Chapter 97: An Abnormally Difficult Battle (Three)

  Master Yu Cheng was meditating with his eyes closed, and many others were also meditating with their eyes closed. When I arrived, only Chen Jing nodded at me, but she didn't say a word either.

  I was amazed and couldn't help but ask Chen Jing: "Didn't the enemy attack here? Or have you already repelled them?"

  Chen Jing whispered: "Yu Cheng Dashi is using a secret method to listen for unusual sounds around us, don't speak!"

  I felt slightly at ease, knowing that Master Yu Cheng was using his skills to scout out the surrounding enemies. However, the fact that Master Yu Cheng had to use all his might to detect them suggested that they were likely those Japanese pirate ninjas.

  Ninjas are most skilled at sneak attacks, and the most basic condition for a sneak attack is stealth. This stealth is not about being completely invisible, but rather about minimizing the sounds made to achieve the goal of a sneak attack. It's said that when one trains to a high level, even their own heartbeat can be controlled.

  Master Yu Cheng is currently using the power of Huaxia to break through the enemy's stealth technique. Master Yu Cheng has profound skills, his ears can hear very faint sounds from a distance, and he can also hear the slightest sound emitted by ninjas, including their heartbeat.

  I quietly waited beside Master Yu Cheng, occasionally hearing the sounds of explosions and gunfire coming from several other defense zones in my ears, secretly anxious in my heart, not knowing how those three defense zones were doing now.

  Fortunately, Master Yu Cheng opened his eyes at this time and smiled at me: "You go busy with your own affairs, we are here, guarantee that there will be no problem."

  I hastily smiled and said: "With the masters here, I am at ease. However, this time the enemy has brought many ninjas and martial artists from the Tenryu Temple, so you masters must also be more careful!"

  Master Jade smiled and said, "Don't worry, we're not old fogies either. We've also learned to use modernized weapons. If the enemy comes, we'll give them a show of color. You go busy yourselves, I hear the battle in the south is unusually fierce, you have to go take a look."

  I immediately pulled Chen Jing and left, I also heard the intense explosion sound coming from the south, which didn't seem like our artillery or weapons, but rather the enemy's attack.

  The enemy has mobilized a powerful weapon, and our warriors don't know what to do. So I almost carried Chen Jing, unfolded my light skill, and rushed all the way to the gate in a hurry.

  The big gate has lost its door panels, and a large part of the courtyard wall next to the gate has been blasted down, forming a gap of more than 20 meters wide. Countless enemies are frantically rushing towards this gap, various weapons are frantically roaring, bullets and shells are flying all over the sky, and our row of soldiers is suffering heavy casualties.

  Two fists are hard to contend with four hands, let alone the enemy is several times more than us, and it's a full-force attack on this southern front, so our row of warriors was wounded nearly half in just over ten minutes.

  I knew that if we didn't take action, it was highly likely that the enemy would break through our defenses and attack our research base. So I immediately shouted loudly: "Laser launchers ready, incendiary bombs ready, all laser guns in position."

  Warriors dodged the enemy's artillery shells and bullets while hastily pulling out emergency weapons that had been prepared long ago. The laser launchers here are very powerful, all of which can be considered as large-caliber laser cannons. Each shot is enough to destroy a skyscraper with dozens of floors.

  But our incendiary bombs are not ordinary incendiary bombs, they are incendiary bombs that can instantly produce temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, and can also ignite steel. Once hit by such an incendiary bomb, everything that can be seen will turn to ashes.

  So when our warriors used these two weapons to counterattack, the enemy in front of us suddenly suffered heavy casualties, and many enemies who had approached the gap in the courtyard wall were also killed or injured by our Hu Long Lian's display, losing their combat effectiveness.

  Incendiary bombs were fired from special artillery, falling far away from our research base, but bringing no small loss to the enemy. The enemy temporarily retreated, their numbers were many, but they could not withstand such losses.

  I let out a silent sigh of relief and ordered the first row of soldiers to take stock of casualties, then turned to the communication team and said: "Tell everyone that they can use the new weapons."

