I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 533: Tearing the Pass
There has never been a shortage of adventurous people in this world, especially those with skilled skills who would break the law by using force.

There are always hidden talents among the refugees. None of them are simple people who have made it here from the chaotic flood.

In fact, even without Zhang Chen's secret instigation, undercurrents had already begun to surge among the refugees.

Those who were building siege vehicles were building siege vehicles, those who were cutting wood were cutting wood, everyone was busy, hundreds of thousands of people were busy, and soon the prototypes of siege vehicles were built.

Zhang Chen stood in the darkness, looking at Hupo Pass. "Even if hundreds of thousands of refugees join forces, it will be difficult to break through Hupo Pass. Hupo Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The refugees lack armor and weapons, and they are also poorly trained. Once the siege fails, their morale will surely be lost. Or the first wave will be directly intimidated by the opposing defenders, and then the people will be scattered and it will be difficult to gather them together. So if you want to attack the city, you must make a concerted effort to give the people hope."

Don't even think about relying on this group of people to break through the pass. The refugees can't amount to anything, and they will be defeated if they suffer the slightest loss.

Even for a well-trained regular army, once the casualties exceed one-tenth, the morale will drop and the army will be defeated.

Therefore, Zhang Chen could only break through the pass first, so that he would have a chance.

Zhang Chen looked at the gate of Hupo Pass. He had two magical powers to break through Hupo Pass. The first was the Sun Embers. If he used the Sun Embers, the soldiers at Hupo Pass would be killed, and the refugees would have a chance to rush to the top of the city. But the guards of Hupo Pass could also climb to the top of the city again when the Sun Embers cooled down. Moreover, the top of the city was suppressed by the dragon energy of the Pingbian Palace. Once his Sun Embers left his body and lost the protection of the true dragon energy, it was hard to say how much effect they could have.

The second is the authority of the earth. He can control all the power of the earth within fifty meters. As long as he gets close to the city gate and tears a hole in the earth, the refugees can march straight in. With the joint efforts of hundreds of thousands of refugees and the cooperation of good players in the martial arts world, they can hopefully break through the guards in Hupo Pass.

Zhang Chen wanted to make some arrangements secretly, so he turned to Chen Ping and said, "You will follow me tomorrow, and we will rush through Hupo Pass together while the chaos is going on."

Chen Ping went to rest, as he still needed to recover his energy and blood. Zhang Chen turned his head and looked towards the direction of Hupo Pass.

"I wonder how many guards there are in Hupo Pass." A trace of blood flowed out of Zhang Chen's body and turned into vampire bats in the dark night, heading towards Hupo Pass.

A quarter of an hour later, the vampire bats turned around and turned back into blood and returned to their bodies. Zhang Chen's face became serious. "There are actually 200,000 guards. Although there are 500,000 refugees here, they can't gain any advantage against 200,000 well-equipped and geographically advantageous guards. Unless all the generals on the opposite side are secretly killed, otherwise... the other side only needs 50,000 elite soldiers to defeat hundreds of thousands of refugees."

There is no comparison between regular troops and refugees.

As time passed, the refugees began to become restless. The masters among them began to add fuel to the flames, constantly encouraging ordinary refugees to attack the city gates, and waves of undercurrents began to surge among the refugees.

Zhang Chen's figure flashed, and he used the earth escape technique to appear under the city gate. Looking at the soldier guarding the gate, he thought about it and another drop of blood flew out and disappeared into the darkness.

Then Zhang Chen looked at the towering Hupo Pass. The next moment, he exerted his earth-shaking power. There was an earth-shaking tremor, and accompanied by the screams of the guards on Hupo Pass, Hupo Pass collapsed, and a fifty-meter-wide crack appeared in the ground. Then, the soil under the fifty-meter-wide crack surged and filled the crack.

The dragon energy in Hupo Pass surged towards Zhang Chen, and the true dragon energy circulated around Zhang Chen, resisting the suppression of the dragon energy in the north. The rice-sized dragon ball vibrated, and even though the dragon energy from Pingbian Palace roared, it could not do anything to Zhang Chen.

