Chapter 2113: Chapter 206: Contending for the Gate (2)
So just as he flew up, he was pressed down—
He also went downward with the momentum, and with a flash, he had leapt into the inner city.
Like a green bird, agile and graceful, the light of Tianfu rotated, and he pressed out the Bi Fang Seal with one hand.
The magnificent spiritual image of Bi Fang unfolded its wings behind him, and blazing flames spread out from him as the center.
The vibrant fire world instantly filled the city gate, also blocking the other garrison troops of New Festival City who had formed a military formation and rushed in.
Red was completely full.
Flame flowers bloomed, flame sparrows flew.
In the free and unconstrained world of fire, under the sweeping flame shooting stars, Jiang Wang raced forward,
The Qingyun Mark rotated several times, and he jumped forward, swiftly passing through the wailing city gate guards, a few flashes and he was close to the city gate!
A guard who seemed to be of the rank of Dui Zheng was backing up against the city gate, facing Jiang Wang.
With the courage to defend the city and gate.
The Dao Yuan surged within him, and he raised a light shield outside of him. Under the support of the city guarding formation, he barely resisted the evenly spread damages of the immense fire realm.
He tightly gripped his long spear with both hands!
The spearhead pointed towards the incoming enemy, who seemed like a god or demon.
Completely forgetting about fear, he also seemed unable to feel the pain of the flames engulfing him.
Among the many city gate guards who stumbled and screamed as they fled, he stood alone and determined, facing the formidable enemy alone!
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
He roared furiously as he charged. His life-long courage burned like the flames surrounding him.
Pa!
The long spear in his hand was gently deflected, the person wearing the Yutai Patrol Rider uniform lightly flashed and was already in front of him, standing almost face to face.
He saw that person’s eyebrows and eyes, saw that calm and composed face. He also saw that person’s right hand forming a sword point, an indescribably sharp sword, coming straight ahead!
He seemed to see the ground crack, the sky collapse!
His world was destroyed in an instant.
And the emotion of fear finally returned, his whole body stiffened, he subconsciously closed his eyes, unwilling to witness his own death.
Boom!
He felt himself swept by a massive shockwave, his body flew high into the air.
Then heavily hit against the wall of the city gate hole.
With the pain of broken tendons and bones and indescribable emotions, he opened his eyes to see—
The seemingly endless flames were being gathered by that straight-backed, iron-like figure.
The steel chains securing the city gate were shredded into pieces by extremely sharp Sword Qi.
The array pattern engraved on the gate was already cut to pieces, the Yuan Force connecting to the city guarding formation was chaotic.
The city gate has always been defending the outside, not the inside.
Between inside and outside, the defensive capability was vastly different!
And a slender, clearly articulated hand pressed on the city gate, heavily pushing open this thick and multi-layered steel-plated gate!
Heavenly light poured in, driving away the darkness inside the city gate hole...
In this moment of utmost despair, he was bewildered, as if he saw hope.
Then his vision went black, and he knew nothing.
That light might not have been his.
...
Too fast!
Too fast!
From suddenly starting the action, killing the defending general, to collapsing the military formation, and opening the city gate.
Jiang Wang wasted not a single moment, every step was in the most appropriate position.
The Deputy General of New Festival City responded in a very timely manner, yet having lost the initiative, he was always a step behind.
"Drive him out!"
The shout of New Festival City’s Deputy General had already broken, the idea of encircling and killing the enemy in the city tower was not possible, he immediately changed strategy.
He rallied his soldiers, merging them with the Soldier Slayer, directly breaking through the still chaotic friendly forces in the city gate hole, forming a blade line that slashed straight at Jiang Wang!
The thousand-year statehood of Summer Country had accumulated deep foundations. Even just in terms of basic battle formations, there were nine types, corresponding to nine different situations.
What he formed was the string blade formation.
So-called string blade, its blade like a string!
Clever and sharp, extremely thin and light.
The Soldier Slayer condenses the blade, only opens a line.
In Summer Country’s army, one hundred and fifty men form a unit.
This Deputy General of New Festival City gathered the strength of two units, three hundred men, under the support of the city guarding formation, immediately slashed out a snow-bright blade light like a new moon rising!
Jiang Wang retreated, quickly withdrawing in the open city gate.
Exiting the coverage of the city guarding formation, seemingly also offering up the just-captured city gate.
But the city gate was already opened after all.
At this moment, in the distance visible to all.
A gigantic figure soared up like a storm and burst into sight—
Zhongxuan Sheng was manipulating the battle formation’s power, gathering the Soldier Slayer from a three hundred-man formation, empowering himself with terrifying speed and charging forward.