  Chen Jing nodded slightly: "Our personnel are too few, we can only use new-style weapons and kill the enemy with all our might."

  A row of soldiers quickly counted the casualties, five people died in a row, nearly twenty were injured and unable to fight again, and the number of people who could still fight suddenly decreased by more than 20, combat effectiveness immediately dropped sharply.

  "I know this is the most critical moment, so I ordered: 'Replace all conventional weapons, all warriors use our new-style weapons, don't care if it's too lethal, as long as the enemy dares to come over, give me a good beating.'"

  Chen Jing wanted to speak but hesitated and ultimately didn't say anything.

  I forcibly had two soldiers send Chen Jing back to the command room, then I came to the second row of positions and also let everyone replace their weapons, hold the position, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

  The runners of the communication team delivered my orders to every defensive position, and all the warriors began using the new weapons with great lethality, vowing to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements.

  Our weapons are good, but unfortunately, there are too few of us, and the enemy almost broke through our defenses. At this time, I received a message from Master Yucheng that their ninjas finally couldn't bear it and started attacking.

  Not only the ninjas, but also the Chinese martial artists who joined the Wanlong Society, began to fiercely attack Master Yuchen's defense zone at the same time. I rushed over hastily, killing a few enemies along the way, and arrived beside Master Yuchen, shouting: "Why didn't you use modern weapons to repel the enemy?"

  Master Jade sighed: "They were too cunning, by the time we discovered them, they had taken a large group of local villagers hostage. We didn't dare shoot, fearing we'd harm the civilians. In the end... it ended like this!"

  My heart skipped a beat, and I immediately asked: "What about those ordinary people?"

  Master Jade finished off an enemy with a wave of his hand, and then sighed again: "They were fed poison by the enemy long ago. As soon as they approached us here, they all fell down... We've fallen into the enemy's trap."

  "Gritting my teeth, I loudly roared: 'Then let's kill all these inhumane guys and avenge our fellow villagers.'"

  Master Jade Utters the Buddha's Name, his hands move with no room for mercy. Together we charge forward shoulder to shoulder, only killing our enemies in front of and beside us, leaving them with no power to counterattack.

  When encountering more formidable enemies, Master Yucheng would take the initiative to strike and directly kill them. As for weaker enemies, I also killed them cleanly and efficiently, and in no time at all, I had cleared a bloody path and arrived at the place where the enemy was most numerous.

  This is where the enemy first broke through, so many enemies chose to jump over the wall from here. I and Master Yucheng opened our bows left and right, using all our strength to block the enemy from climbing over the wall. For a time, blood flew everywhere, and many enemies hadn't even set foot on the wall before we shot them down directly. Master Yucheng was ruthless this time, completely letting loose his hands and feet, showing no mercy to the enemy at all, and killed many of them in an instant.

  I am even more ruthless to these Japanese pirates or the defeated martial artists of China, my moves are all killing blows, every single move is meant to kill or injure the enemy. Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, I have known this phrase for a long time and I know it's true, so I won't show mercy.

  Hundreds of enemies and dozens of us fought against each other. We had no reason to hold back or retreat, we could only fight with all our might to kill the enemy.

  Nangong Qianlan was nowhere to be found at this moment, she and her clansmen should have been gathered together. The chaos of the battle had already disrupted all our previous arrangements. I wasn't worried about her safety because her clansmen were here to protect her and would never let anything happen to her.

  The melee also had some benefits for us, that is, the enemy did not dare to use guns and other weapons casually, because they were also worried about hurting their own people. This gave us some time and opportunity, we fought back with all our might, and the high walls of the courtyard helped us resist a part of the enemy, to a certain extent, we suppressed the enemy.

  However, the number of enemies was still too great, and our people were occasionally injured or killed, forcing us to slowly close in, lest we be separated and killed one by one.

  Master Yu Cheng was panting slightly, after all, he was advanced in years and the prolonged intense battle had taken a toll on his physical strength. As I fended off the enemies that were pressing forward, I loudly shouted: "Protect Master Yu Cheng and let him rest to the side."

