by Fang Xiang
Wei Sheng shook his head. "The sword I practice is not the same as yours."
"Yes." Lin Qian nodded. "It is hard to say who is right or wrong on the path of the sword. However, we can determine who is strong or weak. Wei Sheng, do you dare to fight me in the name of the sword?"
Lin Qian pointed his sword at Wei Sheng, his white robes flying, his presence intimidating.
"If it was anyone else, I would give them the chance for a fair fight. But the fight between you and I is not a study of our paths of the sword, it is a matter of vengeance." Wei Sheng did not avoid Lin Qian's gaze and said honestly, "I once swore a sword oath to destroy Kun Lun for Wu Kong. Today, one of us will die!"
Wei Sheng's tone was like the hum of a sword, decisive and intimidating. The God-Killing Blood Sword in his hand shrieked as it pointed at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian knew that his attempted scheme had failed. He had just been lightly wounded. He would not fear the disadvantage if it was any other person. But he hadn't expected that Wei Sheng was also god-level. This seemingly insignificant wound could prove to be fatal in a battle between god-level experts.
He had originally wanted to arouse Wei Sheng's devotion to the sword and take advantage attack his psyche. He had thought that Wei Sheng would fall for it. Even if he didn't, it would leave behind a shadow in his heard because he had won unfairly.
He hadn't thought that Wei Sheng was honest and true to himself. A person like this could not be affected by simple words.
The unpredictable consequences of his past machinations had created such a great enemy in Mo Cloud Sea. One could only say that fate was fickle.
Lin Qian threw away his stray thoughts. While he was at a disadvantage, he was not scared. He smiled. "Alright! As Kun Lun's Eldest Shixiong and Wu Kong Eldest Shixiong, then in the name of Eldest Shixiong, let's settle this!"
Peerless Kun Lun and that rural little sect Wu Kong Sword Sect were finally placed on equal ground for the first time by the words from Lin Qian's mouth.
Wei Sheng's expression was normal but his heart was affected.
Teachers and Sect, this disciples Wei Sheng finally got this chance!
The God-Killing Blood Sword in Wei Sheng's hand seem to feel Wei Sheng's fury, sorrow, and excitement. It vibrated, and the entire sky turned bloody red. The sky roiled, and the rampaging killing intent filled the world.
The grass and trees on the ground quickly withered. The rivers ran red. Fissures opened on the ground, and there seemed to be blood flowing out.
The entire jie seemed to become a hellish world of blood.
The Immemorial Sword trembled violently in Lin Qian's hand. Sharp peerless sword essences met in the air and exploded.
The threads of bloody energy would be torn apart when they got close to Lin Qian.
Feeling the fighting spirit of the Immemorial Sword in his hand, Lin Qian bowed his head and said with unusual determination, "Master, this disciple will not shame the name of Kun Lun!"
Raising his head, Lin Qian's pupils turned into a metallic blue. The sharp killing intent became slightly more grave.
The red and the blue shen swords faced off like fated enemies.
Bie Han looked indifferently at the dazzling variations of Mu Xuan Battalion's formations as though it did not matter.
He could see the other's intentions. Mu Xuan wanted to delay him until the reinforcements came.
Pity, if Mu Xuan knew that Xue Dong was being delayed by Gongsun Cha and Mi Nan had suffered heavy fatalities, would she still act this way?
Bie Han's gaze swept across the bodies of Sin Battalion.
Those faces that were so similar. He thought of the memorial tablets placed neatly on the altars in Resting Island. No tablet was missing. All of the Sin Battalion members were represented there.
The present Sin Battalion was not the Sin Battalion of the past. The new Sin Battalion possessed complete souls. From when they were born, they were mentally connected to Bie Han. They were closer to mo steeds than puppets but they kept the battle instincts of the previous Sin Battalion members. Almost all of Mo Cloud Sea's shen crystals had been spent on recreating Sin Battalion.
This Sin Battalion was most likely the most expensive battalion in the world.
When the last memorial tablet was place, the last chain on Bie Han's heart was shattered. The new Sin Battalion caused him to feel joy and hope as though he was a child.
The past Sin Battalion had been weighed down by an aura of death. The present Sin Battalion brimmed with life.
He had stepped through the border of grey and hopelessness to touch the warmth of sunshine.
They had watched him study tactics under the dim lantern light in the lonely and cold days at Xuan Kong Temple. They had listened to him mumble to himself. No matter how difficult or hard, they had never left him.
Rest.
Please do not worry about me.
A hint of warmth flashed through Bie Han's eyes.
He raised his head, his eyes turning icy again. Mu Xuan Battalion changed formations at an astounding rate but it didn't cause a ripple in his mind.
Mu Xuan Battalion was the most varied battalion he had ever seen. They were like a puddle of water that could change formation to fit the situation as they wished.
If an ordinary battalion encountered an enemy like this, they would find it troublesome.
But for Bie Han, he could see their weakness at a glance. Mu Xuan Battalion pursued variation, but they were much less skilled in terms of both defensive and offensive power.
Complex variations that lacked power were just decorative flourishes at his level.
