Chapter 364: Breaking Army (Finale)
Deep within the reeds.
Zhang Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground, the Taowu Saber placed horizontally across his knees.
This Profound Soldier was awakening, with blood patterns appearing on the surface of the blade, and the Sword Aura flickering unpredictably.
Yesterday, Zhang Yuan had used it to slaughter the Jing civilians on a battlecruiser, and the Blood Evil Qi acquired not only fully replenished its essence but also promoted the ascension of the weapon’s spirituality.
Zhang Yuan could feel it was about to undergo a transformation!
Suddenly, the Taowu Saber trembled, the blade humming, and the Sword Aura shattered and danced erratically.
Zhang Yuan’s eyes narrowed as he reached out to grab it.
In response, the Profound Soldier leaped up on its own, the handle landing perfectly in Zhang Yuan’s palm.
In an instant, he and the Taowu Saber formed a profound connection of the Divine Soul, perceiving all its spiritual thoughts.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Yuan extended his left hand forward.
Holding the saber in his right hand, he placed the blade on his left palm.
With force, he sliced!
Although Zhang Yuan’s Six Harmonies Qilin Body had already been cultivated to the Realm of Minor Achievement, with tissues far tougher than before and greatly enhanced defense capabilities.
Yet under the edge of the Profound Soldier, the web of his hand was still instantly cut open.
Bright red blood gushed out.
Unfazed, Zhang Yuan infused the Profound Soldier with an intention to thoroughly soak the blade in his blood.
To complete the final blood ritual!
Under Zhang Yuan’s gaze, his blood silently merged with the Taowu Saber, completely absorbed by it.
The blood patterns on the blade interwove, forming designs similar to a Talisman.
Threads of blood light streamed out.
In the next moment, Zhang Yuan stood with the saber, and the crimson Sword Aura instantly illuminated the center of his brow.
Boom!
A torrent surged into Zhang Yuan’s consciousness in an instant.
He held his mind firm, his resolve as solid as rock.
After an unknown amount of time, blood-red characters gradually emerged in Zhang Yuan’s sea of consciousness.
These characters, filled with intense Blood Evil Qi, formed segments, eventually crafting a saber technique’s secret.
The name of the saber technique: Breaking Army.
Breaking Army Saber Technique!
Zhang Yuan exhaled a long breath, opening his tightly closed eyes.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan felt that the Taowu Saber in his hand was like an extension of his own body.
Inseparable from each other.
Most of this Profound Soldier’s secrets had already been unveiled to him.
The first thing Zhang Yuan obtained was the complete secret of the Breaking Army Saber Technique!
The Breaking Army Saber Technique, as its name implies, is a saber technique that sweeps through thousands of soldiers and breaks enemy formations, its greatest strength lies in being able to shatter the power of battle arrays and cut down generals among vast armies.
Under normal circumstances, even high-tier Martial Artists dare not challenge the military formations head-on.
Because the battle arrays formed by elite warriors can gather a fierce and strong imposing Qi, significantly suppressing high-tier Martial Artists, greatly weakening their fighting spirit and combat effectiveness.
A battle-hardened elite force can even deter entities above Tier Six!
Moreover, the commanders can leverage the power of these arrays to counter-kill opponents of higher realms.
There are plenty of such examples in history.
But wielding the Taowu Saber to employ the Breaking Army Saber Technique allows one to counter the power of battle arrays, even to forcefully shatter them.
The name Breaking Army is derived precisely from this!
Of course, with Zhang Yuan’s current Tier Five cultivation, even with the support of the Profound Soldier and saber technique, hoping to "cut down the enemy general among vast armies" is undoubtedly still far off.
The higher his realm becomes, the more powerful the Breaking Army Saber Technique will be.
This saber technique is of such a profound level, greatly surpassing the Nine Blades of Wind and Cloud, incredibly harmonious with the Taowu Saber’s arcane capabilities.
It can be cultivated to well beyond Tier Six!
And the saber technique secret remained hidden within the blade, only to be unveiled upon meeting certain conditions.
The previous Sword Master of the Taowu Saber failed to achieve this before perishing.
It is only in Zhang Yuan’s hands that this Profound Soldier has truly shone!
Zhang Yuan stood up abruptly, the Taowu Saber sweeping out in front.
The crimson Sword Aura instantly surged, leveling the front rows of reeds to fine dust.
The saber momentum charged fiercely forward, stretching instantly to ten paces, fifty paces, a hundred paces...
Where the Sword Aura reached, everything burned, countless lush, tall reeds were set ablaze, flames bursting towards the sky.
Several miles away, within the Three Families Alliance Army besieging Golden Sand Island, many noticed the anomaly that had just arisen.
Immediately, several fast boats carrying elite samurai sped towards this direction.
But by the time the barbarians reached the reeds, they found fierce flames and scorching heatwaves ahead.
Whatever anomaly had been there was now impossible to find!
Several fast boats patrolled the vicinity for two laps, without making any discovery.
Reluctantly, they returned.
In the subsequent two days, the Wuqi Tribe, Jing civilians, and Great River Gang’s Three Families Alliance completed their final siege preparations.
Failing to persuade surrender, they launched an aggressive assault.
Arrows soared into the sky, stones filled the air, countless fierce barbarians charged towards the high and solid city walls with ladders, only to be shot down.
Boom!
An improvised siege wagon pushed to the front was struck by a boulder, collapsing instantly.
Wails of agony echoed relentlessly.
Yet the gruesome losses not only failed to intimidate the barbarians but rather inflamed their ferocity and bloodlust.
Dozens of agile figures leaped from the assaulting crowd, quickly closing in on the base of the walls.
They dodged the arrows shot from above, suddenly vaulting high, climbing the wall in one swift motion.
The gleaming blades ruthlessly swept across the Golden Sand Gang samurai defending the walls.
Blood splattered, and the cheers from the Three Families Alliance were thunderous!
But in the next moment, a spear, like a silver dragon, pierced through the air, abruptly crossing over the wall, impaling a Wuqi expert who had just climbed up.
The strongman of the Golden Sand Gang made his move!
"Kill!"
Within just a brief moment, the battle between both sides intensified to a fever pitch.
Every beat of time saw someone fall, life precious yet insignificant on the brutal battlefield.
One side sought victory, the other to defend their homeland.
There was no room for compromise between them.
Only blood and fire could bring an end!
And the unprecedentedly fierce battle erupting on Golden Sand Island had no impact at all on Zhang Yuan, tens of miles away.
He had already refined the fourth leaf of Qilin Grass and had even stepped into the threshold of the Breaking Army Saber Technique.
Thus, he embarked once more on the offensive.
This time, Zhang Yuan’s target was again a battlecruiser blocking the waterways around Golden Sand Island.
Except this ship flew the flag of the Great River Gang!
Yet to Zhang Yuan, it made no difference.
The Great River Gang was originally a power of the Summer people, yet they turned towards the Southern Barbarians at the most critical moment, placing the Golden Sand Gang in the gravest danger.
In terms of personal sentiment, Zhang Yuan’s loathing and resentment towards the Great River Gang surpassed even that toward the Wuqi Tribe and Jing Clan!
The light boat flew, skimming lightly over the water’s surface.
The distance to the Great River Gang battlecruiser grew ever shorter.
Zhang Yuan stared at the big ship, observing the samurai standing on the bow calling out loudly to him.
His eyes held nothing but icy chill.