A shout resounded across the battlefield. The Zuo Bo army, already weakened, heard the sound and saw the dense ranks of soldiers pouring into the city from outside. Their fighting spirit instantly ignited. They grabbed their weapons, roared furiously, and charged towards the enemy!
"Who?"
Xiao Feng stared at the surging soldiers, noticing three large banners flapping in the wind: one read Han, one read Shi, and one read Lu.
"Long live Great Han Shi Wansui!"
"Great Han Lu Junyi!"
"Hmph!"
Xiao Feng and Lin Bei, relying on their weapons, frowned deeply. They gazed at the two figures, for the Yan Yang Dynasty had never seen such individuals.
"What Great Han? I don't care who you are. Anyone who opposes King Xiao dies!"
Xiao Feng stepped forward directly, a blade light slashing towards Shi Wansui and Lu Junyi. The blade light was incredibly sharp, still bearing the blood of Zuo Bo.
"Hmph!"
Lu Junyi took the lead, wielding his long spear like a divine dragon striking the sea, conjuring the sharpness of a curved blade.
Shi Wansui stepped forward and intercepted Lin Bei, one of the Five Tigers. Instantly, the battlefield, which had been gradually quieting down, exploded into chaos.
Shi Wansui spun in the air, his spear weaving a brilliant galaxy. He thrust his spear, the light appearing suddenly, like a myriad of swords firing at once, dazzling Lin Bei.
With a roar, the spear struck Lin Bei directly. The spear bent into an arc, and with a clang, Shi Wansui kicked Lin Bei squarely in the head. The fierce impact sent Lin Bei flying hundreds of feet, crashing into the city wall with a thud.
"Vroom~~"
Shi Wansui directly drew the bow from his back, three arrows nocked.
At that moment, the spiritual energy of Cloud State City continuously converged towards the bow. The intense bloody aura of the battlefield was completely devoured by the bow. Visible streams of scarlet blood essence frantically gathered towards the bow.
"Vroom!!"
Gray light erupted from the bow.
"Lin Bei, dodge quickly!"
Xiao Feng dodged Lu Junyi's fatal thrust and desperately shouted towards Lin Bei, who was deeply embedded in the city wall.
Shi Wansui's breathing grew faster and heavier, the veins on his arm bulging with explosive blood. This was the second time he had drawn the bow from his back.
"No!"
Lin Bei struggled and twisted his body in panic, but Shi Wansui's kick was too fierce. His body was trapped within the wall by massive stones.
"Rumble!!"
The moment the three arrows left the bow, they vanished in an instant like a streak of starlight. Three breaths later, they sonic-boomed in the void before Shi Wansui.
Their speed was so extreme that even the sonic booms of the torn void couldn't keep up with the arrows' velocity.
"Rumble!!"
A thunderous roar erupted. Lin Bei's pupils went black. The dark night sky offered no trace of the arrows' presence or trajectory.
But suddenly, three lightning dragons tore through the void!
A mushroom cloud erupted violently on the city wall where Lin Bei was. The explosive energy stirred up a hundred-foot cloud of dust, soaring into the heavens. A golden light engulfed a large section of the wall, and without pause, it blasted towards the outside of Cloud State City. A trench dozens of feet wide, like Cloud State City's moat, disappeared into the depths of the night.
"Lin Bei!"
Xiao Feng couldn't believe what he was seeing and roared frantically towards Lin Bei's location.
Suddenly, a cold spear light flashed in his peripheral vision. The spear light crisscrossed, its tip like the fangs of lightning dragons, soul-stirring!
"You dare..."
Xiao Feng quickly adjusted his posture, raising his long saber and unleashing a red blade light, like a starry river of blood.
The sea of blood unfurled, and the lightning dragons surged!
One red, one silver, they collided!
"Bang!"
The lightning dragons thrashed in the sea of blood, like divine dragons attacking the ocean, stirring up a tempest!
Xiao Feng's right leg was pinned in the air, his knee joint shattering. His tiger's mouth also burst with blood.
Lu Junyi instantly retracted his spear. The spear became like a club, with fierce winds and a surging aura. The club in his hand was like a pillar supporting the sky, pressing down on Xiao Feng's head as if it could flatten mountains.
"Boom!"
The club continued its assault, causing Xiao Feng's internal blood to churn and his pupils to bleed. The blow, its momentum no less shocking than a sharp weapon, landed directly on his chest.
"Bang!"
The protective mirror on his chestplate shattered. Xiao Feng spat out a mouthful of blood, his body launched like a cannonball into the ground. The impact shook the surrounding city. As Xiao Feng fell, the nearby soldiers were engulfed by the violent explosive energy, their bodies turning into layers of bloody mist and exploding.
"Rumble!!"
With a rumble from the sky, three gray dragons madly bombarded the direction where Xiao Feng had fallen.
"Bang!"
A mushroom cloud erupted. The explosive energy engulfed the nearby soldiers, and the surrounding city walls of the battlefield fractured.
"Swish!"
A figure, dressed like a general, bowed deeply to Shi Wansui and Lu Junyi. "Many thanks to both generals for your timely rescue. May I know if you were sent by Crown Prince Zuo Lengchan or Duke Zuo Zheng?"
"Tear!"
A spear pierced his chest. Lu Junyi grabbed his head and whispered in his ear, "I'm sorry, but I don't know either of those two you mentioned!"
"You..." Before the general could react, his heart was crushed. His eyes widened in terror as he looked at the two imposing figures before him. His body fell limply onto the battlefield below, trampled mercilessly by the soldiers.
The smoke of war over Cloud State City continued until the hour of巳 (9-11 AM). Looking inwards from Cloud State City, one saw only piles upon piles of corpses. The bluestone slabs on the ground were completely hidden, and blood flowed from beneath the bodies.
Three days later, news struck the various forces of the Yan Yang Dynasty like a bolt from the blue.
Han!
A power that had never appeared before had, in one fell swoop, occupied dozens of cities in the western region of the Yan Yang Dynasty and had also encroached upon dozens of cities in the south belonging to Zuo Lengchan.
The west became Han's territory in one battle. In one battle, four of the five tigers under Xiao Bei Long were lost, severely weakening his strength.
And Zuo Bo, who had been entrenched in the west and aiming to conquer the world, completely retreated from the stage of history.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the western part of the Yan Yang Dynasty. This power was too formidable, having dealt such a blow to Xiao Bei Long and Zuo Lengchan in a single battle that their strength was drastically reduced.
The One-Ranked King's mansion in the Yan Yang Dynasty capital.
"Bang!"
Xiao Bei Long smashed the table. "Investigate! Dig three feet deep and unearth this Han!"
A masterful strategy, planned for months, was unexpectedly seized by an emerging force, which not only stole the prize but also stomped on him and ground him into the dirt!
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