"Get into formation, defend!"
Xia Taikang ordered decisively.
The soldiers immediately gathered together and stared at the Tang soldiers in the sky. Relying on their swords and armor, they formed a defensive formation.
At the end of the day, the Five Nation Mock War still had to have some entertainment value. If they sent ordinary soldiers to participate in the war, they wouldn't be brave or cool enough. However, if their cultivation realm was too high, then their individual martial strength would determine the outcome of the war. Thus, after the five nations discussed, they decided that the highest cultivation realm of the soldiers could not exceed the fifth level of the body refinement realm.
Xia Taikang didn't have much understanding of the Imperial Sky Spirit Rune, but he felt that a spirit rune that could allow one to fly must be a miraculous technique. It would definitely consume a lot of spirit qi. At that time, when these people were exhausted, he would be able to kill them like slaughtering chickens and dogs.
It had to be said that Xia Taikang's rich experience allowed him to make the correct judgment.
If she only had an ordinary bow, she wouldn't be able to break through the defense of these Xia soldiers. However, she was the brilliant disciple of a spirit rune great ancestor.
"Xia Taikang, admit defeat. I don't want to kill anyone!"
Li Ziqi persuaded him to surrender.
"If the people of China die, they will die on the charge!"
After Xia Taikang shouted, the Xia soldiers let out a battle cry in unison to deter the enemy.
"Alright!"
Li Ziqi knew that she wouldn't be able to convince them just by talking. "First team, second team, prepare your lightning rods. As for the other teams, be on guard!"
The soldiers of the first two squads immediately took out a foot-long rod that was as thick as an arm from their backpacks.
"Get ready!"
Li Ziqi dragged out her voice.
Xia Taikang had a bad feeling about this, but if he scattered now, would he fall into a trap? Would the enemy fall from the sky and break them apart?
Just when Xia Taikang was hesitating, Li Ziqi gave the order to attack.
"Activate, throw!"
Upon hearing this command, the soldiers used their strength to break the wooden sticks and immediately threw them towards the Xia soldiers.
"Send them flying!"
Xia Taikang shouted.
Some of the Xia soldiers brandished their swords, but at the instant their swords touched the spirit pattern cudgel, the cudgel flashed with dazzling electric arcs and exploded.
Rumble! Rumble!
The blue lightning bolts were like pythons that had suddenly jumped out of the grass, rampaging through the army formation without any fear.
Wherever it passed, the Xia soldiers were charred black by the lightning. Plop! Thump! He fell to the ground, unable to even let out a scream.
The armors of the various countries were all made of metal. They were simply the best conductors of electricity. Even though the first team had only thrown out ten spirit rune rods, the destructive effect was still shocking.
Other than those who had been electrocuted to death, there were also those who had been struck by the Chain Lightning. Their bodies went numb, and they could no longer stand.
Hua!
In the spectator seats, the guests were dumbfounded and stood up in shock.
Why was it that with just one round of attack, no, it couldn't even be counted as one round, with only ten soldiers throwing out a wooden stick, the Xia soldiers who were strong enough to compete with Wei Wuzu collapsed?
At this moment, as long as the Xia soldiers landed, it would be a one-sided massacre.
However, it was clear that Li Ziqi didn't know how to do such a rough job. She waved her hand and the second team came forward. Each of them had a wooden club in their hands.
Hiss!
Many people sucked in a breath of cold air. If there was another round, Xia Bing would probably be completely wiped out.
"You cheated!"
Xia Taikang roared angrily and swung his sword upwards.
A stream of sword qi soared into the sky, heading straight for Li Ziqi. At the instant it struck her, Xuanyuan Po slashed out with his spear while Helian Beifang slashed out with his blade.
Bang!
Their weapons were knocked away, and the sword qi went straight for the little sunny egg.
At this moment, a huge tortoise shell suddenly popped out from the little sunny egg's body, blocking the sword qi.
"Mn?"
At the sight of this scene, Sun Mo frowned.
"Eldest martial sister, be careful. This fellow seems to be holding a saint weapon!"
Helian Beifang reminded.
Such a weapon would greatly increase the destructive prowess of ultimate skills.
"Xia Taikang, pay attention to your words. What do you mean by cheating?"
Li Ziqi was very angry.
"You are shameless!"
Ying Baiwu couldn't bear to watch on and directly roared, "If it wasn't for my eldest martial sister's kindness, all of you would have died in this round!"
"Eldest martial sister, don't waste your breath on him. Finish off these people first!"
Qin Yaoguang urged.
The countenances of the remaining Xia soldiers turned a little unsightly. They weren't afraid of dying in battle, but sending themselves to death for nothing really made them feel helpless.
Luckily, although the Qi King was unreliable, he could distinguish the severity of the matter and quickly stopped them.
"Ziqi, Taikang, stop fighting first. If you have anything to say, come over and talk!"
If the two of them were to fight for real and kill one of them, things would be troublesome. After all, one of them was the crown prince of Xia Country who was known to be a rare talent that only appeared once in a thousand years. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of reviving Xia Country, while Li Ziqi was the princess that Li Yingqi doted on the most. She was also Sun Mo's favorite student.
