Chapter 209: The Straw Man Formation is Broken, Qi Yuanzi is Shocked! (6K)
Zhao Xing was also impressed by Liu Tianning.

If it were Tian Yan, he would probably say, "Don't be anxious, don't be so stressed, just be more open-minded."

But when it came to Liu Tianning, he said, "Your pressure is not enough, I will push you again."

This is Liu Tianning's style. He hates stupidity and can't stand seeing people doing stupid things.

The requirements for his disciples were even stricter, almost to the point of being abnormal, because his own requirements were abnormal.

Can't learn? Then just die!

Constantly putting limit pressure on yourself, constantly splitting your soul, to control more of your true self and perform all kinds of things.

People like this...even a pervert would think Mr. Zhao is a pervert.

"If you can't learn it, the mission will fail."

"Not only will you lose military merit, but your morale will also be greatly damaged. If you don't retreat and continue like this, you will sooner or later be ambushed by the people of the Holy Spirit Royal Court, and at least hundreds of thousands of military merits will be deducted."

"If you retreat, the Six Army Alliance will collapse, all previous efforts will be in vain, and you will be blocked at the Soul Sacrifice Pass." Liu Tianning said lightly.

Zhao Xing's breathing also became rapid.

He was already under a lot of pressure, and after hearing what Liu Tianning said, his nerves were stretched to the limit and he was under maximum pressure!
"I understand. Come on."

Liu Tianning nodded and stretched out his white jade-like palm: "The five methods are perfectly integrated. The essence is to make the five elements in the straw man's body grow and circulate endlessly."

“The Self-Grassing Man Method is to verify the Yin-Yang Self Sutra.”

"The five elements reverse yin and yang. Not only do you have to perfectly control the five elements of the straw man technique, you also have to make it adapt to the yin and yang souls. This is the foundation of the self-straw man's harmony with the Tao, and the 'Soul-binding Straw Man' is indispensable."

"The soul resides in the womb. Now this straw man will be your second flesh body, for a trace of your soul to reside in."

As Liu Tianning spoke, his body disintegrated.

When a normal straw man collapses, it basically disintegrates all at once, but Liu Tianning's "disintegration" is a slow analysis of the straw man's skin, flesh, meridians, and bones.

He controlled the speed, slowing it down many times so that Zhao Xing could see it clearly.

The skin of the Benwo Grass Man is similar to that of a human, but without flesh and blood. The cracks in the skin become the 'meridians'.

The straw man of Liu Tianning's ego is made of extremely ordinary materials, as if it was a specially prepared demonstration body.

Its meridians are actually the rice stalks of the third-level Yuan Rice. The hollow rice stalks are flexible and retractable, shuttling back and forth between each other and twisting together, just like the meridians of the human body.

Its internal 'skeleton' is also a relatively common fourth-order material, hollow cork branches.

The energy of the five elements flows inside the rice stalks, passing from one section to another.

The fingers of Liu Tianning's left hand disintegrated, but his right hand began to cast a spell.

Zhao Xing could see how the vital energy flowed in his body and how magic was finally formed.

"Om~"

A cloud appeared in the palm of his right hand.

"Clouds in the palm of your hand!"

Zhao Xing was very familiar with this operation. His first teacher in Gucheng, Xue Wenzhong, demonstrated the technique of moving clouds with the palm of his hand when he first taught him the Cloud Method.

However, Liu Tianning's Xingyun was faster and stronger than Xue Wenzhong's, and he used the Straw Man Method to perform Xingyun!
Maybe Xue Wenzhong learned the cloud method from the Liu family.

"Watch carefully."

Liu Tianning did not explain any more because he had already said all the things that needed to be said.

Now it depends on Zhao Xing himself to understand.

The left hand disintegrates, the right hand casts a spell.

After an hour, the left arm had completely disintegrated, but it still retained the shape of an arm, only because it was disassembled, it became an enlarged version.

Zhao Xing was fully focused. From the very beginning, he activated the [Heavenly Eye Technique] and the soul in his sea of ​​consciousness opened its eyes.

Watch Liu Tianning's performance from different angles.

Immersed in this demonstration, Zhao Xing didn't feel the passage of time.

I don’t know when it started, but everything in front of me stopped.

When the toes also fall apart.

"Wow~"

A pile of materials was scattered all over the floor.

