Chapter 223 The Ultimate Battle
Li Keyong’s expression was ghastly, seeing another monk in the same situation as Hui Neng, being stopped by others. It also meant that he couldn’t make meritorious contributions in the short term. He was furious, so he rushed down to hillside and led his sect into the battlefield.
Soon, all the masters of the Yanmen army appeared and hundreds of monks joined the fight.
The two sides were so evenly-matched that it lasted until nightfall.
After hearing about the battle of the Yanmen Army, Li Ye did not take action immediately.
In the next ten days, both Shang Rang and Li Keyong’s army continued to battle and each had their own share of victories. Thanks to the many cultivators and Juexiao Temple masters in the Yanmen army, they were not defeated at the hands of Shang Rang.
On the contrary, Li Keyong’s military talents gradually emerged. His capacity of dispatching and arranging troops was obviously more consummate than Shang Rang. As the battle wore on, it was apparent that the Yanmen army had the advantage. And the difference has also been revealed among soldiers. The Qi Army simply could not compare with the Shatuo elite.
After deducing the battle situation, Li Ye thought that Li Keyong would defeat Shang Rang in a few days. He seized the moment and led the Pinglu Army elite towards Chang’an, passing the Lingkou battlefield.
Along the way, there were several sects of the Qi Army. The bigger sects had thousands of soldiers, and the smaller ones had a few hundred. All of the sects were defeated by Pinglu Army. Li Ye was approaching Chang’an after ten days.
Li Keyong was furious when he knew that Li Ye had set him up. Later, he was angry enough to spit blood after hearing that Li Ye had approached Chang’an. He realized that he was being used by Li Ye once again, so he ordered the Yanmen Army to attack Shang Rang’s sect harder.
Inside Weiyang Palace, Huang Chao was exasperated after getting the news that the Pinglu Army was approaching Chang’an. He quickly dispatched troops and wanted to stop Li Ye.
However, several strands of the soldiers were defeated by Pinglu Army. The news of the defeat was sent back to Huang Chao, and he was both angry and shocked by the strength of Pinglu Army.
On the same day, Li Keyong defeated Shang Rang at Lingkou, but Li Ye had deployed troops at the Wei Bridge.
In order to reverse the situation, Huang Chao sent the last 200,000 troops stationed in Chang’an to attack Li Ye.
At noon, after the two formations were assembled. Huang Chao was riding on the Wei bridge alone.
Sunlight reflected off his armor, making him look like he was an immortal, bathing in the golden sunlight. As his body was emitting the energy of a Spiritual Master Realm, he suddenly screamed, “Where’s that little b*stard Li Ye, come out!”
Li Ye rode up to him. He was now only a hundred steps away from Huang Chao, and he added with a smile, “Huang Chao, how have you been?”
They had met before in the restaurant. At that time, Huang Chao had taken the initiative to drink with him when he suspected that Li Ye had got green lotus.
Huang Chao snorted, overlooking Li Ye. “Li Ye, why are you courting death in Guanzhong instead of staying safe in Pinglu?”
Li Ye added without any emotion, “How could you still say that when you are about to die? Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”
Huang Chao’s cultivation was like a tide, gradually hovering towards Li Ye. In order to force Li Ye to surrender, it was the best to let him fall off the horse. That way, he could attack the Pinglu Army’s spirit and enhance Qi Army’s morale.
Huang Chao said with a hint of sarcasm, “you are known as the Grand Prince. If you go back and enjoy a happy life, you may still have a few years of prosperity. But if you come to provoke me, that is courting death! You should be on your knees before me, the emperor!”
Huang Chao’s Spiritual Master Realm cultivation suddenly pressed down onto Li Ye. In Huang Chao’s view, Li Ye’s horse should collapse and he should fall like a drowning mouse.
But that scene in his head did not happen. Li Ye was still sitting on his horseback steadily, not only was he fine, but his horse was just as good as before, even letting out a loud snort.
Huang Chao was shocked. Because when his Spiritual Master Realm energy landed one meter away from Li Ye, it was like hitting an iron wall, not even able to advance an inch.
Huang Chao’s expression instantly changed. Li Ye was only at Qi-refining Level 9, how could he not wither under his pressure? Huang Chao could not understand it, but Huang Chao’s eyes, while looking at Li Ye, were already full of murder.
Li Ye said softly, “You arrogant rebel, how dare to call yourself the emperor? You have no clue. If you are clever you should surrender and offer a humble apology. That way you may be able to keep a whole corpse.”
Huang Chao was furious and shouted, “Li Ye, you are such a little boy, stop acting mad, you really think I can do nothing to you? You think my troops are just for show? Believe it or not, your Pinglu Army is going to be annihilated as soon as I give the order!”
“Huang Chao, stop dreaming and wake up. Aren’t you afraid your tongue might twist from your boasting? If you are a man, let your sect attack,” Li Ye replied sarcastically, he then turned his horse around without further words.
Huang Chao was furious, he regarded himself as the emperor. How could he tolerate being insulted? He immediately raised his hand and shouted, “Attention, everyone! Fight!”
The bugle call whimpered and the sound of war drums roared. All 200,000 Qi Army soldiers rushed through the hundred bridges and charged towards the Pinglu Army formation. The momentum shook sky, and the smoke and dust even covered the sun.
Li Ye returned to the front of the formation and turned his horse around. He pulled out his knife and wielded it forward. “Kill the rebel now! Pinglu Army, charge!”
An ear-shattering war cry erupted from the Pinglu army and the hundred thousand soldiers stomped their feet on the ground and the ground trembled.
The Military Formations of both sides quickly met in the middle and formed a battle line over thirty miles. The different sects from the two sides fought each other and the sounds of the battle reverberated out three hundred miles. The Wei River bank had turned into a burning hell.
