Chapter 276: Humanoid Bat
Shehuo is the ultimate of fire; with Shehuo protection, no ordinary fire can harm.
The hottest part of the flame is always the outer flame, followed by the middle flame, then the flame core. Shehuo is naturally the core of the flame core, where there is only a warm and cozy feeling.
Standing inside the fire looking at the fire is completely different from standing outside the fire looking at it, especially the exchange and interweaving of energy, which can be seen clearly here, and one can further understand the essence of Shehuo.
Passing through the barracks fire scene, they entered the outer wall of the City Lord’s Mansion. There was no one behind the outer wall, and the fire hadn’t even spread over, which shows that the fire in the barracks was originally a trap set by them.
He thought he would see a conspiracy in the City Lord’s Mansion, but unexpectedly it had turned into a battlefield. The sound of Chu Xiong swinging the Horse Chopping Saber, even in the empty back residence, Yun Ce could hear clearly.
It seems that the people on the Great Han side, still influenced by Huo Qubing, prefer to act rather than talk or think.
Such things don’t need thinking to know; Chu Xiong was definitely used by them but didn’t receive the reward he deserved, and then they started fighting.
In political transactions, it’s usually give benefits first, then help; this is the so-called first move and second move issue. Who would help without receiving payment, or even the deposit? In such a situation, if you don’t suffer a loss, who does?
The battle in the courtyard was extremely fierce. Chu Xiong’s Horse Chopping Saber was all offense, without the slightest defense, showing how intense his anger was at this moment.
Taking advantage of everyone’s attention on the fight in the field, Yun Ce jumped onto a big tree with dense branches and leaves. After jumping onto the tree, he discovered it was actually a gold fruit tree. This tree blooms in the scorching summer and bears fruit in the deep winter, especially the gold fruits after experiencing ice and snow are the most icy and delicious.
1 The fruits on the tree Yun Ce jumped onto had just reached picking season.
1 Recently with excessive inner fire, Yun Ce picked the best fruit and bit into it one bite at a time.
1 Through the gaps in the leaves, he could see very clearly. The one fighting Chu Xiong was a long-bearded middle-aged man holding a Horse Chopping Saber in hand. Clearly, the long-bearded middle-aged man’s martial art was slightly superior to Chu Xiong’s, because Chu Xiong’s desperate all-out attack style prevented the long-bearded middle-aged man from displaying his exquisite martial skills.
1 Because Chu Xiong was using a strategy of killing the enemy at three thousand while damaging himself ten thousand, yet the long-bearded middle-aged man didn’t want to exchange one hand or one leg for Chu Xiong’s life. That’s why he was forced to retreat repeatedly.
1 There were many people standing in the courtyard, mostly Tiger Guards. Without orders, they stood there like wooden posts holding Horse Chopping Sabers, showing no intention to help.
1 There were also some people Yun Ce felt were there to watch the excitement just like him. Perhaps due to different camps, sixteen people stood in seven groups, separated by four or five meters, looking both indifferent and wary.
1 “He Tian, if you don’t give me an explanation today, when I go back, I’ll lead the Eagle Raising Army to fight your Tiger Guards.”
1 The long-bearded strong man He Tian angrily said: “Chu Xiong, I’ve tolerated you to the limit. Don’t think I don’t dare to kill you.”
1 With that, he raised his saber to clash hard with Chu Xiong’s chopping Horse Chopping Saber. Only a crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, and the six-foot blades of both Horse Chopping Sabers broke simultaneously, leaving less than a foot of blade edge.
1 Seeing Chu Xiong gasping for breath and propping himself with the broken saber to stop attacking, a scholar-like man in white clothes stepped forward and said: “Alright, alright, after a fierce battle, the anger should subside now.
2 He Tian, you know your current situation well. Since it’s already a desperate situation, there’s no need to hold on stubbornly. Hand over command of the Tiger Guards, and we eight families will each give you three thousand taels of gold, allowing you to retire in Yongzhou. As for the grudge between you and the Cao Clan, we’ll resolve it. From then on, retire to the countryside and be a rich man, isn’t that good?”
2 He Tian looked at the man in white angrily and said: “Liu Zhengchun, you make it sound nice. I’m afraid the moment I hand over military power, the next moment will be my death.”
2 Liu Zhengchun also angrily said: “So you’re saying, no matter how we guarantee, you won’t believe it?”
2 Chu Xiong glanced at Liu Zhengchun and said: “I’ve heard he has a silent whistle to command the Tiger Guards. Brother Liu, why don’t we join forces to capture He Tian, seize his whistle, what do you all think?”
2 Chu Xiong’s suggestion was immediately interrupted by another strong man wearing a fur coat.
2 “Don’t talk nonsense. That whistle is hidden in He Tian’s mouth. To get the whistle, you have to catch him first. If he starts blowing the whistle in a critical moment, won’t we have to fight the Tiger Guards again?
2 Even if we win, capture He Tian, and get the whistle, making the Tiger Guards done for, what we’re doing will be meaningless. Who would do such a losing business?”
2 Chu Xiong said angrily: “Stupid, as long as we get the whistle, we can make countless whistles, and thus have countless Tiger Guards. Those mere six thousand Tiger Guards dying is just dying.
2 I’ve also heard that when He Junnian refined the soul-fixing needles back then, he used the fourth- or fifth-rate Shehuo from Pingzhou to control third-rate warriors. If we use our top-grade Shehuo from Yongzhou to refine, imagine a Tiger Guards force entirely composed of Hundred-man Generals—that would be truly invincible in the world.”
