Chapter 201: Heavy Cavalry Assault

Pine needle hairpins and ox hair needles flew everywhere. The faint blue light in Long Cheng’s eyes suddenly turned blood-red. He rubbed his hands together, and a blood-colored blade of light, shaped like a crescent moon and the size of a basin, shot out from his palms. A series of mournful howls emerged from the blade. Everything in its path was severed.

“Blood Soul Wailing Slash!”

A hoarse, raspy voice came from the trunk of a lush green tree. The blood-colored blade of light swept past, and the tree shattered into dozens of pieces. A figure in blue robes, dripping with hot blood, fled from the trunk. After dashing several dozen meters on the ground, his body abruptly disintegrated.

First, his limbs fell limply to the ground. Then his head flew high into the air. Next, his spine shot out from his flesh with loud cracking sounds. Finally, his internal organs, as if possessed, flew out from his body along with copious amounts of blood. A living person was suddenly torn into eighty pieces, no longer human in form when he fell.

In a grove about a mile away, Vic stood on a small branch, intently watching the scene.

When the blood-colored blade of light shot out from Long Cheng’s hands, Vic, with his natural sharp vision, clearly saw the weapon’s true form. He couldn’t help but gasp in shock. What kind of vicious weapon was this—it was entirely forged from a strange bluish metal that emitted a faint cold glow. It resembled a crescent moon, with sharp double edges, yet it lacked a hilt. The blade was carved with countless intricate, ferocious faces.

These distorted faces were interconnected through their seven apertures. As the scimitar spun rapidly through the air, air flowing through these openings produced countless sharp, ghostly wails. Moreover, from the eyes of these faces, streams of blood-red light continuously shot out, causing the originally bluish weapon to take on a bloody hue.

“Heh heh, heh heh, heh heh heh heh!”

Long Cheng’s eerie laughter rose to the sky. Its sinister sound made people’s skin crawl, and their hairs stand on end.

Retrieving the Blood Soul Wailing Slash with a wave of his hand, Long Cheng landed gracefully on the ground. The sudden attack had caused his internal energy to leak, and he could no longer stay afloat in the air. But the moment his feet touched the ground, Long Cheng took a deep breath. His clothes puffed up like balloons, and his golden armor shattered into countless metallic fragments that clattered to the ground. Then he rose into the air once more.

“Heavenly Fire, annihilate!”

A low, hoarse yet oddly sharp voice rang out from the side. A patch of dark clouds in the sky suddenly turned fiery red. A swirling vortex, over ten meters in diameter, abruptly appeared. Accompanied by a piercing sound, a meter-sized meteor came roaring down from the vortex.

A faint, barely perceptible mental force locked onto Long Cheng’s rising body. The meteor traced a subtle arc through the air and struck accurately at Long Cheng’s head. Its surface, already glowing red, had melted, and drops of dazzling metallic liquid continuously sprayed from it. Even with the meteor still more than ten meters above the ground, the intense heat caused the surrounding snow to rapidly melt.

Forced into a corner, Long Cheng once again dispersed his internal energy and landed firmly on his feet. Letting out a long, dragon-like roar, he clenched his fists and struck upwards. His punches were as swift as the wind, their force like that of a dragon. In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred consecutive punches tore through the air, creating massive white shockwaves that slammed into the meteor.

A loud explosion followed as the meteor burst apart. Thousands of thumb-sized, heavy metallic fragments shot out in all directions. The ground around Long Cheng, spanning over ten meters, sank more than two meters deep. The walls of the nearby nobles’ courtyards toppled in rows. The guards of wealthy families, who had rushed out to investigate, were sent flying dozens of meters by the blast, screaming in agony.

Long Cheng’s clothes were torn to shreds. Colorful gemstones and gold coins clattered to the ground. Barely managing to protect his underpants with his internal energy, Long Cheng cursed angrily, “You spineless eunuch!” as he scrambled toward the small grove where Lin Qi had promised to meet him.

After rushing about five or six meters, he casually flicked his right hand, and the Blood Soul Wailing Slash shot out again. A row of chimneys atop a mansion a hundred meters away silently crumbled into broken bricks and tiles. A distorted figure in blue robes let out a miserable cry as it flew out from behind the collapsing chimneys. His body shattered into dozens of pieces, scattering and falling to the ground amid a shower of blood.

These two delays allowed the heavy hoofbeats to catch up with Long Cheng just as he retrieved the Blood Soul Wailing Slash.

Turning his head hastily, he saw a group of heavy cavalry riding strange creatures charging toward him. These knights wore full black plate armor and horned helmets with metal face guards. Each knight stood over two meters tall. Their mounts were even more enormous, with grotesque and hideous appearances.

