The Human Emperor c1-2382
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Wang Chong’s idea was good, but implementing it was simply too difficult, if not impossible. What Wang Chong was proposing was already something with a very low chance of success.
“Senior doesn’t need to worry about that. Just leave it to me!” Wang Chong indifferently said. As he peered into the darkness, a glimmer of blue light appeared in his eyes.
True World!
This was an ability Wang Chong had obtained from the Stone of Destiny, and unlike the ability to see the world of energy, the ‘True World’ ability could clearly see the essence of the formation, including the rules on which it operated and its flaws. It took only a few moments of observation with the ‘True World’ for Wang Chong to find the information he wanted.
The Formation Elder was left dumbfounded by Wang Chong’s confident appearance.
“Well, fine! But the Origin Immortal Formation also requires massive amounts of energy, and your Energy Condensation Pearl is far from enough. The Formation Divine Treatise described a ‘Nine Heavens Mountain River Formation’ that can gather the spiritual energy of the mountains and rivers around the capital to use for your formation. Still, to reach the level you want is incredibly difficult, and there’s still not much hope,” the Formation Elder said.
There was no doubting Wang Chong’s talent. After all, he had managed to comprehend everything the Formation Elder knew about formations in a single day. However, talent was not enough to break this formation of the Imperial Army, nor was laying down the Origin Immortal Formation enough.
The Formation Elder quickly left to set up his Nine Heaven Mountain River Formation. This formation was powerful, but it took some time to set up, even a simplified version.
Wang Chong remained on the wall after the Formation Elder left. Breaking through Hou Junji’s formation was easier said than done, and Wang Chong’s eight thousand men were far from enough.
Wang Chong needed to make a wholesale adjustment to his plans, and he was in the middle of doing so.
“Where is the Wind Team!?” Wang Chong suddenly said.
“Your subordinate is here!”
In the blink of an eye, seven masked figures appeared behind Wang Chong like ghosts.
“Tell Ju-Que and Tai-A to start carrying out my orders!” Wang Chong suddenly said.
Wang Chong took out two tokens from his bosom. At the same time, he sent two streams of Psychic Energy into these tokens.
“Give these tokens to them and they’ll understand!” Wang Chong said.
Mental traces!
When a martial artist’s Psychic Energy became strong enough to break through the bottleneck and undergo that quintessential transformation, then even when Psychic Energy was cut off from the original body, it could still linger for some time. This was known as a mental trace!
In the middle of a battle, not everyone would carry around brushes and paper with them at all times, so Wang Chong branded all his plans onto the token with his mental traces.
“Yes! Your subordinate will go!”
The Wind Team scouts bowed, took the tokens, and blinked away.
Chapter 1759 - The Origin Immortal Formation Displays Its Might!
Chapter 1759: The Origin Immortal Formation Displays Its Might!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
After making a few more arrangements, Wang Chong finally jumped down from the wall and began to make his way forward.
At the same time, behind the Center Gate, now that Wang Chong had finally begun to move, the situation began to shift.
Boom!
With no warning whatsoever, the earth began to tremble as if it couldn’t endure the attacks of the one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry. Energy gushed out from the depths of the Imperial Palace, and then a scarlet flame soared into the air, instantly engulfing the troops Wang Chong had sent into the Center Gate, including the one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry.
“Ah!”
“Not good! Hurry and use Stellar Energy to block!”
The Wootz Steel cavalry had held the upper hand, but the sudden eruption of flames had caught them off guard.
Hisss! The intense flames rapidly consumed their Stellar Energy, and some of the weaker clan experts could even feel their armor heating up.
The Eastern Palace had finally used the power of the formation.
“Master archers, fire!”
Chen Burang’s eyes flashed, and he immediately nocked an arrow and gave the order to fire. Thwishthwish! Arrows howled through the air, aimed between the gaps in the formation at the soldiers of the Imperial Army.
Bang!
But a moment later, the formation’s power was mobilized again. Golden light surged out of the earth and wrapped around the Imperial Army soldiers.
In a flash, the several thousand soldiers closest to the gate became dazzling golden warriors.
Twangtwangtwang!
Those arrows wrapped in destructive power struck the golden soldiers, but there was only a metallic clatter as those arrows snapped and fell.
Not a single one of the several thousand Imperial Army soldiers was injured.
“This is impossible!
“What ability is this?”
Chen Burang was stunned. While he didn’t have many master archers under his command, they were all extremely strong, the cream of the crop.
Any one of them could fire several kilometers, and even at maximum range, their shots could shatter stones and even penetrate steel.
But in the face of these master archers, the enemy seemed to have been made of the finest steel, standing firm like the sturdiest wall and not even retreating half a step. Those arrows hadn’t even managed to penetrate half an inch.
This was simply inconceivable!
“Retreat!”
Wang Chong’s cold voice resounded in everyone’s ears. At that moment, Hou Junji’s Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation once more began to shift.
