Atlas of Heaven and Earth

The face of the commanding general was covered by a metal mask, making it impossible to discern their specific expression, but the gaze behind the mask was fixed unblinkingly on Chen Chuan.

As Chen Chuan leaped into the air, he raised the Spear in his hand, aiming it at the direction he was about to come from. To his right, the deputy general, who had already switched to a horse, also raised his Spear.

The two Spears, one on the left and one on the right, almost completely blocked his path. Not only that, but there was a faint light flickering on the tips of both Spears.

Although Chen Chuan's action of charging down was extremely sudden and unexpected, it still took a bit of time to reach them. For people like them, it was enough time to adjust and gather strength.

They firmly believed that with their combined efforts, even opponents of the same level would not be able to break through their blocking and coordinated attack.

The sacrifices of those warriors and soldiers earlier were unimportant; as long as they were still alive, they could continue to recruit and conscript.

In their view, even ten Imperial Retainer Warriors were not as valuable as one Martial Artist who had reached their cultivation level. Furthermore, killing this person would greatly increase their chances of breaking through the Fissure. In their eyes, this exchange was worthwhile.

But just as the two of them thrust their Spears forward, a sense of extreme danger arose in their hearts simultaneously, causing their hair to stand on end. And that feeling… was actually coming from behind!

After coming down, Chen Bitong did not wait on the side but went around in a large circle, circling behind these people. Relying on his rich experience and the special nature of his Internal energy, no one noticed him along the way.

The military officers had not expected someone from above to charge down, let alone that an enemy would come from the heavily guarded rear at this time.

At this moment, everyone, including themselves, had put all their strength into the front, and had almost no resistance to attacks from behind.

However, as warriors only one step away from surpassing the limit, they did not lose their composure even in the face of such sudden circumstances. Instead, they took timely self-rescue measures in that instant.

First, the horses under them sensed their urgent intentions and stepped forward. They themselves also squeezed out all the remaining strength from their bodies, and squeezed Essence Blood from their hearts to meet the expected strong offensive.

In an instant, two palms struck the two of them respectively, and the two couldn't help but shake.

However, both of them simultaneously showed shocked and angry expressions, because this palm actually had no feeling at all. The strength on it seemed like just a bubble that would burst with a touch.

Chen Bitong was still far away at this moment and did not rush to the front. The palm he had just sent out was launched using Fissure traversal.

Although he was still several kilometers away from the Fissure at this moment, he was not unable to use the Fissure to evade and shuttle within this range. However, the farther the distance, the slower the time to evade into it and shuttle out, which was almost useless in battles of the same cultivation level.

However, he deliberately used this point, traversing at a longer distance, and taking the opportunity to strike out an attack, because the Spirit and Strength arrived at the front first, which made the two people in front feel threatened and inevitably overreact.

And he used this weakness of slow traversal in this place, which now exerted its ultimate wonderful use. Following this palm, a phantom was left in place, and he himself truly appeared behind the two, and then pushed out both palms, hitting the two bodies with two bangs!

The two of them never expected that the person behind them would use a feint in that critical moment. But this move was a calculated plot, and they dared not gamble that the other party would not exert any effort, causing misjudgment in their own adjustments.

At this time, as the real offensive arrived, they could no longer adjust. As a tyrannical Internal energy rushed into their bodies, their spines and limb joints burst with crackling sounds.

The strength of Empty String Style rampaged through the two bodies, causing a series of destruction. This caused the faint light flickering in front of the Spear to dissipate instantly. Not only did this strength disappear, but even the Internal energy within their bodies could not be contained.

And at this moment, the blade that Chen Chuan had raised high finally fell.

The blade flash disappeared in a flash.

Chen Chuan brushed past the commanding general. After going out dozens of meters, his feet landed with a bang, he stood firm, and still maintained the posture of slashing out with the blade.

Behind him, the commanding general stiffened for a moment, then half of his head and chest slid off his body and fell to the ground with a bang.

At the same time, the large flag symbolizing the commanding general also had its flagpole broken and collapsed along with it, stirring up a large cloud of dust around it.

Chen Chuan slowly raised his hand to sheathe the blade at this time, and stood up straight.

He originally only wanted to chop off the other party's head. This was considering that these people were particularly different and seemed to have transformed into another creature. He was worried that they could reattach the head after it was chopped off, or change bodies, so this time he simply cut them open vertically and used Internal energy to shatter the brain tissue inside.

