Chapter 59: Heart with Furious Fire, Strong and Hard Measures

  "Your Majesty! Are the injuries on the prince's body inflicted by the Third Prince?" King Guang stepped forward, asking.

  "It was the Third Prince who ordered the soldiers to do this. Although I killed a few of them, I still got injured." The Eldest Prince gritted his teeth and said: "All of you Taoist priests must be careful, as the Third Prince has already given orders for the Qi-practicing warriors under him to find opportunities to secretly attack you, don't let them succeed."

  "We understand." A female Qi practitioner frowned and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, in my opinion, since the Third Prince dares to secretly attack you in the chaos of war, then you should also secretly attack him in the chaos of war. Although we Qi practitioners do not dare to take action, Your Highness can privately select several hundred fierce soldiers to carry out this killing, and when the time comes to kill the Third Prince, no one will be able to trouble you."

  The woman's words made Wang Guang and everyone else nod in agreement, thinking that she had a good idea.

  "Let's not talk about this today. In front of the two armies, our army was defeated, losing around three thousand men and countless war horses, food and money. If we don't want to be punished by the imperial court, we must defeat the Great Qi Dynasty on the battlefield. Does anyone have a good strategy?" The Crown Prince nodded and changed the subject, seemingly not wanting to dwell on the Third Prince's issue.

  "If it's about pre-battle tactics, I've never been afraid in the slightest. But if we're talking about a good battle strategy, I don't have even half a plan." The crowd of Taoists fell silent, and Wang Guang had to break the silence.

  After this frank admission of his own military ineptitude, the other practitioners followed suit, and even the Crown Prince did not get angry, knowing that practitioners like Wang Guang spent their days practicing qigong, cultivating internal energy, and had no time to study military books or think about strategies.

  Moreover, the Crown Prince rewarded the cultivators with handsome men and beautiful women for their enjoyment. Those who did not want to enjoy the opposite sex instead asked for more fine wine and precious jewels. Although they had lost the battle, this reward still left the cultivators feeling satisfied.

  Wang Guang did not want to play with the woman, but instead asked for some jewelry and then stationed himself in the camp outside the border pass according to the request of the Crown Prince. Firstly, he was holding down the fort, preventing the Qi Dynasty's practitioners from coming over to destroy the camp; secondly, he was displaying his Taoist skills to restrict and re-refine a set of hundred-mile radiant light.

  That hundred-mile flowing light is also good at refining, this guy has only used a small half of the time to refine another set. When he was about to move the law door to improve his law power, he heard soldiers talking in low voices outside the camp, and after listening to that conversation, it made him furious, almost jumping up and scolding loudly.

  "Hey, brothers! Have you heard? This time our army lost the battle, it's not because we're incompetent, but because our commander is despicable!"

  "What do you mean by that?"

  "The two armies were evenly matched, and it was a long-standing tradition to sound the retreat drum. However, after sounding the retreat drum, the commander did not order the archers to cover the rear, but instead turned around and ran away himself. You might say he just ran away, but why did he take the command flag with him? Soldiers follow the command flag into battle, and when he retreated, everyone followed suit. With a commander like this, how can we win a victory? If I don't lose my life here today, it's all thanks to my own good fortune."

  "If I can survive this war, I will definitely go to the matchmaker and propose to Zhang's daughter. Whether or not she agrees, it will be a weight off my mind and avoid future regrets..."

  "Commander fled first? Is it the eldest prince or the third prince? How ignorant to the extreme." Suppressing the anger in his heart, he coldly snorted a few times and began to sit cross-legged, seeking to quickly raise his cultivation level. "It's just that I don't dare directly absorb the crystal stone to raise my cultivation level, otherwise, I wouldn't say that I can condense the golden elixir and become an alchemy master. At least, I can raise my cultivation level to above ten layers. If my cultivation level really reaches ten layers, even if I'm ambushed by someone, I won't be afraid in the slightest, nor will I be at a loss."

  Wang Guang sat in meditation and practiced his inner energy in the camp for seven or eight days without realizing it.

  The Great Qi Empire's camp was pressing in, only twenty miles away from the border. When the Great Qi Empire set up its camp, Wang Guang also followed some practitioners to go and cause trouble, but unexpectedly, the commander of the Great Qi Empire was very powerful. He used strong bows and crossbows, giant stone fireballs to beat them back, so that the three or five practitioners couldn't get close. As for those soldiers who went to launch a surprise attack, they suffered heavy casualties.

  If it weren't for Wang Guang raising the power of Chi Tong Sha to its extreme at the last moment, blocking most of the arrows and crossbow bolts, not a single one of the tens of thousands of soldiers who launched the surprise attack would have escaped.

  After the Great Qi Imperial Army had set up camp for three to five days, cannon fire rang out continuously and war drums thundered. A general came to the front of the two armies' formations to issue a challenge.

  The Tianyu Imperial Army had been holding back their anger for a long time, and seeing the opponent's challenge, they put on their helmets and armor, grabbed their weapons, and rode out to fight. King Guang discussed with several Qi practitioners, and finally took turns going out of camp to suppress the enemy, which didn't delay everyone's time too much.

  But it was already midsummer, the weather was dry and windless, with no rain, and the scorching sun had parched the earth. The soldiers of the Great Qi Empire were not idle either, after eating their fill, some went to the front lines to challenge the enemy to battle.

  Thousands of loud-mouthed soldiers lined up to curse, either cursing the Tianyu Imperial Dynasty or cursing the commanders of the Tianyu Great Army, but none dared to casually curse the practitioners.

  There were brave generals who could not hold back their anger, leading troops to battle and fighting with the enemy. It just so happened that today was Wang Guang's turn to lead the vanguard, and he did not decline or obstruct, gathering dozens of dark thunders as a reserve, and carrying a dustpan with three shakes, arrived at the forefront of the two armies.