Crack! Clink! A frigid and sinister frost began to spread with astonishing speed out of the darkness. Wang Chong’s soldiers had barely begun to retreat when the temperature plunged. A wave of cold so thick that it seemed solid swept across the ground to engulf them.
One of the clan descendants was caught off guard and immediately had his legs frozen to the ground, and his face turned ghastly pale.
Bang!
Suddenly, a sole stomped down, and a destructive wave of energy burst forth. Just when that wave of icy energy was about to freeze the army, all the cold and ice was obliterated.
The one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry used this chance to escape the formation together with the other soldiers.
“Hahaha, King of Foreign Lands, everyone says that you’re the new War God of the Great Tang, but what is this? Do you not even dare to enter this Center Gate?”
Loud and arrogant laughter came from behind the Center Gate. It was Huang Tianzhao’s voice.
“Ha!”
Wang Chong simply chuckled. Huang Tianzhao still thought that he hadn’t seen through the trap and was trying to provoke him.
“General Huang, tell those people behind you that I’m still going to Taiji Palace, and I’m still passing through the Center Gate! But not now! And not through this method!”
Wang Chong’s voice was like a resounding bell, echoing in the space behind the Center Gate. Several hundred feet away, Huang Tianzhao, standing amongst the ranks of the Imperial Army, was astonished.
At the same time, several mysterious figures deep within the Imperial Palace also grimaced.
There was no doubt that Wang Chong had seen through their scheme.
After saying his piece, Wang Chong ignored Huang Tianzhao.
Whoosh!
He extended a hand, seizing twenty-four signal flags.
“Xu Keyi, take these twenty-four flags. Organize the men into forty teams of two hundred men each and then wait for my orders!”
“Yes!”
Xu Keyi quickly began to move, and Wang Chong’s n
early eight thousand men quickly divided into forty teams and dispersed.
The most important part about using signal flags was that one needed to understand what all the various signals meant and then act strictly as ordered. In this way, the army could be ordered around like an extension of one’s own body. Wang Chong had started developing this system in the war of the southwest, and it was extremely mature now. In addition, Wang Chong had also trained the soldiers of the great clans in this method.
Whoosh!
The eight thousand soldiers arranged themselves according to Wang Chong’s signals, and it wasn’t long before the eight gates of the formation took shape. With another wave of a signal flag, a formation was established in front of the Center Gate.
The Origin Immortal Formation contained immense power, but in order to utilize its full power and lay out the complete formation, one needed to meet strict requirements and an extremely long period of time. Wang Chong didn’t have this time, but the simplified Origin Immortal Formation using his army was more than enough.
“What is he trying to do?”
On the other side, Huang Tianzhao was constantly observing Wang Chong’s actions from his position in the rear. Wang Chong should have already charged in, but for some reason, he was engaging in these puzzling actions.
But Huang Tianzhao didn’t have to wait for long to have his questions answered.
Bang!
In the distance, Wang Chong took out a pearl and began to pour energy into it.
The glassy pearl exploded with light, so dazzling that it seemed like a miniature sun in the darkness.
Bang!
With a light toss, Wang Chong threw the Energy Condensation Pearl into the center of the army.
Rumble! Huang Tianzhao and the Imperial Army soldiers could only stare in shock as an invisible wave of energy blasted outward, instantly fusing the energies of Wang Chong’s soldiers together.
Clangclangclang!
The halos underneath the eight thousand soldiers began to resonate with each other, and their auras increased in power. While it wasn’t to the level of the boost provided by the Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation, it was still an astounding increase in power.
The diagram for the Origin Immortal Formation had been in Wang Chong’s hands for some time now. This formation had not possessed this ability initially, but with Wang Chong’s modifications, it could also boost the strength of one’s halos.
“This! A formation!”
Huang Tianzhao’s eyes flashed, and his mind was immediately thrown into turmoil. The Imperial Army had cast a tight net across the entire palace for this operation, and even the War God would find it difficult to break through.
But while he had anticipated many kinds of attacks, he had never expected a formation.
A formation to deal with a formation!
For a moment, Huang Tianzhao could not help but feel a little helpless and confused.
Bang!
A moment later, Wang Chong’s army swept forward, and the two armies clashed like savage beasts.
But this time, in this clash of forces, two different formations clashed as well.
Whoosh!
As Wang Chong’s Wootz Steel cavalry charged in, space twisted and fiery gouts of energy erupted from the feet of the Imperial Army soldiers.
These despotic flames were none other than the power of the Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation. It seemed like Wang Chong’s men were about to be burned again, but this time, the power of another formation rose up. The flames managed to rise only around one foot before they were extinguished.
Besides that, as several dozen Imperial Army soldiers charged into the Origin Immortal Formation, their halos rapidly dimmed.
The fact that their halos had dropped several levels proved that the Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation could not exert its power within the Origin Immortal Formation.
“How could this be!?”