Liu Tianning's straw man completely disappeared.

Zhao Xing looked up and saw an illusory shadow, which was a wisp of soul power separated by Liu Tianning.

However, without the protection of the straw man's body, this wisp of soul power quickly dissipated.

"Old Liu treats me well." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

This straw man of his could originally be recovered, and his soul power would not be damaged.

The power of the soul remaining in this grass man is very strong!

But now we are thousands of miles away, and the power of our soul has dissipated. It will take a lot of time to replenish it.

Liu Tianning had no intention of fighting, so this split soul of his was specifically here to teach him.

Now that it has been scattered, it will take at least one or two years to make it back, and it will cost a lot of precious treasures.

A heavy pressure surged into his heart, and Zhao Xing began to draft the materials beside him.

"rise!"

Zhao Xing once again tried to combine the five methods into one. The five straw man methods were bravery, flying, self-detonation, invisibility, and soul-binding.

The single straw man method involves the balance of the five elements in multiple parts.

When two methods are combined into one, the difficulty of operating the five elements inside increases exponentially. Each additional method combined becomes ten times more difficult than the previous one.

Zhao Xing already knows more than a dozen high-level techniques, but the limit of other high-level techniques is just high-level.

The I-Grassman Method, the high level is just the threshold, it is known as the 'ultimate method'! All spells can be put into it!
The I-Self Straw Man Technique is the most difficult spell Zhao Xing has ever learned! No doubt about it.

"Merge!" He controlled the five straw man techniques with both hands and integrated them.

Every step he took was trembling, and he had to control the flow of the five elements in an area the size of a grain of rice.

It was extremely difficult for Zhao Xing to perfectly integrate the five spells, and he soon reached a limit.

A seemingly complete straw man appeared before his eyes, but abnormal repulsive forces appeared in every part of his body, and the five elements vortex was either spinning slower and slower or faster and faster.

Zhao Xing was like a firefighter. Fires broke out everywhere on the straw man. He maintained the situation here, but problems arose there. He stabilized the upper part, but the lower part began to show signs of collapse.

I was overwhelmed and a feeling of powerlessness came over me.

He was very familiar with this feeling. He had failed more than 10,000 times, and each time he failed at the final stage.

"Combine the five methods into one, and do it for me!" Zhao Xing roared in his heart, trying his best to persevere.

Under tremendous pressure, his energy and spirit reached its peak at this moment.

No matter how chaotically the five elements in the grass man's body ran rampant, he tried his best to save it, and pulled the spell fusion back from the brink of collapse time and time again.

Such repeated manipulation put a great pressure on his mind. The vortex of vital energy in his dantian was also spinning wildly. The Solar Terms Order and Hou Tu Sand were all on the verge of collapsing. He had really reached his limit.

Sudden--

"Bang~" a muffled sound was heard.

Zhao Xing's eyes went dark, his whole body relaxed, and his heart sank to the bottom.

The sound was like a straw man exploding again.

Did it fail again?

When he opened his eyes, Zhao Xing saw himself kneeling on the ground.

"Ok?"

This strange scene immediately made Zhao Xing realize something.

He looked down and saw a pair of hands with rough texture like tree leaves.

"The Five Laws have been combined into one! This is the perspective of the All-Laws Straw Man!"

Zhao Xing was ecstatic.

"Hahahahaha!"

He looked up to the sky and laughed.

But they forgot that this straw man was rather crude and had no mouth.

In excitement, the straw man collapsed.

It accidentally merged into a trace of the straw man's soul and returned to its original form.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Xing let out a long sigh, and looking at the remains of the straw man in front of him, he smiled.

It doesn't matter if he breaks down, he has learned that.

After getting over this hurdle, the next step is just a matter of perfecting the small details!
At this time, there was one more spell in his panel.

【All Laws Grass Man (Advanced)】

[Progress: 1 turn]

[Effect: The five methods are perfectly combined into one, creating a straw man of all methods. When the straw man method is used, a strand of soul will be split off, which can exist for a long time. As the realm is improved, other spells can be stacked infinitely! ]

"I have learned the most powerful straw man technique." Zhao Xing grinned, "This is the ultimate magic in the Vitality Era. In the Spiritual Energy Revival Era, its effect will be even stronger, like a magical power, with endless benefits."

