Monochrome Sovereign [EN]: Chapter 1105

Tiger Fang Horse Soldiers (6)

“No!”

Five warriors from the Shaanxi martial world surged towards the cavalry that had broken through the rear. It was a desperate charge. Three of them leaped into the air, grabbing the heads, torsos, and necks of the riders and their horses.

Thud! Thwack!

The cavalryman drew his saber and slashed at the neck of the martial artist clinging to the horse’s neck. It seemed he valued his horse more than his own life.

“Ugh!”

Thwack!

The young martial artist who had grabbed the cavalryman’s head stabbed his fingers into the cavalryman’s eye. The finger that had burst the eye went deep inside. The cavalryman screamed and wildly swung his spear and saber.

Thud, thud, thud!

The heads of two martial artists who had tried to stop the charge were crushed by the wildly thrashing hooves of the horse.

Crack!

Two martial artists riding the horse were killed by the cavalryman’s swinging spear, leaving only the one who had stabbed the eye.

Bang!

He unleashed a burst of internal energy [qi or chi, the vital energy in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts], causing a part of the cavalryman’s head to cave in. The force that penetrated inside shattered the brain and the right side of the skull.

“You!”

The spear and saber fell from the hands of the dead cavalryman.

However, his stiff back remained upright. The young martial artist finally climbed onto the back and pulled on the arm of the cavalryman holding the horse’s reins.

Neigh!

The horse, letting out a rough cry, changed direction to the north. If the dead cavalryman had fallen off, the horse would never have changed direction. Although the life force was sputtering and disappearing, the horse could not feel it in this chaos.

“Let’s go!”

Thud, thud, thud!

Avoiding the area where his allies were gathered, the young martial artist spurred the horse forward, his eyes flashing. He could see the enemies charging mercilessly in the distance. Even though they were like inhuman monsters, they seemed to be excited, screaming strangely as they slashed and stabbed at his allies.

The martial artist forcefully struck the horse’s rear.

Startled, the horse lowered its posture and charged at top speed.

In an instant, the martial artist charged the horse through the enemy ranks and leaped into the air.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

The horse charged like a battering ram.

Only then did the cavalrymen, who saw their dead ally charging, scream and try to turn their horses, but it was too late.

Crash!

The horse’s charge, which did not hesitate to risk its life for its master’s command, was like a boulder rolling down a slope. With its heavy weight, it charged from the side, causing two Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers to fall and the other cavalry lines that were charging with them to collapse in succession.

The cavalrymen who were charging south realized the situation and avoided being swept away by displaying their godlike horsemanship, but thanks to that, a part of the left flank was completely paralyzed.

“Waaah!”

“Kill! Kill!”

“Now is the time!”

The number of fallen cavalrymen was nearly twenty. The martial artists, blinded by madness, rushed in without regard for their lives and attacked the fallen cavalrymen.

Considering the total strength of the enemy, disrupting a small part of the formation and killing twenty cavalrymen might not seem like much.

However, that one change ignited the killing intent of the Shaanxi martial artists and played a decisive role in reviving their dying morale.

War always creates heroes. The young martial artist was dumbfounded by the result he had created. That was what determined his fate.

Thwack!

An arrow that flew from afar took the life of the young warrior who had not yet bloomed. The life of the young man who had sown a great seed and then scattered. However, the morale that had surged through the young man’s sacrifice awakened the spirits of the martial artists who had been facing the enemy in a daze.

“Grab them! Pull the cavalrymen down!”

“Create chaos!”

“We must stop them, even if we die!”

The leaders among the martial artists who had been pushing back the enemy with their formation leaped into the air and threw themselves at the cavalrymen.

Most of them lost their lives to the cavalrymen’s spears and arrows. But thanks to their sacrifice, the martial artists who followed were able to grab the cavalrymen’s torsos or strangle their necks and sit on the horses.

With the situation like this, even the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers of the world could not help but be flustered. It felt like ants were swarming and sticking to their bodies. The problem was that these were not ants but heavy people.