Bie Han took a deep breath. Wisps of flame flew out of every member of Sin Battalion. Thousands of wisps of flame flew, rising into the sky in a beautiful display.
[Arsonist] lit up. The flames quickly entered Bie Han's body. The layers of flames flowed along the surface of the shen device and feathers made of fire grew freely.
The icy blue mo matrix at his neck flashed with eerie light.
Mu Xuan's expression changed slightly.
Mo fighting methods!
She suddenly remembered that Bie Han was a battle general skilled at fighting in both xiuzhe and mo styles. Sin Battalion was also the only battalion that could fight in both styles.
Mu Xuan also knew the strengths and weaknesses of her battalion.
She did not fear the unreasonable attacks of the mo! In her view, the mo fighting tactics were savage, lacked technique, and ultimately were all the same. She did not fear ordinary mo battle generals. While one person with strength could defeat ten with skill, the battle style that focused on variation relied on softness to subdue hardness.
In terms of battle formation transformations, Mu Xuan believed that her battalion was at the top. No battalion was perfect.
While surrounded by fire, Bie Han's heart was as cold as ice.
His obsessive cold demeanor meant that he was always clear-minded no matter the situation.
The battle formation changed again. Threads of sword energies were like an enormous whirlpool. Any strong attacks would be skinned by these sword energies until they disappeared.
Pity, many enemies would forgot that before the battle with the Mo Marshal Alliance's Shang Yu Sheng, Bie Han had never relied on mo fighting tactics to become a top battle general.
Battle formation variations were also one of the weapons that Bie Han was skilled in.
Bie Han's gaze was completely cold, his lips curving icily. Having let go of his burdens, Bie Han was still obsessive, still mad, but was also calmer.
He reached out and pointed in the air at the center of the sword energy whirlpool
The surging power exploded at his fingertip.
A blinding red light fell like a comet towards the center of Mu Xuan's battalion. It did not stop there. The other fingers on Bie Han's hand tapped in the air as though he was playing an instrument.
Four even smaller red dots of light flew towards the corners of the
whirlpool, positioning themselves in a formation.
Five Star Formation Break!
Translator Ramblings: Can you imagine this story if Wei Sheng and Lin Qian were on the same side? That would have been a one-sided battle.
Chapter 904: Bie Han Vs Mu Xuan
Bie Han's journey of becoming a battle general was more difficult than most stories suggested. People only heard that Xuan Kong Temple had two outstanding geniuses, one called Jiang Zhe and the other Bie Han. However, only a rare few knew of the truth.
Bie Han had displayed his talents very early on, but his sensitive heritage became an obstacle for him learning more. Therefore, he could only learn and model tactics and strategies on his own. He was like a lonely genius that learned through repeated trial and error, discarded in a corner.
His obsessiveness and cold demeanor had formed during that time.
Even later while he was leading Sin Battalion, other than receiving the right to read the battle general jade scrolls, no one taught him, and no one conversed with him.
However, he was like all of the silent and stoic geniuses. He did a simple thing repeatedly.
Battle formations were one of the things he studied the most thoroughly, and one of the few things he could study. He had studied all the battle formations variations in the jade scrolls that Xuan Kong Temple allowed him to read. He was not satisfied with memorizing them, he had started to deconstruct each one, model and try to understand them from the source.
Sin Battalion became his experimental subjects, and the way to test if he was correct.
He had found many solutions to formations that other people did not know.
The Five Star Formation Break was one of those.
This method did not come from any jade scroll. This was a simple and effective way to resolve, developed after reading and synthesizing a large number of battle formations.
This was the first time he used it in combat.
The five dots of light seemed to slowly enter the whirlpool. The constantly moving whirlpool suddenly stilled.
Mu Xuan was astounded. What was this?
This whirlpool sword formation was one of her best sword formations. This had never occurred before in past battles. Even the most powerful attacks would be dissolved in the sword formation.
This was … …
She could feel that there seemed to be an invisible barrier that separated the sword energies from each other. She almost didn't believe her eyes. How was it possible? The reason that the whirlpool sword formation was powerful was because the sword energies were connected in a special way. They could attract and repel each other. The sword energies formed a sticky field between them.
Water was only powerful when it was flowing.
Once it slowed down, its power greatly decreased.
What were those five dots of light … …
As the sword energies flowed slower and slower, Mu Xuan's expression became ugly. She immediately decided and shouted, "Three Charge Sword Formation!"
The battle formation that had been in the shape of a whirlpool suddenly scattered. The battle formation rippled as though it was water, each layer rhythmically opening and closing.
Suddenly the sword xiu at the very back of the battle formation released sword energies.
From the back of the battle formation, they started to release sword energies. The waves gathered. When the sword energies appeared at the front of the formation, the sword energies were a furious wave!
Woosh!
The angry wave formed out of thousands of sword energies released a sound that made people tremble.
Bie Han was expressionless. How could he not recognize a foundational formation like the Three Charge Sword Formation? Three Charge Sword Formation, with each wave being stronger than the last, and the waves were connected. When the first wave reached the enemy, the third wave would have been prepared.
One wave after another rushing forth, each wave stronger than the last. Simple, but at Mu Xuan Battalion's skill level most people would panic at the continuous onslaught.
