novelraw Chapter 705 705: Blocking My Way!
Chapter 705 705: Blocking My Way!
How is this possible!?
This young man, who suddenly appeared and looks no more than eighteen or nineteen, how could he possess such formidable strength!?
Four hundred thousand soldiers of the Zhao Country!
And Zhao Kuo, a Great Saint of the First Heaven, holding the military token of the Zhao Country!!
The military token represented the fortune of an army. Grasping it allowed one to wield the fortune of the entire army, greatly enhancing their strength. This was what gave Zhao Kuo, a Great Saint of the First Heaven, the confidence to battle Bai Qi, a Great Saint of the Sixth Heaven.
But now, all of that was gone, reduced to ashes!!
All because this young man, who had suddenly appeared on the battlefield, had merely extended a finger!!
Inconceivable!!
"Who on earth are you!?" Bai Qi could no longer underestimate Qin Heng. He knew with certainty that if this person attacked the Qin army, his own side's fate would not be much better than how Zhao Kuo's forces had fared.
Indeed, Bai Qi had absolute confidence in defeating the 400,000-strong army led by Zhao Kuo. However, faced with a terrifyingly strong opponent who could annihilate Zhao's army with a mere flick of his finger, he still possessed the wisdom to recognize his own limitations.
"I do not wish to answer the same question a second time," Qin Heng spoke indifferently, turning to look at Bai Qi and the hundreds of thousands of Qin Country soldiers behind him. "Now, it's time for you to make a decision."
At the same time, he extended another finger. A golden light flickered at its tip, its momentum and pressure indistinguishable from the river of starlight that had previously fallen from the sky with the Innate essence!
This was the Immortal Technique, "One-Yuan Star River Destruction Art." At its highest levels, it could stir the infinite cosmos, gather its power into rivers, crash through Chaos, and carve out multiple realities!
It was incredibly powerful!!
With Qin Heng's current cultivation, he could only unleash the most basic power of this Immortal Technique, yet it was already enough to dominate everything!
Bai Qi fell silent.
The soldiers of the Qin army behind him, clad in black armor, also fell silent.
No one spoke!
Nor did anyone dare to step forward and make a decision at this moment!
Except for Bai Qi.
This person before them is too strong, truly too strong. He hasn't even truly been decisive in his killing yet. Just now, merely because Zhao Kuo had uttered a single sentence, Qin Heng annihilated 400,000 Zhao soldiers!
CLANG!!
Bai Qi brandished his sword, but not to attack Qin Heng. Instead, he placed the blade against his own neck. "I, Bai Qi, am a man of Qin until death!" he declared. "I will not surrender to you! I only ask that after my death, you spare my soldiers!"
"General! I am willing to die with you!!"
"We are willing to die together! To die together! Majestic Qin will never surrender to anyone!!"
"Wind! The great wind! General, let us fight him!!"
These Qin soldiers showed no trace of fear. Facing Qin Heng without a hint of dread, perhaps influenced by Bai Qi, they raised their long spears high, their voices thundering!
"Hahaha! Good! Very good!!" Bai Qi did not press them further. He laughed heartily, looked at Qin Heng, and said, "It seems my men are not willing to surrender either. Please, let us battle!!"
"In truth, whether these people surrender or not, it doesn't matter to me." Qin Heng shook his head, his expression somewhat regretful.
WHOOSH!
He gently blew a breath. The golden light at his fingertips suddenly shimmered, then rose with the wind into the sky, transforming into a pale blue flame. In an instant, it unfolded into a vast curtain of fire, obscuring the sky and enveloping an area several miles wide!
BOOM!!
The bodies of the hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers spontaneously combusted. Pale blue flames erupted from within them, burning away their flesh yet strengthening their bones. In an instant, they were all turned into skeletons! Their armor, however, remained intact!
These Qin soldiers had become an army of hundreds of thousands of armored skeletons!
Only Bai Qi remained alive.
"You see," Qin Heng smiled faintly, watching the stunned Bai Qi, "in the end, they still had to follow my command."
With a beckoning gesture, these hundreds of thousands of skeletal soldiers in black Qin army armor moved neatly and uniformly behind him.
