Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 149: Breaking the Formation

His eyes were much sharper and brighter than ordinary people.

Inside Jade Capital City, it wasn't so noticeable, but once outside, especially on the grasslands, he sensed the difference.

Others could only see two or three hundred meters, but he could see two or three thousand meters away, like an eagle's eye.

He vaguely felt that this might be due to the Divine Dragon's Will, a result of marrow refinement.

The figures of these knights appeared within a kilometer's range.

Chu Zhiyuan recognized their identities at a glance.

They wore dark green armor, and their horses were also dark green, a complete dark green ensemble.

If it were the season of withered grass, they would blend into the grassland.

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This was exactly the same as the Crimson Li Cavalry guards he had seen in Jade Capital City; they were the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry, the famous and dreaded Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry of the Great Meng!

Chu Mingrui looked at him.

His expression at this moment was completely different from his gentle demeanor along the way, as if he had become a different person.

His jade-like face seemed to be covered with an iron mask, cold and stern.

They were rushing to their destination, and would only need to travel for half a day tomorrow to reach Gaoling Town, just before the deadline of the imperial decree.

However, the appearance of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry here made Chu Mingrui feel a sense of foreboding.

Could it be that Gaoling Town had also fallen?

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry, one hundred and twenty riders, Tenth Uncle, it seems we must avoid their sharp edge!"

The power of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry was needless to say, but the power of the Lightning Spear Formation had not been tested.

At most, they could fight one against two, but now they had to fight one against ten.

Chu Zhiyuan saw that the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry on the opposite side had already begun to accelerate, obviously having discovered them and intending to annihilate them: "Tenth Uncle, how should we respond?"

"Charge at them!" Chu Mingrui said coldly: "Fourth, you retreat to the side!"

He looked at Song Feiqiong: "Mr. Song, I'll have to trouble you."

Song Feiqiong nodded: "Your Highness, rest assured, I will protect the Young Master."

Guo Chi and the others, who had been silent all along, suddenly changed their expressions.

The faces of the two young eunuchs had already changed, looking miserable.

What they feared most had come to pass; they had been worried about encountering the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry all along the way.

Encountering bandits was nothing, but they were afraid of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

Unexpectedly, they really encountered the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at the one hundred and twenty riders rushing from afar and sighed: "Tenth Uncle, we are so far away, we can easily escape if we want to."

"They are coming for us; when we meet on a narrow road, we can only charge forward!" Chu Mingrui said in a deep voice: "We must not retreat!"

This was the Wind-Chasing Iron Cavalry's first battle in the Northern Frontier.

If they retreated, they would lose their courage.

It was good that they had just mastered the Lightning Spear Formation; today, they would see the power of the Lightning Spear Formation!

The Lightning Spear Formation feared nothing more than a large number of people!

Chu Zhiyuan looked again at the one hundred and twenty riders on the opposite side, and could clearly see the eyes of each knight, as well as the seamless integration of the entire formation.

Charging forward at this time was not very wise.

But there was no way to change Chu Mingrui's decision; after all, he was just a Young Master, while Chu Mingrui was the God of the Great Jing Army.

Chu Zhiyuan turned his head and looked at the calm expressions of the eighteen young knights.

These eighteen knights were the first group he had brought out, the ones he had instructed for the longest time and was extremely familiar with.

Eighteen young lives; how many would be left after this battle?

If they were nervous, excited, or exhilarated, Chu Zhiyuan wouldn't feel anything, but now, looking at their calm and peaceful expressions as they went to their deaths, he couldn't help but be deeply moved.

He sighed: "Alas… forget it, I'll be the spearhead!"

Once the Lightning Spear Formation was formed, it wasn't so rigid; adding one or two people could still form the formation.

"Fourth, this is a military formation, not a martial arts brawl," Chu Mingrui said in a deep voice: "Don't mess around, step back."

More than a hundred Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry charging would be unbearable for a Grandmaster; they could only run for their lives directly.

The speed of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry charging was astonishing; once they got close, a Grandmaster's lightness skill might not be able to escape.

The best way was to avoid them from afar, not to be approached.

"Tenth Uncle, you know me; I wouldn't do something I'm not sure of," Chu Zhiyuan looked at the one hundred and twenty riders gradually approaching: "I wouldn't joke with my own life!… It's too late if we dawdle any longer!" He was a Grandmaster, with Stellar Qi protecting his body, and he had cultivated the Dragon Transformation Art to be immensely powerful and as fast as lightning; these knights posed no threat to his life unless they held Stellar Qi-breaking divine weapons.

There were such Stellar Qi-breaking divine weapons in the army.

But it was impossible for everyone to have a Stellar Qi-breaking divine weapon; he just needed to avoid them.

With his Ultra-Sense, he could avoid them in advance.

Chu Mingrui looked at Song Feiqiong.

Song Feiqiong didn't speak.

He would let Chu Zhiyuan mess around and wouldn't stop him.

Chu Zhiyuan swept his gaze over Guo Chi and the others before they could speak, so they could only close their mouths.

They knew Chu Zhiyuan better and knew his temperament; he wouldn't mess around if there was real danger.

