Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 368 The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle!

"Soldiers, who will go and break down the gate?"

Wanyan Jue wiped out all the experts in front of him with a single punch. His blood was boiling, and he was extremely arrogant. He raised his hands, feeling that he was invincible and had become the true emperor.

"Moonlight Wolf" Ha Sha, "Three-Headed Serpent" Bo Fu and other masters stepped forward together and shouted, "This humble general is willing to take the credit for being the first to scale the walls and offer it to the God of War who protects the nation!"

Human relationships and social dynamics exist everywhere. Even when the Wanyan clan fell into a similar state of decline as the Murong clan, they still had their own factions and needed to figure out their superiors' intentions.

Wanyan Jue was arrogant and conceited, determined to become the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. He privately referred to himself as "朕" (Zhen, meaning "I" or "I"), and his trusted subordinates called him "王爷" (Wangye, meaning "Prince"). This caused Wanyan Jue to hate and resent him, so they could only call him "武神" (Wu Shen, meaning "God of War").

This nickname, which is absolutely despised in the Central Plains and is considered as desecrating someone's ancestral graves, was something Wanyan Jue liked very much. It was an unspoken understanding between Wanyan Jue and his subordinates.

The title "Guardian God of War" signifies recognition of Wanyan Jue as the emperor and represents absolute "loyalty".

Taking advantage of the gap in Wanyan Jue's attack, the Nine Guards swarmed forward. They were highly trained and battle-hardened experts, all of them killing machines.

Yelü Hongji calmly waved his command flag, and the Imperial Guards unleashed a rain of arrows, even bringing out crossbows.

The crossbow was the most powerful military weapon in the Song Dynasty, and it was strictly guarded internally. Possessing crossbows was tantamount to rebellion. However, after the Treaty of Chanyuan, the Liao Dynasty sent countless spies to infiltrate the Song capital and secretly steal a batch of crossbows.

These crossbow bolts were Yelü Hongji's trump card. If Wanyan Jue hadn't intervened, Yelü Hongji would never have pulled them out. They were meant to target Yelü Nierugu.

According to Yelü Hongji's plan, when he was about to lose the battle, Yelü Nierugu would inevitably go to the front line to show off his power. Yelü Hongji would then take the opportunity to release crossbow bolts to snipe Yelü Nierugu and turn the tide of the battle.

Unexpectedly, Yelü Nierugu actually invited a master like Wanyan Jue to lead the charge. With the terrifying power of the Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist, if they had held back, the defensive line would probably have been completely breached in at most an hour.

Crossbows are deadly weapons against martial arts masters, but they are somewhat inadequate against war weapons like the Eleven Wings and the Nine Guards, who have fought their way out of the battlefield and are fierce, ruthless, and have killed countless people. The Nine Guards masters, who swarmed forward, nimbly dodged the arrows and slashed wildly with their weapons.

Three ballistae were fired at Wanyan Jue. The crossbowmen were all skilled archers, and their accuracy was remarkable. Wanyan Jue neither dodged nor evaded, but instead fell from his horse and unleashed his true energy.

All that could be seen were golden rings rising from Wanyan Jue's body, overlapping each other to protect him. Arrows as sharp as spears struck the rings without making a sound, and were immediately shattered into pieces.

Haotian Gangqi - Eighth Heaven!
Haotian Gangqi is the ancestral secret technique of the Wanyan clan. Its true essence is extremely yang and strong, and its power is even greater than that of Huangtian Dafa. The entire text is divided into ten levels. Among all the martial artists in the history of the Jin Kingdom, only Wanyan Jue was able to cultivate to the tenth level. He could even use the tenth level as a foundation to control his power with exquisite precision.

It's not that he can't unleash the "Tenfold Overlord Realm," but rather that he feels these crossbow bolts are too weak and unworthy of him using his full power; even reaching the eighth level would be an overstatement.

In terms of the purity and profundity of her skills, Wanyan Jue is comparable to Shuimu Yinji. Her skills are extremely profound, reaching the limit that her physical body can bear.

