The Blade-Wielding Legend

"Fire!"

Chen Qianhu roared with eyes wide open, fiercely brandishing the Order Flag in his hand.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang——!

The deafening sounds of artillery fused into one, like rolling thunder crushing over the snowfield.

From the cannon muzzle spewed long tongues of fire, and thick smoke spread instantly. Dense solid iron bullets and explosive shells, akin to deadly iron rain with a piercing whistling sound, fiercely slammed into the enemy formations charging down the hillside.

Squish! Crack!

Ah—!

Flesh and blood flew, dismembered limbs scattered everywhere!

The charge was abruptly halted by the sudden and fierce artillery fire, and the carefully organized formation was instantly torn open with several huge gaps.

Screams, wails replaced the cries of the charge.

The mighty bodies of the Rashan appeared particularly vulnerable under the artillery fire, and the full armor of the Japanese Samurai was unable to withstand the high-speed, flying iron sand and shrapnel.

"Now! Move!"

Wang Daoxuan’s hair and beard flared out, the Daoist robe flapping in the wind and snow.

He made a mantra gesture with both hands, chanting words continuously, several talismans flashing with golden light flew from his hands, immediately stirring up a tempest, sweeping snow towards the enemy formations, further exacerbating the chaos.

"Go!" Long Yan’er, with a stern face, lightly snapped her fingers, a few nearly imperceptible specks of dust floated with the wind, precisely falling into several Japanese Ninja teams attempting to organize a counterattack.

The next moment, those ninjas suddenly became stiff and sluggish, their eyes fuzzy, unexpectedly swinging their knives indiscriminately, unable to distinguish friend from foe.

Sha Lifei moved like a phantom along the battlefield’s edge, each shot from his flintlock gun accurately claimed the life of an enemy leader or gunner.

Wu Ba roared, like a human beast; his enormous iron fist glove swung, each sweep crushing bones and muscles of towering Rashan men, forcibly carving out a bloody path within the enemy formations.

Lv San’s Poison Bee Swarm buzzed loudly, specially targeting gaps in armor and exposed skin to sting...

The originally superior ambush troops, now losing the advantage of a surprise attack, and faced with fierce artillery and precise assault from Mystical Sect experts, saw their morale plummet instantly.

Especially the Japanese Samurai and Ninja, who were innate at stealth, assassinations, and small-scale skirmishes, faced with such head-on positional battles and relentless firearms cover, their psychological defenses were the first to collapse.

"Damn it! Can’t hold on anymore!"

"Retreat! Quick, retreat!"

"Rashan brutes, blocking the way! Move aside!"

Terror spread like a plague.

The Japanese began fleeing desperately, attempting to escape this meat grinder of a battlefield.

Their retreat inevitably collided with and impeded the Rashan formations still trying to press forward.

"Curse those shorties! Don’t block the way!"

"Cowards! Kill them!"

Language barriers, mixed targets, compounded panic.

The originally allied forces instantly fell into chaos.

Rashan Officer Bavier roared furiously, attempting to cut down deserters and reorganize the troops with his war axe, but the chaos had become an uncontrollable fire, impossible to suppress.

On the Great Xuan Army’s side, under Daoist Qingyuan’s Daoist Skill stabilizing the formation and boosting morale, Chen Qianhu’s determined command, along with powerful support from Wang Daoxuan, Long Yan’er, and other extraordinary individuals, the military formation formed by two thousand elite troops was as steady as a rock.

Firearms Soldiers fired in rotation, long spear soldiers advanced like a forest, sword and shield soldiers protected the wings, cooperating seamlessly, advancing step by step.

Though fewer in number, they occupied the dominant position with high morale, strict discipline, sharp firearms, and profound auxiliary.

The chaotic enemy forces were gradually segmented, surrounded, and annihilated.

The battle lasted for about an hour.

Across the snowfield, corpses littered everywhere, crimson blood seeped into the white snow, quickly freezing in the cold wind, forming patches of striking dark red ice.

The sounds of battle and artillery gradually thinned out, eventually replaced by the groans of the injured and the distressful pleas of the captives.

Among three thousand ambush troops, those who died were dead, those who were wounded were wounded, and nearly a thousand remaining completely lost their fighting spirit, dropped their weapons, knelt to surrender, were strung together with ropes by Great Xuan soldiers, hanging their heads in dejection.

The Rakshasa Officer Bavier had his leg shattered by a shell from Wu Ba’s cannon, and was dragged out like a dead dog; several Japanese ninja leaders who attempted to flee were also cornered and captured by Sha Lifei’s firearms and Lv San’s Poison Bees.

