Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy One – Perfect Execution
The sharp howls were like the wails of ghost that tore through the air.
The hum unique to the three section wave killing charge caused people's scalps to tingle!
The dense pack of sword xiu were like a barrage of arrows that charged out. They struck as quick as lightning!
Tian Heng Bo paled greatly. He opened his mouth and wanted to remind everyone but before he could make a sound, the sword xiu of Turtle Island had reached them.
Bam!
Near by a Tian Family disciple's ling armor shattered into countless pieces, the sword energy flashed across this disciple's neck with its remaining power, like a knife slicing tofu. A head flew into the sky!
Tian Heng Bo even saw the shock on the face of the Tian Family disciple.
Pia pia pia!
Caught off guard, the combat xiu of the Tian Familiy were struck by the sword lights! The third-grade ling armor they wore was as fragile as paper mache in front of the other's sharp sword energies and shattered, blood to spray everywhere.
In what seemed like a blink of the eye, hundreds of Tian Family disciples were slaughtered by the sword lights!
The troops instantly became chaotic. The other was like a burning blade slicing through butter and created a vast corridor of blood among the ranks of the Tian Family!
In this bloody passage of twenty zhang wide, the blood and flesh of the Tian Family disciples sprayed and they all died standing where they were!
Seeing the Tian Family disciples die in front of him, Tian Heng Bo's eyes filled with blood. The murderousness and viciousness in his chest was like a burning flame.
"Kill them!" He seemed like furious lion that charged first at the sword xiu!
The other five jindan beside him also let out angry shouts at the same time and charged with Tian Heng Bo!
In this chaotic battlefield, the six jindan were like six dazzling suns. The presence they gave off was intimidating and the presence of the six together overtook the Turtle Island sword xiu!
The disciples of the Tian Family roared. Their morale that had been dampened, by the sudden assault by Ma Fan's group, now rose!
The six jindan were like six sharp arrows that were unstoppable. The other combat xiu followed behind them, forming six streams that leapt at Ma Fan's group!
The expressions of Ma Fan and the others changed slightly. They hadn't expected the other to have deployed six jindan! For the present Turtle Island, six jindan was enough to be fatal!
If it was only the six jindan, then he wasn't afraid. Their strength was enough to grind the jindan to death! But the jindan had so many normal combat xiu as well, and these six jindan were fearlessly charging at the very front, the situation had become troublesome!
Ma Fan and the others knew if they allowed the other jindan to charge like this, the other side would be in a frenzy. Even if they won, their side would be wounded heavily.
But Daren and the others were not here ... ...
Wei Ran was the one best at maintaining his composure. Even though the situation was extremely urgent, his voice did not change at all. "Withdraw inwards! Stretch the distance between their forces!"
Everyone was quick-witted, instantly reacting. They did not fight, instead they turned and ran into the island!
Seeing the Turtle Island sword xiu running away, the morale of the Tian Family combat increased and they howled as they chased! The fierce blow that they had just suffered was forgotten and all of them showed extreme excitement.
One side was furiously feeling, and the other was furious pursuing!
No one noticed that below them, a pair of eyes that flashed with purple energy and a vicious large bird was watching them!
Ma Fan and the others were exceptionally fast. As the troop that had followed Zuo Mo the longest, retreat and escape was a class they had to take! In the past, when Zuo Mo and the other jindan were present, they would help get rid of the jindan, so Ma Fan and the others did not have many opportunities to face the jindan head on.
Having six jindan on their tail for the first time, they put all of their energy into running!
Their sword lights were even faster than when they had just charged.
But the other was still tightly following behind them especially the six jindan who were quickly closing the distance between them! The six jindan gradually separated from the combat xiu but this distance was not enough. If they turned around and charged now, then they would be entangled in battle with the jindan, and the combat xiu would charge and tear them apart!
"Kill jindan first! All divisions, spread out! Lead them out and circle around, ensure they pull away from all the damned cannon fodder!" Ma Fan gritted out.
