Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 431 Avoiding the Blade of Fire? Breaking Through Tiger's Lair!

As the capital's nights were stained with blood and fire, the empire's high command continued to stab each other in the back due to factional differences.

Hulao Pass.

The terrain is like a tiger's mouth, and the gate wall is more than ten meters high, like a mountain range. The wall is built of huge stones and has withstood thousands of years of wind and frost, making it indestructible.

General Budo, clad in silver-white armor and with his Imperial Arms gauntlets resembling shields, stood proudly atop the city wall. His sharp eyes surveyed the plains below, radiating an oppressive aura.

One hundred thousand elite imperial troops, centered around the pass, were scattered throughout the Songyue region, all equipped with the finest armor and weapons.

The reason for this is that the pass is narrow, so narrow that it can be said that one man can hold the pass against ten thousand. Whether it is the defender or the attacker, the army cannot spread out.

This is also why Minister Ernest believed he could rely on this.

Normally, when conventional armies face such formidable passes, they can only break through them by sheer force of time and bloodshed.

"what is that?!"

A sharp-eyed captain exclaimed in surprise.

At the horizon, billowing smoke and dust rose as three thousand iron cavalry surged forward like a black tide.

The speed was unbelievable; the horses' hooves pounded the ground, but instead of rumbling like thunder, they shrieked as if tearing through the air!

Everyone's pupils suddenly contracted.

The warhorses beneath the three thousand cavalrymen were engulfed in black and red flames, their hooves barely touching the ground as they galloped half a foot above the ground, leaving long trails of flame behind them, like a nightmare from hell!
【War God Weapon: Nightmare Horse】!
Ignore terrain! Ignore stamina! No initial charge!
This is no longer a warhorse, but a war machine cultivated by long-term infusion of the power of the God of War!

General Bud's expression finally darkened.

He realized that he seemed to have underestimated this group of "barbarians" from the north.

"All troops on alert! Archers! Fire!"

Bud shouted sharply, the thunderous power in his voice calming the restless soldiers' morale slightly.

Om-!
In an instant, a rain of arrows, blotting out the sky, rose up like dark clouds and poured down on the three thousand Nightmare Cavalry.

However, faced with a rain of arrows that could turn a heavily armored infantryman into a pincushion, the three thousand iron cavalry neither dodged nor avoided, and did not even slow down in the slightest!
Buck, the leader, was as burly as a bear, wielding a large axe and letting out a deafening roar.

"The ambition to be trapped in a battle will lead to death but not life!"

"Roar!!!"

Three thousand iron cavalry roared in unison, and a visible black and red flame poured from their bodies into their heavy armor, forming a dark red curtain in the sky.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”

Countless arrows shot at the blood-red sky, but they were deflected like raindrops hitting banana leaves, none of them able to fall!

"This...how is this possible?!"

The imperial soldiers on the city wall practically bulged their eyes out.

They'd only heard that these northern barbarians were formidable, but damn it, they'd never said they were this powerful!
Is this something they can actually fight with?!

It can only be said that the fact that the empire's soldiers still dared to resist was thanks to the limited means of communication available in that era; if this were in the age of internet short videos...

The battle at Changyuan in the North was enough to completely extinguish the fighting spirit of the entire empire's soldiers.

Meanwhile, Buck and his elite cavalry had already charged to the foot of the hundred-meter-high city wall.

Heavy cavalry attacking the city?
What are they going to do?
This question arose in everyone's mind.

The next moment, Buck gave them the answer through his actions.

"Trapped Battalion, charge!!"

With a roar, his nightmare horse reared up and stomped its four flaming hooves in mid-air!
boom!
The air seemed to explode with a loud bang.

Amidst countless horrified gazes from the city wall, Buck's figure shot up like a cannonball, leaping straight towards the towering city wall!

Behind him, three thousand nightmare horses and three thousand black riders followed like shadows, transforming into three thousand black meteors shooting against the current!
This scene completely shattered the psychological defenses of all the imperial soldiers on the city wall.

Is this... a person?

"Raise your shields! Form a spear formation!"

General Bude was a seasoned veteran who had experienced countless battles. After the initial shock, his eyes blazed with immense fury and fighting spirit.

"So what if it's a monster?!"

"Under the imperial might, all are but clay chickens and earthen dogs!"

