Free Web NovelChapter 311 - Battle of Beliefs
At the same time, as Yun Fan and Zhao Mengyou spread the word, one told ten, ten told a hundred. In just a moment, everyone understood Gu Han’s goal.
Moreover, Gu Han had directly declared his intention on the battlefield. He was basically provoking the majesty of the entire barbarian tribe. How strong the War Gods were no longer concerned him. All that mattered was hunting them down one by one amid the encirclement and pursuit of so many barbarians.
“He’s here!”
“Block him, we absolutely cannot let him succeed!”
“This man has repeatedly insulted the War God Hall! Kill him at all costs!”
The battlefield was lawless. Regardless of their cultivation level, many barbarians abandoned their opponents, brandishing their spears at Gu Han. Quite a few had seen his face and kept pointing out his position. For a moment, Gu Han’s whereabouts were completely exposed.
At this moment, the border army finally came to a decision. Since Yun Lie’s betrayal had shattered their morale, they might as well go all out and sink the barbarians’ morale to an even lower point.
Gu Han swept his gaze. “Found him!”
He instantly spotted a barbarian youth standing in the far distance, whose face was a mix of shock and anger. Above all, he wore a golden bangle. This man was the seventh war god.
Upon realizing Gu Han had targeted him, he understood immediately that the golden ring had exposed him. If he fought, he definitely couldn’t win. If he ran, his fate would likely be worse than death.
While he hesitated, Gu Han showed no mercy at all. “Kill!”
Under the frantic operation of his cultivation base, he radiated a powerful spirit pressure, causing his white robe to billow continuously. He swung his sword and transformed into a rainbow beam, aiming for the kill.
“Go!”
“Stop him!”
“Protect the seventh war god!”
In an instant, the barbarians’ eyes turned bloodshot. They swarmed from all directions like a flood, blocking Gu Han’s path.
Without flying or dodging, Gu Han charged directly into the crowd. At extreme speed, his spirit pressure and qi gradually changed shape. They stretched about a zhang long, vaguely forming the shape of a sword. He had turned himself into a sword!
In the blink of an eye, he crashed into the crowd. There were angry shouts and screams of agony. Mixed with flying limbs, severed arms, and the ceaselessly spraying blood, the battlefield turned into a land of slaughter. Like a force destroying rotten wood, it scattered the barbarians.
Suddenly, someone’s roar erupted ahead of Gu Han. “Kill him!”
Dozens of murderous barbarians charged toward him. The weakest was at the Soaring realm, while the strongest few were at the sixth or seventh stage of Earthly Tribulation.
Yet Gu Han never stopped moving. “Kill!”
His Supreme Stage divine sense instantly descended. In that instant, except for those few Earthly Tribulation barbarians who were less affected, everyone else immediately slowed down.
As blood flashed repeatedly, Gu Han was getting closer and closer to the seventh war god.
“Stop him!”
A few Earthly Tribulation barbarians tried to strike, but Gu Han brushed past them. His invisible sword qi swept over them, causing several grievous injuries as blood splattered endlessly.
Suddenly, two terrifyingly powerful forces crashed down from the side. Under the immense pressure, the giant sword qi around Gu Han even began to distort.
Two Half-Step Transcendent cultivators had rushed from afar. After seeing that Gu Han was too fast and they couldn’t catch up, they threw full-power punches, hoping to slow Gu Han down and buy themselves some time. However, they were destined to be disappointed. The defense of the white robe was something they simply couldn’t break.
After taking their two hits head-on, Gu Han only turned pale for a moment, not even sustaining a minor injury. Then, his sword qi stabilized again, even tinged with a hint of blood.
The next moment, Gu Han had already broken through layers of resistance and arrived before the despairing seventh war god. In just three breaths, Gu Han went from noticing him to standing before him. There was no way he could escape. Even if I die... I can’t—
This thought only flashed for a moment before his vision shook violently. Gu Han left with his head.
... die too cowardly. This was the final thought in his fading consciousness. Of course, that was all he could think about. Gu Han’s move completely drove the barbarians insane.
The war, the bigger picture, the morale—everything was cast aside. Now, every barbarian had only one thought: tear Gu Han into a thousand pieces! With the barbarians focusing on Gu Han, the border army soldiers got a chance to catch their breath.
In the crowd, Murong Yan was already drenched in blood, her expression somewhat fierce. She hefted her wolf-toothed club and charged straight into the barbarian tide. “Kill! No one stops my brother!”
Not far away, Zhang Shan’s eyes were bloodshot. An indescribable emotion churned within him, and he charged out after her. “Vanguard Gu, don’t let them interfere!”
“The barbarians are panicking, stop them!”
“Damn it, fight to the death! Even if we die, we’ll create opportunities for Vanguard Gu!”
The border army soldiers were boiling over. Gu Han’s action was like a single spark landing in their hearts. Their anger, unwillingness, humiliation, all became fuel for that spark, igniting into a blazing fire. All ten thousand troops were hunting a war god.
Like the barbarians, they cast everything aside, focusing on a single goal. Stop the barbarians, create opportunities for Gu Han, and completely destroy the War God Hall’s reputation.
In the blink of an eye, amid billowing dust, two surging torrents crashed into each other again. The war was far more brutal than before!
A border army soldier, eyes bloodshot, slammed into a barbarian opposite him. “Die!”
His divine sense attack struck instantly, dazing the barbarian for a moment. He then plunged a small sword deep into the barbarian’s eye socket, unleashing all his remaining cultivation to kill the enemy on the spot. Then, a barbarian hit him with a qi from behind, killing him.
