"System, use all kill points to summon Cheng Yaojin's subordinate army!"
"Ding! Usage successful, seven hundred Great Tang cavalry successfully summoned."
"Ding! Branch mission issued: Repel the invading enemy!"
Repel the invading enemy?
These are turbulent times!!
After several days of reorganization, Shu Commandery, under the efforts of Zhu Sheng and Wu Yong, gradually returned to normal.
Yang Hao sat calmly in the training grounds, a teacup in his hand, indifferently watching the soldiers train below.
Following days of recruitment, the disbanded scions of various prominent families were interspersed with the original forces of the commandery city, assigned to Liao Hua, Zhou Yuji, and Cheng Yaojin.
The combat strength of the three great generals' troops had been greatly enhanced, with a total of ten thousand soldiers under their command.
The entire training ground roared with the sounds of killing, shaking like thunder!
Suddenly, from the eastern sky above the training grounds, a sword's cry echoed, its powerful resonance shaking the surroundings, its lingering sound reverberating.
Throughout Shu Commandery, swords hummed as if in a frenzy. Even the swords worn by Liao Hua, Zhou Yuji, and Cheng Yaojin within the training grounds trembled slightly.
The three hastily channeled their vital energy to suppress it.
Hum!
Clang!
A sword approached from the east!
Yang Hao set down his teacup, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked towards the distant horizon. To the east of the commandery city, a magnificent rainbow-like phenomenon, accompanied by thunderous sounds and surging killing intent!
A white sword energy enveloped it, piercing through the sky at an incredible speed. Its powerful sharpness tore through the clouds, the sword's cry ceaselessly stirring the winds and clouds!
"That is!"
"Who is this divine being?"
Everyone couldn't help but look up.
The long sword hovered in the air, stopping above the training grounds. A figure clad in grey appeared, standing atop the long sword with hands behind his back!
A Grandmaster!
Yang Hao's heart jolted. To stand in mid-air amongst the clouds, traversing the void, only a Grandmaster could achieve this!
A sword!
A Grandmaster!
Could it be the sect leader of the Sword Sect!
"My Lord, this person is not a Grandmaster, but a Half-step Grandmaster!"
Cheng Yaojin bowed his head.
He himself was at the ninth level of Innate, on the verge of becoming a Half-step Grandmaster. He knew that the person before him had only taken a small step further, but was by no means a Grandmaster!
Yang Hao slightly eased his tense nerves. Only a Half-step Grandmaster, yet such a grand display!
Xu Fei, after leaving the Sword Sect, rushed towards Shu Commandery without pause, the urgency of the situation compelling him to travel for days.
Xu Fei's gaze was sharp as he looked down at the ants below. His anger flared, for the two men beneath him carried the distinct aura of the Sword Sect.
How audacious!
"You ants, how dare you provoke my wrath!"
"Who are you?"
"How dare you stand in the air above this Prefect?"
Yang Hao's expression was devoid of emotion as he calmly faced Xu Fei, who stood suspended in the air.
"A desolate land, frogs in a well, ignorant of the vastness of the Hazy Moon. Today, this old man will grant you a place of eternal slumber!"
"Strike!"
As his voice fell, countless sword energies instantly intertwined, soaring towards the sky like a rainbow!
A chilling killing intent permeated for dozens of miles, heavy and menacing, like a hungry beast crouched and watching, ready to launch a fatal strike at any moment!
"Strike!"
One of the sword energies shot towards the sky, its destructive aura surging and powerful, like a golden bull striking the Big Dipper, falling from the heavens. The white sword energy, magnificent in its might, descended upon the training grounds, its pressure crushing Shu Commandery!
A Half-step Grandmaster, the guardian of the Grandmaster realm, possessed boundless might, suppressing Shu Commandery with a single move, a fearsome display!
Yang Hao's expression shifted slightly.
Powerful!
Too powerful!
Since his transmigration, he had never felt such a terrifying opponent!
"Presumptuous!"
