Piercing pain!
An intense piercing pain!
The ferocious and savage Goguryeon warrior leader could hardly believe that he would be struck by Wang Chong's spear.
Their targets this time were the Imperial Army guards and instructors of the training camps of the Tang dynasty. He didn't think much of a weak 'warrior' like Wang Chong.
More importantly, the Three Stream Saber was incomparably domineering. When executed, it felt like a raging storm. He had clearly intercepted the other party, so why did Wang Chong still manage to succeed?
Peng!
A heavy palm struck Wang Chong's chest, and as though a broken kite, Wang Chong was smashed into the wall behind him. The immense force of the palm smashed his entire body into the wall.
At the same time, huala, the chest of the leader of the Goguryeon warriors split open, and a huge gash of blood mixed with his innards flowed down from the wound.
Wang Chong's' Hexad Arms Technique 'might seem like a single slash, but it was actually six swift slashes. These six slashes had already sliced the leader's innards into several pieces and severed his vitality.
— — The three Imperial Army guards and instructors attacked him from the front while Gao Feng and Nie Yan led the crowd to divert his attention. Under such circumstances, if they were still unable to kill him, then it would be impossible for Wang Chong to do so.
"Pu!"
The corpse of the leader of the Goguryeon warriors fell to the ground. At the same time, Wang Chong spurted a huge mouthful of blood and fell from the wall.
The difference in strength between the two parties was simply too great. Even though Wang Chong was prepared for it, he still managed to injure his innards.
If not for the fact that Wang Chong had cultivated the Dragon Bone Art, making his bones, muscles, and tendons far more compact and resilient than an ordinary person, he might even have been jolted to death by the other party's final blow.
"That fellow is too strong. If I hadn't crossed blows with the experts of Goguryeo before and learned of the flaws in his Three Saber Stream, I might not have been able to kill him!"
Wang Chong took out a healing pill from his bosom and swallowed it without thinking. At this moment, a cold and emotionless voice rang in Wang Chong's ears.
[Congratulations, Host, for activating the Bane of the Battlefield halo!]
The sound only lasted for a split second. It was so fast that it seemed like an illusion.
"Hmm?"
Wang Chong was stunned. "What's going on?"
That was the voice of the Stone of Destiny. He had heard it many times, so there was no mistaking it. Could it be that he had just done something that triggered something in the Stone of Destiny?
"Buzz!"
Just as this thought emerged in Wang Chong's mind, the scenery before him warped, and the scene where Wang Chong killed the Goguryeon warrior replayed itself. Finally, it stopped at the moment when the Goguryeon warrior fell.
At the same time, the familiar voice of the Stone of Destiny sounded in Wang Chong's ears.
【Host has killed a warrior of the Goguryeo Empire, and the total amount of Destiny Energy obtained has exceeded a hundred. The conditions for activating the Bane of the Battlefield halo have been met!】
Weng!
Without any warning, with Wang Chong at the center, a powerful gale suddenly blew, and a formless energy gathered from all directions. Along with the energy gushing out from Wang Chong's head, it flowed into Wang Chong's body.
Along with this surge of power, there was also an obscure message.
All of this energy flowed through his limbs and finally into Wang Chong's dantian, forming a scorching, ring-shaped energy sphere.
"Goguryeon warrior? The person I killed was a regular soldier of the Goguryeo Empire?"
Feeling the changes in his body, Wang Chong was stunned. But what shocked Wang Chong the most was the final sentence.
Halo!
This was the greatest secret of this world! It was also the greatest difference between the Tang dynasty in Wang Chong's memory!
In this world, as long as one's cultivation reached True Martial realm, there was a certain chance that one could gather the energy in one's body and form a powerful halo around one's body.
The lowest level was the True Martial Realm's "Thorns Halo". All of the halos were circles of cyan thorns with thorns growing out of them.
The halo that the Goguryeon warrior Wang Chong killed possessed was the typical green Halo of Thorns of True Martial realm.
The same Halo of Thorns could have different attributes depending on the martial arts one practiced. For example, the Halo of Strength, the Halo of Charge, the Halo of Speed, and the Halo of Black Iron.
These were all the most basic halos.
The "Halo of Strength" could allow a True Martial realm martial artist to greatly increase their strength. The "Halo of Charge" could allow a martial artist to suddenly soar to an astonishing level within a short period of time, even though it could not be sustained. The "Halo of Speed" was usually combined with a warhorse. With this halo, regardless of whether it was a warhorse or a person, they could all reach an unimaginable level. They could truly move as fast as lightning, leaving ordinary warhorses in the dust. As for the "Halo of Black Iron", it was a basic defensive halo. With this halo, regardless of whether it was the armor or the physical body, they could all be strengthened to a certain level. Even if they were to be slashed by ordinary swords, they would not be injured at all!
Furthermore, these halos were mostly used in the military and on the battlefield!
If one's cultivation were to improve and reach the higher Profound Martial realm, these basic halos would evolve into the stronger Halo of Thorns.