"Thor is furious!"

He clenched his fists, Thor was furious [Admiral], and blinding blue lightning suddenly lit up on the ferocious thunder beast gauntlets!

[Thunder Emperor is summoned]!
"Boom--!"

Above the sky, the weather changed color, thick dark clouds gathered out of nowhere, and lightning bolts danced wildly, as if it were the end of the world!

"Well done! Take this!"

Buck, suspended in mid-air, laughed instead of being alarmed, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty fanaticism. He suddenly hurled the great axe in his hand!

The giant axe split in two in mid-air, spinning at high speed. The black and red flames burning on the axe blade, which also possessed the power of the God of War, transformed into two blood-red wheels that actually charged upwards against the sky full of lightning!

"boom!"

The crimson roulette wheel collided violently with the thundercloud!

The thunderclouds, brimming with destructive power, were actually cleaved in two by the raging flying axes that crossed them!

The scattered lightning streaked in all directions, but could no longer form an effective attack.

"what?!"

General Bud's pupils shrank sharply. His proud wide-range attack was so easily broken!
At that very moment, Buck, who was leading the charge, had already spurred his warhorse heavily onto the city wall of Hulao Pass!
What followed was three thousand elite cavalry!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three thousand killing gods have descended!

The sturdy city wall crumbled and developed jagged cracks the moment they landed.

"kill!!"

Without the slightest pause, Buck charged towards General Bud like a ferocious beast, not even waiting for the two great axes to return!
At the same time, the three thousand elite soldiers behind him also raised their weapons in a frenzy and launched a... no, this was not a battle, it was a one-sided massacre!

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The battle blade, burning with black and red flames, swept across, taking away terrified heads.

The sturdy armor was as fragile as paper before the weapon of the God of War, which was infused with the power of the God of War.

Screams and wails echoed through the sky.

The elite troops of the mighty empire could not even muster a decent resistance against these ferocious tribal warriors, and were cut down in droves.

"Bastard!"

Bud's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He knew that if he couldn't deal with the giant leader in front of him in the shortest possible time, Hulao Pass would surely fall today!
"Stop being so arrogant!"

Solid Shooter!
Bud thrust his palms forward, and two highly concentrated beams of lightning, like laser cannons, shot towards Buck with lightning speed!
This is his strongest single-target attack, powerful enough to pierce through mountains!
Buck crossed his arms in front of his chest, and the surging black and red Qi flames, as dark as ink, transformed into a dark light shield.

"Zi la——!"

The lightning beam slammed into the light shield, unleashing a blinding burst of light.

Buck was thrown off his horse by the violent energy shock. The residual lightning, consumed by the power of the God of War, scorched his body, and intense pain and numbness spread throughout his body.

But instead of showing any sign of pain, his face broke into a ferocious and fanatical grin!
"That's exhilarating! Let's fight!!"

Too lazy to remount and unconcerned about his isolated advance, Buck, driven mad by the pain, stomped the ground and brought his arms down like axes with the force to split mountains and cleave rocks, aiming a blow at Bud!
"madman!"

Bud cursed under his breath, but neither dodged nor evaded, instead raising the Thor gauntlet to meet the blow head-on.

"clang--!!"

The clanging of metal was like the sound of a great bell, making the eardrums of the surrounding soldiers buzz.

An unimaginable, terrifying force surged forth.

Bud felt a numbness in his arms, and the stone bricks under his feet shattered inch by inch. He was actually shaken back two steps by the force of the axe!
"Such brute strength!"

Bud was terrified, but his hands remained perfectly still.

In the instant he was knocked back, he seized the opening of Buck's next attack. Lightning crackled on his left gauntlet, turning into a bolt of lightning that struck Buck in the waist and abdomen!
"Bah!"

A burst of blue-purple lightning struck Buck's body, causing his movements to become distorted.

Taking advantage of the situation, Bud punched Buck in the chest.

"boom!"

Buck was knocked back several steps by the blow, and a large dent appeared in the armor at his waist.

But as if he felt no pain, the moment he regained his balance, the double axes swung back and struck.

"Come again!!"

Buck gripped his great axe tightly, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, and roared as he charged forward once more!

Axe chop, horizontal sweep, upward thrust!

