Chapter 25: Breaking Out of the Encirclement

  On the left side of the mountain, a group of over a hundred beastmen soldiers surrounded a small squad of nine people, constantly attacking them. Although Xingzi was a mid-level swordsman, after five hours of fighting, even if he were a god, he would have reached his limit. At this moment, only four members of the original nine-man team still had the strength to fight: Xingzi, Wang Liehuo, Weng Yang, and Hua Lian. The other five members, including Gao Yitian, had already lost their combat effectiveness. If it weren't for Xingzi and Wang Liehuo protecting them all along, they would have been killed on the spot a long time ago.

  "Ah!" Coldly, a long whistle sounded, and his figure flashed like lightning towards the nine people of Xingzi Academy. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the outer periphery of Xingzi Academy. His hands tightly grasped the Duanjing Sword, and a hot flow from his dantian transmitted to the sword's edge, directly sweeping horizontally towards over a hundred beastman soldiers.

  "Whoosh!" A massive white light flashed by, and space seemed to freeze in the instant that Cold Blood swept his arm. Zero point a few seconds later, more than 100 enemy soldiers surrounding the nine people of Xing Zuo Academy fell down, many beastmen soldiers feeling a burning sensation at their waist, only to realize they had shrunk down and fallen over the next moment.

  "Free and easy?" He was about to fall down from exhaustion, but after he made a great effort to kill the beastman soldier in front of him, his vision blurred for a moment. When he thought things were going badly, he found that there was no movement in front of him. Opening his eyes again, he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure in the distance.

  Leng Xianyao saw that Han Ran and others were safe, put down his own doubts in his heart, and a rare smile appeared on his face: "I'll open the way, you bring up one day they, we're going to break out."

  "Alright." The four of them nodded and began to carry their injured companions who had lost the ability to fight, but when they turned around, they found that only four of them could move, what about the fifth one?

  "Captain, Xiao Yao, just leave me alone and let me fend for myself. I don't want to hold you back." Qin Hao felt extremely useless, the last time he was injured and slowed everyone down, this time it's happening again because of him. Thinking about it, Qin Hao wished he could find a sword to end his life with, but unfortunately, he was currently unable to even stand up, let alone grasp a sword.

  Leng Xiao Yao smiled faintly, walked straight to Qin Hao's front, without saying a word, directly stretched out his hand and grabbed Qin Hao's arm, turned around, and directly put Qin Hao on his back. He said with a smile: "I, Leng Xiao Yao, am not the kind of person who abandons my companions. If we are to die, we will die together. This way, when we arrive at the underworld, we will have each other's company."

  "Free and easy..." Qin Hao's tone trembled slightly, his eyes reddening uncontrollably.

  "Go." Cold Xiao Yao waved his hand and ran towards the vanguard camp with Qin Hao on his back, his speed as agile as a cheetah. All enemies within two meters of Cold Xiao Yao's body fell to the ground as he passed by.

  Qin Hao felt a pang of guilt on Han Xiang's back, silently thinking to himself: "Xiang, I owe you so much, if there's ever an opportunity in the future, I'll definitely repay you properly."

  "Follow me and kill our way out." Leng Xiangyao took the lead, swinging his sword to create several gleams of light that forcibly tore open the encirclement by the Minotaur-like men.

  "What are you still dazing about? Hurry up and follow Xiangyao, Xiangyao, brothers, everything is entrusted to you!" Wang Shu shouted loudly, the next moment, the aura around his body suddenly changed, the air was filled with a sense of oppression.

  "Minotaur, die for me!" Wang Shu's face twisted in a ferocious expression, and the next moment, a massive explosion sounded.

  "Captain..." Zheng Xiaohu and others' eyes became moist.

  "Hurry up." Xiang Yang shouted loudly, just now because of the crowd's momentary daze, two more sword wounds and one gun wound appeared on Leng Xiang Yang's body. Fortunately, Leng Xiang Yang had undergone special injury-bearing training at the Hunter School in his previous life, so he avoided vital parts and only suffered minor injuries.

  Zheng Xiaohu, although usually the most careless one, was now the calmest person at this moment. He wiped away his own tears and swung the long sword in his hand towards several beastman soldiers who were sneaking up on them, while shouting to several thousand-year-old generals: "What are you still dazed about? Leave the green hills behind, don't worry about not having firewood to burn, follow Xiangyao, break out of the encirclement and kill your way out."

  "Kill!" Perhaps it was Wang Shu's self-explosion that filled the already exhausted vanguard camp soldiers with strength, and at this moment, every soldier in the vanguard camp seemed to be like a madman, following behind Leng Xiao's back, stepping out of the encirclement.

  The road was still advancing, but every meter forward, several soldiers fell down. The soldiers behind seemed to have lost their souls at this moment, even if they fell down, they had to send the weapons in their hands to the enemy's chest before they died.

