NOVEL WEB Chapter 277: Battle to the End
(It's been too hot these days; I'm not in my best shape. Today there will be one big chapter of 5,000 words, without breaks. Sorry for any inconvenience.)
The law loomed over the plain's Minor World like a disk, and before the battle began, the Flying Boats had received the message. Everyone flew over quickly, and the large Magical Treasures capable of long-distance surveillance turned their lenses to capture the scene below, projecting it onto the Water Mirror.
One against a thousand, with all sorts of restrictions placed on Meng Yu, like not being able to use his strongest moves or fly high into the sky for fear of breaking the law's limits. The people above could drop support at any time, and with all these constraints, plus the total number of a thousand people, no one believed Meng Yu would choose to meet them head-on!
Meng Yu could win, but he had to fight cunningly, charging into the formations like peeling a potato, then killing off small groups of enemies at a time. However, reinforcements were on their way, and to give a simple example: when everyone used Second-order Weapons, the forces exerting on these weapons were mutual. If they collided, damage would occur. What would you do then...
"Huh?"
The moment Meng Yu clashed with a thousand men, everyone drew in a breath of cold air.
This man, this man, he actually charged straight into the Battle Array!
The swirl of Saber Light and shadow below made the hearts of the Foundation Establishment disciples and the esteemed heirs pound with fear. They had seen these Foundation Establishment cultivators in regular sparring matches where their swordplay was nearly equal, but down there, they were cut down by that man like straw, a swath with every slash!
A Cultivator does not fall by bare hands; Meng Yu's use of the sword was nothing short of miraculous. Suddenly, everyone understood why he didn't use any Magical Treasures—he was a genuine adversary of a thousand!
One-against-one combat simulators could simulate well, but in one-versus-many battles, simulators could only familiarize you a little, as there were countless combinations and always unexpected outcomes!
Meng Yu cut through the Battle Array time and time again, from left to right, from right to left, holding a long sword in his hand, either reaching the pinnacle of skillful combat or engaging in a life-and-death struggle of raw power!
He was like a fish in water.
Until he won!
In the first half-hour, Meng Yu had already secured his victory; in the second half, he was merely sweeping the battlefield!
Even the Golden Cores aboard the Flying Boat felt chills in their hearts, watching Meng Yu emerge victorious time and again from engagements where life and death hung by a thread. This told them that this man had returned from a sea of blood and mountains of corpses!
A master of close combat among those at the Foundation Establishment level!
Then, what if one day, he achieved Golden Core status? Could he then face hundreds of Golden Cores alone?
How did he train to such a level?
How many people had died by his hand?
...
Mirror Twelve reattached itself to Meng Yu.
The remaining hundred or so enemies were attacking from a distance, a distance meaning at least five hundred meters away, because any closer and Meng Yu's counterattacks would reach them.
They tried hard, but so did Mirror Twelve.
With six thousand years of life and once a True God Transforming Master, how much experience could an old man who had participated in countless battles accumulate?
For example, in Formation strategy.
The Minor World of the plains was an important base for Eternal Night Palace. Meng Yu had just looted the enemy's warehouse, cramming all sorts of Array Plates and talismans inside, and now the duty of setting up the Formation fell to the True God Transforming Master.
Second-order Formations, a Second-Order World set with a Second-order Formation!
At this moment, Meng Yu was an unemotional sowing machine—no, an Array-setting machine!
He tossed down Array Plates one by one, and quickly formed a Yin-Yang Two Elements Formation with twelve Array Plates. Then, to create the Four Symbols, this required four times twenty-seven Array Plates, setting up the Great Formations of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
After the Four Symbols, along with the core in the middle, all linked together, with the Five Elements in place, the Four Symbols became the Five Elements.
...
The Flying Boats in the sky watched intently, with everyone on the communicator chatting excitedly.
The first minute after the battle ended.
"Huh, Meng Yu won. Why isn't he running away? There are two groups from left and right rushing over, flanking him from both sides. Shameless Eternal Night Palace, they watched the battle, air-dropped commands, and told those two groups how to deal with Meng Yu!"
"Right, they will adjust their strategies and Formations when they come down. Meng Yu won the first fight, but they can change tactics. Whether it's the Wandering Dragon Golden Saber Formation or the Straight Line Snake Formation, a thousand people attacking from a distance non-stop with various methods to entangle him. What will he do?"
"Run, run now!"
This was a group of people who had sympathy for Meng Yu, the Golden Core Six, while many other spectators were discussing amongst themselves.
The tenth minute.
"Ah, he's setting a Formation. Why is he setting up a Formation?"
"Setting up Formations is troublesome, especially those that can help him. It requires regulating nature's spiritual energy, connecting with the earthly veins and celestial patterns, not to mention the tremendous amount of calculations involved. His hastily set up Formations now are useless!"
"Right, I dreamed of being an Array Master as a child, preparing the battlefield with Formations in advance when fighting the enemy, or raising a Formation with a flick of my hand, facing a hundred on my own. But in reality, it doesn't work. If Formations were that magical, everyone would be studying them."
One of the Array Masters in the Golden Core Six gave everyone a lesson.
"The most convenient to use are Formation Diagrams, but their limitations are immense. Now that Meng Yu is in a Second-Order World, all sorts of Second-order Formation Diagrams will likely only block three or five strikes from Foundation Establishment-level attacks.