Every move is bold and sweeping, without any fancy techniques; all that exists is the purest and most extreme violence!
Bud was overwhelmed by the fierce and relentless attack, and could hardly breathe.

His prized lightning strikes, once they land on his opponent, only serve to further excite him after the opponent has developed some resistance; they offer little real resistance. While his combat awareness is clearly superior, this savage bear relies on brute force to overcome any skillful maneuvering.

Your moves are exquisite?
I'm abandoning defense and going all out on offense; I'll just tough it out!
Women jump around like they're dancing, but real men face things head-on!
Come on, let's elbow each other!

See how your fist pierced my armor and shattered my internal organs? Or will my big axe chop your head off first?
Exquisite fighting skills proved inadequate against an opponent's unreasonable and forceful exchange of injuries.

Bud could only passively rely on the hardness of his Teigu gauntlets to block.

But under Buck's seemingly inexhaustible brute force, he was forced to retreat step by step.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

With each impact, Bud felt his arms tremble, and [Admiral] seemed to be groaning. Tiny cracks appeared on his Imperial Arms gauntlets!
"Don't run away! Look me in the eye, you spineless coward of the Empire!!"

Even though Buck was deeply entrenched in enemy lines, and even though Bud was forced to retreat further and deeper into the heart of the Imperial army's territory.

However, the Black Riders, in such a short time, managed to withstand the heavy imperial forces and push them back to this point.

When Bud glanced at the other side of the city wall out of the corner of his eye, his heart sank to the bottom.

'It's over.'

On the wide city walls, corpses lay strewn everywhere, and blood flowed like a river.

The empire's elite forces were scattered and routed.

Yet, not a single one of those three thousand black-armored cavalrymen fell!

Like a demon emerging from purgatory, covered in blood, it relentlessly and ruthlessly reaped the lives of the Imperial Army.

Like a hungry wolf driving a flock of sheep, it chases and bites enemies dozens or hundreds of times its size.

Beneath the city walls, an unknown number of people, a massive tribal army of 100,000 had surged to the corner of the walls like a tidal wave, erected ladders, and launched a fierce attack on the city gates.

Bud was startled.

Hulao Pass has fallen.

Just because of these mere three thousand cavalrymen!

For Buck, who was focused on the battle, that moment of distraction was a matter of life and death!

"die!"

Buck's eyes flashed with a fierce, blood-red light, and he swung his giant axe upwards with a sudden, powerful strike!
"not good!"

Bud was startled back to his senses and hurriedly crossed his gauntlets to block.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, his blocking arms were cleaved open by the giant axe, and in an instant, the center was wide open!

Before Bud could react, Buck reached out and yanked, splitting his axe in two, leaving a trail of blood as it swept across the room.

puff!
A head filled with astonishment and resentment shot into the sky.

Imperial General Bud has fallen!

Buck, holding his head aloft, stood atop the highest point of the city wall and roared:

"The enemy general has been slain by me, Roroou Bak! Those who kneel and beg for mercy live! Those who stubbornly resist die!"

……

Huguan.

Another formidable pass on which Minister Ernest placed high hopes.

Because it is located in the north, it is closer to the military might of the Church of War.

Therefore, the army led by Genshi arrived earlier than Buck and launched an offensive.

Unlike Buck, who relied on his incredible stats from his Trapped Camp to storm through the level.

Genshi followed the most 'normal' command approach, dividing his 100,000-strong army into several parts, which, under the leadership of two tribal chiefs, launched successive attacks.

And there is Liwu behind her, using the Imperial Arms of the Flute, Military Music Dream [Screaming], to buff various things.

After a night of fierce fighting, the banner of the Church of the God of War was planted on the highest point of the city wall by the new chieftain of the Sefrik tribe!

This new clan chief changed the weak image of his predecessor who was dismissed, and in order to wash away the label of 'cowardice', he changed his ways.

Under the leadership of this reckless new chieftain, the warriors of the Sefrik tribe, driven by a death wish, fought with a frenzy and bloodlust far surpassing that of ordinary tribal warriors!

It seemed that what they were pursuing was not only the death of the enemy, but also their own death.

Only by dying in the fiercest battle can we use the blood of both friend and foe to completely wash away the shame of our past cowardice!

Huguan!

