Chapter 454: Attack the Mountain! The Might of the Weapon Lord

In the wild jungle, a team of over ten thousand people climbed a mountain peak.

On the top of the peak, by the cliff, Bo'erhu, wearing a full set of battle armor, looked into the distance.

"My King, should we let everyone climb down the cliff before dark?"

A subordinate came behind Bo'erhu and asked.

This mountain peak was over a hundred meters high; although one side of the cliff was covered in vines that could be grabbed to descend, it was still very dangerous.

Even people who had lived in the wilderness for years could fall from the cliff if they were not careful.

Only the personal guard army under Bo'erhu, all of whom were martial artists, could choose such a dangerous path as a marching route.

"No need."

Bo'erhu turned around. "Pass the order down: the entire army is to establish defensive works based on this mountain peak and set up defensive formations."

"My King?"

The subordinate looked surprised, not understanding why Bo'erhu would issue such an order.

But meeting those eyes that were like stars, he subconsciously chose to obey:

"Yes!"

Soon, Bo'erhu's order spread throughout the entire army, immediately causing a commotion.

Over a dozen high-level generals in the personal guard army came over at the first opportunity.

This personal guard army belonging to the Northern Barbarian King was composed of elites from eleven tribes.

Every time Bo'erhu conquered a tribe, he would select a Ba Du powerhouse from it, letting them lead a team of elites to join his personal guard army.

Eleven tribes, excluding Bo'erhu's original Wuri tribe, had a total of ten Ba Du powerhouses join this personal guard army!

And as one of the four great powerful tribes, the Wuri tribe's support for Bo'erhu was naturally the greatest; they not only sent four Ba Du powerhouses to follow him but also sent a Tian Du powerhouse to assist him!

The Wuri tribe previously had a total of two Tian Du powerhouses: one Grandmaster and one top-tier True Person.

The tribe leader was a Grandmaster, and the Great Elder was a top-tier True Person.

Once Bo'erhu decided to unify the Northern Barbarians, the Wuri tribe's Great Elder had been following by his side.

Therefore, Bo'erhu's personal guard army had a total of two Tian Du powerhouses, fourteen Ba Du powerhouses, and over a hundred Tu Du warriors at the powerhouse level!

Such a force was enough to destroy any tribe among the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes except for the four great powerful tribes!

At this moment, the Wuri tribe's Great Elder, Wuri Tianji, and the other fourteen Ba Du powerhouses had all come to Bo'erhu's side.

"My King, why not continue the march, but instead order to hold firm? Could it be that you have given up on going to the rescue?!"

A Ba Du powerhouse who looked very young was the first to question, his expression very agitated.

His name was Pu Ciwa, and he was the youngest Martial Arts Master of the Dream Lion tribe.

After the Dream Lion tribe decided to pledge loyalty to Bo'erhu, he had actively requested to join the personal guard army to follow the Northern Barbarian King.

When the Dream Lion tribe headquarters was attacked, Bo'erhu decided to go to the rescue at the first opportunity and ordered the other tribes to send troops to rescue as well; Pu Ciwa was so excited he was trembling all over!

He felt he had followed the right person; Bo'erhu was worthy of being the King he was willing to die for!

As a result, Bo'erhu suddenly stopped and held firm in place, which made Pu Ciwa feel betrayed, so he disregarded the hierarchy and started questioning him as soon as he came up.

"Pu Ciwa!"

Wuri tribe Great Elder Wuri Tianji's gaze fell severely on Pu Ciwa. "Watch your attitude!"

Pu Ciwa was about to speak, but Bo'erhu raised his hand, signaling everyone not to speak first.

He looked at Pu Ciwa: "Pu Ciwa, I have not decided to give up on going to rescue your tribe."

"Then why did you..."

"Because we are about to encounter the enemy."

"Enemy?"

This made many people present show expressions of surprise.

The Great Lan Dynasty's plot this time was an open conspiracy, clearly placed before Bo'erhu for him to choose:

If he did not go to rescue the Dream Lion tribe, the eleven-tribe alliance that had been established with such difficulty would immediately fall apart, and it would be even more impossible to conquer the remaining six tribes afterward.

And if Bo'erhu decided to rescue, he would have to mobilize the main forces of the major defensive zones.

In this way, the defensive zones would inevitably have loopholes, and the Great Lan Dynasty could send a small number of elites to pass through the defensive zones and execute decapitation tactics!

