On the vast battlefield, the huge red sun shines, and the north wind comes in early summer, blowing heat waves that make people sweat all over.
But even in such a hot weather, the Nanzhao army in the south direction of the city did not feel the slightest heat. Instead, a huge chill enveloped them in an instant.
The towering stone pillar broke through the ground for three meters. A headless corpse hung on it, pierced through the abdomen by time. Bright red blood flowed down the stone pillar, and soon formed a pool of blood on the ground.
His head rolled with a face full of disbelief, and finally stopped at a position about three feet southwest of the stone pillar. He just raised his head and looked sideways at the stone pillar. A pair of distracted eyes stared at the familiar body above, gradually losing its divine light.
Countless people in front of the two armies watched this scene and fell into deathly silence for a while.
But soon, this dead silence was broken.
Riots broke out on the Nanzhao army side.
"The eldest prince, the eldest prince is dead?"
"Impossible. The eldest prince is so strong and has the blessing of God Karasuba, how can he die?"
"How could that man kill the eldest prince?"
"He is not human!"
Shouts of surprise and panic quickly spread among the soldiers of the Nanzhao Army, and as the news spread to the rear, the commotion was rapidly expanding.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, especially the innate master, after a series of victories since the Northern Expedition to Xichuan, Zhao Changqing's status in the eyes of the Nanzhao army can be said to be unparalleled.
To put it bluntly, in the hearts of the Nanzhao army, the eldest prince is probably similar to Lu Yuan in the Chu army.
Although the gap between the two in terms of strength and ability is too great, it is far from being comparable.
But Zhao Changqing's influence on the Nanzhao army can be seen from this.
And such a person, in front of thousands of people, was killed by Lu Yuan in a fair and just way.
With absolute strength, without any deception, he was killed in an upright manner.
The blow brought by this fact and result almost instantly broke the psychological defenses of a large number of Nanzhao soldiers. For a moment, they had the idea that Lu Yuan was like a god and demon, absolutely unmatchable.
The original courage and fighting spirit were destroyed in an instant.
At this time, scattered soldiers in the Nanzhao army on the opposite side began to flee. And with these people taking the lead, this trend of escape is still expanding.
Especially in the Chu army formation, after cheers such as "The King is mighty!" and "Chu is victorious!" came one after another, more people fled.
His own king personally killed the opposing coach in front of thousands of troops.
This is not only a blow to the enemy's morale, but also an unimaginable boost to our own morale.
At this time, many soldiers in the Chu army array were already full of blood. They couldn't help but want to rush forward, kill one side in the Nanzhao army array, and enjoy the honor and victory with the king.
And amid the cheers and noise of the crowd.
Lu Yuan was slightly surprised when he saw Zhao Changqing dying so easily.
Although he knew that with his own strength, it would not be difficult at all to defeat such a new Xiantian Grandmaster who came from a remote place.
But the fact that the other party was killed so easily was beyond his expectation.
After all, no matter what, he is still an innate master.
This is different from the previous Gui Lianyun, Zhang Chanyi, and the Li Clan Great Witch Festival.
The above three people were all consumed by others, their condition was damaged, and they were assassinated by Lu Yuan in a surprise attack.
In that case, it was not a surprise that these three people were eliminated without any resistance. It was common sense.
But Zhao Changqing was upright and was killed openly despite being on guard.
Although this was also due to the fact that the other party did not know Lu Yuan's true strength and was careless.
But this is enough to explain many problems.
'Is this because I'm too strong? '
This thought flashed through Lu Yuan's mind.
Although it was a bit Versailles to say this, to be honest, he really didn't have much idea that he was too strong.
After all, although to outsiders, Chu King Lu Yuan had a strong record.
Before the conquest of the barbarians, the obvious achievements were the killing of two innates.
And as the stories of the killings of the Great Witch Sacrifice and Zhao Changqing spread over the past two months, the terrifying achievements of the Xiantian Four Killings will become more widely spread, making the world look forward to and awe them.
Although these achievements were impressive, in fact, Lu Yuan's battles with the four dead souls of his men did not actually amount to much.
The outcome of life and death is often decided in one or two moves.
Therefore, in terms of battlefield battles, Lu Yuan actually did not have much experience in fighting enemies.
