Chapter 309: Chapter 309: Upon the Solitary Peak, a Sword Defends the Eight Directions
The old site of the Azure Flame Sect had become a death trap, pulling the enemy soldiers into a quagmire, binding their hands and feet before slaughtering them.
Cheng Yunsu asked softly, "Lu Chao, did you break through the 6th Floor of the Forbidden Land?"
Lu Chao gave a wry smile. "I was late precisely because I broke through."
He quickly explained the situation on the 6th Floor of the Forbidden Land, mentioning Fan Changcun, as well as Lu Hanyan and Ming Huasheng. At the mention of the last two, Cheng Yunsu’s pupils contracted violently.
’So I wasn’t mistaken in my senses outside the Forbidden Land. The person lurking in the shadows was Lu Hanyan.’
Cheng Yunsu recalled leaving the Forbidden Land, and a light sweat beaded on her forehead. If Lu Hanyan and Ming Huasheng had known she was Lu Chao’s wife back then, she and Yu Xiaoping would never have been allowed to leave so easily.
Hearing his wife’s explanation, Lu Chao’s own heart trembled...
But he quickly steadied himself. "Regardless, we have the advantage now. We must end this battle as quickly as possible. I just wonder how Elder Sun and Marshal Fan are faring."
After a brief pause, Lu Chao added, "They should be fine..."
After all, now that he had escaped, Marshal Fan and Sun Shijin didn’t necessarily need to lure Ming Huasheng into the 6th Floor. They just needed to use the Forbidden Land’s Barrier to separate themselves from him to stay alive.
For example, Fan Changcun and Sun Shijin could shake off Ming Huasheng and enter the Barrier of the 5th Floor.
Then, Ming Huasheng wouldn’t be able to enter the 5th Floor and could only stare in helpless rage.
’This isn’t the time to be thinking about that...’
Just then, the Three Flames Commander at the foot of Si Jianfeng bellowed, "Fake Lu Chao, what the hell are you playing at?"
A moment ago, the Three Flames Commander, Guan Zanyi, and the other enemy generals had been stunned by Lu Chao’s command for his thirty-five columns of troops to charge directly at Sword Thinking Peak. The move had left the Three Flames Commander utterly bewildered...
He had immediately turned back, wary, trying to sense what was happening across the entire old site of the Azure Flame Sect.
Before he could get a clear sense of the situation, a cacophony of battle cries erupted. He listened closer—they were the screams of his own men from the Three Great Flame Countries. In a daze, he realized his Three Flames Soldiers and Horses, who had held an overwhelming advantage, were now suffering heavy losses.
Lu Chao leaped down from the high tower with Cheng Yunsu. From his high vantage point on Sword Thinking Peak, he looked down on them and said, "Why don’t you take a guess?"
Guan Zanyi was the first to roar in fury. "Guess my ass! Charge! All troops, kill your way up there!"
The words had barely left his mouth when he realized none of the troops were moving. Only then did it dawn on him that he wasn’t the one in command here.
Fortunately, the Three Flames Commander also bellowed, "All men, on my command! Charge Sword Thinking Peak!"
As his voice fell, the elite Three Flames soldiers immediately started up the mountain path.
However, Sword Thinking Peak was incredibly steep, with only a single, narrow path leading to the summit. It would be extremely difficult for the main army to charge up. But this didn’t deter the Three Flames Commander. He ordered the nearby Transformation Realm and Innate Realm experts to scale the cliff face first.
Ordinary soldiers couldn’t manage the steep cliff, but for Postnatal Martial Artists, it wasn’t too difficult.
And for Innate Masters, it was effortless...
In the blink of an eye, Innate Masters were scaling Sword Thinking Peak from all sides, swarming up the cliff face as well as the main path.
On Sword Thinking Peak...
Lu Chao turned to the two thousand new Azure Flame students and commanded in a loud voice, "Everyone, nock your arrows! Ignore everyone else. The moment a master at the True Fate Realm or higher charges up, you will fire a volley on my command!"
"If anyone comes up on a Flying Bird Demon Beast, fire on them as well."
He had just finished speaking when—THUD!
