The over seven hundred Weak Water cavalry were three times larger than the human heavy cavalry, comparable to the charge of the Savage Cow of the barbarian tribe. They treaded on the ice river as if it were flat ground, charging from the mountainside down to the foot of the mountain, demonstrating the might of a ten thousand strong army.
All the Demon Barbarians were chilled to the bone.
In both the barbarian and human tribes, the strongest military force was always the heavy cavalry. Once the heavy cavalry charged, nothing could withstand their onslaught. If these were ordinary human heavy cavalry, hundreds of Demon Barbarians would not be afraid. But this Weak Water heavy cavalry was unprecedented.
“We’ve been ambushed!” A Presented Scholar of the rebel kind cried out in grief and indignation.
“Cunning humans!”
“It must be the Grand Academician!”
The star sand could block ordinary Weak Water, but it couldn’t stop these War Poetry cavalry.
Even the saint child gave the order, and the group of demons, disregarding their dignity, turned tail and ran. However, beneath their feet was an icy surface.
In the blink of an eye, ninety-nine percent of the Demon Barbarians slipped and fell to the ground.
“This is no ordinary ice!” A Savage Cow general had just finished speaking when two massive elephant demons fell onto the ice. The Wolf Savage saint child jumped off the back of the saintly elephant demon, landing steadily on the ice, then knelt down, his right hand pressing on the ice.
“Hu…” Blood-red flames spread across the ice, melting all the frost in the blink of an eye.
The expression on the Wolf Savage saint child’s face relaxed. The Demon Barbarians ran fast, and without the ice, these Weak Water cavalry, no matter how strong, couldn’t kill many.
The Demon Barbarians immediately got up and ran. They all knew that as long as they could evade this wave of heavy cavalry, they could counterattack.
However, they had only run three steps when the ground silently refroze, and hundreds of Demon Barbarians once again slipped and fell to the ground.
The rain didn’t stop, the energy didn’t cease, and the ice river didn’t end.
“Use demon arts to break the cavalry!” The Wolf Savage saint child roared, finally preparing to take action. As long as all the Demon Barbarians joined forces to use demon arts, they could stop the cavalry charge.
Before he could act, everyone saw the heavy cavalry explode into a mist of water, not harming the Demon Barbarians at all.
Many Demon Barbarians got up, no longer running. They looked at the large amount of water traces on the ice in front of them with confusion.
Soon, a rebel Presented Scholar laughed, “I see! This War Poetry is so grand, using so much energy, it can’t possibly last long. It can only hold on for a few moments at most.”
The human Presented Scholars sighed. The rebel Presented Scholar was right. Those Weak Water cavalry had already charged dozens of meters, no less than any Presented Scholar’s War Poetry. To have achieved this was already commendable.
The Wolf Savage saint child had a flash of doubt in his eyes. Then his body surged with energy, the blood in his eyes growing thicker, his eyes growing brighter.
“It’s a military strategy! Those cavalry are still there! Cunning humans!”
Even if the deception only caused the Demon Barbarians to hesitate for two moments, it was enough!
A solid ice spear, carrying a faint mist, appeared out of thin air, creating a slight breaking sound, carrying a powerful impact, piercing the foremost tiger demon general. Then, a cavalryman appeared in full, his spear pushing the tiger demon general forward.
The tiger demon general was as large as a yellow cow, much stronger than an ordinary lion or tiger. Even three spears piercing it couldn’t kill it. It was about to counterattack when it suddenly widened its eyes, vaguely seeing a man and a horse entering its mind, striking its soul.
“Roar…” The tiger demon general let out a miserable scream, and blood and brain matter were continuously sprayed from its eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth.
The cavalry could not only charge but also invade dreams.
The wailing of the tiger demon general was like the tolling of a death knell.
All the Demon Barbarians watched in horror as over seven hundred Weak Water cavalry, shrouded in a faint mist, appeared from the void. They killed one with each spear, without any hesitation, slaughtering the Demon Barbarians like cutting melons and vegetables.
The impact of the cavalry was too strong. Except for a Demon Tortoise hiding in its shell, unafraid of the cavalry’s spears, no other demon generals could withstand a single spear.
