Although the Persians temporarily occupied an advantageous position, on the decks of the warships they could not deploy in large-scale formations like land forces, and were restricted to lining up in small squads of ten men.
Yet, this scale of resistance was no match for the onslaught of Wang Xueguan. With a sweep of his hand and a flash of his blade, he lopped off a man's head, officially kicking off a new round of slaughter. Wang Xueguan still pressed forward courageously, the sharp blade in his hand as swift as lightning and as fierce as rumbling thunder, cutting any enemy who dared to block his path neatly in two.
Perhaps because he used too much force, however, with his next downward slash he not only failed to kill his enemy, but instead snapped his long saber in two.
Chapter 701