself!" Ming Lie became relaxed again. He said in a deep voice, "The strongest part of the three section stab is that it gathers short-term explosiveness together, and cannot be stopped. But this kind of explosiveness cannot keep going. Three section stab, it is most powerful in this charge. If the other can stop these three waves of attack, the situations of the two sides would instantly reverse."
Song Yuan looked at the battlefield and then said with a shake of his head, "They cannot hold against the three waves!"
"Of course they will not hold up!" Ming Lie said firmly. "However, the defense line of the mo is not so easy to penetrate. Mo defense lines are usually thick. The distance between each defense line is not far, and it is easy to get reinforcements. Creating such a large ruckus, there's no way the defensive lines behind will ignore it."
Before his words landed, a group of approximately two thousand mo soldiers appeared in everyone's view like a black cloud.
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"Not right, this isn't right." Zuo Mo shook his head.
In front of him, A Wen who was acting as his experimental subject was crying inside. But he didn't dare to show any discontent on the outside. A Wen admired his fellows that were preparing to fight. The Guard Camp had finished preparing and were waiting to depart. Head Shu Long was personally leading. Every time he thought about the upcoming battle, he was excited.
But ... ...
Looking at the eager Boss, and then thinking about his situation, he began to wither like a tomato in frost.
Heavens! Why did Boss suddenly want to experiment? Why did Boss have to use him as the subject?
Boss told him to release his presence in a steady flow. He could not understand at all what the use was in doing this. But he didn't dare to say that to Boss and docilely allowed Boss to move him around.
Boss seemed to be trying something and would occasionally mutter.
"No good ... ... this is not it!"
"Not right, there's a problem!"
A Wen felt as though he was an idiot, and Boss was a madman.
But even if Boss was a madman, he was still Boss!
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When this group of two thousand mo soldiers saw the remaining of their one hundred soldiers left, the eyes of the battle general that was leading instantly turned red. With a furious bellow, he charged like a rampaging bull!
Many bellows sounded in unison. The sky changed color and killing energy filled the air!
They came extremely quickly, the two thousand mo soldiers were like an enormous fist of metal that was burning as it smashed towards the battlefield!
Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu that were destroying the remaining soldiers couldn't help but simultaneously pause, and their strong hearts showed a slight crack.
"Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo!" Ming Lie's pupils contracted.
Song Yuan heard the great shock in Ming Lie's tone of voice and hurriedly looked over. These mo soldiers were even more elite than the three previous groups of mo soldiers. Most of them were wrapped completely in black green armor. The surface of the armor was covered in beautiful patterns. Just from the sheen of this black green armor, Song Yuan knew the quality of the material was extraordinarily hard.
The presence of the mo battle general at the very front was even more intimidating. His entire body seemed to be wrapped in the armor shell. The armor seemed to be of one body, but seemed to not restrain movement as though it was alive. He had a black green horn at the top of his head, interlocking fangs that reached out from the armor and shrouded his face like a mask. This caused him to look extremely ferocious.
The patterns on his armor were the most beautiful as they glimmered.
Song Yuan murmured, "These are mo?"
"It is Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo!" Ming Lie's tone was heavy. "It isn't cannon fodder like the ones before, this is a regular corps! Their frontal charge is very strong. See their black armor? It is hard to damage with normal flying swords! Not easy to defeat!"
He suddenly was curious. He wanted to know how these sword xiu of unknown origins would deal with these troublesome Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo?
He could not guess.
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Ming Lie was not the only one that recognized the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo. Gongsun Cha also recognized them at first glance.
But compared to the seriousness of Ming Lie, Lil' Miss' display could be considered calm. There was not a ripple in his gaze. His spread out consciousness passed his orders to every sword xiu in a flash.
The members of Vermillion Bird Camp instantly disengaged with the enemies in front of them, and the formation shape quickly shrank. In a blink, they compacted into a ball, and at the center, waves of light rose. In a blink, a group of people appeared.