At least it is far better than those old masters in the world's powerful countries.
Other masters do not have such extraordinary strength as him. Without the dual cultivation of immortality and martial arts, if they want to defeat enemies of the same level, they often need dozens or hundreds of moves to fight, with the result of losing both sides, before they can decide the winner.
Even if you win the battle, it is difficult to keep the enemy in that state, so there is a consensus that it is innately difficult to kill.
And relying on this extremely strong life-saving ability, the innate master has become a strategic deterrent to all countries.
Without absolute certainty of killing the innate master, it is like a nuclear weapon, which makes other countries afraid and dare not easily launch a war to destroy their country.
From this perspective, Lu Yuan has actually become a military deterrent that surpasses conventional masters.
Because none of the other ordinary Xiantian Grandmasters can have such a remarkable record of killing four Xiantian in just over ten years since his debut.
But think about it, this is also common sense.
After all, what kind of existence is Lu Yuan now?
A monk who condenses the immortal way into one, and a master at the second level of martial arts.
These two achievements, no matter who is placed on them, are enough to be proud of their peers in the world.
After all, these two realms, in a sense, have reached the limits of the current immortal and martial arts.
In terms of immortality, as far as Lu Yuan knew, there was currently no one who could condense the Qi of the second path of the Five Elements. Basically, they were all in the same cultivation state of condensing Qi as he was.
And according to his current perception of practice, with the current poverty of immortal spirit energy in the world, unless someone is like him, practicing the path of luck in exchanging life for cultivation.
Otherwise, if you practice according to the orthodox Immortal Taoism like the Book of Five Thunders, you will never be able to condense your Qi after practicing for three to five hundred years.
But the problem is that the lifespan of a monk who is united is only two hundred years. Even if some life-extending measures are taken into account, adding another ten or twenty years is the limit.
In these short years, where did the time come to break through the cultivation level of condensing two qi?
Therefore, condensing Qi is basically the limit of the current nine states and ten realms of immortality.
And this limit lies in falling at an extremely fast speed.
Maybe in another hundred or two hundred years, it will be impossible for the monks in the world to unite their energy.
The Immortal Way is still so downtrodden.
Not to mention martial arts.
The rumored Third Innate Realm, which is also the realm of the Grand Master known as the Land Immortal, except for the fact that seven hundred years ago, there was a rumor that there was a Kunwu Zhenjun in the Zhao Kingdom in the north.
In the following seven hundred years, no one was heard of reaching such a state.
Judging from the current situation in which martial arts want to break through the innate realm, they need the assistance of a large number of divine blood alien species. Lu Yuan speculates that those who want to break through the third level of innate realm will also need higher level divine blood alien species, or other similar spiritual objects. Just help.
But now, the divine blood mutants raised by various sects and forces have all experienced large-scale bloodline degeneration.
Even many Cave Heaven Paradises are no longer able to meet the breeding conditions for the sacred blood mutants, and there are cases of the death of the sacred blood mutants.
In this environment, any hope of cultivating higher-level divine blood mutants or obtaining corresponding spiritual objects is basically completely lost.
Without the above conditions, innate warriors who want to reach the third level and break through to the Grand Master are simply wishful thinking.
Therefore, the second level of Xiantian is already the limit for warriors nowadays.
Lu Yuan had already reached these two limits at this time.
Xianwudu has almost reached the limit of normal people in this world. His terrifying strength has exceeded the imagination of most people in the world.
Because nowadays, no matter in the world of immortality or in the world of martial arts, there is no similar situation that can be compared.
In the past years, there may have been the same people who practiced both immortality and martial arts, but it has been too long since this month. Apart from the ten or twenty thousand that can be seen in ancient records, there is no clear impression.
Because he couldn't find a reference, Lu Yuan didn't know how strong he was at this time.
I can just vaguely feel that I am blessed by my martial arts cultivation. The strength should be 20 to 30% stronger than that of monks with the same level of magic power.
This increase is neither too much nor too little.
If other monks had magic weapons to help, they could easily close this gap.
Lu Yuan does not trust the major immortal sects, Buddhist sects and other immortal cultivating forces in Kyushu that can be passed down to this day. They do not have one or two magical weapons.
