World of Cultivation - Volume 06 - All Hail Our King

by Fang Xiang

  Ming Yu Wei felt slightly worried.

  ———

  The abrupt collapse of the Ming Bandits was unexpected to everyone.

  In a blink, Miao Jun and Shu Long felt the pressure on them lessen. They did not understand what had happened but in order to help Sin Battalion, they had faced enemies numbering multiple times their own. They were exhausted.

  Even though the enemy crumbled now, they didn't even have the energy to chase them.

  Shu Long and the others sat down and started to recover. Miao Jun also ordered those in his command to rest immediately but his gaze unconsciously looked towards Bie Han in the sky.

  Bie Han had stayed for a long length of time in Great Peace City. All the major powers knew of this person, and also that he had a battalion called Sin Battalion under his command. But no one had thought this cold and proud person was so powerful, that this unknown battalion was so terrifying!

  Miao Jun had paled when he saw the series of attacks just now.

  As a gold battle general, he knew more than others and even he had never seen such a vicious style of fighting before!

  Bie Han was definitely at the level of the top battle generals!

  When he thought of this, his gaze reflexively landed on Zuo Mo thoughtfully. Shu Long and the others had not concealed anything from Miao Jun and Miao Jun had heard long ago that Xiao Mo Ge Daren also had an invincible battle general called Gongsun Cha and an invincible battalion called Vermillion Bird Camp.

  After Miao Jun became familiar with Shu Long's personality, he didn't doubt the ability of Gongsun Lil' Miss.

  Adding on Bie Han, Xiao Mo Ge Daren possessed two top tier battle generals!

  In the enormous mo territories, the number of factions who were at this level could be counted on the fingers.

  Adding on A Gui and Ceng Lian'er with their unfathomable strength, as well as Xiao Mo Ge's own great power, Miao Jun suddenly realized that a faction like this probably qualified to start spreading their own influence in the chaotic and war-torn state of the world.

  His gaze flickered as he thought.

  ———

  Princess Xia and the others gaped with wide eyes. The situation had reversed so suddenly that they could not keep up. Many people still didn't understand what had happened.

  Xiao Mo Ge had told them to retreat in this direction and received everyone's consent.

  But when the majority of the Ming Bandits locked onto them, they had all paled. They thought that they would not have any way left to escape. But in a blink, Sin Battalion had erupted and cut the Ming Bandits into pieces.

  Those with clear minds couldn't help but look at Zuo Mo with a thread of terror.

  He had such a powerful battalion in his command but he had managed to keep it a secret. He had gathered the people to set up an enormous battle formation belt, all for the purpose of misleading the Ming Bandits. In order to create a chance for Sin Battalion to strike a fatal blow, he even threw everyone, including himself, out as bait.

  "Such deep cunning!" the middle-aged attendant sighed with suppressed astonishment.

  Princess Xia's gaze had not left Zuo Mo's face. When he noticed the hint of shock in Zuo Mo's eyes, she couldn't help but laugh. "Maybe this is an accident."

  "An accident?" The middle-aged attendant looked with slight surprise at Princess Xia. Princess Xia who was usually peerless in intelligence seemed to have become dumber. She shook her head and said, "It cannot be a coincident. The actions were all related and the setup perfect in timing and action! We were unknowingly used by him to be bait. This boy might actually reach high heights!"

  Princess Xia smiled brightly.

  ———

  What no one knew was that Zuo Mo's shock wasn't any less than theirs.

  Bie Han was so ferocious!

  He was dumbstruck!

  He had carved the mo matrices for Sin Battalion and knew Sin Battalion's strength. But the power that Sin Battalion had in Bie Han's hand surpassed his predictions.

  If he knew that Sin Battalion was so powerful before, did he need to set up so many things?

  His initial plan was to continuously weaken the Ming Bandits to give Sin Battalion a chance to carry out an ambush. That would create a short period of chaos. However, the fatal attack would be him leading all the general levels to charge straight into the core of the Ming Bandits and taking down their leader!

  He even prepared to take the princesses and the leaders as hostages if Zhu Ke and the others did not agree.

  Yet the changes of the battle completely was out of his expectations. The Sin Battalion led by Bie Han was unstoppable and beat the Ming Bandits into submission!

  Zuo Mo grimaced inside. If he knew this before, wouldn't everything have been resolved if he let Bie Han out?