Suddenly, six formations from the Qi army were lit with white light. And it was as though the thousands-of-men formation had turned into a huge beast. Not only were their defensive ability increased but their attacking ability also grew exponentially. The Pinglu formation in front of them suddenly felt immense pressure.
Huang Chao was floating midair above the Qi army formation. He then yelled at Li Ye from a distance with satisfaction, “I’m the son of God, naturally the heavens are on my side. I could even summon heaven and earth’s Luck. Now I have six Military formations of Militarism. Li Ye, you little kid, let’s see how you are going to fight me; I...”
Huang Chao was only half-finished with his sentence when he suddenly stopped. It was as though someone was suffocating him, and he looked ahead in disbelief.
A large and small white light were also lit among the Pinglu Military Formations. Though there were two small white lights from the Pingllu formations. But the smaller white light was twice as big as the ones from the Qi formation. The larger one was three times as big.
Huang Chao was shocked. “That is not possible...”
This was the first time that the Military Formations of Militarism had met on the battlefield.
The smaller Military Formation, led by Shangguan Qingcheng, just happen to meet Meng Kai’s Military Formation. She headed the charge bravely, not encountering any worth enemies. Her sect charged forward ferociously, forcing Meng Kai’s formation backwards.
Although both were Military Formation of Militarism, however, Shangguan Qingcheng had been a Militarism warrior for many years. Her understanding of the formation was not something Meng Kai could compete with. Not to mention that the Pinglu army had better armor and higher attacking ability. So how could Meng Kai even stand a chance?
Before long, Shangguan Qingcheng’s formation had defeated a part of Meng Kai’s formation. Suddenly the white light from Meng Kai’s formation flashed, and like a breaking a glass bottle, the formation shattered.
Shangguan Qingcheng’s Military Formation screamed and charged with momentum on their side. The opposing side’s formation was now completely collapsed. Her sect suddenly charged into the Qi’s large formation and there was no one to stop them. They instantly advanced ten steps forward.
The situation from Liu Dazheng’s side was similar to that of Shangguan Qingcheng’s side. After defeating the Military Formation of Militarism in front of them, he too led a sect towards another Qi army Military Formation of Militarism.
When Huang Chao saw this scene, he was instantly shocked and angry.
Fortunately, he still had a few half-step Foundation-building Stage masters, who then flew up from the Qi army formation and attacked the Pinglu formation using techniques. When a half-step Foundation-building Stage master made an attack with technique, he would kill and hurt over a hundred enemies, even if the enemy’s defense was tight and they had a well-armored formation.
The Pinglu army’s attack was suddenly over-powered. The formation that had been hit was suddenly in chaos.
Huang Chao broke out in laughter and said in a cocky tone, “Li Ye, you little kid, can you see that I’m the son of God and heaven and earth are on my side. I have the support of many talented people under me willing to serve, which is not something you could compare with...”
Before Huang Chao could finish his words, anger rose up from inside of him, and his face muscles could not stop twitching. He then added, “How dare you boy!”
Li Ye then flew up in the air in his green robe and wielding his long sword. In midair, he was light as a drifting leaf and his Sword Qi left a trail like rainbow. He sliced down twice and hit two half-step Foundation-building Stage masters, who then spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell down straight from midair. As they landed inside the Military Formation, they were swamped and sunk into the crowd.
Li Ye let out a laugh and drifted towards Huang Chao. As he sliced down from midair with his Luke Sword, the Sword Qi headed directly for Huang Chao’s head. “Why wouldn’t I dare?”
When Li Ye first led his troops into the Central Plains, he just reached the Qi-refining Level 9 and was already able to hurt Wuyazi with one sword attack. Now, after months of war and winning battle after battle, his cultivation had continued to increase. Since he too was already at the half-step Foundation-building Stage, plus his Dragon Qi was already half solidified, which meant its power had gone up more than one level. Naturally he did not think much of the cultivators who were on the same level as him.
Huang Chao cut the Sword Qi with his blade and stared at Li Ye angrily. “I am the son of God, True Dragon of the world. You bloody usurper, how dare you fight with me?”
As his Knife Qi met with the Sword Qi, Huang Chao thought that with his Spiritual Master Realm cultivation, the Li’s Sword Qi would instantly dissipate. And that his own Knife Qi would then head directly towards Li Ye. But the exact opposite happened, his Knife Qi had dissipated and he was now faced with the oncoming Sword Qi.
That had made Huang Chao retrieve a few steps back, and as he did so, he frantically wielded his blade, and only then was he able to deflect the Sword Qi.
“You are the bullsh*t dragon!” said Li Ye in, revealing a sarcastic tone. He then sliced horizontally, and the two half-step Foundation-building Stage cultivators who came for him took the hit. One was killed on the spot and the other was pushed back by his Sword Qi.
Li Ye did not stop but kept chasing Huang Chao. As Li Ye caught up to him, his Luke Sword met Huang Chao’s blade and the two were now facing off. Huang Chao was clearly panicking, but he still yelled, “I can summon the luck of heaven and earth and boost my ministers’ cultivation. How am I not the True Dragon?”
Boom! The sound had come from the Luke Sword. And the sword edge was aflame with the green light. Huang Chao felt like a heavy weight had landed on him and he couldn’t help but fly backwards. As he did so, he suddenly felt suffocated and then he sprayed a mouthful of blood.
He looked into Li Ye’s eyes in shock and fright. What he couldn’t comprehend was how Li Ye could suppress him when Li Ye had not yet to reach the Spiritual Master Realm?
Li Ye added softly, “True Dragon huh? Since you want to become the True Dragon so much, let me show you what a dragon really looks like!”
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