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Chapter 70 - 70 70 Anxiety

70: Chapter 70 Anxiety 70: Chapter 70 Anxiety Behind the sandbag-built fortification on the front lines of the battlefield, Lin Xing crouched there, watching the combat unfold.

To the other soldiers around him, Lin Xing was merely taking cover and observing the battlefield.

But in his own memory, he had charged into the fray again and again, lunging forward amidst a storm of bullets, exhausting all his talisman paper and spiritual thoughts in every fight.

Bombarded by artillery, shot at, slashed by blades, burned by fire…

Every gruesome manner of death had played out upon him.

There was hardly a part of his body that hadn’t been wounded.

“Object Manipulation Skill (Level 1 77.6%)” → “Object Manipulation Skill (Level 2 5.4%)”

“In this kind of siege with thousands of soldiers, even with my current combat strength, the role I can play is still far from sufficient.”

Watching the fierce battle raging on, Lin Xing decided to sit down, rest for a while, and then continue the fight.

Zhu Fen, not far away, watched this scene and sneered to himself, “Looks like Lin Xing isn’t really a foolhardy daredevil; he knows to fear death too.”

In his view, if Lin Xing were to recklessly charge into the battlefield as he had before, he would likely turn into an unrecognizable corpse in minutes.

But as Lin Xing alternated between fighting to the death and resting, the entire battlefield seemed incredibly intense to him, death threats lurked everywhere, and the masters of the Heavenly Will Sect took turns dueling with him…

However, to everyone else, the situation had already reached a deadlock.

Commander Zhang’s forces were unwilling to risk an artillery barrage to launch a charge, while the Heavenly Will Sect firmly defended their city like an immovable mountain.

Most of the soldiers spent their time building fortifications and adding cover, occasionally firing from a distance.

That night, when the signal was given to withdraw, Zhu Fen passed by Lin Xing, who hadn’t fired a single shot all day, and couldn’t help but say, “You look pretty comfortable sleeping there; this battle must be quite boring for you, right?”

Lin Xing opened his eyes, revealing bloodshot ones, and Zhu Fen couldn’t understand the profound weariness in them.

Lin Xing heaved a deep sigh and said, “This battle is too cruel.”

He looked in the direction of the city walls and continued, “The cannons are too powerful, the human body can’t bear it, and even if you could keep charging with broken arms and legs, you can’t avoid being shot by others.”

“If you use the wind and smoke as cover, there might be a chance to get close to the city walls, but then they’ll pour down boiling oil, dung soup…”

Thinking of this, Lin Xing shook his head and sighed, “That feeling…

if you try it once, you’d never want to try it again.”

“But even if you make it onto the city walls, that’s just the beginning.

There are too many experts and elite troops on top; even if some damage is caused, you’ll most likely end up being shot dead in the chaos…”

Hearing Lin Xing earnestly describe these things, Zhu Fen was utterly bewildered.

Watching Lin Xing walk away while sighing, he couldn’t help but think, “Could this be…

hysteria?”

Over the following days, Lin Xing used the battlefield to repeatedly refine his skills.

Although the progress of Object Manipulation Skill slowed down after entering the second level, the repeated deadly combats still led to significant breakthroughs.

“Object Manipulation Skill (Level 2 5.4%)” → “Object Manipulation Skill (Level 2 92.9%)”

And as the deadlock continued, Commander Zhang finally made his move one day.

There he was, the commander of the entire army, garbed in heavy armor, his magnificent silver armor encasing him from head to toe.

As Commander Zhang appeared fully armed, the soldiers cried out in unison, instantly boosting the previously waning morale.

“Victory!

Victory!

Victory!”

Watching the frenzied soldiers around him, Lin Xing once again felt the influence that Commander Zhang had in the hearts of his troops.

Commander Zhang reached out his hand, and saw a three-meter-long Fangtian Huaji being slowly brought before him by five strong men.

Taking the long halberd with one hand, Commander Zhang casually tossed it, and a burst of air exploded forth, transforming into a buzzing sound that spread around.

Then he shouted, and a wave of sound already rippled through the air, sweeping across the entire field with his cry.

“Heavenly Will Cult, you incite the ignorant masses, you plunder villages, you poison the land; today, I shall exterminate you all and restore clarity to the skies of East Cliff Prefecture.”

“All soldiers, heed my command, follow me to slay demons and exorcise monsters.”

With a thunderous roar, Commander Zhang charged forth like a steel tank.

As he led the charge, the morale of the whole army soared, launching the first large-scale assault on the city since the start of the war.

Countless bullets first aimed at Commander Zhang, who was at the forefront, attracting all eyes on the field.

Amid the clattering sound of bullets, Commander Zhang’s heavy armor clinked, yet nothing could force him to take a half step back.

Trails of golden light emerged from the gaps in his armor, casting the heavy armor in a golden hue as if it were made of gold.

Watching Commander Zhang charge through gunfire, the soldiers behind him turned red-faced with excitement, eagerly following close behind.

At the same time, Bai Yiyi’s voice rose in Lin Xing’s mind: “This golden light…

must be the Arhat Battle Body manifested from the Golden Bell Shield of Shi Lin Temple.

The Arhat Battle Body alone is impervious to swords and spears, moreover, with this heavy armor, no wonder he can charge and break through enemy lines on the battlefield.”

Lin Xing, glancing at the cat doll emerging from his clothes, asked, “Master Bai, why have you come out to watch as well?”

Bai Yiyi naturally said, “It’s rare for the Commander to go all out.

Who wouldn’t be curious about his abilities?”

“Furthermore, as someone well-versed in countless martial styles, I can provide explanations for all of them, which will be a good learning opportunity for you.”

Just then, Commander Zhang suddenly let out a furious roar on the battlefield.

Roar!

Streams of white breath burst from his mouth instantaneously, enveloping him completely like mist.

Bai Yiyi exclaimed, “That’s the Taoist Energy Technique of the Taihe Sect, transformed into the might of Celestial Martial Qi!”

Lin Xing asked, “Is it powerful?”

Bai Yiyi explained, “Once Celestial Martial Qi is activated, the body’s latent potential is directly unleashed, allowing every action to burst forth with the strength of nine bulls and two tigers.”

At the same time, Commander Zhang, bursting with Celestial Martial Qi, accelerated and shot out like a cannonball, hurtling towards the city wall in a flash.

Shortly after his acceleration, the cannons on the city wall finally finished preparing, and a series of continuous roars sounded out.

However, none of the cannonballs fired could hit Commander Zhang, moving at high speed.

The next moment, accompanied by another explosive shout from Commander Zhang, the ground beneath his feet burst apart, and he leaped a distance of over ten meters, landing on the city wall with a thunderous boom.

He then took a deep breath, and in the next instant, visible ripples of energy poured from his mouth.

In the midst of the earth-shattering tiger’s roar, with Commander Zhang’s body as the center, followers of the Heavenly Will Cult around him fell like wheat.

Seeing this scene at the top of the city, countless soldiers let out cries of excitement, surging even more fervently toward the city walls.