Chapter 256: Monstrous killing aura (1/2)
Chapter 256: Monstrous killing aura
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”Fang Zhengzhi, since you have showed yourself, you will die today!” THe black faced general’s voice turned icy.
He knew that he had passed the point of no return.
Activating his troops was his last resort.
However, it was either his life or Fang Zhengzhi’s. What choice did he have?
Right now, he had a few deputies and a thousand soldiers behind him. No matter how powerful Fang Zhengzhi was, he could not go up against an army.
The result was final!
When the villagers heard the ‘boom’, their expression changed. They knew that this was from the soldiers surrounding the village.
How could one man face off against an army?
”Zhengzhi, bring Houde and Xuelian with you. Leave the rest to us!” Zhang Yangping stood up and straightened his back.
There was no retreat for them.
”Leave them to us!”
”And me!”
”Me too!”
All of the villagers were riled up after hearing Zhang Yangping’s words. They gripped their homemade weapons tightly.
This time, they were all prepared to shed blood.
The black faced general squinted as he felt increasingly unsettled.
The deputy next to him was all the more nervous. Even though the army was strong, that did not mean that they could do whatever they wanted. The Great Xia Dynasty was a lawful society.
Massacre an entire village?!
That was something that was completely unheard of.
Even the robbers who roamed the woods would not dare to commit such a heinous act. Massacring a village would alert the highest in the land. By then, even their backer will not be able to save them.
”General, this...” The deputy retreated subconsciously when he saw the riled up villagers.
”With things as they are, only the death of Fang Zhengzhi can quell this rebellion!” The general knew that this all started with Fang Zhengzhi, and it had to end with him.
”Yes sir!” The deputy nodded. He had been trained to follow orders, and the general had just given him one. Furthermore, he had no better option.
The black faced general wanted to kill Fang Zhengzhi as quickly as possible. Fang Zhengzhi wanted to do the same. He would never let the villagers get hurt.
Fang Zhengzhi leapt into action.
There was some distance between the square and the entrance. This distance was his best chance.
He lifted the traceless sword, its purple light glowing radiantly. A tsunami appeared above Fang Zhengzhi’s head, converging on the Traceless Blade.
Hum!
The sword began to hum constantly.
”Watch the Yellow River descend from heaven. It converges with the vast sea and never returns!” Fang Zhengzhi murmured as he swung the Traceless Sword.
This was the second move he had learnt on the ice wall.
”Unending Flow!”
The first technique concentrated all his power into a single point, and was ideal for a sneak attack. On the other hand, his second technique was continuous.
It was perfect for this scenario.
”Together!” The black faced general was still reeling from his previous engagement with Fang Zhengzhi. He threw chivalry aside as he commanded his deputy to join forces with him.
The deputy was stunned to hear that. Even though the general had gotten the shorter end of the stick previously, he had attributed it to Fang Zhengzhi’s sudden burst of power.
Even if the advanced Heavenly Reflection State general could not wreck Fang Zhengzhi, he should not need to combine forces to subdue him.
He may have been taken aback, but he did not hesitate. Neither did he underestimate his opponent.
Every battle hardened soldier knew the dangers of a battle.
He raised his sword and a humongous mountain appeared in mid air. He was the only deputy to be in the Heavenly Reflection State.
Since Fang Zhengzhi had used the water element, he decided to use the mountains. As wood, he could ensure stability and aid fire.
The black faced general had partnered with this deputy for many years. He knew exactly what his deputy was trying to do. He planned to combine their attacks.
He had been using the fire lion on the battlefield for many years.
For the deputy, choosing wood was the natural choice.
”Woosh!”
His blade swept through the air and a column of flames shot skyward. As it interacted with the mountains, its intensity and power was augmented. It grew to a size many times larger than when it had faced Fang Zhengzhi before.
”Go to hell!” The black faced general chopped down. The lion roared maniacally and lunged towards the tsunami.
All the villagers were captivated as they watched the battle unfold. Where else could they watch such an intense battle? It looked like two ferocious beasts engaging in a duel to the death. In fact, it was probably even more intense and terrifying.
All of the villagers were anxious to see the result.
No one knew who would emerge victorious.
Their eyes were fixated on that tsunami and the ferocious fire lion. Then, the two attacks clashed.
”Boom!”
Within moments, the lion was absorbed by the tsunami. It struggled in the water, its flames on the brink of being extinguished.
The black faced general flushed. He felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a tsunami. He spat out a mouthful of blood uncontrollably.
The deputy suffered a worse fate. He looked like a broken kite as he was sent flying by the impact. He paled as blood spewed from his mouth. He simply could not control his body anymore.
”Plonk!” The deputy fell to the ground, making a huge crater as he did so.
A ray of purple light shot out from Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes. The Traceless Sword’s purple aura rose, morphing into a dragon like creature. It danced on the tip of the sword.
A powerful force gushed out from the blade and entered Fang Zhengzhi’s body. The hatred within him grew as his killing intent was augmented. The world was now purple through his eyes.
”Kill!”
He chopped down and the purple glow morphed into a white crashing wave as it approached the general.
The general was paralyzed by fear. He had expected Fang Zhengzhi to be powerful, but he never thought that Fang Zhengzhi would be this ridiculously powerful.
How can this man be a nascent stage Heavenly Reflection cultivator?