Chapter 434: Torn Armor (1/2)

The two met in the air and collided like the legendary mountain in the air in the west of the Wilderness. The terrifying clash from the collision reverberated in the air.

The sharp blood-color huge blade buzzed vibrantly in the air. It looked as if it was about to cleave the blue skies. However, most of the blade attack was blocked by a pair of iron fists.

When the blade broke Xia Hou's iron fists and landed on his body. A golden glint would s.h.i.+ne from Xia Hou's war robes, and the blade would be blocked.

The blood-color huge knife was an invincible weapon belonging to the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine. Even so, it could not pierce through Xia Hou's flesh. Its weight and impact made it into a terrifying hammer, and it landed on Xia Hou in heavy blows.

Xia Hou's iron fists were iron hammers by themselves, and they pummeled incessantly into Tang's chest.

The two powerhouses of the Devil's Doctrine exchanged many bows within a split moment.

They parried many times.

And they collided many times.

They collided once more.

The two mountains suspended in mid-air collided, and then tore apart before colliding again. The thunderous sound from their collision rang across the Wilderness.

The roars of thunder were so close that the flock of sheep lying on the gra.s.s stiffened in terror. They clambered up on four feet in fear and sprinted in all directions.

The girl from the gra.s.sland who fell off from horseback laid on the gra.s.s and stared at the two figures in the skies who looked like deities. She had long been shocked silly and had forgotten about her scattering sheep.

The Tang soldiers who were carrying out their orders held their hands to their ears. They knelt on the gra.s.s with pale faces.

Three lucky soldiers who were awaiting punishment by beheading could not cover their ears as their hands were tied up. They began to bleed from their eyes and noses and died due to the thunderous roar that was the collision of two powerhouses in the sky.

The horses on the meadow clattered in panic.

The loudest roar yet rang on the gra.s.sland, and a strong gust of wind fell upon earth from the sky. Gra.s.s was torn up and blown about. The two figures in the sky broke apart, and each of them retreated ten feet, landing on the gra.s.sland.

There were two clunks that rang at about the same time on the gra.s.sland.

The aggressive aura of both Xia Hou and Tang spread out as they landed on earth. The gra.s.sland beneath their boots caved in and became two pits. The gra.s.s in the pits withered, making the pits look like newly dug graves.

”Enemies attack!”

””There are a.s.sasins!”

The well trained Tang armies were fl.u.s.tered upon facing a powerhouse like the World Wayfarer of the Devil's Doctrine's Front Gate. They emerged from their daze and began to form a defensive line.

The clopping of horse hooves and the sounds of armor could be heard constantly.

Hundreds of Tang elite soldiers donned their armor and rode on their horses in the military camp below the meadow and gathered quickly. They split into two groups and sped out of camp. They quickly gathered around the meadow as they rode out with gra.s.s and dust at their heels.

Along with the sounds of wheels thudding on hard ground, ten heavy crossbow arrows were wheeled out of the camp and aimed at the man on the meadow. A tactical array master began to lay the tactical arrays under the protection of his strong escort servants.

The expression of the Tang cavalry was grave as they looked at the man on the meadow.

They only had one enemy. The Tang army was well-prepared. But they could still sense the danger ahead. The atmosphere on the meadows was heavy with unusual apprehension.

Tang stood in the slightly concaved pit on the meadow. He stood before hundreds of elite Tang riders and numerous crossbow arrows. His expression remained calm and he remained silent as if he did not see anything.

He only had eyes for Xia Hou standing not far away.

Tang still wore his ordinary leather robe. However, the robe was obviously more torn up as compared to those in the past. Some places had already worn away.

His expression was calm, but his face was haggard.

He had helped the senior statesman to lead a tribe to the Central Plains, killing the allied armies over several days. In the recent days, he had attacked Xia Hou for a number of days and fought against the Tang army. He was exhausted even if he was made of steel.

The battle with Xia Hou might have been short, but he was severely injured. There were several tears in his leather robe at his chest and one could vaguely see the blood in them.

The blood-color huge blade in his hands looked a little bit dull.

The Tang army was, without any doubt, the strongest army in the world.

They had conquered the Yan Kingdom in the East and the Wilderness in the North under the direction of General Xiahou in the past few years. They had never failed and were very proud of themselves.

However, they could not be proud before this man.

The Tang army was not afraid of cultivators. They felt that even the strongest cultivator was no different from an ordinary person when attacked by armored cavalry and crossbow arrows.

However, they have never seen a cultivator as powerful as Tang.

The cavalry commander stared at the man in leather robe afar. He said coldly, ”How can we call ourselves the Tang cavalry if we don't kill that freak?”

The hundreds of cavalry below the meadow heard these words and looked grim. They pulled out their podaos from their sheaths and yelled in unison, ”Aye!”

The sound of hundreds of podao pulled out from sheaths at the same time was a majestic song that sung heroically and tragically.

In the days after the war between allied soldiers of the Central Plains and the Desolate Man, the man in leather robe on the meadows appeared by the Tang army seven times.

The Tang cavalry surrounded him and tried to capture him seven times to no avail. Instead, many of their men were killed and the man in leather robe even managed to sneak an attack thrice and ended up before General Xia Hou.

If the General weren't so powerful, he would have been killed by this man.

An ordinary man couldn't be compared to a cultivator, and an ordinary cavalry couldn't be compared to a cultivator either. The Tang army could accept this fact, but they could not accept that they could not even stop this man. They could not accept that they had to depend on the Tang General to defend their camp.

To the proud Tang cavalry, this was the greatest shame.

The sorrowful tune of the military flute rang in the meadows. Almost 800 armored black cavalry got into position slowly. The crossbow arrow and the Tactical Array Masters at the camp moved ten feet forward.

The battle between the strongest cavalry and the strongest cultivator had begun.

”You have become a cowardly villain after betraying the Front Gate. You only know how to hide in your military camps and you only know how to send your men to death.”

Tang said to Xia Hou.

Xia Hou placed his fist before his lips and coughed twice. He held out a hand to stop his subordinates. Then, he raised his head to look at Tang. ”My army has never partic.i.p.ated in the war between tribes. You know why this is so. So I do not understand why you have tried to kill me since last year, and that you'd risk death just to do that.”

Tang took off his fur cap and threw it at his feet. Then, he walked out from the dipped-in spot on the gra.s.s and stood a distance away from Xia Hou. He said, ”Because there are many in the Front Gate waiting for your return.”