Chapter 1139: Chapter 52: Entering the City with Sword in Hand
Li Guanyi saw the Battle Halberd twisted nearly into a knot under the terrifying force.
Grabbing the end of the Battle Halberd with one hand and the other end with the right hand, he forcibly straightened it, which had a strength comparable to a Treasure Weapon in the Formation Secret Realm, leaving General Xue astounded.
No, could a mere Grandmaster level physique be this powerful?
Li Guanyi grasped the Battle Halberd, spun it around, and with a sudden sweep, the sharpness of the halberd tore through the air, leaving a menacing gash on the ground, and then he stepped forward, with a White Tiger by his side.
General Xue: "???"
Don’t you need to catch your breath?
Seeing Li Guanyi lift the Battle Halberd without any need to pause for breath and ready to continue the fight, General Xue waved his hands repeatedly, jokingly smiling, "Stop, stop, stop, you’re good, you’re good."
"I’m just a shadow, weak, fragile, and powerless."
"I can’t withstand your reckless fighting style."
"You’re an eighteen-year-old celebrated Grandmaster, don’t come to bully an old guy like me who’s five or six hundred years old."
"Throughout all these years, only the Overlord had such a combat style."
Li Guanyi lifted the Battle Halberd and said, "Then, the passage."
General Xue tossed the Battle Halberd in his hand, transforming it into streams of light, rubbed his wrist, and said, "Alright, I’ll give this to you, good lad!" General Xue gladly wrote down the Western Regions Map of that area, marking the entrance and exit.
Meanwhile, he and Li Guanyi chatted about the changes of the present time.
After a long while, General Xue said, "In the descendants of Chen Baxian, there are still people with such courage, which is quite good. His ancestor was merely a cowherd for others, feeding horses, and, following the Red Emperor, charged into battle, establishing merits, and was only a Marquis."
"It wasn’t until Chen Baxian’s generation that he finally, with his own hands, established achievements, earning the title of Duke, with cunning and dominance simultaneously existing in him. Now, among his descendants, there is someone with a similar spirit."
"But my family seems to have declined."
"They entered politics."
General Xue sighed, scrutinizing Li Guanyi from head to toe, and said, "Speaking of which, you’ve now joined the battlefield, also holding a noble title. Do you have troops under your command?"
Li Guanyi nodded.
Under his command were troops—splendidly equipped men from the Western Regions, with the martial spirit of the Central Plains abundant, along with a hundred thousand Qilin Army from Jiangnan. In these sixty cities, he could rally two hundred thousand troops with a single call, though, relatively speaking, there’s a significant lack of renowned generals.
Then there were gold and silver, grain, and enough weaponry to support the battle—swords, and armor, especially weapon level armament. Young men who have yet to step onto the battlefield always think swords are incredibly sharp, but in reality, weapons are consumables.
Even a thick-backed, narrow-bladed, very sharp war knife would have its edge nicked after slashing a few people. Clashing with swords, with armor, all consume weapons, and even with excellent techniques, avoiding meaningless clashes.
Yet, piercing flesh, severing muscles and bones, also tremendously wears down weapons.
Human blood, especially the blood of martial artists, is extremely dangerous to swords, proficient in corroding weapons.
So many warriors have a primary weapon and a secondary weapon; once the edge of the sword gets dulled, they use the secondary weapon. The world’s top armies are equipped with weapons at the Weapon Level hard to wear down.
Li Guanyi eyed them with envy.
Earlier, Duke Li provided over ten thousand weapon-level arms, which were enough at that time, but now, with more and more cities, more troops needed, as elite troops guarding various places require more weapons.
Li Guanyi asked, "General Xue, you mentioned the Overlord’s secret realm before?"
General Xue glanced at Li Guanyi and said, "Indeed, there is such a place. Do you want to use those things..." His face showed hesitation, speaking in a stammering manner, after several inquiries from Li Guanyi, General Xue finally said, "It’s not that I didn’t want to tell you before."
"It’s just that the place where this secret realm exists is particularly special."
"Even with the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd and this mystical stone, it’s still lacking one thing."
"Only then can it be opened."
"However, the armor and weapons inside are genuine without the slightest fabrication; although time has passed, the armor has evolved, but the swords, spears, and halberds remain top-tier sharp weapons, enough to arm a top-tier legion."
"But that place..."
General Xue conjured up wine, saying freely, "It is beneath the Red Emperor’s palace."
This answer left Li Guanyi slightly astonished, as he hadn’t expected the Overlord’s treasury to be in such a location. General Xue said, "That year, the Red Emperor confiscated the Overlord’s weapons, except for the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd; there were still five weapons infinitely close to the level of Divine Weapons."
"The spear of General Long."
"The battle axe of General Ying."
"The sword of General Ji."
"The bow of General Mei."
"The lance of General Yu."
"These five generals were among the top ten generals of that era, belonging to the Overlord’s command, journeying and battling across the land. After the Overlord’s death, these five mystical weapons all went into the armory, as this armory was sealed by the Stargazing Lineage at that time."
"The Red Emperor wanted to take them out but couldn’t, worried that someone might rise by borrowing the Overlord’s might, so he simply built his own palace above the Overlord’s secret realm. After all, it was the first Red Emperor."
"He coveted the armory left by the Overlord, especially those top-tier blades approaching the level of Divine Weapons, tried countless methods, but he could never open the secret realm, so one day, with a sudden inspiration, he came up with a method."