Longevity Begins with the Seven Injuries Fist-Chapter 170 - 123: Hard Skills and Rakshasa

After Monk Fa Jie, Li Tunshan's senior brother, arrived at Jiannan Prefecture City, it took a few more days for the other Meridian Opening Realm martial artists from the Central Plains to slowly arrive at Jiannan Prefecture City.

Once everyone had gathered, Li Tunshan began planning the siege and conquest.

He intended first to recapture the counties of Jiannan Prefecture, which were occupied by the Heaven-Breaking Army and the White Lotus Sect.

Jiannan Prefecture has jurisdiction over twenty-six counties.

Currently, the Heaven-Breaking Army occupies nine, the White Lotus Sect six, and the remaining eleven are held by the Thunderbolt Army.

After Monk Fa Jie and some Meridian Opening Realm martial artists arrived at Jiannan Prefecture City, the strength of the upper-level martial artists of the Thunderbolt Army greatly increased.

If Li Tunshan led the upper-level martial artists of the Thunderbolt Army in a frontal confrontation with the Heaven-Breaking Army's upper-level martial artists, the Thunderbolt Army would undoubtedly win.

However, the conquest of cities relies on overall strategic planning.

If the Thunderbolt Army concentrates its forces to capture one county, then the defensive forces of other counties would weaken.

The Heaven-Breaking Army might seize the opportunity to capture two counties while the Thunderbolt Army takes one.

If the Thunderbolt Army disperses its forces across various counties, it could be overwhelmed by the concentrated might of the Heaven-Breaking Army.

Li Xuanji had studied military strategy passed down through his family, and his strategic skills were not lacking.

Li Tunshan had hardly studied strategy, relying entirely on military advisors for troop deployment.

But these advisors were no match for Li Xuanji in terms of strategic prowess.

Therefore, even though Li Tunshan had formidable upper-level martial artists and a strong force, under Li Xuanji's strategizing, he always felt powerless.

He wanted to lead all the upper-level martial artists and directly eliminate Li Xuanji.

However, the Heaven-Breaking Army had a unique method of blocking information, and their headquarters moved quickly.

Despite many attempts to investigate and track them, Li Tunshan and his men could not catch a glimpse of Li Xuanji.

Thus, the war reached a stalemate.

...

Seeing the cunning of the Heaven-Breaking Army, Li Tunshan decided to pause the siege, waiting for his advisors to come up with a new strategy before acting.

At night, it was once again time for Li Tunshan to cultivate his Hard Skills.

He was bare-chested, revealing a body with muscles protruding like rocks.

Over a hundred Thunderbolt Army soldiers, each armed with a sharp spear, surrounded him.

The power of these soldiers was at least that of a Three Blood Martial Artist.

"Stab!"

With Li Tunshan's command, all the soldiers wielded their spears and stabbed at him.

Instantly, Li Tunshan's entire body, including his eyes, throat, heart, and groin, was pierced by the spears.

Li Tunshan closed his eyes, using his eyelids to protect his eyeballs.

While feeling the power, he shouted, "Anyone who dares to slack off will be whipped fifty times!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately put in all their strength, using True Qi, their faces turning red with exertion.

They gripped their spears tightly and pushed against Li Tunshan's flesh.

Because they were using so much force, the spears bent.

"Continue stabbing!"

Li Tunshan gave another command.

The soldiers obeyed, quickly pulling back their spears.

Then, they rained continuous stabs upon Li Tunshan's body like a torrential downpour.

The sharp spearheads fell on Li Tunshan's body like a storm, leaving his trousers full of holes.

However, the skin pierced by the spears felt no pain or itch, not even turning red.

After nearly a full incense stick's worth of time being repeatedly stabbed.

Li Tunshan ordered the soldiers to switch to single sabers.

The soldiers obeyed and immediately fetched the single sabers.

With Li Tunshan's command, they chopped at his body, producing dull thuds as if chopping stone.

Even stones could be chipped by some powerful soldiers.

But when they chopped down with all their might on Li Tunshan, his skin only slightly reddened, without any harm.

After chopping for the same amount of time, the single sabers were chipped, and some weaker soldiers' arms were sore.

Seeing some soldiers unable to persist, Li Tunshan cursed and ordered a fresh batch of soldiers.

He instructed them to bring wolf fang clubs and attack him fiercely.

Thus, over a hundred soldiers wielded large, eerily sharp wolf fang clubs, smashing down on Li Tunshan with force.

The sound of "clang clang clang" echoed as the clubs struck his body, leaving almost no marks.

After another full incense stick's worth of time, Li Tunshan waved his hand.

The continuously striking soldiers, relieved, carried their wolf fang clubs, dragging their weary bodies away.

Li Tunshan shook his head and returned to the tent to change his trousers.

As his body's hardness increased, the soldiers' attacks became increasingly pain-free.

Now, even without using True Qi, his physical body could withstand these soldiers' attacks.

Moreover, he had long been the strongest in Jiannan Prefecture City, with hardly any contenders.

He somewhat missed the two encounters with Li Xuanji and others.

Those two times allowed him to slightly feel the thrill of dueling with others.

However, to his disappointment, they were mere cowards without courage.

As soon as defeat seemed imminent, they thought of fleeing, which truly left him unsatisfied.

'That's it, since my senior brother is here, I might as well spar with him.'

Thinking this, Li Tunshan immediately dashed out of the tent.

He only informed a Centurion of his departure from the camp, instructing him to guard it and to set off fireworks if there was any emergency.

After giving instructions, he headed for Minsheng Temple.