In terms of "qi cultivation," Wanyan Jue had already reached his peak. He was undoubtedly the best in terms of "qi" in boxing. The Sticky Rod Office had repeatedly found Wanyan Clan's branch and organized thousands of troops to besiege them, but Wanyan Jue shattered them all with a single punch. Wanyan Jue's illustrious reputation in the martial arts world was absolutely genuine.

Even Wu Sidao, the Grand Commander of the Sticky Rod Office, could only despairingly say: "In terms of brains, I can easily surround Wanyan Jue, but this guy is too good at fighting. Rather than needlessly wasting our strength, we should instigate internal strife within the Wanyan clan. Wanyan Jue is ambitious, and no one in the Wanyan clan is willing to submit to anyone else. If we keep Wanyan Jue causing trouble, the Wanyan clan will perish from internal strife."

Yelü Hongji had never heard this assessment before and thought that the sticky rod department was full of useless people. Now he realized that a master like Wanyan Jue was a strategic weapon.

From the moment Wanyan Jue joined the battle until the outer defense line was breached, only a short half-quarter of an hour passed.

Eleven Wings, like wolves and tigers, slashed fiercely. Nine Guards, with furious brows and eyes, killed people like flies. Martial arts masters, royal retainers, and warriors from the Yelü royal family and Xiao clan, all hired by Yelü Hongji at high prices, were slaughtered by Wanyan Jue like cutting melons and vegetables. More than thirty people were killed in the blink of an eye.

Even Xiao Tianyou, the strongest expert in the Xiao family, his senior brother Yan Rong, and Ren Daoan, the national teacher of the Liao Kingdom, admitted their inferiority when they saw Wanyan Jue's overwhelming divine power.

The martial arts world in the Central Plains is incredibly diverse.

Mongol and Manchu martial artists were mainly from religious sects, either the two demonic sects and the Six Paths, or the Tantric sect.

Liao warriors are most skilled at... formations!
The Liao Kingdom has two super-large formations, one called the Taiyi Hun Tian Xiang Formation and the other called the Tianmen Formation. If set up properly, they can hold off an army of hundreds of thousands.

Unfortunately, the event was sudden and manpower was scarce, making it difficult to set up a formation. Only a simplified formation could be set up to block Yelü Nierugu's attack. However, we must not forget that Yelü Nierugu was also a direct descendant of the Liao royal family. He had seen all the Liao formation diagrams, and the effectiveness of the formation was greatly reduced.

Amidst the internal strife within the Liao Dynasty, these fantastical and unpredictable super-large formations were less useful than the most basic One-Character Long Snake Formation and Two Elements Three Talents Formation.

"Waste! Waste! They are all waste!"

"Before me, you are all trash!"

Wanyan Jue roared and unleashed a powerful punch at Xiao Tianyou, who was charging on horseback. The force of the punch created two fierce and domineering hurricanes that swept across the area.

Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist - Raging Whirlwind!
Xiao Tianyou was blasted into the air by the force of the punch. Just as he was about to retreat to dissipate the force, he heard Wanyan Jue sneer and suddenly clashed his fists together, releasing tangible sound waves.

Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist - Shaking the Mortal World!
Caught off guard, Xiao Tianyou felt dizzy and instinctively guided his Qi back to its source. He suddenly realized that the two hurricanes around him had not dissipated and were pulling at his body.

In a moment of carelessness, Xiao Tianyou was pulled to Wanyan Jue's side by the "Raging Sweep". Wanyan Jue gathered the power to split mountains and shatter ridges in his right hand and unleashed an unparalleled powerful move.

Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist - Thousand Mountains Collapse!
"boom!"

A heavy punch slammed into Xiao Tianyou's chest, causing the armor on Xiao Tianyou's back to explode. The violent energy spread outwards, scattering in all directions like surging waves, sweeping out a fan-shaped trail twelve or thirteen feet behind him.

"Tick!"

Blood dripped from Xiao Tianyou's mouth and landed on Wanyan Jue's fist. Wanyan Jue sneered, "You can still stand up after taking three of my punches, you're a real hero!"

"Wanyan Jue, why did you have to..."

"Don't give me that nonsense! You know what I want. Yelü Hongji can't give it to me, so I can only ask Yelü Nielugu for it. Do you understand?"

