Chapter Fifteen: The Bear People Strike

  "Easy, I'm here to help." Xing Zi Xue burst into laughter and his body was like a wild goose, trampling on several corpses before floating up to the top. With one sword sweep, he killed several beastly soldiers climbing up and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Leng Xiao Yao.

  "Captain, it seems your strength has reached a new level." Cold Xuan's short sword swept away, and he smiled at Han Zixu beside him.

  "Thanks to you." He smiled back at her with a self-taught phrase.

  "There are too many people, Captain, you go left and I'll go right." Leng Xuan said to Hang Zixue.

  "Good." The two of them, Hiko Seijuro and Shinmei Ryujin, stood back to back, beginning their endless battle.

  One by one, the corpses fell to the ground, but all around, the beastly soldiers continued to charge forward relentlessly. Looking at their appearance, it seemed as if they would not rest until the culprit was killed.

  In the rear camp of the beastman army, a tiger man with a king character on his forehead also noticed this small battlefield. He was the Grand Prince of the Beastman Kingdom, Lu Ye Thirteen, the next-generation heir and future king.

  "Teacher, can you see what kind of cultivation this child has?" Lu Ye asked the old man beside him.

  The old man questioned by Lu Ye was named De Ru Hao, a master of the intermediate sword saint level and one of the top ten sword saints in the Beastman Kingdom. This time, the crown prince led the expedition personally, and since he was also the crown prince's mentor, it was natural for him to follow along. On one hand, he was protecting the safety of his lord, and on the other hand, there was a grand plan that required his assistance in executing alongside the crown prince.

  "As for Your Highness's words, I couldn't see what kind of cultivation this young man has achieved. However, one thing is certain: he hasn't learned any internal energy techniques at all."

  "Didn't exhaust his energy?" Lu Ye's expression changed, and the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Teacher, could it be that this person has been fighting with his physical strength all along?"

  "If I'm not mistaken, Your Highness, it's probably just as you said." De Lu Hao responded calmly, but a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

  Lu Ye frowned and said: "In that case, this child absolutely cannot be left behind, otherwise he will become a great calamity for my Beastman Nation in the future."

  "Your Highness is right. This child can actually kill thousands of our soldiers with his power. If we let him grow up, it's likely that he will become another Cold Cry."

  "Rōshā Tiān?" Lu Ye Shi San heard his own name coming from the honest mouth, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, as if he was very familiar with this name.

  "The God of War will not allow another to rise, so we must kill this child." Lu Ye's voice was filled with a thick murderous intent.

  De Lu Hao heard the murderous tone of the prince and nodded slightly: "Your Highness, then let me take care of killing this child, how about that?"

  As soon as De Lu Hao's words fell, Lu Ye didn't think for a moment and directly refused: "It can't be done. If the teacher takes action, then humans will use the excuse of destroying the Beastman Country to unite with other countries and attack us. At that time, our country will be in danger. It's better to send out bear tribe personnel to surround and annihilate them. I don't believe his physical strength can be stronger than our beastman country's bear warriors."

  "Yes, Your Highness."

  "Boom, boom, boom", the earth shook, a row of bears wearing exquisite armor stood up in unison, each bear reached three meters high, their muscles bulged like an explosion, no one would doubt the power of the bears.

  "General, look! The beastmen have actually sent out a bearman battalion!" Several generals on the walls of Tiger Gate cried out in surprise, seemingly astonished by the sudden appearance of the bearman battalion.

  Shi Hu's initial worry turned into intense joy, it seemed that the old general had a worthy successor. At this moment, he heard his subordinate's shout and scanned the approaching enemy, seeing about 10,000 strong bear-like troops. His brow furrowed slightly, and in the next instant, Shi Hu decisively gave the order: "Heavy cavalry, listen up! Prepare to charge, we must block the bear-like troops!"

  "Yes, General." A general beside Shi Hu responded loudly. The next moment, the gate of Tiger Gate was opened from inside by someone, and a force of about 20,000 troops emerged from inside. Each soldier wore thick armor on his body, and even the horses were covered with a layer of armor to protect their vital parts.

  "Kill." The beastman troops charged towards the outer periphery of the battlefield.

  The heavy cavalry leader drew his massive sword and shouted towards the sky: "The general has ordered, do not let the bear people's troops pass, kill them!"

  "Kill!" The earth shook, and the heavy cavalry charged towards the bear man team, cutting them off halfway and unfolding a slaughter.

  "General, I feel like something is a bit off!" Lin Wenbin's face showed a hint of puzzlement.

  "What did you say?" Shi Hu still had a certain respect for Lin Wenbin, although he didn't understand military strategy, but he had a keen sense that others couldn't possess.

  Lin Wenbin fell into deep thought, and after dozens of breaths, he slowly opened his mouth to say: "General, I think that this time the beastmen don't seem to be just a normal consumption of population, but rather like a real attack on Tiger Gate. General, think about it, up until now, according to past battles, at most we've only had vanguard troops clashing, but today in less than half a day's time, they've already sent out the bearman troops. It's clear that they have other trump cards, which can't help but make one suspicious!"