They had large lizard-like heads, with rows upon rows of sharp, dagger-like triangular teeth. Their bodies were thick and robust, their iron-like muscles quivering rapidly beneath grayish-black skin. These bizarre creatures ran upright on two powerful hind legs, each as thick as a man’s waist, containing immense strength and explosive power.

Even more horrifying were their tails. Resembling lizard tails, they ended in a bony, lumpy sphere the size of a human head. These heavy spheres dragged along the ground as the creatures ran, striking the surface haphazardly and occasionally spraying sparks.

“Damn it, so many Earth Dragons?” Long Cheng’s eyes widened in shock!

Victory Palace, guarded by only four Celestial Knights and five hundred Imperial Guards, unexpectedly had thirty Earth Dragon Knights— elite heavy cavalry even in the vast Empire of the East. Was this some kind of joke?

Each adult Earth Dragon possessed strength infinitely close to that of a Celestial Knight. Their bodies were incredibly tough, and their brute force was immense. In terms of physical strength alone, even a true Celestial Knight was no match for them. Although the Primordial Qi within these Earth Dragons wasn’t as powerful as that of a Celestial Knight, their actual combat prowess was not inferior.

To control these Earth Dragons, the knights had to be at least Earth Rank High Stage warriors; otherwise, they couldn’t withstand the vibrations when the dragons charged.

Long Cheng’s eyes narrowed. He clenched his fists, ready to exhaust all his strength to kill these thirty Earth Dragon Knights. But as the cold wind blew, his embroidered silk underpants fluttered, and he suddenly felt a chill in his lower body. Instinctively, he reached down to cover himself. His torn robes had long since been carried away by the gusty wind.

Poor Long Cheng was left with nothing but his small underpants. Never having fought in such a state before, his face flushed red. His internal energy faltered. He glanced awkwardly at the charging Earth Dragon Knights and instinctively turned to flee.

“Do not look at what is contrary to propriety; do not listen to what is contrary to propriety! You bunch of scoundrels, if you have any guts, wait until I put some clothes on before we fight!”

Long Cheng cursed and shouted as he ran. No matter how high his cultivation or how thick-skinned he was, his pride wouldn’t allow him to fight stark naked. After all, he came from a noble family. Even in a life-or-death battle, he had to maintain decorum. He couldn’t wield his sword and shout like a ruffian with his body exposed—such behavior was beneath him.

Even when visiting a brothel, didn’t one have to recite a few elegant poems before engaging in such activities?

Face—Long Cheng was a man who valued his reputation. Fighting naked in the streets? If word got back to the East, how could he ever show his face again?

But the Earth Dragons moved swiftly. The moment Long Cheng turned to flee, three of them had already closed in behind him.

Three specially made Dragon Spears, six meters long and as thick as a bowl, came thrusting down with a roar. Faint blue halos shimmered around the spears. These three knights, only a step away from becoming Celestial Knights, were the leaders of the thirty Earth Dragon Knights.

Long Cheng swung the Blood Soul Wailing Slash backward. The crescent-shaped blood-red light slammed heavily into the Dragon Spears.

A loud metallic clang echoed. The three charging Earth Dragons simultaneously let out piercing roars, as if they had crashed headlong into a mountain. Their sturdy legs couldn’t support their massive bodies, and they stumbled backward more than a dozen steps.

The three Earth Dragon Knights grunted in unison, dropping their spears to the ground. Their palms split open, blood gushing from the wounds. Half of their bodies felt as if struck by lightning, their limbs rendered useless.

Long Cheng also let out a strange cry, spitting out a small mouthful of blood, and hurriedly dashed forward.

The combined charge of three Earth Dragons was too much even for Long Cheng’s formidable cultivation. In terms of pure physical strength, he was no match for even Lin Qi, that freak. Going head-to-head against the combined might of three Earth Dragons and their knights was not his forte.

Adding to that, his lack of clothing made him feel insecure. Shyly covering his lower body with one hand and wielding his blade with the other, he could only muster a fraction of his true power. Although he repelled the enemy, the internal shock he suffered was severe.

The thunderous hoofbeats continued as the remaining Earth Dragon Knights overtook their three stunned and immobile leaders, pursuing Long Cheng closely.

When they were about ten meters away, the Earth Dragon Knights uniformly drew the javelins from their backs, aimed at Long Cheng, and threw them simultaneously. The piercing sound of javelins cutting through the air filled the sky. Long Cheng let out a strange cry and suddenly increased his running speed by thirty percent.

The sudden acceleration disrupted the knights’ aim. Several javelins narrowly missed Long Cheng, embedding themselves deeply into the stone-paved street.

But the Earth Dragon Knights didn’t relent. They chased after Long Cheng, drawing another set of javelins.

At that moment, Long Cheng and his pursuers were less than two hundred meters from the small grove. With a light shout, two steel ballista bolts shot out, narrowly skimming past Long Cheng’s body and crashing into the ranks of the charging Earth Dragon Knights.