CXnovel Chapter 959 - 814: Shi Chun Is Nearly Done For
Chapter 959 - 814: Shi Chun Is Nearly Done For
"Where are the people? Even Nanshan can gather so many troops; where are our people?"
"What are they doing circling around like that? Spare no cost and charge in to rescue the people..."
On the high platform of the Heavenly Court Central, Manxi's furious voice echoed repeatedly.
Mulan Jin, who had been staring at the mirror image, suddenly spoke up, "Pause the assault to rescue the people."
As soon as these words were spoken, the platform instantly fell silent.
Seeing it was him who spoke, the anger on Manxi's face gradually faded. He approached quickly and asked, "Why did you say that, Commander?"
Mulan Jin gestured with a nod towards the mirror image, "No matter how much cost is spared, the strategy of adding more forces won't break through. Let's not rush to rescue now. Wait until more troops gather, then attack when the opportunity arises."
He pointed to the swarm flying like a flock of birds in the mirror image, indicating the sections that occasionally protruded and then directed the flight path of the entire group, "Wherever the position protrudes, Shi Chun will strike toward that side. Gather our forces and wait; once the strike position is identified, charge in immediately. The response distance should be the shortest, and the likelihood of success should be relatively high."
He was actually reluctant to interfere directly in such a large-scale command, especially after handing over the Mother-child Talisman linking him to Shi Chun after securing his daughter's position. He couldn't bear to watch Manxi's helpless fury any longer.
Of course, the most important thing is that it's still uncertain whether his daughter can safely escape in the end. He doesn't even know where she is, so letting Shi Chun be in danger is unwise.
He wasn't forcing Manxi to comply; he was merely giving advice. Such a crucial response needs a premise that Shi Chun can withstand.
But upon hearing this, Manxi slapped his thigh and readily agreed, "The Commander is indeed wise."
He immediately turned around and started organizing accordingly, leaving Mulan Jin speechless and somewhat suspicious that this guy was doing it on purpose.
After the military orders were issued, the assembly of the Heavenly Court forces happened rapidly or rather smoothly, without encountering any effective obstruction along the way.
After over ten thousand gathered and waited for a while, the opportunity Mulan Jin spoke of finally appeared as the large flock suddenly moved toward them.
The leading man who received uniform orders brandished his sword and roared, "Kill!"
The troops, weighed down by the ironclad order, immediately surged out, and the leading man charged out in unison with them.
In the instant the two sides collided, thunderous explosions erupted continuously, and shouts of fighting and killing echoed incessantly, with blood and flesh flying, and severed limbs whirling around.
Regardless of cultivation levels, high or low, the sword and blade aimed at you that you cannot fend off would hasten your demise. Plus, it was just a rabble; their coordination wasn't very good.
Compared to the regular troops of the Heavenly Court and the Four Great Royal Courts, the forces participating in the Battle of Great Pardon were indeed a mob. They had never received proper training for group battle formations, merely subjected to brief and vague instructions.
As expected by Mulan Jin, they indeed struck a weak spot. With a vigorous charge, the leading man vaguely saw a figure clad in black battle armor fighting valiantly among the crowd ahead.
He immediately employed his magic and shouted, "Shi Chun, over here!"
Shi Chun, who was advancing with blade and sword, seemed to ignore them after discovering them. Turning his body, he charged in another direction instead.
Once again, the vision between both sides was submerged by an endless crowd.
The leading man was stunned, and after fiercely taking down the enemies before him with his comrades, he saw the Nanshan troops had already sidestepped them and moved elsewhere.
The news quickly reached the Heavenly Court Team Central, and Manxi, who initially didn't believe it, was astonished upon repeated confirmation that after seeing the rescue forces, Shi Chun turned around and fled. He asked Mulan Jin, "Doesn't he want to break out? What does he mean by this?"
Mulan Jin frowned deeply, unable to figure out what was happening.
If it were about not wanting to implicate the Heavenly Court forces, given Shi Chun's moral standards, Mulan Jin couldn't believe it even if beaten to death.
For Shi Chun, there was naturally a reason why he didn't want to break out.
His right eye superpower allowed him to see a great deal of dark red mist, which he was familiar with: killing aura!
He had seen killing aura before but had never encountered such a massive and intense killing aura. The immense killing aura wrapped around him, and his Bath Demon Skill was absorbing it joyously.
If it was merely because of the killing aura, he wouldn't hesitate to break out.
The reason was the demonic qi stored within him, used with the spirit pill for meditation cultivation, had already been activated.
The Thunder Sword indeed refined the demonic qi into cultivation rather quickly, but the conversion rate wasn't as efficient as using spirit pills to assist in cultivation, which had been confirmed repeatedly.
Comparatively, the previous method of rapidly enhancing cultivation with the Thunder Sword could be considered a waste of a large amount of demonic qi.
However, it also had clear advantages, notably in the speed of cultivation enhancement.
Perhaps this was the so-called gain and loss, the so-called inability to have both fish and bear's paw.
But he discovered today a method to have both fish and bear's paw.
When the dense killing aura was absorbed into his body and touched upon the stored demonic qi, it quickly ignited a dazzling brilliance, as if a splendid Milky Way had spanned eternity from the deep starry sky to reach above him, settling within his Dantian, like a coordinate pointer in the cosmos, rotating with the stars.
The dark demonic qi, upon integrating with the killing aura, reacted instantaneously like countless starlights twinkling, flickering continuously with the relentless infusion of killing aura.
The integration of killing aura and demonic qi, cycling together like a rotating starry sky.
A 'source', generated from this dynamic operation, spread throughout his entire body, precisely the cultivation claimed by the cultivators.
