Gao Wu: Ten years of sparring experience, one move and the world knows him

Chapter 229 The War Between Shang and Zhou

Huashan Chaoyang Peak!

The group of girls hurriedly ran up the mountain, wanting to tell their elders what had just happened.

However, when they arrived at the mountain gate, they searched the entire sect but could not find their master and several senior uncles.

An hour later, the women were astonished to see several sect leaders returning to the mountain gate with disheveled hair and exhausted expressions.

"Master, Uncle-Master, a strange man just attacked us—"

The leading female disciple had barely finished speaking when her senior master, who was transmitting the skills, waved his hand weakly and said, "I know. Are any of you injured?"

"No, no, he said our skills are not good enough, none of us know the Hunyuan Zixia Skill—"

"Keep this to yourself, and don't tell anyone."

"Everyone, get out!"

"what?"

"What are you still standing there for?"

"Oh, yes, Master and Senior Uncle."

The young girls responded sweetly and turned to leave the main hall.

After the female disciples left, the elder who was passing on his skills sighed and said, "This person must be a martial arts fanatic, searching for martial arts techniques all over the world—"

"However, it is truly shameful that the six of us could not stop him—"

"At this time of great chaos, fellow disciples, please intensify your cultivation. In times of chaos, heroes will surely rise. The Great Shang and Great Zhou have already gone to war, and the sect leader and others are still in the former Song territory —"

"Alas, these are turbulent times. I hope that Mount Hua can escape this calamity."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent and looked out of the hall.

At this moment, a wisp of white cloud slowly rises into the sky, scattering the radiant sunlight into countless dazzling rays of light, which fall upon the entire mountaintop.

Pangu Continent!

The cruelty of war is far beyond what ordinary people can fully comprehend. No matter how realistic the video footage may be, it is insufficient to evoke the shock and fear of being there firsthand.

On the battlefield, where limbs are severed and blood flows freely, human life is as cheap as grass.

At this moment, whether you are an ordinary person or a martial artist, you are nothing more than flesh and blood. Under the blades and axes, all that awaits you is a bloody mess and death.

On the mainland, the long-rested army of the Great Zhou Dynasty launched a final assault on the remaining territory of the Great Shang Dynasty.

The enormous horde of strange beasts, blotting out the sky, charged forward, crushing any walls or machinery that stood in their way to dust under their brute force.

"Your Majesty, let's retreat! If we don't retreat now, it will be too late."

Inside the Shang Dynasty palace, a group of richly dressed Shang Dynasty officials bowed and spoke to a man with spiky hair and an eccentric appearance sitting on the throne.

This man was none other than Zi Gui, the king of the Great Shang Dynasty!

"Damn it! Wang Yue will definitely come back."

Zi Gui slammed his hand on the armrest of the throne, stood up angrily, and strode out of the palace.

"Hurry, hurry, get it to me quickly."

As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, the previously furious King Zigui's face was instantly filled with fear.

His trusted confidants quickly gathered soldiers to escort him to his carriage at the back of the palace.

Several enormous flying beasts, resembling peacocks, lay quietly on the ground, awaiting the king's arrival.

On their enormous backs are buildings that resemble small palaces, with carved railings and jade beams, owl-shaped ornaments holding pearls, and mica screens, displaying extreme luxury.

As King Zigui and his entourage arrived, these strange beasts instantly opened their eyes.

Several servants lowered the jade steps, and King Zigui quickly leaped up the steps and sat down in this luxurious jade palace.

"Your Majesty!"

Inside the palace, a beautiful woman had been waiting for some time. Upon seeing Prince Zigui enter, she quickly knelt down and bowed.

"My beloved consort, the king will surely return."

"Your Majesty is wise and mighty, but you were caught off guard and were taken advantage of by a villain. In my heart, Your Majesty is the bravest man in the world."

"My beloved concubine!"

Zi Gui stroked the woman's jet-black hair and nodded in satisfaction.

Soon the enormous mythical bird spread its huge wings, flapped them a few times, and took off, speeding northward.

Behind these enormous mythical birds, there was a large flock of various flying birds and beasts, most of which were equipped with vehicles, making a great and impressive spectacle.

"General, the king has run away, let's run away too!"

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"How dare you speak such nonsense! Your Majesty is merely temporarily avoiding the brunt of the attack. King Chonghou still has a million-strong army, and he will soon sweep away the Great Zhou with overwhelming force."

The troops at the front were locked in a stalemate. Upon hearing that the king had fled from the rear, the generals in the army panicked and urged the commander-in-chief to retreat immediately.