It is precisely because of this fear that even though his cultivation level is comparable to that of the major immortal sect masters, he has never thought of playing tricks on them.
For Lu Yuan, even if he robbed a fairy gate, the harvest would actually be the same.
He doesn't need the Immortal Sect Spiritual Land, he can also rely on the Luck Tianzhu to cultivate immortality, and the effect is even better.
And with the current situation in the world of immortality, it is not enough for each monk to accumulate a little magic power and use it to improve his cultivation!
Who would have nothing to do and go out to fight with others about life and death?
Relying on the blessings of the Age of Ending Dharma, the monks in the world of immortality today have an unexpectedly "peaceful" personality.
Don't you see, even Dan Ding Dao, who was severely offended and cheated by Lu Yuan, has not made any revenge until now?
On the contrary, Lu Yuan, who suffered from paranoia and persecution, used spells several times in order to increase his strength, which consumed a lot of the magic power he had cultivated for a long time, which was quite a waste.
Therefore, in this "peaceful" environment, as long as Lu Yuan does not go to the major immortal sects to cause trouble, then after confirming that he has sufficient strength and weighing the pros and cons, the major immortal sects will basically not come to him. Trouble.
The threat at the level of cultivating immortals has now been alleviated to the greatest extent.
Although it can't be said to be completely filter-free, at least it can be said to be peaceful and worry-free.
Under this situation, Lu Yuan naturally had no urgent need to find any magic weapon or refine it.
For him, the spells and martial arts skills he now masters are enough to protect himself and stand proud in the world.
Even if you want to refine or find magic weapons in the future, you have to wait until you dominate a state and become the overlord of the world.
Nowadays, there is absolutely no need or thought for it.
To sum up, Lu Yuan, who has mastered the two limits of immortality and martial arts, is basically at the point of deciding on the power of force in this life before he uses another unconventional weapon like a magic weapon.
Compared with him, the other Immortal Sect Taoist masters probably wouldn't have any advantage.
As for the Taoist Master of the Immortal Sect, he is a figure who can intimidate the hegemons in the world.
If one person is against one country, it is them.
Lu Yuan had mastered this level of force. At this time, he killed Zhao Changqing in a single encounter. In fact, it was not that shocking.
The reason why everyone in the two armies was so shocked at this time was mainly because they didn't know what level of person Lu Yuan was and what kind of terrifying force he had at his disposal, which was why they were making such a fuss.
If it were the Taoist masters of the Great Immortal Sect who took action, the world would not be so surprised, but would think it was natural.
After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the Xiantian Grandmaster sounds powerful, like a god or demon.
But the so-called god-like is just an adjective.
With tens of thousands of elite troops assembled, they can still confront the innate grandmaster head-on.
But if it were a monk who had already gathered his strength, even if he gathered thousands of troops, it would be difficult to resist.
Just like the swamp technique that Lu Yuan mastered after condensing his energy.
When this technique is used, it can turn a hundred feet in radius into a quagmire.
This range can basically cover less than half of the tens of thousands of Nanzhao army formations ahead.
In other words, once Lu Yuan used this technique, he could kill two to three thousand ordinary soldiers in an instant.
As for this kind of spell, if he has enough mana, he can use it three times.
But in fact, this spell does not need to be used three times.
It only takes one attack to instantly break through the psychological defenses of any powerful army.
Even the Chu army was no exception.
Because in a sense, this is already equivalent to a natural disaster.
How can manpower resist natural disasters?
And monks who can master the power of this kind of natural disaster are naturally among the gods to those mortals.
Isn't it logical and unquestionable for a person among gods to kill one or two innates?
It's strange that he can't be killed.
Therefore, it was the mistakes in past impressions and perceptions that caused Lu Yuan to instantly kill Zhao Changqing, which was so shocking.
When his deeds gradually become known to the public, and people all over the world study and understand him further, the same situation will not happen again.
'Of course, in addition to my being too strong, there is also a reason why Zhao Changqing is exceptionally weak. '
Lu Yuan glanced at Zhao Changqing's body not far away. This guy had only just broken through the innate world in less than two years. He didn't even understand his own martial arts, and his control was extremely low.
And I don't know if it is because of the isolation of the barbarians in the southwest. The innate masters in these areas are a little less powerful than the innate masters from the mainstream countries in Kyushu.