The Wolf Savage saint child hesitated for a moment, holding the wolf tooth necklace around his neck. He let go of the necklace, then roared to the sky. A huge blood wolf burst out of his body, instantly transforming into a terrifying giant wolf three zhang tall, charging into the Weak Water cavalry, continuously ramming, biting, and slapping, taking down one cavalryman after another.
Each of the cavalrymen was made up of Weak Water. Every time one was shattered, a large amount of Weak Water would splash onto the blood wolf, consuming the blood wolf’s strength, causing the blood wolf’s body to shrink rapidly.
“Weak Water cavalry cannot be fought with brute force!” The Wolf Savage saint child finally understood. The Demon Barbarians excelled in close combat, but this War Poetry combined with Weak Water was the perfect counter to the Demon Barbarians.
Four saintly Demon Barbarians looked at each other and silently fled. The surface of the ice river was hard, but their energy was stronger. They could shatter the ice before they landed, preventing them from slipping. With the blood of the saintly tribe in their bodies, as long as they weren’t surrounded by the Weak Water cavalry, they couldn’t die.
The ordinary Demon Barbarians couldn’t escape.
The Demon Barbarians who couldn’t escape used their demon arts to resist desperately, but they found to their despair that most of their demon arts had no effect on the Weak Water cavalry. Only the water, giant rocks, and other natural forces summoned by the demon arts could harm the Weak Water cavalry.
The Demon Barbarians could also shatter the bodies of the Weak Water cavalry in close combat, but every time a Weak Water cavalryman fell, a large amount of Weak Water would splash out, consuming the Demon Barbarians’ energy.
The screams, wails, and curses of the Demon Barbarians were endless. The crimson blood flowed everywhere, turning the battlefield into a slaughterhouse. The Weak Water cavalry showed no emotion, charging, thrusting, trampling, thrusting again, or turning around to gain momentum, charging again.
The once invincible Demon Barbarians were like lambs to the slaughter under Fang Yun’s War Poetry.
The Demon Barbarians fell into despair.
The injured Presented Scholars were greatly encouraged and also extremely surprised.”This is a Presented Scholar’s War Poetry. He has already become a Presented Scholar, no, a Pre-Saint Presented Scholar!”
“This… The Weak Water Cavalry merging with the Weak Water is a matter of timing, a coincidence, but their immunity to many demon techniques can only be… the power of The Courage to Write!”
“The power of The Courage to Write is integrated into this War Poetry? Impossible! Not to mention that there are very few War Poems that can mobilize the power of The Courage to Write, even if there are, he has just become a Pre-Saint Presented Scholar, how could he possess The Courage to Write?”
“It’s definitely the power of The Courage to Write, remember the death of those Demon Barbarians. They won’t die from being pierced by ice spears, nor will they die quickly when the Weak Water of the ice spears enters their bodies. But when the power of The Courage to Write and the Weak Water enter their bodies together, even a Demon General can’t survive, they don’t have the Palace of Literature.”
“No wonder he is the top Talented Scholar of the Ten Nations. I’m not surprised at all that he has become a Pre-Saint Presented Scholar, but the power of this War Poetry is too strong.”
Li Fanming muttered to himself, “A single Presented Scholar’s War Poetry annihilated fifty Demon Barbarian Generals and three hundred Demon Barbarian soldiers, equivalent to wiping out fifty Presented Scholars and three hundred Talented Scholars with his own power. A true one-man army! The key is, he is still severely poisoned and has not fully recovered his mobility!”
“Heh heh, what about the Demon Barbarians of the Saint Clan? They are still chased by Fang Yun like a dog that lost its home!”
“I’m more curious about his military tactics. I’ve seen something similar before, but it seems a bit different,” someone whispered.
“Thank goodness he’s here, otherwise we would all be dead by now.”
“Sigh. We wanted to find the Longevity Fruit to save him, but not only did we fail, we ended up being saved by him.”
“Even if the top Presented Scholar Yan Yukong were here, he wouldn’t be able to kill fifty Barbarian Generals with a single War Poetry.”
“The top Presented Scholar? Perhaps it’s time for a change.”
Many people looked at each other, but did not delve deeper.