"Yelü Nierugu...will surely go back on his word!"

"Anyone who dares to owe me money, I'll kill them! Take your ambitions to the underworld to carry out your sentence! I can see your ambition; you're not willing to die like this!"

"You...I...you won!"

Xiao Tianyou's internal organs were shattered by Wanyan Jue, and he survived only with a breath of pure and refined innate true energy.

As the force of the fist surged and roared through his body, wreaking havoc, his dantian and sea of ​​qi were blasted through by the fist force, his innate true qi rapidly dissipated, and his life came to an end. With a loud bang, only Xiao Tianyou's head remained!

Wanyan Jue casually grabbed a spear, lifted Xiao Tianyou's head, and shouted, "Xiao Tianyou has been annihilated by me. Those who kneel and surrender will be spared!"

Upon hearing this, Yelü Hongji felt a wave of dizziness.

"Wanyan Jue, I will kill you in this lifetime!" "Send down the order: whoever kills Wanyan Jue will be granted the title of King of the First Rank, and will be rewarded with a hundred-mile pasture and 100,000 cattle and sheep. Whoever kills Wanyan Jue will be the King of the Southern Court!"

The title "One character equal to the shoulder of a king" is a noble title.

Pastures and cattle and sheep are sources of profit.

The Southern King held real power, equivalent to the Marshal of the Liao army. Before Yelü Nierugu's rebellion, he was the Southern King of Liao. In the original story, Xiao Feng helped Yelü Hongji quell the rebellion and was awarded the title of Southern King for his meritorious service.

These rewards were undoubtedly generous, but Yelü Hongji was in a life-or-death situation. If the defense line were breached, he would be hacked to pieces by the chaotic soldiers in an instant. Yelü Nierugu could not personally take action, as the chaotic soldiers would be too convenient.

Most importantly, to deliver on these rewards, Yelü Hongji must live. If Yelü Hongji is killed by the mutinous soldiers, all these rewards will be nothing but empty promises.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Immediately, more than a dozen experts rushed out.

Before these people could even reach Wanyan Jue, they were blasted to death by the Nine Guards and the Eleven Wings, their blood staining the battlefield. Wanyan Jue, covered in blood, looked like an enraged lion king.

"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

"Yelü Hongji, prepare to die!"

Eleven Wings and Kyubei went completely berserk.

Eleven-Winged Fish Princess was originally from Goryeo. She grew up by the sea and was skilled in swimming. She was adept at using harpoons and stirred up storms in the sea of ​​blood, reaping lives at will.

Eleven Wings - A-Arrow, a master archer, specializing in rapid-fire arrows with unerring accuracy. He targets soldiers operating ballistae, never firing a shot lightly, and each arrow is sure to kill.

Eleven-Winged Jizo (pronounced "cang") is a Koga-ryu ninja from Japan. He is skilled in earth-escape techniques, appearing and disappearing in the darkness, his dark blade flashing as he slashes through throats.

Eleven-Winged Living Skull is a naturally strong, bloodthirsty killer who knows no internal martial arts and is a pure body-training martial artist. He is impulsive, easily angered, and like a wild beast.

Kyubei Hassa is skilled in swordsmanship, his sword strikes are like a pack of wolves under the moonlight, and his fighting spirit is amplified under the moonlight.

Kyubei Hirofu, a poisonous and ruthless doctor, is skilled at killing with three-inch silver needles and possesses unparalleled poison skills.

Jiubei, the fifth brother, also known as Rouge Tiger, is a lecherous and flirtatious man with considerable skill in swordsmanship.

Kyubei Naha is a master of external martial arts, resembling a crocodile, impervious to swords and spears, and unstoppable in his bravery.

Kyubei Luluru is skilled in whip techniques.

To show off his skills in front of his father-in-law, Wanyan Jue used 90% of his strength. Apart from those who died in Dali, only three of the Eleven Wings—Tuomu San, Sekong, and Fengmi—did not participate in the battle, and only Yelü Xiaocao of the Nine Guards did not take action. In terms of resources, he was definitely "going all out".

Sekong and Fengmi are special talents; one is skilled in disguise, and the other in mind control. They are not suitable for the battlefield. Yelü Xiaocao is just there to make up the numbers.

