Chapter 188: The World's Most Dangerous Pass
lightenment through martial arts.Those mighty sword cultivators were in no way inferior to those skilled in Taoism.Such a sword manual, in the Jianghu would be enough to cause bloodshed. But these two...Jianfeng Mountain is a renowned mountain in the world, towering over three hundred meters high. It sits on the left bank of Yulian River and overlooks the Goose Bird Basin to its right. As the saying goes, "To reach Fengjie Mansion, one must pass Jianfeng Mountain." The Xia Dynasty built a fortified checkpoint here, meticulously operating it for many years, ultimately establishing it as the most formidable fortress in the world.
The whole Jian Feng Mountain has a unique terrain, naturally divided into five levels from the base to the peak. Therefore, it is also known as Tian Tei Mountain.
The real-person Taihua, combining his skill with the terrain, personally designed and oversaw the construction of the five-layered Thick Virtue Bearing Object Formation that encompassed Jianfeng Mountain.
It links the earth's essence in summer with the celestial energy of the nine heavens. By gathering momentum and embodying intention, it suppresses the mountains and rivers of Fengjie.
Once activated, the formation gradually draws upon the power of the Earth's veins, increasing it incrementally until it reaches its peak. At this point, its power is maximized and can unleash terrifying attacks fueled by the Earth's energy.
The immense damage it sustained decreased gradually from its peak to the bottom of the mountain, finally distributed across the earth.
This can be considered a formation that excels in both offense and defense.
Unfortunately, last year he was hit by Jiang Mengxiong's punch and sent flying hundreds of miles down into a chasm, directly crushing the earth veins. This made it impossible for the Five Styles Thick Virtue Bearing Heaven Formation to ever return to its former glory.
Years of hard work, destroyed in an instant.
Xie Zhengwen is a Confucian cultivator who studied at an academy within the borders of Xia Country. Last year, with the opening of the Heavenly Gate, he consolidated his cultivation in the Tenglong Realm.
Nanyu after all is the place where mountains of books are located, thus Confucian influence is very strong.
He had considered studying at the Mugu Book Academy a few years ago, but he was afraid his aptitude wasn't enough to get him in and that it would delay his military career. Later, the idea faded away. He told himself there were paths to be taken within the army. In a few more years, when he got older, if he hadn't made any progress, he would retire and go back home to build a luxurious mansion and keep several beautiful concubines... This would be the life of an ordinary cultivator. It was similar to the retirement fantasies of ordinary people, just like those extraordinary powers that eventually dissipate with time.
Born naked, die as a white sheet.
Last year, he was also on Jian Feng Mountain, under the command of Hua Fangyu, the eldest son of Marquis Jing'an.
To be honest, Jian Feng Shan doesn't know how he lost. He's still baffled to this day.
He was attacked out of the blue, and the clueless commander died. He fled with other panicked soldiers without even knowing how many enemies there were. Judging from the terrified commotion of the fleeing troops, it seemed like there were an army on every hill!
Of course, he had no face to ridicule others.
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At first, when he was assigned to guard Jianfeng Mountain, he didn't think it was a dangerous mission at all.
After all, it has been nearly thirty years since there has been any warfare on Jianfeng Mountain.
This year is the thirty-second year of Shenwu.
In the past, when the State of Qi retreated its army, the Xia Dynasty experienced a period of widespread decline. Despite the celestial phenomena observed at the Jingguo Temple during that time, the Xia court refused to acknowledge the reality of their situation. King Wu led his troops on campaigns across the land, gradually reclaiming lost territory from the fragmented and warring forces surrounding them. By the third year of Emperor Shenmu's reign, all border conflicts had been resolved, and the existing boundaries were solidified.
The later Zhen Guo army was trained after the Jing Guo's help, at the back of Wan Yao Men.
Within the borders, peace has reigned for many years, and the surrounding areas are truly nothing to worry about.
To get to Jianfeng Mountain in eastern Qi, one had to pass through the territories of Guo, Yang, and Hu. How could such a journey go unnoticed
If the Jing Guo's Yitian Guan still exists, how could Qi Guo dare to attack Xia Guo
Even if a real fight broke out, the Xia Kingdom of the Divine Martial era would once again have the power to contend!
The above three points are almost a universal consensus among the military forces of Xia Guo.
Although Xie Weizheng has no qualifications to understand the world's situation, lacks vision and perspective, and even cannot access any useful information. But when bragging with his comrades, he inevitably points fingers at the rivers and mountains. Listing how Qi lost battles and Xia won victories, etc.
Until that battle last year...