Hulao Pass!
The so-called natural defenses of the empire were breached overnight under the iron hooves of the Church of the God of War!

Minister Ernest's plan to avoid direct confrontation and defend strategic locations was, from beginning to end, a complete joke.

When one's own sharpness is strong enough, so strong that the opponent's strongest point becomes vulnerable to a spear, then all of the opponent's arrangements become weaknesses!

There's absolutely no need to bypass the pass!
A head-on assault, a bloody and crushing defeat!
This is the way of war of the Church of the God of War!
And once these two barriers are broken...

The capital city was like a beautiful woman stripped naked, with no barriers left, exposed to the armies of the Church of War.

When the two armies, each advancing from Huguan and Hulaoguan respectively, totaling 200,000 tribal troops, met with the emperor.

On the southwest side, due to the long distance and the sheer number of rebel forces, even with Esdeath as the commander of a large legion, it still took a considerable amount of time.

Therefore, even though they were following the script of "welcoming the king's army with food and drink" all the way.

When the 600,000-strong army finally arrived in the capital, they were astonished to find that the other two routes had already broken through the heavily guarded passes of the empire and joined forces in the capital ahead of schedule.

Eight hundred thousand troops gathered together.

Black flags fluttered, obscuring the sky!
The boundless army, like a black ocean, completely surrounded the vast capital.

The soaring, bloodthirsty aura stained the sky above the capital with a faint crimson hue.

Inside the city, whether it was Ernest, who had a plan in mind and was putting up a last-ditch resistance, the trembling commoners, or the noble families who had begun to go mad after discovering that the 'Fire Seed Project' had failed, they all felt a kind of despair from the depths of their souls.

The capital city, the central military tent.

The five tribal chiefs sat on either side.

Commander-in-Chief Gen Shi, clad in heavy armor, maintained the stern demeanor of an old Qin man as he studied the model of the capital city provided by the resistance army.

Beside him, the alluring Li Wu held a white jade flute, casually playing with it.

Opposite him, Esdeath, dressed in military uniform and looking dashing, looked at the murderous aura still emanating from Buck, and a hint of envy appeared in her icy blue eyes.

This was clearly a case of killing to one's heart's content.

'I heard that old fogey Bud died by his axe, what a pity.'

In legends within the Empire, Bud and Esdeath are considered to be the strongest in the Empire.

Although she often mocked Bud as an inflexible old-fashioned person, she did acknowledge Bud's strength to some extent.

Otherwise, how could she allow the claim that the two empires were the strongest to circulate so widely within the empire?

Esdeath has always wanted to have a fierce and exhilarating life-or-death battle with Bud, the strongest in another empire.

Unfortunately, due to their identities and positions, this battle was destined to be impossible.

Even if she knew in advance that Bud would be transferred to guard Hulao Pass.

She wouldn't choose to change direction and attack Bud.

This is her persistence.

Even though the empire is in such a terrible state, it's hard to say that Esdeath has actually betrayed it.

She was merely defeated and captured; she never actually attacked the empire.

Moreover, this was only because there was some emotional bond between Mo Yu and her, and he had used some methods and words to break down some of her defenses.

Furthermore, she had witnessed Mo Yu's true strength and understood that she had no chance of retaliating under any circumstances.

Otherwise, Esdeath would not be in her current state.

If given even the slightest chance, she would not hesitate to strike back, kill Mo Yu, and take him back to the Empire, just like she did to Zha Zha Mi in the original story.

For those outside the Empire faction, the prerequisite for subduing Esdeath is to defeat her head-on, destroy the Empire, and then offer her battles and wars in exchange for her to acknowledge her as their new master.

Besides these familiar faces from the Church of War, several opinion leaders elected from within the resistance also came to the tent.

Compared to the 'veterans', the newly surrendered ones were still somewhat uneasy, each one with their heads bowed and eyes lowered, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Inside that tent, they felt like a few huskies that had infiltrated a pack of wolves; every minute and every second was torture.

In particular, the bearded man glanced down at the empty main seat behind the desk.

They are waiting.

Waiting for someone.

When the one who single-handedly created all of this, who transformed the northern tribes, caught between the empire and the northern barbarians, suffering from both sides, into an invincible army, and who bestowed upon them power and glory... the messenger of the gods.

(End of this chapter)