Chapter 140: Thunderbolt Counterattack

Chen Wen's figure moved faster than the limit of ordinary human visual perception!

With thirty-fold power boosting his speed, he was no longer running but skimming just above the ground!

The wind screamed sharply in his ears, yet strangely appeared slow and clear.

Everything on the battlefield—the swinging weapons, the flying blood droplets.

Those expressions of shock or ferocity seemed to turn into frame‑by‑frame playback.

His target.

Only one—the Iron Crow Army leader wielding an azure‑blue straight blade, his aura at its peak!

The Iron Crow leader obviously also sensed this sudden, deadly intent locking onto him!

In his numb, icy eyes, for the first time a fluctuation of emotion named "shock" appeared.

The speed and aura Chen Wen burst forth with now.

It completely exceeded the strength range that a "priority: highest" target should have in their intelligence!

This is no longer a "deviation"; it's total "loss of control"!

"Stop him!"

The Iron Crow leader barked in his distinctive, flat tone.

At the same time he unhesitatingly abandoned his assassination attempt on Chai Rong.

He lunged back, holding his straight blade horizontally before him, adopting a full‑defense stance!

Several other Iron Crow soldiers moved like puppets receiving orders.

They instantly abandoned their own targets and fearlessly lunged at Chen Wen.

Trying to buy time for their leader with their bodies.

Yet in the face of absolute speed and power, such sacrifice looked pale and laughable.

Chen Wen didn't even alter his charge's trajectory; his horse saber simply swept left and right casually.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The blade's light was like a flash of lightning, leaving several faint gold afterimages in the air.

The several Iron Crow soldiers who had lunged up suddenly froze in motion.

Immediately, a burst of blood mist exploded from their necks or chests.

Their eyes still held shock as they collapsed limply to the ground.

Their blocks and dodges, in Chen Wen's eyes at this moment, were as slow as children's play.

Almost within a breath.

Chen Wen had already crossed dozens of steps, appearing before the retreating Iron Crow leader!

"Die!"

No extra words.

Chen Wen's horse saber carried an aura that could tear everything apart, and he brought it down in a simple, direct overhead strike!

This strike had no fancy technique, yet it gathered thirty‑two times the force.

Plus perfect speed and mastery of power delivery!

Where the blade passed, the air seemed to be drained, emitting a low moan!

The Iron Crow leader's pupils contracted, channeling his entire killing aura and the power of his dark‑energy straight blade to the utmost.

Azure blade light surged, attempting to block this earth‑shattering strike head‑on!

Clang——!!!

A roar far louder than any previous weapon clash exploded!

Like a great bell, it rang so loudly that the nearby melee combatants felt their eardrums sting and their movements stalled!

The sparks were not red but mixed with azure‑blue and pale gold light, bursting violently!

In the next instant, in the Iron Crow leader's disbelieving gaze.

The straight blade in his hand, forged of special material and infused with dark energy,

shattered like fragile glass, breaking inch by inch from the point of impact with the horse saber!

And Chen Wen's horse saber, after cleaving the straight blade, lost none of its momentum.

Like a hot knife through butter, it sliced down along the Iron Crow leader's brow, nose bridge, chest…

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The Iron Crow leader stood rigid, a thin line of blood appearing on his forehead and quickly spreading downward.

He opened his mouth as if to speak, but only a hoarse "huh‑huh" of escaping air came out.

Immediately, his body split apart along the blood line and collapsed with a thunderous crash!

Silence!

Around Chen Wen, the small area of the battlefield fell into a momentary dead silence!

Whether the nearby Zhou troops, the Khitan cavalry, or even other Iron Crow soldiers,

were utterly stunned by this blade strike, as if gods and demons had descended!

That was a leader‑level figure of the Iron Crow Army, his strength far above ordinary commanders… and yet… killed in a single blow?!

Chen Wen didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground; his blood‑stained gaze swept over the remaining few Iron Crow soldiers.

Those emotionless killing machines, upon meeting that gaze, actually stepped back a step.

That seemed to be an instinctive reaction when a program encounters a threat it cannot comprehend or resist.

"Jing'an Army——!"

Chen Wen raised his blood‑dripping horse saber, his voice like heavenly thunder, carrying the invincible aura of having just felled a mighty foe, and it rang across the entire battlefield:

"Counterattack——!!"

This roar was like blowing the horn of the general assault!

Already under the "Extensive 4x Ability Granting", they had undergone a complete rebirth!

The Jun Ying, filled with pent-up fury, erupted completely at this moment!

"Kill!!"

Shi Dun roared wildly, like a true vajra, brandishing his iron pestle as he charged into the enemy ranks.

Wherever he passed, men and horses were overturned, with not a single opponent able to withstand even one blow!

He felt his strength was endless, each swing carrying the force to destroy the rotten and break the dry!

The arrows shot by the crossbowmen were faster by more than a whisker!

Their accuracy was terrifying, almost never missing a shot, specifically targeting low-ranking officers and brave soldiers in the enemy army who tried to organize resistance!

Ordinary infantry felt as light as swallows, their coordination reaching the point of unspoken understanding.

In groups of three, squads of five, they were like efficient killing machines.

With unprecedented speed and coordination, they sliced, encircled, and annihilated the enemy forces fallen into chaos!

The entire Jun Ying's line was no longer a passive defensive reef.

But had transformed into a rolling, unstoppable tide of steel!

They took Chen Wen's position as the spearhead, like a red-hot blade.

They fiercely wedged into the chaotic flank of the Khitan cavalry, whose leader had been slain and whose Iron Crow Army had suffered a setback!

Collapse!

This time, it was the allied forces' turn to collapse!

The Khitan cavalry's courage was built upon victory and crushing dominance.

When they discovered their invincible charge was blocked.

Discovering that their relied-upon surprise force, the Iron Crow Army, was crushed like dry weeds.

Discovering that the opposing Zhou army, which should have been destroyed, suddenly became like divine troops descending from heaven, brave and unstoppable.

Their morale plummeted to the bottom in an instant!

"Devils! They are devils!"

"Run!"

"We can't hold them!"

Fearful cries spread among the Khitan, their pride in horse archery and charges.

Before the fully enhanced Jun Ying, they appeared clumsy and powerless.

Some began to turn their horses, wanting to flee the battlefield that had suddenly become a purgatory.

And this retreat triggered a chain reaction!

Other Khitan units engaged in combat with Chai Rong's guard.

Seeing the allied flank collapse, seeing the terrifying "Jun Ying" flag like a grim reaper's scythe sweeping toward their rear.

They also instantly lost their will to fight.

Chai Rong's pressure suddenly lessened; he swung his sword and cut down an enemy soldier.

Gazing at the army that swept through the enemy ranks, leading the entire battlefield's reversal.

Gazing at that figure leading the charge, like a war god.

Even with his composure, his eyes could not help but blaze with brilliant radiance!

"Heaven aids me! Heaven aids the Great Zhou! All troops hear the order—full-line counterattack!!"

Chai Rong seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and issued the order for a general assault!

In an instant, the Zhou army's morale rose throughout the lines, the shouts of killing shaking heaven and earth.

Like a bursting dam flood, they launched a mountain‑toppling, sea‑overturning countercharge against the allied forces beginning to retreat.

The balance of victory and defeat in the Battle of Gaoping.

At this moment, it was completely turned back by Chen Wen alone.

And fiercely pushed toward the side favorable to the Great Zhou!

Thunderous counterattack, beginning with the Jun Ying, sweeping the entire field!