Chapter 160: Chapter 125: Tao Foundation! Tao Foundation! Tao Foundation!
(PS: I’ve found that some people still think there’s only one update per day, so I’ll change the update time. From now on, I’ll update two chapters every day at five o’clock in the afternoon. Also, my daily update of 8000+ words is already faster than 90% of the books on Qidian…)
Wei Ge was sent flying violently, crashing through a wall and tumbling onto the street next door.
At this moment, on the main thoroughfare where the two sides were fighting, blood had dyed the ground crimson, and bodies were everywhere. Horses clad in iron armor also lay on the ground, and the cobblestone pavement was pockmarked and badly damaged.
A figure passed through the broken wall and approached Wei Ge, who was lying on the ground.
It was the Tao Foundation clone of Zhao Yu.
The black robe on this clone had been destroyed, revealing its true appearance — dark skin, bald head, and devoid of any body hair. Its face was covered in crimson lines, resembling the scales of a snake. The eyes were lifeless, with a dull gaze.
From its appearance, one could no longer see that this person was once Wang Ping, an official martial master from Zhi Ge Court.
This Tao Foundation clone had numerous wounds on its body, but the flesh around these wounds was also dark red, and not a single drop of blood flowed out, as if there was no blood in this body at all!
Wei Ge spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face painted with despair.
In the preceding battle, taking advantage of the Calming Technique that disrupted the Iron Cavalry’s charge, this clone charged directly into the cavalry formation. Regardless of horses slamming into itself or steel knives chopping at it, it neither dodged nor retreated.
Time and time again, it unleashed the Red Snake Force. The red snakes, each seven or eight meters long, danced through the cavalry formation like a dragon causing havoc in the sea. Each dance sent several horses flying. In this way, with the strength of one alone, it completely broke the Iron Cavalry’s charge!
What followed was chaotic combat. The martial artists and martial masters on horseback could only dismount and fight on foot, while Zhao Yu’s Tao Foundation clone attracted the vast majority of the “firepower.”
Wang Ping practiced the Chi Lin Power, a force not suited for direct and strong attacks. Wang Ping’s own style was more about elusive fighting, but after being refined into a clone, he was forcibly used by Zhao Yu as a Fierce Warrior!
Facing any attack head-on, this clone demonstrated physical strength even higher than many warriors at the Tao Foundation Stage.
Even warriors at the Tao Foundation Stage get tired, feel pain, suffer injury, but Zhao Yu’s clone did not!
As long as Zhao Yu, the controller, was unharmed, and as long as the “Corpse Cluster” within the clone was not destroyed, even if the clone’s head was chopped off, it could still continue fighting!
Such an enemy was undoubtedly terrifying and brought about despair. Moreover, with Zhao Yu and the magicians from the Calming Sect constantly casting by the side, continuously impacting the City Guard Army’s will, the morale of the City Guard Army completely collapsed after a while in combat.
Although Wei Ge had not neglected training on a typical day, and under Gu Zhenhui’s control, this City Guard Army was not one to embezzle provisions or abuse soldiers, nor make soldiers run errands; still, it ultimately lacked real combat experience.
In recent years, the only large-scale combat the City Guard Army had taken part in was the previous battle in Wuguang District against the Tiger Blade Gang, which was an easy fight, fought with the wind at their backs.
Now faced with a real tough battle, the City Guard Army ultimately couldn’t hold on.
First, the military officers began to flee, followed by the ordinary soldiers.
Zhao Yu did not order a pursuit. His target was the martial artists and martial masters among the officers. Now, with close to twenty officers lying on the ground, dead or alive, he had achieved his preliminary goal.
Yes, this was just the preliminary goal.
Zhao Yu’s next target was the bodies of Tao Foundation Stage warriors!
“Bind all those officers on the ground, dead or alive,” Zhao Yu ordered the bandits.
He then controlled his Tao Foundation clone to capture Wei Ge, broke the opponent’s limbs, dislocated his jaw, and bound him with iron chains.
After clearing the battlefield, Zhao Yu’s side received a message from the Tiger Saber Gang:
“Sect Hierarch Zhao, the Big Leader from Qingyuan Fist Village has just arrived at Anshan Street in Kaiping District with his men; please come over with your forces.”
“Oh, already here? Wasn’t it said that the Big Leader was threatened? It seems the threat was unsuccessful.”
Zhao Yu looked at the messenger.
In the original plan, it was supposed to be him leading an assault on Qingyuan Fist Village!
The messenger bowed his head: “Please, Sect Hierarch Zhao, there’s no time to waste!”
Zhao Yu sneered: “Where are the Tiger Saber Gang and the Zhi Ge Court people?”
“They are already on their way here!”
“Alright, I understand.”
Without wasting time, Zhao Yu immediately took a large contingent and rushed toward Anshan Street.
His next target was the Big Leader from Qingyuan Fist Village. If he could obtain the body of a Tao Foundation Stage warrior, with a few years, he would have the chance to gain another Tao Foundation clone!
According to the plan agreed upon with Yu Hu, they would first defeat the City Guard Army today, then take down the Big Leader, and finally kill Hao Yi outside the city.
If all went well, Zhao Yu would gain a large number of martial artists and martial masters’ bodies and the bodies of two Tao Foundation Stage warriors!
Zhao Yu was already envisioning himself in the near future, wielding three Tao Foundation clones and dominating Datong Prefecture.
In the Governance Hall, within the Chief’s office, Gu Zhenhui angrily grabbed the secretary’s collar, asking incredulously,
“My three hundred well-equipped and well-trained City Guard Army, with the charge of dozens of martial artists supported by the Iron Cavalry, how could it possibly be defeated?!”