The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

When a person has mastered martial arts to a certain level and possesses matching spirit and blood, the unique skills they practice will acquire the attributes of spiritual martial arts.

In this way, the ability to unite the spiritual realm is also acquired.

The mental realm not only plays a huge role in the battles between masters, but it is also an invincible tool for crushing novices.

Ordinary people with weak wills will only lose their courage and become easy prey when faced with it.

But this does not mean that the spiritual realm is invincible in the mortal world.

The power of mental martial arts depends on two factors: the degree of fear the target has of you and the degree of dispersion in your mental domain.

Those with great courage can face the intimidation of images head-on without fear.

If there are too many enemies, one must expand the scope of influence in the spiritual realm, thus scattering one's mind and naturally reducing the deterrent effect on the mind.

Therefore, this world still needs dynasties to rule, rather than martial arts sects ruling over a region and carving out their own territory.

But it was clear that Ji Chen's sudden appearance and his ability to sweep through the shield-bearing soldiers in a short time, carving a bloody path, had already made the soldiers inside Qingting who heard the commotion feel terrified and hesitant.

Therefore, the mental realm that Ji Chen activated at this time had a significant effect.

Within a radius of fifty meters, everyone was transformed into lambs to the slaughter, their necks extended in submission.

Ji Chen charged recklessly, with severed limbs flying behind him. Liu Lin, Wu Yinghuan, and other close followers swung their weapons to the left and right, expanding the space for his charge.

Ji Chen abruptly flung the three corpses off the spear shaft, turned his head and looked back. Five hundred riders, all covered in blood, had already broken through the enemy lines.

Many people looked back at the Qingting troops, their ranks in disarray and their heads rolling, still feeling astonished.

They actually routed an army of 30,000!

This has always been the case for cavalry charges.

As long as the forwards are strong and the team stays in shape, it's like a blazing iron rod meeting a block of butter—unstoppable and incredibly smooth, piercing through from start to finish.

Ji Chen's body trembled slightly. He shook off the bits of flesh from his face, raised his gun, and reorganized the formation.

Then accelerate and charge again.

The riots by Gyeongjung's troops were even greater.

The first chaotic charge had already disrupted the organization of many troops, resulting in mixed ranks at the grassroots level and a lack of command ability among junior officers.

At this moment, the second wave of attack began. Before Ji Chen could even unleash his mental domain, Qing Ting's troops had already crumbled upon contact, utterly powerless to resist.

From a high vantage point, it was clear that under Ji Chen's charge, Qing Ting's troops had carved out an irregular, bloody path.

Chaos erupts in the central army!

Command is completely out of control!

Bi Jintai was shocked and panicked!

His command was flawless. From the moment Lu Xiao's old troops began their charge to the moment his own cavalry moved to their new positions, it covered a distance of one or two miles.

At such a distance, who would have thought that he could single-handedly defeat a thousand men and achieve a breakthrough from a single point?

Before he could react, Chen Xianli, who was commanding 30,000 troops on the other side, noticed the chaos in Qingting's army and ordered an attack.

Amidst the neighing of warhorses, the dark army surged towards Qingting's troops like a raging tide.

Suddenly, the last snowflake that crushed the avalanche appeared.

The Qingting army's formation collapsed instantly. The shield-bearers in the front row dropped their heavy shields, turned around and fled. Some were knocked to the ground and were trampled into mincemeat by the iron hooves in the blink of an eye.

Panic spread, soldiers abandoned their armor and weapons and fled for their lives, and the formation completely collapsed.

Ji Chen broke out of Qing Ting's army, took over command, and pursued them for over a hundred miles.

Along the way, Bi Jintai tried several times to reorganize and regroup his troops.

But they were all crushed by Ji Chen's charge.

Bi Jintai, heavily protected by his personal guards, watched helplessly as the man with blood-stained long hair, resembling a demon king, reached out and ripped his head off.

Ji Chen, holding onto the rat-tail braid by the head, relentlessly pursued the remaining soldiers, his spear piercing the battlefield and eliciting cries of agony.

Blood stained the road from Luling to Hongdu, and the massacre only gradually subsided as the sun set.

Ji Chen gazed at the imposing city from afar, sensing an aura within that posed a threat to him.

After a long while, Ji Chen withdrew his gaze.

The strength of a True Strength Grandmaster is unfathomable. It would be too risky for this Apostle's body, which has not yet reached its full potential, to probe the true strength grandmaster's strength at this moment.

He led his personal guards, who looked up to him as if he were a god, and gathered up the small groups of Baiyang Sect troops who had risked their lives to pursue him. Before nightfall, they returned to the outskirts of Luling City.

A post-war statistic.

They killed 13,000 enemies, captured 10,000, and the rest scattered and fled. Only less than a thousand people successfully retreated to Hongdu.

In a sense, Qingting's 30,000 troops were completely annihilated in the field.

These days, it's difficult for defeated soldiers to return to the army; most end up as bandits, becoming new rebel forces.

Then comes the loss.

Even with such a resounding victory achieved without any pressure, Ji Chen's 30,000 troops still suffered nearly a thousand casualties.

Some pursued too deeply and suffered a counterattack, some pursued too hastily and got lost halfway, and so on. Unexpected losses accounted for the majority.

The next day, when the news spread, everyone was horrified.

Bi Jintai, the general of Jiujiang, suffered a crushing defeat. His 30,000-strong army was wiped out, and even his own body was left hanging outside Luling Gate.

When the devastating news reached the capital, the retired Emperor Qingting vomited blood and fainted on the spot. Even on his sickbed, he continued to mutter through gritted teeth:

"That traitor Bi has ruined the country!"

The new emperor was furious and immediately ordered the execution of Bi Jintai's entire clan as a warning to others.

That's a full 30,000 troops!

Although many of them were logistics soldiers and temporarily conscripted militia, their combat strength was by no means ordinary, as they were able to be transferred to the Nankang battlefield to participate in the decisive battle between Qingting and Baiyang Sect.

It should be noted that even with the Qing Dynasty's current abundant treasury, plus the savings accumulated during the late prosperous period, such an elite army would only number around 200,000 throughout the entire country.

This battle not only decimated Qingting's fighting strength by nearly one-eighth, but also caused the imperial court to lose face.

As the news spread, it shook the government and the public, and troops stationed in various places were terrified.

Meanwhile, the Baiyang Sect's morale soared, and they seized the opportunity to conquer cities and territories. In a short time, the political landscape of half of Jiangnan changed dramatically.

The imbalance of power has led to subtle changes in certain situations.

After this battle, the name of Ji Qingyun, Lu Xiao's successor, became heavy and weighty.

Throughout the land, heroes who had been observing the chaos caused by the White Sun Sect began to consider a change.

The Heaven and Earth Society.

These die-hard old men, who had lived through two dynasties and still refused to abandon the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, gathered together.

"Chief, please give me your opinion. I think the White Sun Sect might actually have a chance in this situation."

The leader of the Heaven and Earth Society was dressed as a scholar, with his jet-black hair combed straight back and tucked into a square scarf. He had a handsome and ancient appearance.

He remained silent, simply reviewing the intelligence reports sent by his subordinates.

"How are the Crown Prince's descendants?" he suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"The Crown Prince's descendant is well-versed in Confucianism and etiquette, and is of good character; he can be entrusted with important responsibilities."

The men below immediately understood the leader's meaning, their faces beaming with excitement.

"Then let's mobilize our forces in Southeast Asia, raise an army, and rebel against Qing!"

"yes!"