At this moment, in the other deputy general's area, Chen Bitong launched more than a dozen punches in a row in that instant after a successful move. Even if Empty String Style was not mainly for killing, the other party could not withstand such a strong impact.

As the last punch hit the back of his head, with a cracking sound, this person's eyes burst open, and his head limply tilted to one side. Although the armor bound him, the body inside was already a pile of mud at this moment.

Chen Chuan glanced at the scene at this time. According to the expected situation, they thought the best result would be to kill one of the commanding general or deputy general, and it was possible that they would pay some price themselves.

But he didn't expect that the two cooperated so well that they killed both the commanding and deputy generals on the spot in one fell swoop.

Originally, in order to avoid being surrounded afterward, they planned to retreat immediately after succeeding, but looking at the current situation, with the death of the two commanding and deputy generals, almost no one on the field could restrain them.

Several duty-bound warriors in front were also hit so hard during the collision that they almost lost their combat effectiveness, and the rest were all terrified. These people were all the backbone of the army, so as long as these people were killed, the remaining ordinary soldiers would be even less of a threat to them.

So he looked at Chen Bitong and asked for the latter's opinion, but Chen Bitong shook his head at him.

His thoughts turned, Chen Bitong was experienced, and since he did not approve of this approach, there must be a reason, and he would not insist on it.

At the moment, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately sheathed the blade and quickly turned back towards the Fissure.

When passing by the commanding general's body, he glanced down and saw the saber of General Fuji, which had a black hilt and a vermilion scabbard, with various exquisite patterns and hanging tassels and jade stones, looking very gorgeous. So, he used Snow Emperor Blade to pick it up while advancing, and took the saber with him.

Chen Bitong tore off the fallen flag and returned to the Fissure with Chen Chuan.

Not long after they returned to the top of the mountain, they heard a rumbling cannon sound from behind. Looking back, the landing point of the shells was in the position where they were originally, and at this moment, a group of fire and smoke was rising in that area.

Chen Chuan asked, "Are they not afraid of blowing up their own people?"

Chen Bitong shook his head and said, "They should have known the situation in front before making this judgment. If we had continued to stay there just now, their losses would have been even greater if they hadn't opened fire decisively."

Chen Chuan's mind turned and couldn't help but nod.

Chen Bitong added, "Captain Chen, with the death of an army commander, they will inevitably become more crazy. Next, they may attack with all their strength. Be prepared to meet the attack."

Chen Chuan gave a sound of approval. At this time, he tried to feel it. After such a long time of refining Bright Reflection Method, the essence continuously penetrated into his body, and his Spirit has indeed grown a lot.

The several consecutive high-intensity battles in front extremely stimulated his Spirit, especially the successful killing of the opposing commanding general just now, which greatly pushed his Spirit upward.

He seemed to feel something at the moment, but it was still a little bit short.

He thought for a while and asked, "Master Chen, what is the name of the method that can use Spirit to move Strength?"

Chen Bitong slowly said, "There is a sentence recorded in old times' classics, "A little spiritual light knows my nature, true awareness saves the world and remakes life', so you can call it "Spiritual Perception'."

"Spiritual Perception?"

Chen Chuan took a long breath.

And at this time, they heard the sound of propeller blades. Looking up, they saw an airship appearing in the distant sky.

Chen Bitong's expression was solemn and said, "Captain Chen, retreat inside."

Chen Chuan said okay and retreated to the rear without hesitation.

Less than five minutes after they retreated, bursts of huge explosions erupted in the Fissure.

After that, more shells whistled and fell towards here, but the artillery behind extended to here.

At this moment, at least twenty artillery pieces were simultaneously pouring shells onto the top of the mountain.

Chen Chuan and Chen Bitong retreated to the edge of the Fissure at this time, and one more step might retreat out.

But it was safe here, because these locations hit by artillery fire were only in the middle area of the Fissure, and the location near the other end of the exit inside the Fissure could not be directly penetrated by shells.

It seemed that the death of a general did trigger a violent reaction from the other side. This round of bombardment lasted a full fifteen minutes.

After the artillery bombardment, the airship leaned over, and the machine gun on it spat fire at the Fissure below.

At the same time, densely packed White Plague also took advantage of the machine gun's cover and poured onto the top of the mountain at this moment, rushing into the Fissure one after another.