FVN #318 - Can darken the heaven and earth, and make ghosts and gods sad
#318 - Can darken the heaven and earth, and make ghosts and gods sad
Chapter 316: Capable of Blowing the Sky Dark and the Earth Dim, Adept at Making Ghosts and Gods Sorrowful
Prince Pingbian was cunning and far-sighted, actually hiding his troops within the homes of ordinary people.
As long as anyone dared to cause trouble, the hidden army would swarm out and kill them on the spot.
"Gou Lan County isn't that big, but it's definitely not small either.
Hiding seventy or eighty thousand soldiers is no problem.
This old bastard is truly cunning and far-sighted, utterly inhuman.
If someone unaware of the situation barged in to cause trouble, they would surely die without a burial ground."
Zhang Chen's gaze turned towards the direction of Prince Pingbian's manor, and he saw the entire manor brightly lit, like daytime.
Soldiers constantly patrolled the courtyard, making it impossible for even a master who had ignited their blood energy to sneak in.
Especially when Zhang Chen saw the crossbows hanging at the waists of those warriors, he felt a chill in his heart:
"No wonder those who have refined their martial arts blood energy don't dare to go in and cause trouble.
Although martial arts blood energy is powerful, it is still flesh and blood.
Being stabbed by a knife will still lead to death.
And if crossbow bolts are fired in unison, even a strong martial artist with blood energy cannot escape and will die with regret."
One must know that the power of a crossbow bolt is no less than that of an ordinary pistol.
Although martial artists who have cultivated blood energy are powerful, perhaps they could block one bullet, but they definitely couldn't block ten or more.
"But unfortunately, Prince Pingbian's manor has met me.
No matter how tight the defenses are, they are nothing to me.
As long as no one can see through my invisibility technique, Prince Pingbian's manor is my back garden."
Zhang Chen's figure transformed into mist and floated in the air for a while.
When he reappeared, he was already inside Prince Pingbian's manor, standing in the shadow of a large tree.
Then, in the next moment, the two sounds of 'hum' and 'ha' in Zhang Chen's nostrils circulated.
The black wind representing the 'hum' acupoint suddenly rotated, turning into a vortex and pouring into the 'ha' acupoint.
As soon as the black wind poured into the 'ha' acupoint, a vast amount of yellow sand billowed up within the 'ha' acupoint, and a hurricane filled the entire acupoint.
The first step in performing the Art of United Sands is: uniting the sands.
When the vast amount of sand swirled up within the acupoint, Zhang Chen suddenly opened his mouth and blew towards Prince Pingbian's manor.
In the next moment, the black wind, wrapped in yellow sand, soared into the sky, instantly enveloping the entire Prince Pingbian's manor, and quickly spreading out of the manor, covering half of the street outside.
A chilling wind whistled, making even Yin spirit cultivators afraid to leave their bodies.
The power of the Yin wind was mainly aimed at the soul, and its impact on matter was not so great.
But the yellow sand covered the sky and the earth, blinding people's eyes, causing the leaves on the trees to shake constantly, making people unable to open their eyes, as if trapped in a sandstorm, staggering and unable to see.
"Eh, the power of this Art of United Sands is much greater than I imagined.
Even Yin spirit experts, without special mystical protection, cannot even leave their bodies in the face of this wind and sand.
After all, my wind and sand come from the Netherworld, specially designed to counter soul techniques."
Zhang Chen stood in the wind and sand, the Wind-Calming Pearl flashing, his body three feet around him unaffected by the wind and sand.
The black wind, wrapped in yellow sand, blew Prince Pingbian's manor into a dark and chaotic state.
Large trees were uprooted, and the doors and windows of the houses rattled.
The window paper was torn, and the servants were blown around the courtyard, all looking for shelters to hide.
Zhang Chen used an invisibility talisman and walked leisurely in the wind and sand: "My Art of United Sands and invisibility technique are a perfect match."
However, he also realized that this one breath of wind and sand had used up 50% of his mana.
He could blow at most one more breath of united sand energy, and the mana in his body would be exhausted.
"One breath of wind and sand can probably last for five minutes, which is enough for me."
Zhang Chen thought to himself.
Strangely enough, the wind and sand were confined to a certain area, without affecting anything outside the area.
Inside the area, the wind and sand blew darkly, obscuring the sun and the moon, while outside the area, it was calm and peaceful.
"Not good, the manor is suddenly shrouded in a strange wind.
Obviously, someone is plotting against the manor.
Everyone, follow me quickly to protect the prince."
The soldiers patrolling outside were shocked to see this scene and rushed quickly towards the direction of the manor.
The departure of the guards immediately aroused the thoughts of those Jianghu people.
Originally, Gou Lan County had a post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps, and there were constantly patrolling soldiers, watching everyone closely.
Everyone could only honestly hide in the inn.
Now that the soldiers had suddenly left, it gave everyone a chance.
After all, it was well known that Prince Pingbian's manor had obtained an ancient corpse.
And none of the people who came to Gou Lan County were timid.