  No sooner had I finished speaking than someone said coldly, "You'd better mind your own business!"

  I immediately turned around, and saw a flash of knife light attacking in the direction of my neck. I was shocked, and immediately unfolded my body method to retreat, but still slow by one step, and was scratched by the knife tip on the skin of my neck.

  A faint pain made my brain clearer than ever before, this is a very powerful enemy, I have to muster all my strength to barely fight against such a formidable foe.

  I took a few steps back and looked closely, but it was someone wearing all black clothes, with a black mask on their face. Their eyes were filled with cold murderous intent, and I only glanced at them for a moment before feeling uncomfortable all over my body.

  I looked at the person's appearance, probably a woman, but couldn't see her face, so I couldn't be sure. Looking at the samurai sword in her hand, she should be a ninja from the Wokou pirates. I didn't have a suitable close combat weapon, so I could only clench my fists and prepare to dodge the ninja's attack at any time.

  But to my surprise, this person didn't attack me again. Instead, he slowly put down the knife in his hand. A cold voice entered my ears: "I am Senya Kiba of Hokuto Ichimonji style. You are the first person who has escaped from my blade. I have a rule that anyone who avoids my one hit will be spared by me. You can leave here, I won't kill you!"

  I secretly ran the Wudang Heart Method, driving away the uncomfortable feeling in my heart, and then said: "Are you a Japanese pirate?"

  "This female ninja, Chiyabusa's eyes became even colder, her voice equally cold: 'You're intentionally provoking me, I'll change my rules and kill you, this guy who doesn't know what's good for him.'"

  I smiled faintly and took another step back, my foot moved swiftly to kick up a discarded samurai sword, catching it with ease: "Then let's see who's the one who'll be dead between us."

  Senba Chiyoko let out a cold snort, and with a sudden movement, her entire body vanished into thin air. I was shocked, knowing that this was the ninja's special art of concealment. I mobilized all my senses to try to determine Senba Chiyoko's location, but unfortunately, I didn't have Master Gyokuryu's abilities, and couldn't do it at all.

  I can only be fully vigilant and prepared to die with Senba at any time.

  At this moment, even if I want to regret it, it's useless, and all I can do is fight desperately.

  Master Jade suddenly exclaimed: "Watch out on your left..."

  I sprang into action, swinging my knife with all my might. Just then, the knife in my hand collided with something, and in the flash of sparks, I saw Senya appearing out of nowhere. If it weren't for Master Yucheng's timely reminder, I might have been injured by Senya, or even killed by her sneak attack.

  I was furious and immediately rushed up to launch a fierce attack, not giving her any more time or opportunity to use her stealth technique. Faced with my sudden attack, Senbazuru indeed didn't have the chance to use her stealth technique anymore. However, her swordsmanship was top-notch, no matter how I used the Wudang kung fu I had learned, I couldn't hurt her. On the contrary, I was injured by her sword tip several times, leaving several wounds on my body.

  Master Yu Cheng rushed over in a hurry, without even resting, and assisted me in attacking Senya. With Master Yu Cheng's addition, Senya immediately became flustered. I took the opportunity to slap her with a big palm, and the tremendous force directly sent her flying out, falling far away outside the courtyard wall.

  I know that this blow of mine won't be able to kill the Thousand Leaf, but there's no other way, as the enemy is outside the courtyard walls. Even if I rush over, I won't be able to hurt the Thousand Leaf.

  Master Jade Completion slowly retreated and said with a mouthful of words: "Jin Cang, you hold on for now, I need to rest for a bit..."

  I fought off the enemies that were pressing in on me while saying: "You go rest, don't worry about me, I'll do my best."

  Yu Cheng's physical strength had been exhausted, and he could only go down to rest. However, at this time, Nan Gong Qian Lan found me, she shouted loudly: "Jin Cang, I'm here, you hold on..."

  The members of the Nan Gong family, following Nan Gong Qian Lan, also arrived and surrounded me in the middle, preventing the enemy from attacking me again. Nan Gong Qian Lan didn't care that we were on a battlefield now, she pulled me over to bandage my wounds.

