Section 62: Great Victory
Author: Gu Zhenren
“Good, let me see what trump cards the Jianghan Kingdom has prepared to deal with me this time…” Chu Yun’s eyes flashed withDivine Light. He drew his Drunken Snow Saber, stepped onto the Swift Grass Shoes, and with the Colorless Rainbow Demon swirling around him, he ascended into the sky.
His back was broad and his waist was powerful. His black hair danced wildly in the sea breeze, his gaze colder than the Drunken Snow Saber. Step by step, as if treading on invisible stairs, he ascended. His imposing momentum, like a descending god, immediately caught the attention of countless people as soon as he appeared.
“Ah! It’s the Little Tyrant!”
“Is he finally going to make a move?”
“Where, where is his target?”
Seeing Chu Yun treading on the void and overlooking the battlefield, the hearts of the Shui Family’s generals immediately pounded, and the pressure intensified.
“Young Island Master, the Young Island Master is going to make a move!”
“In the entire Archipelago, who can be the Young Island Master’s opponent?!”
“Follow the Young Island Master, kill! Kill!”
Seeing this, countless soldiers of the Shu Family Army roared to the sky, their courage greatly boosted.
“There’s no need for any mobilization. Just his appearance has boosted our side’s morale to such a degree! What a terrifying figure!”
“As soon as Chu Yun appeared, the Shu Family Army exploded!”
“Damn it, we can’t hold on. The front and rear decks have been taken by the Copper Bell elite soldiers, and the entire Shu Family Army is like lunatics.”
At this moment, many soldiers of the Shui Family were defeated one after another in stunned silence. Feeling the surging pressure from the Shu Family Army, it was like an endless tide of stormy waves.
“Damn it, they’re actually making a move at this opportune moment,” Generals Zhang Yin and Lu Kaijin said with difficulty.
“Generals, quickly clear the obstacles, and I will hold off Chu Yun!” A warrior, riding a Spirit Monster flying horse and wielding a halberd of similar Spirit Monster rank, roared and charged towards Chu Yun.
He was covered in silver armor, his flying horse was snow-white, and arrays of brilliance flowed on his halberd. His posture was upright, his back broad and his waist narrow; he had a distinguished appearance and was awe-inspiring.
“Here comes a suicide.” Chu Yun narrowed his eyes, his posture as if he were dozing. His voice boomed like thunder, sounding dismissive.
The warrior was furious, pointing his halberd at Chu Yun and roaring, “Arrogant brat, don’t underestimate me. I am the great general of the Shui Family, Wu Beiju… Ah!”
It happened in the blink of an eye!
Chu Yun’s eyes suddenly opened. At the same time, he activated his Swift Grass Shoes and the Colorless Rainbow Demon, his figure flashing like lightning! The Drunken Snow Saber was like a white rainbow streaking across the sky, and with lightning speed, it cut past the warrior named Wu Beiju.
The warrior let out a scream, and then his body was split in two in mid-air, blood splashing out and blooming into a bright red flower in the sky. With a bang, he fell from the high altitude and plunged into the sea.
Fierce!
Too fast.
From the moment Chu Yun angered the opponent to the surprise attack and the instant killing of the enemy general, the entire process took only three breaths.
After three breaths, a warrior with Spirit Monster-level combat strength died on the battlefield for the first time. Chu Yun suddenly disappeared into the sky. When he reappeared, he was already behind Fang Hong.
“Fang Hong!” he suddenly roared, like thunder exploding in the opponent’s ears.
Fang Hong was, after all, a seasoned general who had been suppressing Hua Ying. Suddenly hearing Chu Yun roar behind him, his whole body trembled. An extremely strong sense of crisis enveloped him.
His rich combat experience saved his life. At this critical juncture, without thinking, he immediately struck back, swinging his Golden Silver Heaven-Crashing Hammer fiercely against the Drunken Snow Saber.
Boom!
