xymnovel Chapter 66 The Courage of the Heavenly Spear, Tense Situation
Chapter 66 The Courage of the Heavenly Spear, Tense Situation
The lead rider was exceptionally swift and magnificent! The horse was pure white, without a single stray hair, and seemed to radiate a lustrous jade-like light in the morning light. A single jade-colored horn, more than a foot long, adorned its forehead, making it appear even more divine.
As its four hooves flew, a faint mist swirled around it. The sound of its feet stepping on the wooden planks of the floating bridge was strange and peculiar, sometimes heavy and sometimes light. It was the legendary steed of the Eastern Yi grasslands—the Snow Jade Qilin!
The general on horseback was clad in a set of exquisitely crafted, bright silver scale armor. The armor plates were as fine as fish scales, shimmering with a cold, icy light under the sun. His helmet covered most of his face, revealing only a pair of sharp, ruthless eyes.
In his hand was a long spear of peculiar design. The spear body seemed to have scale-like patterns and was silvery-white in color. The spearhead was narrow and long, and the blade emitted a cold light that flickered intermittently. Even from a distance, one could feel a bone-chilling coldness emanating from it. It was none other than the Silver Moon Snow Scale Spear, one of the national treasures of the Eastern Barbarians!
Behind him, three thousand cavalrymen followed like shadows. These cavalrymen were quite different from the ordinary light cavalry of the Eastern Barbarians; each one was elite and sharp-eyed, wearing light yet sturdy chainmail armor, over which were leather robes, carrying powerful bows on their backs, and with uniformly styled curved swords at their waists.
The warhorses beneath them were all magnificent, their formations perfectly aligned as they galloped, the sound of their hooves as dense as a summer downpour pounding on banana leaves, their momentum unified and unwavering. They were the most elite field force of the Eastern Yi Royal Court, the Sun Chasing Guard!
"You cowardly rats of the Great Xia, how dare you presume that the Eastern Barbarians are without men! Huli Changsheng is here; those who stand in my way shall die!"
A furious roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, burst forth from the mouth of the silver-armored general.
The roaring sound seemed to drown out the clamor of the battlefield.
Before the words were even finished, the Snow Jade Qilin Beast had already unleashed terrifying speed, instantly rushing across the end of the pontoon bridge without stopping, heading straight for the right flank junction of the Great Xia Imperial Army formation, which was slightly protruding and somewhat weak due to the Dragon Cavalry's charge!
"Hulü Changsheng's skill 'Heavenly Spear' activated!"
"Hulü Changsheng skill Heavenly Spear activated"
Strength: 110, Command: 90, Intelligence: 88, Politics: 79
天枪
The raging spear pierces the heavens, sweeping across the eight wastelands with a single strike.
They charged through enemy lines, their blood staining the camps and destroying countless fortifications; the roar of their spears echoed as they covered the earth in black and yellow.
Effect 1: Unrivaled Sharpshooter. When facing an enemy with a gun, your own attack power increases by 9, and you suppress the opponent by 2 points.
Effect 2: Heavenly Favor Spear. When wielding a spear against an enemy, even when using ordinary weapons, you will gain a +1 attack power bonus. When using a divine spear weapon, your weapon bonus will be doubled, and your attack power will be increased by 1-2 points depending on your strength.
Effect 3: The spear is the king of all weapons, and I am the master of ten thousand spears. When facing an opponent with weapon skills, the effects of their weapon-related skills are halved. When facing short weapons, the opponent's weapon bonus is additionally sealed (this effect can only be activated on those with lower base attack power than oneself, and cannot be activated on weapon gods).
Effect 4: Supreme Gunner. When affected by a negative effect from an enemy wielding a gun, this negative skill effect can be temporarily copied. It expires after the battle. If the opponent does not use a gun, the actual effect is halved. (It can be activated a maximum of twice in the same battle after being affected by different negative skill effects.)
Effect 5: Unseen Sharpness - If an opponent participating in the attack uses a gun-based combo skill, all effects of that combo skill will be sealed.
Currently, the Silver Moon Snow Kirin Spear is +2, the Snow Jade Kirin Beast is +1, and the Heavenly Spear is +9, with a base attack power of 110, which will increase to 122.
An unsettling, invisible aura suddenly spread out from Huli Changsheng at his center.
The Silver Moon Snow Scale Spear in his hand seemed to come alive. The scale patterns that were faintly visible on the spear body lit up slightly, and the tip of the spear was filled with a strong chill, causing the temperature of the surrounding air to drop several degrees.
His gaze locked onto a row of Great Xia shield bearers who were hurriedly turning around and trying to form a battle formation. With a roar, the Snow Jade Qilin Beast stomped its four hooves on the ground and leaped into the air, actually over the scattered wreckage of the foremost barricade!
While in mid-air, the Silver Moon Snowscale Spear had already transformed into a silver lightning bolt that tore through the air, carrying the force of wind and thunder as it thrust straight down!
"break!"
"Pfft! Pfft! Snap!"
