brush--
The light of the knife cut into pieces the darkness.
In the jungle, two figures passed each other.
Hou Qi was covered in blood, and the sword in his hand was full of gaps.
Not far behind him was Ishino Joichi. This master of the East China Sea also had many wounds on his body. The most fatal one was on his chest, which was cut horizontally and was bleeding!
Bodies lying on the ground were scattered around the two people, with broken limbs and broken tree trunks mixed together.
A team of fifteen people was used to deal with Hou Qi and Zhao Yan. Now fourteen of them have fallen, and they were all killed by Hou Qi!
puff--
The only remaining person, Ishino Joichi, spat out a mouthful of blood, shook his body, and held his position with his knife, tenaciously supporting himself without falling.
In tonight's battle, he pushed his body regardless of the cost, bursting out his elixir energy again and again. In fact, he had already suffered serious internal injuries without Hou Qi's action.
In the last confrontation between the two just now, Hou Qiyi slashed his chest with a knife. The wound was not deep, but the force of the knife penetrated into his body and completely detonated the injury. Ishino Joichi's life came to an end.
"It's so refreshing."
At the last moment of his life, there was no pain or fear in Mr. Ishino's eyes, only a smile.
"such a pity"
The East China Sea Grandmaster stopped his smile and finally sighed, the light in his eyes disappearing little by little.
No one knows what he regretted in the end.
Perhaps it was a pity that he and others failed to kill Hou Qi in the end, or perhaps it was a pity that he had clearly seen a higher realm of martial arts in Hou Qi, but he never had the chance to experience it.
Or maybe he was regretting something else.
After sensing the death of Ishino Joichi, Hou Qi slowly turned around and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Hou Qi raised his hand to wipe his mouth nonchalantly, sheathed the knife and returned it to its sheath.
boom!
Boom boom boom boom——
Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in the distance, and flames shot into the sky.
Hou Qi turned to look over there, knowing that a battle must have broken out there.
"That's fine."
He laughed and hurried off in the direction of the fight.
In a mountain ridge, two troops were fighting.
One of them is more than a thousand people from the First Regiment of the Fifth Brigade of the Eastern Navy, and the other is nearly two thousand people from the 215th Regiment of the First Division of the 31st Army of the Shenzhou Army stationed here.
Although the Donghai Navy has fewer people, it is the party that takes the initiative to attack, and its firepower is fierce. It has been suppressing the 215th Regiment in the fight.
As a regiment under the Class A Division, the Eastern Navy is equipped with four artillery pieces, so even without the support of the artillery regiment, they can still bombard the Shenzhou Army's positions with artillery fire!
On the other hand, the Shenzhou Army, as the main force of the 215th Regiment, has only one 70mm-caliber mountain gun, and there are currently less than 20 shells left.
On such a local battlefield with thousands of people, a single artillery piece may change the trend of the entire battle, let alone such a huge gap in firepower.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the Donghai Navy launched charges against the 215th Regiment's position again and again.
Bullets are flying, the earth is shaking, and murderous intent is skyrocketing!
“I’m going to die, I’m going to die, I’m going to die”
Wan Geng was hiding in the trench, his body shaking into a sieve.
He was a new recruit who just joined the army last year. His family's land was burned down by the Donghai soldiers, and all his family members were killed by the Donghai soldiers. He was lucky enough to save his life.
He took the initiative to join the army for revenge.
After entering the recruit company, Wan Geng was assigned to the main regiment, the 215th Regiment, because he was proactive in training and had excellent qualities in all aspects.
Before the Battle of Crossing the River broke out, Wan Geng dreamed of going into battle every day to kill the enemy, kill those Rakshasa with his own hands, and avenge his dead relatives.
When the large army crossed the river, Wan Geng was so excited that he stayed awake all night, imagining his heroic appearance on the battlefield.
After the 215th Regiment followed the large troops into the battlefield, it began to be bombarded by artillery shells and bombed by aircraft, and then continued to move, move, and move.
The veteran in the team told him that this was because they were too close to the river, and enemy warships could hit them, and enemy aircraft could also bomb them.
Wan Geng was speechless. Everything was completely different from the battlefield he imagined.
Without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, they had already killed and injured many people!
The pride in my heart fell from its peak to its trough.
Afterwards, the 215th Regiment separated from the main force and was ordered to garrison here. The order it received was to 'wait for the attack'.
As a result, before they could get the specific attack order, Dong Haijun took the initiative to kill them!
