I Only Marry Widows

Boom!

Lu Chengfeng's long hair danced wildly, and the Blazing Fire Spear surged like a dragon. His entire being seemed like a mass of fire, rampaging through the army, causing chaos and mayhem.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

After he speared several people to death in front of him, he found the path suddenly wide open, with only an iron wall made up of iron shields, and cold gleams lurking in the crevices ready to devour.

Lu Chengfeng lowered his body, his white horse beneath him breathing heavily, white mist gushing from its nostrils. The iron spear in his hand was covered in blood, with bits of flesh sticking to the shaft.

When facing these soldiers, he was almost indistinguishable from those Half-Step Celestial Human experts in terms of realm, mastery, and killing skills—it was more than enough.

The only difference appeared when facing first-rate and top-tier experts.

Moreover, both the Blazing Fire Spear and the Eight Desolates Sea-Swallowing Technique were inherently battlefield slaughter techniques, fearless of prolonged and mass battles. Thus, he charged through like breaking dry twigs, encountering no significant resistance.

Seeing the wall of iron shields ahead, his expression did not change. Feeling the fierce wind blowing against his face, his long hair swirling, he suddenly urged his warhorse on, increasing his speed instead of slowing down.

Three zhang, two zhang... one zhang!

As the distance between them closed, long spears suddenly thrust out from the gaps in the iron shield, like vicious serpents, aiming to tear the man in front to shreds.

Lu Chengfeng's long spear swung fiercely, the fiery True Gang swirling on it whistling as it crashed heavily onto the iron shield.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was like splitting mountains and cracking earth, the massive roars blasting continuously, and the iron shield in front flew up along with the soldiers.

Lu Chengfeng's iron spear was like a giant hammer, containing unfathomable power, almost smashing the soldiers behind the iron shields into pulp.

However, behind the first layer of iron shields, there was a second, a third, a fourth... densely packed, seeming endless.

Lu Chengfeng knocked the iron shield flying, and the soldiers behind the shield collided with the shield behind them, turning into a puddle of blood.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

He charged madly, breaking through three layers of shield walls. The spearmen hidden behind the iron shields didn't even touch his hair, as their weapons were met with such transmitted force that their internal organs shattered.

But Lu Chengfeng's momentum inevitably slowed down, as layer after layer of shield walls blocked him, making it difficult for the warhorse to charge as wildly as before.

Seeing the situation, Lu Chengfeng immediately turned his horse's head, slashing with his spear, tossing bodies through the air, and then rushed towards the riverbank.

Keng! Keng! Keng!

The long spear slashed across, flames blazing fiercely, and Lu Chengfeng pushed this unparalleled martial arts to the peak he could reach, where nothing could withstand its assault, nothing remained unbroken!

Those terrifying elite cavalry on the battlefield fell like grass before him.

Lu Chengfeng made his way back to the riverbank in one breath, covered in blood from head to toe, even his white horse beneath him stained with it.

With his left hand, he pulled the reins, the right hand holding his long spear to the ground, turning his horse's head, facing the army alone.

It must be said, the troops brought by Li Xiaotian were indeed battle-hardened, even faced with such an onslaught and slaughter, they moved orderly and quickly reacted, not showing signs of dispersal.

Especially those sword and shield soldiers, causing Lu Chengfeng a lot of trouble, preventing him from reaching Li Xiaotian in one go, forcing him to temporarily retreat.

A gust of wind blew in the air, adding a touch of coolness to the hot and restless atmosphere, as the Three Rivers roared endlessly, echoing with the incessant drumming.

Li Xiaotian did not send cavalry to pursue, instead rearranging his troops, withdrawing experts from the army.

Against a first-rate expert like Lu Chengfeng, who could go back and forth across the battlefield, regular cavalry had little advantage. Instead, those sword and shield soldiers forming a battle formation were more useful.

However, with this, Lu Chengfeng could fight or retreat as he pleased, and the shield formations couldn't keep up in time.

The reason Li Xiaotian could become a Marshal of a county, one of the governors of the Nine Prefectures of the Central State, relied on more than just his martial arts.

Li Xiaotian was quite versed in military strategy, immediately ordering a regroup and reorganization.

Lu Chengfeng looked up to see densely packed with cavalry ahead, with all the sword and shield soldiers blocked behind, making it impossible to see anything.

At this moment, Li Xiaotian laughed heartily, "Zhao Tianyou, I know you want to kill me to avenge your Zhao Family's blood feud. Now I'm here waiting for you, do you dare to come?"

"Initially, when you charged into my army alone, I thought you truly had the skill to take the general's head among thousands. But now it seems more like showmanship, a bluff to win admiration."

"Missing a strike and tucking your tail to scurry away, truly worthy of ridicule."

"Men, listen up; if Zhao Tianyou dares to step on the floating bridge to escape, kill that woman immediately."

As he spoke, he was swiftly summoning the elite from his army, gathering them together and clustering around him.

Lu Chengfeng regulated his breath for a moment. Although the earlier charge and slaughter didn't last long, the consumption of physical strength, spirit, mind, and True Qi was substantial.

Breaking in and out of a battlefield seven times is far from as simple as ordinary people imagine.

If it were just an ordinary army, it would be different, but facing elite assembled from the experts within Li Xiaotian's army, it would be even more difficult.

However, from beginning to end, he never thought of escaping!

The long spear dragging on the ground, the warhorse whinnying, after a brief adjustment, he once again urged his warhorse into a slow charge.

Charge! Charge! Charge!