Compared to the murderousness of the sword xiu, this group of people looked calm on the surface. They wore normal cloth, were barefooted and empty-handed. Only some details on their bodies, like a yellow flower at their waist, a purple creeper wove through lock of hair, caused some of the detail-oriented spectators start to wonder who they were.
These continuous lights also attracted the attention of the mo battle general. Gravity flashed through his eyes, and was then replaced by strong confidence and battle desire!
The other did not spread out their formation, did not roam around, but formed a circle of defense. This would perfectly allow them to express their full strength in a frontal charge!
He didn't know who these people were. He didn't hesitate. He firmly believed that under this kind of powerful charge, nothing could stop them!
He suddenly opened his mouth and gave a warbling yell!
Instantly, all the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo underneath him also gave warbling yells. Their speed suddenly increased, and the tyrannical presence rose again!
They were like a steely flood. Everything in front of their charge was crushed to pieces!
The patterns on the black armor of the mo battle general brightened. As he sprinted, he suddenly raised his right fist.
"Kill!" all the mo soldiers shouted in unison!
An invisible power furiously flooded towards the upright fist of the battle general. A black green light covered the right fist. The light increased at alarming speed. In the time it took to run a short one hundred zhang, it became a ball of flowing green sap.
There was a circle of black light around the energy.
The distance between the two sides was less than two hundred zhang. The domineering and savage presence of the battle general's right fist covered in light reached a peak.
The mo battle general glared angrily and shouted, "Kill!"
The right fist was thrown out!
Hummmmmm!
The deep bellow that seemed to come from the deepest part of the ground caused everyone's hearts to shudder.
When the green light left the hand, it grew in the air and was the size of a mountain in a blink. With a rush of air, it charged towards the Vermillion Bird Camp that had formed a circle.
Behind the green light, the two thousand Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo's presence reached a peak. With an unstoppable presence, it forcibly charged in front of Vermillion Bird Camp.
The peerless charge of the Black horn Rhinoceros Mo!
Shrunk into a circle, Vermillion Bird Camp seemed as weak as an egg in front of this savage charge, as though it would be destroyed by this flood in the next moment.
And at the same time.
Opportunity!
A thread of harshness flashed through Ming Lie's eyes. Without any hesitation, he bit down and shouted with all his power, "Charge!"
Translator Rambling: Four sides that are watching this battle, the mo, Kun Lun, Liang Wei and Gongsun Cha.
Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty One – Flower Slaves
The ambush of the Kun Lun sword xiu was very sudden!
After being continually suppressed, Ming Lie finally displayed the skill of a great battle general. His grasp of timing was very precise. Just as everyone was shocked by the domineering charge of the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo, he unexpectedly chose to attack!
Hidden in the bloody mist, Liang Wei's expression changed. He hadn't expected that the sword xiu would suddenly attack.
The situation of the battlefield was always one where if a hair was being pulled and the whole body would move. Ming Lie's sudden attack caused slight chaos on the battlefield. The full frontal charge of the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo was peerless, but their capability to resist charges was not strong. In terms of timing, the collision between Ming Lie's sword xiu and the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo would be just after the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo finished their frontal attack on this little ship.
The mo battle general had enough confidence to completely annihilate the other's troops in one charge, but the other sword xiu group's charge was vicious. That was exactly when they would be the weakest.
The expression of the mo battle general changed.
Seeing the danger, Liang Wei could not care for anything else. He instantly ordered, "Attack!"
The remaining two thousand battle yao suddenly released like a tense spring and shot out like arrows out of the bloody mist!
This string of changes happened in an extremely short amount of time but gave people the feeling that it was too much action for the eye to see.
The mo battle general's complexion was slightly pale. There were two troops hidden so close to him and he had not detected it at all!
But the present situation did not allow for him to hesitate in the slightest. The enemy was right in front of him. Any hesitation would cause their situation to become even more terrible.
