Chapter 323: Walk

What to launch? Of course launch fire and water flood. Such a fierce general, no matter how fierce, he couldn't possibly survive in flames and poisonous smoke, right? And Shen Luoyan indeed placed landmines and such in some places—speaking of which, at the end of the Sui dynasty there shouldn't be such things, but who let this world already have ten-zhang high walls?

Without such firearms, how to breach a ten-zhang high wall? Rely on ants swarming the walls? That would probably cost tens of thousands of lives per city...... Or the entire besieging army would have to be experts, with the leading commanders as grandmasters. So we still need gunpowder, burying it underground to be triggered by mechanisms, creating landmines larger than a water tank, prepared to be used to scheme against Bai Lang.

Can this thing really blow Bai Lang to bits? Nobody can say for sure, but it's certainly more reliable than sending out brave soldiers to repeatedly charge and exhaust Bai Lang's strength, and it would probably cause less loss. Relying on soldiers repeatedly charging to drain Bai Lang's strength? Whether it's Shen Luoyan or Li Mi, they know this is completely impossible—their troops would mutiny—they've actually already lost a bit of courage to oppose Bai Lang.

Bai Lang charged at the very front of the army, wielding a pu dao and simply hacking away; with his upper body bare, he directly showed everyone he was impervious to blades and spears—nothing could demoralize the enemy's morale more than this. Even those experts found it hard to press into Bai Lang's roughly one-zhang aerial dominance—no one wanted to make a sacrifice, because judging by that momentum, the first to charge in would likely meet disaster.

Generally speaking, only ordinary soldiers could be used to wear down Bai Lang's sharp killing intent, but more often than not it backfires—the more people he kills, the stronger his murderous aura becomes, and soon his mere presence is enough to intimidate the great army. "Human strength has its limits." Bai Lang also sighed.

Nothing else, Bai Lang felt the pressure on his body suddenly increase by several folds, as if that damned Magic Domain Pure Mind Chan Monastery had sunk deeper, receiving a stronger backlash from this world—this karmic retribution fell upon Bai Lang. His bones all over emitted creaking sounds of being unable to bear the load, and Bai Lang relied solely on taking a deep breath to forcefully circulate his Internal Force to withstand this round of suppression.

"I don't even know how to get a few more people to help share the pressure, this big shot is also like that." Bai Lang realized today's battle could only be like this, alas he still hoped to take Li Mi's head. Now it seems only retreat is possible, which would render all of Shen Luoyan's clever plans useless, leaving no way to test whether Bai Lang could be blown up.

Bai Lang ordered the army to retreat along the route they came, while he himself covered the rear, cutting down anyone daring to approach—although he bore immense pressure, killing these soldiers did not affect him. This world, while suppressing him, actually enhanced Bai Lang's defensive ability yet again.

It's a pity this world's will; if it were sentient, it should elevate those who hold the mandate of heaven, guiding them to slay Bai Lang and break this magic domain's fixed point. Only then could this "thorn" be effectively pulled from the world. But this world lacks sentience, and Bai Lang naturally won't give it that chance.

In direct combat, before this world completely suppresses him and renders him immobile, Bai Lang will surely be able to slay the so-called child of destiny. Even if suppressed, he need not fear death—as long as Yu Yu exists, Bai Lang will be able to flee when the time comes. If he runs, even if the magic domain has taken root, and even if this world uses the power of time to weaken and suppress it, one day it will fully erupt......

To say it's tragic would be an overstatement—Buddhist country and demon country are two sides of the same coin; it's not that the demon country is everywhere evil—that's the demon realm, a different matter from the heavenly demon.

While covering the retreat, Bai Lang's blade flashed, no one dared to approach, and on the road he again pulled out the Zaoyang spear, waving it so that even those shooting arrows to harm the enemy were gone.

Bai Lang possesses the courage of a tiger and a wolf, this is recorded in history, and now people also acknowledge it. After Bai Lang withdrew from the battle formation, he inspected the troops—out of ten units, one was lost, and the number of Wagang army he slew was probably over three thousand; Li Mi finally dared not pursue—although those present didn't understand why Bai Lang retreated, they still feared he might have some special circumstance.

All the way back to camp, "This battle had no cause, it's just a meaningless fight." Bai Lang also clearly understood this; if he could have slain Li Mi, it would have been meaningful, although he had said beforehand that even if he couldn't kill Li Mi, killing some soldiers would ease the pressure—but isn't that just self-consolation......

Not having killed Li Mi, this sortie was utterly meaningless.

However, what comes after has nothing to do with Bai Lang; he wants to go to the grasslands to kill people. When he brought his army back to Luoyang, seeing Zhenzhen Bai Lang felt his plan would likely change. Indeed, Zhenzhen told him exactly Xu Xiujuan's plea for help.

"She sent word from the Horse Pasture asking me to rescue her—why? Clearly not far away is that kid Kou Zhong's Twin Dragon Army, which should be enough to oppose Zhu Zan?" Bai Lang also couldn't figure it out—why would Xu Xiujuan come to him for help, could she perhaps want to hook up with him? But Xu Xiujuan really is a rare beauty; if she truly took a fancy to Bai Lang, it wouldn't be impossible.

Bai Lang thought, "I'm such a heroic man, being looked at by such a beauty is only natural." He smugly stroked his own big beard, "I won't be the 'Beautiful Beard Public'—who else in this world could be? This is the aesthetic of this era." Bai Lang felt that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's pretty faces absolutely couldn't compare to him, what tiger physique, tremendous shock—these two brats also dare to call themselves tiger-bodied? First grow to over 1.8 meters, then 1.9 meters, then talk!

"Don't talk about tiger physique unless you're eight chi tall with an eight-chi waist!" Bai Lang said something that left Zhenzhen bewildered, "Let's go, to the Horse Pasture. Hope they can hold out before I arrive. Garuda King? Hmph, a man-eating fellow dares to call himself that?" This time Bai Lang prepared to kill that guy—among the rebel kings at the end of the Sui, this person is tenfold unforgivable.

At this moment the Twin Dragon Army faced off against the man-eating demon king, but because of Li Zitong and others' presence, Kou Zhong, though a military genius, had to split his attention elsewhere and could not spare troops to deal with Zhu Zan's army. Meanwhile Zhu Zan gained an opening to pressure the Horse Pasture—the grain and warhorses there are vital supplies.

If Zhu Zan occupied the Horse Pasture, then Kou Zhong would basically be in trouble. And if Kou Zhong could have entered the Horse Pasture earlier and joined forces, it would actually be a threat to Zhu Zan in reverse—but Xu Xiujuan has refused Kou Zhong's requests for alliance several times.

Xu Xiujuan sent the plea for help to Zhenzhen...... the meaning therein is actually quite noteworthy.