"The Xiongguan Pass has been breached! Someone has broken the dragon energy and torn the Hupo Pass apart! Everyone, charge! As long as we pass the Hupo Pass, we can leave this sea of ​​fire and mountains of swords." The refugees in the dark became excited when they saw the Hupo Pass being torn apart by an invisible force.

"Let's charge together while the guards haven't reacted yet! As long as we charge through, we'll have a clear sky." The sturdy man whose body was possessed by Zhang Chen, the Blood God Son, stood up and raised his arms, then led more than a dozen of his brothers and rushed forward with knives in hand.

“Charge!” Some people in the martial arts world followed suit and stirred up the emotions, constantly inciting ordinary people: “Let’s charge together! Wait until the guards on the opposite side react and rebuild the Tiger Soul Pass. By then, all of us will be trapped here and die, becoming food for the monsters and sacrifices for the Pingbian Palace! Fight for a future for your wife and children! Fight for a way out for your parents!”

"To fight for a future for my wife and children! To fight for a way out!"

"Kill!"

"There is food in Hupo Pass. After looting Hupo Pass, we will no longer be short of food and will never have to go hungry again!"

"The hope of victory is right before our eyes, charge!"

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

……

Accompanied by loud shouts, those who were hungry were the first to rush out. Then, driven by this atmosphere, countless refugees with red eyes, holding hoes and sticks, rushed towards the gap in the pass.

"Stop it!" The soldier of Hupo Pass roared and quickly mobilized soldiers to intercept. The two sides clashed in an instant, and the ground was dyed red with blood.

Although the guards of Hupo Pass were well-equipped, the refugees fought to the death and they were not at a disadvantage for a while.

The guards of Hupo Pass blocked the refugees' way out, which meant they were blocking their way to live. Everyone had to fight desperately, even for their parents, wives and children. "There is no retreat! Kill! Once we are intercepted, we will die in Xiongguan sooner or later. If we fight our way out now, we still have a way to live!"

"kill!"

With each shouting at the top of their lungs, the refugees' blood and energy, wrapped in a strange power, actually resisted the mysterious dragon energy.

Zhang Chen used the earth escape technique to return to the camp, and saw that the camp was in chaos. Chen Ping and others were guarding in front of the carriage, looking around vigilantly.

"Huh, how strange? What kind of power is that that can resist the dragon energy of the north? It makes the suppression of my soul begin to relax?" Cheng Yu stood beside Zhang Chen, looking towards the direction of the city gate with curiosity.

“That is the cause and effect karma! The cause and effect karma of the people gathered together can resist the suppression of dragon energy and break the blockade of dragon energy. If the natural enemy of cultivators is dragon energy, then the natural enemy of dragon energy is actually the cause and effect karma of all living beings.” Zhang Chen looked at the energy in the sky. He mastered the power of blood and of course recognized the cause and effect karma.

“No wonder if there is a rebellion among the people, even if there are talented people in the court, they will have the opportunity to cause trouble. It turns out that the karma of the people can fight against the dragon energy.” Zhang Chen thought to himself.

"Brother, what should we do?" Zhang Taowei looked at the fighting in the dark, a murderous look in his eyes.

"All of you get on the carriage, and let's charge together!" There was a hint of murderous intent in Zhang Chen's eyes.

The carriage was ready again. Zhang Chen asked Cheng Yu and others to hide in the carriage, and summoned three Blood God Son clones to protect the carriage. Chen Ping looked at the three people coming, clenched the steel knife in his hand, and showed a hint of vigilance in his eyes. But Zhang Chen patted Chen Ping on the shoulder and said, "Relax, they have been controlled by me and have become my puppets."

