PFC Chapter 7340 Reckless and Unaware of Death
Chapter 7340 Reckless and Unaware of Death
Chapter 7340 Reckless and Unaware of Death
"I don't know what he was thinking. With such little skill, he dares to provoke me. He's tired of living, isn't he?" Chen Xi squinted, feeling the Chu Kingdom's lord being doubly imprisoned by the Nine Heavens Palace and the Divine Land, being screened from the atomic level. His expression was somewhat gloomy.
"Go check on the guards." Chen Xi turned to the air beside him and said. Besides Han Qiong, he was also protected by immortals, but they were not usually visible.
Moreover, compared to more than ten years ago, Chen Xi has now reached his full potential. Abroad, the strength Chen Xi can demonstrate is at most at the Breaking Realm level. If it really comes down to a face-to-face confrontation, a ruthless person like Perennis could risk his life to kill Chen Xi.
If it were domestically, something like the Nine Heavens Palace, the Divine Land, the Imperial Will, or a continent-level free spiritual energy—something whose refinement level is uncertain, whether it's seven or eight—would be more like Lu Bu. He could just launch a direct attack and kill Chen Xi. Chen Xi might not be able to react in time, but once he starts talking and Chen Xi goes on alert, even if Lu Bu came, it wouldn't make a difference.
What normal people think of as a security system is that others protect Chen Xi, but in reality, Chen Xi's strongest security system is himself. The people around him who protect him are more about buying him time so that he can use his complete form.
Once Chen Xi reaches his complete form, it's practically impossible for any individual to kill him at this stage. Do you even understand what the Emperor's Will is? Do you even understand what the core of the first level of the Nine Palaces is—suppressed by the Emperor's Will? Do you even understand what the purpose of the Divine Land is to provide energy for these things, allowing them to activate directly without any prerequisites?
Of course, the energy of the Divine Realm, without any accumulation, might not be enough to kill a truly top-tier expert. After all, individual superhumans like Lu Bu, Su Shi, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei could not be killed by the power mobilized hastily. But it doesn't matter; the first wave of attacks was just to exert some pressure.
If the first wave of suppression succeeds and buys a little time, the combined power of the imperial will, Chen Xi's free spirit, and the cloud network spread throughout the Han Dynasty will be enough to fully charge the Nine Palaces, creating a gravity well effect and ensuring that Chen Xi is in the timeline before the attack occurs.
It's a joke to think that an individual could take down Chen Xi. Unless Chen Xi is as stupid as Zhou Yu, it's impossible. That's why Chen Xi still had the mind to communicate with the Chu lord when he inexplicably broke through the perimeter and came to his front.
After all, for Chen Xi, the fact that his opponent didn't launch a sneak attack was a victory in itself, so he wanted to know what brilliant ideas the other party had. But what was this? Was this the kind of stuff that the ancient relics from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had?
Soon, Zhenxing killed the several Spring and Autumn Demon Gods outside, and Bao Chu, Zhang Wen, Zhuang Ji, and the others who were on duty to protect Chen Xi today all looked grim.
"Zichuan, are you alright here?" A wisp of Guan Yu's divine will remaining on Chen Xi conveyed a clear inquiry.
"It's resolved," Chen Xi replied simply.
"The governor has been assassinated again," Guan Yu replied after a moment of silence.
"Uh?" Chen Xi was silent for a long time after hearing this, not knowing what to say. In the end, she could only ask simply, "Are you 'okay'?"
"Alive," Guan Yu said. After realizing that something was wrong in Jiangling, Guan Yu prepared to come over, but when he left the military camp, he saw that Zhou Yu had been stabbed. Helpless, Guan Yu went to save Zhou Yu first.
After all, when he discovered that there was a problem in Jiangling, he ran away from the military camp. His body acted before his mind. By the time he got out, Guan Yu had realized that Chen Xi couldn't be in any danger. But since he was already there, he decided to go and check on him.
Before even reaching Chen Xi, Guan Yu saw Zhou Yu lose the duel and be killed. Guan Yu had no choice but to activate the divine will he had given to Chen Xi first, and then go to save Zhou Yu.
"Alright, I'm fine here. What's wrong with Gongjin?" Chen Xi asked, somewhat speechless.
"Zhou Ming and his four guards had actually won, but the governor insisted on leaving one to practice. He knocked off the enemy's head, and then thought he had won. But the head that rolled to his feet jumped up and bit him. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have only been bitten on the thigh..." Even Guan Yu, a man as cold and dignified as he was, couldn't hold back when he said this.