"… Alright, then you be the spearhead!" Chu Mingrui gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice: "Fourth Young Master as the spearhead, form the Lightning Spear Formation!"

Perhaps no one in the world today understood the Lightning Spear Formation better than Chu Zhiyuan, knew its mysteries better, and knew how to use it better.

"Yes," the knights shouted in unison.

Chu Zhiyuan kicked his horse's belly and slowly came to the front of the crowd, with the eighteen cavalrymen behind him forming the Lightning Spear Formation.

Chu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "Stay close to me, don't break the formation, otherwise no one can save you!"

"Yes!"

Chu Zhiyuan kicked his horse's belly and began to accelerate.

Suddenly, a hawk's cry sounded in the sky.

Chu Zhiyuan looked up.

His gaze collided with the gaze of a golden eagle.

He realized that this golden eagle was staring at them and couldn't help but think of the Great Meng's intelligence.

The Great Meng was good at raising eagles, using eagles as eyes.

This eagle was the eyes of those Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

That's why they could discover their group.

A small pebble flew out from his sleeve, whistling towards the sky with a "chi" sound.

This small pebble condensed the power of his whole body into one strike.

Stellar Qi was deeply contained, condensed and not scattered, breaking through the air resistance, and the power was inexhaustible.

Finally, it hit the golden eagle eight hundred meters in the air.

Normal hidden weapon techniques could not fly for so long.

He used the Sword Control Art of the Void Sword Sect.

This was a miraculous art that could only be practiced in the Grandmaster Realm.

It was a technique beyond hidden weapon techniques, comparable to the power of the Heart-Questioning Saber Art.

The Heart-Questioning Saber Art had a mental attack, almost killing with one blow.

And the Sword Control Art could be used at extremely long distances.

Wherever the gaze reached, wherever the mental power reached, was within the attack range.

"Bang!" The golden eagle fell, heavily crashing onto the grassland.

The one hundred and twenty Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry on the opposite side saw the golden eagle fall and began to accelerate their charge, their speed becoming faster and faster.

Chu Zhiyuan led the eighteen riders to meet the one hundred and twenty Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry, but instead of going straight, they went in an arc.

He stared at the formation of the one hundred and twenty people on the opposite side, looking for their flaws.

How could the formation formed by one hundred and twenty people be without flaws? It was just that almost no one on the battlefield could capture these flaws.

But it couldn't hide from Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan's speed became faster and faster.

Invisible power surged into his body, surged into the body of the steed he was sitting on, increasing both his and the horse's speed.

This was the power of the Lightning Spear Formation.

The eighteen knights were seamlessly integrated, and invisible power descended from the sky, like rain falling, accurately landing on them.

Making their bodies lighter and stronger, and their speed faster.

As both sides charged together, in the blink of an eye, they had already rushed within two hundred meters.

Under the illumination of Ultra-Sense, he discovered that there was also invisible power descending from the sky above the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry, falling on their bodies and the bodies of their steeds, making them ethereal and unpredictable.

In a trance, the one hundred and twenty riders on the opposite side seemed to have turned into one hundred and twenty dark clouds, drifting towards the distance.

Chu Zhiyuan snorted, pressed the hilt of the Clear Shadow Sword, and Pure Qi entered his body, instantly clearing his vision; the one hundred and twenty riders were still one hundred and twenty riders.

He drew out the Clear Shadow Sword and pointed it diagonally to the right, leading the eighteen riders to shoot out diagonally, directly inserting into the flaw of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

The one hundred and twenty Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry looked at the nineteen riders on the opposite side, revealing cruel smiles, as if they were looking at nineteen dead men.

Chu Zhiyuan shouted while galloping: "Number Three, slow down a bit!… Number Nine, one foot to the left!"

In the midst of galloping, he was constantly correcting the Lightning Spear Formation.

As he corrected it, the Lightning Spear Formation became more and more perfect, and the power drawn down became stronger and stronger, making their speed faster and faster, and their power stronger and stronger.

As the distance closed, Chu Zhiyuan's direction was subtly adjusted, searching for the weakest point of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

At the same time, avoiding the Stellar Qi-breaking divine weapons. There were a total of five divine weapons. Five Stellar Qi-breaking divine weapons!

These one hundred and twenty Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry were indeed targeting them.

"Kill!" Chu Zhiyuan shouted decisively.

This decisive shout was like a thunderclap.

The eighteen riders accelerated again, like a bolt of lightning shooting into the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry.

Faced with this sudden and intense impact of speed, the actions of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry seemed to suddenly become slow, turning into slow motion.

Wherever the Lightning Spear Formation passed, the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry were knocked flying, and their heads were diagonally swept across by the saber.

Heads flew up one by one, and the steeds continued to charge forward with headless bodies, and pillars of blood soared into the sky.

Blood instantly filled the air.

The desolate grassland became tragic.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the eighteen riders, led by Chu Zhiyuan, had passed through the one hundred and twenty riders, continuing to charge forward at undiminished speed, drawing an arc before charging towards the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry again.

The formation of the Cloud-Treading Iron Cavalry had already been broken.