Chen Ping heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and turned to look at Zhang Chen, his voice full of solemnity: "Since the Tiger Soul Pass has been breached, we can save a lot of effort in passing it, but it is still a bit troublesome. If we are lucky and don't run into Jin Dou, we will definitely be able to break through the Tiger Soul Pass. If we meet Jin Dou, I will risk my life to stop him for you. When the time comes, you just take everyone away, and I will stay behind to cover your retreat."

He felt that although Zhang Chen had some skills, he still had no chance of winning against Jin Dou, who was able to fight against Yang Shen Zhenren.

"Don't worry, we are not that unlucky. We will definitely break through the Tiger Soul Pass successfully."

Zhang Chen comforted Chen Ping, then walked in front of the carriage, holding a long knife in his hand, and rushed towards the city gate.

He did not use the magic of Hesha. Once he used this magic, it would not only confuse the guards on the opposite side, but also the refugees, blocking their chance of survival. Zhang Chen would certainly not do such a thing.

Even though it is somewhat dangerous to charge into battle personally, the advantage is that you won't commit any sin.

"kill!"

At this time, the shouts and cries of killing were earth-shaking. Zhang Chen held a long sword in his hand, and the fifth-level demon horse rushed straight towards the guards with tremendous power.

The refugees rushed towards the guards like a tide, but facing the armored guards, the refugees were like wheat, being cut down to the ground one after another.

There were more than a dozen warriors who had cultivated qi and blood, who kept charging in the front, facing the guards of Hupo Pass and dealing with them. However, there were also seven or eight strong men who had cultivated qi and blood inside Hupo Pass, who were wearing iron armor and cooperating with the guards to resist.

The guards wearing armor and those not wearing armor are simply two different species. Even though there are many martial arts masters who have cultivated qi and blood among the refugees, they are suppressed in an instant and fall into a disadvantage when facing those well-coordinated armored soldiers and soldiers in armor.

There were also people holding long knives with electric lights flowing around them. Wherever they passed, a large number of guards in iron armor fell to the ground and twitched, and were pressed to the ground and beaten to death by the refugees.

Some people can control fire, and some people have mastered all kinds of strange abilities, and they all rush forward first.

"These people are all the lucky ones who swallowed the dragon ball fragments. I can feel the breath of the dragon ball fragments on them." Zhang Chen led the carriage and followed the large group of refugees step by step. He had the dragon ball condensed from the real dragon's energy, so of course he could sense the breath of dragon attributes.

"It's not good! Although there are aliens to help, the armored soldiers on the other side have good attack and defense, and they also have iron armor and bows and crossbows to rely on. The two sides are now in a stalemate. In this kind of charge, the refugees can only play a limited role. The only thing they can provide is the karma to fight against the dragon energy of the Pingbian Palace. Although I tore a 50-meter gap, it is still too small for a battle of hundreds of thousands. Both sides are stuck here. If we want to play the role of numbers, we have to break through the gap. Otherwise, tens of thousands of armored soldiers are blocked here, which is like a copper wall and iron wall, just like a complete city."

The purpose of the steel knife in Zhang Chen's hand was only to defend against the long knife that was stabbing at him.

Wherever Zhang Chen passed, there was water vapor. Moreover, as he continuously extracted water vapor from the depths of the earth, more and more water vapor was extracted from the deep earth, and the soldiers in front of him died faster and faster.

No matter how much armor you are wearing, you cannot stop breathing. As long as you inhale the water vapor and then get within ten meters of Zhang Chen, you will be in the area where Zhang Chen controls the ice.

"Demon, how dare you harm my soldiers, die now!" The warrior who had cultivated his qi and blood at the Tiger Soul Pass saw Zhang Chen walking among the chaotic army, with corpses falling wherever he passed. He was immediately furious and slashed at Zhang Chen with the long sword in his hand across the void.

"A warrior who has cultivated Qi and blood?" Zhang Chen looked at the warrior who was hacking at him, and the blood-controlling technique came into play in his mind. The warrior on the opposite side rushed to Zhang Chen, and his whole movement stopped immediately, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)