The piercing sound and the shattering sound rang out almost simultaneously! The seemingly indestructible shield covered with iron was easily pierced by the spear tip, just like paper, when this divine weapon thrust through it!
Even more terrifying was that the terrifying force and chilling aura contained in the spear tip did not diminish. After piercing through the first shield, it continued to penetrate the chest of the shield-bearing soldier and then pierced the shield and body of the second shield bearer behind him!
One shot, two shields, two people!
The spear tip pierced through his back, and before the blood could even splatter, it was frozen into tiny red ice fragments by the cold air emanating from the spear.
With a flick of his wrist, Huli Changsheng caused the spear to vibrate slightly. The two Xia army shield bearers, who were strung together, along with their broken shields, were thrown away with tremendous force as if they were being thrown off as burdens. They crashed heavily into the ranks of spearmen behind them, causing chaos.
Where they landed, blood gushed out, but quickly condensed into a strange red and white frost on the ground.
That solid defensive line, composed of iron shields and flesh and blood, was ripped open with a shocking gap by this earth-shattering spear!
A chill permeated the air, and the Xia soldiers around the breach felt their limbs stiffen, their breaths filled with white mist, and they were horrified.
Hulü Changsheng, the fiercest general of the Eastern Barbarians, has officially entered the battlefield with the might of the Sun Chasing Guard! The morale of the Great Xia army, which had just been boosted by the Dragon Cavalry, is once again facing a severe test! The battle situation is about to take another turn for the worse!
Following closely behind Huli Changsheng in tearing open the breach were the three thousand ever-present, battle-hardened Sun Chasing Guards.
These elite riders of the Dongyi people displayed astonishing tactical skills and killing efficiency.
They did not blindly rush into the still-struggling breach in the shield wall, but instead, relying on their exceptional horsemanship, proceeded in small teams.
They spread out nimbly like flowing water, rushing along the edge of the shield formation, and bursting into the formation when they found an opening. Their targets were the spearmen and crossbowmen in the back row who had lost the cover of their shields and whose formation was already in disarray!
The curved blades were drawn, flashing with a cold light. The Sun Chaser's swordsmanship was ruthless and swift, combining the wildness of grassland swordsmanship with the precision honed through years of battle.
The flash of the blade was often accompanied by the shattering of helmets and the gushing of blood from necks. Most of the Xia army crossbowmen had not even had time to draw their crossbows from their quivers before their heads were sliced off by the swiftly passing scimitars, or their chests were cleaved open, and they fell to the ground screaming in agony.
The spearmen hastily thrust their spears forward, but the Sun Guards parried and deflected them with their scimitars, easily deflecting the spearheads with the speed of their horses. They then swung their swords backhand, either severing the spear shaft or splitting open the armor.
On the inner side of the battle line, blood and flesh flew everywhere. Xia soldiers fell in droves, their cries of agony mingling with the muffled thuds of weapons piercing flesh, a chilling sight.
At the very forefront of the formation, the silver-armored figure had transformed into a true spearhead for breaking through the formation!
Hulü Changsheng didn't need to turn around to check the results of his battles. All his will and killing intent were focused on the Silver Moon Snow Scale Spear in his hand and on everything in his way.
The snow-white jade unicorn beast, its hooves whipping through the wind and carrying a chilling mist, charged left and right through the somewhat chaotic Xia army ranks. Its silver spear danced no longer as a simple thrust, parry, sweep, or smash, but had become the core of a death storm.
With a single thrust, the spear tip flashed with a chilling light that pierced through three Xia army swordsmen and shieldmen who were trying to stand shoulder to shoulder to defend themselves. The extreme cold force carried by the spear instantly froze the blood and lives, and the ice shards and blood foam brought out when the spear was pulled out also splattered and injured the people around.
With a backhand "moon-lifting" move, he sent a brave Xia army centurion who had stepped forward and tried to chop the horse's legs with his long axe flying into the air. Before the man could land, he was frozen to death by the cold air that had penetrated his lungs, and his body became stiff as a stone.
The spear swept across like a silver dragon's tail, and the gale struck five or six Xia soldiers as if they had been hit hard. Their armor was dented, their bones were broken, and their tendons were snapped. Even more terrifying was the bone-chilling cold that caused the wounds to quickly become numb and necrotic, rendering them unable to fight.
In a short time, with Hulü Changsheng as the spearhead and the efficient killing of the Zhuri Guard, the originally stable square formation of the Imperial Guard on the right wing was forcibly broken open and disrupted, forming a death corridor several feet wide that continued to extend inward!
Upon seeing this, the remaining soldiers of the Eastern Barbarians, who had been scattered by the Dragon Cavalry and were either watching or fleeing, reacted like drowning people grabbing onto driftwood. In their despair, they unleashed their last ferocity, howling as they followed the silver blade and charged desperately into the depths of the gap.
The Xia army's entire right flank and the flanks connected to the center were violently shaken and on the verge of collapse, seemingly on the verge of breaking down!