With a world-shattering explosion, one warhammer was directly sent flying. Fang Hong quickly grabbed the remaining hammer, activated a Dao technique, spun like a top, and wildly swung, hammer shadows flying, attacking and defending.
He was experienced, and so was Chu Yun. Missing the first strike, he had already retreated, avoiding Fang Hong’s frantic counterattack.
“Take another of my saber strikes!” Chu Yun roared again, activating the Grand Splendor augment, amplifying his Snowfang Dao technique. The Drunken Snow Saber grew to the size of a door, fiercely chopping down at the dim hammer shadows.
With a dull thud, Fang Hong was blasted down from the sky like a cannonball. He directly hit an enemy ship below, smashing a large hole in the deck and being blasted into the cabin, his life or death unknown.
Hua Ying witnessed this scene with her own eyes, and the corners of her eyes twitched fiercely.
This was no longer chopping, but smashing. He directly smashed Fang Hong down.
After the battle of the Seven Stars Death Kill formation, Chu Yun had gained a large amount of Demonic Crystals. After digesting them, he had cultivated the Drunken Snow Saber, Sky Fox, and Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch to over nine thousand years of cultivation, just one step away from the Tribulation Demon realm.
At the same time, the cultivation of the Swift Grass Shoes, Life Spring Imperial Seal, Revolving Pill Yuan Tree, Colorless Rainbow Demon, and Hurricane Bow, five Spirit Monsters, averaged around eight thousand years.
Therefore, his combat power had been elevated to an unprecedented level. If there were another Seven Stars Death Kill formation now, he wouldn’t even need the Eight Trigrams formation; with the eight Demonic creatures in his hand, he could directly kill the enemy and break the formation.
Grand Splendor Dragon Mark!
Chu Yun, looking down from above, swung his saber fiercely. Amidst the dragon’s roar, a powerful, bright saber energy converged into a ferocious dragon head, directly blasting down. It pulverized the battleship below into pieces.
Fang Hong, who had already been unconscious, was torn to shreds by the saber energy of the Grand Dragon Mark that descended from the sky.
Chu Yun, having slain two generals in succession, did not stop. He stood proudly in the void, his tiger eyes shooting out lightning, and he aimed at the enemy warrior Ye Feng, who was commanding the Arrowfish Cavalry and fighting Wang Zelong.
“You, come and taste the power of my Drunken Snow Saber.” He challenged him.
Ye Feng shivered all over, a coldness that pierced his bones rising from the deepest part of his heart. He mumbled a response without answering, flicked his weapon, immediately changed direction, abandoned Wang Zelong, and fled on his horse.
As Chu Yun was about to pursue, two angry shouts came from behind.
“Little Tyrant, how dare you be so arrogant! Zhang Yin is here!”
“Wahahaha, killing two of my great generals, you will surely die!”
It was none other than Generals Zhang Yin and Lu Kaijin.
“Are you afraid of us?” Divine Light shot from Chu Yun’s eyes. He was fearless and charged forward, fighting two against one.
The three battled in mid-air, sabers and swords clashing with thunderous roars. Their figures chased each other, dazzling to the eye. Various Dao techniques were unleashed, creating a spectacle of flowing colors.
These two generals were different from others; they were warriors cultivated by the Jianghan Kingdom. They were particularly skilled in joint combat. Each of them possessed four Demonic creatures and were all Spirit Monsters. Chu Yun could not defeat them for the time being.
“Finally, the Little Tyrant has been temporarily contained.” Yang Wan Quan let out a sigh of relief. Just as he shifted his gaze from the sky, he was startled again.
The entire battlefield had been completely dominated by the Shu Family Army. The Shui Family’s warships were divided into pieces, surrounded and devoured.
Yang Wan Quan immediately made adjustments, but with every adjustment, the Shu Family Army would respond with targeted measures at the first opportunity.