The Wanfa Grass Man is Si Nong's life-saving magic skill. Liu Tianning suffered so many assassination attempts during the Emperor Wu period, but he survived well and eventually died of old age.

As long as he doesn't want to die, no one can kill him.

Because no one can tell which one is Liu Tianning's real body, and no one can find where its real body is.

Of course, Emperor Wu is excluded here.

If Emperor Wu in his prime wanted to kill Liu Tianning, he could still do it.

After a certain period of time, it no longer works.

“If I could reach Liu Tianning’s position, get Mi Fu’s Xuan Huang Xi Yuan Shu, use Ling Shan’s method to nourish my spirit, break the drawbacks of Cao Ren’s method, and then go to various caves to raise my luck to Yan Ten, get some treasures, even the Martial Emperor in his prime wouldn’t be able to kill me.” Zhao Xing said secretly.

His being a first-rank minister of agriculture and Liu Tianning being a first-rank minister of agriculture are two completely different concepts.

Zhao Xingcheng is a first-rank minister of agriculture and is much stronger than Liu Tianning!
"Now it seems that I have no choice but to accept Old Liu's fate."

Liu Tianning taught him attentively, even at the cost of his own soul. In any case, they had a master-disciple relationship, and this cause and effect was much more important than the financial investment of Tian Yan. "If you choose me, I will not let you down, and I will definitely carry forward your Liu family's straw man method!" Zhao Xing said secretly.

One of Liu Tianning’s biggest wishes is to ensure that the Liu family’s straw man making technique is not lost.

After mastering the straw man, Zhao Xing sent a message to Liu Tianning through the ground mirror to report the good news.

Liu Tianning, who was in the Wanfa Palace, smiled after seeing the information in the ground mirror.

It was not only because Zhao Xing was so talented and actually learned the Wanfa Caoren technique, but also because Zhao Xing called him "Master" in the letter. He was of course happy that Liu's Caoren technique had a successor.

On the other hand, Zhao Xing was urgently perfecting the Wanfa Grass Man. He soon reached the high level of the third transformation.

After mastering the Wanfa Straw Man technique, it was much easier for him to integrate other Straw Man techniques.

Including the elementary methods such as "reconnaissance", "repetition" and "great force" that you learned at the beginning, can all be integrated.

It can even be combined with some other spells, such as the Bright Eyes Spell, which can allow the straw man to see farther.

Of course, at the advanced third level, Zhao Xing could only accommodate intermediate-level techniques, but not high-level techniques.

However, in terms of its effectiveness, I may not be as good as the straw man.

Because Zhao Xing doesn't know spells such as illusion and invisibility, but the straw man can.

"I can now raise three straw dolls of my original self at the same time. If there are more, it will put a lot of pressure on the life soul. Besides, these three straw dolls cannot be damaged at will."

"If it is damaged, it will harm my soul." Zhao Xing looked at the three straw men in front of him.

Because of the ability to "change shape", the straw man now looks exactly like the original, especially with the straw raincoat and bamboo hat on and the staff in hand, ordinary people can't tell the difference at all.

"It's time to break through the maze of Anping Road and Nanxiang Road!" Zhao Xing did not hesitate and immediately summoned the Junshuling of Tonghuo City to discuss the matter.

"From today on, the supply transport team will still pass through Anping Road and Nanxiang Road!" Zhao Xing issued an order. "I will lead the team myself."

Anping Road and Nanxiang Road are much safer than other routes as long as you can pass the maze.

Because of these two routes, they can receive timely support from the three armies on the front line.

What if the Soul Sacrifice Pass wants to harass us?

That’s perfect. We don’t have to attack the city. We can just attack the reinforcements directly.

There was a commotion among the people below because Zhao Xing's order seemed a little incredible.

He was just one person but had to lead several transport teams.

Moreover, the maze is now more powerful than before, and it is guarded by a ghost army. Many people think that Zhao Xing is a little crazy.

But, Zhao Xing is the boss here!

Even if someone opposes, he can still accomplish what he wants to do.

The order was issued and executed on the same day.

All transport teams on the original route that had not yet set off were stopped, and those that had set off recently were all caught up by people and ordered to return to Tonghuo City without having to go around the enemy-occupied areas.

When he did this, there was an immediate reaction from the front line.

When Liao Rulong, Xia Jing, Chen Shijie, Wen Shaoyang and others learned the news, they immediately held an emergency meeting on the field through the ground mirror.

