CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 45: MILITARY FORMATION

Songyi City lies in the south.

Surrounded by many mountains and hills, making it an ideal hiding place for bandits.

Along some major trade routes, soldiers guard every certain distance to ensure the smooth flow of resources.

However, even so, many bandits still run rampant.

The bandits collaborate, causing confusion, playing tricks like never before.

"Kill!"

Han Mo leads the soldiers in pursuit of the mountain bandits trying to escape.

The forest echoes with their fierce cries full of murderous intent.

"Go, faster, once we enter that valley, we will be safe!"

The man at the forefront shouts loudly.

He is a burly man in his forties, with several scars on his face, looking fierce and evil.

Han Mo swings his large saber to strike.

The Six Harmonies Blade is unleashed, its power astonishing, about to slay another bandit.

"Damn it, get out of the way!"

The man roars, swinging his Wolf Fang Club, charging at Han Mo.

The massive Wolf Fang Club is wielded fiercely by him.

His strength is very strong, having reached the Peak of Refining Internal Organs.

Due to his innate divine power, his strength surpasses Han Mo significantly, and his prowess is greater.

Facing the military array formed by elite city guards, they are merely a disorganized crowd, not a match for the opponent.

But one-on-one, the big man shows no fear.

Whoosh——

The strong wind howling, the massive Wolf Fang Club descends upon Han Mo’s head.

"Hah!"

Han Mo lets out a fierce shout, parrying the strong strike from the big man with his saber.

Ding!

The crisp sound of metal clashing rings out, the terrifying force from the blade transmits a numbing sensation to Han Mo’s hand.

"Such powerful strength!"

Han Mo is secretly astonished.

The force unleashed by the opponent’s strike is much stronger than during previous fights.

But he is not someone to be trifled with.

Han Mo flips his wrist, using the blade to guide the Wolf Fang Club downwards to the right, dissipating its force.

At the same time, he retreats a few steps, shouting loudly, "Form the array!"

The ten elite soldiers following Han Mo hear his command, and quickly, uniformly change positions, forming a special array.

This is a micro military formation composed of ten soldiers.

At the moment the formation takes shape, their aura connects as one, a terrifying killing intent spreads.

"Kill!"

The soldiers shout loudly, thick murderous intent emanates.

Combined with the soldiers’ essence, qi, and spirit, it forms a unique energy.

This energy, using the military array as its bond, converges onto Han Mo as the general.

The enormous evil energy converges on him, his aura rapidly ascends, his bodily strength grows rapidly, his whole body filled with explosive power.

At this moment, his strength surpasses the Peak of Refining Internal Organs, reaching the Qi Blood Realm.

Yet, Han Mo doesn’t emit any Qi Blood fluctuations.

The combined essence, qi, and spirit of the ten soldiers with the killing intent, forms a unique energy, converging onto him, substituting for the function of Qi Blood, allowing him to possess Qi Blood Realm strength in effect.

"Retreat, damn it, retreat!"

"The time I’ve bought is for you to escape, what are you standing around for!"

The big man shouts loudly.

Faced with Han Mo, whose aura continuously climbs and breaks through to the Qi Blood Realm, he is not his opponent at all.

Whish!

Han Mo grips his saber tightly, his killing intent fierce.

In the forest, the saber light flashes, the terrifying killing intent along with the blade edge strikes the big man.

Ding!

The big man hastily uses the Wolf Fang Club to block.

His innate divine power, facing Han Mo empowered by the array, becomes irresistibly weak.

The terrifying force from the blade strikes.

The big man is hit by the enormous force and flies backward.

Bang

Bang, bang, bang

Spurt——

Crashing through the trunks of two large trees before stopping, the big man spits out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it, can’t care anymore."

"Rush, rush into Lion Valley, and we’ll survive!"

The big man turns to flee, no longer caring for his lagging brothers.

Kill!

The soldiers’ angry shouts ring out again.

They quickly change formation, Han Mo’s aura decreases somewhat, each soldier’s aura slowly climbs.

Maintaining formation, they continue pursuing.

The lagging bandits, facing fully armed elite soldiers, appear utterly powerless.

Under the soldiers’ blades, they fall like grass, with over twenty killed in an instant.

After a pursuit of several hundred meters, the surrounding forest becomes denser.

"Stop!"

"Do not chase anymore."

Han Mo stops and shouts loudly.

"Sir, I have scouted ahead, it’s a swamp, if we continue the pursuit, we will certainly obliterate this group of bandits!"

The soldier behind him steps forward to speak.

"I also know it’s a swamp ahead."

"But do we know this, and the bandits don’t?"

"They are more familiar with this terrain than we are, they had chances to escape elsewhere but chose to flee here, clearly leading us into a trap!"

"Retreat!"

"There will be opportunities to slay them in the future, no need to risk." Han Mo instructs loudly, "Return to guard the main road, scouts continue to monitor bandit movements!"

"Yes, sir!"

...

"Damn, this guy is really cautious."

The big man who just suffered a loss hides in the forest, seeing Han Mo retreat, curses silently.

"I told you, Han Mo is careful by nature and would not fall for it, but you didn’t believe me, now you paid the price didn’t you?" A man beside him says.

If Han Mo were here, he’d recognize this guy.

It’s Xing Penghai, another centurion of the city guard!

"Pang Yuanfeng, if you had listened to me earlier, you would have wiped out most of his forces by now." Xing Penghai laughs coldly.

"Hmph, you’re both city guards, who knows if it’s a trap." Pang Yuanfeng snorts coldly.

He twists his wrist, sensing a slight numbness in his arms.

Earlier, he took Han Mo’s strike head-on, the terrifying force split his tiger’s mouth.

"You’ve seen our Xing Family’s sincerity, if we truly wanted to harm you, we’d have acted long ago."

"If you had followed my previous plan, you’d have succeeded by now." Xing Penghai says calmly.

"Boys, come out, let’s go back."

"Damn, I took that hit for nothing." Pang Yuanfeng pays no attention to Xing Penghai, shouting loudly into the forest.

As soon as the words fall, over a hundred burly men carrying weapons rush out from the forest, following Pang Yuanfeng into Lion Valley.

"Greedy people always want more than they can handle, do you think you can touch military array secrets?"

Xing Penghai looks at Pang Yuanfeng’s retreating figure, sneers, and speaks coldly.

With a swift move, he follows into Lion Valley.

Inside Lion Valley, a large number of bandit groups are gathered, if this one is uncooperative, there will be others willing to cooperate.

...

Jindong Street.

From the courtyard, sounds of piercing the air resound.

Lin Zheyu, holding a sharp treasured saber, practices the Six Harmonies Saber Skill in the courtyard.

The saber is three feet nine inches long, adorned with a python pattern, with an incredibly sharp blade.

In Songyi City, blades are regulated items, not available to ordinary people. This particular saber was gifted to him by Han Mo, recorded and legal.

Though it won’t be confiscated when entering or leaving the city, it still can’t be used within the city.

The Six Harmonies Saber Skill is Han Mo’s main cultivation technique, taught to Lin Zheyu recently.

After a period of cultivation, progress has been significant, reaching a level of proficiency.

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