After several adjustments, the Shui Family suffered even heavier losses. Yang Wan Quan was already covered in cold sweat, his expression mixed with fear and shock.
Unless one witnessed it firsthand, no one would have expected the terror commanded by Huang Xiao. Yang Wan Quan felt that the Shui Family fleet, which was originally as pliable as his own arm, seemed to have fallen into a quagmire, sinking deeper the more it struggled.
What troubled him even more was that the more than twenty warships previously linked by chains still remained within his formation, seriously hindering his command and adjustments.
It was only because Chu Yun’s offensive was too fierce that Generals Zhang and Lu had only time to remove some of them before rushing back.
“One wrong step leads to every subsequent step. We were targeted from the beginning, then this damned obstruction. We have been passively beaten from beginning to end, never having control of the initiative!” Yang Wan Quan’s face turned ashen, and he hated to pound the ship’s railing.
The more he fought, the less confidence he had, and a desire to retreat arose in his heart.
In fact, Generals Zhang Yin and Lu Kaijin had an even stronger desire to retreat.
During the battle, Chu Yun successively revealed eight demigods, pressing them both into the disadvantage. Chu Yun fought more fiercely, his aura like a rainbow. They were desperately blocking and parrying.
“Withdraw! We cannot continue fighting. If we continue, the entire fleet will be annihilated!” Half an hour later, Yang Wan Quan finally made the painful decision and issued the order to retreat.
Generals Zhang Yin and Lu Kaijin, who had been aggressive before the battle, were greatly relieved upon hearing the retreat order and responded actively.
Chu Yun naturally would not miss a good opportunity to beat a drowning dog. However, during the pursuit of the entire army, assassins from the Dark Pavilion appeared. After annihilating these assassins, the remaining Shui Family fleet had mostly disengaged from the battlefield.
During the post-battle cleanup, the Shu Family Army suffered over three thousand casualties and could no longer fight. Thirty-seven warships were damaged, including one reinforced ship, two treasure ships, and seven large merchant ships.
However, compared to the glorious results, these losses were definitely worth it.
In this battle, the Shu Family Army captured over fifty enemy ships, including two reinforced ships, seven treasure ships, and eleven large merchant ships. They also captured over two thousand Shui Family soldiers, three junior generals, and one senior general.
The Shui Family Army, on the other hand, lost two great generals in this battle, leaving behind over six thousand soldier’s corpses. With slightly more than one-third of their military strength, they fled in haste into the Shui Family’s territory and holed up on Floating Soil Island to defend.
“What?! Yang Wan Quan’s unit suffered heavy losses in the engagement with the Shu Family fleet and has retreated to Floating Soil Island?” When the military dispatch reached the Mad Confucian General, this indebted general of the Jianghan Kingdom could hardly believe his eyes.
His hand, holding the letter, trembled uncontrollably: “This Yang Wan Quan, for all his reputation for caution and steadiness, actually seeks reinforcements from me so quickly?! He lost one-third of his military strength all at once, how outrageous! How outrageous!”
After a moment of silence, the Mad Confucian General slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air: “Order General Yan Dongliu to lead an army of ten thousand to provide support. The goal is not to kill the enemy, but only to delay. Give me another week, and I will be able to capture the Tie Family’s main island!”
Star Calendar Year Old Month.
Simultaneously with the Shu Family’s battlefield defeat, the Shui Family ferociously divided their forces into six routes to attack the Tie Family. The Tie Family struggled to resist. Despite Tie Ao’s outstanding performance, it could not change the overall situation. By the middle of the Old Month, under the Shui Family’s offensive, most of the Tie Family’s territory had fallen.
In such a precarious situation, Tie Ao had to lower his head and seek help from the Shu Family. (Too much going on, I have to go on a trip again tomorrow, alas.”… I owe everyone a chapter today, I’ll make it up tomorrow. I will also make up for it with three chapters the day after tomorrow as an apology!)
