Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Artistic Conception
Translator: 549690339
As expected, war was indeed a mill that devoured lives. After just one charge, only a few hundred remained of the three thousand Black Flag Army soldiers.
The enemy forces, however, united from front to back, amounted to a staggering twenty thousand.
In Lu Yun’s view, his sight was filled with nothing but the enemy.
“As long as 1 stand, the Black Flag Army will not perish!”
Whoosh!
The saber swept across, a cold glint appeared, and dozens of long spears were broken. Then, he flicked his sleeve, and both killing intent and true energy erupted. The attacking soldiers behind him were sent flying horizontally and collided with others, all of them ending up with shattered bones.
As the Black Flag Army fell one by one, more enemy forces surrounded him, adding immense pressure on his body.
After slaughtering hundreds of them, numerous attacks landed on him, causing the protective true energy around him to dim considerably.
“As expected, without breaking through to the Grandmaster realm, there’s not much that can be done against a large army.”
“Once trapped within the enemy’s battle array, the outcome will be even worse.”
“There’s not much time left for me.”
Lu Yun maintained a calm expression, and though there were many enemies before him, he did not despair.
The more critical the situation, the calmer he needed to be; such was the disposition he had cultivated for a long time.
Now, the true qi within his dantian had already been consumed by more than half.
However, compared to the nearly twenty thousand enemy forces, this was insignificant.
After killing dozens more, the tattered Black Flag Army’s banner finally collapsed with a bang.
“The Black Flag Army is annihilated!”
“The Black Flag Army is annihilated!”
Suddenly, a cry that resembled a mountain and an ocean resounded, shaking the endless snowy plains.
“As long as this general still stands, the Black Flag Army will never perish!”
But how could Lu Yun’s voice match the roar of the tens of thousands of soldiers? His cry was soon drowned out.
Similarly, his protective true energy shattered with a bang.
This scene instantly boosted the morale of all enemy soldiers.
Because they understood that the protective true energy was a means employed by Half-step Grandmasters; as long as it was in place, their attacks would hardly be effective.
Once the protective true energy was shattered, a Half-step Grandmaster’s body would not be much stronger than theirs.
“He has broken his protective true energy, kill him!”
“Kill this Half-step Grandmaster, and be promoted to Level 3!”
“Kill!”
The battle cries were endless.
As time passed bit by bit, Lu Yun had less than 10% of his true qi left, and could no longer summon protective true energy.
Since he could not defend, he had to attack. He had to kill until the enemy quivered in fear!
Exterminate all!
Slaughter in every direction!
Burning the ships and breaking the cauldron!
Each move of the Seven Kill Saber Technique was stronger than the last, and within moments, the number of souls under his blade increased by hundreds.
Simultaneously, deeply trapped in the siege of thousands of enemies, as he constantly fought and killed, his comprehension of the Seven Kill Saber Technique grew at a frightening speed.
He had already completely mastered the first three layers of the Seven Kill Saber Technique, reaching the realm of Perfection.
Now, he perfectly integrated these three moves, and his understanding of the Seven Kill Saber Technique reached an incredibly profound level.
After the third layer of the Seven Kill Saber Technique, one would exceed its limit, and no one had ever broken through.
But today, Lu Yun felt that he was getting closer and closer to the last layer.
This final layer had no techniques.
Strictly speaking, it was a conception.
A conception that pointed directly to the realm of the Invincible Grandmaster.
The Slaughter Conception, obtained by cultivating the Seven Kill Saber Technique to its limit, continuously killing, breaking through the limit, and comprehending!
Whoosh!
With a horizontal sweep of the long saber, several fierce-looking soldiers with exposed killing intent were cut in half at the waist, blood splattering all over the ground.
Immediately after, countless more attacks arrived.
“Kill!”
Lu Yun’s heart was calm, reaching a state where he neither feared life nor dreaded death. He swung his long saber continuously, devouring one life after another.
The Seven Kill Saber Technique’s three moves constantly flashed through his mind, one by one being displayed fluidly by his hands, as if he had practiced them thousands of times, gradually becoming part of his muscle memory.
As the killing continued, his understanding of the first three moves of the Seven Kill Saber Technique deepened more and more.
The final move gradually took shape in his mind.
No one knew that a Slaughter Conception was slowly brewing inside him.
On the other side.
The silver-armored general, seeing Lu Yun’s protective true energy being broken, yet still relentlessly slaughtering his army like a killing machine, had a more and more solemn and austere expression on his face.
“You are, after all, a Half-step Grandmaster. If you were to die at the hands of an ordinary soldier, it would be a disgrace to the title. Very well, this general shall grant you a swift death!”
The sword, accompanied by powerful fluctuations of True Qi, turned into an intense flash of sword light, like the first ray of light when the heavens and earth were created, instantly tearing through the clouds, breaking through layers of barriers, and descending upon the mortal world.
At the critical moment, Lu Yun’s mind suddenly emerged from the immersed state of killing intent just in time to see the terrifying sword light attack!
“Come on!”
Instead of retreating, he mobilized all the remaining True Qi in his body and fused it with his gathered Killing Intent, slashing his long saber upward.
Boom, the Saber Aura and sword light intertwined, and the sword and saber collided in an instant.
The power of two Half-step Invincible Grandmasters erupted fully at this moment, like collapsing mountains. A powerful storm swept out from the center of the two, and the surrounding warhorses and soldiers were sent flying like grass and trees.
The confrontation between Half-step Grandmasters exceeded the imagination of those soldiers.
True Qi burned.
Blood boiled.
Killing Intent condensed.
Not only did Lu Yun have Killing Intent, but the silver-armored general also possessed no weak Killing Intent.
At this moment, the two of them disregarded everything and erupted with all their power.
Boom!
An earth-shattering momentum swept out, and both of them flew backward simultaneously.
“Kill!”
The long-nurtured Killing Intent in Lu Yun’s heart gradually condensed, especially after being attacked by the enemy just now, it had sublimated and started to sprout.
Boom!
A chill flashed in the eyes of the silver-armored general as he swung his sword to strike!
The two forces collided, and a violent gale swept out, once again affecting the soldiers who thought they had run far enough away.
Pu!
The powerful and raging force made the silver-armored general spew out a mouthful of blood.
Lu Yun was not much better off. His internal organs were shifting, and his already severe injuries had worsened considerably.
However, his expression grew more excited.
For the seed of Killing Intent had finally germinated!
With a do-or-die attack, his long saber slashed down, pushing the silver-armored general back.
Slash again!
The silver-armored general’s heart turned cold, and he retreated once more!
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The silver-armored general kept retreating!
“Kill!”
Watching the retreating silver-armored general, Lu Yun’s body burst forward, a faint blood glow emerging from his long saber, overpowering the terrifying Saber Aura.
“KILL!!!”
At this moment.
The accumulated Killing Intent in Lu Yun’s heart finally surpassed the peak and broke through the limit.
Simultaneously, all understanding and realization of the Seven Kill Saber Technique passed through his mind one by one, eventually converging on his long saber, and the earth-shattering strike was unleashed.
This strike was wrapped in an endless Killing Intent.
In Lu Yun’s eyes, it seemed as if the heaven and earth had become a sea of blood, everything in the world stained by blood, and all living beings wailed and perished in that bloody world.
“This is the Slaughter Conception!”
After uttering this faint sentence, Lu Yun’s consciousness finally left the opponent’s body.
Before his eyes, the golden armor and iron horses dissipated, the heaven and earth split apart, and his vision was completely occupied by a blood-colored Saber Glow