Seeing the commotion from afar, he instantly transformed, revealing the Law of Heaven and Earth Divine Skills, causing his armor to burst. His twenty-zhang tall body shook the heavens and earth, like a giant from ancient myths stepping into reality.
With a mighty swing of his hand, he stirred up a fierce wind—
"Catch the sword!"
He roared in anger, his voice resounding throughout the city like a war drum.
Bang bang bang!!
Bang bang bang!!
In the distance, the sound of war drums indeed started.
War drums made from Kui Bull hide sounded for the first time on this battlefield.
Signaling the final charge.
The more than two thousand Victory Camp soldiers trailing behind accelerated under the drumbeats.
Their blood and energy surged, and the three hundred soldiers in the lead, who were already exhausted, found renewed strength.
And the flash of cold light thrown by that giant from afar was instantly upon them. A rainbow spanning the heavens seemed to cross the sun and moon, but was grasped by a slender hand...
Gripped tightly!
Like a fish returning to water, like a tree rooting, all things on earth, with a single sound from the Longsword, resonated with the heavens.
When Jiang Wang gripped his sword!
Golden light flowed, the sword’s brilliance illuminated, frost wind and flowing fire spiraled around Qingyun, the Sword Immortal reappeared in the human world.
As he gripped the sword, it had already been drawn.
Jiang Wang retreated several steps and advanced several more, crashing back into the city gate, the sword slashing the Heavenly Pillar, directly clashing with the three hundred-man battle formation of New Festival City’s garrison!
In the form of a Sword Immortal, he resisted the pressure of the City guarding formation head-on!
The unparalleled sharp Sword Qi collided with a formation capable of transcending ordinary ranks.
The garrison of New Festival City, of course, lacked elite precision, and their saber formation was not the most formidable battle formation. However, under the support of the City guarding formation and the blessing of the National Defense Great Formation...
This blade was incomparably strong, unstoppable!
Blade and sword clashed!
Briefly colliding within the gate’s archway, amidst the two wide open doors.
Powerful forces frantically clashed.
Roaring winds burst through the gate’s archway like a tornado.
Amidst the swirling garments, Jiang Wang gently stepped back, the Divine Power Light circled around him, effortlessly dissipating that enormous force.
During the clash, he chose a very precise distance, between the range covered by the City guarding formation and where it couldn’t reach, advancing causing constraint, retreating allowing freedom.
Sometimes victory lies in the mastery of detail.
A lone cultivator opposing a battle formation, their advantage lies solely in freedom.
And he firmly grasped "freedom."
The Deputy General of New Festival City’s garrison, along with the formation he led, was directly repelled into the inner city, suffering near half their numbers in casualties in one exchange!
Yet he spat out blood, only shouting, "Saber formation, follow me!"
Gathering another group of soldiers, once again pushing forward with the Soldier Slayer.
But this obstruction—
A gigantic, twenty-zhang tall figure had already leapt forth, boom! Stomping houses into rubble, jumping into the inner city!
With a large hand aiming towards the Deputy General, Zhongxuan’s power crazily tugged at the freshly formed battle formation, pulling it forward, back, left, and right, instantly breaking its structure, causing soldiers to stagger, dispersing the Soldier Slayer completely.
"Hold steady! Hold steady! Stabilize with blood and energy!" The Deputy General of New Festival City’s garrison roared, "Steady—"
A flash of cold light swept across the neck.
His voice ceased instantly.
His body leaned back.
He was an outstanding general, but few will know his name.
From today... likely no one will care anymore.
Blood beads dripped from the sword as Jiang Wang followed the sword’s path, ascending the tower. Thousands of Sword Qi easily isolated the soldiers who had just deployed the Yellow Dragon jar.
Another general stood up within the city.
"I will take over the defense, everyone listen to my command—"
Boom!
The newly emerged Deputy General could only see a figure in black armor, like an iron puppet, rushing straight at him.
The air was cut with a roaring sound!
With a Heavy Sword in hand, he swung at this space, intolerable by its might, easily crushing him!
Jiang Wang, Zhongxuan Sheng, and Shisi cooperated seamlessly, utterly perfect, striking through and slaughtering within the area of the city gate, no foe within a single exchange, no one could stand up to organize the soldiers!
Forcefully withstanding the pressure of the City guarding formation, they firmly held the city gate.
As the large unit of Victory Camp soldiers also charged in.
Jiang Wang directly leapt from the battle, sword piercing the rainbow, circling the city three and a half times, his voice echoed with the sword’s hum—
"This city is broken, surrender and you shall live!"
