Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 366 Zhu Jinzhen Takes Action in Furious Strike

In Yanzhou Prefecture, when the Cangyun Army ruthlessly suppressed the rebellion.

On the banks of the Huai River, a mutinous naval force is undergoing an event that Zhu Jinzhen, Cao Zhengchun, and others could not have foreseen.

They colluded with river pirates to plunder passing merchant ships!
The Huai River naval fleet was one of the few remaining warships in the Ming Dynasty, and their familiarity with the waterways repeatedly thwarted the government troops sent to suppress them. This further emboldened the rebels led by Yang Qing.

When Cao Zhengchun arrived with his Eastern Depot agents, he heard the cries of the city's residents and merchants, each word accusing the Huai River navy of colluding with river bandits to not only plunder a passing merchant ship but also to slaughter the people on board.

They might even come ashore to harass us.

"Good, good, good!"

"That's great!"

Cao Zhengchun laughed in extreme anger, his hands trembling as he pinched his pinky fingers together, his fury reaching its peak: "Guards!"

"Master Supervisor!"

"Pass the order..."

Cao Zhengchun's eyes blazed with fury as he pointed towards the banks of the Huai River, declaring, "Those who participated in the looting and rebellion in the Huai River naval forces, leave no one alive!"

Cao Zhengchun's voice was like thunder, echoing over the Huai River.

The wrath of the Grand Master of Celestial Phenomena can cause unusual weather phenomena.

Before the mutinous Huai River naval forces could react, a group of armored Tian Ce soldiers arrived at the banks of the Huai River and quickly located the hiding place of the Huai River naval forces.

……

Upon seeing this, the mutinous naval forces and bandits took up arms and resisted.

However, they were no match for the Tian Ce Mansion soldiers, who were all at the Vajra Realm. The Tian Ce Mansion soldiers, with their longbows, could shoot arrows that could travel a thousand meters through the air. Hundreds of them also rode the waves and stormed the warships like tigers descending a mountain, quickly scattering the Huai River navy.

Cao Zhengchun took the lead, pushing his Heavenly Gang Boy Skill to its limit. His true energy surged like a tidal wave, creating towering waves several feet high, which crashed down on the soldiers on the warships that were trying to fight back.

Furthermore, with the Tian Ce Mansion soldiers and Pi Xiaotian's longbow pointing the way from afar, every arrow was precisely aimed at the enemy's vital points. In the fierce battle, even those who tried to escape by boat or jump into the water in an attempt to escape with the surging river were all shot dead on the spot without exception.

The battle lasted a full day. By sunset, the banks of the Huai River were piled high with corpses, and the river water was stained blood red. Cao Zhengchun ordered Yang Qing and all other high-ranking officers of the Huai River navy to be escorted to the capital for trial, and more than three thousand mutinous soldiers were beheaded.

"Issue the order to thoroughly investigate all naval forces involved in the mutiny," Cao Zhengchun said coldly, looking at the burning warships.

……

Quanzhou Port, Fujian.

When the Cangyun Army and the Tiance Mansion arrived.

What is truly shocking is a group of Japanese pirates burning, killing, and looting.

Although the people and soldiers of Quanzhou Prefecture resisted with all their might, they were quickly routed by the hidden masters of the Japanese pirates.

When Zhu Jinzhen's divine sense descended, he was met with a scene of devastation, with Japanese pirates burning, killing, and looting. He completely forgot about reason and troop deployment.

boom! ! !
A deafening roar, like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploded over Quanzhou!

"You are all guilty of crimes that deserve to be punished."

"I sentence you all to be executed by slow slicing!"

Zhu Jinzhen's cold voice carried a chilling murderous aura.

Zheng! !

When Heaven unleashes its killing intent, the world is turned upside down.

At this moment, Zhu Jinzhen's level of cultivation was such that even his killing intent, emitted from thousands of miles away, caused the entire sky above Quanzhou Prefecture to rise and the boundless sword intent to completely envelop the entire prefecture.

Sword energy and sword intent combine to form countless illusory yet real sword forests and sword mountains.

It transforms into a magnificent world of swordsmanship.