The pale blue flame he had used was not an Immortal Technique, but it wasn't far off. It was considered a ninth-tier Spell, close to an Immortal Technique, called the "Body Burning Bone Smelting Soldier Art."
In his previous life, before ascending, Qin Heng had executed a Returning to Empty Ancient Saint of the Demon Way who practiced this art.
This maniac had enveloped an entire river system with the pale blue flame, burning 300 billion Perpetual Stars and refining countless beings into his bone soldiers, eventually sealing these bone soldiers into a bead.
That Returning to Empty Ancient Saint of the Demon Way had planned to create 360 such beads, string them into a rosary, and refine them into a single entity to use as a personal Magic item.
The bone soldiers created by this Spell would absolutely obey the caster without the slightest hint of resistance.
Bai Qi was now completely shocked.
The methods Qin Heng displayed were entirely beyond his expectations, even exceeding the limits of his understanding and imagination!!!
Too strong!!
He is truly too strong!!!
Bai Qi, the Lord Wu An of Qin Country, the legendary God of Killing, was stupefied. He fell silent, his gaze nearly blank as he stared at the hundreds of thousands of skeletal soldiers in black Qin armor arrayed behind Qin Heng.
A long time passed!!
Bai Qi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then, he dismounted and walked before Qin Heng. With both hands, he presented his sword.
THUMP!
He fell to his knees before Qin Heng, lowering his head. With utmost respect, he proclaimed, "Greetings, My Lord!!"
In the end, he still hadn't called him Qin Emperor. Perhaps this was the final line he clung to in his heart.
Qin Heng, however, didn't care.
He would soon forge the title of Qin Emperor for himself. He would make Heaven and Earth acknowledge it! If Heaven and Earth refused, then he would shatter them!
"Let's go."
Qin Heng, dressed in imperial robes and a crown, glanced at Bai Qi indifferently, then strolled forward with his hands behind his back.
Simultaneously, the world's Heavenly Essence naturally converged, forming a carriage beneath him. Streams of Yuan Qi coalesced into nine golden Divine Dragons, pulling his chariot!
It was as if the Heavenly Emperor himself were on an imperial tour!
「The capital of Wei Country, Da Liang.」
The sentries on the city wall, who had been dozing off, suddenly felt gusts of chilling wind. They abruptly looked up, gazing into the distance.
There, they saw a young man!
He was dressed in imperial robes and a crown, riding a carriage pulled by Nine Dragons. A golden radiance shone like a canopy above him, as if even the great sun in the sky followed in his wake. The spectacle was astonishing!
But behind him... they saw a sea of white bones, amidst flickering, eerie blue flames!
Terror instantly gripped them!
"Sound the alarm horn!!"
WOO!!
WOOOOOO!!!!!
The city of Da Liang, previously tranquil, was abruptly jolted awake. Garrisoned soldiers hastily donned their armor, preparing to meet the enemy!
"My Lord," Bai Qi said, his mind still reeling from what he had witnessed on their journey, as he saluted Qin Heng respectfully. "The city ahead is Da Liang. Beyond Da Liang and a little further on the road, we will be back in Qin Country."
"Good!" Qin Heng nodded, looking towards the city ahead, his eyes narrowing slightly.
At that moment, a stout general on the walls of Da Liang stepped forward. Looking at Qin Heng, he shouted, "Who are you, and why do you trespass against our Great Wei! Retreat immediately! Otherwise, when the soldiers of Great Wei march forth, you will all be reduced to dust!!"
During the Warring States period, the Wei Country was indeed a formidable power, possessing the foundation for such confidence.
Unfortunately for them, they had encountered Qin Heng.
"Your capital city blocks my path," Qin Heng spoke calmly.
Forming a sword with his fingers, he swept his palm forward. A golden torrent of sword light whistled out, instantly engulfing the entire city of Da Liang!
Three seconds later, the sword light dissipated. The capital of Wei Country had been leveled to the ground.
"Continue," Qin Heng glanced indifferently at the stunned Bai Qi, then looked ahead with a light chuckle. "Qin Country is not far ahead, is it?"
Bai Qi's body suddenly stiffened, his face ashen.