In this way, Wan Geng started his first official battle in his life.
After seeing his comrades around him being torn apart by bullets and falling silently, his courage was completely shattered and he huddled up in the trench, not daring to show his head again.
"dying"
Wan Geng only had this thought in his mind.
There was a corpse not far to his left. The other person was his squad leader, a soldier who had been on the northwest battlefield.
He was a veteran who was very proficient in all combat skills. Wan Geng once admired his squad leader and wanted to be like him.
As a result, the other party was killed by a stray bullet within a few minutes of the battle.
"dying"
Bang bang bang bang——
Bullets passed overhead.
"The enemy is coming again!"
"withstand!!"
“Ahhhhh——”
"I'm shot, I'm shot!!"
"."
The morale of the Shenzhou Army in this position was on the verge of collapse.
Not every Chinese army has the courage to fight the enemy to the end. There are actually many recruits like Wan Geng.
At a certain moment, footsteps were heard above Wan Geng's head.
He subconsciously opened his eyes and looked up. Through the moonlight, he could vaguely see a figure holding a gun and looking down at him.
He knew that this was a Donghai soldier. The clothes on his body and the weapons in his hands were exactly the same as those Donghai soldiers who had killed his family.
The other party's eyes were like a cruel wolf, staring at Wan Geng with bloodthirsty, and the gun was pointed at him.
"dying"
Wan Geng's mind went blank. At this moment, he forgot all the skills he had trained and also forgot that he still had a gun in his hand.
And just when the Donghai soldier was about to pull the trigger, a flash of snow-white sword light flashed by.
brush--
The head of this Donghai soldier was chopped off!
Blood spread out and landed on Wan Geng's face.
He opened his eyes wide. The headless Donghai soldier had fallen, replaced by a taller figure.
Wan Geng didn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but his eyes met the other person's eyes.
His body trembled.
When Wan Geng was in his hometown, he once heard a fortune teller say that a person's soul can be seen through the eyes.
He scoffed.
But when he met this man's eyes at this moment, Wan Geng really felt as if he had touched his soul:
It feels like steel and is as hot as lava!
Such a fiery, fearless, determined and vast soul made Wan Geng tremble all over!
"stand up."
The visitor looked at Wan Geng and said calmly.
Then, before Wan Geng could react, he flashed and disappeared from the spot.
As if by mistake, Wan Geng forgot his fear and the dangers around him, stood up again, poked his head out of the trench, and looked ahead:
A flash of sword light cut through the darkness and killed several charging Donghai soldiers!
The person coming is none other than Hou Qi!
After a battle with Ishino Joichi and others, although he won in the end and killed all the enemies, he also paid a heavy price:
The realm of 'Seeing God in the Void' is indeed extremely mysterious, but after all, Hou Qi has just stepped into it and has not yet completely stabilized it. In addition, coupled with the impact of [Blood Sacrifice], he touched the 'God' in his body again and again, bursting out the four techniques. The power finally caused serious consequences and left irreversible injuries to the body!
If it were anyone else, even a master like Ishino Joichi, this kind of injury would kill him.
But after Hou Qi reached the state of 'seeing gods in the void', his understanding and control of himself went to a higher level, and he was confident that he could control his injuries and survive in the end.
But precisely because of his intimate understanding of the body, Hou Qi also knew that even if he could control his injuries and save his life, his skills would be basically useless.
After the injury heals, he will no longer be the North Sword King who can defeat a hundred thousand troops with one sword.
Ishino Joichi's last words of pity may also be about feeling pity for Hou Qi.
It's obvious that I have broken through to a higher realm and seen a broader world, but I no longer have the chance to do anything.
But Hou Qi did not accept such a pity.
Survive and spend the rest of your life doing nothing until you are old and can't even hold a knife?
He doesn't accept such a 'living life'!
So when he heard a battle breaking out in the distance, he chose to rush over without hesitation, rushed to the battlefield, and joined the battle while he still had some strength left and his realm was still there!
But before the battle, he did one more thing:
Using the state of 'seeing gods in the void', he used the Seven Evils of the Tiger God to 'contact' Zhao Yan who was still far away.
Zhao Yan has also practiced the Seven Evils of the Tiger God, and his own perception is extremely strong. In addition, Hou Qi's realm at this time is high enough, so he can achieve such mysterious things.
"Brother Hou?"
Zhao Yan, who was on his way, stopped and looked up at the sky.
He didn't hear Hou Qi's voice, but he felt Hou Qi's breath.
