Chapter 503: Repelling the Enemy (Part 3) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]
Are you... sure?
Registrar Yu looked at the young man before him with some skepticism. Don't underestimate him just because he's an old man with limited experience. He's dealt with scholars who specialize in the Qi Luck school before, and Kang Shi doesn't seem like a top-tier talent at all. Can he really do it?
Kang Shi said confidently, "That's natural."
Yu, the registrar, looked hesitant.
Finally, he sighed, "In that case, we can give it a try."
Although they had only spent a few days together, Registrar Yu had a good impression of him and believed that Kang Shi was much more composed than Chu Yao—of course, Yu Zi deserved much credit for this, and Registrar Yu was grateful to this scholar who often took care of his granddaughter in private.
Thinking about it—
If he wasn't confident, he wouldn't have made such outrageous statements.
With the registrar of Youyu's approval, Kang Shi was relieved.
He glanced at the battle below the city walls, pushed off the ramparts, and leaped out. Just as he reached his zenith and was about to fall, his inner energy surged, propelling him through the air and placing him directly above the battlefield in a few breaths. Shi Wu, of course, spotted him.
In an instant, dozens of archers took aim.
The bowstrings hummed, and arrows rained down like a tide.
Their target was Kang Shi alone.
However, these arrows became stuck in the viscous, muddy barrier of spiritual energy mid-air, eventually losing their power and falling like rain, unable to harm Kang Shi in the slightest. Kang Shi was not far from Shi Wu, and even before getting close, he sensed the strangeness of the military formation below.
The "luck" originally stored in the dantian was pulled by a force from below, making the circulation of literary energy more difficult.
Because of his scholarly approach, Kang Shi's Danfu Literary Palace differed from others. While other scholars forged their literary talents with their inherent literary energy, he relied on the "luck" he accumulated over time. Therefore, the construction of the literary palace progressed slowly—not because he didn't want to speed things up, but…
Our lord is like a single seedling in a vast field.
If you accidentally die...
Kang Shi dared not think about that scene.
"I see……"
He muttered something as he observed the enemy formation up close.
No wonder only one of Yuan Liang and Le Zheng survived back then; the effect of this military formation is indeed very strange. Le Zheng's survival is partly due to the closure of the Mountain and Sea Holy Land. If it had lasted any longer, Tan Le Zheng definitely wouldn't have survived.
This formation relies neither on literary nor martial arts.
It draws upon life force, death force, and fortune, continuously transforming them into morale to power the army. Once the enemy enters the formation, they experience illusions of changing seasons, alternating winter and summer, and losing their sense of direction, effectively affecting their five senses.
The battlefield is never short of living or dead people.
Therefore, once formed, the Ten Crows will become more and more courageous in battle!
It's not impossible to turn things around!
From the perspective of the formation itself, this formation is also quite ingenious. There is no distinction between main and secondary, head and tail, nor between the left, right, and center armies. As long as the commander is willing, any formation can be used as the main formation. It combines the advantages of offense and defense, hardness and softness, and feints and real attacks.
One formation goes up, seven formations follow!
All four heads and eight tails can be used for battle, in a continuous cycle.
If the enemy launches a charge, the other formations will come to the rescue. Its flexibility and versatility are the strongest that Kang Shi has ever seen in his life.
The only saving grace is that the Ten Crows formation is not yet fully mastered. It's not that they haven't thoroughly studied it after having it for many years, but rather that this military formation has too many variations. Even if the commander can memorize it, the soldiers who make up the various formations simply cannot handle it.
Therefore, molding is difficult.
This gave Kang Shi an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
"Heaven and earth are the game, and all living beings are the gamblers—"
This was the first time Kang Shi had truly activated his literary path. As his words fell, the nascent literary palace within his dantian poured forth like boiling water. He raised his arm and waved his sleeve, and thirty-two giant ivory tablets flew out one by one.
There are a total of 227 points, arranged according to the stars, with three dice floating around him. Calling them trinkets is not accurate; their shape is more like giant gates cast from refined iron, with different numbers of points arranged on them.