The properties of the halos would also be strengthened further, such as the Halo of Earth, Halo of Storm, Halo of Barrier, Halo of Strength, and so on.
Further up, there were even more powerful halos. One could even rely on the power contained in the halo to communicate with the heaven and earth, erupting with strength comparable to that of gods!
And the strongest God Martial realm halo was said to be able to destroy the heavens and earth, challenging the gods of heaven and earth!
In his previous life, the highest Wang Chong could reach was the pinnacle of the Saint Martial realm, and he wasn't able to reach the legendary God Martial realm. But this kind of strength truly existed.
…
No one knew the secret of the halos. What Wang Chong knew was that when he descended into this world in his previous life, martial halos already existed in this world.
Furthermore, the power of this halo had been passed down for a long time, as though it appeared at the same time as the birth of this world.
In this world, halos represented strength!
The strongest strength was the strongest halo, and the two were one!
However, these powerful halos couldn't be touched before the True Martial realm.
Wang Chong had never heard of an Essence Qi realm martial artist possessing a martial halo.
"Bane of the Battlefield halo? I actually possess a True Martial realm halo at the Essence Qi realm! "
Wang Chong was long stunned by the changes in his body.
He read the information that appeared out of nowhere in his mind and confirmed one thing. That was that the newly born energy in his body was indeed a brand new halo. Bane of the Battlefield!
This was a brand new halo!
In Wang Chong's long career of war, this was the first time he encountered this kind of martial halo. And from the information in his mind, Wang Chong also understood the effects of this halo:
【Bane of the Battlefield: Regardless of the halo effect on the enemy soldier. The degree of weakening is determined according to the level and strength of the Bane of the Battlefield halo.】
【If the enemy does not have a halo, it will be weakened by one realm according to the enemy's realm!】
【This halo only has an effect on soldiers, and is ineffective on generals.】
【Current halo, level 0!】
…
Battlefield halo!
The moment Wang Chong received this information from the Stone of Destiny, he understood the properties of this halo. Without a doubt, this was a halo that was only suitable for the battlefield.
Furthermore, the halo's level was not high. Therefore, it was ineffective against enemy generals and could only be used on ordinary soldiers or elite soldiers.
Without a doubt, the Goguryeon leader whom Wang Chong killed was an elite soldier of the Goguryeon army. It was precisely because he killed this elite soldier that Wang Chong activated the Bane of the Battlefield halo in his body.
"To think that the Stone of Destiny would have such an effect!"
After activating the Stone of Destiny for so long, this was the greatest surprise that Wang Chong had received in the past few months. A halo represented strength.
As long as one possessed a halo, one would possess strength regardless of one's cultivation realm.
"Let me try out the effects of this Bane of the Battlefield halo!"
With a thought, Wang Chong activated the Bane of the Battlefield halo in his body. Weng! No one on the mountain felt anything, but Wang Chong could clearly see a ring of invisible ripples spreading from his feet into the surroundings, enveloping a radius of a hundred zhang.
Even Wang Chong was astonished by such a large area of effect.
Most primary halos only had an area of effect of three to four zhang, but his Bane of the Battlefield halo was only at level 0. Yet, it had already reached such a large area of effect.
If it were to reach the pinnacle, wouldn't it reach an unbelievable level?
In that instant, Wang Chong suddenly understood the meaning of the word 'Bane of the Battlefield'.
"If this Bane of the Battlefield halo is really as I imagine it to be, then it's truly inconceivably powerful!"
Wang Chong couldn't help but feel excited.
However, something even more astonishing happened. After Wang Chong released the Bane of the Battlefield halo, the green Halo of Thorns didn't appear beneath his feet, and nothing else happened either.
But with Wang Chong at the center, the invisible ripples spread throughout the area of a hundred zhang around White Tiger Peak, and something unexpected happened to the Goguryeons.
A faint white ripple suddenly appeared beneath the feet of some of the Goguryeons. Even though not every single one of them had a Halo of Thorns beneath their feet, the strongest Goguryeons all had it.
As for those Goguryeons who hadn't formed a True Martial realm halo, a halo appeared beneath their feet as well. Furthermore, at the same moment when the white ripple appeared, their strength underwent a massive transformation.
Seeing the halos beneath the feet of the Goguryeons, Wang Chong immediately understood their identities.
— — They were soldiers of the Goguryeon empire!
As for the others, they were probably wandering experts that the Goguryeons had transferred over at the last moment!
"Inconceivable!"
In that instant, Wang Chong widened his eyes.
All halos were meant to be used on oneself, be it the Halo of Charge, Halo of Strength, or the higher tier Halo of Earth and Halo of Barrier.
All halos would appear beneath the feet of the fighter who had cultivated it.
In his two reincarnations, this was the first time Wang Chong had seen a halo that worked under the feet of his opponent. Unlike the Halo of Self-Interest that he knew of, this halo was meant to suppress the enemy.
If it had to be named, it would undoubtedly be a type of 'Harming Halo' or 'Restraining Halo'.
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