Watanabe Kyouichi is the brigade commander of the Third Brigade of the 11th Division of the Empire of the Rising Sun. He is 43 years old and has the rank of major general. He graduated from the Empire of the Rising Sun Army Sergeant School and graduated with the first place in the comprehensive subjects of the current period.
He came from an ordinary fisherman's family without any family background, but he could become a major general in his early forties and serve as a brigade commander in an elite division of the empire such as the 11th Division. This is enough to prove his excellence and ability. Outstanding.
In fact, he is one of the most valued "Famous Generals" in the country of the Rising Sun. He has served as the brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 11th Division for only two years, and he has made the 3rd Brigade a leader. The 11th Division is the most powerful brigade and is known as the elite among the elite.
The third brigade led by Watanabe Kyouichi was the fourth time that the Empire of the Rising Sun reinforced the battlefield in Shencheng. Before arriving at the battlefield, Watanabe Kyouichi felt extremely incompetent at the incompetence of the original Imperial Brigade in Shencheng. Angry, the Ninth Division that originally attacked Shencheng was also an elite division of the empire, but it was unable to deal with Dahua's motley army, making Watanabe Kyouichi angry and confused.
But after arriving at the battlefield and seeing the combat effectiveness of the Dahua army, Watanabe Kyouichi was silent for a long time.
However, as an excellent general, he is not an impulsive person. He knows that if he puts his army directly into the frontal battlefield, even if he can break through the defense line of the Dahua army, the price he pays will be extremely heavy.
Therefore, he formulated a large-scale plan to penetrate and outflank enemy lines. It was equally difficult to complete this plan.
Because the Central Army of the Republic of China was guarding the flanks and rear of the Nineteenth Route Army of the National Army of the Republic of China, the only way to outflank the enemy rear was to use ships to transport soldiers across the Liuhe River.
It's just that the Liuhe River is narrow and cannot pass large warships. Both sides of the river are covered with coastal defense artillery. It is difficult for troop transport ships to pass the blockade of artillery fire.
However, due to Watanabe Kyouichi's exquisite planning and superb command skills, the Rising Sun Intelligence Agency lurking in Shanghai used methods such as bribery, assassination, and fraud on the coastal defense forces. Under the suppression of artillery fire, he led his two thousand most elite soldiers to finally break through the Liuhe defense line and successfully detoured back to the position of the 19th Army.
Now, we are only one step away from true victory.
Watanabe Kyouichi stood on the bank of the river, holding his command knife high and shouting loudly.
"go ahead!"
"Kill the enemy!"
"Imperial warriors, go and claim your merits!"
"If you fight today, your names will go down in history!"
Watanabe Kyouichi kept using passionate words and shouting at the top of his lungs to encourage his soldiers.
Even the thunder that kept ringing at this time could not suppress his voice.
Even the heavy rain that was about to fall could not extinguish the fire burning in his chest at this moment.
If he can win this battle, then capturing Shencheng will be a matter of course, and the achievements of this battle will also lay a solid foundation for him to become the first person in the military in the future.
Then at a certain moment, Watanabe Kyouichi suddenly discovered that all the soldiers running past him were all looking behind him with a look of horror and horror.
Watanabe Kyou turned his head unconsciously and saw a huge, weird thing on the river surface, rushing towards him.
Watanabe Kyouichi couldn't make any reaction, the strange thing had already rushed to the river bank, and its huge body ran over him like a tank.
So Watanabe Kyouichi was crushed into a puddle of flesh.
...Is that a dragon?
This was Kyouichi Watanabe's last thought before he died.
The commander of this battle, the newly rising "Flower of Famous Generals" in the Rising Sun World, died unexpectedly before the battle began.
The four-legged snake rushed up the river bank and rushed into the Rising Sun *** team.
In the sky, golden thunderbolts as thick as buckets began to fall.
Everyone in Shanghai thought that there would be a heavy rain today when the huge dark cloud came in the early morning.
And then it didn't rain, not a drop.
What fell was thunder, golden thunder that was as dense as a rainstorm.
