[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp":3,"chapter-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-178":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","This Martial Saint Has Too Much HP",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2365599,4633,"Chapter 178: Strive for Self-Improvement, Serve the Country Through Martial Arts","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>In the world where Li Fei lived in his previous life, even during the First World War, cavalry still held an extremely important strategic role on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, two Australian cavalry brigades successfully charged the Ottoman Turkish trenches that stretched for over two kilometers in front of them; for example, three British cavalry divisions, supported by artillery and air power, swept through Turkish infantry regiments, advancing forty kilometers in a single day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until the start of the Second World War that cavalry gradually disappeared from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in the world where Li Fei is now, the level of technology is even lower than in the First World War, and with the addition of martial arts and sorcery, the status of cavalry has remained high; they have always been the ace unit on the battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Lan Dynasty was founded on martial arts; the reason it conquered vast territories, struck fear into all directions, and established its status as the Central Empire was precisely because of its invincible iron cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that battle seventeen years ago, the twelve-nation Western Allied Forces fought all the way to the capital of the Great Lan Dynasty, only to be defeated in the end by the Great Lan Dynasty's strongest force, the Sky Blue Cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the status of the cavalry in the Great Lan Dynasty has always been very high, and people's awe of the cavalry is almost carved into their bones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing dozens of cavalrymen charge into the city gate, the City Guard near the East City Gate completely collapsed; having lost the heart to resist, they turned and fled one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance of several dozen meters was covered by these cavalrymen in the blink of an eye, and they swung their sabers to easily sever the heads of the City Guards one by one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the skilled movements of these men, one could tell they were certainly frequent riders and frequent killers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were over a hundred people entering the city in total, among whom more than fifty were on horseback and more than fifty were on foot; some held sabers, some held firearms, and some held heavy crossbows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these people, apart from a group of experts arranged by Yu Hu, there were actually only a dozen or so who truly belonged to the Peace God Sect; the rest were horse bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information Gu Zhenhui received was not wrong; the horse bandits in the Qiuping Mountains had indeed come to Xingcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this group of horse bandits was not the force that the Tiger Saber Gang had long been keeping outside, but rather subordinates newly subdued by the Peace God Sect leader, Zhao Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Mingze was still alive, he had discussed today's matter with Zhao Yu; at that time, the Peace God Sect had over a hundred followers, and they had obtained over a hundred Tiger-model rifles from the Inspectorate, which was enough to complete today's plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But later, the hundred-plus followers were arrested, and the stolen firearms were returned, which led to a shortage of manpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhao Yu made a trip to the Qiuping Mountains and, relying on his formidable strength and mind-bewitching sorcery, subdued over two hundred horse bandits there and brought them all to Xingcheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he had told Yu Hu earlier that since he dared to return, he naturally had the confidence to fill the vacancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, a portion of the horse bandits had run to the mountains and forests dozens of miles outside Xingcheng, deliberately used to lure away Hao Yi, while another portion had entered Xingcheng in batches days in advance and were currently using weapons provided by the Tiger Saber Gang to attack the Inspectorate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining, most elite batch of horse bandits followed Zhao Yu as he charged into Xingcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one is to run around, no one is to loot or kill at will; everyone, advance at full speed toward the West City Gate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu ordered loudly, \"Whoever dares to ruin my grand plan today, I will surely make them wish they were dead afterward!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he issued the order, a ripple of sorcery spread out along with his voice, causing everyone around who heard it to show expressions of awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone replied in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, under the influence of Zhao Yu's will, the horse bandits, who originally had extremely poor discipline, did not loot everywhere after entering the city, but instead gathered together and advanced toward the West City Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pedestrians along the way all gave way, shops closed their doors one after another, and no one dared to block the path, until this troop encountered the teachers and students rushing over from the Martial Arts Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the faction of the Chief now controlled the Martial Arts Hall, it had only been a short time, and after Gu Zhenhui's order was issued to the Martial Arts Hall, only a small number of people were truly willing to follow orders and rush to the East City Gate to provide support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, only one Special-Grade Lecturer, four Senior Lecturers, fifteen Lecturers, and over seventy students had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Martial Arts Hall was not equipped with firearms, and there were not even many stab-proof vests, so these people who arrived only had cold weapons, and there were not even many bows and arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gu Zhenhui had never expected to rely on these people to block the enemy; he just wanted to drag out time as much as possible, until the City Guard could rush to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All students, go move things onto the street to set up roadblocks and hinder the opponent's advance as much as possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa, the only Special-Grade Lecturer present, turned and ordered the students on the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost none of these students were martial artists, and almost none of them had ever seen blood; rather than leading these people to charge and block the enemy, it was better to let them do what they were capable of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all the students had dispersed, Qi Zhongfa said to the remaining lecturers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, from the day we entered the Martial Arts Hall, we have led the students in shouting the slogan 'Strive for self-improvement, serve the country through martial arts' every day; now is the time to let those students know—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That it is not just a slogan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his voice fell, Qi Zhongfa took the lead and charged toward the cavalry in front!