Bo'erhu also had no way to first gather the main forces around himself and then go to the rescue.

In that case, there would be no time, and the Dream Lion tribe would be destroyed all the same.

He also had no way to abandon the personal guard army under his command and go to the rescue alone.

In that case, his whereabouts would indeed be hard to grasp, making it difficult for people to intercept and kill him, but without the participation of the personal guard army, the Northern Barbarian side would have no way to contend with the Northern Border Army.

This time, the Blue Frost Army coming out in full force was forcing Bo'erhu to mobilize every force he could mobilize!

Therefore, from the beginning, Bo'erhu knew that he would inevitably encounter the enemy on the road to rescue with his personal guard army.

The twists and turns of this were something some truly smart people among the Northern Barbarians could figure out at the first opportunity.

But the vast majority of Northern Barbarians had a rough way of thinking and did not have so many schemes, so more than half of the powerhouses present had not thought they would be ambushed.

Bo'erhu explained the reason simply.

"My King!"

A Wuri tribe Ba Du powerhouse was shocked after hearing this. "Why not tell us earlier? How can you put yourself in danger?"

Bo'erhu shook his head: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The reason I ordered to hold firm here is to rest and wait for the enemy, using the terrain advantage to wait for that decapitation unit to come and attack this mountain peak."

"My King, what if the opponent does not take the initiative to attack? Just wait for two days, and we might be completely too late to rescue the Dream Lion tribe!"

Pu Ciwa could not help but speak again.

On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly, and rescue is like fighting a fire.

Whether the Northern Barbarian King is present in person or not, the morale of the Northern Barbarian side will be worlds apart!

Moreover, this personal guard army is now the most elite force in the entire Northern Barbarian lands.

Let alone arriving two days late, even arriving half a day late could have a huge impact on the war situation.

Therefore, Pu Ciwa's worry was reasonable.

Bo'erhu shook his head, his gaze firm:

"At the latest by tomorrow night, the vanguard units of the three-tribe coalition—the Fire Qilin tribe, the Yanxin tribe, and the Qingye tribe—will be able to rendezvous with us, so if the enemy wants to kill me, these two days are the best and last opportunity. They will definitely come!"

"Everyone rest in place."

Just after crossing a hillside, Bai Yan issued an order to the Barbarian-Slaying Army.

Afterward, he summoned more than a dozen Foundation Establishment martial artists, including some from the Blue Patrol Pavilion and others from the Imperial Guard.

He sent all these people out to investigate, thereby determining the location of Bo'erhu's personal guard army.

Today was already July 15th, the seventh day of the Barbarian-Slaying Army venturing deep into the wilderness.

According to the original plan, the Barbarian-Slaying Army only needed to march for eight days to intercept Bo'erhu.

But in reality, for the first seven days, the Barbarian-Slaying Army's daily marching distance was more than the original plan, so they arrived at the scheduled destination a day and a half ahead of the original plan.

According to Bai Yan's estimation, Bo'erhu and his personal guard army were currently no more than fifteen miles away from them in a straight line!

Therefore, Bai Yan sent out Dao Foundation stage martial artists as scouts to determine the location of Bo'erhu's personal guard army at the fastest speed.

Over three hours later, Dao Foundation stage martial artists returned one after another to report the situation.

Among them, some brought back the intelligence Bai Yan wanted:

"Camping on a mountain?"

Bai Yan was not surprised upon hearing this, as if he had expected it long ago.

For the seven days he led the Barbarian-Slaying Army deep into the wilderness, almost every step was within his expectations: marching, resting, replenishing water, surveying terrain, detouring, crossing mountains and ridges... He precisely controlled all the details and the physical condition of most people, thereby pushing the speed of the Barbarian-Slaying Army to the extreme!

Moreover, the Barbarian-Slaying Army perfectly bypassed all enemies, without a single encounter battle.

Such military command ability could already be called that of a famous general of a generation!

Bai Yan marked the mountain peak where Bo'erhu's personal guard army was holding firm on a map, thought quietly for a moment, and then summoned all high-level personnel for a meeting.

"Bo'erhu and his personal guard army are only about eleven miles away from us in a straight line."

Bai Yan went straight to the point, pointing at the map before him:

"According to my estimation, the vanguard units of the three-tribe coalition—the Fire Qilin tribe, the Yanxin tribe, and the Qingye tribe—should be able to arrive in this area by tomorrow night at the latest. So now Bo'erhu chooses to hold firm here, betting that we will inevitably take the initiative to attack."

