Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 278 Hyena
Not long after Arius returned to his assassin camp, Gundys came to visit. Upon seeing the King of Assassins of the Red City Temple, he said, "Something is wrong with this Northern Yan army."

Arius said calmly, "It is indeed a bit strange. Their soldiers are all proficient in rudimentary martial arts. Although they are not very skilled, three or four of them working together can often kill a hyena. Moreover, many soldiers are proficient in one or two powerful moves and can suddenly unleash formidable combat power. I was almost injured."

Gandhis said, "We're just here to earn commissions. The temple can accept the hyenas' losses to a certain extent, but it will be difficult to explain the apprentices' losses if they suffer too much."

"Why not clear the way and let this Northern Yan army pass, so that the King's army of Bo Shi can deal with these fierce Northern Yan people?"

Aryus wholeheartedly agreed.

Sun Yanwan promoted the "Three Transformations of Xuanhuang" and the "Dalang Mandarin" in his army, and also passed down the second volume of the Sun Family Military Classic.

The threshold for learning martial arts in this world is extremely high. At the very least, one must have a basic understanding of literature, know about meridians, and have a certain level of comprehension before one can practice martial arts.

Especially for those with lower aptitude, the quality of their teachers is the worst. Even in the Tianma Gang, where there are dedicated instructors to guide the gang members in martial arts, some people are smart enough to learn more moves, while others are dull and will only be sent to do chores. No one will patiently teach them, because the more foolish a person is, the more energy it takes to guide them.

The Sun Family Martial Arts Manual has a very low ceiling, but it has one advantage: it is extremely easy to learn. After all, the mental techniques are divided into sections, and the moves are also broken down. It does not require complete instruction. Once you learn a move, you can use it.

This resulted in martial arts practitioners making up 30-40% of the demonic cult army. Although the vast majority of them couldn't even master a single mental cultivation technique, and most only knew one or two moves, their limited skills were enough to create a deterrent effect within the army formation.

Although the ordinary assassins of the major temples are expendable, they are mostly elderly, disabled, or seriously ill people who have no way to survive in Bo Shi Kingdom and have been abandoned. They often spend their entire lives honing a single assassination technique, and never even hope to become a first-level martial artist. Many assassins cannot even be considered martial artists; they are just ordinary people who have painstakingly practiced a killing technique and are called hyenas. But even these expendable assassins require years of hard training before they can be put to use. In fact, training one "hyena" often results in the deaths of three or four of their kind. How can this compare to the low cost of Sun Yanwan's training of martial artists?
Sun Yanwan felt that the Temple Assassins were too numerous to kill, and Aluus and Gundys also felt that fighting against his Demonic Cult army was too costly for their Temple Assassins, and they were reluctant to give them up.

It should be noted that in the past, they could send out hundreds of assassins, enough to throw an army of ten thousand into chaos, influence the outcome of a war, and earn a fortune of gold for the temple.

With such heavy losses and no expected results, neither of the two Assassin Kings was willing to carry out any more missions, even though they had already negotiated prices with the two tycoon merchants.

Arius and Gondes had been plotting for a long time, and the next day they sent someone to deliver a letter to Sun Yanwan.
How could Sun Yanwan possibly believe that Bo Shiren (a cannibal) was a human?
He doesn't trust anyone at all.

Some even speculated that the cannibals might be plotting a grand scheme.

Fearing that he had fallen into Bo Shiren's trap, Sun Yanwan simply remained inactive.

The Northern Yan royal court sent envoys several times to urge him to move closer to the royal court's golden tent as soon as possible. The envoys became more and more impolite with each visit, and on the later occasions, the envoys from the Northern Yan royal court even became angry and rebuked him.

If it were any other commander from Da Lang, Bei Yan, Nan Xia, or even the Demonic Sect, they would probably take action to try to meet the demands of the Bei Yan Heavenly Court in the face of such urging. How could Sun Yanwan possibly listen to the words of the Bei Yan Royal Court?

If Yang Diao'er hadn't stopped him, he would have even wanted to detain the man and find a suitable opportunity to hand him over to Bo Shiren to kill.

On the battlefield, survival comes first!

The person who stays until the very end speaks the loudest.

On the battlefield, things change in an instant. In just a few days, an army from Nanxia was led by a general who mistakenly believed the promise of a tribal chief. The two sides were supposed to join forces to attack, but unexpectedly, the tribe suddenly launched a sneak attack from behind.

The defeat of the Southern Xia army created a breach in the defenses of Northern Yan and Southern Xia. Sun Yanwan's camp happened to be nearby, and if he continued to remain inactive, he would be surrounded and would not even have a chance to retreat. He would have no choice but to launch a frontal attack.

Within twelve days, the Demonic Cult army fought nine battles against the army of the Bo Shi Kingdom.

Sun Yanwan's demonic army re-filled the defensive line, but suffered heavy losses. He complained bitterly and searched everywhere for defeated soldiers on the battlefield to use as filler.

Sun Yanwan could only complain, but this battle made the three kingdoms of Boshi, Northern Yan, and Southern Xia wary of the strength of this demonic cult army.

Sun Yanwan fought nine battles against the army of Boshi Kingdom, all in a head-on confrontation, and defeated the enemy with honor and dignity. He successively defeated nine Boshi Kingdom armies, killed sixteen Boshi Kingdom ninth-ring warriors and four tenth-ring generals, and earned a great reputation.

Even an eleventh-rank assassin bishop, who was lurking on the battlefield and took the opportunity to strike, was repelled by Sun Yanwan and Yang Diao'er and almost got lost in the chaos.

When Sun Yanwan and Yang Diao'er appeared on the battlefield wearing their gold and silver masks, they were virtually invincible. Many warriors from the Bo Shi Kingdom were even afraid to fight them.

While grimacing, Sun Yanwan asked Yang Diao'er to bandage his wounds, and at the same time recited the Withering and Flourishing Blade Technique to the little sable. Yang Diao'er's delicate and smooth fingers gently brushed across his skin, making him feel incredibly comfortable.

Yang Diao'er couldn't help but exclaim, "The mental cultivation method of the Withering and Flourishing Technique is indeed worthy of being called the best in the world. No wonder the Ma family was able to dominate the world and was known as the number one martial arts family of the previous dynasty. The Miao brothers were able to roam the martial arts world and make the Hu family suffer endlessly."

“Under normal circumstances, your wound would probably take at least ten days to half a month to heal before you could fight anyone.”

Sun Yanwan, still shaken, said, "That assassin bishop was truly terrifying."

"Although in terms of swordsmanship, he is not even worthy of carrying the shoes of Wuying Hou, the martial arts of Boshi Kingdom do not cultivate the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Twelve Orthodox Meridians, but instead focus on the Thirty-Six Hidden Meridians. The martial arts have many strange and unusual aspects. If you are not careful, you will suffer a great loss."

"I'm growing to hate the Temple Assassins of Bo Shi Kingdom more and more."

"pity!"

Yang Diao'er knew what he meant by "what a pity".

Sun Yanwan felt it was a pity that he couldn't train such an assassin group.

Sun Yanwan had killed at least a hundred assassins from Boshi Kingdom, and Yang Diao'er had also killed dozens, so they both had some understanding of the assassins from Boshi Kingdom.

These assassins are trained under extreme conditions, so the attrition rate must be very high and the training cost is not low. Maintaining such a large assassin group would be impossible without a constant influx of assassins into the war.

Most assassins are called hyenas because they were never considered human from the start.

(End of this chapter)