Immovable Mountain Seal, Eight Dragon Steps!

Watching the Divine Phoenix Army charge, Man Poshen's expression gradually turned crazed!

Since peace talks had failed, the Northern Barbarians had no choice but to fight to the death!

"Loose the arrows!"

With a wave of his hand, he took the lead in ordering the city defenders to unleash a rain of arrows!

An arrow storm filled the sky like a tide, pouring down densely upon the Divine Phoenix Army!

But most of the Divine Phoenix Army wore armor and carried shields, so the arrow barrage posed little obstacle. Before long, the Divine Phoenix Army had charged beneath Royal Court City.

They began scaling Royal Court City by siege ladders. Of course, aside from storming the walls, the gates of Royal Court City were also a key target of the Divine Phoenix Army's assault.

"Break the gate!"

Zhang Dalong, Ding Yishan, and the other Divine Phoenix Army commanders erupted with strength at once, hacking furiously at the gates of Royal Court City!

Though the gates of Royal Court City were massive and thick, they were still struck until splinters flew everywhere.

Ding Hao was among them, and his destructive power was not the least bit weaker than Ding Yishan's or the others'.

That was because, aside from fusing with the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline, he had also fused the vitality, spirit, comprehension, and other attributes dropped by Man Potian. His cultivation had officially entered the True Martial Fourth Layer!

What delighted him even more was that Grandmaster-grade talent!

Everlasting Vitality—once you possessed this talent, your internal energy would gain an everlasting quality, and your True Qi recovery speed would increase drastically!

With this talent, Ding Hao had no need to worry about consuming his True Qi. At least under ordinary circumstances, it could not be depleted in a short time.

Put plainly, this talent greatly increased his endurance!

Because of this, Ding Hao unleashed eighty-one consecutive Man Slaying Styles. Together with Zhang Dalong, Ding Yishan, and the other Divine Phoenix commanders, he forcibly hacked a huge hole into the massive city gates!

Through the hole, dense masses of barbarian soldiers could be seen piled behind the gates, including quite a few high-ranking Northern Barbarian commanders in the True Martial Realm!

Clearly, these people were already the Northern Barbarians' last remaining forces!

"Kill!"

Ding Hao, Zhang Dalong, Ding Yishan, and the other soldiers naturally did not fear this. They immediately rushed through the hole!

They instantly engaged the barbarian soldiers guarding behind the gate in savage close combat!

As the saying went, soldiers faced soldiers, and generals faced generals!

The instant Ding Yishan, Zhang Dalong, and the others charged in, numerous barbarian commanders surrounded them to kill them!

Though Ding Hao was not exactly a proper Divine Phoenix Army commander, the aura of the True Martial Fourth Layer still drew several barbarian commanders to him!

Some wielded greatswords, some held heavy hammers, and some gripped wolf-tooth clubs. The weakest was only at the True Martial First Layer, but the strongest had already reached the True Martial Sixth Layer!

"Hah!"

"You came at just the right time!"

Rather than fearing this "special treatment," Ding Hao's fighting spirit surged even higher!

Once upon a time, whenever he encountered barbarian commanders like these on the battlefield, all he could do was run—especially during that time when he had carried Luo Shenhuang while breaking out of the encirclement!

Those True Martial Realm barbarian commanders had chased him until he was more bedraggled than a dog!

But now, he had the strength to face numerous barbarian commanders head-on!

"Man Slaying!"

He was the first to slash out with a Man Slaying Style. The blade light blazed like lightning, and with the speed of thunder before one could cover one's ears, it cut down the weakest True Martial First Layer barbarian commander on the spot!

Splashed blood nearly drenched the faces of the surrounding barbarian commanders, provoking them into howls as they threw themselves at Ding Hao with all their strength!

"Golden Bell Shield!"

Facing the attacks of the barbarian commanders, Ding Hao immediately defended himself!

But he frowned slightly when he realized that the Golden Bell Shield, merely an intermediate martial art, was clearly no longer enough as his enemies grew stronger!

The surrounding attacks shattered it at once. Fortunately, he still wore the Golden Silk Soft Armor and possessed the second layer of the Heavenly Tyrant Body!