"Zichuan, as you know, after being bitten like that, the Commander's attention was completely focused on the other party's head. He was almost pierced through by the other party's bone spur. Several guards were almost scared to death." When Guan Yu said this, he was somewhat at a loss for words. This time, Zhou Yu was truly abstract, so abstract that Guan Yu somewhat understood why Zhou Yu was able to be assassinated last time.
"Gongjin is a bit too abstract." Even with Chen Xi's composure, she couldn't hold back when she heard these things. It felt like Zhou Yu was becoming a comedian lately.
"Never mind, Second Brother, you keep an eye on Gongjin. He hasn't been very reliable lately." Chen Xi sighed, realizing that Zhou Yu was still quite unwell until he got rid of his spiritual and physical problems.
"Has the Commander encountered any problems recently?" Guan Yu inquired.
“Actually, it was already quite abstract before, but recently it has become even more abstract due to the issue of spirit and body.” Chen Xi sighed, and Guan Yu expressed his understanding before withdrawing his self-awareness from the divine will.
"This is not your fault. I only considered the issue of breaking through the guard by leaving the body with internal energy. I didn't think about the possibility of multiple high-level refining techniques to break through the guard's blockade." Chen Xi shifted his attention from Guan Yu and Zhou Yu, looked at Bao Chu and the others, and reassured them. At this moment, he had already extracted all the plans from the memories of the Chu king he had captured.
The level of guards protecting Chen Xi when he came and went was not much different from that of Zhou Yu. It was not a matter of the government office, because there were palace guards. No matter what kind of assassin or what kind of thing could break through the palace guards and get to Chen Xi, it would be meaningless to have any guards.
Therefore, when Chen Xi was in Chang'an, his security system was handled by the palace guards. It was only after leaving Chang'an that he truly needed protection. However, before that, Chen Xi only considered the possibility of assassination by leaving the body with internal energy, and did not consider the possibility of multiple highly refined assassinations.
Because the underlying logic of the two is different, highly refined elites cannot be created. Even if it is a possession-type method, due to the difference in will, they will not be able to show their former strength, and their combat power will be lost by 70% or 80%. Therefore, theoretically speaking, highly refined elites can only be obtained from the battlefield.
On the contrary, regarding the internal energy leaving the body, with all sorts of chaotic methods at this stage, if we disregard the issue of survival, the three great empires could still easily produce a batch of short-lived internal energy leaving the body.
Therefore, the defense against assassination is definitely against assassination by those who leave their internal energy, not against assassination by those with high melting power. Chen Xi does not need to be wary of the high melting power of the Han Dynasty, and the high melting power of enemy countries is also generally known. As long as he does not act recklessly like Zhou Yu, it is basically impossible for him to be assassinated by the high melting power of enemy countries.
Unexpectedly, this time they actually encountered a double-digit high smelting blockade, leaving Chen Xi dumbfounded.
"Zhang Wen and Bao Chu, you two stay here. The rest of you go and get treatment." Chen Xi looked at the group of extremely disheveled guards on duty and gestured for Bao Chu and Zhang Wen, who were not injured, to stay, while the others went to get treatment first.
"Lord Chen." After the other guards left, Bao Chu couldn't hide his guilt. He had only recently started guarding the gate for Chen Xi because he was not suitable to fight demons. As a result, today, because he was not suitable to fight demons, he was surrounded by a group of demons, which led to a demon coming directly in front of Chen Xi.
"It's alright, it's alright. This isn't your problem; it's that the security system never considered this situation." Chen Xi waved his hand. What security system would consider a dozen or so high-level smelting units rushing through the gate? In the local area, these high-level smelting units are Liu Bei and Chen Xi's base of operations. Only a fool would consider such a situation.
"Go to the military camp and inform General Guan to have him and Wenhou use the combat power observation secret mirror to guide their internal energy out of their bodies to Huarong, and kill all those whose secret mirror readings are wrong." Seeing that Zhang Wen and Bao Chu were so guilty that they were about to commit suicide, Chen Xi directly gave the order. What are you blaming yourselves for? You were only asked to take turns guarding the house. The real guards are Han Qiong, Zhen Xing, and Si Niang.
That's right, Si Niang also provides Chen Xi with a protection effect. Although it's a very simple protection effect, Chen Xi has carefully studied this defensive characteristic and has only one feeling: Si Niang is still useful, at least very useful when running away.
Yes, it's the spacetime anchor that Si Niang used to drag Chen Xi. This thing is actually quite outrageous. It can ignore blockades and distance. The moment Chen Xi is attacked, it can switch to the time before Chen Xi is attacked and drag Chen Xi next to Si Niang. Then, it can trigger a space jump to transfer to the bed in the side hall of Weiyang Palace.
