Chen Ping's Sword

Nor did they expect that Chen Ping’s personal strength and charisma would be so formidable.

Not only did the Tuoba Brothers, leading twenty thousand cavalry, fail to stop him, but even the experts under Divine Master Duran’s command could not halt his advance.

However, no matter how unexpected, surprise tactics can only have an element of surprise.

After the last encounter, believing he knew both himself and the enemy, Yuwen Zao thought he would never give the opponent any hope again.

’Whether in terms of military strength, elite soldiers, or the exquisite military formations, you can’t compare to me, so how can you engage me head-on?’

Most importantly, Divine Master Duran had said that during the recent confrontation, both sides fought hard, and although he himself was injured, it would be hard to recover in one day.

But, the injuries Chen Ping sustained were even more severe, nearly damaging his foundation.

To completely recover in just one night was impossible.

Initially, when Chen Ping faced Divine Master Duran, he was completely at a disadvantage, and only by fighting with all his might was he able to escape unscathed.

Now, if they were to battle another day, with the Celestial Witchcraft Sect’s methods of all things having spirits, of life and death, prosperity and decline, their advantage would multiply countless times over.

At least, Yuwen Zao knew that the fundamental skills of the Celestial Witchcraft Sect included various methods for life replacements, recovery, and invoking deities.

Not only are they reputed to be indefatigable, but in a life and death situation, they can erupt with astonishing combat power, at great cost, enduring a year or half of weakness, to summon in force the gods of all things, existing or non-existing, to crush their opponents.

In this fleeting deadly contest.

Yuwen Zao couldn’t fathom how he might possibly fail.

...

"Seven Stars Shining on Destiny, Qiankun Borrowing Power."

Chen Ping roared.

Spiritual Power erupted outward.

A streak of light descended from the sky, illuminating his body.

Simultaneously, driven by a specialized Cultivation Technique, the stars in the sky shifted, and six other positions among the myriad troops also burst out with dazzling white light.

Seven beams of starlight, each as large as a vat, cascaded down mightily.

These seven beams formed a conspicuous Seven Stars Dipper Array, their light spreading like ripples, enveloping tens of thousands of cavalry beneath his command.

Forty thousand plus voices roared in unison.

They felt their energy, physical strength, Qi and Blood, and Inner Qi all restored to their peak, and not just that, this power infusion augmented their combat power exponentially, even extending to their weapons, giving them an omnipotent sensation.

As forty thousand people exerted force simultaneously, the speed of their steeds increased significantly, the entire military array whipped up a gale, howling as it charged head-on into the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Heaven Array.

Woosh...

Like the ocean rising with waves, it seemed as if all sound was lost in every direction.

Amidst the spurting blood.

Chen Ping, akin to an indomitable arrow, pierced through the cavalries before him like a storm. The flashes and shadows of spears shimmered densely like heavy rain.

The blood mist fanning out in front, the air turned incredibly viscous, witnessing his matchless dominance in breaking through the front.

In merely two breaths and three collisions, several hundred Wolf Riders lay fallen ahead.

Tearing apart the most solid and formidable edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Heaven Array, a gap of blood, thousands of cavalry surged like a flood following him into the Wolf Riders, the wound enlarging, and as the cyan waves sped forth faster and faster, the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Heaven Array showed signs of collapsing in less than ten breaths.

"This is..."

Yuwen Zao sat atop the Snow Wolf, gripping a long blade, veins bulging, even his eyes glowing with a bloody light.

"He actually achieved a trace of the Heaven and Earth Realm, stepping halfway into the Fourth Barrier of the Fortune Array, with the Power of Heaven and Earth protecting, each of this cavalry unit having their combat power tripled..."

The Fortune Array Four Realms, can be said to be a realm with no equal.

Communication of the Second Realm, can command the military array beneath one’s leadership with absolute control, compared to the First Realm which merely converges Military Qi, the difference is colossal.

Casually altering the array, with soldiers of the same quality, can defeat First Realm Array leaders with utter ease.

The [Eight Directions] level array of the Third Realm, not only communicates in harmony with soldiers, connecting Qi and Blood, but further transmits the Military Qi across all directions, wherever there’s a strain, Military Qi appears accordingly, offense and defense are exceptionally solid, leaving no flaw in the array.

Just like the previous Seven Stars Dipper Array managed by Chen Ping.

And also like Yuwen Zao’s mastery of the Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Heaven Array, both belong to this realm.

Even the Cui Family’s ancestor Cui Huchen, who dared to wage war against Xingqing Prefecture, also possessed this Fortune Array level.

Such formations are basically unbreakable by human force, leaving no weakness.

If there’s a critical issue in any direction, even a mere soldier can gather infinite Military Qi, instantly transforming into an unparalleled general, trading blows with the enemy for a while.

Military Qi flows, bolstering the weak and reinforcing defenses in all directions, once reaching this Fortune Array level, one could be called a legendary general amongst the lands.

In normal circumstances, conquering cities and territories, achieving victory after victory is merely commonplace.

Yet, what did Yuwen Zao see now?

He saw that Chen Ping, above the Fortune Array of the Third Realm, had stepped forcibly forward by half a step.

Although not having fully reached the Heaven and Earth Realm, perhaps relying on a unique method of drawing Heaven and Earth Primordial Power, or by leveraging the unique effects of the "Azure Dragon Seal," but achieving is achieving.

Historically, those who’ve reached the Fourth Realm "Heaven and Earth Realm" of the Fortune Array were titled as military gods, invincible across the battlefields.

The Grassland Hu Clan, forced to consistently hold their ground in the harsh northern lands, occasionally being pursued and decapitated by legendary generals of the Central Plains, many times fleeing to the depths of the Great Desert, precisely because on this land, every few hundred years, one or two formidable generals of the "military god" level would emerge.