  Half an hour passed, and Zheng Xiaohu and others felt as if they had been through half a century. It wasn't until they followed Leng Xiangyang out of the encirclement that they discovered the original thousand-plus soldiers were now less than a hundred men strong.

  "What are you staring at? If you don't want to die, follow me quickly." At this moment, Leng Xiao Yao was also extremely painful in his heart. Although he had only been with Wang Shu for less than an hour, he was deeply moved by Wang Shu's carefree spirit. In his past life, someone like Wang Shu would have definitely been considered a top-notch elite, worthy of Leng Xiao Yao's admiration. Unfortunately...

  "General, except for over a hundred men from the vanguard regiment who broke out of the encirclement, the rest have been annihilated. However, our side's Niu Touren, Niu Thirteen has fallen in battle." The deputy officer reported the situation to Lu Tie's side.

  "Has Niu Thirteen fallen?" Luteba's face showed a brief loss of spirit. Niu Thirteen was a high-level swordsman, how could he have fallen? And the captain of the vanguard regiment among humans seemed to be only a high-level swordsman as well. With their beastmen's strong advantages, how could Niu Thirteen have fallen? Had the captain of the vanguard regiment, Wang Shu, broken through his level and reached that of an initial great swordsman?

  "Yes, General. The commander of the vanguard regiment blew himself up and died together with Commander Niu Thirteen."

  "Pass on my orders, regroup and rest for half an hour before continuing the pursuit." Luteba gave the order to reorganize, after all, the great battle had just ended, and the soldiers were extremely exhausted physically and mentally. It goes without saying that if he let this exhausted army pursue the enemy at this moment, even if they caught up with the remaining enemy forces, it might not be a good thing. What if the human retreat's large army turned around and launched a counterattack? Wouldn't his own exhausted army be slaughtered? To ensure absolute safety, Luteba had to prioritize caution, at least he already had the achievement of annihilating the vanguard camp today, there was no need to rush.

  "Yes, General."

  "Hah,..." Leng Xiangyang stopped his sprinting speed, with a hint of cold smile on his face as he gazed at the dense forest in front of him. In fact, Leng Xiangyang didn't feel any fatigue at all, and he could still run back and forth several times without any problem. However, during his previous sprint, he had already noticed that the remaining people behind him were on the verge of collapse. If he continued to run, he was afraid that more than half of the over 100 people would be lost again. This was a scene Leng Xiangyang least wanted to see, so he stopped running.

  "Hah...". Zheng Xiaohu and the others had been holding their breath all along, and now that Leng Xiangyang had stopped running, they let out a collective sigh of relief. Over a hundred people, including Zheng Xiaohu, sat down on the ground, each one looking like a fish out of water, mouths agape, panting heavily.

  Leng Xiao saw a winding small road in the forest and asked Zheng Xiaohu, "Captain, is it necessary to pass through this road to get to Tiger Valley?"

  Zheng Xiaohu heard Leng Xiangyao's question and saw the sly smile on his face, his eyes lit up immediately, and he asked urgently: "Really? Xiangyao, do you have a good plan again? Speak quickly, I want to avenge Captain."

  "Yes, Xiao Brothers, what's the plan? We'll exhaust our last breath to avenge Captain and our fallen brothers!" The other Qian Fu Changs and soldiers all shouted with enthusiasm.

  Leng Xiao Yao smiled faintly as he gazed at the brothers in front of him, a hint of a sinister smile on his face. "Since everyone has made up their minds, I'll join you all in this madness once. However, it seems like you all need to rest for now, or else how will you be able to kill anyone later?"

  "Ah!" The crowd heard Ling Xiao's words, and only then did they feel like their bodies had been dismantled, with a loud thud, over 100 people fell to the ground, panting heavily. However, there was no sadness on their faces, but instead, they all wore a smiling expression. If this smile were seen by their enemies, it would be a terrifying one.

  Two hours later, the beastman pursuit troops finally arrived in front of the forest. At this moment, the beastman troops had completely lost their arrogant appearance when they first started chasing from Tiger Gate. Perhaps it was due to the fatigue after the battle earlier, or perhaps it was because they didn't have much time to recover while rushing on the road. At this moment, except for a little bit of spirit in the cow-headed people's team, the dog-headed and wolf people's two small teams were all sluggish.

  "Halt." Rutbah raised his hand to stop the army's advance, and with his keen eyesight and wise mind, he noticed that the forest in front of them seemed to be opening its mouth like a giant beast, waiting for them to enter. Rutbah had to be cautious, as he led 80,000 troops out to pursue, but so far, they had lost more than 50,000 men. This staggering number of casualties was unbearable for this talented general, and for now, he had to proceed with caution, not wanting all the troops he led to perish under his command.