Peace Order-Chapter 1564 - 20: Strength Soaring

The overlord is such a monster, where realm and combat power are completely incompatible.

Peak of the Nine-layered Heaven.

Yet capable of swiftly killing a peak Nine-layered Heaven.

The average martial artist, divine general, or great grandmaster who reaches the peak of the Nine-layered Heaven does so through diligent effort, numerous fortuitous encounters, and an unbreakable will of martial arts, meshed with their physique, to become the pinnacle of Nine-layered Heaven.

At that time, the overlord was judged to be at the peak of the Nine-layered Heaven.

Because there was no path forward.

The highest realm was only the Nine-layered Heaven.

At that time, the martial artists had not yet found the direction of the martial arts legend above the Nine-layered Heaven, so the overlord’s immense primordial qi and terrifying will kept compressing and compressing, condensing into one.

Li Guanyi already knew.

The overlord’s Nine-layered Heaven.

Is equivalent to the second layer heaven of the Qilin Army’s military commander of those days.

Is it this realm? Of course it is.

But anyone who believes it is a fool.

The overlord gazed at Li Guanyi, sensing the change in Li Guanyi’s aura. At this moment, an aura of iron and blood emanated from Li Guanyi, with black and red qi mechanism flowing, which was the overlord’s unique martial arts feature, merging murderous qi, grandeur, and military methods into an extremely special and highly destructive jin qi.

Li Guanyi had once studied the overlord’s battle halberd martial arts.

With his martial arts at the peak of the Nine-layered Heaven and as part of the White Tiger Sect, he had learned the overlord’s inner qi martial arts.

And Li Guanyi was also intensely staring at the overlord before him.

That black and red jin qi was circulating, faintly feeling a sense of transformation.

Martial Arts Legend!

The path ahead was clear, and with the overlord’s profound accumulation, he almost instantly took that step.

The overlord’s might, peerless throughout the ages.

The overlord raised his palm, sensing in his palm the transformation into the path of a martial arts legend through inner qi, perceiving its mystery, changes, and the power of a martial arts legend that began to wrap around his palm, then—

The overlord clenched his palm.

The martial arts legend’s energy suddenly dispersed!

The overlord directly shattered the transformed state of this martial arts legend,

returning to his original state.

The avatar of the overlord left here remained expressionless, with a deep voice, commenting, "A path that forges primordial spirit, will, and qi fortune into one."

"Not too bad."

"But unfortunately, it’s not my path."

He was proud, disdainful, pointing his weapon at Li Guanyi, saying, "Your martial arts are good, and so is your age; since you’ve come here, I reckon it’s already a chaotic world outside, teetering in the storm. If you want my leftover weapons and armor, let me see your methods."

He then glanced at Ji Zichang over there, sneered, and said, "That boy over there, don’t act so cowardly."

"If I want to kill you, no matter how you hide, I will also kill you."

"Don’t act like this; your ancestors wouldn’t be so disgraceful."

Ji Zichang replied unhesitantly, "My ancestors would say you’re right, while running faster than anyone else!"

Even he was startled by his bluntness, but he didn’t expect that the overlord, instead, remained silent for a moment and then burst into laughter, saying, "Hahaha, indeed, it’s rare to hear such an amusing thing!"

"I won’t kill you then."

"You, boy, just stay there and watch carefully!"

The White Tiger Sect overlord gripped the weapon, raised it, pointing to the sky, a fierce flame of qi erupted fiercely, and the entire secret realm emitted a hazy starlight. Li Guanyi was stunned, sensing a familiar feeling, realizing where this familiarity came from.

General Xue’s secret realm!

Only this time, it’s larger in scale, with stronger effects.

The overlord’s eyes closed, as if seeing that gentle and quiet woman again. This was one of the strongest means of the Stargazing Lineage of the outdoor three sects, with the intense convergence of starlight, the secret realm spread out again.

Li Guanyi’s sleeves fluttered, catching a faint scent of blood, and the special qi mechanism and sensation that emerged after weapons and sword blades were soaked in spring water.

The world before him had transformed, arriving on an ancient battlefield.

Li Guanyi raised his head, looking at the overlord ahead. In this secret realm, the overlord seemed to have regained his prime, in his most spirited twenties, armored, with banners waving behind him, countless iron cavalry gathered behind, murderous qi chilling, slowly raising his weapon pointing at Li Guanyi in front, saying, "Boy, come on."