Yu, the registrar on the city wall: "..."
Is there even one normal scholar left under Shen Jun's command?
Chu Yao: "..."
He only knew that the literati of the Kangxi era "always lose when gambling", but he did not know that his colleague would launch the literati way in this way.
How many……
It doesn't look very proper.
Little did they know, this was the true Kangxi era.
The way of the scholar is closely related to the scholar himself.
His two greatest passions were admiring beautiful women. He could judge whether someone was beautiful simply by their bone structure or even their aura, without even looking at their face. His other passion was gambling with others at the card table.
Although he'd never won at cards... in his view, consistently losing at gambling was just as difficult as consistently winning. He was a complete scumbag at the gambling table, but that didn't matter. As long as no one could beat him even a fraction of a point on the battlefield, that was enough!
He flipped over a domino.
The number of stars in the Big Dipper.
On the enemy's side, a card flipped over, displaying the shape of three stars gazing at the moon, and instantly turned to dust, flying towards the card in Kang Shi's hand. The two collided, and the numbers on them merged, transforming into a gigantic, burly warrior phantom, drawing a bow. The energy of heaven and earth on the battlefield gathered towards the bowstring like a whale swallowing the sea, transforming into an arrow! Target—the Ten Crows Army Formation.
Even Chu Yao couldn't help but stare in astonishment. Didn't Kang Jishou say before that after his way of the scholar was activated, it would give his remaining soldiers several times or even ten times the incentive effect of normal words? So what's going on now?
What happened?
It's natural that Kang Shi didn't give a complete account.
There's no need to reveal everything. Like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, it's the nature of a scholar to keep some skills hidden while revealing others.
There were thirty-two ivory tiles, four of which represented Heaven, Earth, Man, and Harmony, but they could not be used because the literary palace was not yet completed. Of the remaining twenty-eight tiles, he received fourteen, and the enemy also received fourteen.
Seven cards face up, seven cards face down.
If his face-down card outperforms his opponent's, he can successfully activate one of his face-up cards. The seven face-up cards correspond to seven different spells. There are two offensive, two defensive, and three supportive strategies.
If not, it will backfire on you.
At best, it shakes the foundation; at worst, it leads to death and ruin.
It is extremely risky, but also extremely powerful.
"Searching for Baiyu at dawn..."
The bow was drawn to a full moon position.
A loud shout came from the phantom's mouth.
The arrow left the bowstring, rubbing against the air. Fueled by the burning energy of heaven and earth, it instantly transformed into a giant fireball.
Below, the Ten Black Army formation transformed into a shield of energy.
They tried to withstand the attack.
But this was just a feint by Kang Shi. His real target was the core of morale that was gathering above the army formation! With a soft sound, the world fell silent instantly, and the falling snow stopped.
The arrow pierced deep into the core, penetrating it completely.
Kang Shi then casually flipped over another card.
May everything go smoothly.
Extremely auspicious!
He sneered, "You're really lucky."
Who says breaking through an enemy formation requires entering it and using wits and courage?
Entering the formation means falling into the enemy's trap. You will be surrounded by thousands or even tens of thousands of enemies. Those who enter the formation will also have to deal with illusions that appear from time to time. Their five senses will be blinded and deceived... It would be better to destroy the enemy from the outside with overwhelming force and violence.
Since the core of this military formation is to continuously absorb the forming energy clusters, why not take a drastic step to cut off its supply?
Without the reliance on the effectiveness of military formations...
The ten tigers are tigers with their teeth pulled.
Today, Kang Shi will give those true heroes a good slap in the face!
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This tooth-shaped tile is based on the "Tianjiu" tile. I spent most of the day studying it but still couldn't figure it out—it's really difficult for someone who has been learning mahjong for several months and still doesn't know how to play or discard tiles.
I've studied this card for a long time...
The ancients had so many ways to gamble...
The author has yet another bizarre reason for writer's block.
(End of this chapter)
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