Chapter 1010: Pitched Battle! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Two!”
As Duwu Sili's countdown reached 'two', the atmosphere grew even more solemn. Nobody moved, but an invisible tension began to spread through the air. Everyone's eyes turned sharp, all signs of relaxation vanishing. At this moment, Wang Chong suddenly removed the third and last sheet of paper from his bosom.
The snow-white paper was extremely thin. Under the sunlight, one could faintly make out lines upon lines of handwriting.
Duwu Sili blinked for a moment. He seemed to be forced to look over by some invisible attractive force, and many others turned to look with him.
Formation phenomena!
Only by obtaining this last sheet of paper would the secret be truly complete. Formation phenomena represented the supreme realm of formations. This was not some simple mantra or powerful formation. If one could comprehend its secrets, the famed Celestial Wolf Illusory Formation of the Western Turks would reach an even higher level and be capable of creating its own formation phenomena.
At that time, the Celestial Wolf Cavalry were certain to be even more unstoppable!
And the Great Scarlet Sun Formation of Ü-Tsang was on the same level of the Celestial Wolf Illusory Formation, having not reached that highest level. The secret of the formation phenomena would also allow the Tibetans to raise the formation to an even higher level and create formation phenomena belonging to the Great Scarlet Sun Formation! No one could resist this sort of temptation.
”Great Minister!”
Far back in the rear, several zhang from Huoshu Huicang and Dusong Mangpoje, Huoba Sangye blinked and licked his lips in desire.
Although he had come to wipe out the Wushang Cavalry, take his revenge, and maintain the reputation of the Ü-Tsang Empire's cavalry, if he could get the secrets of formation phenomena and bring his Great Scarlet Sun Formation to an even higher level, why wouldn't he? After all, the Tibetan Plateau also had legends of supreme formations!
”One!”
The final moment had arrived.
In this tense atmosphere, Wang Chong, Duwu Sili, Gao Xianzhi, Huoshu Huicang, and all the others were like taut bowstrings, their muscles all tightening up.
Bang!
The air thundered. The first to move was not Duwu Sili, but Wang Chong. In a flash of white light, the final sheet of paper broke free of Wang Chong's palm. However, this paper was not fired at Duwu Sili, but at an angle, in a direction where no one was present.
Duwu Sili's eyes widened as he followed the paper. He seemed calm on the surface, but he had unwittingly begun to show a tiny hint of tension. He could see that there was a ball of light in Wang Chong's hand, aimed at the paper in the air, ready at any moment to destroy this last part of the secrets pertaining to formation phenomena.
Bang!
With a flick of his wrist, Duwu Sili almost immediately pushed Chen Bin from the back of his horse.
”Wang Chong! I give you your man and you give me the secret of formation phenomena!”
As his voice rumbled through the air, Duwu Sili also tossed Chen Bin at an angle, in almost the complete opposite direction from where Wang Chong had thrown the paper. If Wang Chong wanted to save Chen Bin, he would not have the time to destroy the third paper recording the secrets of formation phenomena. Similarly, if Duwu Sili wanted the formation phenomena, he could not kill Chen Bin.
It was clear that both Wang Chong and Duwu Sili had thought about this point.
Boom!
In flashes of light, Wang Chong and Duwu Sili both shot into the air. One lunged at Chen Bin while the other lunged at the third sheet of paper. Clashes of experts were decided in mere seconds, and for experts of their level, far, far too much could happen in a single second. The urgent task at hand was to get their hands on what they had come for.
”Wang Chong! Eat my halberd!”
Duwu Sili rejoiced to see Wang Chong lunge at Chen Bin. The moment the two passed by each other, when they were at their closest, Duwu Sili immediately poured all his Stellar Energy into his black halberd and fired off a furious black dragon at Wang Chong. At almost the same moment, the air howled as Wang Chong transformed into the Godking Yama. Bang! One of its left palms blocked the attack from Duwu Sili's black halberd while the enormous vajra pestle in one of its right hands swung at Duwu Sili.
”Move!”
In this moment, Wang Chong and Duwu Sili were far from the only ones to take action. Shamask and Chekun Benba had been staring at Duwu Sili's left hand this entire time, and when they received the signal, these two Brigadier Generals of the Western Turkic Khaganate jumped at Chen Bin like hungry tigers.
The more Wang Chong cared about him, the more obvious it was that Chen Bin was extremely important. Moreover, if they killed Chen Bin, they would deal a massive blow to the morale of the Tang army. For this reason, it was worth it for the two of them to strike as one and kill Chen Bin.
”Shameless! You would dare!”
With a furious roar, Cheng Qianli shot out from Wang Chong's side, his eyes flashing with cold light as he rushed to Chen Bin. The battlefield instantly became extremely tense. But the greatest variable in this transaction was still the ever-silent Gao Xianzhi.