Subsequently, a large number of memories poured into Zhao Yan's mind.
These memories are not words or pictures, but an indescribable realization about the Seven Evils of the Tiger God, about the Eight Dharmas of Shangjing, about holding elixirs and combining Taoism, and about seeing God in the void!
At first, Zhao Yan taught Hou Qi all the high-level martial arts he had learned without reservation. Now, after Hou Qi broke through, he taught Zhao Yan his understanding of these high-level martial arts.
It might be difficult for another person to understand anything from this mysterious and mysterious feeling, but Zhao Yan can.
His body trembled, and he slowly closed his eyes, completely immersed in the realization given by Hou Qi:
From the beginning, practicing martial arts is a process of gradually understanding oneself and mastering one's body. This process can be called 'seeing oneself'.
From Ming Jin, Dark Jin, to Double Jue, Three Jue, all the way to the Dan realm, the warrior's control over himself becomes deeper and deeper, becoming more and more complete.
Until you reach the state of 'seeing gods in the void', where you can see 'the thirty-six thousand gods in the human body' and connect with them, 'seeing yourself' is truly completed.
Next, use your mind to perceive everything in the world and connect with it, just like Hou Qi established a connection with the Lijiang River. This process can be called 'seeing the world'.
The national art of Tiger God Seven Evils skips the alchemy path, and even skips the process of 'seeing oneself', and directly allows the warrior to 'see the world', which will lead to an unstable foundation.
Through his own martial arts breakthrough, Hou Qi reached the point of "Seeing God in the Void", and combined with the experience of the Tiger God Qisha, he finally made a summary of "Seeing the God in the Void":
See yourself first, see heaven and earth again!
He 'told' Zhao Yan all these things.
This is also the reason why he finally chose to burn himself out and go into battle.
Without Zhao Yan, Hou Qi would choose to 'live on' because he still has martial arts experience to pass on.
But now that he has given everything he realized to Zhao Yan, he doesn't need to worry about anything anymore.
The 'Northern Sword King' chose the ending that was most acceptable to him and the most satisfying:
Fight until the end of your life!
In a daze, Zhao Yan saw the battlefield in the distance:
Hou Qi rushed into the crowd with a knife, and a Donghai soldier fell under his knife.
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha——"
The heroic laughter echoed throughout the battlefield and reached the ears of many people.
This laughter carries a shocking power, and a powerful spiritual power envelopes the entire audience!
Soon, all the soldiers of the 215th Regiment had the same feeling as Wan Geng before. They seemed to have touched Hou Qi’s soul:
Like steel, like lava!
Wan Geng's body trembled again, but this time it was not because of fear.
"ah--"
he suddenly shouted.
He didn't know what he was shouting. He stepped out of the trench and rushed forward!
Soon, a second soldier also stepped out of the trench and rushed out.
Then the third, the fourth
The entire regiment of soldiers launched a charge against the Eastern Navy!
Zhao Yan could only 'see' Hou Qi's perspective at first, but at this moment, his field of vision continued to increase, and he could overlook the entire scene.
Not only that, he seemed to have touched the souls of nearly two thousand soldiers of the 215th Regiment:
A variety of emotions including excitement, hatred, pain, and anger, a state of mind mixed together like a tide.
This is called - seeing all living beings!
"'Seeing God in the Void' requires warriors to first see themselves, then see the world, and finally see all living beings."
Zhao Yan suddenly had this realization in his heart.
This was Hou Qi's final realization.
At this moment, there seemed to be an invisible hand touching the top of Zhao Yan's head in the starry sky, continuously imparting various insights into martial arts to him.
His body suddenly sank, and all the energy, blood and energy in his body quickly collapsed inward, condensed, and finally completely condensed into a ball, and then exploded outward.
boom! ! ! !
Dust flew up, and a pit exploded under Zhao Yan's feet.
At this moment, he burst into tears.
Immortals caress my head, tie my hair and grant me immortality!
On the other side, Hou Qi, who was fighting on the battlefield, suddenly paused and looked up into the sky with a bright smile on his face.
By telepathy, he knew that Zhao Yan had successfully broken through.
During his lifetime, he fought for China and was admired by hundreds of millions of people. Before his death, he even created a grandmaster!
Thinking of this, Hou Qi laughed again:
"How magnificent is my life?!"
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha——"
The heroic laughter went straight up to the sky and merged into the eternal stars.
"Hou Qi is leaving!"
(End of chapter)