  "I'll deal with them first...!" I quickly said. As soon as I saw that she was empty-handed, I handed her the katana in my hand: "Protect yourself!"

  No sooner had I spoken than I turned and charged into the enemy, punching with all my might and sending one of them flying. Unarmed, I was soon forced to retreat repeatedly by several enemies, almost falling off the wall and tumbling down into the courtyard.

  Fortunately, there was a lamppost on the wall of the hospital, and I grabbed the iron wire pole with one hand, otherwise I would have fallen off. When I stood firm, my heart suddenly moved, and I looked at the wire pole in my hand, stretched out the other hand, and pulled it up with force, pulling out the whole wire pole.

  Under the utility pole, there were also cement blocks weighing hundreds of catties, but I didn't feel it was heavy at all. On the contrary, I felt that holding this as a weapon was very suitable. I swung the nearly ten-meter-long utility pole and with just one strike, I knocked down several people who had just climbed over the wall.

  I was overjoyed in my heart, this weapon is too suitable for me to use. So I shouted loudly: "All the people of the Dragon Guard retreat! Retreat!"

  In the midst of the roar, I wielded the electric pole as a giant mace, sweeping across the enemy lines with the force of a thousand armies. My massive mace struck down all the enemies who had climbed over the wall in just a few blows. Many of them were caught off guard and met their demise instantly.

  I didn't think there was anything wrong with that, enemies are meant to be killed after all. So I simply jumped over the wall and charged straight into the enemy ranks, left fist, right fist, sending the enemies near the wall flying out as well. The One Strength Breaks Ten technique really works, my brute force attack has no countermeasure, whether it's the Wanlong Society or the Japanese pirates.

  At this time, the people of the Dragon Guard began to shout at the enemy on the wall and shoot. For a while, the enemies around me were knocked down by me. The enemies farther away from me were killed by the warriors of the Dragon Guard, and the enemy was completely on the verge of collapse.

  However, the number of enemies was still too many, and our tactics only made them panic for a while. After nearly a hundred enemy casualties, a voice suddenly came from among the enemy: "Disperse, counterattack..."

  As the sound rose, the originally chaotic enemy immediately became orderly. They dispersed and fired back at the same time. It seems that they are no longer just believing in kung fu, but also starting to use modernized weapons.

  The giant hammer in my hand can't beat modernized weapons, so I hurried back and used this giant hammer as a pole vault to jump back onto the wall of the courtyard.

  After the chaos just now, Master Yu Cheng's special mobile group dared not to show mercy again. Each of them used their weapons in hand to launch a counterattack against the enemy below.

  I pulled out my own laser gun and aimed at those formidable-looking enemies, shooting to kill as many of the enemy's powerful warriors as possible.

  I also looked for that Senka, but I couldn't find any trace of her. Her hiding technique is too powerful, except for Master Yuchen, the people here can't find any trace of her.

  Long-range gunfire was even more intense than close combat, and the momentum was even more astonishing. Most of our side's fighters were holding two guns in their hands, firing desperately. The enemy had a large number of people, and our attacks never stopped for a moment.

  But our weapons seem to be really more advanced than those of the enemy, with greater lethality, and at least we have not been suppressed by the enemy so far.

  The battle has reached a white-hot stage. Although we are no longer in close combat, the danger level has not decreased but increased instead. Bullets are not comparable to fists, whether it's speed or lethality, bullets have the upper hand. Of course, some people with profound skills may have fist strength that surpasses that of bullets.

  I saw that the enemy couldn't attack for a moment, so I quietly contacted Ding Hui: "How is the situation inside the base?"

  Ding Hui said affirmatively: "Everything is normal!"

  I put my mind at ease and then contacted the other three platoon leaders, only to find that they were also in a dilemma, which made me somewhat anxious.

  When I contacted the reinforcements again, I got even worse news: the reinforcements were ambushed by the enemy and stuck in a small town ten kilometers away from here, and it's unlikely they'll be able to arrive anytime soon.