The teamwork between these people showed at this time. The entire troop suddenly scattered like a flower blooming!
This time, the Tian Family combat xiu were stunned.
Who do they chase?
Tian Heng Bo's eyes were filled with blood as he chased the people at the very front, they looked like the leaders. Those sword xiu had the highest cultivation of those he saw and should be the leaders of this group!
The jindan beside him hesitated and charged with Tian Heng Bo. Tian Heng Bo was Tian Yong Qing's full-blooded brother, and ensuring Tian Heng Bo's safety was one of their duties.
The Tian Family disciples behind them lacked orders and their ranks instantly became a mess. Many people scattered into small groups to chase the Turtle Island sword xiu that were fleeing.
The sky about Turtle Island instantly became a mess.
"Idiot!" Tian Ye who had not charged into Turtle Island couldn't help but curse.
He wasn't on good terms with Tian Heng Bo. In his eyes, Tian Heng Bo was a brute with courage but had no cunning! What made him the most discontent was that Tian Yong Qing had assigned six jindan to Tian Heng Bo! His battalion only had two jindan. This was something that the prideful Tian Ye could not accept.
After swearing, Tian Ye smiled coldly and did not move.
In reality, from the beginning to now, the enemy troops were undamaged. The seemingly chaotic scene was an illusion that they purposefully orchestrated! Watching the battle up until now, Tian Ye had a preliminary judgement.
This was a troop that was very strong. Their charging strength was extremely strong, they had practiced tactics, and they were high cooperative! They could rival his own battalion!
If there had to be a shortcoming, it was experts! He had not seen any of the experts in this troop, this caused him puzzlement.
Tian Yong Qing did not tell Tian Ye the battle plan. He had sent Tian Heng Bo in hopes he could take the chance to get some service merit.
Yet the development of events was not as smooth as Tian Yong Qing and Tian Heng Bo had expected.
Tian Ye was not in a hurry. In his view, Tian Heng Bo was a jindan and had five jindan protecting him so safety was not a problem. As to losses, Tian Ye wanted Tian Heng Bo to suffer as many casualties as possible. This could show just how strong he, Tian Ye, was!
With the skill level of this battalion, they most likely had planned follow-up moves.
The xiuzhe following behind Ma Fan and the others decreased. Even three jindan had felt that chasing like this was not as satisfactory as going to kill enemies so they went in search of other targets. These guys were not very powerful, but were very slippery when fleeing.
After chasing for only a few moments, there were only two people left by Tian Heng Bo.
No one noticed the sword xiu that were flying in all directions in the sky drew out long and strange curved paths. And the other end of these paths intersected at a place hidden from view.
It was like the bloomed flower that was closing.
Watching from a distance, Tian Ye seemed to detect something. His brow creased slightly. His eyes suddenly widened and his eyes showed shock!
Heavens, how did they do it?
Those complex curved lines only had one destination! How had they done this in such a complex environment? It was hard to imagine!
But Tian Ye's face quickly changed. Not good!
Tian Heng Bo was in danger!
In his field of vision, Tian Heng Bo was lured by the other continuously closer to the intersection point!
Tian Ye was instantly panicked and shouted, "Advance!"
The xiuzhe of Tian Ye Battalion all paused. Didn't Boss say they were going to wait here? Why were they advancing so suddenly? Tian Heng Bo's side clearly had the advantage!
"Do you not have ears?" Tian Ye shouted angrily!
Everyone seemed to wake up and flew towards Turtle Island.
Seeing Tian Heng Bo rushing nearer to the intersection point, Tian Ye felt great panic! He had conflict with Tian Heng Bo but if Tian Heng Bo died here, and he only looked on, then there would be great trouble when he returned to the clan!
The present leader of the Tian Family was Tian Yong Qing!
It was alright to get Tian Heng Bo to lose face, but to have Tian Heng Bo to lose his life ... ...