Moreover, these sky thunders are concentrated within a range of tens of meters and move with the movement of the four-legged snake.
The four-legged snake is now in immense pain. Every golden lightning strike on its body can shatter its hard scales and make its skin and flesh burst open. Then the scorching power of thunder and lightning spreads throughout its body in an instant.
The body of the four-legged snake twisted wildly and uncontrollably. As the huge dragon tail swung, the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun nearby who had no time to escape fell in pieces like straw being swung by a scythe.
Of course, they couldn't escape at all.
The huge body of the four-legged snake twisted and rolled crazily on this battlefield, much faster than a running tank. How could ordinary mortal soldiers escape it with just their feet.
After the four-legged snake rushed into the Rising Sun Army, in just a few breaths, it was impossible to tell how many soldiers of the Rising Sun Kingdom had been crushed to death and thrown away.
Then the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun who were crushed to death by it were far less numerous than those who were killed by the thunder.
All the sky thunders falling from the sky were concentrated around the body of the four-legged snake. However, not all of these sky thunders fell on the four-legged snakes. Some of them had slight deviations. When these sky thunders fell on the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun, While in the team, entire groups of soldiers from the Kingdom of the Rising Sun disappeared, leaving only a faint burning smell in the air.
At this time, the four-legged snake discovered another thing.
That was when the sky thunder fell on it, and each thunder brought it extreme pain, and the pain accumulated one after another, gradually putting its mind on the verge of collapse.
And in addition to the physical pain, there seems to be a faint will full of coercion between each thunder. This will makes the four-legged snake extremely afraid, making it want to surrender and give up. impulse.
The Heavenly Thunder Tribulation is a physical and mental test for those who want to transform into dragons.
But there is no limit to this test, and the thunder will not stop just because you are about to stop persisting.
The thunder will continue to fall until the thunder and lightning accumulated in the dark clouds these days are gone.
In this process, if you don't persist to the end, you will be reduced to ashes under the thunder.
The four-legged snake doesn't know which one of its body and spirit will start to collapse first, but it knows very well that whether the body can survive it depends on luck, but whether the spirit can survive it depends on itself.
The eldest brother asked Boss Shu to tell it not to be afraid of death when going through the thunder tribulation.
The real meaning of this sentence is not to warn it not to be afraid of "death" itself, but not to die because of "fear".
…But some things really don’t just happen if you don’t want them to…
The four-legged snake's consciousness began to slowly form.
At this time, a scream rang in his ears, suddenly waking him up.
Then the four-legged snake found that it was biting a mortal soldier wearing a dark yellow military uniform in its mouth. The soldier's body had been torn apart by the bite, and he died wailing, with endless fear and despair still remaining in his eyes.
There was a tremor in the four-legged snake's heart, a tremor of excitement.
At this moment, it seemed that the pain from the physical body had weakened a little.
The sense of coercion contained in the golden thunder made its feeling of submission and fear weaken a little.
It turns out that killing can divert one's attention... No, killing can make one's spirit stronger.
A kind of enlightenment arose in the four-legged snake's heart.
Maybe this is the function of the Seven Kills destiny that Boss Shu mentioned!
Since it is your life, why are you hesitating?
Then the four-legged snake rushed towards the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun who were running around, tearing them apart with their mouths and clawing them, and began to massacre these soldiers wearing dark yellow military uniforms.
…
The old knifeman stood on the roof of a building
, staring at the battlefield in the distance, he had no interest in the war between mortals. In his eyes, he only saw the place shrouded in golden thunder light, and the huge body twisting and turning in the golden thunder light.
His palm was tightly grasped on the handle of the long knife at his waist, as if he was about to draw the knife at the next moment.
But Lao Daobaozi is still waiting.
Rushing over now is just looking for death.
Because those golden sky thunders are too terrifying, he does not have the body of a dragon. Even if he is at the peak of the Fetal Movement Realm, if he is accidentally injured by those golden sky thunders, he will probably turn into a pile of ashes.
As for the others, they couldn't even withstand a thunderbolt.
