Chapter 1 One Man Against the Horde

One man charging into battle, slaughter everywhere.

For those in the know, charging into an army formation is the fastest way to die, without question.

In the past, there were indeed mystic practitioners who enjoyed playing tricks on military leaders, moving freely among a million soldiers. Those who succeeded became instantly famous, revered as gods. But most were simply courting death, their bodies left unburied.

Whether one can display supernatural powers within a military formation is a huge threshold.

And whether one can charge against a military formation, with no one behind them, and still use those abilities, is an even greater threshold.

In truth, Hu Ma had already crossed both thresholds. The Zhen Sui Bureau (Demon Suppression Bureau) and the Grand Mighty Heavenly Duke General Seal both gave him the confidence to confront military formations.

Furthermore, he had the General's Command Tablet, which could summon a hundred thousand Yin Soldiers. With such a charge, even ordinary grass-roots deities could be wiped out overnight. But now, the Grand Mighty Heavenly Duke General Dharma Image had been struck with nails, and his divine soul was severely injured.

As a result, the Wordless Treasure Seal in the Dharma Image's hand, the General's Command Tablet, and even the Measuring Heaven Boots, the broken armor, and other unique skills related to the Grand Mighty Heavenly Duke's lineage, were all unusable.

And since the Zhen Sui Bureau (Demon Suppression Bureau) did not kill the living, he could not summon the Golden Warriors to charge into the formation and kill people.

Walking the Ghost Path allowed him to set up altars, and he had memorized the Four Great Incantations of the Hu family, but he could not set up an altar on the battlefield.

As soon as the altar was set up, it would be scattered.

So now, Hu Ma was only relying on his own abilities to fight, facing the Panshan King's army.

He had a knife in his hand, his feet on the ground, and his techniques in his body. With each move, he pushed forward relentlessly.

He dodged weapons, and men in iron armor, filled with baleful energy, were cut down from their horses. Showers of blood sprayed onto his body, soaking his clothes. Even his footprints were filled with blood.

Under this rolling, fierce wind, even the Disaster Snake in the black bag at his waist groggily awoke, poked out its head, flicked its forked tongue, and drooled with greed.

"Go back!"

Hu Ma sensed the Disaster Snake's unusual behavior and did not want to be affected by it. Suddenly, he shouted sharply and slapped the bag.

…It was because he was blinded by the killing at this moment; otherwise, he would have been more polite to this Disaster Snake.

With a whoosh, the Disaster Snake shrank back into the bag, its eyes filled with grievance.

"Good heavens, retreat, retreat! Release the arrows! Release the arrows!"

At this clash, the leaders of the troops under their command were clearly startled by Hu Ma's bravery.

Usually, no matter who they encountered on the battlefield, a single charge would take them down.

Now, their three units had charged several times, but they had not been able to defeat the opponent, and had instead lost dozens of men?

They couldn't care less. Arrows were military supplies, and each use meant fewer arrows. In the midst of attacking the city, they would not waste them on killing someone like this.

But now, they couldn't care less. As they hurriedly retreated their charging troops, they shouted orders loudly. In an instant, the sound of bowstrings being drawn was incessant. In the night, countless sharp arrows broke through the air and arrived in front of him in an instant.

"Stop!"

But facing hundreds of arrows raining down, his hair standing on end, Hu Ma's heart also tightened slightly. He thrust the Punishing Official's Great Saber into the ground.

Then, he took a step back, clasped his hands, and bowed gently.

Four Ghosts Salute the Gate!

A gust of Yin wind immediately stirred around him. The rain of arrows shooting straight at him was met by the Yin wind, slowing its momentum. The arrows fell from the sky, making it seem as if Hu Ma's bow had given him face, preventing the arrows from getting close.

But the next moment, the sound of hooves rang out rapidly from both sides of his body.

Mounted men held the ends of chains covered in iron barbs, rushing towards him, intending to encircle him. These were tripping ropes.

Usually used to trip horses, but at this speed, they came with great force. The dead grass on the ground was swept away by the tripping ropes, scattered like a mist.

And Hu Ma had only just straightened up and lowered his hands when the tripping ropes arrived in front of him. Their terrifying momentum seemed as if they would directly cut his body in half.

But Hu Ma took a step forward, as if to stabilize the universe, and reached out to grab the two sections of the chain.

Under the impact of the enormous force, the soldiers holding the chains on both sides were immediately pulled from their horses and fell miserably.

The next moment, Hu Ma grabbed the iron chain and swept it in all directions, waving it around.

Crackling sounds!

The surrounding air and the boiling voices were twisted into fragments. Within dozens of feet of the iron chain, people and horses were overturned.

"What is that monster?"

The commotion here had already alarmed countless people, and even the Panshan King had come upon hearing the news.

He watched from afar as his troops were in chaos. They had been trying to take down one person for so long without success, and were even being forced back by the opponent, who was fighting more and more bravely. He was greatly shocked and sighed, "Is there such a fierce general in the world, capable of fighting ten thousand men?"

"If I could have him by my side, why would I worry about not pacifying the world?"

"Men, don't release the arrows, quickly capture him for me, cut fresh meat, pour strong wine, I want to host a feast for this brave warrior tonight!"

"..."