  The two armies were already fighting fiercely, with three or five pairs of soldiers clashing and killing each other. Some wielded long spears and stabbed wildly, while others swung their long swords up and down. I'll use the "dragging knife" tactic on you, and you can try to attack me from behind with your crossbow. Both sides used every trick in the book to take out their opponents, with cunning moves coming one after another, leaving Wang Guang cheering with excitement.

  "You, cultivator from the opposite side, don't just watch the show, how about we engage in a fierce battle?" Just as Wang Guang was getting addicted to watching, a practitioner of Qi refining descended from the white clouds in front of him, controlling his flying sword to point at Wang Guang, unable to bear the loneliness and wanting to fight with someone.

  "Great Master of the Infinite Heavens! I, a humble Daoist, am not feeling well today and cannot engage in battle. Why don't you come back tomorrow instead?" Wang Guang glanced at his opponent with disdain, too lazy to fight. "Let's eat some melon seeds and pastries, drink wine, and flirt with the young ladies - it's much more enjoyable than fighting for our lives!"

  "Haha! You're really a boring Taoist." A white-clad Qi practitioner with a water-fire silk belt around his waist, a face as white as jade, and three to five flying swords on his back. At first glance, he looks like a handsome figure.

  "We are being offered sacrifices by others, yet there is someone who just stands by and watches the show without saying a word. Could it be that our Daoist friend has turned coward?"

  "Alright! I'll just have a little spar with you, and I'll go easy on you, fellow Taoist." Wang Guang pretended to be all smiles and courtesy, but instead of unleashing his Hundred Miles Flashing Light, he simply pointed a finger at the ground, and a wisp of green smoke shot out from his fingertip and swirled around his feet.

  The green smoke formed a mass of green clouds under his feet, and although it was thin, it could still support him in flying through the sky. The cultivator opposite him laughed loudly for a while, then suddenly activated his magic, and three to five flying swords brought with them a light that shot up and down, left and right, towards Wang Guang.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable!" Wang Guang coldly sneered, opening his mouth to spew out a portion of crimson copper sand that transformed into a long spear. This guy wielded the long spear to deflect the flying sword. Only the sounds of "ding ding dang dang" could be heard as the sword light clashed with the long spear, causing it to recoil and tremble repeatedly. With a burst of dark thunder, the Hundred Treasures Pouch flew out, its sword light swirling and killing, destroying everything in its path.

  The battle had not lasted three rounds when the cultivator on White Cloud suddenly changed his tactics. The three to five flying swords that were scattered all over the place suddenly gathered together, their tips pointing at each other, and then began to rotate towards Wang Guang, intent on strangling him to death.

  Wang Guang had just thrown a dark thunderbolt to disperse the opponent's sword light, but unexpectedly it was rolled away by the sword light without making a sound. Just as he was puzzled in his heart, he saw a three to five feet thick sword light spinning like a drill bit flying towards him. The sword light was about three to five zhang long, and before it arrived, the sound of breaking through the air had already reached his ears.

  Nor did he know what kind of law had been decided, but Wang Guang only felt that the sword light rushing towards him was not a sword light, but a huge wave covering the sky and earth.

  "Even if you are a huge wave, I will break you open." Wang Guang's face was ferocious, and he suddenly threw the long spear in his hand towards the sword light. Then this guy opened his mouth and spat out a copper ball the size of a dragon eye, which was wrapped in a cluster of green smoke, like a meteor rushing towards the cultivator on the white cloud.

  The three to five zhang long and short sword lights instantly scattered the thrown spears, but did not continue to rush towards Wang Guang. Instead, it followed the shout of the practitioner on the white cloud, and the flying sword rolled back, wanting to protect its own master.

  "Want to leave? Too late?" Wang Guang roared, mobilizing his magical powers to manipulate the Golden Claw's divine ability. Suddenly, two three-foot-sized golden giant hands appeared in mid-air, and with a loud clap, they grabbed the flying sword that was spinning back.

  Only a loud crash was heard, and the golden light shot out in all directions. The giant hand grasped the flying sword, which trembled violently in mid-air before finally falling short of power, its divine technique overpowered by three to five combined flying swords that shredded it into powder scattered throughout the sky.

  Just then, the red copper sand that Wang Guang spat out had rotated and swirled around the white cloud cultivator.

  Only to see copper pellets bursting, thousands of copper sands transformed into a sphere wrapping up the practitioners who couldn't escape in time and grinding them.

  That cultivator was also a ruthless individual, seeing that he couldn't escape in time, surrounded by countless bronze sands squeezing and grinding against him, he gritted his teeth, biting the tip of his tongue and spitting out a mouthful of vital blood.

  This essence and blood burst through the protection of the red copper sand, transforming into a bloody light that merged with those three to five flying swords. The flying swords, having received the assistance of the essence and blood, trembled slightly in mid-air, but instead of breaking through the red copper sand to rescue their master, they erupted with seven or eight zhang-long sword lights that shot towards Wang Guangyuan.

  "You still want to strangle me with this move? How ignorant." He coldly snorted, but he didn't dare confront the flying sword head-on. Instead, he randomly threw out dozens of dark thunderbolts, which exploded and churned up waves of cyan smoke, barely blocking the few flying swords.

  At this moment, Wang Guang slapped the back of his head and spat out a stream of green light. This green light gathered more than half of his magical powers and instantly merged into the red copper sand. The copper sand suddenly expanded and then violently contracted. A miserable cry was heard, and in an instant, the cultivator on the white cloud was strangled to death, turned into minced meat, leaving only a wisp of soul lingering in mid-air.