Speaking of this Hu Fangyu, he hails from a distinguished family and possesses extraordinary cultivation. In his daily life, he excels at strategizing and deploying troops with meticulous planning. When discussing military affairs, his insights are profound and unparalleled among his peers. In terms of military strategy, few contemporaries can match him, which is why he commands this vital position.
He was, without thinking, foolishly awful at that moment.
In the face of a sudden attack, he was so focused on his own survival that he completely forgot to organize the Sword Peak Mountain defense, losing the fundamental principle of guarding as commander!
Xie Zhengwen wasn't given any orders that night...
The battle formation was merely a pretense, and the armies each for themselves.
The defeated army surged like a tidal wave, once it began to flow, no one could stop it. Decades of effort on Jianfeng Mountain were all left behind in the torrent of fleeing soldiers, leaving only the Qi army.
Later on... it could also be considered "retaking" Jianfeng Mountain.
The real person Taihua died in his own killing formation, blood rained from the sky and fell on the protective mountain formation he had designed himself.
There is truly a kind of fated tragedy!
Then...
Jing'an Hou Hua Hong knelt outside the palace gate, requesting to personally garrison Jianfeng Mountain. He expressed his desire to wash away the disgrace left by his son on the Jing'an Hou mansion, saying: "The shame of the country cannot be died with." The Empress Dowager also agreed.
Xie Zhengwen thus returned to the command of Jing'an Hou and stationed his troops at Jianfeng Mountain again.
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Jing'an Hou's abilities are indeed incomparable to his son.
As a junior officer in the military, Xie Zhengwen has a deep understanding of this.
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When Hu Fangyu was on guard duty, he just felt that every day was routine, eating and drinking according to schedule. He lived for the present, thinking about his retirement life decades later.
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After Hua Hong's arrival, the soldiers’ daily routine didn't change much. However, every effort they made seemed to yield results.
Every day, the troops practiced formations and built fortifications in an orderly and diligent manner. The soldiers were full of energy and morale.
Under the command of Marquis Jing'an, he was confident in facing any enemy.
As for today... the Qixia Great War has begun, with King Min personally stationed at Jianfeng Mountain.
The so-called Yu Li Yang.
The legend of Daxia lives on!
In the era of the Divine Martial Arts, the strongest warriors are most revered by people.
As for those around him, let alone outsiders, all the brothers Xie Zhengwen saw from his own camp were filled with high spirits and confidence. They all believed they could easily defeat the enemy and shouted repeatedly that they would surely break through the enemy lines.
And the day to test morale and imagination has finally arrived.
First, the brothers who were stationed at the trap position scrambled back in disarray. That posture inexplicably reminded him of the early morning when Jianfeng Mountain had fallen.
A ridiculously arrogant fellow, leading the charge in white on the battlefield, with the vanguard troops of Qi's army behind him, their momentum like a surging rainbow, they chased all the way to the foot of the mountain.
On the whole mountain of Jianfeng, there were stationed 30,000 soldiers.
In the order of defense, it is divided into five sections by Wudu Mountain.
Including Xie Zhengwen and the rest of the Jianfeng Mountain defenders, they were about to charge down to deliver a crushing blow, turning that white-clad man into a burial shroud.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
All I could hear was a deafening roar, like thunder rolling from the heavens.
After the vanguard of Qi's army, an endless tide of elite soldiers surged forward...and soon flooded their vision.
For a moment, I couldn't tell where the sea of people ended.
Only after the officer counted the troops did he arrive at the conclusion that the enemy army numbered 100,000.
This is just the vanguard!
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The hundred thousand troops assembled by the Qi army were not a mere empty boast.
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But what's even more terrifying is —
Xie Zhengwen has served in the army for many years, and he is considered a veteran. However, he never knew that an army of 100,000 could change formations so swiftly and advance at such speed.
Even the five thousand rotation of Jianfeng Mountain defenders usually couldn't practice this smoothly!
Those who truly live on the edge of a knife, begging for scraps on the battlefield, of course, can understand this kind of power.
Knowing the strength of one's opponent, one then understands what fear is.
Standing on the towering Swordpeak Mountain, Xie Zhengwen suddenly felt that what he had relied on seemed to be nothing more than a solitary reef in a raging sea. The reef might still be solid, but standing on it, being swallowed up was very easy...
Thankfully, Marquis Jing'an was still Marquis Jing'an. Orders quickly came down from above, concisely rearranging the defenses and ensuring that Xie Zhengwen and his troops wouldn't be left leaderless.
But just arrived at the position - a section of mountain sunny stone seat, that is to say the guardian mountain big array seventy-two small array eyes "cicada cry".