So still have to wait for a while.
The best time to take action is when the thunder from the sky falls, when the dragon's vitality is severely damaged and its strength is at its weakest.
It would be best if the dragon died directly under the thunder, as long as the dragon corpse is still there, that would save trouble.
The old man held the handle of the knife tightly, thinking that maybe it wouldn't be long before the handle of his life-returning knife could be replaced by a dragon-horned one.
…
Uchikura Yunobu is also waiting.
It's just that unlike Lao Daobaozi, who was waiting leisurely and leisurely at this time, Uchikura Yunobu's waiting was a little torturous.
Seeing those warriors of the empire dying under the dragon's claws, Uchikura Yunobu felt extremely regretful and sad.
But he couldn't enter the place shrouded in golden thunder.
Even Yunobu Uchikura had to worry about the life and death of the dragon that was killing the imperial warriors crazily.
But don't die in this thunder disaster.
A dead dragon and a living dragon have completely different values to the Black Dragon Society.
Yunobu Uchikura frowned, suppressing the mania and anger in his heart, and continued to wait.
At this time, his deputy Kobayashi Mitsuno came to his side and asked softly:
"Sir, would you like to contact the people in Shencheng?"
"I heard that during this period, there were people from the Nascent Soul Realm being enshrined in Shen City."
Uchikura Yunobu glanced at him, his face expressionless.
He didn't want to contact anyone, he had to take the credit alone.
What's more, if a Nascent Soul Realm power comes, the credit for this matter will have nothing to do with him.
"Now the strong men in the guild in Shen City are confronting Dahua's practitioners. When they come, Dahua's practitioners, especially those from the Seven Immortals Alliance, will also follow. That will be bad. "
Yunobu Uchikura said to his deputy Mitsuno Kobayashi in such a nonchalant manner.
When both Uchikura Yunobu and Lao Daobaozi arrived here, they were all attracted by the golden thunder and the dragon in the sky. They did not notice a half-collapsed bridge not far away, nor did they look at it. Go to the young man carrying the bridge under the bridge.
…
"Master, thunder struck."
At this time, a group of people from East Lake Academy in Yuzhang City had just entered Shencheng.
Seeing the golden thunder and lightning falling one after another in the dark clouds in the distance, Xu Jingsheng raised his finger and exclaimed.
"The thunder tribulation has begun!"
Chen Shanming's eyes narrowed, and then he waved his broad sleeves, and his whole figure flew towards the direction where the golden thunder fell like a breeze.
"Master, go and take a look first, you can follow on your own."
Half a minute later, Chen Shanming had crossed most of Shanghai and arrived at the place where the thunder fell.
He stood on the far bank of the river, looking at the dragon that was going through the thunder tribulation in the golden thunder light, with admiration and joy in his eyes.
No greed, no desire, just pure admiration and joy.
He took his disciples and traveled thousands of miles, really just to see this dragon with his own eyes.
Chen Shanming started to practice since he was a child, but he loved hiding in the bookstore to read more than practicing. When he was a child, he saw those magical creatures from ancient times in the ancient books in the bookstore. Each of them fascinated him and he only hated them.
I was born ten thousand years late and could not witness it with my own eyes.
Today, he finally saw a living creature from ancient times.
At this moment, Chen Shanming had a feeling of no regrets that he would die in the morning after hearing the truth.
He stood in the distance, silently watching the dragon passing through the tribulation, wishing in his heart that it could successfully survive the thunder tribulation and transform into a dragon into the sea.
As for the soldiers in dark yellow military uniforms who died under the claws of the dragon's mouth.
Chen Shanming was very aware of the war taking place in Shanghai, so he just muttered in his heart:
Have a good death!
However, not long after, after Chen Shanming watched the scene of the dragon crossing the tribulation for a while, he suddenly seemed to notice something strange, and there was some confusion on his face.
He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky that had cleared away and become much smaller. He looked at the golden thunder that shrouded the dragon over there and murmured something in his mouth.
"strangeness……"
At this time, his disciples finally arrived.
