by Fang Xiang
The Lotus Sutra Temple honored the lotus flower and all kinds of lotus flowers could be seen all along the route. They were exquisite and elegant. However, other than Zong Ru who would admire them, the other people didn't even look at them. Everyone looked warily at the surroundings.
They had already detected several groups of dangerous presences, they were brushing shoulders with powerful enemies.
To make them feel danger like this meant they were strong.
At the beginning of any new era, there were always many geniuses. Mo Cloud Sea improved by the day, and the others were not willing to fall behind. Even Wei Sheng felt slightly wary of the power of the people just now.
It seemed that the temptation of the shen device nucleus surpassed his imagination.
Zuo Mo stood at the front of the ship as his heart trembled. His eyes were experienced. Just now, he even saw mo and yao. This surprised him.
However, when he thought about it, he understood. The shen device raiment was a great weapon of strategic value to any power. If there was even the slightest chance, no one would be willing to give it up.
Suddenly, a Dhyana xiu dressed in white robes with lotus flowers on the sleeve flew towards them.
The entire fleet went on guard.
The other seemed to not see their wary gazes and bowed. Then he said, "Guest from Mo Cloud Sea, my master invites you."
Zuo Mo's eyelid flickered. The other knew their origins!
He did not admit or refute it. He examined the other for a while before speaking, "You are from Lotus Sutra Temple?"
The other smiled. "This one is the White Lotus Reverend of Lotus Sutra Temple."
The steward's expression changed. Lao De Guang's face turned ashen. He carefully made his way beside Zuo Mo and said in a low voice, "There are four reverends in Lotus Sutra Temple: Blue, Red, White, Black. The four lotus reverends have a high position in the sect just below the sect leader."
The master of the White Lotus Reverend? Then that referred to the sect leader of Lotus Sutra Temple.
Zuo Mo immediately realized that his journey had been exposed. He did not try to hide it and said with a smile, "Please lead the way."
Under the guidance of the White Lotus Reverend, they came to a non-descript place.
As expected, it was the sect leader of Lotus Sutra Temple!
The Nine Great Dhyana Sect had always been targets that Mo Cloud Sea paid attention to. Zuo Mo could recognize the sect leaders of all of the Nine Great Dhyana Sects.
When Zuo Mo's gaze landed on a young person next to the sect leader of Lotus Sutra Temple, his gaze suddenly focused.
Yang Yuan Hao!
The best battle general of the Nine Great Dhyana Sects, Yang Yuan Hao!
What was he doing here?
Zuo Mo's expression was calm, but his mind was a storm. He suddenly realized the meeting this time was probably an opportunity.
———
Boom boom boom!
Ear-splitting explosions occurred constantly. The lights flashed across the sky like rain and illuminated Bie Han's cold and emotionless features.
The battalions from both sides were tangled into a ball, truly mixed together.
Bie Han abandoning technique to charge had been unexpected to Hai Jin Yun and Shang Yu Sheng. They hadn't thought that Bie Han would dare to make a full frontal assault when he did not have the advantage of numbers.
But the two were not ordinary people and quickly responded.
A charge against a charge!
Hai Jin Yun's battalion was like a roaring lion that welcomed Sin Battalion that came at them, and collided head on. Shang Yu Sheng's battalion maintained their distance from Hai Jin Yun. He was like a dagger hidden in the shadows waiting for a chance to land a fatal blow!
The two flows smashed together, creating dazzling sparks!
"Kill!" Hai Jin Yun charged at the very front, his faint golden face twisted and ferocious. He gave off golden light like a sun that could not be directly looked at. He was the most eye-catching existence on the battlefield!
He felt no fear. He held the large black blade in front of him horizontally. The mo steed under him roared and he was like a god of war.
Elite guards kept close to him in order to prevent Hai Jin Yun from being trapped. Hai Jin Yun remained fixed. The mo steed under him suddenly jumped forward, the large black blade in his hand suddenly lighting up with a blinding golden light as he cut down!
A golden blade energy dozens of zhang wide came with a destructive and unstoppable presence forward!
The golden energy flashed and reflected on the faces of the Sin Battalion soldiers, dimming and brightening. They still had cold expressions that did not change at all at this sight of this astounding blade energy.
The grey-white eyes were lifeless, their cold faces expressionless. They seemed to come from another world.
Just as the blade energy was about to hit their bodies, the shen equipment of the Sin Battalion soldiers suddenly lit up with marks of light. These marks of light that were like seal scripts caused a thread of pain to appear on the expressionless faces of the Sin Battalion members.
They seemed to be enduring a pain. Yet in reverse to the pain on their faces, their grey-white and lifeless eyes suddenly became as clear and bright as though they were eyes of a baby.
They seemed to open their eyes for the first time to see the world.
Facing the astounding blade energy, fifty Sin battalion soldiers moved at once. Countless energies flew out from their hands. In this moment, the rays of light formed a net in the air.
Zzt zzt zzt!
Every energy that hit the blade energy would give off a soul-shaking explosion. The explosions continued at a rapid rate that caused people's scalps to go numb. The Sin Battalion soldiers were unaffected. Their movements were lightning fast and their attacks were constant.
