129: Chapter 129 Forbidden Techniques!

In reality, Ba'er was not entirely unaware that his five thousand troops would encounter an ambush if left in the valley.

But his thinking was simple; he knew the enemy had fewer than two thousand troops. Two thousand against five thousand—even if they could win against the odds, it would require a significant amount of time.

At the very least, it wouldn't be over within a day and a night!

But if his five thousand troops were annihilated rapidly, there was only one high-probability possibility: the enemy's main force had arrived!

However, if that happened, Ba'er's mission would be complete; he would have successfully scouted the enemy's main force.

In other words, part of the reason Ba'er was being pinned down by Wu Yuqing was intentional; those five thousand men were actually bait he had left behind.

No matter the outcome, he would have completed the mission of scouting the enemy's main force.

Now, Ba'er was completely bewildered. He had just concluded that the enemy's main force had not arrived, and now, in less than half an hour, his five thousand men had been completely annihilated!

Ba'er's expression became one of suspicion and uncertainty. He truly could not believe that these people had the capability to annihilate his five thousand men in half an hour.

Even if they were five thousand pigs, you couldn't catch them all in half an hour!

Seeing this, Li Mo sneered, "Ba'er, do you want to take a guess at whether our main force has arrived?"

In reality, Ba'er carried a radio with him that was unaffected by electromagnetic pulses and signal jamming. If he wanted to, he could report the situation on the ground to Morpheus at any time.

But now he was very hesitant, not knowing how to report it.

Facing such a situation, there was only one solution Ba'er could think of.

He looked directly at Li Mo and said, "Cut the crap! If I capture you, the commander, and interrogate you, won't I have the answer?"

Facing the encirclement of thousands, Ba'er remained just as arrogant.

But in reality, he needed a significant amount of time just to take down someone like Wu Yuqing.

Theoretically, he should just be waiting for death now, but Li Mo had a bad feeling; this guy probably still had a trump card!

The facts were exactly as Li Mo had expected. The next moment, he saw Ba'er suddenly slam a palm into his own heart!

Everyone was startled.

"What is he doing? Is he committing suicide?"

"No way, right? He just made a threat to capture Battalion Commander Li, and now he's committing suicide?"

Li Mo frowned and immediately ordered the entire army, "Everyone stay away from him, don't get too close!"

Ba'er's current behavior reminded Li Mo of Ouyang Xun, whom he had seen in the Xumi Secret Realm.

At the final moment, Ouyang Xun had also stabbed his own heart with a blade. At the time, Li Mo had also thought he was committing suicide, but he hadn't expected that he was feeding the Dark Ruins with his own body, which resulted in the emergence of the Dark Ruins.

A person like Ba'er would rather die in battle to the very last moment than commit suicide, so Li Mo suspected he was about to use some kind of forbidden technique.

So-called forbidden techniques refer to a class of techniques with powerful side effects.

Self-mutilation is the most common characteristic of forbidden techniques. A significant trait of this type of technique is that it consumes a person's life force, but in exchange, it grants a temporary, terrifying power.

Because the side effects of forbidden techniques are too great, the Great Xia had comprehensively banned all martial artists from practicing forbidden techniques over a hundred years ago.

Nowadays, there is almost no trace of forbidden techniques on the market, except on the black market.

But the Black Earth Tribe is different. They not only permit the entire population to practice forbidden techniques but even encourage everyone to use them.

The Black Earth Tribe's military regulations even reward those who use forbidden techniques; all soldiers can receive military commendations for killing enemies after using a forbidden technique.

If they die in battle as a result, they can even receive a high pension.

Therefore, in battles against the Black Earth Tribe, the Great Xia often sees Black Earth Tribe soldiers using forbidden techniques to perish together with them at the last moment.

The style of the Black Earth Tribe and the Baiou Empire can be said to be two extremes; one is extremely afraid of death, while the other is afraid of not dying—they are thorough madmen.

Of course, this is inseparable from the poverty of the Black Earth Tribe.

Except for the descendants of the Martial God Family and high-level political figures, almost everyone in the Black Earth Tribe lives a life of extreme poverty.

To fight for a tiny bit of cultivation resources, they will brawl or even sacrifice their lives. The Martial Arts University of the Black Earth Tribe is only accessible to those in the upper echelons.

Although the Great Xia's Martial Arts University also has distinct class divisions, at least it gives opportunities to the lower classes; the Black Earth Tribe has absolutely no such opportunities!

The Military is the only channel for advancement for the people of the Black Earth Tribe.

Ba'er came from the bottom; in his youth, he was a famous hooligan. For military merit, he was almost always risking his life. It can be said that he is the most representative figure among all the lower-class people of the Black Earth Tribe.

Suddenly, Ba'er's pupils were dyed pitch black. His already explosive muscles bulged even further at this moment, and his aura became incomparably powerful. Li Mo could feel that his base attributes had increased by at least double!

You must know that the base attributes of the Black Earth Tribe people are already on the high side. The strength and speed of Ba'er, who is in the Sanhe Realm, were at least over five hundred thousand. If they surged by another double now, wouldn't that mean he had reached the million-level!

Suddenly, Ba'er extended a finger and pointed at Li Mo, "Except for you, leave none alive!"

Immediately after, Ba'er lifted a foot and stomped heavily on the ground. The surrounding ground began to shatter instantly. Just a single shockwave sent the surrounding soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion tumbling.

If Li Mo hadn't let everyone move further away in advance, there would likely have been casualties by now.

If Ba'er had brought out this kind of power from the beginning, Wu Yuqing would likely not have been a match at all.

Wu Yuqing repeated her old trick and used Body-Breaking Sword Qi against Ba'er once again. However, Ba'er was now covered in a black aura, and Wu Yuqing's sword qi could not break through this black sword qi at all, to the point where she could no longer injure Ba'er.

Seeing this, Wu Yuqing's expression changed. She felt very familiar with Ba'er in this state.

She said coldly, "Li Mo, he seems to have the power of a Dark Beast on him!"

"What?"

Li Mo was instantly shocked.

You must know that Dark Beasts are a type of extremely special exotic beast cultivated by the Beast Refiner lineage using the Dark Ruins. Physical attacks have almost no effect on them; only the soul can cause a certain amount of impact on them.

According to previous data, the result of the Beast Refiner lineage cultivating Dark Beasts came from experimenting with many types of animals.

But don't forget, humans are also a type of animal!

So, theoretically, it is not impossible to cultivate a person who possesses the power of the Dark Ruins!

The reason why Marshal Yue had wanted to root out the entire Beast Refiner lineage back then was not only because they utilized the Dark Ruins, a dangerous, world-destroying creature, but also because of the possibility that they conducted human experimentation.

But this kind of power is not something a human can control.

The Dark Ruins is a thing that wants to destroy all matter; it wants to make everything go from existence to nothingness. If a person is contaminated by this power, even in the best-case scenario, they would turn into a bloodthirsty maniac!