frightfiction #538 - Clear
#538 - Clear
Chapter 535: Passing the Barrier
Zhang Chen turned his head to look at Chen Ping, who was now covered in blood, with many holes in his clothes.
Even a martial arts expert who has cultivated their Qi and blood will be embroiled in a difficult battle against a sea of people, eventually exhausting their strength. Especially since the soldiers are wearing iron armor, each one as fierce as a tiger and working in an orderly manner. Even a martial arts expert who has cultivated their Qi and blood will get a few holes in their body if they are not careful.
Martial arts experts are simply too small in the face of a vast army. If it weren't for the three Blood God Sons guarding the carriage, and if those three Blood God Sons weren't so agile, darting through the gaps in the iron armor, instantly absorbing those who got close, the carriage would probably be a beehive by now.
"Even a powerful individual who possesses supernatural abilities can only protect themselves when faced with such a large army, unless they have large-scale destructive power," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
The seventh-order Blood God Sons are undeniably strong, but they are still stretched thin and somewhat unable to protect the people in the carriage.
Zhang Chen used his power to seal the Golden Dipper and buried it underground. The Hupo Pass garrison, which had been orderly, began to collapse as the soldiers lost their leader: "The Great General is dead! The Great General is dead!"
Accompanied by cries of sorrow, the Hupo Pass soldiers were thrown into chaos, the armored soldiers routed, and the displaced people surged like a tide, rushing into Hupo Pass and crossing the Hupo Pass Great Wall, entering the border area between Pingbei Marquis and Pingbian King.
Zhang Chen slowly walked to the front of the carriage. Chen Ping was holding a spear, kneeling on one knee, with blood constantly dripping from his body, looking extremely miserable. It was unclear whether it was his own blood or the blood of his enemies.
"Brother Zhang, am I dead? Am I actually seeing you in the legendary underworld?" Chen Ping's vision was blurred, his eyes fixed on Zhang Chen as he approached, his eyes full of sorrow: "I only hate that I have failed your expectations and did not lead our family to break through. I did not slay that Golden Dipper to avenge you."
"Hahaha, the Golden Dipper has already been sealed by me, and Hupo Pass has been breached. We can pass through," Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"Bang!"
Chen Ping fell directly to the ground, closed his eyes, and fainted. A Blood God Son picked up Chen Ping. Zhang Chen looked at the injuries on Chen Ping's body, a solemn look in his eyes: "The injuries are very serious. His internal organs have been pierced. If it weren't for the powerful vitality of a Qi and blood martial artist, I'm afraid this guy would have died."
After Zhang Chen examined him for a while, he took out a medicinal pill and stuffed it into Chen Ping's mouth. Then, the Blood God Son carried Chen Ping, and Zhang Chen led the carriage, walking away in the chaotic crowd.
"Brother, what's wrong with my dad?" At this moment, the carriage curtain was lifted, and the little girl's eyes were red, with tears constantly falling.
"Your dad has just fallen asleep. He will wake up again after we cross this strategic pass," Zhang Chen said with a smile, comforting her.
"But he's seriously injured..." The girl's eyes looked at the blood dripping from Chen Ping's body, her eyes filled with worry, like a frightened fawn.
Zhang Chen touched the girl's head: "Don't worry, after we cross this strategic pass, I'll return a healthy dad to you."
Hearing Zhang Chen's guarantee, the girl could only shrink her head back. Zhang Shi in the carriage also ignored the girl's dirty hands, grabbed her hand and comforted her: "Good child, don't worry. Since your big brother has spoken, there is nothing in this world that he can't do. Since he said your dad is fine, then your dad must be fine. Don't worry, even if your dad really dies, he will save your dad."
The carriage passed through the chaotic crowd. At this time, Hupo Pass was in chaos. Zhang Chen led the fifth-order demon horse, and no one dared to stop him wherever he went, allowing Zhang Chen to smoothly pass through the strategic pass and enter the town behind Hupo Pass, and then head towards another gate of Hupo Pass.
Hupo Pass is a border town, where border soldiers and passing merchants live. As for the common people, most of them are the families of the border soldiers.
At this time, Hupo Pass was breached, and the people in the city hid in their houses, afraid to come out.
Zhang Chen passed through the long street all the way, and saw that the south gate of the city had been opened, and the soldiers guarding the city wall had disappeared.
Zhang Chen smoothly passed through the city gate and looked into the distance, but suddenly froze, a long-lost dry air rushing towards him.
Smelling the refreshing air, Zhang Chen muttered: "That's right, the northern land should be dry and refreshing. The opposite side of Hupo Pass has its climate reversed by that dog Pingbian King, making people think they have come to the south."
"Strange, Pingbei Marquis and Pingbian King's territories are adjacent, why doesn't Pingbei Marquis lead a large army to defend near Hupo Pass?" Zhang Chen asked, expressing his doubts.
"The two sides' territories are adjacent, but only important towns will have large armies stationed. Towns have the significance of stationing large armies and guarding them! Ordinary wilderness and villages are not worth it, not to mention whether they can afford so many troops," Zhang Chen explained.