"What is that?" Dongying Badao's pupils shrank. He had already reached the level of a Grandmaster of the Celestial Phenomenon. His swordsmanship was unmatched in Dongying. His swordsmanship was among the strongest even among Grandmasters of the Celestial Phenomenon realm.

This invasion of the Central Plains was ultimately due to the pleas and deals made by the Japanese imperial family and the Yagyu clan.

But now, he regrets it.

As that chilling, murderous voice rang out.

At this moment, what came into the view of the Eastern Tyrant Blade was no longer the same world. The clouds and rosy hues surged in from the horizon, forming an overwhelming sword aura that filled him with despair.

The entire world seemed to have become a sword.

A sword of heaven hanging over the heads of all living beings.

This sword, which rewards and punishes good and evil and resembles divine retribution, now revealed a chilling killing intent to him and all the Japanese pirates from the East.

"puff!"

The sound of vomiting blood rang out without warning.

Following the sound, the Eastern Tyrant Blade looked and saw that it was Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, the head of the Yagyu family, one of the major martial arts clans in Japan, who suddenly spat out blood without warning, and the blood seemed to be mixed with... sword energy?

"What kind of martial art is this?" Dongying Badao's pupils shrank to pinpoints. He looked around and everything in sight was no longer what it had been a few breaths ago. Instead, it was an overwhelming surge of sword intent and sword energy that filled every inch of space.

"What...what happened?"

"Hiss, bastard, my body..."

"No!"

Something rushed into my body.

Inside Quanzhou city, the terrified screams of the Japanese pirates echoed, but were instantly drowned out by the deafening clang of swords.

Apart from the Eastern Hegemon Blade, no one noticed that the white clouds in the sky had become even whiter, or rather... a complete defeat.

Pale clouds drifted down like wisps of smoke.

Every Japanese pirate in Quanzhou, regardless of whether they knew martial arts or not, even a veteran master of the Finger-Slaying Technique like Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, had their bodies instantly assaulted by countless sword energies. Countless tiny holes of sword energy burst forth, like rapidly deflating balloons, instantly piercing them with invisible, chilling holes.

The person did not die; the sword energy seemed to have deliberately avoided all the vital points of the body.

However, it evokes an endless pain, as if one were being slowly tortured by a thousand swords.

Looking at Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, whose hands and feet were twitching, whose body was convulsing, and who couldn't even scream, as well as the miserable state of the Japanese pirates who had been clamoring around him, he was deeply moved.

Finally, amidst despair and boundless fear, the Eastern Overlord Blade made his move.

"Overlord Blade!"

His figure was enveloped in an incomparably fierce killing intent, and the blade light of the long sword in his hand stretched for hundreds of feet, like a meteor tearing through the night sky, and smashed fiercely into the deadly prison of Quanzhou Prefecture!

Blade light!
The dazzling blade light, without any frills or hesitation, carried the resolute will to cut through all obstacles, breaking through the billowing dust, all for the sake of obtaining a path to survival!
Fast! Ruthless! Decisive!
Under such an offensive, let alone ordinary city walls, even a celestial expert would have to avoid its sharp edge.

Boom! ! !

A deafening roar, like the clash of metal, echoed wildly through the streets of Quanzhou!
The blade's light stretched for hundreds of feet, and the violent shockwave swept in all directions like an invisible giant hammer!
This caused a huge trench to form in the ground.

"How could this be..." Dongying Badao lowered his head in horror. This strike of his had exhausted everything, his essence, spirit, and all the insights he had gained about the way of the sword throughout his life, making it even more powerful than before.

But what he gained in return was that his entire body, limbs, and dantian were transformed into boundless, surging sword energy by the invisible sword intent, churning throughout his body, ready to...

"Do not!!"

Dongying Badao only had time to let out a desperate scream before his body burst open like a punctured balloon. Thousands of tiny sword energy holes tore through his meridians, flesh, and skin, piercing through his body and forming beams of light that then burst out.

Accompanied by the gushing of countless drops of blood.

Filled with boundless resentment and regret, Dongying Badao collapsed heavily like a piece of rotten wood.

(End of this chapter)