Yet from when Tian Heng Bo had passed through the formation, Tian Ye Battalion had stayed at the back. When Tian Heng Bo had charged into Turtle Island, Tian Ye Battalion had not moved a step forward.
For the first time of his life, Tian Ye hoped his prediction would not become reality!
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Ma Fan and the others raised their speed to the limits, the howling in the ears drowning out all other noise.
They were fleeing for their lives!
Jindan, what was chasing them were jindan! Even if they were half a step into jindan, when they were facing true jindan xiuzhe, they still felt a great pressure!
Fortunately, they were not fighting by themselves ... ...
They were familiar with every inch of Turtle Island. The scenes rushing past underneath their feet indicated to them their position and their eyes became bright!
The howling was still in their ears!
Yet at this time, their attention was unprecedentedly focused!
A non-descript little hill passed by their feet. The eyes of Ma Fan's group lit up, all the ling power in their bodies vibrating, their extreme speed increasing slightly!
This was the moment!
Light suddenly rose in the sky above them!
The blinding light caused everything they saw to be a white daze. They forced themselves to tolerate the blinding light, their speed maintained as they continued to fly!
A sword energy the width of a door brushed dangerously past Ma Fan's body and caused his hairs to stand!
This was a signal!
Ma Fan seemed to be suddenly situated inside a storm of enormous sword energies. The hum of sword energies filled his ears! The intimidating sword essences flashed past and he would shake every time!
This was the large sword energies that the three section wave killing charge used to face large scale targets and experts!
Each sword energy was made from the combined power of three sword xiu!
One hundred large sword energies came from all directions and were as packed together as rain as they smashed into an area of three zhang around Tian Heng Bo and the two jindan.
Clang!
One hundred large sword essences with unstoppable presence collided together!
Collision, crumbling, fragmentation, explosion!
A light even brighter than the one before exploded forth. The enormous wave of sound carried countless fragmented sword essences. Everywhere it passed, it caused people's minds to blank just like their vision!
The entire battlefield became deathly silent!
Translator ramblings: Perfect teamwork.
Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy Two – The Balance Tilts
No matter which side they were on, people were shocked at such a fearsome scene!
This was a perfect operation!
No matter if it was Ma Fan's team that had lured the enemy, or the three hundred sword xiu that had come from all directions and silently executed the ambush, including the coordination where the sword energies passed by with a distance of only a hair's thickness, it could all be called perfect!
When one hundred large sword energies exploded in such a small area, the presence produced was so terrifying that even the two jindan did not manage to respond before being reduced to ash!
Recovering from the enormous explosion, the reaction on the two sides was completely different.
The Tian Family disciples had dazed expressions. The abrupt change was like a punch that struck their head and stunned them! Many people did not know what had happened and those with keen eyes felt their heads ring and turn blank!
What followed were ashen faces!
For Ma Fan and the others, even though this attack was filled with luck and was unable to be repeated, it inspired their morale. Ma Fan and Wei Ran felt their confidence increase. The hint of timidity that was caused by the absence of Lil' Miss also dissipated!
Some of the sword xiu of Vermillion Bird Camp still had disbelief on their faces. The actions they had planned and carried out had successfully ambushed and killed two jindan!
In a battlefield that was small and enclosed, the death of two jindan could change many things.
In this perfect operation, the ambush was the signal for the full scale counterattack from Vermillion Bird Camp!
When the Tian Family disciples still had cluelessness on their faces, the sky full of sword hums were like fatal noises that sounded in unison!
The large Turtle Island gave the Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu a large battlefield so they could continuously accelerate and charge! One side was confused and puzzled, the other had increased morale, the chaotic battlefield instantly became one-sided.
Sprays of blood erupted, howls and people continuously fell down.
There were Tian Family disciples that resisted but as the conflict between the two side increased, their hearts became chilled!
Hands holding fifth-grade golden crystal sword, wearing fourth-grade Blue Soul Cold Light Armor, the Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu looked like rich tycoons facing the Tian Family disciples that mostly wore third-grade ling armor! When facing a sword xiu that was outfitted like this, it would cause one to feel helpless from the bottom of their hearts!
