Chapter 53: Who in This World Can Stop Me?

The fierce battle between the two armies was at its height.

Seizing the opportune moment, Liang Xiao rode alone, finally bypassing the eastern flank of the battlefield and charging straight toward the command canopy!

"Who goes there?!"

A soldier of the Black Cloud Stronghold stationed at the edge of the battlefield shouted again when Liang Xiao did not reply.

He saw it clearly: the approaching warrior was drawing closer to him.

A white horse, a silver spear, a white robe, and a ferocious, fanged mask sent a sudden chill through his heart!

All he could see were the opponent's cold, piercing eyes.

The only response he received was Liang Xiao's "Jingye" spear piercing straight through his heart, casting his body aside with a casual flick.

"Enemy attack!!"

The soldiers of the Black Cloud Stronghold in this sector, who had been charging frantically for the bounty, finally regained their composure upon realizing how fiercely Liang Xiao was approaching.

Within the span of just a few breaths, Liang Xiao had already run through and killed several men.

Wherever he passed, not a single enemy could withstand a single blow!

A single man making a thousand troops retreat in terror!

Chieftain Gou gradually made out Liang Xiao's attire, his pupils contracting, and his heart skipping a beat.

"A white horse? A silver spear? A white robe??"

He finally recalled what a Xiongnu general had repeatedly warned him about.

"That day, a young warrior in white on a white horse with a silver spear charged into our Xiongnu camp, beheaded the Left Wise King, and took his head and token... Keep an eye out for him. His build is not that of Sima Lingyun!"

Was this not precisely the white horse, silver spear, and white robe?!

Chieftain Gou's heart pounded wildly as he roared his command.

"Bring me the archers! Shoot him to death right now!!"

Dozens of archers in the center of the battlefield immediately turned and unleashed a volley of arrows at Liang Xiao.

Wielding the Jingye spear, Liang Xiao batted the incoming arrows down one by one, cut his way back into the battlefield, and casually reaped the lives of the bandit soldiers along his path.

Wherever the Jingye spear went, it stirred up a storm of blood and gore!

"How is this possible? He's clearly only one man..."

The surrounding bandit soldiers were chilled to the bone.

That Jingye spear measured well over eighteen spans in length.

The light iron-clad units and the spearmen had all been dispatched to the front lines, leaving not a single soldier present who could cope with this solitary man and horse.

Every time the opponent casually thrust his spear, at least one person met a violent death!

"The one who killed the Left Wise King—it really is him!"

Realizing the extraordinary valor of Liang Xiao, Chieftain Gou was struck with mortal terror and hurriedly summoned his personal guards from the front to fall back and defend.

"Enemy attack in the rear! Protect the Chief at once!!"

The Black Cloud Stronghold soldiers, who were locked in fierce combat with the Peixian troops, were forced to pull back a portion of their forces to rush to the rear for reinforcement.

"An enemy attack? Do we have reinforcements?"

"Could it be our three thousand brothers from the city?"

The Peixian garrison, gradually falling into a hard-fought battle due to their numerical disadvantage, had been gritting their teeth to hold on when they suddenly found the pressure easing dramatically. They were both startled and overjoyed.

Reinforcements had arrived!

In an instant, the morale of the entire army surged, and under the meticulous command of Zhu Zifang, they rose up to launch fierce counterattacks.

The battle line showed faint signs of pushing back.

Liang Xiao had already sliced into the rear of the battlefield like a hot knife through butter, leaving behind a trail of bandit corpses covering the ground.

"What kind of divine being is this?!"

The surrounding bandit soldiers were struck with terror, not even daring to face his edge as they scattered out of his way, completely devoid of the will to fight.

It had only been a brief clash, yet he and his single horse had already slaughtered over a hundred men. How could this be tolerated?!

Under Chieftain Gou's terrified gaze, Liang Xiao and his steed continuously closed in on the command canopy.

The distance between them was now less than twenty paces!

And this was even with people stepping in to obstruct him along the way, yet he had cut straight through the military formation from two miles away as if shattering dry wood!

"Stop him, damn you!!"

Chieftain Gou roared hysterically, leaving his personal guards with no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward wave after wave to block Liang Xiao.

"Thud!"

Two heavy-armor-clad personal guards were pierced through the heart by Liang Xiao's spear, one after another!

"Even heavy armor can't stop him??"

The remaining personal guards wearing light iron armor felt a chill rush straight to the crowns of their heads as they watched!