He heard a heavy, stone-splitting boom and looked up in terror. He seemed to see a ship flying through the air!
The boat should travel on the water, but this ship flies in the sky.
Its entire body glistened with a cold, metallic sheen, its outer shell covered in menacing iron spikes, resembling a ferocious, airborne beast.
No, more than one!
A fleet of heavily armored airships, like a flock of geese flying east, approached at terrifying speed!
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The complex array patterns on the surface of the flying vessel suddenly brightened.
The golden power of heaven and earth surged together rapidly, quickly condensing into steel-iron barbed spears that shimmered with a chilling light.
And in a blast of screeching screams, barbed spears rained down from the sky.
For a moment, it was like hailstorm!
"Form your battle lines! Form your battle lines!"
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Xie Zheng heard his own boss shouting like that.
"Tie—"
A spear pierced his body, nailing him to the hillside, silencing his unfinished cries.
These harpoons are not only sturdy and sharp, but also possess a powerful piercing effect.
Xie Zheng witnessed firsthand someone using a defensive spell, but it dissipated in an instant and he was still nailed to death.
The scorching sun flying boat of Yanggu, the dragon fishing boat of Dianghai Building, and the thorny boat of Jueming Island are the three human flying boats that roam the battlefield of the chaotic world.
Among them, the blazing sun boat has the strongest power, the dragon-fishing boat is the fastest, and the thorny boat excels in both attack and defense.
Now these weapons of war have been deployed in the Qi Xia battle, appearing on Jianfeng Mountain.
Xie Zheng felt his legs trembling and his heart pounding, but an unknown surge of power coursed through his veins, making his blood boil!
Perhaps it was the mobilization speech given by Marquis Jing'an the other day.
Perhaps it was the magnificent figure of King Min, standing tall on the mountain peak.
Perhaps...it was from the letter my father sent me yesterday.
He leaped high, with a agility he hadn't even imagined, dodging a javelin that came at him with a wicked angle. He landed beside his fallen commander, and plucked the lieutenant's insignia from his chest.
“I am Xie Zhengwen, a soldier of the Daxia Fengjie Prefecture Army, currently serving as Acting Camp Commander! All brothers, listen to my orders!”
He shouted as he poured Dao Yuan into the token, flipping forward in a somersault, nearly slamming the Bingdoui Token onto the formation stone. With a clang! He activated this "Cicada's Cry" formation eye!
Well! Well! Well!
A massive amount of spiritual energy gathered, emitting an endless chorus of cicada cries, instantly forming a protective shield above Xie Zhengwen.
A steel javelin was about to strike his head, but it was stopped by the aura of "Cicada's Cry".
On the brink of life and death!
The Breaking Law Thorn Gun struggled to advance within the energy shield.
Xie Zhengwen had no time to wipe the sweat from his brow, he jumped up and slashed with his sword, cleaving it in two!
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"Form ranks! Form ranks!" he cried, just like the dead captain of the soldiers.
All the surviving brothers gathered around him, quickly forming a simple five-element array as they practiced, gathering their military might for protection and supporting the operation of the "Cicada Cry" small formation.
This is just a corner of the entire Jianfeng Mountain... but it has already been the entirety of Jianfeng Mountain for many of them.
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In the middle of Jianfeng Mountain, from the perspective of Da Xia Jing'an Hou Hua Hongzhao —
One hundred iron-forged spiky galleys circled around Jianfeng Mountain, raining down sky-splitting spiked spears relentlessly, consuming Dao Yuan Stones without restraint.
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And its landing points were extremely precise, almost all hitting directly at the eye positions, striking at critical spots.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
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Under a volley of arrows, the defenders on Sword Peak Mountain suffered heavy losses.
Clearly, the newly rebuilt Hu Shan Great Formation, with its formation eye repositioned, was still discovered so easily by the Qi people. What went wrong The information from Jian Feng Mountain had become as leaky as a sieve!
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Huahong zhao hated wishing he could personally take action to shoot down a few of the thorny boats, but he knew it would be useless. At this moment, showing his head would be a death sentence, and he wouldn't be able to contribute anything at all.
"Send a team to Er Duan Mountain. The Seventh Small Formation on the mountain's west side is weak and needs reinforcement." The veteran with streaks of gray in his hair gave the order, his voice surprisingly calm.
Taihua Zhenren's creation of the five-sectioned thick virtue bearing object array is indeed extraordinary.
The entire defensive line of mountains was utterly shattered by the sudden and relentless assault of a hundred-strong fleet of spiked boats. Out of seventy-two small outposts, only thirty-three held strong.
