Calamity Messenger

Chapter 340 - 276: Bloodthirsty Messenger

A single raindrop plummeted from the sky, intermingling with millions more buffeted by the wind, as the distance between it and the earth dramatically decreased, the vast tide formed by countless Evil Ghost Hundred Guards was clearly reflected within the raindrop.

Clang! The longsword, wrapped in black mist, carved a massive wound in the heavily armored warhorse, scorching hot horse blood smeared across the blade, slashing onto the raindrop falling from the sky. The rain mixed with horse blood splattered heavily onto the muddy ground, bouncing up again, only to be pressed down immediately by the overturned body of the warhorse.

The path was littered with the corpses of warhorses, their blood soaking into the soil, as ’Yan Shiyi’ forcibly carved a road of blood and corpses amongst the thousands of troops!

After being encircled and beaten by the Baibao Guards for a few minutes, Yan Qing had already grasped their essence.

Their characteristic can be described in one word: Chain!

Attack Chain, their every ordinary attack carries the strength of dozens or even hundreds, even a regular steel spear can deal 1000 points of damage, comparable to the full assault of a Third-Turn Messenger!

Defense Chain, the damage suffered by the Baibao Guards is distributed out, even if Yan Qing possesses the Asura Token, it’s useless, as the Asura Token only ignores the defense barrier of the current target, but with the damage distributed, the defense barriers of other Baibao Guards still take effect. However, Defense Chain does not apply to true damage, as true damage bypasses all laws!

Reflect Chain is the most troublesome characteristic for Yan Qing, as this type of barrier-ignoring damage is generally small, akin to the Asura Token and true damage, yet the Reflect Chain among these Baibao Guards is absurdly high, capable of bursting a third of a Third-Turn Messenger’s health in one go. Even if Yan Qing can continuously consume pills to regain health, Blood Replenishing Pills are limited, not to mention that they don’t provide instant recovery, potentially causing an empty health bar if not careful.

There might be other characteristics, but currently, these three are the most troublesome. Pure numerical value coupled with ridiculous mechanisms, these eight hundred men equal to eight hundred Peak Third Transformation Great Perfection, even the Foundation Establishment would find these hedgehogs daunting.

But this wasn’t the first time Yan Qing encountered enemies with power far surpassing Third Transition.

The hunting dogs of the Helan Family from Shu Dao Mountain, aided by the Golden Armor from Xuanwu Lake Military Town, Foundation Establishment has ways to elevate the power of Mortal Messengers, only this time, the numbers were slightly overwhelming.

Overwhelming to the point where Yan Qing simply couldn’t resolve it!

After ’Yan Shiyi’ killed dozens of warhorses and took dozens of steps, the Baibao Guards finally changed their tactics—coordinated infantry and cavalry!

Some dismounted to block the road in infantry battles, while others charged back and forth on horseback, even if ’Yan Shiyi’ slaughtered the warhorses, they would become obstacles blocking ’Yan Shiyi’s’ path. The infantry Baibao directly used warhorse corpses as defensive works, treading on flesh and mud, forming a great wall!

By the time Yan Qing noticed the change in their tactics, ’Yan Shiyi’ couldn’t advance another step. Tactical advantage turned into strategic superiority, and the balance of victory and defeat tipped completely.

A chill pierced through Yan Qing’s chest, recalling Fenglin Volcano: swift as the wind, gradual as the forest, aggressive as fire, immovable as the mountain! If ’The Art of War’s’ Fenglin Volcano was just an abstract pursuit, then the army before him was the perfect embodiment of Fenglin Volcano!

He finally confirmed the fourth characteristic of the Baibao Guards: Thought Chain.

This temporary tactical evolution, not even DOTA players able to communicate by voice might perform so well, yet the Baibao Guards coordinated seamlessly, without the slightest mistake or accident occurring, apart from divine thought linking each one of them, Yan Qing could think of no other possibility.

Even with Secret Technique: Willow Leaf Drifting and Ranger Rain Boots, Yan Qing couldn’t find any gaps to break through. This fortress, forged by flesh and blood, would only shatter anyone who clashed against it!

Suddenly, two cavalry charged at ’Yan Shiyi’ from both flanks. As always, Yan Qing used Willow Leaf Drifting to dodge, but the cavalrymen leaped off their horses directly, at the same time, other infantry Baibao actively attacked, as if a landslide and tsunami, the entire world pressed towards ’Yan Shiyi’!

Warhorses blocked behind, shieldbearers used their bodies as walls pressing forward, long spears thrusting through gaps. Without any flashy coordination, purely based on unit synergy, they executed a remarkably exquisite encirclement!

"Yaksha, it ends here."

"To resist the Baibao Guards of His Majesty to this extent, this person could be called the number one Third Transition in the world, the strongest beneath Foundation Establishment."

"To endure until now, how many years has it been since such a monster was seen."

"In six days, from Tombstone Military Town to here, achieving renown across the Qi Kingdom, yours is a fitting death."

Seeing ’Yan Shiyi’ finally falter, the generals of the Qi Kingdom watching from afar, regardless of their previous views, unanimously gave the highest evaluation at this moment, and it had to be the highest evaluation.

Not only because ’Yan Shiyi’s’ performance conquered these power-respecting messengers, but also because they must elevate ’Yan Shiyi’ to the pantheon, or else what face would they have left?

If the Yaksha breaking through Qi Kingdom wasn’t strong enough, does that mean they were all a bunch of failures? Therefore, Yaksha must be the number one Third Transition, the strongest beneath Foundation Establishment, the abnormal infinitely approaching the fourth transition, a talent beyond imagination, subdued only by His Majesty acting personally!

Never before was there a universally acknowledged ’strongest Third Transition’, but in the next few decades in Qi Kingdom, this title would solely belong to Yaksha, until the next individual capable of challenging the Foundation Establishment alone appeared!