At this moment, two hundred Weak Water Cavalry bypassed the ordinary Demon Barbarians who couldn’t escape and chased after the four Saint Clan Demon Barbarians led by the Wolf Savage Prince.
Seeing this, Li Fanming’s eyes lit up, “That Wolf Savage Prince must have the protection of the Barbarian Saint’s power, and he must have special life-saving measures. We don’t have enough energy to kill him now, but since Fang Yun is commanding the Weak Water Cavalry to chase him, he must be trying to force them to use one of their life-saving measures!”
“Let’s go!”
The severely injured Presented Scholars couldn’t move, eleven Presented Scholars with minor injuries recited the Swift Travel Poetry while running, then lightly touched the ground with their toes and glided swiftly.
Fang Yun pointed a finger, and the ice in front of them disappeared.
The four Saint Clan Demon Barbarians kept looking back as they ran. Two hundred Weak Water Cavalry weren’t a big deal, and even eleven Presented Scholars with little energy weren’t a big deal, but the man on the hillside was too terrifying. Just one glance from afar was enough to shatter their fighting spirit.
Moreover, the Star Demon Barbarians on the mountain were watching them closely.
The Saint Clan Tiger Demon General sighed, “It’s a waste to use the Demon Marquis Blood Beads on them! If I had known this, I would have used them earlier and simply blown them up along with those useless Demon Barbarians.”
As he spoke, he spat out a dark purple, walnut-sized blood bead at the pursuers.
“Scatter!” At Li Fanming’s command, all the Presented Scholars immediately fled in all directions, while Fang Yun directed the two hundred Weak Water Cavalry to meet the purple blood bead.
“Boom…”
A wave of blood-colored flames exploded, sweeping hundreds of feet. The two hundred Weak Water Cavalry were shattered by the blood-colored flames. The Presented Scholars not far away were scattered by the aftermath, vomiting blood as they fell to the ground.
The ground of The Holy Land, comparable to refined steel, was still blasted into a large pit.
The Presented Scholars who didn’t pursue changed their expressions slightly.
Li Fanming wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth and laughed, “It’s worth it! That’s a blood bead that condenses all the power of a Demon Marquis, equivalent to us wasting the power of a Hanlin Scholar!”
Eleven Presented Scholars got up and slowly walked back.
Except for the four Saint Clan Demon Barbarians who ran away, all the Demon Barbarians were killed in battle.
In the cold rain, the stench of demon blood was carried away by the wind. Hundreds of Weak Water Cavalry stood around the numerous Demon Barbarian corpses, slowly melting into clear water that flowed away.
The four Saint Clan Demon Barbarians stopped in the distance. The Wolf Savage Prince shouted, “I remember now! No wonder you’re so powerful, you’re that Fang Yun! The fourth on the Hanlin Hunting List, Fang Yun! Remember, my name is Wolf Li, I will ascend to Demon General in The Holy Land, and then come back to kill you!”
After saying that, he turned and ran.
Bear Cang turned his head while running, looked at Fang Yun, and roared, “You’re not worth my life now, but when I become a Demon General, I will definitely eat you!”
Fang Yun gestured at them, full of provocation.
But the four Saint Clan Demon Barbarians didn’t stop, they continued to run.
Fang Yun stared at the Wolf Savage Prince’s neck, where there was a wolf tooth necklace, which reminded him of the Dragon Saint Horn that the Qingjiang Dragon King had used to lock down a state.
Fang Yun found that he had very little energy left.
The Weak Water Cavalry itself only consumed a third of his energy, but the longer it existed, the more energy it consumed. Fang Yun had just become a Presented Scholar, with only three inches of energy, maintaining more than seven hundred cavalry for so long was already his limit.
The Star Demon Barbarians on the mountain peeked out and looked at Fang Yun.
A Demon General said, “I didn’t expect the strongest human to be him.”
Niu Shan chuckled, “He is His Majesty the Moon Emperor, of course the strongest Presented Scholar is him!” After saying that, he couldn’t help but puff out his chest and hold his head high, extremely proud.
The few Demon Generals looked at each other, and the wariness in their eyes towards Fang Yun had completely disappeared. (To be continued.)