"General—"

"Anyone who dares to speak recklessly again will be executed!"

"yes!"

Seeing the general's stubbornness, none of the generals dared to speak again.

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high!

The general lay down fully clothed, still in his armor, not daring to remove it lightly. He was in a daze, as if his soul was wandering outside the body, and fell into a state of confusion.

He quickly mustered his strength and woke up. Just as he was about to summon his guards to ask what time it was, he suddenly heard the snorting of a strange beast coming from afar.

Although the sound was faint, it came from afar and was unlike anything I had heard the other day.

The general hurriedly got up, and when he rushed out of the tent, he saw that the camp was wide open and countless Great Zhou warriors were already riding strange beasts, heading towards him from afar.

"Enemy attack! Prepare for battle!"

The general was horrified and hurriedly summoned his soldiers to assemble, only to see countless flames suddenly ignite all around.

A pair of terrifying, strange beastly eyes stared intently at him, as if they had spotted long-lost prey.

"You have all misled me!"

The general roared in grief, his sword transforming into a ten-zhang-long giant blade. He leaped into the air and charged into the horde of strange beasts.

An hour later, dawn broke, and a new sun slowly rose, illuminating the ground strewn with corpses.

"Clean up the battlefield and report your achievements to King Zhou!"

On the back of a massive, masked beast, a burly man let out a long, loud roar. He paused, and the beast slowly moved away.

The territory of the Great Merchants of Central Asia.

The sky-covering flying beasts flew into the area at lightning speed, their sheer scale enough to shake one's soul.

Below, on a wide, flat area, King Chonghou stared at the most luxurious beast in the center with a displeased expression and icy eyes.

"Your Highness, the welcoming ceremony is ready—"

A servant bowed and said.

"play music!"

Soon, a powerful symphony began to play loudly at the conductor's signal.

Soon after, the enormous beast slowly folded its wings and glided down to the waiting spot that had been prepared in advance.

At the same time, a group of wizards began to dance a bizarre sacrificial dance barefoot.

At the end of each dance, a slave is executed, and the blood is channeled to the wizard's feet, forming strange characters as the wizard stomps on them.

King Zigui sat atop the mythical beast, a smile playing on his lips, and said to the concubine beside him, "Brother Chonghou is very thoughtful."

After saying this, he stood up and, accompanied by his concubine, slowly lowered himself from the jade beast support.

Upon seeing this, King Chonghou hurriedly led his men forward, knelt down with a thud, and cried out, "May the gods protect the king!"

"Lord Chong is very kind."

"This is what a subject should do."

King Chonghou bowed respectfully in reply.

Get up!

Upon hearing this, King Chonghou stood up, stepped aside, and followed King Zigui slowly toward the main hall not far away.

That is the royal palace of the new Great Shang Dynasty!

It not only replicated the appearance of the Great Shang Dynasty Palace in Guixu, but also made various upgrades using modern technology.

It's a perfect blend of spiritual energy and technology; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the most enjoyable place in the world.

"Your Majesty, this place is so beautiful! It's even more beautiful than our old palace. Look at all these sparkly things!"

The concubine accompanying the King of Zigui was excitedly touching this and that, looking extremely happy.

"Is this what you call technological power? Indeed, quite impressive!" Wang Yue said with satisfaction.

Looking at the dazzling lanterns, the warm spring-like temperature, and the luxurious and exquisite decorations, King Zigui was very pleased.

They seemed to have completely forgotten that they had just lost the vast territory of Guixu.

"As long as Your Majesty is satisfied, I will not disturb Your Majesty's rest any longer."

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"You may leave."

"yes!"

King Chong bowed and retreated, slowly withdrawing from the main hall.

With the Great Zhou and the Great Shang having determined the victor on the Guixu Pangu Continent, only the Song territory remained unconquered by the Great Zhou.

At this moment, Song did not breathe a sigh of relief because of the defeat of the Shang Dynasty, because after the Shang Dynasty withdrew, the Zhou army continued to besiege them.

The Song court's army still dared not slacken in the slightest.

On the contrary, the mighty Zhou army was far superior to the Shang army, which was preoccupied with its own problems.

Once their army arrives, an even more brutal war will begin.

Facing the overwhelming military might of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Song Jing had absolutely no chance of winning.

In just five hundred years, neither their individual qualities nor the number of their peak martial arts masters were a match for the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this moment, various sects either closed their gates or came out to assist the imperial court, and a sense of impending crisis loomed over everyone.