Destroying this group of sword xiu with the fastest speed was most beneficial for them!
The battle intent rose in the chest of this mo battle general. As his presence grew, his body lit up with black green energy! The other Black Horn Rhinoceros mo beside him all copied him. A layer of black green energy instantly came onto the bodies of every Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo!
Their movements were slightly pulled inwards. Like they were pieces of granite, they charged at Gongsun Cha's group!
Victory was right in front of them!
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Ming Lie and Liang Wei's troops were like two arrows that came from the rear from two different directions!
Most fatal was that the mo soldiers that were approaching had an unreasonable charge that was like a mountain thirty thousand catties heavy , and unable to be stopped! That lightning-like enormous green energy was almost right in front of them.
For some unknown reason, Lil' Miss gave a smile at the corner of his mouth!
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He didn't make a move. A figure suddenly flew out from behind his back. A rainbow multi-colored light rose up from bottom to top, and flashed past!
Hiss!
Like strong cloth being torn, the mountain-like green energy and the shimmering sword rainbow collided like two bubbles and disappeared!
The mo battle general's pupils suddenly shrank!
Jindan!
The other's troops had a jindan!
This was not unexpected to him. How was it possible that a treasure ship like this didn't have an expert? He did not panic due to this. Jindan sword xiu was not enough to make him feel panic. Once the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo started their charge, even a few jindan could not escape unharmed, much less just one!
The contact between the two we be in an instant!
Just at this time, a dot of purple energy lit up in his view!
What was this?
He suddenly had a strong feeling of danger, but before he could respond, his legs suddenly weakened, his entire body losing control as he tripped forward!
"Not good!"
The people beside him flipped over. In such a high speed charge, any slight loss of balance meant that their bodies would lose control. This came so suddenly that they tripped hard without having their guard up. The troop formation at the front instantly became chaotic. The mo soldiers at the back saw the situation and forcibly twisted their bodies to try to avoid their fellows that were unbalanced at the front. Some mo soldiers that were more skilled went with the flow and grabbed their fellows.
But what was fatal was their presence—the presence that had been gathered into one suddenly had a short burst of chaos.
And at this time, the flower yao, that were being guarded by the Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu, had released a flood of yao arts they had prepared in their hands.
The yao arts they cast were very unique. Some were crisp green, some bright purple, some serene blue, all of different colors, but all of them held a presence that was strange and deep.
There was no sound, no intimidating presence, no blinding energy light. Even these energies of various colors were like candles that flew lightly.
These candle-like serene lights seemed to be the black daggers in the darkness.
The mo battle general suddenly smelt a faint sweet scent. His expression changed. He shouted urgently at the top of his lungs, "Careful! It's poison!"
His heart sank to the bottom.
Poison! It was poison! He had never expected the other to use this kind of move to resolve their charge! But he had to admire the skill of the other. This move grasped their weakness. Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo had powerful charges, outstanding defense. Normal methods could not defeat them at all, but using poison was a very effective method!
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A tiny thread of blue smoke floated past his eyes like the willow branches blown up in the wind. Time seemed to slow down, his body that was usually filled with power started to become heavy.
Such powerful poison!
His mind started to blur.
They were going to lose ... ...
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The mo soldiers were a complete mess. Their steps were unsteady, their eyes unfocused, their breathing panicked as they fell all over the place. Even more alarming was that marks of all colors started to appear on their hard black green armor. In a blink, these beautifully patterned armor were filled with all kinds of eerie multicolored marks.
The flower yao appeared in such a weird and terrifying manner on their first appearance on the battlefield.
The Flower Yao Coexistence Art!
This strange and special spell caused those high level ling flowers to gradually transform. The flower poison that each flower yao had cultivated were different. As they were tempered in the frighteningly abundant black fiendish energy of the Sealed Extinction battlefield, these flower poisons became even more toxic and could directly wound the soul.
No matter if it was yaomo or xiuzhe, the most troublesome situation was wounds to the soul.
