frightfiction #536 - Tear the Pass
#536 - Tear the Pass
This world has never lacked adventurers, especially those with skills, who often defy prohibitions and test the law with their own bodies.
Among the displaced people, there has never been a shortage of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Everyone who can walk out of the chaotic flood to get here is no simple person.
In fact, even without Zhang Chen's secret instigation, undercurrents had already begun to surge among the displaced people.
Those who can build siege vehicles are building siege vehicles, those who can chop wood are chopping wood. Everyone is busy, and soon the prototypes of siege vehicles are being built.
Zhang Chen stood in the darkness, his eyes looking towards Tiger Soul Pass: "Even if hundreds of thousands of displaced people join forces, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky to break through Tiger Soul Pass. Tiger Soul Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that the displaced people lack armor and weapons, and they also lack training. Once the siege fails, morale will inevitably be vented. Or the first wave will be directly shocked by the defending army on the opposite side. By then, people's hearts will be scattered, and it will be difficult to gather them again. So if you want to attack the city, you must do it in one go and show the people hope."
It is impossible to expect this group of people to break through the impregnable pass. The displaced people will not become a force. Once there are slight losses, they will inevitably collapse.
Even a well-trained regular army, once its battle losses exceed one-tenth, will only see its morale plummet and fall into defeat.
So Zhang Chen can only break open the impregnable pass first, so that there may be a chance.
Zhang Chen looked at the city gate of Tiger Soul Pass. He has two supernatural powers that can break through Tiger Soul Pass. The first is the embers of the sun. If he unleashes the embers of the sun, the soldiers on Tiger Soul Pass will definitely be refined to death. By then, the displaced people will have hope of rushing to the top of the city. But the guards of Tiger Soul Pass can also re-ascend the top of the city to resist when the embers of the sun cool down. Moreover, the dragon energy of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion suppresses the top of the city. Once his embers of the sun leave his body and lose the protection of the true dragon's energy, it is really hard to say how much effect it can have.
The second is the authority of the earth. He can control all the power of the earth within fifty meters. As long as he gets close to the city gate and tears a gap in the earth, the displaced people can drive straight in. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people working together, coupled with the experts in the martial world, have hope of breaking through the guards in Tiger Soul Pass.
Zhang Chen wanted to make some arrangements in secret, and turned his head to Chen Ping and said: "Tomorrow, you will follow behind me, and we will rush through Tiger Soul Pass together in the chaos."
Chen Ping went to rest, he still needs to recover his energy, and Zhang Chen turned his head to look in the direction of Tiger Soul Pass.
"I don't know how many guards there are in Tiger Soul Pass." A trace of blood energy flowed out of Zhang Chen's body, turning into blood-sucking bats in the dark, and heading towards Tiger Soul Pass.
A quarter of an hour later, the blood-sucking bats returned, transforming back into blood energy and returning to his body. Zhang Chen's expression became serious: "There are actually 200,000 guards. Although there are 500,000 displaced people here, they are no match for the 200,000 well-equipped guards who also occupy the advantage of terrain. Unless all the generals on the opposite side are secretly assassinated, otherwise... the other side only needs 50,000 elite soldiers to defeat hundreds of thousands of displaced people."
There is no comparison between a regular army and displaced people.
As time passed, the displaced people began to gradually become restless. The experts among the displaced people began to fuel the flames, constantly encouraging ordinary displaced people to attack the city gate. A series of undercurrents began to surge among the displaced people.
Zhang Chen's figure flashed, and he used the Earth Escape Technique to appear under the city gate. Looking at the soldiers guarding the gate, he thought, and another drop of blood flew out and disappeared into the darkness.
Then Zhang Chen looked at the towering and upright Tiger Soul Pass. The next moment, the Earth Authority was used, and a burst of earth-shattering tremors was seen. Accompanied by the exclamations of the guards on Tiger Soul Pass, Tiger Soul Pass collapsed, and a fifty-meter-wide crack opened in the earth. Then, the mud surged under the fifty-meter-wide crack, filling the crack.