Very soon, the two of them came before the emperor and confronted each other!
"The Five Countries Martial Battle is a competition of the quality of the soldiers and the commander-in-chief. If you guys fly up into the sky, how are we going to fight?"
Xia Taikang criticized.
"You guys can fly too!"
Qin Yaoguang said.
The Calabash Brothers followed behind Sun Mo and came over to support their eldest martial sister.
"Crown Prince Xia, the times have changed."
Tantai Yutang chuckled. "As my teacher researched the Imperial Sky Spirit Rune, the situation of the war is going to change regardless of whether you admit it or not."
Those who could stand here were all influential officials. After hearing this, they immediately discussed in low voices.
"I admit that Teacher Sun's spirit rune is very powerful, but it can't be that he doesn't do anything and just inscribe spirit runes for the soldiers every day, right?"
Xia Taikang snorted coldly. "This is just a special case and doesn't count. War still depends on whose soldiers are stronger and who train harder!"
"You're the commander-in-chief and are proficient in battle formations. In that case, you should know about the phrase 'directly attack the enemy', right? On the battlefield, although it's very difficult to chop down the enemy's flag and kill the enemy's commander-in-chief, this is one of the battle tactics that everyone knows can reverse the situation. "
Li Ziqi looked at Xia Taikang as if she was looking at an old antique who didn't know how to be flexible. "My soldiers can fly, so they can directly fly to your commander-in-chief tent and carry out the decapitation battle tactic!"
Some of the higher-ups with military brains turned pale when they heard this.
"Wait a minute, doesn't this mean that I'm not safe either?"
King Qi was afraid of death. He suddenly thought of a group of Tang soldiers flying above his sleeping quarters and throwing a bunch of those wooden rods. Wouldn't he be electrocuted to death?
"Your Majesty, our Great Tang won't do that!"
Li Ziqi hurriedly consoled.
"Hehe!"
The Qi King laughed dryly and looked toward Sun Mo. "Subject Sun, help me get a group of guards that can fly as well. Feel free to state how much money you need!"
Before this, everyone felt that His Majesty was an incapable ruler when he gave Sun Mo a city. But from the looks of things now, it seemed that His Majesty was too wise.
At the very least, his friendship with Sun Mo had been established.
"Xia Taikang, this type of spirit rune isn't difficult. As long as my teacher is willing to teach, a spirit rune master with at least three years of experience in drawing spirit runes will be able to do it."
Li Ziqi revealed another important piece of information.
The atmosphere at the scene directly froze.
What did this mean?
It meant that the Great Tang's soldiers could all fly like this.
What?
Was he worried that this spirit rune would be leaked?
King Tang could totally kill all the spirit rune masters after drawing the spirit rune for the soldiers.
To an emperor, he had as many methods as he wanted.
"Alright, I admit that you guys can fly, but what's with those wooden rods?"
Xia Taikang changed the topic.
"That's the lightning rod invented by my eldest martial sister!"
Qin Yaoguang smiled. "If you're not convinced, you can invent one yourself!"
"..."
Xia Taikang felt extremely uncomfortable. It was as if someone had kicked his chest.
(If I can invent one, why would I be talking nonsense with you?)
(I would have used it long ago!)
"The military battle is a simulated war. It's impossible for you guys to mass-produce these spirit rune rods, right?"
Wei Wuan interjected.
"This is a military secret of our Great Tang. It's not convenient for me to tell you!"
Li Ziqi retorted.
"If you guys put it this way, there's no meaning to it!"
Xia Taikang coldly laughed. "In that case, we can also use all sorts of alchemical pills and forbidden arts. Don't think that only you guys have trump cards!"
"Whatever!"
Li Ziqi retorted. "In any case, spirit runes don't have any side effects. Your alchemical pills and forbidden arts all have them."
Xia Taikang's face turned black.
"Alright, everyone, stop quarreling. Let's settle this peacefully."
Qi King persuaded, "Yuzhen, what do you think?"
"If we don't restrict the Great Tang's flying spirit runes and spirit rune rods, there's no need to fight the first round. The Great Tang will win for sure!"
Jiang Yuzhen spoke in a simple and straightforward manner. After speaking, she even cast a glance at Sun Mo.
It was this man who caused the soldiers and battle strategies she had painstakingly trained over the years to become useless. "In the future, the wars in the Nine Provinces will be dominated by these two types of spirit runes!"
"So terrifying?"
Qi King was shocked.
"That would depend on Ziqi's speed of mass-producing these spirit runes."
Jiang Yuzhen spoke bluntly.
"Alright, let's talk about the future in the future. Ziqi, the Five Countries Mock Battle is an exhibition competition after all. You have to give others a chance. Why don't you stop using those wooden rods?"
Qi King persuaded with kind words. He thought that Li Ziqi would definitely not agree, but he didn't expect her to agree immediately.
"Alright!"
Li Ziqi didn't mind. In any case, she had many trump cards.
The final verdict for this round was that the Great Tang was the victor.