Of course, with the strength of the cavalrymen who had trained in first-class martial arts, it was not difficult to shake off the martial artists, but the strength of those who charged with the mindset of killing the enemy even if they died was by no means insignificant.

Musa Ha, the commander of the Second Army of the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers, sensed that the situation was turning serious.

‘They’ve opened their eyes.’

No one in the world wants to die.

The Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers were trained to risk death for victory, but if you think about it the other way around, they receive such training because they cannot help but hesitate in the face of death.

Of course, any combat organization trains to fight with their lives on the line. What makes the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers greater than them is that they are so numb to fear that they can unhesitatingly put their lives on the line at any moment.

But what about those guys?

‘They are like fire.’

In Musa Ha’s eyes, which had been trained through long battles, the enemies who had only looked like hazy smoke had instantly turned into a wildfire.

This was not good. Musa Ha knew well that the desperate struggles of unskilled men could sometimes pose a serious threat to elite organizations.

Musa Ha shouted.

“Reduce speed! The center ranks, form a killing formation!”

The damage to his allies seemed too great to ignore and push through. Even if it meant stopping the advance, he had to break the enemy’s morale again.

His idea was reasonable.

Clang, clang, clang! Whoosh!

The cavalrymen who had been charging at the front stopped in their tracks and swung their spears and sabers indiscriminately. What was surprising was their posture. As if they had been waiting for it, many horses sat down. Then, as if they didn’t care if they died from the martial artists’ attacks, there was not a hint of hesitation.

Thud, thud! Crash!

As they stopped advancing, the Shaanxi martial artists’ offensive ignited. They launched a full-body charge at the cavalrymen who had lowered their posture.

Thud! Slash!

The heads of the martial artists hit by the cavalrymen’s spears flew off, scattering blood in the air. The necks and limbs of the cavalrymen hit by the martial artists’ swords were torn like rags, adding to the red color.

“They’ve stopped! Charge!”

“Waaah!!”

The martial artists, whose morale had reached its peak, rushed in excitedly.

Dragon Seonjin’s eyes wavered.

“No! Scatter left and right! Arrows are coming!”

Dragon Seonjin’s order, who had grasped the situation while mindlessly killing enemies, was somewhat late.

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

Three thousand arrows fired from the enemy’s center ranks poured down on the allied center ranks.

“Block them!!”

Thud, thud, thud, thud! Ting!

“Kuaaak!”

Blood splattered everywhere with terrible screams.

Fortunately, most of the people deflected the arrows or avoided being hit in fatal areas, but the shooting did not end with just one volley. The rain of arrows that flew through the air again, blackening the sky, was terror itself.

Even a first-class martial artist would find it difficult to dodge or deflect arrows if they were charging while maintaining formation. Even if it was the arrows of an army that had not trained in internal energy, it would be dangerous, let alone the arrows of a combat unit that had been shot with internal energy.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

The blood mist that rose like a cloud of dust was dreamlike, which was inappropriate for the situation.

Fortunately, many people deflected or dodged this time as well, so the number of martial artists who died from the second volley was only 30% of the previous casualties. This was also thanks to the increased space due to the previous casualties.

The problem was that they did not know how long the enemies would continue their shooting.

It was when the morale of the Shaanxi martial artists, which had been burning fiercely, was faltering.

Crash!

A loud explosion that anyone could hear echoed through the noisy battlefield.

Three horses were flying through the air. With inhuman monstrous power, Cheon Hyo-rak, who had gathered all his strength, swung his palms and shattered the enemy’s attack.

“Hwa Hyang!”

Flash! Flash!

The moment the horses flew away and blocked the view, Hwa Hyang, who moved like a ghost, cleanly beheaded the cavalrymen in front of Cheon Hyo-rak.

In the suffocating battlefield, the two finally found the right tactic. When Cheon Hyo-rak shook the enemy with his powerful palm techniques, Hwa Hyang took the opportunity to cut down the enemy. It was a very simple tactic, but the two were supreme masters and knew each other’s martial arts well. Adding one to one, they produced the power of four or five. It was the power of true masters, steadily breaking down the enemy’s flank while reducing internal energy consumption.