The most obvious thing is the crudeness of martial arts.
Whether it was the previous Great Witch Festival or Zhao Changqing, the martial arts outer body they had condensed was a little worse than other grandmasters Lu Yuan had seen.
"Perhaps it is precisely because of this that this guy died so simply. Otherwise, as an innate master, he would have been able to fight off one or two moves in my hands no matter what."
Lu Yuan shook his head, retracted his gaze, and returned his attention to the Nanzhao army in front.
At this time, after such a long time of preparation, the number of Nanzhao troops who collapsed and fled has greatly increased.
There were even situations where entire groups of soldiers fled in some areas.
In the face of this trend, even if some generals of the Nanzhao Army stopped it, it was already difficult to reverse the decline.
Taking advantage of this great opportunity is the time to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
"All the troops obey the order and follow the lonely king to kill!"
Lu Yuan drew out the sword from his waist and slowly raised it above his head. Then he waved the reins and the horse leapt to kill him first.
Behind him, tens of thousands of Chu army vanguards who had long been unable to hold back, immediately released themselves without the constraints of military discipline.
Under the command of the generals, they shouted to follow their king, lined up their military formations, and pressed forward like a rainbow.
The bodyguard cavalry, following closely behind Lu Yuan, who had turned into arrows, drove their horses one by one and plunged headlong into the Nanzhao army.
And this charge completely became the last straw that broke the Nanzhao army.
Especially facing Lu Yuan, a god and demon in their eyes, looking at the terrifying flames surrounding the demon, and watching his companions turn into ashes when touched by the flames.
There is no need to even touch, just get closer, and the terrible temperature emitted by the flames will instantly burn and ignite the terrifying scene.
Those Nanzhao Army soldiers could no longer stand it.
Without the innate grandmaster, they would be unable to resist Lu Yuan's extraordinary combat power.
In this situation of losing military morale, just one charge, like piled building blocks, instantly collapsed and disintegrated.
certainly.
Among all the armies there must be brave men.
There are also some guys who cannot accept the reality or are too loyal to Zhao Changqing, such as the veteran Nanzhao general Hua Kaiyun.
He already knew that the eldest prince had died in the battle. He knew that he had no way to retreat, and that the Nanzhao army had no way to retreat. He waited for the fate of himself and his army, only to die. At this time, he led the soldiers frantically towards Lu Yuan, trying to To avenge the Lord.
These people came in large numbers, more than a hundred people in total.
This small number of people is naturally nothing to Lu Yuan.
The Nanzhao army that rushed towards Lu Yuan just waved a burst of red sun fire and was instantly burned to ashes.
Apart from stopping him for a short while, it had no impact at all.
After these small troubles were solved with a wave of hands, there were no enemies in the front who had the courage to stop them.
Lu Yuan waved his riding whip, and the horse leapt forward, its hooves landing on the ground, sending up a burst of dust.
Looking up and looking ahead, there is no longer any enemy.
Looking behind him, he saw that the huge Nanzhao army formation had been hollowed out in one fell swoop.
Countless Chu soldiers swarmed in, waving their swords, and chased the Nanzhao soldiers who had lost their courage and were crying and running for their lives in all directions.
Seeing this, he wiped some smoke and dust on his face from the impact just now, and showed a smile.
On June 11, the sixth year of Shenwu, King Lu Yuan of Chu led his army to Nanchong Fucheng. On that day, he met the Nanzhao army in the southern suburbs outside the city. In front of the battle, he invited the enemy commander, Nanzhao's eldest prince Zhao Changqing, to fight.
Zhao Changqing responded and was beheaded by the King of Chu in front of the tens of thousands of troops.
Then the King of Chu led his army to rush into the enemy formation, defeated Nanzhao's army in one fell swoop, and then swept the enemy camp.
In one day, everything was broken.
In this battle, more than 10,000 enemies were killed and more than 30,000 were captured. Tens of thousands of Nanzhao's enemy troops in Nanchong Prefecture were wiped out, and the siege of Nanchong was lifted.
In the next few days, other armies from all walks of life came one after another, and they all defeated Nanzhao's enemy forces in Xichuan, and more than 100,000 Nanzhao troops were wiped out.
At this point, Xichuan was settled.
