In the Celestial Empire of Chiyu, calamity reigned year after year. The Anguo government had fractured beyond repair, warlords carved the nation into warring fiefdoms, and foreign powers seized the chance to expand and invade. Battles raged everywhere, human life was as worthless as grass, and to make matters worse, fiendish spirits and savage demons roamed unchecked, preying on mankind. The common people cowered behind towering city walls, seeking survival through martial prowess. Trenches and daggers, the Eight-Cut Blade, radiant armor, and swift-flying grappling hooks; electric rifles, giant airplanes, windships with explosive shells, and armored train cannons—this was an era where martial arts and cold steel clashed in a storm, while the wonders of gunpowder and proto-science technology were just beginning to flourish! In these chaotic times, Du Huaishan stood tall with his command saber, ruling over Yingzhou with iron will. From the heart of darkness, he carved a path toward brilliance! PS: The author’s completed and highly acclaimed works "Wilderness Challenge Live" and "Wild Hunt Live" have already earned tens of thousands of subscriptions—absolutely worth reading!
Shattered snow mingled with a hellscape of chaos and war.
From a pile of corpses, a hand emerged. Du Huaishan summoned all his strength to shove aside the body weighing down his head. Snowflakes, like grains of sand, landed on his face smeared with pus and brain matter, then melted into bloody water that trickled down his cheek, dripped from his chin, and stained a corpse’s yellowed incisor.
Suppressing his ragged breaths, he resembled a wounded lone wolf, his gaze awash with a blur of crimson.
Corpses.
Everywhere, corpses.
Flags lay toppled. Arrows and blades were shattered. Severed limbs and broken arms littered the field. Horses collapsed in pools of blood. Black smoke rose from the hills. The overturned wheels of troop transports still spun. Gray, oppressive clouds hung overhead—a true field of carnage.
A chill crept down Du Huaishan’s spine; his muddy pupils contracted to sharp points.
He had once been a senior majoring in martial arts at Jiangcheng Sports University, competing in a professional fighting club. The match was intense when suddenly, his mind reeled, a flash of red light appeared, and in the next instant, he found himself here.
A hallucination? A prank? Kidnapping? Or transmigration?
He swiftly flipped his palm, touched his face—astonished to find it much smaller, like a youth of fifteen or sixteen. This was not his body. He pinched himself hard—pain! It was real.
He had truly crossed into another world?!
He could hardly believe it.
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