The approaching warrior killed at least one person with every strike, never missing once!

The dancing silver spear was dazzling to behold.

It struck terror into the hearts of gods and ghosts alike!

At this moment, Liang Xiao's divine eyes were like lightning, resembling a deity descended from the heavens as he locked his gaze onto Chieftain Gou.

He had already seen the appearance of the man from the legends.

Tiger-skin robe, disheveled hair, and a centipede-like scar on his right cheek extending from the corner of his eye to his jaw.

It was none right than Chieftain Gou, and he was indeed beneath the command canopy. There was no mistake!

He had no intention of counting how many bandit soldiers he had slaughtered along the way, because his target was now right before his eyes!

Just ten paces left!

"Who on earth are you?!"

Chieftain Gou cried out in a hoarse roar, drenched in cold sweat.

Liang Xiao's eyes turned stern. He casually deflected the arrows shot at him, batted away the surrounding sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, and burst into wild laughter facing the sky.

"Honghu!"

Liang Xiao let out a sharp cry and spurred his mount.

The steed Honghu neighed toward the heavens, reared its front hooves, and lunged straight toward the command canopy.

"Thud, thud, thud—"

Within the final ten paces, the surrounding bandit soldiers gathered in greater numbers, only to be consecutively pierced and killed by Liang Xiao.

"Let's see who in this world can stop me!"

With an imposing shout, Liang Xiao drew the Cangsheng Sword from his waist. Sweeping horizontally with the Jingye spear and hacking with the sword, he slaughtered countless foes.

Blood rained all around him; his campaign robe was already dyed crimson!

"He's a deity! A heavenly deity!!"

The surrounding bandit soldiers finally completely collapsed, scattering in all directions.

Chieftain Gou lost his voice in shock, trembling as he begged, "P-Protect me!!"

Having ruled the mountains as king for many years, he could never have imagined that the personal guards who usually called him brother would actually abandon him and flee.

At this moment, the path between him and his foe was completely unobstructed!

Because all the personal guards who had dared to block him had already become souls beneath his spear...

In the distance, the blood-stained figure in the campaign robe raised the silver spear in his hand, urging his steed to charge toward him with the momentum of wind and thunder!

Chieftain Gou casually snatched a long saber from the cart, swallowed hard, and suppressed the terror in his heart.

There was no time left to run!

As long as he dodged this thrust and countered with a slash of his own, he would surely turn the tables and kill him...

Facing Liang Xiao, who looked like a god of murder descending to earth, the extreme fear in his heart transformed into an unprecedented, boundless fury and confidence.

"Come on!!"

Chieftain Gou roared to pump himself up.

As long as he killed this person in a counterattack, he would be the invincible king of the mountains!

From now on, among all the other mountain chieftains, who would ever dare say he wasn't?

On the flat ground, warhorses neighed.

Across the horizon, wind and thunder intertwined.

The battlefield grew dark and murky.

The miraculous Jingye spear, a single point of icy radiance, pierced through the void, causing the heavens and earth to lose their color!

Veins bulging on his forehead, Chieftain Gou mustered every ounce of his focus, praying only to dodge this single thrust.

The surrounding soldiers trembled with dread, not daring to approach.

This clash meant life or death in an instant, like the impermanence ghosts coming to claim a soul!

Just as Chieftain Gou was about to sidestep to evade the thrust, Liang Xiao unexpectedly swept the Jingye spear horizontally across!

Under the terrified gazes of the surrounding bandit soldiers, the blade swept past in a flash.

In an instant, Chieftain Gou was separated from his head, his hands still clutching the long saber, too late to strike back!

The head suspended in mid-air stared in terror at the spear blade.

At the very moment of decapitation, he finally saw it clearly—

The blade of this silver spear was three chi long, sharpened on both edges. How was it any different from a sharp sword?

Was this truly just a long spear?!

Alas, his life force rapidly faded, and he would never get the answer.

With lightning-fast reflexes, Liang Xiao grabbed Chieftain Gou's hair with his left hand and tossed the head casually into a pre-prepared hemp sack.

"Thud—"

Chieftain Gou's headless corpse tumbled heavily onto the carriage.

A brief, dead silence fell over the scene.

The bandit soldiers present stood dumbfounded, still unable to believe it.

In this world, someone had actually broken through the blockade of thousands of troops and beheaded this formidable mountain king...