If the other's sword strike did not kill them, it would wound them, and they would need to attack three times in a row to possibly cause damage to the enemy! If the difference in talismans between the two sides was not enough to deflate their courage, then the enormous difference in tactics caused their hopelessness to spread.
The Turtle Island sword xiu were like packs of cunning and vicious wolves. They never moved alone, always in groups of three to five. Even if the enemy was one person, they would still surround them in groups of three to five. If they encountered a strong opponent, these fragmented little teams would nimbly gather from all directions and furiously charge!
Their charges were furious and inexhaustible, their sword lights sharp and unstoppable. They were cold and merciless, they were regulated and well-organized, they were trained tactically. They were like demons that were born from the eerie fires of hell and carried the presence of death!
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The sky seemed to be dyed red by the sprays of blood that erupted. The criss-crossing cold sword lights were the magnificent flowers when death captured life.
The weak defense of the Tian Family disciples were drown completely in the endless sword lights.
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Tian Hao's lips were trembling as his body uncontrollably shook.
The sky full of sword howling was like countless owls croaking. He felt that he would be torn up in the next instant! He wasn't a novice, and was the elite of the battalion, he had seen situations of many sizes.
But he still uncontrollably shook!
He understood that the intimidating howling of the enemy attacks was the result of purposefully loosening their control of ling power, but he still uncontrollably felt fear!
He had never thought there would be a day that he would face such fearsome enemies!
The talismans and flying swords that were worthy of envy and jealousy were not enough to defeat a battle-hardened veterans. He had killed many enemies with more powerful talismans than he had. This group of enemies gathered and scattered suddenly and were hard to predict. Each charge would be decisive. No matter how bad the situation was, or what advantage the enemy had, they would always maintain their little tactical formations. They were like machines that only knew to slaughter, they did not deviate, and did not make one mistake!
There was nothing more frightening than this, or could make Tian Hao feel more hopeless!
He suddenly felt the Tian Family was so stupid. Why had they challenged an enemy that was so much powerful than they were?
———
The sword lights in the sky grew and brushed through the sky like a comb. No matter how the enemies within the sword lights struggled and resisted, they were like fragile bubbles that popped upon contact.
As the advantage on one side increased, the rhythm of battle would quickly increase!
Another jindan fell!
From beginning to now, the six jindan were important targets that Vermillion Bird Camp focused on. This jindan had been dragged down by one hundred and fifty Vermillion Bird Camp sword xiu and died due to using up all of his ling power.
Even the three remaining jindan felt their courage flee, much less those Tian Family disciples. In this short period of time, three jindan had died. They had never been through such a desperate battle
It was too frightening!
They were jindan and had more experienced eyes than other combat xiu. The golden flying swords in the hands of the enemy sword xiu was a frightening high degree, and even more powerful than the most outstanding fourth-grade flying swords!
Being even stronger than the most outstanding fourth-grade flying swords, so what grade was it?
Looking at the matching golden flying swords, they didn't dare to think!
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Flee!
Losing their courage, the Tian Family disciples ran away in a disorganized manner. They just wanted to leave this fearsome place as fast as possible. They did not put up any resistance because any resistance would affect their speed of escape.
There was only one thought in their minds
—Flee! Flee as fast as possible!
What family laws, what disciple-hood, that was all thrown away at this time.
It was unknown who it started with but at this time, the ranks collapsed like an avalanche! All of the people shouted and then turned and fled for their lives!
The fleeing crowd and the Tian Ye battalion that had rushed over at full power now collided together!
Tian Ye's face suddenly changed!
The combat xiu at the front of the battalion shifted. Those clansmen that were completely in a frenzy charged into their battalion. In the eyes of these Tian Family disciples that had lost their last threads of bravery, if they neared the Tian Family Battalion, they would be able to survive.
The defeated soldiers flooded at Tian Ye Battalion like a tide.
