Chaotic World Book-Chapter 530 - 514: After My Blossom, A Hundred Flowers Perish_2

Chapter 530: Chapter 514: After My Blossom, A Hundred Flowers Perish_2

Lu Shouyi was merely a lowly figure on the Human List, ranked around the sixtieth, but that by no means made him negligible. Zhai Muzhi had reached the Second Layer Secret Treasure; it was evident that those who had ranked on the Human List in earlier years had all made progress. Lu Shouyi was very likely close to entering the Second Layer Secret Treasure as well, not much inferior to oneself.

Fighting Zhai Muzhi while being besieged by his personal guard was difficult enough; if another near-equal joined in, one would have to pray that Situ Xiao would break through the gate and come to the rescue sooner—how embarrassing would that be?

Thus, playing the fool was the strategy, waiting until Lu Shouyi joined the fight to suddenly shock him with a combined force of sword and blade.

Yet, Lu Shouyi had fled...

Zhao Changhe blinked his eyes, looking at Zhai Muzhi, with whom he had been exchanging blows, and revealed a toothy smile.

Zhai Muzhi certainly knew what he was smiling about. Who wasn’t hiding their abilities? Before, out of respect for your status and Lu’s mediation, I didn’t truly fight you. But now that Lu Shouyi has fled and matters have come to this point, whether you’re the Crown Prince or even the Emperor, killing you will end it all!

The two set into motion their genuine skills simultaneously.

Zhao Changhe’s arm suddenly thickened, his eyes began to redden, and the power of the Dragon Sparrow’s chop increased more than tenfold compared to before!

Likewise, with the sword of Zhai Muzhi coming out, the wind rose, and the battle situation changed drastically: "People say Zhao Changhe only knows three moves, and it’s indeed the case... Having not reached the Second Layer Secret Treasure, today you shall die here!"

In that instant, the whole battlefield was filled with turbulence, the surrounding shouts of killing, the clash of weapons, the howling of the storm—all these merged into a demonic sound, piercing the ears. Sword-light flashed like lightning, reaching the throat in a blink.

The power of the Second Layer Secret Treasure, every gesture and motion carried the might of heaven and earth.

Previously unable to comprehend their strength, one only knew they were formidable. Now the understanding was complete.

With a shake of the Dragon Sparrow, an outburst of malicious qi surged around the battlefield, creating a blood-red barrier that dissipated the sound attack from Zhai Muzhi’s Spirit Platform without a trace.

Like a butcher dismembering an ox, with one swing, it was shattered.

At the same moment, the blade, flashing like lightning, struck beside the sword, transforming into a Horizontal Slash, counter-pushing toward the opponent’s throat.

As the blade counter-pushed, the world fell silent, as if nothing remained but the brilliance of that one blow, arising from the primordial chaos.

Hell is Like This!

"Clang!" Sword met blade, and Zhai Muzhi was startled.

Zhao Changhe had clearly not broken through to the Second Layer Secret Treasure, and yet his comprehension, power, speed, technique, and vision—all were utterly on par with that level!

Just one step short—if he could wield the evil qi as easily as moving his own arm... But there was no need to contemplate this; he wouldn’t survive the combined attack of his surroundings.

That’s right, Zhai Muzhi wasn’t just dueling Zhao Changhe; two against one, the first on the Human List against the thirty-seventh. And to think they were still using a tactic as crude as a joint assault.

In the flash of the sword and blade clashing, numerous longswords around them formed a Sword Pavilion Sword Formation, stabbing towards vital points around Zhao Changhe.

Dealing with Zhai Muzhi on one side and the Sword Pavilion Sword Formation on the other, it looked like a trap of the Heavenly Net, leading himself to death.

But a smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Changhe’s mouth. When the Dragon Sparrow had just struck Zhai Muzhi’s sword, his left hand had made its move, and suddenly, sword qi burst forth.

Not the sword qi of the nearby guards... but the brilliance of the Ancient Sword Dragon Emperor.

"Whoosh!" One sword, splitting the light, starkly contrary to the wild Dragon Sparrow in his right hand, the sharp sword qi split into nine, striking the surrounding sword formation simultaneously, as if wielded by another person.

Luoxia Manor’s swordsmanship, One Sword Drops Nine Geese, was Zhao Changhe’s first encounter with Yue Hongling.

He even had enough strength to spare a flicker of sword qi, secretly jabbing at Zhai Muzhi’s abdomen.

Zhai Muzhi’s expression became exceedingly grave. With a shake of his longsword, he, too, split it into several beams, attacking Zhao Changhe’s wrists on both sides.

This utterly opposing intent of the sword and blade should make coordination impossible, bound to force out major flaws.

But Zhao Changhe’s blade movement suddenly became gentle, tilting upward in a diagonal sweep towards an aide’s throat on his right.

It was like listening to the rain on a quiet night in a pavilion.

Yet his left hand burst forth with thunder, a storm breaking upon the shore, a raging sea of fury.

The Sea Suppressing Sword Technique!