Even so, the immense power of the earth veins still converged and surged towards Mount Er Duan.
As the surging energies of heaven and earth flowed, the arrays within the mountains that had been pierced also quickly shone, rising with energy shields.
But just then——
The Autumn Slaughter Army, numbering in the tens of thousands, has charged forward.
A boundless army of phantoms surged into the sky, instantly forming a mighty warrior over twenty zhang tall. He raised a ghost-head sword and aimed it at the formation nodes on Jianfeng Mountain's second peak. Then, with a single swing, he brought his blade down!
The armies of autumn slaughter.
With a single slash of the sword, chaos erupts, severing the protective mountain formation!
The mountain truly shook!
The colossal, menacing warrior instantly crumbled to dust.
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Huahong zhao saw clearly that the ten thousand-man army had quickly changed formation, making way and resting. The second ten thousand troops immediately took their place, inheriting the momentum of the previous army. In an instant, they gathered together, forming a towering warrior twenty-five zhang tall. Wielding identical ghost-head swords and saber blades, it slashed down at Jianfeng Mountain once more!
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The whole process was smooth and elegant, with a sense of flowing beauty.
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The one in command is a true master of warfare, the weighty Xuan Chulian engraved onto the pain of the Xia people!
A terrifying, reinforced slash struck down at the crucial node between the two sections of Jian Feng Shan!
The entire Protective Mountain Array was swaying precariously... but it still hadn't collapsed.
Hua Hongzhao gritted his teeth.
This is not only the power of the Protecting Mountain Grand Formation, but also the united strength of the 30,000 mountain guarding soldiers from Mount Jianfeng!
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He sees what can be seen, and what cannot be seen... all the soldiers are fighting with their own way to the death.
The second army of ten thousand marched down the mountain, and the third army of ten thousand surged forward.
Like a surging tide, it comes and goes again.
There is a peculiar "rhythmic sense" .
The same scene happened again. This time, the army of Autumn Slaughter had formed a formidable warrior with a height of thirty meters. The ghostly saber in his hand was like it could cleave the heavens as it fell heavily!
This is the killing method of a military formation.
Eight Severing Sword of Broken Mountain!
The army of soldiers gathered relentlessly, their numbers swelling day by day.
One peak rises higher than another.
One strike is heavier than a thousand.
Able to split mountains and shatter hills, it can break anything.
The formation at Mount Er Duan was almost shattered.
But Huahongzhào just watched the scene silently, without any action.
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It's not time yet.
With the entire Swordpeak Mountain defense line seemingly exposed to the enemy's grasp, he had to reserve his strength for critical moments.
The immense power drawn from the earth's veins by the Jianfeng Mountain Guardian Formation was met with violent resistance as it surged from the first peak to the second.
This is a test.
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The climb was difficult, but it continued to be difficult.
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Take a look at the overall battlefield.
Hundreds of spike boats are still continuously mobilizing golden force to gather spike guns and launch them.
A ten thousand man army formation was still being assembled, rising and falling like a tide of soldiers, to intercept Yue Ba's slashing saber as it swept across Jianfeng Mountain.
The dense and continuous screeching, the rising and falling booms, shook heaven and earth.
The entire Sword Peak Mountain defensive line was covered by the slaughter of life and death.
And in the distance, within the Qi army's central camp that had halted and remained motionless, inside the chariot where their commander sat, ...
Cao Jie, clad in armor, gazed towards Jianfeng Mountain in the distance. His eyes flickered with a thousand lights as he observed every detail of the battlefield and listened intently to the sounds of war.
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Ever-changing, all is in the heart.
Ruan Qiu stood beside him, his Xingtu Daoist robe billowing in the wind.
"Good! As expected of the Ferocious Butcher!"
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The situation hadn't changed yet, but Cao Jie had clearly seen what he wanted and decisively ordered: "Let General Zhenjun's strategist, Yan Ping, focus on Yu Liyang!"
Yan Ping was in the last chariot of the Ronghong Lou. As he practiced the way of derivation, there was no need for officials to gallop on horseback to deliver orders.
Upon hearing the order, Ling merely opened his eyes within the silent chamber, and he was instantly locked onto that solitary figure atop Jian Feng Mountain in the boundless expanse of the consciousness layer!
And behind the iron battlements, Cao Jie continued, “I want Yu Liyang to know that if he insists on not leaving, I can find an opportunity to kill him today! And I will pay any price for it!”
The usually gentle voice of the Fasha chieftain...now showed dominance!
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Many people understand that because they deeply love Jiang Wang, they are unwilling to see him in distress and unwilling to have him work so hard but still be unable to reap glory.
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