The Imperial Army soldiers paled in fright, but before they could react, the Wootz Steel swords cut through the air and ended their lives.
Without the interference of the opposing formation, the Wootz Steel cavalry could once more exhibit their astonishing strength.
Large swaths of the Imperial Army were felled.
As these armies clashed, their formations also rammed against each other, creating visible ripples in the darkness that spread from the Center Gate all the way into the depths of the Imperial Palace. Even the formation core was affected.
This was the first shock the Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation had received in all this time.
The Eastern Palace was quickly informed of what had happened in the Center Gate.
“Venerable Ghost King!” An Eastern Palace guard rushed into the hall and bowed. “The King of Foreign Lands has personally led his force to attack the Center Gate! Our men can’t hold for much longer!”
“Is that so?”
Hou Junji softly chuckled.
“As expected of that man’s disciple, and I also suppose it’s time I went out. You’re dismissed. Let me deal with the King of Foreign Lands!”
With these words, Hou Junji got up and left the hall like a spring breeze.
Chapter 1760 - Gate Assault!
Chapter 1760: Gate Assault!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
At the Center Gate, the battle was intensifying, with Imperial Army soldiers and clan experts being slain at every moment. As the center of the Great Tang, the Imperial Palace had been through more than one rebellion.
The gates leading to Taiji Palace—the Qian Gate, Center Gate, and Kun Gate—had originally been set up with a rebellion in mind. These three gates were all very narrow, each one only wide enough to accommodate two-hundred-some people at a time, allowing a smaller force to hold out against a larger one.
But now that Wang Chong had set up the Origin Immortal Formation and turned the passage into a formation gate, he had minimized the effects of this restriction.
“Kill!”
The one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry made another charge, and Wang Chong’s forces slowly began to gain the upper hand. Behind the gate, Huang Tianzhao’s army was borrowing the power of its own formation to make its own charges against Wang Chong, but they were still losing ground.
Bang!
Suddenly, a massive explosion came from the palace, and then a gigantic halo swept over the palace gate like a tsunami.
Neigh!
The one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry were suddenly struck a heavy blow, several dozen of them being blown into the air.
This enormous force pushed out almost all the soldiers who had charged into the gate, and even Wang Chong’s Origin Immortal Formation was badly shaken. The formation began to noticeably slow down, even almost grind to a stop.
Even Wang Chong couldn’t help but be alarmed.
Bang!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong sent a stream of Subtle realm energy into the Energy Condensation Pearl that was the core of the formation. The addition of new energy allowed the formation to stabilize.
Hou Junji!
Wang Chong knew almost immediately who the culprit was. The energy just now had not come from a formation gate, but from the core of the formation, triggered by the primary operator.
“Hahaha, King of Foreign Lands, is that all you’ve got?” an elderly voice rumbled from the distance, ringing out over the Imperial Palace like a bell. “Using a formation to deal with a formation is truly a good idea, but you’re just a mantis trying to stop a carriage, an egg striking a stone. Your formation is far inferior to mine, so how do you think you can break it?”
“Is that so?”
Wang Chong merely chuckled upon hearing Hou Junji’s voice. Concentrating his voice, he unleashed his own ringing reply.
“He who laughs last, laughs best! Hou Junji, this battle is just getting started! Talking about victory now is just a
little too early!”
“Heh, this old man is waiting!”
Hou Junji’s sneer came back out of the darkness.
Wang Chong said nothing. He could naturally hear from Hou Junji’s voice that Hou Junji didn’t believe Wang Chong had the ability to break through his formation.
“It’s about time! Xu Keyi, send the signal!” Wang Chong said without turning his head.
Hou Junji’s Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation was extremely powerful, and it was also backed by one hundred thousand soldiers. Eight thousand soldiers were clearly not enough to shake it. In truth, Wang Chong had never intended to use solely eight thousand soldiers to break this formation.
Creee!
A few moments later, a shrill whistle came from behind him.
Upon hearing Wang Chong’s order, Xu Keyi had immediately lit a firework, which had shot up several thousand meters into the air and exploded in a brilliant burst of light.
Almost half the capital was illuminated as brightly as day, the brightness even revealing the rock eagles and gyrfalcons battling in the sky. These birds shrieked in alarm at this sudden light and scattered.
Buzz!
The soaring light immediately caused Hou Junji, who was standing in front of a palace hall, to pale.
Elsewhere in the capital, a force of soldiers was standing in Xuanwu Street, not far from the palace gates.
Atop a muscular stallion, a white-tasseled general raised his head to look at the firework and softly muttered, “The time has come. His Highness has sent the signal!”
Suddenly, the general swung his sword. “Move out!”
The three thousand cavalry behind him began to charge forward like demons out of the underworld, the rumbling hooves shaking the earth.
Boom!
In another location, another several thousand warhorses began to charge with astonishing speed toward the Imperial Palace.
On their backs were the large and heavy Mo Sabers, each one taller than an adult man, making the cavalry seem like a moving forest.