The lights were like a rainstorm that hit the blade energy.
With every hit from the light energies, the blade energy would shake.
In an instant, thousands of light energies hit the blade energy like thousands of spiderwebs entangling the blade energy. After being hit thousands of times, the astounding blade energy dozens of zhang long collapsed!
As expected of Sin Battalion!
Just a few dozen members of Sin Battalion were able to block Hai Jin Yun's full-on attack. Elite! Before the era of shen power had arrived, Hai Jin Yun had just been a normal mo general. However, after cultivating shen power, he had became a powerful battle general that surpassed mo marshals!
The blade energy being destroyed simulated Hai Jin Yun's fighting spirit. With an angry shout, the golden light on his body intensified.
His presence suddenly exploded and increased. Hai Jin Yun was like a golden ball of fire that burned brightly, giving off so much light people were unable to look directly at him!
Hearing the angry shout of their commander, the surrounding mo soldiers also shouted in unision. Which of them were not proud? When had they ever had such a setback? The presence of the battalion rose, and the morale rose rather than be impacted!
Boom!
Thousands of mo soldier shouted at the same time, golden and angry flames erupting from their bodies. They were like thousands of fires that burned fiercely.
The entire mo battalion was like one being. They could communicate with each other, and their presence seemed to be one without any weakness.
The golden light seemed to be alive. It gathered towards Hai Jin Yun at an astounding rate.
The golden light on Hai Jin Yun increased by more than ten times!
He was like a blinding sun that people could not look at!
An angry shout came from the ball of light and rang out over the entire battlefield.
Hundreds of long golden blade energies exploded from within the sun. Each blade energy was several li long and came at Sin Battalion like a storm!
Translator Ramblings: I guess it's good I used "arsonist" based on the response f
rom last chapter. Can you imagine the energy we would get if we set up solar panels around someone having an energy explosion?
Chapter 782: A Battle of Charges
The fighting method of the mo was to gather all the power of the battalion onto the battle general and then have it activated by the battle generals. As a result, mo fighting methods had strict requirements for battle generals. Other than combat sense and a grasp of the battlefield, one had to be strong as an individual. Otherwise, they would not be able to tolerate the concentrated power from the entire battalion.
Hai Jin Yun had been an unknown before but after cultivating shen power, his strength had skyrocketed and he quickly became one of the three major battle generals for the Mo Marshal Alliance.
His combat method followed the style of mo battle generals. His body which had been refined with shen power allowed him to tolerate more power. Also, his own shen power allowed him to easily manipulate the great power he gathered from the battalion.
Boom!
The power of the entire battalion gathered towards him as if attracted to a magnet, causing a release of blade energies.
Each blade energy was several li long, like enormous sickles that cleaved through the entire battlefield.
Howls and wails filled the battlefield.
A normal battle general would probably fall apart facing such an astounding attack, and be robbed of all of their spirit.
Yet Hai Jin Yun's enemy was Bie Han, a top battle general that could enter the top ten of the xiuzhe world. It was not easy to shake him with such an attack.
The members of Sin Battalion silently changed position. Some people disappeared into space and then appeared in another place in the same moment.
In a blink, a battle formation formed.
Arrive!
A spiraling Dhyana chant was unusually clear among the waves of wails and howls, reaching directly into the mind.
Mo that were slightly weaker heard this and the golden lights on their body trembled. Their minds almost went out of control.
Sin Battalion originated from Xuan Kong Temple. Even now, it was possible to see many traces of Xuan Kong Temple's influence.
Dark red light bloomed from beneath the feet of Sin Battalion. The red light flowed and flew up into the sky. Enormous dark red seals formed in the sky.
Boom boom boom!
The intimidating blade energies struck the red seals. Enormous explosions drowned every person on the battlefield.
When the light dissipated, the red seals were mostly dim. There was only one red seal that had been destroyed. What had also disappeared at the same time were ten Sin Battalion members. However, all the blade energies had disappeared from the sky.
Bie Han was expressionless. His face seemed to be carved from stone, and did not show any ripples from the intense fighting in front of him.
However, defense was never Bie Han's style.
For Bie Han who was said to "attack like fire," how could he only fight a defensive battle?
Sin Battalion once again shifted and finished a transition from the [Ghost King Seal Formation] to the [Skanda Demon Defeating Formation], an offensive formation!
The red energy coming off Sin Battalion grew even brighter. Their grey-white eyes were still unaffected and lifeless which gave people a strange feeling of pressure.
Countless threads of red light wrapped around the fighters of Sin Battalion. The Sin Battalion soldiers slowly floated into the sky.
Under their feet, red sutra characters appeared.
The sutra characters moved, and it felt as though the sounds of numerous people were chanting in synchrony. Thousands of sutra characters spun and a terrifying presence gathered above the formation.
In the span of three short breaths, an enormous figure formed from nothingness.
A vast mountainous figure floated above the combat formation. The Skanda was authoritative and a terrifying presence spread from him in waves.
The skanda's eyes were a faint gold and emotionless. His gaze covered all of Hai Jin Yun's battalion. He reached out his enormous hand and slapped down on Hai Jin Yun!