In a few words, the current situation was clearly placed before everyone.

Although Li Fei was not very "knowledgeable about military affairs," he also understood this psychological game between the two commanders:

Bai Yan could predict the general marching route of Bo'erhu and his personal guard army, and this Northern Barbarian King Bo'erhu was no worse.

Although the opponent did not know from which direction the Barbarian-Slaying Army would enter the wilderness, he could inversely deduce roughly when and where the Barbarian-Slaying Army would appear.

Therefore, Bo'erhu chose to suddenly stop and find a place to hold firm at this point in time.

Because the opponent was certain that the Barbarian-Slaying Army was not far from him!

Choosing to hold firm suddenly at this time, Bo'erhu left the Barbarian-Slaying Army with only two choices:

Either abandon this decapitation operation and wait for Bo'erhu to rendezvous with the main force.

In that case, Bo'erhu's rescue of the Dream Lion tribe this time would likely fail.

Or, charge directly over, capture that mountain peak, and behead the Northern Barbarian King!

Choosing the former was almost zero risk, and the Barbarian-Slaying Army successfully forced Bo'erhu and his personal guard army to stop, delaying them by at least two days to reach the front line.

In the future, when the Northern Border Army successfully destroys the Dream Lion tribe, the Barbarian-Slaying Army would similarly have a share of the military merit.

If the latter were chosen, it naturally went without saying.

Risk and merit coexist!

"I don't know what you all think, but this commander has already made a decision."

Bai Yan swept across everyone present calmly, saying word by word:

"Having arrived here, this commander is determined to have the Northern Barbarian King's head!"

Having gone through hardships and led the army to this point, the Northern Barbarian King could almost be said to be close at hand.

Under such circumstances, no commander could resist the temptation and choose to retreat just like that.

"We came here to kill the Northern Barbarian King; now that we are only one step away from success, how can we give up?"

As the Army Supervisor, Li Fei was the second to express his stance.

He came to the Northern Border this time precisely to help the Great Lan Dynasty increase its national fortune, thereby striving for the opportunity to refine the supernatural power seed with one hundred percent success using national fortune.

Besides that, only by obtaining enough military merit could he gain the upper hand in the game with the Lu family and Xu Jing.

Therefore, no matter what, he would not give up the opportunity to behead the Northern Barbarian King.

Besides, so many people had gone to such great lengths precisely to come for decapitation.

Now that they had come, how could there be any reason to retreat?

In an army, the highest status is the commander, followed by the Army Supervisor.

Because the Army Supervisor represents not only himself but also the imperial power behind him!

Therefore, after Bai Yan and Li Fei expressed their stances one after another, the others also expressed their agreement.

Thus, all high-level personnel of the Barbarian-Slaying Army quickly reached a consensus:

Continue forward, behead the Northern Barbarian King!

On the nameless mountain peak, over ten thousand Northern Barbarian King personal guard soldiers began to set up defensive works and formations from the foot of the mountain.

For true powerhouses, ordinary defensive works or natural dangers were not obstacles at all.

Therefore, what could truly play a role were formations.

In the personal guard army, there were Ba Du powerhouses at the True Person level, as well as over thirty Tu Du mages at the Attachment stage.

Under the leadership of the Wuri tribe Great Elder Wuri Tianji, a top-tier True Person, these people began to set up defensive formations.

A total of twelve Grade 6 exotic beasts were placed in twelve directions, surrounding this nameless mountain peak.

All Northern Barbarian tribes had the ability to keep exotic beasts; Bo'erhu's personal guard army also had "Beast Masters," and over a hundred exotic beasts were kept in the army.

And Grade 6 exotic beasts were already the highest-level exotic beasts in the personal guard army; even the Northern Barbarians, who were good at keeping exotic beasts, had few tribes that could drive Grade 3 or higher exotic beasts.

Soon, the prototype of a formation appeared, and massive amounts of blood light gathered into the bodies of the twelve Grade 6 exotic beasts.

These twelve Grade 6 exotic beasts let out earth-shattering howls, and then their ten-plus-meter-high bodies cracked inch by inch, also turning into blood light.

The over a hundred exotic beasts in the personal guard army were the same!

A moment later, the phantoms of the twelve Grade 6 exotic beasts reappeared in place.