Among Wanyan Jue's top fighters, the only one who hasn't made a move is Tuomu San. He is proficient in the Jin Dynasty's strongest defensive mental technique, the Yinhen Demon Scripture, and is eyeing Wanyan Jue's position. He does not agree with submitting to Yelü Nierugu, but he is loyal to the Wanyan clan and is currently carrying out a mission for the Manchu Qing.

In a battle between two armies, one cannot rely solely on martial arts masters.

The duty of martial arts masters is to break through the defenses. Wanyan Jue led his men in a charge, tearing apart the defenses, and Yelü Nierugu seized the opportunity to launch a major offensive, engaging in a decisive battle with Yelü Hongji.

In the past, battlefields were described with terms like millstone, meat grinder, and guinea pig jar. Now, there are no words to describe them, and even the words in historical records are far from enough to capture their essence.

Corpses were everywhere, lying haphazardly across the entire mountain valley, only to be trampled into mud in the next moment. Blood and flesh mixed with the soil seeped into the ground, and for decades to come, the vegetation that grew here would all be blood red.

Shattered internal organs, broken limbs, mournful warhorses, the screams of soldiers before their deaths, the explosive sounds of surging true energy, the twang of bowstrings as arrows rain down, and the crimson of blood covering the mountains and fields—all these combine to create a picture that combines sound, color, and figures, giving people the most intense shock.

Whether martial arts masters or ordinary soldiers, everyone was swept up in the frenzy of battle.

There were no exquisite moves, only mechanical actions of drawing guns, wielding knives, firing arrows, and raising shields; only wounds for wounds, lives for lives, and mutual destruction.

There are limits to martial arts masters.

On a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people, even a master like Wanyan Jue would feel exhausted facing the endless stream of powerful opponents.

Wanyan Jue was arrogant and domineering, regarding others as ants. But humans are humans after all, and they will not change because of Wanyan Jue's contempt. In order to deal with Wanyan Jue, Yelü Hongji ordered the Imperial Guards to charge.

The Imperial Guard was the emperor's personal guard, composed of carefully selected soldiers, most of whom were related to the emperor and belonged to a community of shared interests. They were all extremely loyal.

Ordinary soldiers can surrender if they are defeated.

Yelü Hongji's personal guard will inevitably be purged.

To survive, they had no choice but to charge forward, inspiring more soldiers to charge. Even if many ants could kill an elephant, even if they couldn't break through Wanyan Jue's protective aura or harm him in the slightest, even if they were pulverized by Wanyan Jue's heavy punches, as long as the soldiers swarmed towards Wanyan Jue, that was enough.

Faced with the overwhelming tide of soldiers, Wanyan Jue could only pick up his spear and charge forward, tearing through the defenses time and time again, only to have them filled by the Imperial Guards. The two sides fought each other to the death.

The Eleventh Wing and the Nine-Body were injured or killed.

The first to fall was the Living Corpse, a mindless beast that went berserk at the sight of blood. It charged forward without any defense and was surrounded by soldiers, who stabbed it into a sieve with their spears.

Next to fall was Jizo. The ninjutsu of appearing and disappearing is suitable for one-on-one combat and for stealthy assassination. On a battlefield of 100,000 people, the ninja's stealth technique was not even a live target and was trampled into mincemeat by the chaotic soldiers.

The first to run away was Ah Jian. He had used up all the arrows he carried. Due to the high intensity of shooting arrows, his fingers were extremely sore, and his body had reached its limit.

Next to run away was Bo's father. This guy was the most cunning. Seeing the Imperial Guards charging wildly and turning the entire mountain valley into a meat grinder, he ran away without hesitation.

Negative energies such as killing intent, malevolent energy, bloodlust, resentment, corpse energy, malevolence, and depression materialized into a thick, heavy cloud in mid-air, as heavy as a cotton blanket. Ren Daoan made hand seals and chanted incantations, and a chilling wind immediately swept around him.

"Heavenly Gate Formation, activate!"

"Wanyan Jue, do you dare to enter the battle!"

Ren Daoan looked at Wanyan Jue arrogantly.

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