To go south and pass through the pass, you don't actually need a road permit. As long as you don't enter the city when you encounter a city along the way, no one will check whether you have a road permit on you.
So this is why the people of the northern land can escape south. Otherwise, how can the people leave their territory and escape when Pingbian King refuses to issue road permits to the people of the northern land?
Of course, Zhang Chen had no intention of entering the northern towns. He just wanted to go to the Jiangnan water towns to hide, and develop secretly. As long as he developed, he would have the capital to compete with the imperial capital.
After walking for such a long time, Zhang Chen's Sun Ember experience points were about to be full, and he would have his first ninth-order skill.
After the displaced people entered Pingbei Marquis's territory, they dispersed and fled. Zhang Chen had the blessing of the demon horse along the way, and his speed was not slow. He only needed to gallop along the official road.
After walking for a hundred miles for half a day, he had already moved away from Hupo Pass. Zhang Chen's heart moved, and the Blood God Sons following nearby quietly disappeared, returning to the northern land again to absorb the blood of the northern battlefield. Zhang Chen would not let the Blood God Sons follow him, wasting their time in vain. He only left a Blood God Son to transport Chen Ping.
Arriving at the wilderness, seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, he stopped the carriage and said to the people in the carriage: "We have arrived in Pingbei Marquis's territory, so let's set up camp here and rest for one night, and continue on our way tomorrow."
Zhang Chen is now the backbone of the family, and the family naturally has no objection to what he says.
The family set up the camp, Zhang Shi started stewing meat again, Zhang Chen placed Chen Ping, and the Blood God Son turned into a bloody light and disappeared in place. Zhang Chen stepped forward to carefully check Chen Ping's injuries, and after a while, he showed a look of joy: "Not bad! Not bad! He's about to recover."
"Uncle, how is my dad?" The girl looked at Zhang Chen with a worried face.
Zhang Chen touched the girl's little head: "If there are no accidents, your dad can wake up tonight."
"Really? That's great!" The girl's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she guarded Chen Ping, observing Chen Ping's breathing. Even if Zhang Chen asked her to eat, she refused to go, just guarding there.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen brought the stewed meat and asked the girl to eat it next to Chen Ping, and then he went to the side to sit and practice.
When it was late at night, Chen Ping slowly opened his eyes. Zhang Chen noticed the change in Chen Ping's breath and said: "You're awake?"
"Am I dead?" Chen Ping slowly sat up.
"Dad!" The girl rushed over, her voice crying: "You're not dead! Uncle saved you."
Zhang Chen joked from the side: "Do dead people also feel physical pain?"
Chen Ping felt the burning sensation on his body, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face. Although his body hurt so much that he grimaced, he was still full of joy. After all, he was still alive, wasn't he?
Chen Ping stroked the girl's face, comforted the tearful girl, and then turned to look at Zhang Chen: "Brother Zhang, I can't repay you enough for what I owe you in this life."
"Hehe, we know each other, let's not talk about owing each other," Zhang Chen said, bringing a bowl of stewed meat to Chen Ping's side: "Eat, I expected that you would wake up tonight, so I have been stewing meat for you."
Chen Ping was not polite, picked up the stewed meat and devoured it, while saying to Zhang Chen: "Brother, I was really blind, I never saw that you had such abilities. How did you escape from Jin Dou's hands?"
He didn't think that Zhang Chen could defeat Jin Dou, but that Zhang Chen used unknown means to escape from Jin Dou's hands.
"Jin Dou has copper skin and iron bones, and is a body of steel, and can even turn into a liquid and gather and disperse without form, but he has two fatal flaws," Zhang Chen stretched out two fingers.
"Fatal flaws? Two of them?" Chen Ping was surprised, and even the action of eating meat stopped. Jin Dou's steel body was immortal and indestructible, and he couldn't think of what flaws the other party had. That stinky and hard iron bump, even Yang Shen real people can't do anything about it, where are there any flaws? If there were any flaws, Yang Shen real people would not be helpless.
"The first flaw is his soul. Although his body is strong, his soul is not as strong as his body," Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"Although that's true, Jin Dou's combat power is strong, and with his body protecting his soul, it's not easy to shake his soul, unless there is a unique secret method," Chen Ping replied after hearing Zhang Chen's words.
You must know that the strength of the shell determines the difficulty of shaking the other party's soul. With the other party's steel and iron body, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to shake the other party's soul.
"The second is the sealing technique! Although he is indestructible and immortal, his own bloodline realm is not high. As long as you master the sealing technique and seal him, you can take him down. The sealing technique is the nemesis of this kind of supernatural power!" Zhang Chen said with a smile.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Chen Ping swallowed the stewed meat in his mouth: "Sealing supernatural powers are even rarer. I have traveled the world for many years and can be considered knowledgeable, but I have never heard anyone say that they have mastered the sealing technique."
ps: Brothers, happy new year.