  Shi Hu furrowed his brow after listening to Lin Wenbin's analysis. According to the usual rules, today's battle seemed a bit off! In the past, when beastman troops wanted to consume population, they would use other races to do so. The bear people were one of the top-notch troops in the beastman army, usually reserved for the final battle. But today, they had dispatched the bear people troop immediately, which seemed quite problematic. Better safe than sorry.

  "How many troops do we have left now?" Shi Hu asked Lin Wenbin beside him, because Lin Wenbin was in charge of population statistics and managed the household registration of all soldiers in the army.

  "Not counting the heavy cavalry and vanguard, there are currently 30,000 heavy troops and 40,000 light troops within the city." Shi Hu was indeed a statistician, and as soon as he finished speaking, Lin Wen immediately reported the approximate numbers.

  "Send someone out to scout behind the beastmen's lines and report back quickly if there is any news."

  "Yes, General."

  One achievement, ten thousand bones wither. This sentence represents the bloody, cruel and murderous scene of the battlefield. So far, he himself doesn't know how many people he has killed. He only knows that every time he strikes, a life ends in his hands. His clothes have long been stained red with blood, and his face is covered with the enemy's splattered blood. From afar, he looks like someone pulled out of a pool of blood.

  "Xiaoyao, can you still fight? If you're tired, come to my back and I'll take the front." Xingzi asked with his back turned to Leng Xiaoyao. After all, Leng Xiaoyao had been fighting for over three hours, even an iron man would have collapsed by now.

  "Hū" The cold and refreshing slash knocked down the last beast soldier, who panted and laughed: "Captain, it was exhilarating! Unfortunately, the enemy was intercepted, otherwise we could have had another thrilling battle."

  Originally smiling, Xingzi learned that Leng Xiao Yao had said this and suddenly a few black lines appeared on his forehead. "Grandma's fart, are you still human?!" From the start of the war until now, according to Xingzi's estimate, at least over a thousand beast soldiers have died under Leng Xiao Yao's hands. This kid actually still wants to fight, is his physical strength inexhaustible?!

  "The Bear Man squad has been intercepted, let's take advantage of this opportunity to hurry back to the main force and leave. Xing Zixuan gave the order to retreat because the vanguard camp on the field had already retreated back to Hu Men one after another."

  Leng Xiao Yao had the heart to continue fighting, but he was worried that if he went too far, he would attract attention and end up losing. Unfortunately, Leng Xiao Yao didn't know that his previous battle had already caught the attention of the highest commanders on both sides.

  Xingzi Xue and Leng Xiao Yao jumped down from the high pile of corpses, Xingzi Xue shouted towards the abandoned catapult: "It's safe now, everyone come out."

  The next moment, seven people crawled out of the catapult one after another, and there was also Qin Hao who was unconscious.

  "Weng Yang, you continue carrying Xiao Hao, we're retreating."

  "Yes, captain." The crowd responded in unison, and Weng Yang directly carried Qin Hao's body on his back. The crowd scattered their feet and ran towards the Hu Men direction.

  After a few minutes, the self-taught runner rushed to the front of the Tiger Gate, and everyone was panting and gasping for breath.

  "Is Xiao Hao okay?!" Xing Ziyan's voice was filled with worry as he saw Qin Hao's pale face.

  "Captain, Xiaohao is fine, thanks to the medicine provided by Leng Xiao. Otherwise, Xiaohao wouldn't have made it this far." Wang Liehuo responded, throwing a grateful glance at Leng Xiao. If not for him today, at least half of their nine-man team would still be on the battlefield, let alone returning safely now. It's truly a miracle!

  "Medicine?" Han self-studied only now remembered, it seemed that he himself was also injured and fainted earlier, and someone seemed to have applied medicine to him. The medicine emitted a cool sensation when it came into contact with his wound, and finally, there was a numb and itchy feeling.

  "Thanks a lot." A sincere thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  Leng Xiao Yao's face revealed a smile as he said, "Captain, don't forget, we're partners! Let's not mention this again."

  "Haha, well said, we are partners." Xing self-studied and burst out laughing.

  "Xiaoyao, how many people have you killed? Why is your whole body covered in blood?" Zhang Tao, the most lively member of the team, asked curiously. He had seen Xiaoyao for a long time, and his body was still dripping with fresh blood. It was clear that Xiaoyao's pale face wasn't due to his own injuries, so it must be the enemy's blood that was dripping down.

  Leng Xiao Yao heard his partner's question, a dazed expression appeared on his face as he scratched the back of his head and said: "This... I really don't know how many people I've killed, heh heh."

  "You're a good kid." Zhang Tao gave a thumbs up in praise.

  Xing saw that Leng Xiao Yao's entire body was stained with blood, looking quite frightening. He hastily interrupted the conversation and said: "Leng Xiao Yao, quickly go back and clean up, later we might still need to head into battle."

  "Alright, Captain." Leng Xiao Yao also felt that his current appearance was strangely attractive. People passing by the Tiger Gate couldn't help but turn their heads to stare at him, making him feel strange in his heart. So when he heard Xing Zhan's words, Leng Xiao Yao immediately spread his legs and ran towards his own camp.