Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1781: Chapter 1664: Dingling War Chariot

Three seconds ago, Qui Fu saw a glimmer of victory. One second ago, Qui Fu saw the possibility of killing Wei Yan because the strength Wei Yan displayed was barely at the level of Inner Qi Manifestation Perfection. Considering he was just in his early twenties, such combat power was already impressive.

Therefore, when that stunning spear thrust out, Qui Fu even felt the exhilaration of snuffing out a genius. However, in the next moment, an endless darkness enveloped him, a darkness so pitch-black that he couldn’t see his fingers, leaving him momentarily stunned as if doused with a bucket of ice water.

”Kill!” Wei Yan’s voice came through. Both the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry were instantly plunged into absolute darkness, losing their sight in an instant.

However, the difference was that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already experienced such battle before, while the Hun Elite Cavalry, especially the elite troops under Qui Fu, were truly fighting blind for the first time. They had never experienced such absolute darkness.

They had easily slain opponents countless times when their foes couldn’t see them, but now, having lost their vision, they flailed their long spears aimlessly, some accelerating due to the darkness, others reining in their horses—chaos erupted within them even before engaging the enemy.

In contrast, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, being melee cavalry accustomed to charging with blindfolds on, maintained their formations, held their long spears steady, and fearlessly charged forward even after being hit by the enemy’s Dark Seal.

The organized and well-formed Xiliang Iron Cavalry almost instantly faced the disordered Hun Elite Cavalry whose ranks had been disrupted by the Dark Seal, determining victory nearly instantaneously. If under unrestricted conditions the non-main Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Huns Elite Cavalry had similar combat power, now, both affected by the Legion Talent of the enemy, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could at least fight three to one!

Just by observing the Iron Cavalry enduring this Legion Talent without descending into chaos and maintaining about ninety percent combat power, they alleviated any pressure in facing the currently confused and directionless Hunnic Elites.

At least when the hot blood splattered on their faces, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry were confident that it was the enemy rather than their own who was dying. Whereas for the Hun Elite Cavalry, when blood splattered on their faces, they likely couldn’t maintain such confidence.

Blind fighting, unable to see comrades and enemies, is a significant test of a soldier’s combat will and mindset, and unfortunately, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, who had long relied on obscuring opponents’ vision, had never experienced such fear.

Just hearing the occasional screams in the darkness was enough to shake the morale of these elites. Not every troop is like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry trained by Li Ru, who even with night blindness and seeing nothing at night, need to perform night raids.

Isn’t it just blind fighting? Anyway, everyone lines up, looks at nothing, maintains the same speed, points long spears forward, charging enough to impale the enemy on the other side. Thickly lined thrusting long spears, row after row, would certainly pierce the opponent without fail.

Yes, the method is that simple, but such a straightforward battle mode took the Xiliang Iron Cavalry three years of training and actual combat to succeed finally. After completing this, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could maintain formation with their eyes closed while marching.

The so-called formation training ingrained into their very essence, allowing them to form a charging formation just by feel, is how it came to be. Thus, while darkness affected the Xiliang Iron Cavalry only in terms of their thrust attack, its basic formation crushing power remained intact.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with its inherently high basic attributes, entered a crushing phase as the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry’s formation broke down due to the darkness.

Wei Yan and Qui Fu clashed for a brief instant. Qui Fu wanted to make a move, but Wei Yan swiftly evaded Qui Fu, and then the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, already formed into a Spearhead Formation, charged towards Qui Fu.

In a collision of blows, even with limited vision, Qui Fu managed to kill several Iron Cavalry. However, the steady and organized formation of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry left Qui Fu filled with despair, as such a formation could easily decimate all of his elites from headquarters!

The unbearably long charge for the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry ended in a short moment. The two sides distanced themselves, and Wei Yan, counting his troops amidst the dark mist, had lost nearly five hundred. The battlefield between the two sides was strewn with no fewer than two thousand corpses.

”Hahaha, Qui Fu, I suppose your soldiers have never experienced your Legion Talent, have they? After this taste, what do you think?” Wei Yan laughed wildly at the dark mist opposite him.

Without waiting for a response, he led his troops to charge at Qui Fu’s dark mist. Wei Yan refused to believe that in a situation where both sides were blinded, Qui Fu’s subordinates could defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry he led.

At this moment, the wrath boiled within Qui Fu, but he couldn’t afford to engage in a verbal battle with Wei Yan. Just from that single frontal collision, Qui Fu realized that his Northern Huns Elite Cavalry, upon suffering a technique nearly identical to their own Legion Talent, couldn’t withstand the Han Army’s elite cavalry. Dragging this out would likely only lead to a rout.