Chapter 72: Hou Yi Shoots Down the Sun

  Looking at the tip and both edges of this five-level fine steel sword in his hand, Yue Yu was also shocked by the unpredictable five-colored sparks that spewed out.

  The principle of this sword energy is actually just borrowing the dense crystal structure inside the metal weapon to compress one's own true yuan and spiritual power.

  The method is also very simple, pouring one's true energy into the sword without stopping, until it exceeds the sword's capacity limit, and then it will burst out from the gaps.

  Due to the considerable pressure it had endured while inside the sword, when those spiritual energy and True Yuan particles burst out, they all possessed extremely high speeds. Furthermore, with the golden attribute spiritual energy contained within the sword itself, its sharpness was almost comparable to a real sword.

  However, this method will also cause great harm to the sword itself. Moreover, the lower the level of the sword, the lower its tolerance, and the sword energy that the user can release will also be weakened to a certain extent.

  Normally, Yue Yu's sword energy could reach up to two inches when he used the Golden Crow Sword. But with this current five-grade sword in his hand, it was only about the length of a small thumb.

  However, at this moment, with the help of the three-level riding beast's demon power, he actually surpassed those high-ranking martial artists in one move!

  His heart was secretly shocked, and Yue Yu only saw the sword in his hand, which could no longer withstand the infusion of true energy and demonic power within his body, and began to shatter piece by piece. And from the beginning of the experiment until now, it's not even half a minute.

  Yue Yu didn't mind, casually throwing the sword with cracks all over it to one side, then dispersing the demonic energy temporarily extracted from the dragon qilin's body into his own meridians.

  This enormous demonic power is a huge burden on the weapon, and it's the same for the human body. Yue Yu estimated that even if he had the Golden Crow Sword in hand now, he could last at most three minutes. However, its power was still quite terrifying.

  Yue Yu's eyes involuntarily looked forward at the twenty Xuanjia heavy cavalrymen following Yue Yunjie.

  Imagining twenty chi-long sword auras being unleashed simultaneously, and the terrifying scene of nothing being able to withstand them, Yue Yu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. For a moment, he had even more misgivings about this group of knights.

  He thought to himself that these heavy cavalrymen should be the strongest force within their tribe. Capable of charging and shooting, they possessed extremely strong attacking power whether against demonic beasts or humans. Probably within a radius of several thousand li, it would be difficult to find another force that could compare with them.

  And that lingering crisis in Yue Yu's heart, which had been lingering since the rebirth, also became more intense at this time. If this mysterious armor cavalry were just one person, they would naturally pose no threat to him. However, once there were more than ten people, even in a vast and open area, he would be doomed.

  But what Yue Yu didn't know was that at this moment, the other people in the hunting team were also secretly amazed by him as he sized up the heavy armored cavalry in front of him.

  Although Yue Yongjie was leading the crowd in the front, he was always paying attention to the situation of the three people behind him, especially Yue Yu. When Yue Yu successfully summoned the beast's demonic power and then successfully guided it into his hand through the meridians, Yue Yongjie also widened his pupils at the first time.

  That level of demonic power utilization, he's not incapable of doing it, but from the start of his beast-taming practice to now, he's spent over a decade. And with the conditions in the Yue family, it can be basically confirmed that this child had never practiced such auxiliary techniques before. To reach this level in less than half an hour after starting to learn... The blow to their confidence is really somewhat unbearable.

  He recalled the evaluation of his nineteenth uncle on this child a few days ago, and Yue Yunjie couldn't help but feel a strong sense of helplessness. This child's true energy control ability was indeed extraordinary. He could even control that demonic power with ease, and it was unknown how he did it.

  The dragon-horse is a relatively low-level mount among the third-class riding beasts. However, in terms of speed, it is steadily ranked first among all mounts. Saying that it can travel thousands of miles a day may be an exaggeration, but eight hundred miles is absolutely no discount. Yue Yu and others galloped on the main road for only half an hour before they had already rushed out of the mountain valley.

  In this area, there are also large tracts of farmland. The only difference is that between those fields, almost every 1,500 steps, there is a sentry post made of bluestone. On the top layer, a medium-sized crossbow with a range of 800 meters is placed, pointing at the sky and forming a cross-shaped firepower network.

  However, in that high sky, there are still a large number of birds flying and circling continuously. Occasionally, when they dive down, the bows and crossbows on those watchtowers would occasionally have some gains, but the hits were few and the misses many.

  The situation in those fields was also not optimistic. The fields within the dense guard tower's protection were fine, but on the outskirts, there were large patches of rice seedlings that had been eaten away by some unknown creature. Although they had promptly replanted, Yue Yu was deeply skeptical about whether they could survive until autumn.

  "This damned bird!"

  After galloping out of the valley for more than sixty miles, Yue Yunque finally managed to rein in his mount, then looked up at the sky with a bitter smile. "Fortunately, five thousand years ago, the great god Luo Yi created a bow to drive away birds and beasts. If it weren't for that, I really don't know if we humans could still survive on this Eastern Victory Continent..."

  Yue Yu's eyebrows slightly raised, knowing that Yue Yunjie was referring to a legend dating back about 50,000 years. At that time, humans on the Eastern Continent had just begun to learn farming techniques, but due to birds eating the wheat ears, they only got one or two out of ten harvests. Just as people were suffering from these bird disasters and couldn't bear it, Luo Yi created a precise hunting bow based on those primitive bows and shot down the golden crow, hitting nine out of ten targets. From then on, no more birds dared to trespass on their fields. Three thousand years later, the art of archery gradually spread, and the farming techniques passed down by the Spirit Emperor in this legend were truly accepted by people all over the world.

  This is exactly the place that Yue Yu became particularly interested in after coming to this world. He found that the Dongsheng continent, whether it was human or mythological legend, was extremely similar to the world he had been in before. Except for some minor differences in details, even the names of people were almost the same. It's just unknown whether this is the development of human nature, which must be the case, or if there is a certain connection between these two worlds.

  He smiled and looked at Yue Yunjie, who was full of sorrow, then his heart moved slightly. Could it be that this time out of the city to hunt, in fact, to hunt down the demon bird?

  Looking at Yue Yizhen and Yue Yunwen, father and son, all three of them had extremely solemn expressions. As for the twenty Xuan Jia riders, they also took off their helmets and began to gaze up at the sky.

  Just by looking at this scene, Yue Yu had already basically confirmed his judgment. His line of sight also looked towards the azure high sky. He was now extremely curious about what could make Yue Yunjie rush to this place in person during the busy clan competition, and mobilize this team of Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry composed entirely of mid-level martial artists. It seemed that the trouble they encountered in Yuejia City this time was absolutely not small. The only thing he didn't know was what kind of monster had the qualifications to make the clan so cautious.