Boom!
Like waves crashing into the short, like a furious tide receding!
An astounding wave of air gusted in all directions.
"Good move!"
An angry shout spread through the sky. Hai Jin Yun's excited voice was filled with spirit. Nothing would make him more excited than such a direct battle.
The skanda's mountainous body gave off a heavy feeling of pressure. All of Hai Jin Yun Battalion was covered in the shadow of this figure. Hai Jin Yun did not feel any fear. He held the large black blade, and his eyes burned with fighting spirit. He suddenly jumped and shot towards the enormous hand coming down with a stroke of his blade!
Blinding golden light glimmered from his blade. Countless golden lights immediately gathered on his great blade. The entire blade seemed to flow with golden liquid and gave off light.
Shen technique—[Golden Split Chop]!
The shen power inside his body was furiously channeled into the large blade in his hand. The furious power that came from the battalion quickly was tamed by his shen power.
A blade light that seemed able to tear apart the sky lit up.
The skanda's enormous hand immediately shattered into pieces. The skanda roared angrily, and its other hand came down.
Yet in front of this world-shocking blade of light, the skanda's enormous hands seemed to be paper mache and easily crumbled.
The blade light hit the skanda's body with its remaining power. The skanda suddenly froze and then disappeared into the sky.
Hai Jin Yun's fighting spirit almost reached a peak. There was nothing that made him more excited than destroying Bie Han's move!
Bie Han's skill was just so!
The last bit of fear in his mind disappeared along with this strike.
Yet at this time, he detected something, and his expression changed slightly.
At some unknown time, a red seal formation that spun endlessly appeared under the feet of his battalion. In a blink, the mo soldiers that were covered by the red seal formation quickly turned into bloody puddles of liquid.
[Death Whirlpool]!
This was an unique and obscure combat formation. It had to start from death, it would activate quickly and with great power. This battle tactic was one of Sin Battalion's common tactics. However, in Xuan Kong Temple's book, the life of a Sin Battalion member or multiple members were used to initiate this formation. However, Bie Han took an original approach and first used a combat formation to summon a skanda buddha and then used the life of the skanda buddha to activate this formation!
The skanda buddha was very powerful. With it as the starting material, the [Death Whirlpool] was unprecedentedly powerful.
In an instantly, more than three hundred mo soldiers turned to bloody puddles of goop without time to even wail in pain.
Hai Jin Yun's eyes turned red. He hadn't thought that he would fall for Bie Han's trap!
"Go die!"
He shouted, the great blade in his hand slicing towards Bie Han's position!
[Golden Split Chop - Angry Wave]!
Boom!
A golden wave roared towards Bie Han.
The range of this move was so great it made people feel it was unable to be avoided. Bie Han's expression changed slightly. He could clearly feel the terrifying strength of this move.
However, was Bie Han someone that feared battle?
His face became expressionless again and his figure suddenly disappeared from his spot.
Almost at the same time, it seemed that there were no people left in front of the golden wave.
[Hundred Ghost Thread Shadow Formation]!
Sin Battalion was special. There were countless jinzhi on their bodies. These jinzhi could increase their strength, bring them endless pain, and also restrain their souls.
These jinzhi were not a secret of Xuan Kong Temple, but obscure techniques that
Xuan Kong Temple had gathered over thousands of years. The [Hundred Ghost Thread Shadow Formation] was one of those. It could allow Sin Battalion to quickly move through space much faster than normal methods!
A thread of a smile flashed on Hai Jin Yun's lips. While Bie Han had all kinds of moves, in his eyes, this supported the fact that Bie Han was just a paper tiger.
A true battle general did not need to use these low grade moves!
He suddenly spun the blade in his hand. That golden wave suddenly exploded, turning into bolts of golden light that entered the Sin Battalion battle formation.
Before Sin Battalion that just came out of the void could react, they were drowned by the golden light.
Bie Han was expressionless and was not moved by the deaths.
The fighting was growing more intense, and in a full frontal assault like this, the difference between the two sides would decrease. Both sides were experienced battle generals and charging into the enemy formation was a tactic that every battle general was familiar with.
It was not possible to make a mistake with battle formations of this level.
Both sides were battle generals that were stronger offensively. As the battle quickly moved from intense to horrific, the fatalities piled up.
———
Shang Yu Sheng carefully observed the battlefield. No detail escaped his eyes.
Hai Jin Yun was the strongest offensive battle general of the Mo Marshal Alliance. Full-on charges like this was the best for him. He hadn't expected that Bie Han was able to suppress Hai Jin Yun and still have the upper hand.
While the advantage was not so great it surpassed the limits of imagination, he did have the upper hand. Charges were a basic technique for every battle general, they could not make mistakes. This meant that Bie Han's fundamental skills were higher than Hai Jin Yun.
However … …
This advantage was not so great that he could fight one-on-two. Yet why had Bie Han turned the situation into this? Bie Han had been the one to create the present situation.
Why had Bie Han done this?
Shang Yu Sheng could only think of one explanation: Bie Han believed that, even one-on-two, he could win.
Did Bie Han have some great move up his sleeve?