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other lecturers looked at each other and also charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang, bang, bang, bang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of gunshots rang out, and the mounted horse bandits raised the guns in their hands and fired at the charging Martial Arts Hall lecturers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, before cavalry engaged in battle, what they shot from horseback were no longer arrows, but bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa, who was charging at the very front, was enveloped in a layer of earthy-yellow aura, looking from afar like a moving earthen wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Special-Grade Lecturer, Qi Zhongfa was a Qi-Transformation stage martial master; he had already activated his implant's power, his physique had grown larger, and the innate Qi within his body was also stimulated to protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This earthy-yellow aura was Earth-elemental primordial Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth-elemental is Yin in nature, being earth containing water, which makes it more malleable and suitable for defense; moreover, the characteristic of primordial Qi is its thickness, so Earth-elemental primordial Qi is one of the types of innate Qi with the strongest defensive power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa's implant was itself a defensive-type [Earth Stone], and combined with the Earth-elemental primordial Qi he had stimulated, which had extremely strong defensive power, this made his ability to withstand attacks extremely high, allowing him to block rifle bullets at close range!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the two sides collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horse bandit was stirred to ferocity and took the lead, riding his horse at full speed to slam into Qi Zhongfa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combined weight of man and horse, over a thousand pounds, crashed in at an extremely fast speed; this impact force was already comparable to a full-strength strike from some martial artists using power-type implants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa did not dodge or evade, colliding head-on with the oncoming warhorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa did not budge, while the charging warhorse was knocked flying; the horse bandit on the horse was also thrown off, and then was heavily crushed by the falling warhorse, directly suffering broken ribs and dying miserably on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, another horse bandit was riding his warhorse at high speed past Qi Zhongfa, leaning down and swinging his saber to slash at Qi Zhongfa's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa did not dodge or evade, letting the saber slash at him; as the warhorse passed by his side, he exerted force suddenly, delivering a fierce Eight Extremities Mountain-Collapsing Strike, slamming his left shoulder hard into the warhorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another loud noise, and this warhorse was knocked sideways on the spot; the horse bandit on its back was also thrown off, and as for the saber slash at Qi Zhongfa, it failed to break through the thick layer of Earth-elemental primordial Qi on his exterior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he had knocked two high-speed charging warhorses flying, which frightened the horse bandits behind into pulling on their reins, not daring to charge forward anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while the horse bandits dared not move forward, someone else did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure leaped out from the rear and charged toward Qi Zhongfa, the speed of the sprint actually faster than a galloping horse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person reached Qi Zhongfa in the blink of an eye and threw a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the speed was too fast, Qi Zhongfa only had time to raise his arms to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a ball of flame exploded between the newcomer and Qi Zhongfa; Qi Zhongfa, who had not even been shaken by the high-speed charging warhorses, was actually blasted away by the newcomer's punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flame Explosion Force?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa looked at the newcomer with a solemn gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent was using the fire-attribute Flame Explosion Force, which was the most overbearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, being able to use force meant that the opponent was at least a Force-Refining martial master at the mid-stage of Qi-Transformation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dignified Force-Refining martial master could not be a nobody, but to Qi Zhongfa, the newcomer's appearance was very unfamiliar, and furthermore, no Force-Refining martial master who had mastered Flame Explosion Force had ever appeared in the Xingcheng region before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did this expert pop out from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa was puzzled in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, he saw over a dozen figures kill their way out from the horse bandit ranks, heading toward the lecturers behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people who killed their way out were also martial artists, and there were even martial masters among them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa was both shocked and angry; he had originally wanted to rely on the elite strength on his side to dampen the enemy's spirit, but he had not expected these enemies to be more unstoppable than he had imagined!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Force-Refining martial master using Flame Explosion Force continued to attack Qi Zhongfa; every time their fists and feet met, a ball of flame would explode, and Qi Zhongfa was beaten back step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the [Earth Stone] combined with Earth-elemental primordial Qi was truly too capable of taking hits; even though the opponent was one realm higher than Qi Zhongfa, he could not do anything to Qi Zhongfa for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being knocked flying by his opponent once again, Qi Zhongfa took the opportunity to glance at the battle situation behind him, only to see that many of his colleagues had already fallen in pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone was as capable of taking hits as Qi Zhongfa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defeat of the Martial Arts Hall was already sealed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, if Qi Zhongfa chose to flee, with his defensive power, it was not impossible for him to escape with his life; after all, the opponent's main target was not him, but merely wanting to pass through here quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qi Zhongfa did not flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was knocked flying again and again, and again and again he stood back up and charged at the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he had said to those lecturers earlier, they led the students in shouting that slogan every day, but a slogan couldn't just be a slogan, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he could not retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students were all watching!