The dragon energy in Tiger Soul Pass surged towards Zhang Chen, backlashing him. Zhang Chen's true dragon energy flowed around his body, resisting the suppression of the Northern Territory dragon energy. The rice-grain-sized dragon ball vibrated, and no matter how the dragon energy of the Pingbian Prince's Mansion roared, it could not do anything to Zhang Chen.
"The impregnable pass has been broken! Someone has broken the dragon energy and torn apart Tiger Soul Pass! Everyone, charge! As long as we pass Tiger Soul Pass, we can leave this mountain of knives and sea of fire."
The displaced people in the darkness saw that Tiger Soul Pass was torn apart neatly by an invisible force, and they immediately became excited.
"While the guards haven't reacted, everyone, charge together! As long as we rush past, we can have a vast world."
The strong man who was possessed by Zhang Chen's Blood God Son stood up at this time and waved his arms, holding a knife and leading his dozen or so brothers, rushing over first.
"Charge!"
Some martial artists followed and stirred up emotions, constantly inciting ordinary people: "Everyone, charge together! When the guards on the opposite side react and rebuild Tiger Soul Pass, then all of us will be trapped here and become food for the demons, a sacrifice for the Pingbian Prince's Mansion! Fight for a future for your wives and children! Kill a path to life for your parents!"
"Fight for a future for your wives and children! Kill a path to life!"
"Kill!"
"There is food in Tiger Soul Pass. After looting Tiger Soul Pass, we will no longer lack food and no longer have to go hungry!"
"The hope of victory is right in front of us, charge!"
"Kill!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
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Accompanied by shouts that were hoarse, those who were hungry rushed out first, and then under the influence of this atmosphere, countless displaced people, with red eyes, took up hoes, sticks, and rushed towards the gap in the impregnable pass.
"Block them for me!" A soldier of Tiger Soul Pass roared angrily, and quickly mobilized soldiers to intercept them. The two sides clashed in an instant, and blood stained the earth red.
Although the guards of Tiger Soul Pass were well-equipped, those displaced people were all fighting to the death, and for a time they were not at a disadvantage.
The guards of Tiger Soul Pass blocked the refugees' path, which was tantamount to blocking their means of survival. With no way to live, they were naturally forced to fight for their lives. Even for the sake of their parents, wives, and children, they had to carve out a path to survival.
"Advance and never retreat! Kill! Once we are intercepted, we will eventually die within the fortress. Fighting our way out now is our only chance for survival!"
"Kill!"
A chorus of desperate shouts erupted, and the refugees' collective energy and bloodlust surprisingly resisted the dragon aura in the air.
Meanwhile, Zhang Chen, having used his earth遁术 to return to the camp, found it in complete chaos. Chen Ping and the others stood guard in front of the carriage, warily surveying their surroundings.
"Hmm, strange? What is that power that can resist the northern dragon aura? It's causing the suppression on my soul to loosen?" Cheng Yu stood beside Zhang Chen, looking towards the city gate with curiosity.
"That is karma! The karma of the people, gathered in one place, can resist the suppression of the dragon aura and break its blockade. If the natural enemy of cultivators is the dragon aura, then the natural enemy of the dragon aura is the karma of the masses," Zhang Chen said, observing the aura in the sky. He possessed the power of the Blood Dao and could naturally recognize karma.
"No wonder even if commoners rebel, even if the court has capable individuals and strange people, they still have a chance to make waves. It turns out that the karmic burden on the people can resist the dragon aura," Zhang Chen mused to himself.
"Brother, what do we do?" Zhang Tuo looked at the slaughter in the darkness, a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
"All of you get on the carriage, we'll charge through together!" A hint of killing intent flashed in Zhang Chen's eyes.
The carriage was prepared again. Zhang Chen had Cheng Yu and the others hide inside, and summoned three Blood God Child clones to protect the carriage. Chen Ping, watching the three approaching figures, gripped his steel saber tightly, a hint of wariness in his eyes. But then Zhang Chen patted Chen Ping's shoulder, "Relax, they are under my control and have become my puppets."