Each sword xiu in Mu Xuan's sword battalion was outstanding. The sword energies they released were condensed and powerful. Their actions could be called perfect, and they were accurately controlled.
The gathering of almost ten thousand sword energies was not disorganized at all.
Bie Han knew what Mu Xuan thought. Mu Xuan was preying on the fact that Sin Battalion did not have many people. Three Charge Sword Formation not a clever sword formation. Its strength relied on the number of people and the training.
Mu Xuan Battalion had the advantage of numbers. As one of Kun Lun's top battalions, she had been able to easily form a large battalion out of Kun Lun's powerful sword xiu system. If she did not have a preference for female xiu, the size of her battalion could have been larger. Unlike Xue Dong, Mu Xuan did not pick the strongest sword xiu, but emphasized the sword xiu's ability to obey orders and their discipline. Her battalion was easy to replenish, and due to this, her numbers were high.
She had suffered a small loss at Gongye Xiao Rong's hands only a short while ago but she had still easily supplemented her numbers to almost ten thousand people.
Bie Han was not affected. A fight between top battalions did not depend on numbers.
Facing the howling sword energy waves, Bie Han was expressionless. He suddenly moved and charge towards the howling sword energy waves. Sin Battalion spread out silently behind him.
He chopped with his hand.
The red hand energy was like a blade.
Sin Battalion all chopped with their hands in unison.
The thousands of red hand energies flew like birds into the hand energy Bie Han released.
The energy suddenly multiplied exponentially in size and roared intimidatingly as it faced the sword energy waves.
One blue energy, one red energy. One surging powerfully, one razor sharp.
Bie Han's next move made people jump in fright.
Charging at the formation!
He led Sin Battalion and drew out threads of red energy in the air to follow closely behind the red hand energy and charged.
Was this person crazy?
Mu Xuan stilled and almost exclaimed in shock. If the two waves of power collided head on, it would explode. Wasn't charging at this time seeking death?
The power of a shen power collision at such a strength was enough to flatten a town. Even Sin Battalion would die if they were in range of the clash.
Bie Han was moving with his back slightly bent. Sin Battalion moved the same way he did. They followed closely behind Bie Han in their battle formation.
If this was at any other place, Mu Xuan would find it clownish and laughable, but right now, she couldn't laugh.
Because he was Bie Han.
Mu Xuan's eyes were wide. She didn't even dare to blink.
When she saw what happened next, she almost didn't believe her eyes.
Hiss!
Like thick cloth tearing, the reddened blade seemed to slice through butter. The flaming red energy easily cut through the first sword energy wave.
Bam!
When the red energy cut through the sword energy wave, the sword energy wave exploded like a pillow stuffed with feathers. Tens of thousands of sword energies exploding like feathers made a spectacular scene.
That "bam" was not loud but it was akin to thunder in Mu Xuan's ears.
She looked dazedly at the sword energise shooting into the sky. They were completely out of control, he had disrupted her attack so easily.
How was it possible … … how was it possible … …
The scene in front of her completely upended all of her knowledge. She had never heard of this counter against the Three Charge Sword Formation.
A term jumped into her mind: deconstruction!
Yes, it was deconstruction!
The sword energy wave was deconstructed in moments!
That was why there was no explosion!
The uncontro
lled sword energies entered Bie Han's battalion. Sin Battalion lit up with light. At the center of the battle formation, an enormous white lotus appeared and slowly spun. It gave off faint walls of light. The sword energies only created small ripples when they hit the curtains of light.
Mu Xuan recognized this battle formation. A classic defense battle formation from Xuan Kong Temple, Wood Lotus Protector!
Mu Xuan was astounded but the battle did not pause at all.
The icy blue mo matrix on Bie Han's face suddenly lit up. The fiery blade in front of him made an extremely small tilt.
Hiss!
Bam!
The sounds were the same as before, and the effects were the same.
The second wave of sword energies were immediately broken down. The sword energies filled the sky.
Hiss! Bam!
The third sword energy wave arrived quickly after and almost reached Bie Han at the same moment the second wave did, however, it was not of any threat to Bie Han.
Mu Xuan's heart felt a chill. She smelt the scent of danger.
She felt a thread of terror at Bie Han's skill in battle formations. She had never thought that there would be a day that she would be defeated in the field she was best in.
Bie Han's understanding of the Three Charge Sword Formation was greater than hers. She could not do what he did.
She knew that Bie Han's fire blade had to have been aimed at the crucial point of the sword energy wave to have such stunning effects. However, while she understood it, she still felt great fear. That wave was made from almost ten thousand sword energies. They were more than tens of thousands of changes occurring in one instant.
He was able to find the weakness of the sword energy wave among such complex changes!
She could not do it!
However, there was no time for her to think. Bie Han had closed the distance between them.
If this was a few moments ago, she would have been overjoyed. Their most effective move was to use the sword formation to trap the enemy. But now, she lost all confidence. Would the sword formation be able to trap the enemy?
She didn't dare to think deeply about this question.
She forced herself to calm down. The long sword in her hand waved down. The battalion spread out around her in response.