  Watching as the danger was resolved, Zuo Mo's tense nerves unconsciously relaxed and he exhaled deeply.

  But when he looked at the chaotic crowds, he sighed again.

  Truthfully, he had purposefully left an opening in the battle formation belt he had set up because he knew, no matter how many people there were, these normal people who had never been trained could not stop the Ming Bandits.

  Of his preparations, some were cruel, some were useless. Many people had died, but they had won in the end.

  The majority were able to survive.

  "Haha! Brother! I just knew that you could do it!" Lan Tian Long's loud laugh came from behind him. The people behind him also couldn't suppress the expression of happiness.

  Zuo Mo turned around. He wanted to smile but wasn't able to.

  He didn't feel any great sadness, but there wasn't much joy neither.

  Lan Tian Long darted forward to give Zuo Mo a big hug. The other people took turns to come forward and hug him.

  Just as one of the people was preparing to hug him, the Anti Dragon Claw on Zuo Mo's back suddenly shook and Zuo Mo was startled.

  Almost at the same time, he felt a stirring of danger!

  Without thinking, the [Reversed Stellar Revolution] on his hand was thrown forward as he darted back.

  An extremely dark and cold black energy brushed past Zuo Mo's chest from bottom to top. The dark and strange aura caused Zuo Mo's hairs to stand on end.

  The ambusher hadn't expected that Zuo Mo could react so quickly after he had relaxed!

  The two were very close and he had thought there would be no reason for him to miss at such a close distance. But the other had detected his intentions.

  When his attack missed, and before he could escape, the [Reversed Stellar Revolution] appeared in from of him like a spray of sparks.

  His expression changed. Could he not recognize the killing move that Xiao Mo Ge had used to defeat the [Peacock King Plume]?

  But the two were too close, so close that he didn't have any time to react!

  Under his terrified gaze, the Reversed Stellar Revolution turned to sparks and landed on the assassin's body. He didn't even have the time to scream before he was burned into dust!

  The sparks returned to Zuo Mo's hand and became a slowly spinning star bracelet again.

  Lan Tian Long and the others paled. This had occurred so suddenly. In a flash, the ambusher had been burned to dust!

  "He is An Qi Gong, why would he try to assassinate you?" Lan Tian Long reacted and a hint of anger flashed through his eyes. An Qi Gong had clearly intermingled among them in order to take advantage of his relationship with Xiao Mo Ge. Someone had schemed against Old Long! Lan Tian Long suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Do you want me to go investigate?"

  In that moment, Zuo Mo had been frightened but at this time, he quickly calmed down. He shook his head. "There's no need."

  After a moment of thought, he said to Lan Tian Long, "Go find a few people and help maintain the order. Prevent people from taking advantage of the chaos."

  Lan Tian Long said heavily, "Alright! If Old Long finds the person responsible, I'll make him wish for death!"

  Finishing, he turned wit
h a dark expression.

  ———

  Bie Han narrowed his eyes and looked at the remaining three thousand Ming Bandits in front of him. Behind him, Sin Battalion was still harvesting the lives of the Ming Bandits at an astounding rate. A light flashed through his narrowed eyes. He was like a tiger that had been caged for a long time. The brief battle that had just finished could not satisfy him.

  However, the Ming Bandits who had fled suddenly ran back in panic.

  "Boss! Not good! Not good! Marshal Yu! Marshal Yu has come!"

  Marshal Yu!

  Marshal Yu!

  This name which caused the Ming Bandits to panic caused cheers to rise among the crowd. Many people even cried from joy. The reputation of Marshal Yu was completely the opposite of the Ming Bandits. No matter what, Marshal Yu would not act against them.

  Zhu Ke and the others also relaxed. Their families were on good terms with Marshal Yu and there would not be any problems to their own safety.

  Only Princess Xia' expression changed slightly and she looked worriedly at Zuo Mo.

  Zuo Mo's face suddenly darkened. The incoming forces were not an allies!

  Murderousness flashed through Ceng Lian'er eyes. When it had been her crucial time of breakthrough, the people that Marshal Yu had sent tried to use her to threaten her father. There was a chance to settle accounts today!

  Bie Han did not feel any fear. He was still hungry after the fight with the Ming Bandits. He gaze with narrowed eyes at the horizon, fighting spirit rampaging through his body!

