Chapter 369: A Supreme Martial Master (4)
Techniques that incorporate armor are exceedingly rare.
In the vast world of martial arts, there are only three widely recognized martial disciplines that specialize in them.
The Beast Clans of the North, the Imperial Army, and the Ten Gates of Sichuan.
Though the martial artists of the world enjoy the order established by the empire, they shamelessly wield blades without proper qualifications. Yet even such sword-carrying paled in comparison to the audacity of wearing armor—an act that bordered on treason.
That was precisely why the Ten Gates had come to be known as the Thirteen Demonic Heavens.
They had taken in a retired grand general, a former pillar of the northern front, as their leader. Using his military connections, political cunning, and the isolated geography of Sichuan, they had found a way to circumvent imperial law.
And thus, the Peerless Grandmaster of the Ten Gates forged a martial discipline dedicated to armored combat.
A supreme martial art that allowed the Ten Gates to stand as an equal to the Tang Clan and the two great orthodox sects of Sichuan, and even rival the Pure Devil Sect.
A heavy silence followed.
The Tang Clan, Ten Gates, Qingcheng Sect, Emei Sect, and the Pure Devil Sect.
Even in the treacherous lands of Sichuan, these were towering figures—each a master of supreme martial prowess. None among them were strangers to battle formations.
And all of them had witnessed the same thing.