To be fair, if the enemy can still catch up after Chen Xi is transferred to Weiyang Palace, and Chen Xi is still no match for them, then there is really no good way to deal with it but to offer his neck for execution.
"Yes, Lord Chen!" Upon hearing Chen Xi's order, Bao Chu and Zhang Wen, without even having time to blame themselves, carried Chen Xi's talisman and rushed to the camp outside Jiangling City.
"I'm really speechless. I just don't understand what those old fogies from Chu were thinking. How could they dare to separate so many Yunmeng Demon Gods without forming an organization?" Chen Xi recalled with a hint of strangeness the things he had just scavenged from the memories of that Chu ruler.
To put it simply, the reason why the Cloud Dream Demon God is so difficult to deal with is precisely because of the astonishing cloud formations that can cover hundreds of miles around.
What super-fast regeneration, what super-strong individual strength? Without the legacy left by Sun Tzu, those Yunmeng Demon Gods would have been wiped out long ago based solely on their individual combat power.
Without the cloud formations, Xiang Yu could tear apart an army of 600,000 with his bare hands. Even if Lu Bu and Guan Yu were not as good as Xiang Yu, tearing apart 10,000 Yunmeng Demon Gods would be a piece of cake. No matter how fast they regenerate, they would be wiped out at the atomic level by the power to split mountains and break peaks, and by the plasma sea. What kind of regeneration is that?
Lu Bu could kill demon gods in one hit like it was nothing. Let alone the current top-tier demon gods with talent strength of level six and a value of over 80, even a standard level seven fusion demon god without cloud qi facing Lu Bu at his peak, to be honest, how many he could kill in one hit depended entirely on the area of the plasma sea.
The problem is that with the Cloud Qi, Lu Bu can't unleash the Plasma Sea at all. Although his combat power is superior to that of the Sevenfold Forged, or even completely overwhelming, he doesn't have the strength to instantly obliterate the demon god's body. This is why Guan Yu and Lu Bu don't participate in the "Tribute to the Master" event in the new version of Chu-Han Border. To put it bluntly, they are facing the same dilemma as the veterans of the Han Dynasty: they can win but can't kill!
Centuries of accumulation have made the demon god's vitality extremely exaggerated. Before it gained self-awareness, the Han Dynasty veterans might have been able to wear it down to death. But once it gained self-awareness, unless the Han Dynasty veterans possessed the overwhelming strength that Zou Ta had when facing Ji Ji, and could capture the opponent alive and then spend half a day grinding rice cakes, even if they won, some of the opponent would still escape.
For the Cloud Dream Demon God, if some of them escape, it's as if all of them have escaped.
This is the current predicament the Han Dynasty faces with the remaining two thousand-plus Yunmeng Demon Gods.
This is also why Chen Xi has not made a move and has been waiting quietly.
According to previous calculations, before the Dragon Boat Festival, Liu Tong would perform a sacrificial ceremony to the heavens to sever the licentious worship in Chu. This would weaken the Yunmeng Demon God as a whole, allowing the Han Dynasty's super-powerful cloud energy to create a crushing gap of more than ten times over the Yunmeng Demon God. Then, top experts could enter the fray, use plasma cannons and energy cannons to quickly clear out Yunmeng, and solve all the problems for him.
So recently, Chen Xi has been letting Zhao Ying and others stall the demon god in Yunmeng, making it seem like he doesn't have any good solutions at the moment. So as long as the demon god doesn't leave Yunmeng, the two sides will coexist peacefully. In reality, Chen Xi is counting down the days until he kills the demon god.
Who would negotiate with this kind of thing? If the other party were willing to surrender and allow Chen Xi to use an oath to bind them, then Chen Xi would be willing to expend some of his national fortune to subdue them. But since they couldn't reach an agreement from the beginning, what else is there to say? Just do it.
Who could have imagined that such a thing would happen in the middle? Those feudal lords of Chu actually took the Yunmeng Demon God back in life and wanted to rebuild the glory of Chu. What a load of rubbish!
You can't even understand the structure of cloud formations, yet you think you have considerable strength. You want to be beaten by the Imperial Iron Fist, huh? Come on, let me show you what has happened in the last few hundred years!
"Zichuan, are you alright!" Just after Chen Xi handed the talisman to Bao Chu and the other man and ordered them to go to the military camp, Si Niang appeared in front of Chen Xi with Liu Tong.