At the top of the mountain peak, before Wuri Tianji lay a white bone, looking like the corpse left behind after a flood dragon died, only it was too "petite," being only a few meters long.

This flood dragon bone was Wuri Tianji's natal magic treasure, which had reached the Heaven level!

A natal magic treasure that has refined supernatural powers is at the Profound level; a natal magic treasure that has completed the refinement of the seventy-two Earthly Fiends and refined the Earthly Fiend formation style is at the Earth level.

Going further up, a natal magic treasure that has completed the refinement of the thirty-six Heavenly Gangs and formed the Heavenly Gang Earthly Fiend formation style is at the Heaven level.

Earth-level magic treasures are already things only top-tier True Persons can possess; if strength levels are divided according to magic treasure levels, top-tier True Persons can be divided into three levels:

Earthly Fiend level, Heavenly Gang level, and Heavenly Gang Earthly Fiend Great Perfection.

Wuri Tianji is a "Heavenly Gang level" top-tier True Person; although not as good as the Fire Qilin tribe's Great Elder, he is already a top powerhouse among top-tier True Persons!

"My King, the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Formation has been established."

Wuri Tianji turned to say to Bo'erhu, who was walking over:

"It's a pity that none of the twelve main sacrificial exotic beasts are Grade 3 or higher; otherwise, I could have increased the power of this great formation by at least thirty percent!"

Bo'erhu glanced at the twelve beast shadows distributed around and said indifferently:

"No matter, warriors after beastification merging into it can also enhance the power of the great formation."

Wuri Tianji was startled, finally understanding why Bo'erhu chose to establish the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Formation when there were other formation styles with stronger defensive power to choose from.

Looking at Bo'erhu's cold expression, Wuri Tianji knew that the opponent had completely entered "war mode."

As a commander, the heart is as hard as iron; all lives are just chips in hand!

"My King, what kind of team do you think the Great Lan Dynasty will send over this time?"

Wuri Tianji asked with some worry.

Bo'erhu smiled, looking at the mountains and jungles in the distance, and said heroically:

"To take my life, at least five Tian Du level powerhouses must come!"

He had previously fought three Tian Du level powerhouses alone, including a peak top-tier True Person like the Fire Qilin tribe's Great Elder.

Therefore, to kill him, five Tian Du level powerhouses is the minimum, and they cannot be ordinary ones!

"With the foundation of the Great Lan Dynasty, I am worried that there will be more than five Tian Du powerhouses coming this time... perhaps even..."

Wuri Tianji stopped mid-sentence.

The Great Lan Dynasty has peak powerhouses, and more than one!

Bo'erhu smiled and shook his head upon hearing this:

"Great Elder, you still don't understand the Central Plains dynasty enough."

"Please enlighten me, My King."

"Their National Master was seriously injured; if they dare to venture deep into the Northern Barbarian lands at this time, aren't they afraid of falling here?"

"The Xintian Society has produced a Cursed Dao True Monarch; with the National Master seriously injured and in seclusion, that Military God must sit in their capital and similarly cannot leave."

"But, don't they still have a Prince who is also a Martial Saint?"

Wuri Tianji asked.

Bo'erhu laughed: "That Prince is the uncle of the Central Plains Emperor; over these years, he has almost no real power in his hands, which shows the Central Plains Emperor's wariness and precautions against him."

"If he really makes a great contribution, should the Central Plains Emperor reward him afterward? How should he reward him? If he rewards him heavily, he won't be at ease; if he rewards him lightly, how can he explain it to a Martial Saint?"

"Moreover, that Prince has been strictly guarded against by others for these years; why should he still risk his life for others?"

After hearing these words, Wuri Tianji suddenly understood.

Although a Martial Saint is powerful, he is not invincible.

If multiple Northern Barbarian Tian Du powerhouses fight with everything they have and use beastification, there might be a chance to injure him.

If he were injured at the root, the National Master who is still in seclusion would be the outcome!

Therefore, the Central Plains' Martial Saint Prince indeed has no need to take risks in the Northern Barbarian lands.

"My King, even so, in case of a crisis..."

Wuri Tianji still intended to persuade him.

But Bo'erhu suddenly said:

"They are here!"

Wuri Tianji was startled and immediately performed arts to investigate into the distance.

Thus, he saw the Barbarian-Slaying Army rushing toward this side!

"All units, be on alert!"

