Chapter 660: Chapter 299: The End of the Western Expedition _3

Compared to him, the other Immortal Dao Sect Lords probably wouldn’t have any advantage.

And Immortal Dao Sect Lords are characters who could deter the world’s hegemonic powers.

They are the ones who can oppose an entire country by themselves.

Lu Yuan possessing this level of martial power and killing Zhao Changqing instantly isn’t really that shocking.

The reason why both armies are so shocked right now is mainly that they don’t know what kind of person Lu Yuan is and what kind of terrifying martial power he possesses. That’s why they are so surprised.

If it were the Immortal Dao Sect Lords of other major sects who took action, people wouldn’t be this surprised. On the contrary, they would think it’s natural.

After all, to ordinary people, talking about the strength of Inborn Grandmasters sounds like gods and demons.

However, that so-called godlike and demonic description is just an adjective.

Tens of thousands of elite armies could still resist Inborn Grandmasters head-on.

But with a cultivator who has condensed Qi, even if they muster tens of thousands of troops, it is still hard to resist.

For example, after Lu Yuan condensed his Qi, he mastered the Marsh technique.

Using this technique could transform a hundred feet radius into a swamp.

Basically, this could cover almost half of the tens of thousands of Nanzhao Army in the front.

That is to say, with this technique, Lu Yuan can instantly annihilate two or three thousand ordinary soldiers.

And with this kind of magic, if he has enough stored energy, he can use it three times.

However, in reality, this technique doesn’t need to be used three times.

Just once is enough to instantly break the psychological defenses of any strong army.

Even the Chu Army is no exception.

Because in some sense, this is equivalent to a natural disaster.

How can human power resist natural disasters?

And for a cultivator who can control such a natural disaster-like power, it is like a god to ordinary people.

Isn’t it only natural and unquestionable for a god-like cultivator to kill one or two Inborn Grandmasters?

Not being able to kill them would be strange.

So it is precisely the wrong impressions and misconceptions that caused Lu Yuan’s instantly annihilating Zhao Changqing to be such a huge shock.

As his deeds become gradually known and the world’s understanding of him deepens, the same situation won’t happen again.

‘Of course, besides my great strength, the fact that this Zhao Changqing is particularly weak is also a reason.’

Lu Yuan glanced at Zhao Changqing’s corpse not far away, an inexperienced fellow who had just broken through the Innate realm two years ago. He didn’t even understand his martial arts external body well, so his control was extremely low.

Moreover, he didn’t know if it was because of the isolation of the southwestern tribes, but the Inborn Grandmasters from this region were slightly weaker than those from the mainstream Nine Provinces.

The most obvious sign was their coarse martial arts external body.

Whether it was the Great Witch Sacrifice from before or Zhao Changqing, their condensed martial arts external bodies were slightly inferior compared to other Grandmasters that Lu Yuan had seen.

‘Maybe it’s because of this that he died so easily. Otherwise, as an Inborn Grandmaster, he would have been able to struggle a little and go through one or two moves against me.’

Lu Yuan shook his head, retracted his gaze, and turned his attention back to the Nanzhao Army ahead.

At this point, after simmering for a while, the number of Nanzhao soldiers breaking ranks and fleeing had greatly increased.

There were even parts of the army where the entire unit had fled.

And in the face of this trend, even some Nanzhao officers who tried to stop it couldn’t reverse the decline.

Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, it was time to break the enemy in one fell swoop.

“All troops, follow the Lonely King and kill!”

Lu Yuan drew his sword from his waist, slowly lifted it above his head, then snapped his horse’s reins and went ahead to kill.

Behind him, tens of thousands of Chu Army vanguard soldiers who had been waiting for the order, let themselves go without the restraint of military discipline.

Under the command of various officers, they formed into battle formations, roaring as they followed their king, with high morale pressing forward.

Moreover, the personal guard cavalry followed Lu Yuan, who had become the tip of the arrow, and urged their warhorses into the Nanzhao Army.

And this charge completely broke the Nanzhao Army’s last bit of resistance.

Especially when faced with Lu Yuan, the god-like figure in their eyes, seeing the terrifying flames surrounding the demon, and seeing their comrades turn into ashes with just a touch of the flame.

They didn’t even have to come into contact; just being near them, they were burned and ignited by the terrifying temperature emanating from the flames.

The Nanzhao soldiers couldn’t hold on any longer.

Without an Inborn Grandmaster, they simply couldn’t resist an ultra-high-level fighter like Lu Yuan.

In this situation where morale was lost, the charge was like a stack of blocks, collapsing and disintegrating in an instant.

Of course,

In an army of tens of thousands, there are always brave individuals.

There are also those who can’t accept the reality or are too loyal to Zhao Changqing, such as the Nanzhao veteran officer Hua Kaiyun.

Having already learned of the Crown Prince’s death, he knew that there was no way to retreat, and there was no way for the Nanzhao Army or his subordinates to survive. He led his soldiers furiously towards Lu Yuan, trying to avenge their commander.

These people came like a swarm, totaling over a hundred.

For Lu Yuan, these numbers were naturally nothing.

The Nanzhao soldiers who charged at Lu Yuan were instantly turned into flying ash by a wave of Red Sun True Fire.

Apart from slightly slowing him down for a moment, it had no impact whatsoever.

After waving away these small troubles, there were no more enemies in front of him who had the courage to block his way.

Lu Yuan flicked the horsewhip, and the steed leaped forward, landing and kicking up a cloud of dust.

He looked ahead, and there was no enemy left in sight.

Looking behind him, he had carved a hole right through the huge Nanzhao Army formation.

Countless Chu Army soldiers swarmed in, wielding weapons and chasing after the Nanzhao soldiers who had lost their courage and were crying as they fled in all directions.

Seeing this, he wiped the dust from his face due to the impact earlier, revealing a faint smile.

In Shenwu’s sixth year, on the eleventh day of the sixth month, King of Chu, Lu Yuan, led the army to arrive at Nanchong Prefecture City, battled the Nanzhao Army on the southern outskirts outside the city. In front of the battle, he challenged the enemy general Crown Prince of Nanzhao Zhao Changqing.

Zhao Changqing accepted and was beheaded by the King of Chu in front of ten thousand soldiers.

Subsequently, the King of Chu led his army to charge the enemy formation, defeated the Nanzhao Army in one fell swoop, and then swept through the enemy camp.

In one day, the enemy was broken.

In this battle, more than ten thousand enemies were killed, over thirty thousand were captured, tens of thousands of Nanzhao enemy troops in Nanchong Prefecture were wiped out, and the siege of Nanchong was lifted.

After that, for several days, the other armies reported successively, defeating all the Nanzhao enemy troops in Xichuan, and over a hundred thousand Nanzhao troops were annihilated.

From then on, Xichuan was settled.