He was only forced back a few steps and suffered no obvious injuries!

The same went for Wind Treading Steps, another intermediate martial art. Though enhanced by Wind True Meaning, it was still somewhat stretched thin against the encirclement of so many barbarian commanders.

Several times, he failed to evade in time and was struck in the body again!

That's right, Man Potian dropped two Grandmaster-grade martial arts as well!

The Immovable Mountain Seal and Eight Dragon Steps—the former focused on defense, while the latter focused on movement!

If I master these two martial arts, they will definitely make up for my shortcomings in defense and speed!

He did as soon as he thought of it!

While fighting, Ding Hao began studying the two Grandmaster-grade martial arts!

In the past, he naturally could not have done this, but things were different now. His comprehension had already reached more than three thousand points!

That was three hundred times his initial comprehension. With three hundredfold comprehension, two Grandmaster-grade martial arts could no longer stump him!

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

As all manner of mysteries from the two martial arts emerged in his mind—

Before long.

Ding Hao successfully gained entry into both the Immovable Mountain Seal and Eight Dragon Steps.

Though he had only reached the entry level, the moment he unleashed the Immovable Mountain Seal, the phantom image of a mountain emerged across Ding Hao's entire body!

He seemed to transform into a mountain that could not be shaken. Its defensive power was unknown times stronger than the Golden Bell Shield; after taking a barbarian commander's heavy blow head-on, it showed not the slightest sign of cracking!

As for Eight Dragon Steps, it was equally wondrous. As its name suggested, once cultivated to perfection, it allowed one's speed within eight steps to reach the absolute extreme, even seeming like teleportation!

Though he had only just entered the art and could use it over a distance of merely two and a half steps, it was already far more exquisite and faster than Stepping Wind!

For a time.

Ding Hao's figure appeared and vanished like a ghost within that distance of two and a half steps. Even the surrounding True Martial Sixth Layer barbarian commanders could not catch sight of him!

Thus, bolstered by both the Immovable Mountain Seal and Eight Dragon Steps, Ding Hao's combat strength soared severalfold compared to before.

Amid the terrified and bewildered gazes of the surrounding barbarian commanders, every one of them died miserably beneath Ding Hao's blade in mere moments!

Afterward.

Even Ding Hao felt a lingering fear. He was fortunate that Man Potian had been seriously injured earlier and could not use these martial arts. Otherwise, even with the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline restraining him, Ding Hao could not have killed Man Potian—and might very well have been killed in return!

After dealing with the barbarian commanders surrounding him, Ding Hao turned around and made quick work of the barbarian commanders besieging Ding Yishan.

Before long, the barbarian commander opponents of all the other Divine Phoenix Army commanders were also dealt with under Ding Hao's help!

Except for—Zhang Dalong!

First, as the Divine Phoenix Army's fiercest general, the Northern Barbarian commanders capable of joining the siege against Zhang Dalong were naturally no ordinary men. Most were high-level True Martial Realm experts, and they still posed great danger to Ding Hao!

Second, Ding Hao had already shown immense kindness by not kicking a man when he was down and helping the barbarian commanders besiege Zhang Dalong. And Zhang Dalong wanted him to help deal with his enemies? Not a chance!

"Kill!"

"Charge into the Royal Court!!"

It was not only Ding Hao. Even Ding Yishan and the other Divine Phoenix Army commanders pretended not to see anything, directly abandoning the besieged Zhang Dalong as they led their troops through the breach and charged toward the heart of the Royal Court!

"Damn it!"

"You bunch of bastards!"

At the sight of this, Zhang Dalong's face turned green with rage. But with no one helping him, he could only roar as he fought the surrounding barbarian commanders to the death.

Elsewhere, with so many barbarian commanders gone, Ding Hao and the others quickly slaughtered the densely packed barbarian soldiers into a rout!

In the end.

A massive force of the Divine Phoenix Army swept through Royal Court City like a tidal wave.

They fought all the way to Royal Court Palace, surrounding King of Northern Barbarians Man Poshen himself!!