Chapter 1291 - 329: Mist and Rain on Yunnan Mountains Conceal Deadly Intent, Blades Flash to Cut Down Villains (Part 4)

The Six Harmonies Pagoda stood majestically by the river, its grand silhouette even more solemn under the afterglow of the setting sun. The pagoda’s flying eaves and upturned corners layered upon layers, each brick and tile revealing the vicissitudes and depth of history.

The sunset cast its glow on the pagoda, cloaking the Six Harmonies Pagoda in a layer of golden brilliance, making it seem like a War God clad in golden armor, guarding this land. Between the river and the pagoda, the scenery was picturesque. On the river’s surface, fishing boats sang at dusk, the glittering waves complementing the distant mountains, forming a harmonious and tranquil picture. The reflection of the Six Harmonies Pagoda was faintly visible in the river, mirroring the real pagoda.

Xie Wenying’s hawk-like gaze was fixed on the pagoda’s top, the iron claws grasping the blue bricks creaking, "Grand Squad Leader, it seems there are thousands of wailing souls inside the pagoda!"

Shi Feiyang frowned slightly, circulating the Bright Jade Technique to the realm of "Listening to Waves and Distinguishing Sounds," his skin resembling Liuli glowing with a faint blue light.

Suddenly, the copper bell atop the pagoda rang with no wind, resonating with the murderous array’s rhythm of "Ambush from All Sides."

"A fine trick to transmit sound with the bell!" Shi Feiyang shouted, his palms raising like a giant blade from heaven, executing the "Red Dust Slash" of the "Hundred Victories Saber Technique", unleashing nine golden Sword Qi waves imbued with icy coldness into the sky.

The three hundred copper bells at the eaves were shattered inch by inch in the Sword Qi. Yellowed petitions floated down from the bells, carried by the river’s wind, the densely packed blood words spelling out the blood and tears of the coastal people: "The red-haired foreigners burn, kill, and loot, the Red Flame Maple devours people like a demon..."

Liao Pei’s Long Arm Fist trembled the ground with a rattling noise: "These red-haired thieves dare to run rampant in our Great Ming territory!" Lie Quan’s Heaven and Earth Saber was half a span out of its sheath, the clash of the blade ring startling all the gulls and white egrets on the shore: "Look at the skull flag on their sails, could it be a warship of the Dutch East India Company!"

The heroes of the Heroic Sakura Association immediately set sail to sea, at the horizon, dark clouds churned, three giant ships with black sails broke through the waves, and on the deck, the redcoat musketeers were setting up cannons. These giant ships, like moving sea fortresses, had towering ship sides lined with rows of black cannon mouths, ready to unleash destructive firepower at any moment.

The sails flapped in the fierce wind, each ship resembled a giant beast ready to pounce, their might enough to instill fear in any opponent.

The waves split under the impact of the ships, the splashing waves like white war horses galloping alongside the advancing giant ships.

The statue at the bow glistened under the sun, as if an envoy of the sea god, proclaiming their unassailable majesty. On the deck, the musketeers in bright red uniforms skillfully inspected the cannons ensuring each shot hit the target precisely.

Shi Feiyang’s body surged with cold, the Bright Jade Technique circulating to the "Supreme Forgetting Emotions Ice Soul Cold Prison", his Liuli skin almost transparent like ice sculpture: "Brothers, heed my command! Eight Trigrams Array to face the enemy!" The twelve Incense Masters instantly formed a battle array.

Shan Zhi’s plum blossom darts formed a silver rain covering the sky, Xiao Lingling’s Mandarin Duck Saber danced a thousand layers of snow curtain. Yet the enemy ship’s portholes opened, hundreds of burning iron balls whistled forth, it was the new Dutch firearms, "Thunderbolt Bombs."

"Break!" Shi Feiyang’s palms launched "Cangsong Welcoming Guest," and the golden Sword Qi collided with the explosion’s onslaught. Along the riverbank, the Red Flame Maple suddenly grew wildly, its crimson vines sweeping like living creatures, turning villages to ruins, the cries of the people mixing with the plant’s roars.

Jin Liufu leaped into the river, but was entangled by vines, nearly dragged into the crimson forest.

In a critical moment, Xiang Kun’s modified iron flute suddenly played the tune "Fishermen’s Song at Dusk." The flute’s clear and melodious sound pierced through the battlefield’s roar.

Far on the sea, suddenly the waters surged, dozens of immense sperm whales broke through the waves, their eyes glowing with angry red light.

"The red-haired foreigners used ’Soul-Catching Fragrance’ to disturb the whale pod!" Bai Zhi raised her jade flute, attempting to soothe with Miaojiang’s music, but with little effect.

"Let me try!" Xiang Kun bit his tongue, spraying heart blood onto the flute, the melody abruptly changing to "Song of Pines in a Myriad Peaks." The iron flute emitted a dragon-like tremor, the whales turned their direction, like a black angry tide crashing into the enemy ship.

The Dutch Captain brandished his Gilded Command Saber and roared: "Fire! Sink these beasts!" But as the cannonballs struck the whale pod, Shi Feiyang already performed the "Thousand Li Unhindered" Supreme Lightness Technique, leaping onto the enemy ship like a phantom.

"Dare to invade our Great Ming Sea Region, your end has come!" Shi Feiyang’s body shone with golden brilliance, the vortex suction of the Bright Jade Technique pulling the cannonballs into his palm. His palms launched the ultimate move of the "Hundred Victories Saber Technique," "Heavenly Slash," a golden Sword Qi piercing through the heavens and earth.

The redcoat musketeers on the deck were turned to blood mist in the Sword Qi, the mast was cleaved in half, the black sails fell like a giant bird.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Ren’s Wu Yue Hooks twisted with poison, crushing the main root of the Red Flame Maple; Wu Zhong’s black iron prosthetic arm unfolded the Thirty-Six-Barreled Thunderfire Gun, lead bullets showering down like rain on the red-haired invaders trying to land.

Shi Xiong’s White Rainbow Sword darted left and right among the enemy formations, the "Thirteen Life-taking Swords" of "God-Slaying and Buddha Destruction" were unleashed, Sword Qi crisscrossed, the heads of red-haired foreigners rolled like watermelons. When the last enemy ship sank to the seabed, the river surface was already stained dark red with blood.

Shi Feiyang stood atop the Six Harmonies Pagoda, gazing at the devastation below, his Liuli skin showing faint cracks—as that full force strike, even with the Xu Fu Immortal Pill’s protection, had depleted much of his vitality.

Xiang Kun put away the iron flute, its body still stained with whale blood and Red Flame Maple sap: "Grand Squad Leader, these red-haired foreigners will likely not let it rest easily."

Shi Feiyang’s gaze was fixed into the depths of the East Sea: "If they dare to come again, our Heroic Sakura Association’s sabers will ensure they repay their blood debts in blood!"