Novel Full Chapter 1497 - 471: Frostfire Scorches the Plains, Success and Revenge, Carnage at the River Mouth, and a Master? (Part 2)
Chapter 1497 - 471: Frostfire Scorches the Plains, Success and Revenge, Carnage at the River Mouth, and a Master? (Part 2)
"Second Brother!"
"Dad!"
"Ah......"
"I’ll fight you to the death, you dog official!"
..........
At this point, the situation completely spun out of control!
The relatives of the three who had been shot dead numbered around a dozen; they no longer had the slightest scruple. Gripping their Iron Scythes, eyes blood‑red, they roared madly as they charged at the County Guard Army, dragging everyone else along with them.
The difference between a regular army and ordinary commoners was, without a doubt, enormous.
The more than one hundred County Guard Army soldiers naturally wouldn’t sit and wait for death. The crowd was less than ten meters away from them; they didn’t have many chances to loose their arrows, so they frantically nocked and fired, in that instant shooting down several hundred more people.
"Suppress and kill the rebel army!"
Zhang Long also realized the situation was utterly out of control. At this point, he had no way to remedy it. Worried about affecting morale, he even concealed his inner helplessness, deliberately shouting harshly as he gave the order.
The County Guard Army’s Bow and Arrows, before this ocean‑like tide of people, ultimately lost their effectiveness.
More than ten thousand in the Earth Digging Realm charged up as if they didn’t care for their lives. The soldiers couldn’t even get their arrows nocked; even if they barely managed to, before the bowstring could be drawn, it was chopped apart by the Iron Scythes swinging down from the front.
"Kill!"
Those in the Earth Digging Realm were as fragile as paper in front of the Cold Resistance Level, let alone when they were a group without Iron Armor, only holding Hundred Forged Short Iron Scythes.
The hundred‑plus County Guard Army, the more than one hundred men from the Subordinate Bureaus, together with Zhang Long and the remaining dozens of officials, once they moved, the scene instantly turned blood‑soaked.
The stench of blood not only failed to have a deterrent effect, it instead further fueled the madness of the human tide. Some people who had been circling on the outskirts were also provoked by the furious shouts and angry roars, and in a dense mass they joined the charge.
"Rebel rabble, your crimes deserve ten thousand deaths, out of my way!"
A County Guard Army Soldier in the front row roared as he raised his Big Saber and hacked down three or four people in front of him. Then with a sweeping strike, he pushed back more than ten people ahead, his Big Saber suddenly chopping down at a man in front of him.
Clang......
At the critical moment, Hong Xicheng, clad in Iron Armor, appeared. He raised his blade in front of that man, blocking the strike, and without the slightest hesitation, he braced and lashed out with a kick, slamming his foot viciously into that Soldier’s abdomen.
Bang......
That Soldier, after taking such a savage kick, only staggered back four or five steps. One had to know he had already killed quite a few people and spent quite a bit of strength; it showed that his strength was far above Hong Xicheng’s.
"You think this little 4‑mane strength is enough to act fierce in front of your Lord of the Army? Even wearing that set of War Armor, you’re nothing but an ant. Die for your Lord of the Army..."
That Soldier immediately sensed Hong Xicheng’s strength, a ferocious grin spreading over his face. His figure lunged forward, chopping straight at him.
Clang... crack...
Hong Xicheng raised his blade again to block. Blade edges collided, sparks flying. His strength was ultimately inferior; his hands were forced down, losing power, and the back of the Saber slammed heavily onto his right shoulder, producing a crisp crack.
With one strike, bone shattered!
"With just this bit of strength, you dare to..."
Slash!
The Soldier was grinning ferociously as he spoke, but before he could finish, a streak of blade‑light sliced straight across his neck. His pupils instantly dilated; he hurriedly dropped his blade and retreated, right hand clamping his neck, left hand pointing at Hong Xicheng. His body began to stagger as blood gushed out, his face full of disbelief.
"You... you..."
The Divine Bravery Pill truly was incomparably valiant!
I actually can’t feel the slightest pain.
Hong Xicheng glanced sidelong at his right shoulder, a bloody blur with white bone exposed, his pupils brimming with excitement and shock.
That Soldier had just thought his right shoulder was shattered and that he no longer had any strength to struggle, so he kept pressing down with both hands. Who would have thought Hong’s right hand felt no pain at all? At the last possible instant he freed his right hand, drew the dagger at his waist, and delivered a fatal strike.
"How come they’re all not afraid of pain? Something’s wrong!"
"They really aren’t afraid of pain. Be careful, they must have taken some fierce drug!"
"Retreat, fall back..."
"Retreat where? There are people on all sides now. Retreat my ass, fight to the death!"
"Take out all the Blood Frenzy Powder and swallow it. If we don’t fight for our lives we’re all dead anyway!"
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The death of this County Guard Army Soldier was still only a microcosm. Very soon more and more people realized the abnormality of the Frost Ash Association’s rebel army, seeing that they felt no fear of wounds or pain.
Hong Xicheng was the first to cross blades with the County Guard Army, but he was not the only one. While he unexpectedly slew that Soldier, the branch’s thirty‑six Cold Resistance Level members, along with over a thousand Earth-digging Realm Limit congregation members, had long since cut into the inner circle, entangled in a desperate melee with Zhang Long and the others.
The men of the Subordinate Bureaus were vile, but their strength was definitely not weak.
The three hundred at the Cold Resistance Level, including the hundred County Guard Army, plus more than a thousand diehards from the Subordinate Bureaus, facing the siege of over ten thousand ordinary Earth Digging Realm fighters—not only did they not collapse, their formation hadn’t even been disrupted much.
The first signs of real collapse only appeared after that thousand‑plus men of the Frost Ash Association charged in and clashed with them in close combat.
Especially after people began to notice that the Frost Ash Association’s rebel army did not fear pain, they grew slightly flustered. But under the shouted reminder of clerk Zhang Hu, the many Cold Resistance Level fighters quickly took out a packet of red medicinal powder from their bosoms and swallowed it.
After taking the red medicinal powder, a flush of crimson immediately surged up their faces, and bloodshot veins appeared in their pupils. Some whose movements had been hampered by injuries suddenly recovered their mobility.
Seeing this, Hong Xicheng, who had fought his way into the front line, felt his expression sink.
Clearly, this Blood Frenzy Powder was a drug similar to the Divine Bravery Pill.
These dog officials from the Subordinate Bureaus, and the County Guard Army—how could the methods on their bodies be fewer than those of them mud‑leg peasants?
Boom......
Just as Hong Xicheng’s thoughts were in turmoil, from the center of the crowd ahead, two streaks of silver blade‑light erupted with a thunderous roar, and the ground suddenly shook violently.