If even martial arts practitioners are in such a predicament, then ordinary people are even more powerless.

The slave system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was already widely known through the court's propaganda.

Upon learning that the Great Zhou was about to attack and that the imperial court could not defend itself, the people throughout the Song territory were filled with fear and could not eat or sleep in peace.

Unfortunately, they were even less capable than martial artists, lacking the ability to resist and left to wait like lambs to the slaughter, quietly awaiting the start of the great battle.

This great battle did not last long; the war was only suspended for three days before it quickly resumed under the onslaught of the horde of alien beasts.

Thousands of Song-level warriors flew out of the city and charged towards the strange beast.

Those capable of crossing a city are at least Grandmaster level experts; in a crowd, they would definitely be considered formidable.

However, on the battlefield at this moment, these thousands of Grandmaster-level experts were nothing more than a bunch of cannon fodder.

Their role is to harass the strange beasts and attract their attention.

The real killer move comes from the Dharma Masters lurking on the sidelines.

Only a true cultivator of the Dharma Aspect has the strength to kill these large, strange beasts.

When the time was right, dozens of Dharma Aspect True Persons from various sects filed out, wielding various divine weapons, and charged towards the horde of strange beasts.

Amidst the flashing swords and clashing blades, countless strange beasts roared and howled.

The ground was stained red by the blood of the strange beasts.

"Senior Brother Ge!"

"Uncle-Master Wang!"

Hunting giant beasts is no easy task. Even a true master of Dharma could be injured or even killed by a beast if he is not careful.

"We can't hold out. The enemy can exhaust us with just their beasts. They haven't even deployed their top combat forces yet."

"Give up. Take your disciples and cross the ocean to the Central Plains as soon as possible. That is the only way to survive."

The war had only been going on for a day when all the masters of the sects realized that this was not an equal battle.

Failure was inevitable.

The warriors' surrender signaled the complete collapse of Song's defenses.

After holding out for three days, the entire border region of Song territory fell.

The strange beasts ravaged the land, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not restrain them at all. Instead, they burned, killed, and looted, showing no regard for the people of Song territory as equal beings.

Perhaps in their eyes, they were just slaves, and slaves were not considered human.

What awaits them is neither death nor submission.

In times of chaos, what does human life matter?

Upon learning of the devastation caused by the Great Zhou, countless people from the Song territory began to rush frantically towards the mainland coast, attempting to board ships and leave the Pangu Continent.

Staying would mean becoming food for the monsters or becoming a slave, so it was better to rush into the sea; perhaps there was still a way to survive.

I've heard that on the other side of the world, there is a powerful dynasty with the same roots. Perhaps if I go there, I can survive.

Unfortunately, they were too far away from the old continent of Blue Star, a distance of tens of thousands of miles.

Even with ships to transport the goods, such a long distance would be difficult to achieve.

The world thousands of miles away was merely a beautiful hope for the people of Song.

In the chaotic sea frontier, besides the bewildered ordinary people, there are hundreds of circles of varying sizes that exist outside of this chaotic crowd.

Ordinary people were dispersed far away around them, creating a large blank area.

These people were the powerful and wealthy class or martial arts forces of the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, at this moment they can only show off their power to ordinary people; when faced with the vast ocean, they are just as powerless.

"Master, what should we do?"

Among the crowd, several people dressed in Taoist robes witnessed this scene with solemn expressions.

Human strength has its limits, and even they, as martial artists of a sect, were powerless to change this situation.

"Take care of yourself and find a chance to contact Earth as soon as possible."

"All means of communication are now ineffective, and they probably have no idea about our situation."

"Alas! If all else fails, we will have no choice but to cross the sea."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the churning sea and fell silent.

There are strange beasts in the sea.

Even if these strange beasts have not yet appeared in the nearby seas, it is difficult to say when they will break through the blockade of the Pangu Continent and surge into this sea area, given the long journey ahead.

Even setting aside the factor of exotic beasts, how do we locate ourselves, find our way, and survive in the vast ocean?

"Look, what's that? Is it a strange beast?"

Just as everyone was at a loss on this chaotic seashore, someone suddenly pointed into the sea and roared loudly.

Upon hearing the sound, the previous clamor on the shore instantly vanished, and tens of thousands of people turned their gazes toward the vast sea ahead.

"It's a ship! It's a ship!"

"What a huge ship."

"There's still a lot more to come!"

Someone shouted in surprise, and this shout instantly caused the entire crowd to erupt in excitement.

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