  I was extremely disappointed and had to contact Old Chen again, directly reporting the situation here. However, Old Chen already knew about the situation on this side and said with a heavy tone: "Now only the air force has the opportunity to come and support you, but the air force power we can mobilize is limited, currently the nearest air force to you can only take off three fighter jets for combat."

  "Hurry up and get them over here to support us," I said urgently. "There are too many enemies, we don't have enough manpower on our side, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for much longer."

  Chen Lao fell silent for a moment, then said: "In case... I mean in case we can't hold off the enemy, you all retreat to the underground base. I believe our underground base is not something that can be destroyed by ordinary weapons."

  "After some thought, I said: 'Unless absolutely necessary, we will not retreat.'"

  I put down the phone and immediately contacted Ding Hui: "Prepare to withdraw our defensive line on the south side, have all of our people retreat into those few buildings inside the courtyard, and let some of the enemy enter the courtyard."

  Ding Hui immediately relayed my orders to the row of guards defending the south side, and then I heard the enemy's excited howls, as if they were charging, wanting to rush into the courtyard of the research base.

  I know that now we can't hold back any longer, loudly to Master Yu Cheng's special mobile group: "Turn on all automatic weapons, our people lie on the ground and don't move. Unless the enemy climbs over the wall, otherwise, no one is allowed to lift their heads."

  The automatic weapons I'm talking about are actually the ones installed on human models, and once they're activated, they'll indiscriminately attack any active living being. So our people must lie down on the ground and not move, only after the automatic weapons' ammunition is depleted can we take action freely.

  The base originally had a lot of automatic weapons, we used these automatic weapons to make hundreds of "fighting robots", all of which were placed on the wall, and when opened, it was enough for the enemy to drink a pot.

  I arranged everything and turned around to leave, coming straight to the command room, telling all the warriors about my decision.

  Chen Jing was still in the command room, being "taken care of" by two soldiers I had arranged, and could not leave. Seeing me return to the command room, she did not get angry, but instead said in surprise: "You're injured, let me bandage you."

  I forced a smile: "The reinforcements won't arrive for a while, we can only hope that the automatic weapons will kill more enemies and give us more time. You just rest here, don't run around everywhere. If it's really not possible, then go underground to hide. The password for the entrance... is your birthday."

  Chen Jing was taken aback, then angrily said: "I'm also a member of the Dragon Guard, how can I be a deserter? Don't say that, I won't go into the underground base alone to hide, if we die... we'll die together."

  "I suppressed the emotions and sadness in my heart, and said loudly: 'Alright, we will fight to the last man, and shed the last drop of blood...'"

  Chen Jing looked at me and suddenly gritted her teeth, saying: "You can't just die like this, I'm still waiting for you to... put a ring on my finger!"

  I was taken aback, and then forced a laugh: "If we don't die this time, I'll definitely put a ring on you... I..." I couldn't continue, because saying these things at this moment seemed very inappropriate.

  Chen Jing also smiled and waved at me: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

  I gave Chen Jing a glance, gritted my teeth, turned around and walked out of the command room in big strides. As I was about to leave, I said to the two soldiers: "Don't let him take one step away from the Chief of Staff."

  Before those two warriors could respond, I had already vanished from their sight.

  The battle is still going on, both our warriors and the enemy are rushing to eliminate each other's living forces. Only by eliminating the other side's living forces can we ultimately achieve a true victory.

  A row of warriors had all retreated to the buildings in the courtyard, leaving an opening. The enemy soon discovered that our warriors had retreated and rushed towards the opening frantically.

  I saw from the surveillance equipment that nearly three to four hundred enemies were rushing over, it seems they really did regard this place as a breakthrough point and wanted to charge into our defensive zone in one go.

  I and the warriors in a row closely monitored the movement at the gap. Once those "robots" couldn't stop the enemy, we had to go forward to block the enemy. Fortunately, the enemy did not use powerful weapons to attack the research base, the entire courtyard wall, that is, there was a gap here.