Meanwhile, over in the direction of the Kuerka Guard Station, that space restricted by the Divine Power of the Five Dao General remained shrouded in gray-blue cold fog.

The layers of ice stacked like a coffin, sealing the entire garrison tightly.

Inside, the sound of dull impacts and angry roars kept echoing; cracks spread across the ice but were quickly mended by the cold air, indicating that the Outer Realm Evil God was still struggling madly, trying to break free from its cage.

However, the Five Dao General’s Divine Power was like the toughest spider web, firmly trapping it inside, allowing no room for it to advance or retreat, unable to shake it in the slightest.

The once arrogant Evil God was now truly a turtle trapped in a jar...

"Senior, why not kill it?"

Li Yan, puzzled in his heart, could not help but ask.

He didn’t think that the Five Dao General was incapable of destroying it.

"It’s useless."

In the darkness, a deep voice sounded, "What’s left here is just a shell, its original Divine Soul is not here, seemingly under control."

The voice of the Five Dao General carried a hint of cold killing intent, "In the past, nothing was this bold, it’s likely someone is testing us."

"Find out who’s causing trouble, we’ll... find you tonight..."

As soon as the words fell, the aura rapidly vanished.

The darkness surrounding the Yin Department Soldiers also quickly sank underground.

Of course, the Five Dao General isn’t entirely indifferent.

Li Yan could feel the presence lingering in the garrison was rapidly weakening under constant blows, something they were completely able to handle.

"Young Hero Li!"

Just then, Chen Qianhu came running over, panting heavily, wiping blood from his face, and asked, looking at the garrison, "What’s the situation over there?"

"Don’t worry, I’ll handle it."

Li Yan shook his head and stepped forward with Wang Daoxuan and others, first setting up an altar and then smashing the ice shell.

"Wandering souls float, why stay in place, the three souls have early departed, the seven spirits come to the riverside, temples, villages, court, prisons, cemeteries, forests, false alarms of weirdness, lost True Soul..."

Wang Daoxuan recited the Soul Capturing Spell, while Li Yan held the Thunder Astral to suppress the array. Under their combined efforts, a cold black smoke surged out from the ice cracks, bound within a Black Pottery Jar.

Li Yan planned to find time to use the Fengdu Examination Summoning Technique to figure out this creature’s roots and the mastermind behind it.

Indeed, for now, the most pressing matter was to inquire about intelligence...

...

Chen Qianhu wiped the snow foam from his face and pointed to the unfolded simple map, his voice low and sombre, "Young Hero Li, everyone, the current movement of the court’s army is indeed perplexing."

His rough fingers heavily jabbed at the spot representing the Korean Peninsula.

"According to the original strategy, our Great Xuan military forces are divided into two routes. One route is led by the Denglai Navy as the main force, paired with the elite camp head, crossing the sea to directly take the Four Islands of Japan."

"The other main force consists of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and selected elite troops within the pass, pressuring from the Yalu River, strategizing to subdue Goryeo in one fell swoop."

He paused, his brows knotted into a frown, his fingertip drawing a heavy circle over that area. "But this Goryeo route... has encountered a major setback!"

"That Zhao Changsheng, a demon of Jianmu, truly employs sinister and ruthless tactics. He has activated the ’Yin Yang Inversion Array’ in the heart of Goryeo, and now more than half of Goryeo has become a ghostly siege unapproachable by the living!"

"During the day, harsh Yin winds blow, the fog blinds one’s eyes, and those alive lose their way; at night, a hundred demons run rampant, evil spirits and monsters roam everywhere; ordinary swords and firearms hardly harm these formless, intangible ghosts!"

Chen Qianhu’s voice carried suppressed anger, "More problematic is that the Japanese have harnessed ghostly soldiers and horses, exploiting this ghostly siege’s cover, to appear and disappear unpredictably!"

"They avoid direct confrontation with our main forces, opting instead to target supply routes, scouts, and frontier outposts. They either disturb the camp with ghostly wails at night, transform into human shapes to mix in, or employ Mountain Spirits and Water Monsters to harass."

"Though our soldiers possess tiger-like courage, facing these unseen and intangible ambushes, they are left breathless, defenseless. Several forward garrisons and grain stations have suffered significant losses from poison-handed tactics."

He sighed heavily, his finger moving to the side of our border along the Yalu River, "Currently, this main force is firmly pinned at the frontier line!"

"Advancing risks rashly entering that ghostly aura-infested perilous land, afraid of ambush and excessive losses; retreating fears those ghostly entities and Japanese ghostly soldiers taking advantage and harassing our border townsfolk."

"The court is currently gathering experts from the Mystical Sect, trying to break this ghostly array, otherwise, this Goryeo route will be thoroughly stalled..."

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