In addition, their flower poisons were formed from cultivating [Flower Yao Coexistence Spell] and had some attributes of yao poisons. Their flower poisons each became an unique flower poison that was completely different from other flower poisons.
These flower slaves that had a constant smile on their faces, went barefoot and wore cloth were the true smiling assassins! It was the first time Gongsun Cha led the flower slaves into battle. He didn't have a complete grasp of their abilities. He had called out all the flower slaves, and not knowing their own effectiveness the flower slaves also released all of their flower poisons without holding anything back. It caused every inch of space to be filled with dozens of types of flower poisons.
The mo soldiers that had no defense took a hard fall.
The Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu that were protecting the flower slaves also had unnatural expressions. The scene in front of them also frightened them. The strange yet powerful flower poisons caused them to show expressions of fear. The unstoppable flood instantly dissipated, and really shocked them.
If it was them who did not have any defenses up, their outcome would be the same as these mo soldiers.
They securely guarded the outside perimeter and didn't dare to take a step forward. Sword xiu with good vision were even able to see the tiny thread-like forms of flower poison that floated in the air three zhang away from them.
Everyone felt slightly intimidated.
There were no wails, no groans, only the chaotic sounds of impacts, falling and then everything gradually turned to a deathly silence.
A hair-raising deathly silence!
The flower slaves' slightly exhausted panting was clearly heard as though it was drawing the curtain to this hair-raising deathly silence.
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The two troops that were shooting forward like arrows seemed to be pulled back by an invisible rope. Without any agreement, they both decelerated, and then stopped.
The two troops were silent.
Terror filled everyone's face, no matter if it was sword xiu or combat yao. The depths of their eyes were filled by those multi-colored beautiful lights!
Ming Lie and Song Yuan's faces were ashen. They dazedly looked at the scene in front of them that seemed to come from hell.
"Such ... ... such a powerful poison!" Song Yuan stammered out. It was not rare to see xiuzhe that cultivated poison. They were mostly roaming xiu. Song Yuan had seen many powerful poison-cultivating roaming xiu before, but like this, to poison several thousand at once, it was the first time he had seen it!
Ming Lie stared hard at those bare-foot and smiling people. He did not realize that he had almost bitten through his lips.
What were the origins of these people?
So many sword xiu, it had to be a sword cultivating sect! But which sword cultivating sect was this powerful? Able to destroy two thousand Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo with a wave of the hand, this was an attention-catching power. He had seen it clearly just now. From the moment those strange poison-cultivating roaming xiu appeared, the sword xiu that were guarding the perimeter were as steady as rock facing the charge of the Black Horn Rhinoceros Mo and didn't move at all.
Well-trained!
The words popped up in his mind. Thinking back, even the usually proud Ming Lie had to admire the skill of the other battle general! From the beginning three section stab to suddenly using poison. It had to be said that this was a battle that suddenly occurred. To be able to find the other's weakness in an instant and find a method of defeating them, this was skill!
But ... ...
Who were these sword xiu? And so many roaming xiu. What was their goal in coming here?
Ming Lie's expression became uncertain.
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Liang Wei's limbs were icy, his face slightly white. However, he did not retreat. He stared at the people that were being protected at the center. The scene just now filled his heart with terror, but at this moment, another discovery attracted his attention.
Yao poison!
Those flower poisons seemed very strange, but it was definitely a kind of yao poison!
Liang Wei firmly believed that he had not seen it wrong!
How come these xiuzhe could use yao poisons? Where those barefoot people yao? But they didn't look like it! Then why?
Countless riddles spun in his mind. These riddles caused him to suppress the urge to turn and flee and to maintain his distance to the other.
He had to get to the bottom of this!
Translator Ramblings:
Mo: We're going to kill you ... .... uh oh ... ...
Kun Lun: Fellow sword xiu, we are coming to "help" you ... ... huh?
Yao: Wait, which side do you belong to