Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 950: Chapter 588: Divine Martial Chapter 950: Chapter 588: Divine Martial “`

“Dang dang dang dang dang dang!”

Arrows flew like locusts, a rain of arrows covered the sky, but they met the flesh and blood bodies with a clanging sound, sparks flew everywhere and they could hardly penetrate the defense.

The scarlet talismans on the Blood Flesh Puppets were the unique Black Lotus Curse Clothing of that trooptype—offering protection up to sixty points and covering their bodies without any weak points to speak of.

Even though Mulan’s archers’ arrows were powerful, they were helpless against this Black Lotus Curse Clothing, and firing ten thousand arrows simultaneously could only inflict a few sporadic points of damage.

“It’s these demon soldiers again!”

Seeing this, Hua Mulan’s brows furrowed tightly, reminded of those strange Demon Objects she had encountered before, and she promptly lifted her Iron Embryo Bow and shot an arrow.

“Dang!!!”

With a clang of impact and sparks flying in all directions, the arrow hit the enemy leader but was still blocked by the Curse Equipment, failing to make a breakthrough.

Hua Mulan’s expression remained unchanged; she continued to shoot, and a group of trusted aide archers also acted in unison, the arrows fell like rain.

Although they could not cause much damage, they slightly slowed the advance of the enemy.

“Hmph!”

Seeing this scene, a sneer sounded from within the haze, from inside the town hall, where a young man dressed similarly to a Black Lotus Magician stood.

On the other hand, Jin Luo seemed somewhat anxious: “Cousin, can your troops withstand this?”

“What do you think?”

Seeing his manner, the young man wore a disdainful expression, not willing to waste words on further discussion.

There are distinctions even among special troops.

What of foot soldiers, cavalry, or crossbow shooters?

In the presence of magic clan soldiers, they are simply not worth mentioning.

And he was a Lord with magic clan troops, ranked eight thousand six hundred and seventy-five on the First-Order Reputation rankings.

If it weren’t for just having constructed a Civilization Wonder, creating a major shortfall in funds and resources, it would have been very difficult for Jin Luo to invite him, even though they were related.

“Being a newly initiated Lord, this person must have a considerable foundation to have trained so many special troops.

Taking his territory, plus the rewards from this kid Jin Luo, should be able to plug the resource gap and continue the training of Black Lotus Sect disciples and magicians, boosting the rank by several tens of places…”

As the young man’s thoughts drifted to the spoils of battle while observing the outwardly stalemated yet overwhelmingly one-sided battle outside the hall.

It was no wonder he was so confident.

As one of the most formidable Magic Type Soldiers in the First-Order, the Black Lotus Warriors upgraded to the special rank of “Blood Puppet,” they were nearly invincible.

Except for magic clan troops and Magic Heroes of the same level, there was hardly anything that could stop them.

The opposing side’s rain of arrows might seem terrifying, but that could hardly cause real damage to the Blood Flesh Puppets, barely managing to slow their movement.

Once the arrows and physical strength were both exhausted, what awaited them was the Blood Flesh Puppets’ merciless slaughter.

The other side had only two ways to break the stalemate: one was to forcefully kill the Blood Flesh Puppets, and the other was to cut off the head of the enemy, capturing the leader.

The former was almost impossible, the latter…

“Gurgle gurgle!”

Over a dozen Yellow Turban Foot Soldiers arrived at the city gate and pulled up the iron gate, weighing tens of thousands of pounds.

Soon after, a red shadow charged furiously toward the town hall shrouded in black mist.

“Not good!”

Inside the town hall, Jin Luo’s face changed, and he repeatedly alerted the young man: “He’s charging at us.”

“Hmph!”

The young man sneered, his expression unchanging: “Let him charge!”

His words were chilling, filled with absolute confidence.

Indeed, full of confidence!

This black mist was the Black Lotus Magic Heroes’ special skill “Black Lotus Secret Method” in action, not only obscuring vision but also providing defensive capabilities against arrows and small illusions.

Unless the enemy possessed the same level of spellcasting ability, neither distant strikes nor charging attacks would pose a threat.

This man charging in alone was clearly one of those Lords with exceptional martial power or a Martial Arts Hero, having little to do with spellcasting, if not completely unrelated, so how could he pose a threat to one endowed with Black Lotus powers?

Therefore, the young man had no fear, only Jin Luo felt uneasy.

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He had gone through great lengths and expense to invite his cousin here; if something went wrong…

“Thud thud thud!”

Lost in his thoughts, suddenly the ground shook with the thunderous sound of galloping as Xu Yang charged forward, bypassing the sluggishly moving Blood Flesh Puppets and rushing straight into the black mist.

The black mist was so dense it seemed almost liquid, beyond the description of being impenetrably thick, and it even produced illusions to confuse the senses.

Someone entering blindly could, at best, bump around headlessly or, at worst, succumb to inner demons and turn on their own.

However…

“Pfft!!!”

Xu Yang, mounted and spear ready, charged with cold eyes like lightning, his steed’s eyes closed, obeying its master and racing at full speed, and in an instant he was upon the enemy, thrusting his Iron Spear out, its cold flash followed by a gruesome spray of blood.

“You have killed a Black Lotus Magician!”

“You have gained 3,000 Experience Points and 20 Reputation Points.”

“…”

As the kill announcement came, Xu Yang’s expression remained unchanged, he turned his steed and charged toward another location.

“How is this possible?”

Inside the town hall, the young man’s face changed, filled with doubt and fear, he immediately ordered the two Blood Flesh Puppets guarding the door to block the entrance.

As mentioned before, this black mist was created by the Black Lotus Magicians’ secret technique, and to break through it, one either needed related spellcasting abilities or an Intelligence Attribute of thirty points to resist the Black Lotus Secret Method’s influence with powerful Spiritual Power.

But the person in front of them was clearly a General, and at the First-Order, the possibility of “Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts” was nearly non-existent.

So how could he ignore the Black Lotus Secret Method and precisely assassinate Black Lotus Magicians in the fog?

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