The speed of the warhorse increased, the wind in his ears grew fiercer, his long hair fluttered, and his iron spear stretched across the sky.

Yet just as he was about to collide with the cavalry in front of him, they suddenly parted, avoiding a clash with him, instead leaving a pathway for him to charge through.

Lu Chengfeng disregarded everything, focusing solely on where Li Xiaoyun was, urging his horse into a rapid dash.

His warhorse charged furiously through, the cavalry in front all scattered, and then regrouped behind him, sealing off his retreat.

Lu Chengfeng had unknowingly already penetrated deep into the enemy forces.

"Hahaha, Zhao Tianyou, you've fallen for my plan!"

From the front suddenly came the loud laughter of Li Xiaotian, as the last batch of cavalry scattered, revealing a wall of shield soldiers forming an impenetrable barrier.

Lu Chengfeng glanced around slightly, only to see the cavalry on both sides retreating, also setting up shield walls.

It turned out the opponent used cavalry as a cover, setting up a pocket array with sword and shield soldiers, just waiting for him to charge in and fall into the trap.

Lu Chengfeng didn't need to think to know that at this moment the pocket behind him must have already closed, with shield walls all around.

"Hear my command: advance from all sides and crush him to death!"

Li Xiaotian laughed loudly, then suddenly roared, his voice shaking the battlefield and echoing in all directions. Then the four-sided shield wall began to advance, compressing the space Lu Chengfeng could maneuver.

Lu Chengfeng sat on his horse, surrounded by nothing but iron shields, behind which were hidden long swords and iron spears.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The iron shields moved forward, the army shouted in unison, forming a watertight Heaven and Earth Net around Lu Chengfeng.

Lu Chengfeng looked around and had to admit he underestimated Li Xiaoyun, underestimated the heroes of the world, and thought he could be invincible after assimilating the Half-Step Celestial Human's gift.

But now it seemed, Li Xiaoyun, who could govern a province and command the army, indeed had extraordinary qualities.

Relying solely on instant decision-making and array control, he proved to be more than just an empty name.

Trapped within the army, surrounded by impenetrable walls and swords and spears all around, even an iron body would be sliced to pieces.

Suddenly, Lu Chengfeng patted the head of the white horse beneath him, "White horse, oh white horse, I've wronged you. After today's battle, I shall erect a monument by the river to commemorate you!"

The white horse, though unable to understand human words, was intelligent, and at that moment neighed incessantly, pawing the ground.

Lu Chengfeng took a deep breath, then suddenly squeezed his legs, shook the reins, raised the iron spear in hand, and thundered, echoing in all directions.

"Those who stand in my way will die! Kill!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He wasn't far from the iron shields ahead. As soon as the warhorse started galloping, the two sides were already in close combat.

Lu Chengfeng's iron spear thrust forward, forcefully striking the shield up into the air, tearing a gap in the impenetrable wall.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

However, there were too many people around, and his warhorse couldn't escape unscathed.

Long spears stabbed, steel sabers slashed, and in just a moment, the white horse was drenched in blood, collapsing to the ground with an anguished wail.

Buzz!

In Lu Chengfeng's left hand appeared a red glow, and the unmatched Sword Qi, driven by the divine weapon, slashed out six zhang, like a shining ribbon or a dragon.

All the iron shields and soldiers in front of him were sliced apart by this sword.

Lu Chengfeng wielded a sword in his left hand and held a spear in his right, thrusting forward, sweeping left and right. The Sword Light was sharp, unstoppable.

Where there was no path ahead, he forced his way through!

The iron shields broke apart, and corpses lay everywhere.

Too many had died, and behind him were layers upon layers of human walls.

Lu Chengfeng stepped forward over the bodies.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

He was completely bloodthirsty, with the Red Dragon True Intent of the Twenty-Fifth Layer allowing him to fully utilize Li Guan's Twenty-Fourth Layer Tongyou Sword Technique, as the six zhang Sword Qi unleashed, blood and flesh flying.

Especially with the divine weapon's support, the power of Sword Qi was even greater, sharper, slicing not only swords, spears, shields, flesh, and blood, everything was cleaved by the Sword Qi.

And the iron spear in his hand, like a flood dragon, flew up and down, forcibly breaking through the human wall.

Li Xiaoyun's face turned extremely unsightly. Naturally, he could not have brought that many sword and shield soldiers on this expedition. Apart from three thousand cavalry, the remaining five thousand were auxiliary troops.

At this time, he barely gathered eight hundred shield soldiers, and after setting up the pocket array, dispersed them in all directions, leaving only two hundred shield soldiers in front.

Lu Chengfeng suddenly exploded, crushing through the blockade, seemingly about to rush out of the pocket array.

Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance, originally to prevent the enemy from escaping, with elite soldiers in pursuit, but now he had to confront directly.

"Everyone, hear the command, charge with me!"

Li Xiaoyun shouted angrily. He could already see that some people had been frightened by Lu Chengfeng's terrifying slaughter, even seasoned soldiers weren't completely fearless of death.

When battle losses reach a certain level, or the enemy becomes too formidable to defeat, these soldiers will also collapse.

He knew he couldn't delay any longer, roared an order, summoned his personal guards to flank him, and led the elite army as vanguard to charge towards Lu Chengfeng.

"Kill for me, and those who slay Zhao Tianyou will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, promoted three ranks, granted secret skills, and benefit their descendants."

"Those who retreat will be treated as deserters, executed without pardon, families exterminated!"