Hearing this, Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief, turning to look at Zhang Chen, his voice full of solemnity: "If Tiger Soul Pass is breached, it will save us a lot of effort in getting through, but there will still be some trouble. If we're lucky and don't run into Jin Dou, we'll definitely be able to break through Tiger Soul Pass. If we do encounter Jin Dou, I will risk my life to hold him back for you. When that time comes, you just take everyone and leave, and I'll stay behind to cover our retreat."
He felt that although Zhang Chen had some abilities, he still had no chance of winning against Jin Dou, who could exchange blows with a Yang God True Person.
"Don't worry, we won't be that unlucky, we will definitely break through Tiger Soul Pass smoothly."
Zhang Chen comforted Chen Ping, then walked in front of the carriage, holding a long saber in his hand, and charged towards the city gate.
He did not use the Sand Uniting Technique. If he did, it would not only confuse the guards on the other side, but also the refugees, blocking their chance of survival. Zhang Chen would certainly not do such a thing.
Charging in himself was somewhat dangerous, but the advantage was that it would not create karma.
"Kill!"
At this moment, the sounds of fighting were earth-shattering. Zhang Chen, holding a long saber, and the fifth-tier demon horse, with its mighty power, charged straight towards the guards.
The refugees surged towards the guards like a tide, but facing the guards in iron armor, the refugees were like wheat, being cut down wave after wave.
More than a dozen martial artists who had cultivated their Qi and blood were constantly charging forward, directly facing the Tiger Soul Pass guards, maneuvering with them. However, there were also seven or eight strong individuals who had cultivated their Qi and blood within Tiger Soul Pass, wearing iron armor and coordinating with the guards to resist.
The guards wearing iron armor and those without were simply two different species. Even if there were many martial arts experts among the refugees who had cultivated their Qi and blood, they were instantly suppressed and fell into a disadvantage when facing those orderly armored soldiers and armored generals.
Some people held long sabers, with electric light flowing around their bodies. Wherever they passed, a large number of guards in iron armor fell to the ground twitching, and were swarmed by refugees and hammered to death.
Some people could control flames, and some had mastered all kinds of strange abilities, all of whom were charging forward at this moment.
"These people are all lucky ones who have swallowed fragments of the Dragon Pearl. I can sense the aura of the Dragon Pearl fragments on them," Zhang Chen said, leading the carriage, following the large group of refugees, step by step. He had a Dragon Pearl condensed from True Dragon Qi, so he could naturally sense the aura of the dragon attribute.
"Not good! Although there are Strange People to boost them, the armored soldiers on the other side have a good defense and offense, and they also have iron-armored crossbows to rely on. The two sides are now deadlocked. In this kind of charge, the refugees can only provide limited support. The only thing they can provide is the karma to resist the dragon aura of the King of Pingbian's Mansion. Although I have torn a fifty-meter gap, for a battle of hundreds of thousands of people, a fifty-meter gap is still too small. The two sides are stuck here. If they want to make use of their numbers, they must break open the gap. Otherwise, tens of thousands of armored soldiers blocking here is like an iron wall, like an intact city."
The only use of the steel saber in Zhang Chen's hand was to defend against the long sabers stabbing towards him.
Suddenly, Zhang Chen's passing was accompanied by the permeation of water vapor, and due to his continuous extraction of water vapor from the depths of the earth, an increasing amount of water vapor was being drawn out from the depths of the earth. The closer the soldiers were to him, the quicker they died.
No matter how you are wearing armor, you must breathe. As long as you inhale the water vapor, and then approach Zhang Chen within ten meters, it is the realm of Zhang Chen's control of frost.
"Demonic man, daring to harm my soldiers, die!" A martial artist from Tiger Soul Pass, who had cultivated his Qi and blood, saw Zhang Chen walking among the chaotic army, with corpses falling in pieces wherever he passed. He was immediately enraged, and slashed at Zhang Chen through the void with his long saber.
"A martial artist who has cultivated his Qi and blood?" Zhang Chen looked at the martial artist who was slashing at him, and as soon as the thought of the Blood Control Technique arose in his mind, the martial artist's movements immediately froze just as he charged in front of Zhang Chen, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.