"You want to take Anping Road and Nanxiang Road? Is it possible?" Wen Shaoyang asked.

"It's possible!" Zhao Xing said, "Pay attention to the movements on the two roads and attack the reinforcements sent by Jihunguan at any time. I changed the route this time, Jihunguan will not remain indifferent, this is also an opportunity."

Seeing Zhao Xing so confident, no one questioned him anymore.

Xia Jing and Chen Shijie both told Zhao Xing to be careful, then hung up the phone to discuss the sniper plan.

On the other side, Qi Yuanjun, Yi Yue and Nangong Ye also held a small meeting in private.

"Zhao Xing of the Shenwei Army said that they would take the Anping Road and the Nanxiang Road again, and asked us to support the transport team at any time and attack the reinforcements at the Jihun Pass." Qi Yuanjun said, "Nangong, what do you think?"

"Can he get through the maze?" Nangong Ye frowned and asked, "If he can't, not only will our troops be wasted, but our supply lines will also collapse."

"Let him try." Yi Yue said, "He has already agreed that if he fails, we can send our own people over."

"Okay, then I'll take this risk with him this time." Qi Yuanjun said, "His and the Shenwei Army's current performance is quite remarkable. If he fails, we can propose other options."

Honestly speaking, up to this point in the battle, Qi Yuanjun, Yi Yue and Nangong Ye are all quite satisfied with the Shenwei Army.

Apart from Yi Yue's complaints about Zhao Xing's previous delay, Zhao Xing did a very good job overall.

Even if we replace them, I don't think it will be any better.

If Zhao Xing agrees, then we will maintain the status quo of cooperation.

If Zhao Xing is not capable, then they will have an excuse to increase their troops, improve their voice in the Six Army Alliance, or even go it alone.

The generals from Jihun Pass were also discussing this at this time.

Morik and Qi Yuanzi were responsible for the deployment of a section of the Anping Road maze. At this time, they received a sniper order from the leader of the coalition forces.

"Zhao Xing from Tonghuo City, is he really going to break into the maze?" Morik received the order and felt incredible. "Does he really dare?"

"The transport teams on the other routes have all withdrawn, that's a fact." Qi Yuanzi said, "As for whether he really broke in or pretended to break in, and whether there is any conspiracy, we will know after trying it out."

"Morik, we have to take it seriously. Once he can really get out of the Anping Dao magic circle, we have to retreat." Qi Yuanzi frowned, "I always feel that this person is not simple. Let's prepare to withdraw to the Sacrifice Soul Pass."

During this month, Zhao Xing was still able to withstand tremendous pressure and ensure that the army on the front line had no shortage of military supplies, which was beyond Qi Yuanzi's expectations.

Not everyone can use the saturation transportation method. The transportation capacity, military output and reserves of Tonghuo City exceeded their calculations.

If they can still solve the maze, he and Morik's barbarian field army should forget about staying along the Anping Road and retreat back to the interior as soon as possible.

Among the coalition forces of various ethnic groups at the Soul Sacrifice Pass, Morik's number of people and voice ranked last. If the Soul Sacrifice Pass was lost, they would not bear the main responsibility.

"If you lose the Soul Sacrifice Pass, you can still take it back later, but if you lose your life, you can never get it back."

"You're right." Morik agreed. He was from the Holy Spirit Court, and he didn't have much determination to defend the Fire Demon Tribe's territory under the Golden Feather Court. It wasn't his hometown either.

"All dragon-bone warships advance 1,200 meters, and the land flying boat battalion retreats 600 meters!"

"Fu Hai Lou Ship, turn the rudder to the left!"

Anping Road, on a warship in the low sky, Zhao Xing stood on the dragon head on the deck and kept giving orders.

"Che Shihai, you're flying too high, descend 200 meters!"

"Boss, but if we descend another 200 meters, I'm going to crash into the mountain!"

"Just surrender when I tell you to. You're just hallucinating!"

“Yes!!” Che Shihai gritted his teeth, opened his eyes wide, descended two hundred meters, and crashed into the mountain in front.

It's strange, he felt that it was about to collide, but the flying boat he was controlling flew past.

After the leading flying boat passed by, the ones behind followed suit and flew over together.

"Damn, this is really weird." Che Shihai's palms were sweating.

He had been flying for two hours and had experienced this kind of thing several times.