“Tear them apart!”

However, Cheon Hyo-rak and Hwa Hyang’s desperate fight was only a desperate fight as masters, and it could not change the flow of the battlefield. The one who changed the flow was someone else. The one who held the Tangma Divine Sword, and scattered the thunder energy, which was said to boast the most destructive power among the sixty-four hexagrams [a reference to the I Ching, a classic Chinese text].

The small master of the current Martial Alliance and the pillar of the martial world who would rise to the position of the next Martial Alliance leader.

“The four units, split left and right and break through the flanks of the archer unit!”

Flash!

It was a movement like lightning. The four units, which had retreated left and right as if possessed, instantly formed a charge formation and rushed towards the left and right of the archer unit at tremendous speed.

Crash!

The formation of the three thousand cavalrymen was disrupted at a terrifying speed.

The Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers were those who silently carried out their mission even if their comrades died next to them, but if the formation was shaken and even their posture was twisted, they could not attack effectively.

Swish, swish, swish!

The archers on the flanks fired arrows at the four units.

Ting, ting, ting!

Surprisingly, the martial artists of the four units blew internal energy into their blood-soaked clothes and swung them to deflect the arrows. The arrowheads were sharp and shot with internal energy, so that alone was not enough, but there were still not many casualties. They were able to reduce the speed and penetration of the thin, long arrows by sweeping them from the middle, and they could easily break the arrows that had lost their power.

Thud, thud! Neigh!

The experienced warriors of the four units thoroughly aimed for the eyes and noses of the horses. Even if their bodies were harder than rocks, as living creatures, their eyes and nasal mucous membranes could not be hard. It required a very precise attack, but just having an attack come at their faces was enough of a threat. Even horses that risked their lives for their masters could not completely eliminate their natural instincts.

The horses that were shaking their heads wildly could not be controlled, and the warriors who took advantage of the gap attacked the cavalrymen.

Little by little, little by little.

Against the enemy’s cavalry, which boasted overwhelming attack power, the Martial Alliance soldiers and the Shaanxi martial artists also began to get used to the battle.

Flash!

Moyong Woo, who had penetrated into the chaotic formation of the three thousand cavalrymen, used the Unfeeling Heavenly Thunder Style.

Crack, crack, crack!

The eerie thunder energy penetrated the cavalrymen’s spears and sabers in an instant, shaking even the horses’ bodies. There was no need to use a powerful technique. The Thunder Spirit Art was enough. Moyong Woo, who had also suffered severe internal energy consumption, had finally found a way to deal with the enemy with minimal power.

Neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh!!

The horses of the cavalrymen who had even once crossed weapons with Moyong Woo foamed at the mouth. This was because the thunder energy had penetrated and paralyzed or completely burned the nerves in each area.

Attacking the horses, not the cavalrymen. Among the martial artists gathered here, Moyong Woo was the only one capable of this tactic.

Clang!

Moyong Woo’s body staggered.

Musa Suk, the commander of the Third Army, who had already entered the inside of the unit, had launched an attack.

“You use strange magic. I must kill you first.”

“I’ll tell you why that’s impossible.”

Flash!

Although he had suffered a loss from the surprise attack, he charged like lightning and directly received Musa Suk’s horse.

Crash!

The horse’s front legs soared into the sky.

Moyong Woo’s body rotated.

Slash!

The horse’s thick neck was completely severed by the merciless strike of the Lightning Severing Blade.

“First, your skills are not enough to catch me.”

Thwack!

Moyong Woo, who had kicked off the dead horse, deflected the spear that was soaring upwards and stepped on Musa Suk’s chest.

“Second, thanks to our allies and our side risking their lives to stop you, your formation has also turned into a mess.”

Whoosh!

Immediately after Musa Suk’s neck was severed.

Crash, crash, crash!

The left army, which had been closing in with a diagonal formation, split into five lines and mercilessly tore through the Silver Tiger Horse Soldiers’ formation.

Sun Woo, who was at the front, roared.

“Break the formation!”