Chapter 1728: The Xuan-Huang Link Formation! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Boom!
Zhao Fengchen led his five hundred Xuanwu Army soldiers and rammed right into the Feather Forest Army that was empowered by the Great Zhuyan Halo and the Rupture Halo.
”Ah!”
”What is that?!”
”How… how could this be?!”
As Zhao Fengchen was leading his men in this charge, the spectators on all sides of the drilling ground felt like they had just seen something absurd, and their bodies trembled while their eyes flew open in shock.
Even the members of the Eastern Palace on the northern side clenched their fists, their faces paling.
”This can't be!”
No one was more shocked at this moment than the ever-composed Army-Shattering War God, Hou Junji.
Naturally, he had been the one who had given Duan Zhuyan the Rupture Halo. This had been the skill that he had relied on to make his name, and it was peerless when it came to offensive power, ranking far above the Supreme River Formation. Not even a peak Supreme River Formation would be able to stop his Rupture Halo.
The greatest source of Hou Junji's confidence in sending these two complete unknowns into the Imperial Army competition to challenge the Grand Marshals was the Rupture Halo.
But not even Hou Junji could have imagined that there was someone who could break through his Rupture Halo in a direct confrontation.
Bang!
Everyone saw the most absurd event in the world taking place in the center of the drilling ground.
A black and yellow energy erupted from Zhao Fengchen's body and fused with the auras of the five hundred Xuanwu Army soldiers, transforming them into a pillar of black and yellow energy nearly one hundred meters tall, covered in countless profound and mysterious patterns. With one strike, the pillar blasted a hole through the Feather Forest Army.
But this was far from the only shocking thing.
The moment the massive black and yellow pillar appeared, Duan Zhuyan's Great Zhuyan Halo and Rupture Halo vanished into the massive pillar.
Not only had these two halos not been able to defend against Zhao Fengchen's attack, they had even been absorbed and strengthened the five hundred Xuanwu Army soldiers.
And with a metallic clattering, the halos under the feet of Duan Zhuyan and the Feather Forest Army began to melt away like ice cubes under the hot sun. With each vanished halo, the halos under the feet of Zhao Fengchen and the Xuanwu Army grew stronger and stronger.
It was like Zhao Fengchen's forces were draining their power!
Boom!
With a thunderous explosion and a shockwave of energy, the Feather Forest Army soldiers were blasted in various directions by a terrifying force.
Bangbangbang!
Horses shrieked and people screamed as numerous Feather Forest Army soldiers fell to the ground, their bodies bloodied, their armor in tatters, and even their Stellar Energy pulverized. They had completely lost the ability to fight.
”What formation is this?”
Hou Junji's face was grim, and he could barely manage to speak.
He had seen many kinds of powerful formations, both offensive and defensive—formations that could make one travel as fast as lightning and even change directions at will without losing speed. But Hou Junji had never seen a formation that could absorb an opponent's halos and energies to strengthen itself.
Let alone see, he had never even heard about such a formation, or even read the slightest mention in legends or tales.
And this was the first time Hou Junji could remember that anyone had ever destroyed his Rupture Halo. His renowned skill had not been the slightest bit effective.
He had never even imagined it was possible until this match.
Hou Junji instinctively looked toward that distant youth on the other end of the drilling ground.
This is no formation from Su Zhengchen! Where did an eighteen-year-old learn this formation?!
Hou Junji's face twitched. He had once been ordered by Emperor Taizong to study formations from Su Zhengchen, so he could be completely sure that the formation Zhao Fengchen had used was not from Su Zhengchen.
For the first time, Hou Junji found the young man on the other side unfathomable.
He had always believed that Wang Chong was Su Zhengchen's disciple, but now, that seemed to be far from the truth.
Rumble!
In the middle of all this, the massive pillar of black and yellow had finished sweeping away Duan Zhuyan's Feather Forest Army like an autumn breeze sweeping through fallen leaves.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Fengchen had pierced through the Feather Forest Army, and in a stampede of hooves, the two armies parted. Once he was several dozen feet away, Zhao Fengchen pulled on the reins of his horse, and behind him, he could hear the groans of fallen Feather Forest Army soldiers.
In the distance, Duan Zhuyan also began to turn his horse around. He now only had two-hundred-some Feather Forest Army soldiers left, and even this was mostly because he had used the Supreme River Formation at the last moment to avoid as much of Zhao Fengchen's assault as possible.
Even though it wasn't possible to see Duan Zhuyan's face, from his heaving chest and ragged breathing, everyone could sense just how shocked the Feather Forest Army Marshal was.
”This can't be!”
Duan Zhuyan breathed rapidly as he stared at Zhao Fengchen, his eyes spitting flames of anger.