Li Guanyi felt, in this secret realm, that he too had thousands of soldiers and horses behind him.

This time, the secret realm was no longer a one-on-one duel like with General Xue.

But battlefield against battlefield.

Based on the overlord’s experience and memory, recreating the ancient battlefield from eight hundred years ago, that turbulent and magnificent age of strife.

And what Li Guanyi faced, was undoubtedly, the foremost person in military formations throughout history.

The Overlord!

The overlord, invincible in single combat, now with thousands of troops and cavalry behind him, was even more formidable in aura and strength.

I clashed with the overlord commanding the great army?

Is it true?

Damn, my leadership has already reached its limit.

It really has reached its limit!

Li Guanyi bit down hard, but at this moment, there wasn’t a hint of retreat in his heart. He just mounted his horse, gripped his weapon, and led the great army. Ji Zichang stayed at a distance, watching as the two armies surged forward. As the sound of hooves fell, they thundered like lightning, the armies collided, and the military soul was fierce and formidable. Li Guanyi’s leadership ability always stayed in the tens of thousands; each time reaching one hundred thousand was under special circumstances.

Sometimes there were ordinary Western Region shepherds in the command.

Or there was the array master whale hunter, reconciling at the center.

At this moment, when he was alone, Li Guanyi commanded the heavy cavalry in the overlord’s memories, with leadership ability of only about seventy thousand. The army set out, clashing twice head-on, and under the guidance of the military evil Qi, the overlord’s strength and destructive power almost increased straightforwardly.

After numerous collisions, Li Guanyi was no match, the army repeatedly scattered in disarray, even Li Guanyi himself was knocked off his horse by the overlord commanding the army, ending in disarray.

The overlord, riding his mount, looked down at Li Guanyi with a casual, arrogant gaze: "Is this all?"

"Turns out you are only strong in words."

Li Guanyi coughed violently, there was a fire in his heart, a bold spirit of unwillingness to concede.

Li Guanyi gripped his weapon and said simply:

"Again!"

The overlord’s expression showed slight approval: "Not bad."

The overlord approved.

The overlord went all out.

Defeat!

"Come!!"

Ji Zichang was dumbfounded, watching the scene in the secret realm replayed over and over again, watching Li Guanyi fail and then try again, as if he would never be discouraged, never admit defeat. This tenacity made Ji Zichang awestruck, yet a slight feeling of loss arose.

If he had tried to resist in his youth, could he have had such resilience?

Could he have kept trying, never admitting defeat?

Would the current situation be completely different... 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Thinking back on many regrets from the past, the feeling of unwillingness and resentment surged through him.

And as Ji Zichang was in sorrow, Li Guanyi continuously challenged, in a true sense, the pinnacle overlord commanding tens of thousands of troops.

Defeat, constantly learning, then during confrontations and defeats, closely observing the overlord’s combat style, learning and imitating the methods of leading the heavy cavalry to charge the formation forward and the circulation of Qi mechanism, and constantly trying, trying, trying again.

Gradually, the speed at which the overlord defeated Li Guanyi began to slow down.

From the initial devastation.

To later being slightly troublesome and tricky.

And Li Guanyi’s own leadership also began to slowly improve, unknowingly, during the focused confrontation with the overlord.

Commanding heavy cavalry seventy-five thousand.

Leadership ability, heavy cavalry eighty thousand.

Leadership ability, heavy cavalry eighty-seven thousand, completely proficient.

Under the immense pressure brought by the overlord, he fiercely withstood this terrifying pressure and could actively adjust his stance, learning all the military strategies from the overlord.

Losing is not the fear.

The fear is in conceding.

Attempting again and again, failing again and again, learning again and again.

Li Guanyi’s leadership ability steadily improved.

Ninety thousand!

Ninety-three thousand!

Ninety-seven thousand!

Finally, amid the violent collision of weapons.

Li Guanyi’s leadership ability completely broke through the critical number, relying on himself, broke through the demarcation line of [one hundred thousand].

As a result, he thoroughly entered another realm and level as a renowned general.

It is not just about valiant strength and personal martial arts.

A Divine General’s leadership ability above and below this number, in the large-scale army battle, in the chaotic world, in the appraisal of ages, is entirely two different concepts and levels.

Li Guanyi, nineteen years old.

Leadership ability—

One hundred eleven thousand!

Breakthrough!!!