I Grind to Martial Saint

”What do we do?”

Upon hearing this, Gan Hai froze for a moment. Then, he took a deep breath, his eyes filled with fanatical devotion.

”The High Priest specifically entrusted this county town to me.”

”For the revival of the Yellow Springs Saint Mother... I am willing to sacrifice everything.”

”No matter how terrifying the enemy is... I will never back down!”

Compared to an outsider like Chen Lake, Gan Hai, as a Priest, possessed a faith in the Yellow Springs Saint Mother that was undoubtedly far more steadfast.

Even knowing he was facing certain death, he never once considered fleeing.

”Yellow Springs Saint Mother, deliver me from this sea of suffering.”

”Yellow Springs Saint Mother, deliver me from this sea of suffering.”

Hearing Gan Hai’s words, the faith of the Wangling Sect followers suddenly solidified, and they began to shout the slogan loudly.

”Yellow Springs Saint Mother, deliver me from this sea of suffering!”

”Everyone, charge out with me!”

Gan Hai roared.

He knew that for a figure like the Conical Hat Blade Master, these low city walls were completely useless.

It was better to lead his men and charge out. By using a human wave tactic, there might be a sliver of hope for survival!

Soon, Gan Hai led a large group of Wangling Sect followers to charge toward the Conical Hat Blade Master.

Han Yuan watched this scene, cracked his neck, and finally drew the Dragon Sparrow Cloud-Splitting Saber.

His fists were terrifyingly powerful, but when it came to the efficiency of mowing down enemies, the Dragon Sparrow Cloud-Splitting Saber was naturally the most effective!

”KILL!!!”

Han Yuan let out a low roar as his figure shot out like an arrow. The vast light from his saber moved like a dragon, sweeping over and destroying everything in its path!

Like a fierce wind scattering autumn leaves, vast swathes of Wangling Sect followers fell one after another.

Seeing this, Gan Hai actually sat down cross-legged on the ground. His expression showed neither grief nor joy as he began to chant the scriptures of the Wangling Sect.

It was an incomprehensible sight.

A dozen or so breaths later.

The several hundred Wangling Sect followers had all been reduced to mutilated corpses, strewn across the ground.

At that moment, Han Yuan turned to look at the cross-legged Gan Hai, his brow furrowing slightly.

He saw an eerie, dark yellow aura swirling around Gan Hai’s body as he muttered an incantation.

The next moment, a bloody mist rose from all the corpses of the Wangling Sect followers on the ground and surged madly into Gan Hai’s body.

SQUELCH~

Gan Hai’s body swelled to a grotesque and exaggerated size. His skin burst open, revealing bloody muscle tissue wreathed in the sanguine mist, emanating an abnormal ferocity.

Han Yuan watched the scene with great interest. ’Interesting... so it can transform like this. Gan Hai must have been severely corrupted by the Yellow Springs Saint Mother to have changed into this. The corrupting power of the Evil Demon Seed is truly bizarre.’

The next moment, the giant of flesh and blood let out a roar. It erupted with extreme speed, appearing before Han Yuan in a flash, its massive, basin-sized Blood Claw swiping viciously at his head.

Before the Blood Claw even arrived, Han Yuan was assaulted by an overpowering stench of blood.

Han Yuan bellowed. His blood and Qi surged like a tidal wave as terrifying Qi Power gathered in his left arm, which he then threw forward in a punch that struck like a Heavy Hammer!

WHOOSH~~

The punch stirred the very air, creating a tremendous, howling gale.

The instant the fist and the Blood Claw collided, an extremely violent shockwave blasted outward, sending the corpses on the ground flying more than ten meters away.

For a moment, sand and stones flew through the air!

Gan Hai, now a bloody shadow, was sent flying back by the punch.

”Your strength is pathetic!”

Han Yuan flashed in front of Gan Hai and lashed out with another whip-like kick.

Before Gan Hai could even get up, his head suffered another heavy blow, and he was smashed back into the ground.