"Clank!" Zhai Muzhi’s split beam was suppressed on the spot. Meanwhile, blood sprayed on the right, as a guard fell to the ground, his eyes wide with confusion, unable to fathom how, with his own Main General clearly stronger than the opponent, someone could die in this attack...

Zhai Muzhi erupted in rage: "Zhao Changhe!"

The fury surged in his heart, a sort of bloody violence bursting into his mind, and all he could see was a bloodstained world.

Zhai Muzhi knew something was amiss—what trap had he fallen into?

It was as if a distant sigh reached his ears: "That’s right, you are very angry, aren’t you? I am angry too. The heads of those from Xia, the cries of innocent women... You are loyal to Great Xia? What is Great Xia? Its people, those under its rule, they are Great Xia."

Who the hell is trying to act tough here? Zhai Muzhi thought to himself, only to realize that the sky before his eyes had turned upside down, as the headless corpse in front of him gushed a fountain of blood towards the heavens, its body torn apart in such a horrific manner that it rivaled a death by a thousand cuts, too gruesome for words.

Blood Filling Mountains and Rivers.

"The fierce evil qi of the battlefield, your rage, your brutality, your murderous intent... My blade drinks blood to draw out your malevolence..."

"The so-called control, it’s as if one extracts oneself and stands from a high vantage point, looking down on all beings as if they were ants."

"Then how could one be backlash by evil qi?"

"When the eyes behind become overlooking eyes... the so-called stairs to heaven, in fact, are inhuman paths."

Zhao Changhe’s Second Layer Secret Treasure.

He slowly turned his head, and the blood in his eyes flickered momentarily.

The surrounding trusted aides looked as if they had seen a ghost and turned to flee.

The flash of a blade, and several heads flew up together, chasing after their Governor to the netherworld.

It was only at this moment that the battlefield realized what had happened, and suddenly there was a loud shout, "The Governor’s dead! The Governor’s dead!"

"The bastard’s dead, what are we still fighting for?"

"Turn around and fight them instead!"

"Take down that Vanguard General, he’s one of the Zhai family, don’t let him escape!"

Situ Xiao watched in astonishment as tens of thousands of Shu County soldiers behind the encirclement rebelled, they didn’t need his attack, as the enemy charged into chaos on their own.

Zhao Changhe was searching for that front-runner who had stolen credit for killing innocents, just having located him attempting to flee on horseback, Zhao Changhe had not yet had the chance to rush over and kill when he saw a group of soldiers with disheveled armor pull him off his horse and hack him into minced meat: "Go to hell, you son of a bitch!"

Madness, madness everywhere.

Situ Xiao stopped his hand and turned his head to look at Zhao Changhe, who was also looking at him.

After a long while, Situ Xiao suddenly smiled, "The resentment of the people of Ba Shu is like a breached river, destined to submerge the Heavenly Mansion. I never thought you would stand with us... Tch, damn, I’m not your equal."

Zhao Changhe did not answer, holding Zhai Muzhi’s head high he strode forward, hanging it at the camp gate.

From a distance came the low voice of Snow Eagle, "Zhao Changhe, this seat will remember you."

Zhao Changhe responded indifferently, "I’m ready for your instruction at any time."

A flash of golden light passed through the sky.

"In June, Zhai Muzhi’s troops entered Miao Region. Li Shentong personally led three thousand disciples of Divine Brilliance Sect, launching a surprise attack on the camp."

"Zhao Changhe reveals the secret of Snow Eagle, the master of Listen to Snow Tower. Snow Eagle makes his first public appearance, battling with Li Shentong on the banks of Litang River." freёnovelkiss-com

"Zhai Muzhi and his personal guards besieged Zhao Changhe. Zhao Changhe used the formation to hone his skills, realizing the secrets of the Second Layer, slaying Zhai Muzhi amidst heavy encirclement, suspending his head at the camp gate, executing all his followers."

"Snow Eagle fled, the Shu army rebelled, Li Shentong took all the Shu soldiers, marching directly towards Chengdu. Righteous armies rose up across the land of Shu, responding to Divine Brilliance, breaching cities, slaying officials, and massacring the nobility. Across a thousand miles of Shu County, the land turned upside down."

"Zhao Changhe ascended to the pinnacle of the Human List, unmatched by anyone."

"The first on the Human List, Blood Shura Zhao Changhe!"

"When autumn comes on the eighth day of the ninth month, after my flowers bloom, they kill amongst a sea of flowers!"

When dealing with significant events, the Judgement of the Chaotic World Book often has a double meaning, making it challenging to determine what it exactly refers to.

It is an anti-poem recorded in classic texts, and one need not truly wait until the eighth day of the ninth month.

It seems to speak of Li Shentong’s instigation of the uprising in Shu, with heroes rising to respond, the long-suppressed ire of the people piercing the heavens, trampling over the bones of the nobility, with flowers withering away.

But it might also speak of Zhao Changhe’s meteoric rise.

Within a mere two years, he ascended to the first spot on the Human List. Like a dragon reigning over the world, with all flowers losing luster, and a million horses silenced.

[Volume Five End]

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