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahahahaha—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being knocked flying once more, Qi Zhongfa finally spat out a mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he suddenly burst into loud laughter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strive for self-improvement—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Serve the country through martial arts!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Martial Arts Hall students in the rear, who were moving various items onto the street, suddenly heard this familiar slogan and turned their heads to look forward one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw a figure entirely enveloped in bright yellow aura launching a charge against an enemy several times their number!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ran into a tough nut.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the horse bandit ranks, Zhao Yu, who was surrounded and protected by a group of people, frowned as he watched Qi Zhongfa launching his charge in front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yu suddenly closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a black-robed person who had been quietly guarding his side moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This black-robed person shot into the sky, leaving a crater in the ground where he had stepped!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaped high into the air, clearing dozens of horse bandits in one go, and landed at the very front of the troop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, this black-robed person stepped forward and charged toward Qi Zhongfa; when the distance between the two sides was only a dozen meters left, he suddenly swung a palm forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a crimson aura surged out from his palm and instantly transformed into a red snake covered in scales!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Red Scale Force?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa’s eyes widened abruptly, his heart filled with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red Scale Force was also a fire-attribute force, but it was condensed from Ding Fire baleful Qi, making it extremely sinister and venomous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this Red Scale Force was projected through the air; this was a technique only possible at the late stage of Qi Transformation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa remembered that in the entire Xingcheng region, only Wang Ping, a registered martial master of the Cease-Arms Academy, had mastered the Red Scale Force, but hadn't Wang Ping been killed by people from the Anshen Sect back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no time to think too much, before the Red Scale Force reached him, Qi Zhongfa exerted his full strength to stimulate the Earthly Soil primordial Qi within his body, concentrating most of it on his arms while simultaneously activating the extraordinary ability of the implanted [Earth Stone Shell], causing his skin to petrify and making the stimulated Earthly Soil primordial Qi become even thicker and more solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the red snake collided with Qi Zhongfa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a tearing sound, Qi Zhongfa, whose defense hadn't been broken even after taking over a dozen Flame Explosion Force strikes, had his Earthly Soil primordial Qi torn apart by the red snake this time, and his arms were thoroughly ignited!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa spat out blood and was sent flying heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After landing, he didn't care about his arms, which were burned to a bloody mess, and immediately looked at the black-robed figure not far away:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn't Red Scale Force! Are you at the Dao Foundation stage?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Red Scale Force just now not only contained dense Ding Fire baleful Qi, but was also mixed with two other types of innate primordial Qi, making the power of this force even stronger than the original Red Scale Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a powerhouse at the Dao Foundation stage could integrate other innate primordial Qi into an existing force to increase its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Qi Zhongfa judged the opponent to be a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This intelligence was truly shocking, because in a place like Xingcheng, the appearance of an extra Dao Foundation stage powerhouse could completely influence the outcome of the war!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, what Qi Zhongfa worried about in his heart was still not his own safety, but the safety of Xingcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Careful, the incoming enemy has one...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Zhongfa shouted at the top of his lungs, wanting to pass this intelligence on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before he could finish his sentence, another red snake had already crashed into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, Qi Zhongfa, a special-grade lecturer at the Martial Arts Hall, died in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying alongside him were four senior lecturers and fifteen lecturers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After these lecturers were all dead, some of the Martial Arts Hall students setting up roadblocks behind them chose to flee, but a portion of the students chose to stay and block the enemy with their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly thereafter, these twenty-seven students who chose to stay all died in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strive for self-improvement, serve the country through martial arts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many lecturers and students shouted this slogan, which they chanted several times every day, loudly before they died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was they who let the invading Anshen Sect and horse bandits know that this sentence was not just a slogan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Lan Dynasty might already be rotten to the core, but even in the most rotten kingdom, there are still warriors whose hot blood never cools!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requesting monthly tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of this chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2906,"2026-06-25T10:09:32.527Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2e4e08fe53f96ee6cce5cee4cc1eb1f989ae49466bc584ead448f1fbd2ee8070","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-179","this-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-chapter-177",895,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-martial-saint-has-too-much-hp-cover.jpg"]