Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

Chapter 82 Violent Road Clearing

Fang Jin resisted the urge to unleash an incendiary bomb, creating a massive inferno to clear a path. After all, there was no fertile ground for scientific advancement here, and if he used it rashly, he would probably be closer to the supernatural than Buddhism.

But this doesn't mean he has no other way to get close to the ancestral temple. At least two options are currently available: one is to use numbers to break through directly.

Using soldiers to take the hits and distract others is the safest and simplest way to get through the stone statue formation, without even consuming much energy.

Secondly, he personally took to the field to intimidate others. The stone statue's thousand transformation powers were also dispersed in a thousand places. Take that martial artist just now, for example; his cultivation was at most equivalent to Tie Baimei's.

Those who are truly skilled can even break through directly by brute force or speed, rendering most mechanisms ineffective. This method undoubtedly results in much less loss compared to the previous one.

But it's also much more dangerous, since all the pressure is concentrated on one person, and while the 990 variations of the stone statue array might be useless to you, what if you're unlucky and run into the ten most dangerous ones?

The Jinxiu Army members were all seasoned veterans. After a little thought, they understood the key to breaking through the stone statue formation. Their expressions then turned grim, realizing they might not be able to break through the formation on their own.

The second method only yields fewer merits, but the first method is truly deadly. It all depends on Fang Jin, as the team leader, to choose. They cannot disobey the order to act as meat shields.

Military rules and regulations are strictly enforced, and those who violate them will be executed. This principle has been fundamentally strengthened in the martial and rational dynasty. If anyone disobeys orders, even if only one person survives here today, they will all be beheaded and buried with him.

"Bang bang—"

Meanwhile, sounds of breaking through walls and clearing paths came from the southeast and due north, and fierce battle cries also came from the nearest flower hall. Other Jinxiu Army units had also arrived at the central area.

Fang Jin was unwilling to wait any longer. He couldn't be sure what plot hole the main storyline had planted. Was the destruction of Buddhism due to unforeseen difficulties, or was it necessary for him to act before everyone else?

But no matter what... he had to be quick, and the others weren't even qualified to be meat shields in breaking through the formation, so he directly picked up Chang Xiao and strode into the formation, saying to himself:

"Pack up my spoils and get ready to provide backup. If anyone else comes, lure them to another location. Figure out the method yourselves."

"yes!"

The responses were more uniform than ever before, filled with relief and relaxation, as if the centurion had kindly let them off the hook. But Chang Xiao couldn't manage a smile; his voice was slightly hoarse as he said:

"Sir, actually I'm quite quick and efficient, and I'm better at collecting the spoils than they are... Why don't you let me go back too?"

"I haven't been on the battlefield much, so I need your help to save face. Don't worry, Deputy General Chang, I'll give you extra credit when we report our achievements. Just wait and you'll be rich and powerful."

Looking at Fang Jin's innocent expression, and recalling the path they had traversed, the flower-lined road where even the cracks in the stones were seeping blood... Chang Xiao's head lolled to the side and he fainted.

Then Fang Jin slapped him twice, waking him up.

……

What followed was a nightmare for Chang Xiao.

Of course, he wouldn't be carried around by Fang Jin forever. After crossing the main shrine formation guarded by the golden-sword-wielding men, Chang Xiao was casually put down and followed behind. At first, he still wanted to escape...

But now he only dares to follow closely behind Fang Jin.

He witnessed Fang Jin chasing after the malevolent ghost statue. His body leaped high into the air and then violently stomped on the top of the statue, crushing the heavy stone into the ground, causing blood to gush out from the cracks on both sides!

"boom--!"

The ancestral hall was destroyed just like that. The person in charge of the formation underground was directly crushed to death, and the thirty-six stone statues were also tilted to one side or the other, with more than half of them collapsing and sinking into the pit.

Others may not have seen this scene. The nobles on the hillside and the Jinxiu Army that also rushed into the courtyard were too far away to see clearly, but the main force around them was so frightened that they collapsed.

They must not reveal their location prematurely, or they will be courting death. They should use other stone statues to wear down the beast's strength and increase its injuries, and then launch a final attack when it is on the verge of death. Only then will they have a chance to kill this fiend!

Immediately, the moment Fang Jin approached the lower array, a stone statue resembling a gate made of green paulownia wood instantly moved in front of him, and the gate, which was originally half a person's height, immediately opened.

It extended upwards like folding blocks, stacking up like cubes, and finally formed a gradually collapsing doorway that crashed down on Fang Jin below!

Admittedly, this move was quite effective. Fang Jin's current level of killing was as easy as twisting a chicken egg, but he was less effective against pure physical damage, as this body was still made of flesh and blood.

...Hitting something too hard will hurt your fist.

So he drew his sword, unsheathed it, and the ordinary embroidered knife, whose quality was not even that of ordinary, pierced between the cracks in the bluestone bricks. He silently activated his newly acquired third skill.

[Metal purification].

This wasn't the ability to manipulate metal; it could only perform simple purification and fusion. Fang Jin began to plan to use it to purify the pile of waste projected onto the screen, to see if she could extract two ounces of gold...

Later, he got too lazy to use it. Firstly, gold wasn't that precious in this world, and secondly, he was too rich after the war and didn't care about such a small amount.

Therefore, he developed other uses for this ability.

"Click-clack..."

The projection worked in sync, and countless silver liquids, like blood vessels, flowed down Fang Jin's arm into the embroidered knife, causing the originally regular iron sheet to begin to grow wildly.

Countless tiny branches drilled into the interior of the bluestone wall, piercing into tiny cracks that were visible to the naked eye and even invisible to the naked eye, and then gradually expanded and grew until they could no longer withstand the enormous pressure from the inside.

Then, Fang Jin gently pulled outwards, and the entire stone wall, along with the adjacent and connected stone statues, was simultaneously torn into sharp pieces of stone. To onlookers, it appeared as if Fang Jin had cleaved it in two with a single sword strike!

...although it was actually squeezed to the point of bursting.

"Bang—!"

Unfortunately, the person in charge of this stone statue formation happened to be hiding under one of the exploded statues. He had originally planned to escape back to the main shrine along the path as soon as he saw Fang Jin approaching.

After all, not everyone here is so loyal to Buddhism; most are just following orders or doing it for personal gain... but he obviously didn't have time.

"I surrender..."

This time, Chang Xiao, with keen eyesight, stabbed through Fang Jin's chest with a knife, then skillfully cut off his right ear for preservation. Only then did he quickly catch up with Fang Jin, who had already gone far away, and his fear was finally somewhat relieved.

But the doubts only grew stronger. Chang Xiao felt that he was somewhat superfluous here. He could barely protect himself, and even when he was a human shield, he was criticized for being too soft or leaky...

Why did he...?