Nine Slaughter the City, Trampling Taiyuan

Some even aimed mountain cannons directly at him.

They had all gone mad with killing.

Faced with power like that of Gods and Devils, these soldiers did not retreat. Instead, their ferocity was stirred awake.

But Feng Yuxiu smiled.

"Useless."

Boom!

He slammed a punch into the ground.

The entire defensive fortification instantly collapsed and exploded apart.

Fist-light flashed; wherever it passed, it reaped every life in its path.

And Li Mang, Luffy—

One after another.

All of them attacked like mad.

In merely an instant, they had seized an absolute advantage.

This division's strength was unquestionably formidable.

What was especially terrifying was their will to fight.

But when faced with absolute power—

None of it had any effect.

The nine of them were like a steel blade.

In an instant, they pierced through the enemy formation, boring their way out and leaving countless corpses behind.

Then they turned—

And charged back, drilling through the ranks once more.

Again.

And again.

Heads burst beneath the radiance of fists.

Bodies were torn apart by terrifying force.

Organs splattered.

Blood spilled in every direction.

Arms and legs were effortlessly severed by sword-light.

The entire battlefield—

In that instant, became a Shura hell for the Japanese soldiers.

Everyone was enduring the cruelest kind of death.

At first, their momentum had been like a rainbow, their fighting spirit soaring to the heavens.

But later, they gradually began to collapse.

Desperate screams rang out shrill and unceasing, only to abruptly cut off because their owners were already dead.

The entire battlefield—

Was dyed red and drowned in thick, viscous blood.

Yet Li Yunlong and the others did not waver in the slightest.

They slaughtered without mercy!

These were enemies.

Leaving even one alive would only add to the Japanese soldiers' strength.

Only by wiping them all out—

Could they protect Huaxia.

Finally.

From noon until dusk, they slaughtered without pause.

Including the deserters fleeing in rout—

This division was finally annihilated in its entirety.

Across the battlefield—

Tens of thousands of corpses lay behind.

Tushan Susu wiped a streak of blood from her cheek. "Killing so many people was a little tiring."

"Let's go."

Feng Yuxiu was the first to rise, heading toward Taiyuan City.

The others followed, walking shoulder to shoulder, their killing intent soaring to the heavens.

Meanwhile.

After Shinozuka Yoshio received the news.

His face turned deathly pale at once.

His whole body went limp as he slumped into his chair.

"W-Wiped out...

He had originally thought that this division.

Would at least achieve something.

Yet it had been cleanly and decisively wiped out.

Even slaughtering tens of thousands of pigs would take a very, very long time.

Yet how long had it been?

Not even half a day.

And they were all gone.

By now, he had lost two entire divisions under his command. The forces in his hands had been reduced by nearly half.

Li Yunlong and the other eight soon arrived before Taiyuan City.

Inside Taiyuan City.

It was practically packed full of Japanese soldiers.

Upon the towering city walls.

Defensive troops stood everywhere in tight formation.

Up there.

Were cannon after cannon.

Mountain guns, rapid-fire guns, howitzers, and more—all of them had been gathered by Shinozuka Yoshio and placed atop the walls.

An ordinary first-rate division.

Only had ninety-six large-caliber artillery pieces.

Yet now, on the city walls.

There were two or three hundred cannons.

It was clear just how mad Shinozuka Yoshio had become. He had practically dragged out every last bit of his reserves.

There were also all kinds of machine guns.

Densely packed everywhere.

Below the city walls.

There were several hundred armored vehicles and the like, their black muzzles all aimed at Li Yunlong and the others.

"Commander Li Yunlong, you've finally attacked our Taiyuan. But with only nine people, even if you possess god-and-ghost-like power, don't dream of taking this great city."

On the city wall, Shinozuka Yoshio wore his uniform, both hands resting on his command sword. He stood ramrod straight, his eyes coldly looking down on Li Yunlong's group.

His voice rang through loudspeakers, echoing across the entire enormous city.

It was simply deafening.

Li Yunlong burst into laughter. "Shinozuka Yoshio, quit putting on an act. I don't think much of your little troop of soldiers. Luffy, don't you have a Ninth Gear? Leave it to you."

"Hahaha, alright."

Luffy was thrilled. He pressed down on his shoulder and swung it in a circle, then shoved his thumb into his mouth, bit down hard, and blew.

Whoosh.

His entire body suddenly swelled.

In the blink of an eye.

He became a giant over nine meters tall.

At the same time.

His skin turned the steel-gray color of metal, gleaming with a metallic sheen.

"Gomu Gomu Siege Cannon!"

Luffy gave a shout and was about to strike.

Shinozuka Yoshio on the city wall felt a chill run through his entire body. Deep terror gripped him. He viciously slashed his command sword downward, his expression ferocious as he roared.

"Fire! Fire!"

Boom!

All the cannons atop the city wall shuddered and roared as they fired.

Luffy's fist shot out at the same time, and in a single instant, slammed heavily into the city wall.

Boom!

A world-shaking explosion rang out.

The city gate exploded apart.

The city wall collapsed.

Those devil soldiers fell in panic, buried beneath a chaotic torrent of stones and bricks. The cannons, machine guns, and other weapons arranged above also tumbled down with them.

Clang!

Zhang Sanfeng drew a longsword.

He unleashed the Taiji Sword Technique.