Stranger Danger

“I see. I guess you’re ready for everything.”

Ye Qing lifted his eyebrows but quickly came to terms with it. Knowing Feng Qingyou’s ability to see three steps ahead for every step she took and plan everything, she must have prepared a plan and an escape route in case things didn’t work out for this venture as well. “I look forward to it.”

“I promise it won’t disappoint you, Joyless.” Feng Qingyou smiled.

As they spoke, the battle had more or less reached the end. Profound Spirit Taoist was pinned down by the Kun Armor and could not spare his attention for anything else. Without someone to lead them, and considering the sheer odds they were up against, it wasn’t long before the garrison was routing earnestly.

Seeing that the battle was won, the blood-stained Meng Feixue raised her hand and shouted, “Surrender, and you will be spared!”

“Surrender, and you will be spared!”

“Surrender, and you will be spared!”

“Surrender, and you will be spared!”

The three tribes began shouting the same thing after hearing this as well.

Profound Spirit Taoist was on his last legs to begin with, and the punch sent him flying through the air while spewing blood through his lips.

Right before he would land on the ground, four earthen spikes burst out from below pierced his limbs, immobilizing him.

“Profound Spirit is caught! Stop your meaningless struggle and surrender! Surrender, and you will be spared!”

Seeing this, Meng Feixue appeared next to Profound Spirit Taoist and yelled again, “Those who resist shall be killed without mercy!”

The garrison was demoralized to begin with, and the capture of Profound Spirit Taoist was the last straw. They all dropped their weapons on the ground and surrendered.

Of course, some people pretended to surrender before making a break for it.

They didn’t go far before the three Divine Armors caught up to them and blasted them to smithereens.

Seeing that their enemies weren’t fooling around, no one dared to harbor wishful thinking anymore. They obediently dropped their weapons and surrendered.

“Do you still think we’re floundering, Reverend?”

After everyone had dropped their weapons and surrendered, Meng Feixue turned her head and looked at Profound Spirit Taoist with calm eyes. There was neither pride nor ridicule on her face, only absolute calm like that of a bottomless lake.

“Cough… cough… I lost.”

Profound Spirit Taoist kept coughing as blood trickled down his lips. “But you haven’t won either.”

“There is no way you can hold the Nanjiang Royal Court with so few people. Cough! Cough! It won’t be long before you all join me in the underworld. I’ll be waiting for you at the Bridge of Oblivion!”

“Why do you think we can’t hold the Nanjiang Royal Court?” Meng Feixue asked.

“Cough… I guess it’s okay to tell you… Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, King Slayer are already on their way back. They would arrive at any moment. There is no way you can win against them.” Profound Spirit Taoist coughed violently. “No way.”

Although the three hundred thousand troops garrisoned in Nanjiang were unanimously known as the Nanjiang Pacification Army, they were really thousand-strong brigades with their own names and bugles such as Demon Subjugation, Earth Trap and more.

Out of all of them, the six most renowned armies were Nanjiang Pacification, South Suppression, Martial Might, Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer. The cream of the crop, each battalion boasted an army strength of ten thousand and were led by a great general and two battalion commanders.

The weakest soldier of the six armies was a Spirit Purifier, and they were all veterans who had fought at least a hundred battles. The left and right battalion commanders were either Great Truemans or Great Grandmasters, whereas the great general was a Half-Sage.

Therefore, it might look like Nanjiang Pacification, South Suppression, Martial Might, Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer combined only boasted a total army strength of sixty thousand, each battalion could go head-to-head against another army that was several times greater than them in terms of numbers. They were formidable to say the least.

Out of the six battalions, Nanjiang Pacification, South Suppression and Martial Might excelled at positional warfare and frontal battles, whereas Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer were masters of raids, sieges, ambushes and more. That was why Nanjiang Pacification, South Suppression and Martial Might were known as the Shields of Nanjiang Pacification, and Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer the Sabers of Nanjiang Pacification.

Therefore, it might look like Meng Feixue was only up against a thirty thousand-strong army, but they were absolutely the ones at a disadvantage here.

Not only that, there was one thing Profound Spirit Taoist had hidden Meng Feixue, and that was the fact that he had contacted the Sage watching the Sky Mending Sect already. When the Sage returned and joined forces with Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer, they could deal with Meng Feixue even if she awakened all eight Divine Armors.

“Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer?”

Meng Feixue’s lips slowly curled into a smile. It looked positively divine with the ground of bright red blood and corpses as the backdrop. “It’s just thirty thousand people. Why do you think we wouldn’t be able to win?”

Profound Spirit Taoist did not dignify the question with an answer. The scorn on his face was the answer.

“Have you forgotten already, Reverend? You thought I couldn’t breach your Immovable Fortress Formation earlier, but I did,” Meng Feixue continued. “Not only did you lose, I dare say that this is one of, if not the worst defeats of your life. So what makes you think we couldn’t win a second time?”

Profound Spirit Taoist scoffed. “Hmph! You cannot win. You are dead men walking, you just don’t know it yet.”

“You really don’t believe us.”

Meng Feixue’s smile grew even brighter. “In that case, I’ll keep you alive for now. Seeing is believing, so I’ll show you exactly how we’re going to win.”

“I’ll let you in on a secret, Reverend. Not only are we going to win, we are going to annihilate Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression, and King Slayer.”

“Hahaha! A shameless boast! Truly a shameless boast!”

Profound Spirit Taoist laughed so hard that he couldn’t catch his breath.

“Men, hang Profound Spirit Taoist on the walls so that he can witness our victory from the start until the end with his own two eyes,” Meng Feixue instructed. “Make sure you watch him well, okay? We wouldn’t want him to pass away before he’s enjoyed the show.”

“As you command!”

Two men stepped up and ripped Profound Spirit Taoist off the earthen spikes rather violently. Then, they dragged him toward the outer city.

Meng Feixue then looked at the surrendered soldiers and said, “Grandma Yu, please take the captives to the Moon Praying Stage and detain them there. Do not allow them to start anything.”

A massive white snake slithered over from a distance and stopped in front of Meng Feixue. It bowed its head, and a beautiful woman in her forties or fifthes spoke in an ancient voice, “As you command.”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The woman a.k.a Grandma Yu waved, and some members of the Gu King Clan immediately walked up to the soldiers and escorted them toward the Moon Praying Stage.

Next, Meng Feixue looked at an old hunchback with a deathly pale complexion, “Elder Soul Sacrifice, I entrust the Moon Praying Ceremony to you.”

“I won’t disappoint you, princess.”

The old man named Soul Sacrifice saluted her before retreating slowly.

“Zheng Rong, gather your men and patrol the outer city. Keep the order and maintain the peace. Kill anyone who tries to start anything!”

“As you command!”

“Zheng Shan, gather your men and round up the surviving citizens. Take them to the Moon Praying Stage.”

“As you command!”

“Ke Bing, assemble a group of Gu King Clan members who are experts at stealth, tracking and scouting and patrol the outer areas of the Nanjiang Royal Court. Inform me immediately if the Chu troops are identified.”

“At once, princess!”