As the fusion and operation of killing aura and demonic qi continued, 'source' was also being produced continuously.
Simply put, his cultivation was rapidly increasing.
What shocked him most was the speed of cultivation improvement compared to the consumption of Demonic Qi, or rather compared to cultivation with Spirit Pill, the consumption of Demonic Qi was incredibly small, it could be described as a difference of millions of times.
Compared to the consumption of Demonic Qi by Thunder Sword, the difference was even more stark.
The most crucial thing is, this improvement speed is also very fast.
Of course, it's definitely not as fast as the speed of Thunder Sword striking, but the improvement speed was already shockingly fast.
In terms of the progress of sitting and cultivating with Spirit Pill and Demonic Qi, ten years of achievement is equivalent to the current momentary improvement.
And to maintain this constant speed of improvement in cultivation, he had to continuously absorb a large amount of killing aura to sustain it. Shi Chun was very aware that such a scene of overwhelming killing aura, who knows how long it would be until he encounters it again.
Others facing such large-scale siege would quickly exhaust their mana, would be exhausted and defeated, but he not only didn't exhaust his mana, he even improved his cultivation amidst the battle.
As cultivation grows, mana will naturally sprout along with the improvement in cultivation.
The absorption of large amounts of killing aura also continuously reinforces his muscles and bones; amidst the fierce battle, his physical body not only doesn't know fatigue but seems to have limitless energy.
The slight cuts and shattering on his hand were healing at a visible pace.
After confirming the situation, Shi Chun, who was besieged, immediately didn't want to break the siege anymore.
Not only did he not want to break the siege, seeing that the killing aura wasn't dense enough, he even began to take the initiative to attack from all directions, charging deep into crowds and provoking more people to fight desperately with him.
However, this effect doesn't last; the vigorous killing aura seems to gradually thin out again.
No matter how hard he tries to attack, he cannot stop this trend.
Later, he vaguely saw a clue from the enemy's expressions and reactions, realizing that he seemed to have killed too fiercely, already scaring some people, causing many to lose the desire to fight against him.
After all, no matter how much merit, it's not as important as one's life.
At this moment, the Heavenly Court reinforcements arrived, doesn't this add fuel to the fire? Naturally, he was unwilling to cooperate.
Shaking off the Heavenly Court reinforcements, he waved his blade around, slashing and dodging vigorously. After some contemplation, he had a plan, actually bit his tongue and deliberately slowed his movements slightly, allowing someone to cut his back battle armor with a sword, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The person who slashed him immediately shouted excitedly, "I injured him, it's me who injured him..."
Afraid that others couldn't see, kept shouting, wishing everyone would know.
No choice, the Command Center announced heavy rewards, injuring Shi Chun earns five hundred merits, killing Shi Chun earns two thousand merits.
After Shi Chun was trapped, the Command Center added another item to the merit reward list, capturing Shi Chun alive earns three thousand merits!
Previously seeing Shi Chun never showed signs of fatigue, the Nanshan troops who were about to lose confidence, suddenly lit up in the eyes.
Bang!
Mishaps happen one after another, Shi Chun's lower back was cut again with a knife, sparks flying, causing Shi Chun to stumble forward. He vigorously rolled and swung his knife to block a set of attacks to barely stabilize his stance.
"Brothers, he's exhausted!"
"Shi Chun is almost done for!"
Many people suddenly shouted excitedly.
One after another, like hungry wolves seeing a lamb, the opportune attack was there for anyone who could seize it.
The surrounding killing aura instantly surged again.
In the chaos of battle, Shi Chun's eyes also lit up, discovering that this method was indeed effective, immediately resolving not to kill anyone anymore, finding every way to drag it out.
Pursued all around, his face soon turned pale, his figure occasionally flickered.
Seeing the target become the last stand of a spent force, seeing the target lose its lethality, the Nanshan troops erupted immediately, the morale to kill Shi Chun was unstoppable, one by one rushing towards Shi Chun, even grabbing a limb would be good.
Luo Que, who was recovering while sitting cross-legged, raised her eyebrows, opened her eyes, looked towards the commotion from the besieged direction, it was evident to the knowledgeable that this morale was distinctly different from before.
The faintly heard "I injured him, Shi Chun is almost done for" sound made her realize something.
She sprang up from the couch, earlier she was healing her injuries, surely because she was injured, but also because there was no way to deal with Shi Chun, had to avoid fighting, hoping those troops would exhaust Shi Chun.
Now hearing Shi Chun is almost done for, other thoughts arose, naturally, it would be great to regain face lost earlier.
Which is known as kicking someone when they're down.
The few people carrying the couch all turned to look at her, realizing she wanted to go into battle, one person worriedly said, "Miss Luo, your injuries..."
"No big issue." Luo Que dropped the words and flashed away, directly charging towards the place where the army besieged.
At East Victory Central, Wei Mo received the report and suddenly turned back, confirming, "Confirm Shi Chun is almost done for?"
Tao Zhi quickly said, "Already confirmed, beaten to the extent of blood spitting, teetering, clearly has reached the end of his strength."
Wei Mo sighed deeply, "Being able to hold on this long is already very good, that scoundrel's combat effectiveness exceeded my expectations." Then he resolutely commanded, "Three families unite, how can we sit idly by, order my troop to hurry for rescue, order Yan Zhili to advance swiftly!"
At West Niu Central, Commander Niu Qian heard the report and couldn't help but click his tongue twice, "Goodness, held on for nearly three incense sticks. Feng Yin, tell him to stop entangling with those few minions, tell him to quickly lead the troops over to capture the person, Sky Splitting Sword's intimidating power is timely!"