A junior commander from the Three Flames army, a Transformation Realm expert, had made it to the top.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Lu Chao flashed forward, sword in hand. The True Qi of the Third Layer of Transformation, infused with the aura of the Slaughter Sword Bone, erupted in a killing wave.
PFFT...
A single thrust of his sword ran straight through the first Transformation Realm junior commander to reach the top.
Lu Chao could hold the advantage against Lu Hanyan at the Ninth Layer of the Transformation Realm; other Transformation Realm cultivators were no match for him at all.
For every one who came up, one would die!
Immediately after, several more Transformation Realm experts and over a dozen from the Innate Realm made it to the top.
Lu Chao gripped his sword, his gaze as cold as ice. "Xiao Su’er, I’ll do the killing. You take care of any that get past me."
As Lu Chao spoke, the cry of Fire Sparrows seemed to echo from Cheng Yunsu’s entire being. She had now reached the Second Layer of Transformation.
And so, Cheng Yunsu watched as Lu Chao charged the Transformation Realm junior commanders. His Thousand Kills Slaughter Sword was a blur of motion, felling one enemy after another. All who reached the top of the cliff were met with a swift death, their miserable screams echoing as their bodies tumbled back down.
Cheng Yunsu remained rooted to her spot, unmoving...
She simply watched her husband relentlessly slaughter the enemies scaling Si Jianfeng.
The two thousand new Dragon Flame Students also stood their ground. They had formed ranks, bows in hand, their concentration absolute. A look of adoration slowly filled their eyes. ’Senior Brother Lu Chao... he’s just too strong.’
’No matter their cultivation—be it any layer of the Transformation Realm or the countless masters from the Innate Realm—they are all run through by his sword.’
In their eyes, Senior Brother Lu Chao swept around all four sides of Sword Thinking Peak, a whirlwind of constant slaughter.
Sword Thinking Peak was not large; at most, it could accommodate ten thousand people. Aside from the high tower, the summit was nearly bare.
It was a wide-open space, as if it were a killing field built specifically for Lu Chao.
And that was precisely the case. This was the core terrain of the thirty-six Battle Arrays, designed for a master of slaughter. The strategy was to use such an expert to pin down the enemy’s elite forces, leveraging the treacherous nature of Sword Thinking Peak to pick them off one by one.
Suddenly... BOOM!
An aura of the True Fate Realm erupted from below the cliff, accompanied by a furious roar. "Fake Lu Chao, I’ll fucking kill you!"
The one charging up was none other than Guan Zanyi...
"A True Fate Realm expert is coming up! Fire!"
It’s unclear who among the two thousand new Dragon Flame Students shouted first, but a volley of arrows instantly lit up the sky.
Guan Zanyi, circulating his immensely powerful True Fate Realm True Qi, was fixing his gaze on Lu Chao, preparing to go on a killing spree.
Suddenly, his eyes flew wide open...
He stared at the river of arrows descending upon him and couldn’t help but squawk, "Holy shit!"
Without a second thought, Guan Zanyi’s body spun in mid-air, and he immediately dove back down the cliff...
THUD...
With a heavy thud, Guan Zanyi slammed down hard in front of the Three Flames Commander and the others, landing flat on his back. He stared up in a wretched state at the river of arrows that had flown past the summit, the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.
He looked up at the Three Flames Commander and demanded, "You son of a bitch, why didn’t you catch me?"
The Three Flames Commander’s eyes were glacial as he watched the Innate Masters being slaughtered and falling from the cliff. He replied nonchalantly, "Forgot."
That single word nearly made Guan Zanyi curse him out loud...
’Back in Sword Tooth City, I was the commander,’ he fumed. ’A Six Flames Commander, no less! How could he forget to catch me?’
The Eagle Flame Commander asked, "General Guan, what’s the situation up there?"
His lip twitching, Guan Zanyi put the greater good first and answered, "The Fake Lu Chao is up there alone, slaughtering everyone who makes it to the top. His Dragon Flame Students are waiting with arrows. The moment any True Fate Realm expert shows their face, they fire a volley."
As he finished speaking, the pupils of the Eagle Flame Commander and the other high-ranking generals contracted violently...
"What a monster, that Fake Lu Chao. He’s confident he can handle everyone by himself, as long as no True Fate Realm experts can reach him."
"Who does he think he is? The real Lu Chao?"