Liao Hua stepped forward, his monstrous blade energy hanging in the air, his eyes flashing with killing intent, blood light surging. His Innate fourth-level strength was channeled into his three-pointed blade.
Crimson blade light obscured the sky!
Whoosh!
The long blade slashed upwards!
With a single strike, the blade light crisscrossed the air!
"An ant dares to draw a blade against me!"
Xu Fei roared in anger. Even the Prefect of Yizhou would show him respect!
A frog in a well!
"Hmph!"
Xu Fei raged. "Go!"
Sword light traversed the sky, its sharpness boundless. The soldiers continuously retreated, channeling their vital energy to resist the powerful aura!
Liao Hua gritted his teeth, veins bulging, his vital energy surging.
"Kill!"
Blood light flashed in his eyes as he met the skyward-charging sword light, imbued with immense power, and fiercely slashed!
"Boom!"
The immense pressure caused the ground beneath Liao Hua's feet to sink. The sword light, like a colossal python, ferociously shattered the upward-charging blade light!
Its gaping maw, baring sharp fangs, charged ferociously towards Liao Hua!
"So strong!"
Hiss!
The sword light passed through Liao Hua's chest, instantly disintegrating!
Boom!
Liao Hua was sent flying, crashing dozens of meters away!
As the air currents dissipated, the bloodied Liao Hua lay motionless in a deep pit!
"You, how dare you!"
Zhou Yuji raised his tiger-head chisel spear and charged towards Xu Fei in the air!
"His grandfather's and grandmother's!"
Cheng Yaojin roared, swinging his three-plank axes.
"Chop off his head!"
"He's not dead!"
The old man looked at the motionless Liao Hua in the pit. He could sense that the burly man was not dead, still breathing!
Xu Fei's eyes widened in disbelief. With no time to deliver a finishing blow, he closed his eyes. In an instant, all the sword energies buzzed, a symphony of sword cries!
Two beams of sword light instantly condensed in the air, emitting an aura of death, with chilling killing intent flashing!
Whoosh!
The two beams of sword light then shot towards the charging Zhou Yuji and Cheng Yaojin, accompanied by the clanging of swords and roaring winds!
Xu Fei suddenly opened his eyes.
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
The moment Zhou Yuji made his move, Xu Fei sensed that his brother, Xu Ji, had met his end at his hands!
"Pay with your life!"
Fwsh!
The sword light pierced towards Zhou Yuji with extreme speed.
"Not good!"
Zhu Sheng, drawn by the intense battle, saw the swiftly descending colossal sword and knew that Zhou Yuji and Cheng Yaojin were no match!
"Xuanwu Token!"
"Defend!"
Zhu Sheng roared, and a colossal entity instantly materialized, shielding the two!
"Mere parlor tricks!"
"Playing with children's toys!"
Xu Fei sneered. These few individuals before him could be annihilated with a mere flick of his hand!
Boom!
The two beams of sword light, unleashed simultaneously with earth-shattering force, smashed into the Xuanwu!
The two collided with a deafening roar that echoed in all directions!
"Crack, crack, crack!"
The Xuanwu displayed countless lines of light!
"Suppress!"
Wu Yong waved his feather fan, and a net woven from intersecting threads rose in response!
It instantly covered the Xuanwu!
"Overestimating yourselves!"
Xu Fei clenched his right hand tightly!
Bang!
The Xuanwu instantly exploded!
"Puff!"
Zhu Sheng and Wu Yong, their vital energy severely depleted, coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground!
The sword light, piercing through the Xuanwu's celestial net, ferociously plunged into the chests of Zhou Yuji and Cheng Yaojin!
Boom!
The two were sent flying backward, carving out ravines tens of feet long.
"Puff!"
Xu Fei, a Half-step Grandmaster, had, with a raise of his hand, nearly claimed the lives of Shu Commandery's five Innate masters!
His formidable aura suppressed the officials and citizens of Shu Commandery, who dared not make a sound!
A Half-step Grandmaster, terrifyingly powerful!