Wuri Tianji immediately issued an order and simultaneously activated the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Great Formation.

A blood curtain over a hundred meters high stood up, enveloping the entire mountain peak.

The phantoms of the twelve exotic beasts continuously expanded within the blood curtain, ultimately all turning into huge bodies a hundred meters high!

Three miles away, everyone in the Barbarian-Slaying Army saw the blood curtain in the distance.

Separated by such a distance, they could all perceive the massive pressure coming from it!

"It is the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Great Formation."

The only top-tier True Person in the team, Mi Han, said in a deep voice, "Using exotic beasts as sacrifices, refining their bodies, and extracting their souls.

Those phantoms are beast souls; after sacrificing their physical bodies, supported by the power of the great formation, these beast souls will be immortal and very difficult to deal with!

Moreover, Northern Barbarian warriors can actively beastify; once they beastify and then actively sacrifice themselves to the great formation, the power of the great formation will continue to increase.

If this great formation is not broken, I am afraid we won't be able to kill the Northern Barbarian King today."

Hearing Mi Han's words, the crowd of powerhouses present all changed their expressions.

No one would doubt the judgment of a top-tier True Person.

"True Person Mi, is there a way to break it?"

Bai Yan asked.

Mi Han stared fixedly at the blood curtain in the distance, seven-colored light flickering in his eyes.

A moment later, his expression was ugly:

"The top-tier True Person presiding over the great formation is using a Heaven-level magic treasure, and the Heavenly Gang Earthly Fiend formation style established by the magic treasure is very compatible with this great formation; I cannot break this formation."

Although he, the former Vice Pavilion Master of the Zhengfa Pavilion, was also a "Heavenly Gang level," his strengths did not lie in formations.

Bai Yan remained calm upon hearing this:

"No matter, just watch this commander break this formation!"

His confidence infected everyone, making people feel inexplicably at ease.

"Imperial Guard, take orders: form the formation!"

Bai Yan's voice resounded throughout the entire Barbarian-Slaying Army.

Starting from seven days ago, he had handed all the dirty and tiring work to the three thousand-plus Blue Patrol Pavilion warriors, thereby preserving the physical strength and energy of the three Imperial Guard units to the greatest extent.

Now, it was time to draw the sword!

Military formations are divided into hundred-man level, thousand-man level, three-thousand-man level, five-thousand-man level, and ten-thousand-man level.

The highest military formation of the Imperial Guard in the major provinces of the Great Lan Dynasty is only at the thousand-man level; besides that, there are four ten-thousand-man level military formations.

The three-thousand-man level and five-thousand-man level in between are missing.

It is not that they cannot be refined, but that there is a lack of sufficient resources and manpower.

Maintaining four ten-thousand-man level military formations has already exhausted most resources and manpower, and the remaining "scraps" are only enough to refine thousand-man level military formations.

The military formation of the three thousand six hundred Imperial Guard soldiers in the Barbarian-Slaying Army is also only at the thousand-man level.

Three military formations were quickly established, and three black auras shot into the sky, turning into three hundred-meter-long black dragons, roaring at the sky!

Bai Yan stepped out, flying into mid-air, and that Martial Arts Domain, which looked like it was piled up with a million corpses, reappeared.

The three black dragon auras were swallowed into the Martial Arts Domain, and then the Martial Arts Domain enveloped all three thousand six hundred Imperial Guard soldiers within it.

A moment later, a blood-colored giant over three hundred meters high appeared before everyone's eyes!

This giant looked exactly like Bai Yan, wearing blood-colored armor covered in dragon scales.

A powerful and peerless killing aura shot into the sky, shaking the heavens and clouds.

Originally, they were three thousand-man level military formations, but at this moment, in Bai Yan's Martial Arts Domain, they were perfectly combined together, turning into a three-thousand-man level military formation!

Bai Yan specializes in the 【Weapon Lord】 supernatural power, and his Martial Arts Domain also focuses on the Way of the Weapon. The three thousand six hundred Imperial Guard soldiers in the Barbarian-Slaying Army had long been secretly training with him for a long time, so at this moment, under the command of this "Weapon Lord," the three military formations could undergo a qualitative change.

At this moment, Bai Yan's aura rose step by step, finally breaking through a certain limit!

The blood-fiend giant with shocking might took a step forward, instantly crossing over three miles, arriving before the blood curtain, and blasted a punch at it.

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