But every time, I couldn't help but tremble.

It was purely an illusion created by the maze that affected his soul.

It made him feel scared and terrified instinctively.

"Wang Ji, tell the Fire Crossbow Battalion of the Dragonbone Warship to get ready!"

"Aim the left cabin at the fourth hexagram position, Gen position, and stroke area. After ten breaths, saturation fire!"

"Don't stop until I tell you to."

"Yes!" Wang Ji immediately shouted to the engineer who was controlling the warship, "The left cabin fire crossbow battalion is in position. Adjust the crossbow cannon to the fourth hexagram position to store fire. Strike range: Gen position, stroke area!"

"emission!"

The Fire Crossbow Camp of the Great Zhou Dynasty generally refers to the Warship Fire Crossbow Camp, which must be equipped with at least a fifth-tier top-grade warship.

Because the boat was small, there was really no place to put it. A crossbow was 108 meters long and 15 meters wide.

The crossbow is divided into five parts: base, flint, crossbow trigger, firing muzzle and crossbow arrow.

The fifth-order crossbow has a capacity of 1,600 rounds and can fire eighty fire arrows per second. It is more like a giant spear than an arrow.

The fifth-level crossbow arrow is stretchable. Before being launched, it is five meters long and as thick as a wrist. After being launched, it will expand to the thickness of a thigh and be fifteen meters long.

The Fire Crossbow has three sections, and there are a total of 1,285 mechanical arrays carved on the last two sections. They will provide power to the front end of the crossbow tip during flight, accelerating it to a speed of at least five times the speed of fire!
The arrowhead of the Fire Crossbow is a three-layer sleeve type. It can break barriers and penetrate warships. Moreover, after hitting an object, the magic circle inside will not explode immediately, but will explode a few seconds after penetration.

Its inner two layers, or core layers, are made of fifth-order firecrackers.

Those who can equip Fire Crossbow Battalions are basically strong armies. Ordinary armies will run out of materials after fighting for a while.

Because to make it, the mechanism maker must be an elite like Mr. Wang. Ordinary craftsmen cannot master such exquisite mechanism and magic array technology. In addition, fifth-level firecrackers cannot be grown in large quantities by ordinary farmers.

"Buzz~" A stream of green light was emitted from the left rudder of the keel warship.

There was no sound of breaking air, because the wind resistance was eliminated by the wind-traveling magic circle on the crossbow, which is why it appeared green.

The arrow will only turn red when it hits the target.

After giving the order, Wang Ji also stared at the target area ahead.

Because the place Zhao Xing wanted to bomb seemed to him to be an unobstructed high altitude area.

But when the crossbow was fired, he soon saw a burst of fiery red light, which meant that the target had been hit.

But Wang Ji still couldn't see what was hit.

Zhao Xing stood on the deck with his eyes open. He saw that in the sky, a group of black flying boats with ghost-head soul sails were shot down.

"This is the aerial base of the maze. It has the effect of confusing the mind and also has attack power. As long as you get close to it, your soul will be impacted. In the best case, your soul will be damaged and you will become an idiot. In the worst case, your soul will die directly." Zhao Xing said secretly.

"There are three hundred flying boats hovering along the way. With so many of them, it seems I will soon be able to fly out of this maze."

Sure enough, the Fire Crossbow Battalion on the dragonbone warships shot down these flying boats.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Zhao Xing saw the city ahead. The weather had returned to normal, the almanac was no longer giving warnings, and the direction and time were all correct.

It means that his team has walked out of the maze.

"Old Liu is really awesome. He is actually proficient in the art of formations." Zhao Xing couldn't help but praise him.

"This man is the military minister of agriculture, and he is also proficient in the art of formation. He is indeed extraordinary!"

After Zhao Xing’s warship fleet flew past, in a valley below.

Morik watched the black soul sails falling from the sky with a shocked expression. This was an arrangement they had prepared long ago.

"This person is not simple. With the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth as the basis and the Ghost Sailboat as the formation, he can even come here." Qi Yuanzi's eyes were full of shock. "This formation of my Xuantian Sect, which blocks the sky and the earth, can't stop him."

"Morik, let's retreat. Don't think about sniping him. And we have to retreat immediately, otherwise we will be surrounded by the army in front! If it's too late, we won't be able to escape this encirclement!"

(End of this chapter)