While Xu Jinsheng was marveling at the wonderful sight he witnessed, he happened to hear the master's whisper.
"Master, what's strange?"
So he couldn't help but asked curiously.
"According to the records in ancient books, this catastrophe of thunder is a test of Heavenly Dao on those creatures who have leaped through the ranks. Every thunderstorm contains Heavenly Dao's will, so naturally it is not just for good looks."
"Furthermore, the ancient book that I have read clearly stated that in the catastrophe of thunder, every thunder will fall on the person who overcomes the tribulation, and no Taoist magic can avoid it."
"But have you noticed that many of the thunders on the side of the dragon that is going through the tribulation at the moment have not actually fallen on it at all?"
Xu Jingsheng quickly took a closer look and found that it was exactly what the master said. The dense golden thunder like a rainstorm enveloped dozens of meters around the dragon. However, among the ten thunders, the one that actually fell on the dragon was the one that fell on the dragon. Maybe there were only five or six, and the others were in the open space next to Luoluo, or among the soldiers in dark yellow uniforms running around.
"Then why is this dragon's thunder tribulation so special?"
So Xu Jingsheng asked again.
"As a teacher, I don't know..."
Chen Shanming shook his head in confusion.
Although he is known for his erudition, he can only get a glimpse of such ancient things from ancient books. I don’t know what is going on, but maybe some thunder tribulations are special in the first place!
"Master, maybe it's because this dragon is very lucky!"
At this time, Xia Xiaohong on the side interrupted.
Chen Shanming laughed dumbly, but he did not mean to hurt the innocence of his youngest female disciple. Nosu smiled and said:
"Yeah, maybe it's very lucky."
"It may be that God is giving it some water."
So Xu Jingsheng also made a joke with a smile.
Chen Shanming glared at him, then looked up at the sky again. The dark clouds in the sky were getting smaller and smaller, covering only a few miles around, and the number of falling golden thunders also became sparse, so Chen Shanming said expectantly :
"No matter what, this dragon only needs to bear half of the power of the thunder tribulation. It seems that there is no doubt that it will successfully survive the thunder tribulation. Later we should be able to see the strange scene of this dragon entering the sea and transforming into a dragon."
At this time, Xu Jingsheng looked around and said with some confusion:
"Master, such strange things have happened here, and the movement is so loud. Why can't we see practitioners from Shen City coming here to check the situation? What about our Seven Immortal Alliance people in Shen City?"
Chen Shanming's expression suddenly became solemn, and his voice became a little deeper:
"As far as I know, for more than a month, the Seven Immortals Alliance in Shen City, as well as some other Dahua practitioners, and the Rising Sun Kingdom, as well as the practitioners from the Western Continent, have been fighting hard. The intensity will never be much worse than the fierce battle between mortal armies. I am afraid that I have no time to care about it at the moment... Now that I have arrived in Shencheng
, then we will stay and help them. "
"Besides, I haven't told you before that the Seven Immortals Alliance in Shen City is in a special situation."
"Master, what's so special about it?"
"Think about it, our Seven Immortals Alliance does not include the sects in the southern border of the underworld overseas, but only the three sects of Buddhism and Confucianism. There are thirty-six Taoist temples, thirty-two Buddhist temples, and twenty-eight academies in the world, each of which is located in the big city. Some important places in China have been passed down for four thousand years."
"But what about Shencheng? Shencheng is just a new city that has only emerged in the past hundred years. Before the Gengshen Revolution, it was just a small fishing village. A few years ago, this place was just a tidal flat."
"So Shen Cheng has never had a temple, a temple, or an academy..."
Chen Shanming seemed to be ready to say a few words in detail, but at this moment, Xia Xiaohong suddenly pointed to a bridge in the distance and exclaimed:
"Master, I saw that man, the young man who raised his hand to turn back the flood. He is over there!"
Chen Shanming immediately stopped talking and looked in the direction of his female disciple's finger.
Then he saw a young man.
The young man stood on the riverside with a steel bridge on his shoulders.
Chen Shanming suddenly took a breath of cold air.