2 Hearing Chu Xiong’s words, Yun Ce was so shocked he forgot to eat the gold fruit. After a long time, he said to Doggy: “Can you steal the whistle?”
3 Doggy scanned He Tian for a long time before saying: “The whistle is indeed in He Tian’s mouth, but the so-called whistle is the two molars on the left.”
3 “What did you say, two molars?”
3 “That’s right, the molars have holes. As long as he blows air through them, they can make sound. The problem is, I don’t know how to blow silent sound waves with molars, and silent sound waves are only of two kinds: one is low-frequency sound waves, also known as infrasound waves, commonly used by whales and elephants.
3 The other is high-frequency sound waves, also called ultrasound waves, commonly used by bats and dolphins.
3 If you let me hear the sound waves he blows, I can identify which type it is and detect the frequency in hertz. Then, there will be a way to control the Tiger Guards.”
3 Yun Ce said: “How does he use sound waves to command battles?”
3 Doggy said: “No problem, it’s just sound wave changes. If I know one kind, I can decipher the others. Finally, I can even simulate sound waves similar to those emitted by He Tian and take away the Tiger Guards.”
3 Yun Ce thought for a moment and said: “Among the people standing below, there are nine Thousand-man Generals, not to mention six guys whose skills far exceed Thousand-man Generals. It’s not good for me to force He Tian at this time, right?”
3 Doggy said: “I only make suggestions; whether to accept or not is up to you. But I just calculated that if you act now, the success rate is at least fifty percent.
3 I suggest that once you act, use full power, best to smash He Tian’s two left molars, destroy his whistle, so he doesn’t interfere with my performance.
4 Here, I took out your Meteor Hammer for you.
4 Those people are chattering without any ideas; only you can step up.”
4 Yun Ce slowly and silently wrapped the Chain Hammer’s iron chain around his two arms, closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, then suddenly opened his eyes. As his body flew out at full speed from the gold fruit tree, the Chain Hammer smashed toward He Tian with immense force. At the same time, Yun Ce shouted loudly: “General Chu, I’ll assist you.”
4 Just as Yun Ce flew out from the tree, six people immediately reacted. Chu Xiong was closest to He Tian and originally wanted to block the newcomer, but upon hearing what the newcomer shouted, he paused slightly. Then he saw a large Chain Hammer fly past him straight toward He Tian’s chest.
4 He Tian hurriedly used his broken saber to block, only hearing a crack. The broken saber was smashed broken again by the Chain Hammer. The next moment, the Chain Hammer heavily struck He Tian’s chest. At the moment of being hit by the hammer, He Tian rapidly retreated. Even so, the Chain Hammer still hit the chest. He threw up a mouthful of blood and his body continued flying back.
4 With one hammer hitting successfully, how could Yun Ce give He Tian time to react? Passing over Chu Xiong, the other Chain Hammer also flew out simultaneously, the large hammer head once again smashing toward the unsteady He Tian.
4 He Tian had nowhere to retreat, crashed through the railing behind him, and rolled into the flower bed, barely dodging Yun Ce’s pursuing hammer head. Yun Ce’s feet didn’t touch the ground; his right foot hooked the fallen iron chain, his legs stirred back and forth to quickly retrieve the Chain Hammer. In mid-air, he split his legs, the Chain Hammer regained momentum, carrying a gale, and smashed once more toward the fallen He Tian.
4 Seeing Yun Ce’s relentless killing moves forcing He Tian to retreat repeatedly, how could the other eight Thousand-man Generals besides Chu Xiong allow Yun Ce to kill He Tian? They all cast aside their petty thoughts and attacked Yun Ce together.
4 “General Chu, help me block them for a moment. After I kill He Tian, we’ll split his whistle.”
4 He originally thought this sentence was just to scare those people, but unexpectedly Chu Xiong shouted: “Good! Bai Chengfeng, I’ll trust you this once.”
5 Saying this, he smashed the broken saber in his hand toward the first charging Liu Zhengchun, while sinking his legs, steadying his waist and horse stance, and punching with both fists like twin dragons emerging from water toward the fur coat strong man flying over.
5 Yun Ce kicked away a flying Horse Chopping Saber, dodged a spike, and while flipping his body, heavily smashed the Meteor Hammer wrapped around his left leg toward He Tian.
5 He Tian ducked his head; the large hammer head smashed his helmet, and the hair inside the helmet immediately fell down. Seeing Yun Ce about to land and perform a black dragon twisting pillar again, while also wrapping the Meteor Hammer around his arms once more, the panicked He Tian could no longer hold back. His left cheek puffed up high and kept trembling.
5 “Receiving, receiving, continue, continue, force him to use more scales. I need more information.”
5 Doggy shouted frantically in Yun Ce’s mind.
5 Yun Ce roared loudly, no longer attacking from a distance, but wrapped both Meteor Hammers around his arms, flipped his body, and smashed toward He Tian with a Mount Tai crushing momentum.
5 While puffing his cheek, He Tian desperately raised his arms to block Yun Ce’s smashing arms, but what first contacted his arms wasn’t Yun Ce’s arms, but two huge Meteor Hammers.
5 As soon as the Meteor Hammers touched his arms, He Tian let out a miserable scream and was kicked in the chest by Yun Ce, flying up again.