Everyone knew what they came to Gou Lan County for.
"Do we do it?"
Someone asked in the darkness.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If we miss this opportunity, we will never have another chance.
Now that someone is attacking Prince Pingbian's manor, let's take advantage of the chaos and see if we can find any cheap deals."
Someone said in a low voice.
"First set fire to Gou Lan County to create chaos!"
Someone else suggested in the darkness.
… …
Zhang Chen didn't know that the outside world was in chaos because of him.
At this time, Zhang Chen was walking in Prince Pingbian's manor.
Because he had the memory from the dream as a guide, he easily came to the outside of the main hall where the Emperor Daughter's corpse was placed.
At this time, the gate of the main hall was closed, blocking the wind and sand outside.
"Hehe, there must be experts guarding the corpse in the main hall.
I can't use brute force, after all, I don't have much time left."
Zhang Chen stood outside the main hall and looked into the house through the torn window paper.
He saw that there were more than ten people in the house, their bodies surrounded by mysterious auras, guarding the surroundings of the coffin.
"They are just second-order existences, not worth mentioning to me.
After all, my Blood Control Art has already reached the fifth order, and my Invisibility Talisman has already reached the sixth order."
After estimating the strength of both sides, Zhang Chen directly extracted a little water from the courtyard and drilled it into the house through the gap to open the door bolt.
Then he reached out and pushed open the door.
In the next moment, the overwhelming yellow sand rolled in.
Zhang Chen swaggered into the house with the yellow sand.
At this time, the ten people guarding the corpse in the house exclaimed: "How did the door open?
Quickly close the door.
This wind and sand came inexplicably, it is really strange.
Someone must be trying to make trouble in the manor.
We must take good care of the ancient corpse, and we must not allow any accidents to happen to the ancient corpse."
"Hehe, don't be nervous, the prince has already set up a net in Gou Lan County.
Whoever dares to cause chaos will surely die."
Someone chuckled, covered their eyes and went to close the door against the yellow sand, but at this moment, a cold light flashed in the wind and sand, and a dagger directly cut through the second-order man's throat.
Then the man covered his neck, his eyes full of horror, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say anything, and fell directly into the wind and sand.
The wind and sand were too big, blurring everyone's vision.
The people guarding around the ancient corpse did not see the tragedy that was close at hand.
At this time, Zhang Chen walked in the yellow sand, like an elf in the wind, relying on the mystery of the invisibility technique, coupled with the cover of the wind and sand, killing each person with one knife.
In just twenty breaths, everyone had turned into corpses.
At this moment, Zhang Chen put away the dagger, his eyes looking at the corpse with the shimmering golden shield, his words full of complaint: "Dear niece, I'm here to pick you up. Why do you torment me every day? If I had the chance to pick you up, would I have let you suffer here?"
Zhang Chen babbled on, while examining the golden罩子(zhào zi - cover/shield), feeling a bit of a headache, wondering how to move it away.
Moreover, he didn't know if there were any other mechanisms or killing power in this shield.
Zhang Chen hesitated slightly, reached out his hand and cautiously probed, his fingers touching the golden light shield, and then Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. The golden light shield did not have any other killing power, it seemed to be just an instinctive defense, locking the essence, energy, and spirit of the ancient corpse.
Zhang Chen stepped forward and hugged the golden shield, tried it, and found that he could move it. After all, the Emperor's Daughter was a slender girl, weighing less than a hundred pounds. With Zhang Chen's current fifth-order blood control physique, there was no problem in moving the girl.
However, after Zhang Chen took a few steps, he felt that the girl's appearance was too conspicuous, so he thought about it and took out a stealth talisman and stuck it on the girl's body. But as soon as Zhang Chen's stealth talisman was attached, he saw a strange aura flashing on the girl's body, and Zhang Chen's stealth talisman actually lost its effect.
Zhang Chen was stunned when he saw this, and then he suddenly realized: "My stealth talisman can only hide things below the level of the stealth talisman. The level of the Emperor's Daughter is unknown, but it is definitely higher than the level of the stealth talisman, so the stealth talisman cannot exert its effect on her?"
"Dear niece, you are really a troublesome one." Zhang Chen carried the golden 'tube', complaining and grumbling: "Can't you restrain your power a little? It's already the end of the Dharma era, how can you still be so strong?"
Zhang Chen had no choice but to carry the Emperor's Daughter in the wind and sand. At this time, the guards in the Pingbian Wangfu (Peace Frontier King's Mansion) had reacted, and a team of troops with gauze covering their eyes, shielding them from the wind and sand, were rushing towards the main hall.
The gauze had a good transparent effect. Although the wind and sand were dim, they could barely see. The guards who rushed over directly ran into Zhang Chen who wanted to escape, and saw Zhang Chen carrying a figure in the wind and sand from afar.
If Zhang Chen was alone, it would not be difficult to escape with the characteristics of his stealth talisman, but there was also an Emperor's Daughter being carried on his shoulder, especially since the Emperor's Daughter was still emitting light. As long as those guards were not blind, they would definitely not be able to hide it from their eyes.