”Is this the power of your Wangling Sect?”

”It’s almost funny.”

”Too weak!”

Han Yuan treated Gan Hai like a punching bag, venting his frustration with a savage beating.

His strength, speed, and explosive power were so far beneath Han Yuan’s that he was completely unable to fight back.

BANG~

Han Yuan struck out again with the Giant Spirit Monument-Opening Hand, shattering Gan Hai’s scapula!

Flesh and blood splattered.

He lifted Gan Hai’s head and asked coldly, ”Why does your Wangling Sect force people to chant your scriptures?”

Gan Hai’s mouth was full of blood. He revealed a terrifying smile. ”Yellow Springs Saint Mother, deliver me from this sea of suffering!”

The next moment, his body began to swell bizarrely once more.

In the span of a single breath, like an overinflated balloon, he violently exploded!

BOOM!!!

A deafening roar echoed as a bloody, bizarre, crimson mist exploded outward.

A crater was blasted into the ground.

Han Yuan’s figure reappeared more than ten meters away, his brow slightly furrowed.

He hadn’t expected the man to choose self-detonation.

Han Yuan shook his head. ’It seems learning the secrets of the Wangling Sect... won’t be as easy as I thought. Recruits like Chen Lake know nothing of the core secrets, while fanatics like Gan Hai would rather self-destruct than say a single word.’

Not long after, Song Guang arrived with his men.

Just as he had in Liuye County, he quickly entered Liangping County and wiped out all the Wangling Sect followers within.

...

「In the days that followed.」

A strange situation unfolded in the northern part of Tongming County. One after another, numerous county towns fell to a unit of Jianghe Province Soldiers.

However, because the situation in Tongming County was so chaotic, the Wangling Sect was unable to learn the details of this unit of Jianghe Province Soldiers.

But it was naturally impossible to let this continue.

Otherwise, the enemy would soon be fighting their way to Tongming County Town itself.

Upon hearing this news, even the High Priest of the Wangling Sect could no longer sit still.

He was in pursuit of Ling Yun and could not leave.

Meanwhile, the Sect Leader and Zhao Mengtian were locked in a stalemate, keeping each other in check.

As a result, Tongming County Town was currently quite vulnerable, guarded only by a few Priests.

With no other choice, he could only promise some benefits to Fang Tai, hoping Fang Tai would lead his men to northern Tongming County and suppress that unit of Jianghe Province Soldiers.

”I knew it. The people of the Wangling Sect are all a bunch of useless trash.”

”Losing over a dozen county towns in just a few days, and they still haven’t even figured out who they’re up against.”

Fang Tai said with contempt, mounted on a black horse.

”Hmm... but the terms the Wangling Sect offered this time are quite good.”

”It’s worth making the trip.”

”Big Brother, how about you let me lead the vanguard this time?!”

Fang Xingwen volunteered eagerly.

Ever since entering Tongming County, they had been operating along the border, hoping to intercept the retreating Jianghe Province Soldiers.

But they had come up empty for many days.

Those Jianghe Province Soldiers seemed to know they were lying in ambush near the border; they continued to wreak havoc within Tongming County and made no move to retreat.

This left Fang Xingwen feeling incredibly frustrated.

He was a bloodthirsty man, and going so many days without killing had made him unbearably antsy.

”Alright... Take five hundred cavalry, ride quickly to the northern part of Tongming County, and suppress that unit of Province Soldiers.”

Fang Tai knew his brother’s personality well and gave the order directly.

”Big Brother, just wait for my good news!”

Fang Xingwen laughed heartily.

Soon, five hundred cavalrymen broke away from the main force and headed for northern Tongming County.

Their current position was not far from northern Tongming County.

Riding day and night, the cavalry could arrive in about a day.

In reality, these five hundred Iron Cavalry were the Iron Blade Army’s entire fortune.

After all, Fang Tai had only rebelled a short time ago, and his foundation was not yet deep.