Chapter 326
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Chapter 326: The Dragging Greatblade Strike
As the first fierce general under Luo Ji whose Bravery level reached 5-stars, Liu Zheng, because of his ‘Breaking Through the Encirclement’ talent for fighting against the odds, could not fully unleash his combat power under normal circumstances, effectively performing at 70% compared to other 5-star fierce generals.
However, wasn’t White Horse City’s current predicament exactly a situation against the odds?
The city gates were blocked, and the cavalry outside couldn’t charge in.
Even if they did, they couldn’t unleash their full combat power within the city.
Moreover, the city’s defending forces were basically exhausted and unable to form effective combat power.
The current situation, for Liu Zheng, could be said to have arrived at the perfect time!
Days of forced march and the accumulated fatigue failed to wear Liu Zheng down.
Blood surged, and power continuously emerged with each heartbeat, making him feel a rush of excitement.
“Enemy general, prepare to die!!”
The enemy general, clad in bronze armor, was far too conspicuous among a crowd of soldiers.
Liu Zheng, dragging his greatblade as he charged, twisted his body and extended his arms dramatically the moment he reached Shang Jun.
Carrying the momentum of his furious charge, he brought his greatblade down directly towards Shang Jun!
The oppressive killing intent instantly made Shang Jun’s hair stand on end.
Realizing the approaching danger, he quickly gripped the hilt of his bronze sword with both hands, adopting a parrying stance.
At that moment, only a clanging sound of weapons colliding was heard.
How could Liu Zheng’s long-prepared dragging greatblade strike be easily blocked by him?
The terrifying force instantly fractured the tiger’s mouths of his palms, then in an instant, deprived his arms of sensation.
The bronze sword was directly sent flying, but the Spring and Autumn Greatblade slashing towards him continued its descent!
“Dodge, dodge, dodge! Quickly, damn it, dodge!!”
The fear of death continuously spread through Shang Jun’s consciousness, causing intense fluctuations in his emotions.
At this critical juncture, Shang Jun, by activating his life-saving skill, instantly unleashed an instinctive reaction beyond his own limits.
A step backward, accompanied by a slight backward tilt of his upper body, caused the descending Spring and Autumn Greatblade to miss!
The sharp tip of the blade directly grazed the bronze armor on his chest, sparking a series of flames with a piercing sound.
However, before Shang Jun, who had just narrowly escaped death, could even take a breath, Liu Zheng, whose greatblade had missed, smoothly followed through with a turn.
A large sweeping slash actually cut towards him again!
“Damn it!!!”
At this moment, Shang Jun’s mental state was undoubtedly a bit explosive.
In a short period, he decisively activated another life-saving skill, dodging Liu Zheng’s deadly pursuit with the Spring and Autumn Greatblade, while shouting repeatedly.
“Block him! Quickly, block him!!”
The reacting large shield-wielders quickly raised their shields to block.
Faced with such a formation, Liu Zheng no longer pursued.
After retreating two steps, the halberdiers who followed closely behind had already begun to clash with Shang Jun’s infantry unit!
For a time, the battle situation appeared quite intense.
Within his own military formation, Liu Zheng, wielding the Spring and Autumn Greatblade, continuously adjusted his breathing and state.
The successive attacks of the dragging greatblade strike followed by the large sweeping slash seemed to be only two moves, but in reality, they were attacks he put all his strength into.
The physical toll was clearly not small.
However, he failed to kill the enemy general.
Shang Jun’s almost unbelievable two dodges caused his brows to unconsciously furrow.
At this moment, Shang Jun, also within his own military formation, was pale and breathless.
Players using skills consume spirit.
Players with higher spirit levels can use skills more often.
However, his spirit level was very low.
After continuously activating two life-saving skills, he already felt a little dizzy.
If he activated it one or two more times, he might even faint on the spot.
With wolves ahead and tigers behind, the appearance of this halberd unit instantly put him in a dire predicament where he could neither advance nor retreat.
Conquering White Horse City was his only way out.
However, the continuous screams reaching his ears made this path narrower and narrower, dragging his entire heart down.
Looking at the fierce general opposite him, wielding the Spring and Autumn Greatblade and continuously charging with his soldiers, Shang Jun was filled with regret.
According to the original plan formulated by Lin Leshi, his waves of reconnaissance battles basically left no room for a military general to exert their strength.
The focus was on understanding troop types, tactics, and terrain.
Plus, the military expenses for a general to go on an expedition were not cheap, so he naturally didn’t bring any generals.
And even if there was an unforeseen circumstance, he himself was also a fierce general type of player.
With his skills, he could at least contend with the opponent for a few rounds.
However, who would have thought that such a fierce one would come right from the start?
Just one encounter made him use two skills and pushed him to a dead end.
One wrong step, every step wrong!
Shang Jun, whose mind was in a mess, had no other choice but to order his soldiers to continue fighting to the death with the enemy.
Although Liu Zheng’s strength was not as great as Luo Yong’s, long-handled weapons had their advantages.
Driven by inertia, Liu Zheng’s attacks were powerful and heavy, their broad swings continuously disintegrating the enemy formation’s defensive line.
At this moment, he only cared about charging into battle, while the task of troop deployment and command in the rear was handed over to Zhou Yi, who had arrived with the army.
Luo Ji’s arrangement this time was undoubtedly well-considered.
Zhou Yi and Liu Zheng, one civil and one military, one commanding from the rear and one charging into battle, perfectly complemented each other’s shortcomings.
To put it bluntly, the suspense of this battle had been killed.
Faced with such a situation, how could he possibly resist?
For a moment, Shang Jun’s heart was filled with despair.
He watched as the fierce general wielding the Spring and Autumn Greatblade tore through his formation, then placed the greatblade against his neck, but his blood-soaked hands couldn’t even grip a sword.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yi in the rear also looked overjoyed.
He then quickly raised his bronze longsword and shouted.
“Everyone put down your weapons! Those who surrender will not be killed!!”
With a loud shout, a group of soldiers who were originally still fighting desperately, seeing that Shang Jun had already been subdued by the enemy general, their morale completely collapsed in an instant.
After a moment of hesitation, they all threw down their weapons and chose to surrender.
At this point, an invasion battle basically drew to a close.
After Liu Zheng left 300 soldiers to assist White Horse City in cleaning up the battlefield and garrisoning the city, he did not linger there.
He directly escorted Shang Jun and the remaining surrendered soldiers towards Mirror City.
On the way to Mirror City, Shang Jun was filled with regret all the way.
7 days had already passed, but at this moment, he was in a special state of ‘being captured.’
In other words, under this state, special operations like retreating or sending distress signals could not be performed.
To put it bluntly, he had already become a piece of meat on Luo Ji’s chopping block.
How to handle him? Whether to live or die?
That would all be decided by the other side.