"Do not collide ... ..." Tian Ye shouted urgently. His pupils suddenly expanded and his voice stopped abruptly.
Sword light!
All over the horizon!
An angry wave composed from numerous sword lights were tightly following behind this group of fleeing soldiers and were aimed at him!
Tian Ye glared angrily but his brain was still clear as ever. He knew if he hesitated in this moment, the entire troop would be lost. He shouted furiously, "Kill!"
Tian Ye Battalion had gone to Blood Sky Metropolis Jie had had more battle experience than normal battalions. These combat xiu might not bear to do it but they understood if their battle formation became disorganized, then they would all die!
Their eyes were red as they shouted at the top of their lungs, "Kill!"
Those Tian Family disciples never had expected that Tian Ye Battalion would move against them. Unguarded, blood sprayed out and seventy or so Tian Family disciples died instantly!
Tian Ye's move was cruel but it was effective and showed his decisiveness as an exceptional Silver Battle General.
But he did not know that underneath their position, there was another troop waiting for them!
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———
The bright and beautiful sword lights attracted everyone's gaze. The appearance of Shu Long's group was silent and did not attract any attention.
The three hundred hardship guards that had just received mo weapons were so silent they were like statues.
Shu Long coldly looked at the sky, his handsome face calm. Shu Long could not be said to be a battle general but he had received Pu Yao's teachings and his eyes were not lacking. Pu Yao had once thought of nurturing Shu Long into a battle general, but the path of yao battle generals and mo battle generals were completely different paths.
Only a freak like Zuo Mo could naturally feel the power of others.
However, Shu Long did not lack the knowledge and judgment that a battle general should have. He could see that Ma Fan's group had the advantage. Guard Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp were in a competitive relationship, but that was a deliberate manipulation by Shu Long and Ma Fan. Shu Long had a deep understanding of the combat capabilities of Vermillion Bird Camp. He knew very well when Vermillion Bird Camp held the advantage in battle, then it wasn't far from the end of battle.
So he did not move, and stealthily hid, waiting to give those defeated soldiers a fatal blow.
But when he saw Tian Ye Battalion coming to aid, he changed his mind. In Boss' words, that was a fatter sheep!
Born a sword xiu, Shu Long had endurance other people could not rival. He silently waited for a chance.
Until this moment!
"Kill!"
Shu Long bellowed as the black halberd in his hand stabbed into the sky!
The black mist that surrounded the black halberd formed a three zhang long halberd shadow that howled into the sky!
"Kill!"
Three hundred hardship guards shouted together and attacked with the mo weapons in their hands!
Three hundred black misty shadows of various shapes were three hundred shrieking crows that shot at Tian Ye Battalion in the sky!
The black mist released by the hardship guards merged into one patch that moved relentlessly. It was the Crow Fiend Mo Kill Formation!
Shu Long's black halberd shadow was like an enormous nail that pierced into the ranks of Tian Ye Battalion. Pia, a moderate explosion, the halberd exploded and turned to a thick ball of black mist that covered dozens of combat xiu.
The three hundred black shadows that came after exploded at the same time and became thick black mist that covered half of the Tian Ye Battalion combat xiu!
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Tian Ye Battalion was preparing for the incoming sword energy attacks. This sudden change caused confusion to spread through the ranks, resulting in chaos.
Tian Ye was both shocked and angry. He was shrouded in the black mist and couldn't even see his fingers.
So vicious! At this point in battle to use this kind of spell to obscure their vision, they were really vicious!
Shock and angry, he yelled, "All on defense! Prepare to face sword energies!"
Just at this time, the black mist that seemed harmless and only served obscured people's vision suddenly bared its fangs!
Translator Ramblings: Even way back when Zuo Mo finished his fight against the Clear Sky Old Forefather, he noted that he could have technically taken him down with the Vermillion Bird Camp at that time. This is really a numbers game with tactics at this specific point and level of power between ningmai and jindan. But don't expect this to always be true.
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