Those around him obeyed the order, and two brave warriors came forward. One was clad in black armor, and the other in white armor. Each led a hundred elite cavalry, and their warhorses galloped forward.

They were all skilled. One was from the Shou Sui (Year Watcher) sect and had already entered the Fu (Mansion), possessing the skill of a Mansion Gate. The other was a mountain spirit incarnate, also possessing immense strength.

While still far away, they waved their weapons, one on each side, and entangled Hu Ma's waving iron chain. Then, they spurred their horses forward, reaching out their arms from their horses, intending to combine their strength to directly capture Hu Ma and present him to the Panshan King.

But at this moment, Hu Ma stood firm and struck out with both palms.

After being taught and adjusted by Master Ping, his martial arts had reached an extreme state. Such a Double Dragons Emerging from the Sea stance, in the eyes of any Shou Sui (Year Watcher), would show no flaws and even contain a certain beauty.

Whether it was speed, the range of motion, or the timing, everything was grasped to the extreme. His palms struck precisely on the chests and abdomens of the two tall horses charging towards him.

The force of the horses' charge did not shake his feet in the slightest. Instead, the force of his two palms penetrated the horses' bodies, sending the two brave generals sitting on the horses flying out, scattering the elite soldiers behind them into a chaotic mess.

When others looked closely, they saw that these two men showed nothing on the outside, but their insides were already rotten.

"What?"

On the distant hillside, the Panshan King jumped up, his eyes filled with horror, "Quick, release the arrows, release the arrows, kill this fiend and avenge my two great generals..."

"Wooo..."

As the Panshan King gave the order, the sound of ox horns suddenly rose from all directions, the rolling iron hooves swarmed out, and distant arrows rained down like rain, with rockets mixed in, fluttering like stars in the sky, overwhelming the heavens and covering the earth.

Facing this momentum, Hu Ma sneered, pulled the Punishing Official's Great Saber from the ground, strode forward with his legs, and rushed up.

"No, his fighting style is wrong..."

At the same time, at the entrance of the town behind Hu Ma's charge, Fourth Sister Zhou had already seen the problem.

Her expression was tense, "He shouldn't be charging into the battle formation like this!"

Old Calculator, who was standing beside her, had been holding back a lot of words, "He shouldn't be charging into the battle formation at all. Who would be crazy enough to provoke such a large army?"

"Besides, his divine soul is injured. He was hit when those people first came to assassinate him."

"Now he can't even condense the Dharma Image of a Shou Sui (Year Watcher). When it comes to fighting skills, he's only at the Deng Jie (Ascension) Realm!"

"What is he going to use to charge into this kind of army? His head?"

"..."

"No, it's not like this..."

Listening to Old Calculator's complaints, Fourth Sister Zhou was just anxious, "It's not like Shou Sui (Year Watchers) have never charged into military formations before."

"Their skills are in their bodies and won't be suppressed by the opponent's blood energy. They are inherently braver than others on the battlefield, but, but no one would use such a stupid method..."

"He can completely use the movement techniques of a Shou Sui (Year Watcher) to rush into the enemy formation, making them unable to attend to everything. He can also use his speed to rush straight into the central camp and capture the leader first. He can even transform into death, hide in the pile of corpses, and secretly look for opportunities."

"But he didn't. He's actually charging head-on, using his own body to compete with the entire Panshan army..."

"..."

"It doesn't... it doesn't make sense..."

Old Calculator understood many things, but he didn't understand Shou Sui (Year Watcher) as well as Fourth Miss Zhou.

Listening to her words, he also felt that it made sense. Looking closely, he saw that Hu Ma was charging forward, clearly alone, but he had already killed so much that blood and flesh were rolling around, and he was becoming more and more ferocious.

The fierce soldiers and brave generals who had fought countless battles on the battlefield, storming cities and devouring people, seemed to have been scared out of their wits by him alone. Not only did they not dare to rush up to him, but they were even being forced to retreat.

Under this situation, it seemed that some kind of invisible aura was suppressing this battlefield, and it was becoming stronger and stronger.

Old Calculator could feel the existence of that aura, but he couldn't understand what it was.

He could only feel that the aura seemed to be nourishing Hu Ma's divine soul, making it stronger, fiercer.

"His Dharma Image has been sealed, so what is growing stronger?"

Old Calculator stared blankly for a long time, as if realizing something, his eyes slightly startled, "Knowing that there will be big trouble later, and that there are so many powerful people watching him, but he's still so stubborn, could it be..."

"..."

"Still able to endure and not take action?"

At this time, on the battlefield, Hu Ma was surrounded, letting go and killing wildly. The fire of ignorance in his heart seemed to be vented at this moment. His strength seemed endless, and his eyes turned red as he killed.

He secretly harbored a fierce intention and looked towards the depths of the rolling army, "Want to kill me on one hand, and want to pull me in on the other, you've calculated everything very clearly..."

"But you are high above, it's too cheap for you. I should set up a game and invite you in..."

"..."

"Still not coming?"

As his thoughts fluctuated, he suddenly looked up and saw the sound of ox horns ringing all around, shaking the earth, startling ghosts and gods. Behind the endless swarm of troops, a Kongming Lantern (sky lantern) slowly flew up.

At this moment, he actually had a cold smile on his face, "Sure enough, you are not very clever either!"