Next, after resting for half an hour, it was time for the second battle of the day. It was Great Chu against Great Qi.
This battle was extremely fascinating. Jiang Yuzhen unleashed her commanding art to the limits. She relied on her sharp observation skills and outstanding on-the-spot adaptations to get rid of the important generals of Great Chu. The remaining people were like a plate of loose sand.
"Your Highness True Jade, congratulations!"
Everyone congratulated her.
However, Jiang Yuzhen's expression was lonely.
"True Jade, why are you in a bad mood?"
The Empress felt heartache.
"Mother, the times have changed."
Jiang Yuzhen made up her mind. She must definitely give birth to a child with Sun Mo. Even if this child wasn't intelligent enough, as long as she could obtain some of Sun Mo's inheritance, Qi Country would be able to prosper.
After the first round, because Wei Country had one draw and one win, they managed to retain two troops. If it wasn't for the variable Li Ziqi, it could be said that Wei Country would have a 90% chance of obtaining first place!
The battles continued. On the fourth day, Wei Country faced off against Li Ziqi.
When Great Tang's soldiers floated in the air, Wei Country's soldiers immediately got into a defensive formation. They raised their sturdy shields that were covered with cowhide and connected them together, forming a gigantic shield wall.
"Your Highness Ziqi, your lightning cudgel can only bully the Xia soldiers. Our Wei Country's soldiers are invincible elites that excel in both offense and defense!"
Wei Wuan flaunted. "That's why I'm allowing you to use it."
Indeed, although the might of the lightning cudgel wasn't weak, it wouldn't conduct electricity when it smashed into the cowhide shields.
"Wei Wuan, you haven't even seen the slightest bit of the profoundness of spirit runes!"
Li Ziqi's lips twitched. "First team, prepare the Spirit Wave Cannons!"
As Li Ziqi gave the command, the soldiers of the first team took off the leather gloves on their right hands. They stretched out their arms and raised their palms.
"Gather your qi for three seconds and start attacking!"
A ball of light suddenly lit up on the right hands of the soldiers, forming a spirit qi ball the size of an apple. After that, with a swoosh, it shot out.
The spirit qi ball wasn't big, but when it hit the cowhide shields, it directly blasted a hole through them. After that, it penetrated through the shields and killed the soldiers hiding below.
The sturdy armor of Wei Country basically couldn't block such spirit wave cannons.
All ten attacks hit their targets, reaping ten lives.
Wei Wuan's face immediately turned green.
The others were also silent. The main reason was that no one had seen this thing before.
"Is this another invention of Sun Mo's?"
Everyone saw Xia Taikang, who was at the spectator stand, abruptly stood up. His eyes were wide open.
Jiang Yuzhen closed her eyes.
"Wei Wuan, surrender or be completely annihilated!"
Li Ziqi snapped her fingers. This time around, all the soldiers took off their gloves and raised their right arms.
"I..."
Wei Wuan didn't wish to admit defeat, but he couldn't watch as his soldiers died. In the end, he could only lower his head helplessly. "I admit defeat!"
"Dear Official Sun, what is this?"
Qi King was shocked.
"Spirit Wave Cannons, a type of spirit rune that can directly release spirit qi as an offensive method!"
Sun Mo explained.
"In that case, can I do that as well?"
Qi King gestured with his hand. He hated cultivation, so he liked killing people with a raise of his hand. It was cool and relaxing.
"As long as you have spirit qi in your body, you can do it after you have a spirit rune tattooed on you!"
Sun Mo smiled. He saw that many people were eager to give it a try.
In truth, as long as one wasn't stupid, they would be able to sense the benefits of the spirit wave cannons. This thing was like having a gun in one's pocket. When one was unhappy, they could shoot it at their opponent. It was much faster than drawing a sword.
"Dear Official Sun, you must get one for me as well!"
Qi King stood up and pulled Sun Mo's hand, showing his intention to get closer. "I heard that you haven't married yet? Look, these are all my daughters. If you fancy one, I'll give her to you! "
"..."
These words were a little inappropriate, but this time around, the officials didn't dissuade him. Even Teacher Su acted as though he didn't hear it.
There was no solution to it. They also wanted those two types of spirit runes. If they offended Sun Mo, wouldn't they lose everything?
"Your Majesty, you mustn't joke around like this!"
Sun Mo rejected.
"Ah? Could it be that you like guys? "
Qi King lowered his voice. He would occasionally dote on a few young eunuchs with delicate features. Speaking of which, Sun Mo's looks were also very good.
"Emperor Father!"
Jiang Yuzhen frowned.
"Haha, I'm just joking!"
Qi King looked at his favorite daughter. "True Jade, what do you think of Dear Official Sun?"
"Your Majesty, how can you ask such a question?"
The empress hurriedly interrupted. Sun Mo's current importance was already very high. He was someone the Qi Country couldn't afford to offend. What if True Jade said that she didn't like him?
That would be too awkward.
But that shouldn't be the case, right?
In any case, the empress herself liked men like Sun Mo very much. He was handsome and talented.
(Aiya, I suddenly feel like getting him to tattoo spirit runes for me!)
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