"Stop! Who is it!" A guard saw Zhang Chen and shouted remotely.
"Trouble!" Zhang Chen looked at the approaching guards, and thought of activating the Blood God Sons to hold them back, but who knew that the Blood God Sons shook slightly and could not be summoned.
The dragon energy in the Pingbian Wangfu was flowing, which made Zhang Chen's Blood God Sons unable to function. The Blood God Sons had the aura of blood and filth that could invade all things, and the dragon energy in Zhang Chen's body could not protect the Blood God Sons. However, the Blood God Sons themselves were too low in level to resist the dragon energy of the Pingbian Wangfu.
"Hey, good fellow! It's really going to kill me." Zhang Chen was so angry that he wanted to curse.
At this time, the best method to use was an explosive package, but Zhang Chen did not dare to use it. Once he used the explosive package, his identity would definitely be locked by the Pingbian Wangfu, because the explosive package was his unique method. How could he continue to mix in the Daoist temple then?
The Daoist temple was his geomantic treasure land, and he still wanted to grind his skills to perfection in the Daoist temple. How could he be so stupid as to expose his identity?
"So, I can only fight my way out now?" Zhang Chen lifted his robe and pulled out a long knife. Since things had come to this, there was no choice but to fight his way out.
Zhang Chen opened his Dharma Eyes and looked at the surrounding soldiers, his brows slightly furrowed: "Ordinary soldiers are nothing, but there are martial artists who have cultivated Qi and Blood among these soldiers, which are very difficult to deal with. Unless I risk exchanging injuries, I can kill them, but going back and forth will definitely delay a lot of time. Once the wind and sand stop, I will be surrounded. It is not difficult to escape, but the plan to take away the Emperor's Daughter's corpse is afraid to be ruined."
Zhang Chen had fought against Qi and Blood martial artists before, and he knew the power of Qi and Blood martial artists, so he did not dare to be careless in the face of Qi and Blood martial artists. Those people's knives were very fast, and if he accidentally failed to dodge and had his head chopped off, it would be troublesome.
This was different from the martial arts competition on the arena, where everyone was one-on-one. Zhang Chen had the power of the immobilization talisman, which had the power to kill Qi and Blood martial artists. Now he was deeply surrounded, and the other party would not fight him one-on-one.
Zhang Chen carried the Emperor's Daughter on his back, while running in the yellow sand, while thinking about countermeasures.
"Eh, there is a lake in that direction! There is actually a lake in the Pingbian Wangfu?" Just when Zhang Chen was anxiously running away, he suddenly felt that there was a lake in the Pingbian Wangfu, and he couldn't help but feel excited: "It's really God helping me! I didn't expect that there would be a lake in the arid north, where dragons are transforming and walking away?"
Although the lake was not big, only five or six mu in size, it was enough for Zhang Chen.
Without saying a word, Zhang Chen carried the Emperor's Daughter on his back and rushed towards the lake. At this time, the guards in the mansion reacted and began to shout and chase Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen mastered ultrasound. Although the outside world was full of wind and sand, which had a great impact on ultrasound, it still could not stop the penetration of ultrasound. All the biological forms within a radius of one mile were reflected in his mind, and the layout and passages of the entire Pingbian Wangfu were also grasped by him one by one.
Zhang Chen dodged and weaved all the way, constantly detouring and turning, not meeting the large army in the Pingbian Wangfu, but relying on his outstanding physique to maneuver back and forth.
However, there were more and more armored soldiers in the Pingbian Wangfu, and Zhang Chen finally could not escape, and was blocked by a martial artist who had cultivated Qi and Blood.
"Stupid thief, where are you escaping! Quickly surrender and you can save your life. If you are late, I am afraid you will die without a burial place." The voice of the martial artist who mastered Qi and Blood was full of coldness.
Zhang Chen glanced at the martial artist who had cultivated Qi and Blood, his ultrasound constantly probing back and forth, his footsteps did not stop, and he quickly ran towards the martial artist who had cultivated Qi and Blood.
"Looking for death! How can the Wangfu be a place for you to be presumptuous? Since you are here, then leave your life behind!" The Qi and Blood martial artist's body erupted with Qi and Blood, and the air seemed to be three or five degrees hotter. The martial artist slashed out with a knife, sonic boom, with a滔滔(tāo tāo - torrential) momentum, and slashed towards Zhang Chen's head.
Faced with the knife that slashed out a sonic boom, Zhang Chen had no doubt that if that knife really hit him, he would definitely be separated from his body.
Not to mention a body of flesh and blood, even a stone, faced with this knife with its rigidity, speed, and sharpness, would be instantly cut into two pieces.
This knife had already transcended the ordinary, surpassing the limits of human beings, and could never be resisted by a body of flesh and blood.
What is the speed of being able to slash out a sonic boom? I am afraid that ordinary people would be shattered into powder if they brushed against it.
Although Zhang Chen flattered himself that he had some skills, he did not have steel bones that could resist it.