Before that barbarian could celebrate, a wolf-toothed club flew in from the side, smashing his head into a blood mist. As Murong Yan retrieved her club, she was immediately surrounded by several barbarians.
Under the operation of her Giant Spirit Bloodline, her strength grew, and so did her killing intent.
Already battle-mad, she raised her club and engaged them in combat. “I’ll crush you all!”
Shen Xuan was like a shadow behind her. Although he was silent, the number of barbarians who died by his hands was no less than Murong Yan’s.
***
Further away, Yun Fan was covered in blood—some his own, some from barbarians. Meanwhile, Zhao Mengyou no longer looked like a divine maiden. She ignored her own injuries, holding back as many barbarians as possible to reduce the pressure on Gu Han.
***
The female cultivator from the Fengyi Army remained silent. She was surrounded by more foes than anyone else, including two Transcendent realm barbarians. Nevertheless, the scene was too chaotic that no one had the energy to notice her abnormality.
Her forehead beaded with sweat as she let out a soft sigh. You ungrateful wretch! Next time we meet, don’t try to kill me!
***
On the battlefield, scenes like this were everywhere. At this moment, both sides had abandoned everything, fighting only for the belief in their hearts. Whose belief shattered first would lose completely, with no chance of turning the tables. And the key lay with Gu Han, who soared through the air.
Whenever barbarians jumped out to stop him, the border army soldiers blocked them. Qi Condensation, Meridian Opening, Acupoint Unsealing, Essence Gathering, Spirit Profound, Divine Connection, Soaring realm, even Half-Step Transcendent, someone blocked every single one.
If outnumbered, they fought two or three to one. Even if they couldn’t stop them, they had to try. Even if they died, they had to create opportunities for Gu Han.
Above, Li Xun kept an eye on Gu Han while frantically fleeing. After seeing him cut down another, he quickly took the head. “I’m here!”
Then, Gu Han casually shoved two handfuls of pills into his mouth and sped away again. Li Xun secretly envied him. Only Gu Han dared to recklessly guzzle pills like that, consequences be damned.
“Damn it!”
“Kill him!”
“Grab the heads!”
A terrifying wave of qi surged from behind, making Li Xun’s face pale. He spat out another mouthful of blood. They were the five or six Half-Step Transcendent barbarians who had been chasing him relentlessly!
Without hesitation, he swallowed a few more pills. Ignoring his own injuries, he frantically pushed his cultivation and fled forward, shouting nonstop as he ran, “The fourth one! Is that it? And this is a war god’s head? In front of Vanguard Gu, they’re all dirt and dogs, utterly worthless!”
Since Gu Han gave him pills from the Profound Pill Camp, their effects were much better than those refined by the border army. Added with his quick wits and singular focus on fleeing, he managed to avoid being caught for the time being.
Just as Li Xun was feeling a bit smug, two powerful waves of qi rose from ahead on either side. Two more Half-Step Transcendent barbarians had blocked his escape route.
Li Xun’s heart turned cold. It’s over!
Apart from Gu Han, he had drawn the most ire. Flying around above with several heads in hand was undoubtedly trampling the War God Hall’s face into the dirt. How could the barbarians let him off?
In his moment of despair, a few figures appeared beside him. They were the commanders of various armies, also at the Half-Step Transcendent realm. However, each bore wounds, clearly having fought their way out at all cost.
Among them, a big man reached out. “Brother Li, you’ve worked hard. Give me the heads!”
He meant well for Li Xun. Now, whoever held the heads was a living target, liable to die at any moment. Li Xun didn’t like that. What’s this?! I’ve fought this hard. If I give you the heads, won’t my contribution instantly drop by two-thirds? Wouldn’t everything I’ve done before be for nothing?
His expression turned serious, his words resolute. “No! Vanguard Gu entrusted these heads to me. I am a man of my word. As long as the heads are here, I’m here! If the heads are lost—oh shit, they’re attacking!”
The big man didn’t hesitate. “You go! We’ll hold them off!”
Without having to be told, Li Xun shot far away in an instant.
The big man praised him, “Brother Li’s a true hero! He’s keeping his word and unafraid of death!”
With that, he and the others rushed to block the barbarians’ path.
“Gentlemen, I really want to see what expressions those barbarians will have when we put all those war gods’ heads together! Kill!”
With that, the men charged forward, ready to die.
***
Upon seeing the barbarian assault being firmly suppressed, the six War God Hall elders who had been besieging Zhou Ye and Wang Yong grew restless. If Gu Han succeeded in killing all the War Gods, the Sacred Hall’s reputation would be ruined along with the barbarians’ faith!
Immediately, an eight-stage Transcendent realm elder left the battle circle, preparing to go below and strike Gu Han dead. “I’ll go kill him!”
The six elders were only a tiny bit weaker than Zhou Ye and Wang Yong. From the start until now, the six of them had been dominating the fight.
Another elder broke away. “I’m going too!”
Zhou Ye and Wang Yong’s angry shouts rang out.
“Dream on!”
“Don’t even think about it!”
In their hearts, Gu Han’s safety came first. Yet the moment they spoke, waves of qi engulfed them once again.
The two barbarian elders sneered and were about to leave when a golden light fell, blocking their path.
Fatty radiated golden light all over. His voice was like thunder, his tone filled with heroic pride. “Marquis Zhen Tian, I’m here! If you want to trouble my brother, you’ll have to get through me first!”
Fatty had lost himself in his identity as a marquis.