"It's nothing, just some petty thieves. I'll take care of it right away," Chen Xi said calmly.
"Uh, I also just encountered six demon gods, and Lord Wu'an helped me resolve them." Liu Tong's expression was somewhat gloomy. This was the first time Liu Tong had encountered an assassination attempt since Chen Xi took power.
"Uh, what about Lord Wu'an and Marquis Huaiyin now?" Chen Xi asked with some doubt.
"Lord Wu'an said he had never seen such arrogant people from Chu in his life, so he went to find the source of their arrogance," Liu Tong said with a hint of reminiscence.
"The Marquis of Huaiyin said that cloud energy had never been created before him. Although the army left behind by Sun Tzu was using cloud energy, it was not as a form of protection, but as a kind of energy that could be controlled and used to neutralize the opponent's power. Therefore, he wanted to beat the opponent fiercely." Si Niang imitated Han Xin's tone, and even spoke with a hint of excitement.
Simply put, although Han Xin, as an immortal, possessed internal energy that had left his body, he was at the very bottom of the food chain and had never enjoyed the benefits of having internal energy separated from the body. However, when facing the Spring and Autumn Demon God, Han Xin discovered that the other party did not have any cloud energy at all, and instantly realized that he could become Xiang Yu!
Although Han Xin was a top-notch commander of a large army, every commander in the rear has a heart that wants to be like Xiang Yu, and Han Xin was no exception. After all, he had truly witnessed Xiang Yu's awesomeness. He was truly inhuman, a ruthless man who could charge into a large army single-handedly and even cut through the enemy.
Now that Han Xin has discovered he has the opportunity to emulate Xiang Yu, what else is there to say but to give it a try and have some fun!
The opponent has no cloud aura, but I have supermodel cloud aura. I also have internal energy leaving my body. So, I must be able to sweep away thousands of troops and fight against thousands of enemies. I must show the opponent what it means to break through the formation single-handedly!
“It feels completely in line with the character of the Marquis of Huaiyin.” Chen Xi said after a moment of silence. “But how did he know the other party’s location? I only determined the location by searching the other party’s memories and comparing the distribution of free spiritual energy.”
"Lord Wu'an held You Xi's sword to the other man's neck, and the man recognized him and then said he was willing to be a guide," Liu Tong said, his eyes somewhat unfocused.
"Ah, isn't that already the late Warring States period?" Chen Xi asked with some doubt.
"The Yunmeng Demon Gods collectively awakened once at the end of the Warring States period. I remember Sun Tzu also mentioned that when Lord Wu'an slaughtered the Chu region and eradicated illicit worship, Sun Tzu even tried to lure Lord Wu'an to Yunmeng, but Lord Wu'an was too lazy to go," Liu Tong said after thinking for a moment. Compared to Chen Xi, who was puzzled as to why his ancestor would block Bai Qi's door, Liu Tong knew the whole story.
That's not some simple matter of having a grudge in this era. To be honest, the two had some conflicts five hundred years ago, and then it erupted in this round. In a fit of anger, the grandson directly came out of Yunmeng and paid a visit.
"Oh, oh, I remember now." Chen Xi nodded. Sun Wu and Bai Qi had mentioned this briefly, but Chen Xi hadn't paid much attention to it.
"Lord Wu'an essentially killed over 90% of the demons in the Chu Kingdom who weren't in Yunmeng at the time. Regardless of their type, even those who had been barely restrained through special means to achieve immortality, Lord Wu'an wiped them all out. In the Battle of Yan and Ying, whether they resisted or not, they were all exterminated." Liu Tong recalled what Bai Qi had said.
Well, what others would brag about for a lifetime, Bai Qi would just think of encountering a bunch of weirdos, kicking them to death, and not worth mentioning.
In any case, according to Bai Qi's description, the only thing worth mentioning is the large number of winged people with great liberation abilities encountered during the decisive battle of Yingdu, who were quite difficult to kill; the rest are not worth mentioning.
Suddenly, I realized that without Han Xin establishing the cloud-based command system, shifting the cloud-based infrastructure towards suppression and protection, the advantage of individual strongmen would become enormous. In other words, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of my book, even non-top-tier commanders would struggle against individual strongmen. This completely explains why someone like Nie Zheng could single-handedly enter the capital of Han and slaughter his way through, and why Zhao Chu Nu could single-handedly suppress the Yue Kingdom and be crowned the Yue Nu. Conversely, top-tier commanders possess a complete suppressive power over the era. It's quite interesting; in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of my book, it seems that schools of thought, individuals, military strategists, and powerful states could indeed kill each other.