  Don't be too weak!

  Translator Ramblings: They just keep on coming.

  Chapter 637: Arrival of Marshal Yu

  Ma Fan wiped his face and took a look at the packed group of xiuzhe outside. He shook his head. "It seems that they don't plan on leaving in the short term."

  The xiuzhe outside was the Tian Huan Battalion that Gongye Xiao Rong was leading. As predicted by Gongsun Cha, they had appeared in Orchid Home Jie and started to attack the chaos rift defended by Black Turtle Camp.

  Luckily, Ma Fan had been careful and didn't dare to relax. He had constantly sent out patrols. His caution was useful. The patrols had discovered the enemy and sounded an early alarm.

  Ma Fan who received the warning immediately went on full defense.

  Due to the worry that they would not be able to hold the chaos rift, the construction of defensive formations had never stopped. Compared to when Lil' Miss had been here, the formation belt was two times larger. Even right before the fighting started, the formation belt was still being expanded.

  This caused Ma Fan's confidence to increase.

  Truthfully, the fighting had never stopped in Orchid Home Jie. Ma Fan's scouts and the yao scouts would frequently have skirmishes. Overall, though, the two sides were restrained and maintained an unspoken agreement.

  When Gongye Xiao Rong saw the ambush did not succeed, he changed to a frontal assault.

  But facing such an enormous formation belt, Gongye Xiao Rong didn't have any good solutions. However, Gongye Xiao Rong knew that this chaos rift was their closest path to returning to the xiuzhe realms.

  Gongye Xiao Rong's attacks were extremely ferocious and uncaring of fatalities. The fighting was unusually intense, and almost half of the fort's formation belt had been destroyed. Corpses littered the surroundings.

  The grand talismans that Tian Huan Battalion had were enormously effective. This allowed them to withstand two rounds of attack.

  Ma Fan's Black Turtle Camp had had a difficult time. The fort was almost lost until Guard Camp arrived and steadied the defense line.

  Yet these Tian Huan xiuzhe did not know weariness nor cared about the fatalities. They furiously attacked like waves crashing onto the shore.

  Ma Fan could not count how many rounds of attack they had fought off.

  Almost half of Black Turtle Camp was lost. Ma Fan had to replenish his forces with members of Green Dragon Camp which had been acting as reinforcement to Black Turtle Camp.

  The rate of deaths for the greenhorns was extremely high in intense battles like this. Azure Dragon Camp only existed in name now. Those able to survive were all xiuzhe that were able to quickly adapt to battle.

  The defense line became even stronger, and everyone started to adjust to fighting of such high intensity.

  "There's nothing to be afraid of!" Lei Peng's voice was hoarse and rough but his eyes were even brighter than before. He said nonchalantly, "We can be said to be experienced now. Ha, Tian Huan is just so, we can kill as many as they send!"

  "They have no reinforcements, and cannot afford continuous fatalities. We will definitely win this fight. I just wonder what good reward I can get from Lil' Miss Daren." Nian Lu drawled. His handsome face was covered in dust. However, just like Lei Peng, his eyes were unusually bright and he was surrounded by sword essence.

  This battle had been hard, but after going through it, all of them had improved greatly.

  Nothing could cause someone improve faster than fighting.

  ———

  Gongye Xiao Rong looked with concentration at the damaged fort expressionlessly.

  The other's primary commander had left with their main forces. Technically, this should be a great opportunity. This was the main reason that he decided to attack the fort.

  No battle general had a good method of attacking forts like this. Gongye Xiao Rong had been mentally prepared that many people would die but, fighting until now, he was unable to calm down.

  The other's hardiness was almost unimaginable!

  He had learned Gongsun Cha's strength already. He knew that he was a battle general that rivaled him! But even now, he could not figure now which faction Gongsun Cha belonged to.

  When Gongsun Cha left with the main forces, the biggest obstacle for Gongye Xiao Rong had been removed. Even though he knew fatalities would be high in a full-frontal assault like this, he had still been filled with confidence - if he was willing to pay the price, he could take the fort!

  Yet this mysterious faction gave him a heavy blow again!

  The unknown battle general inside the fort was the hardiest battle general that he probably ever met!

  This battle general's battalion was not outstanding, and far from being comparable to Gongsun Cha's battalion. Gongye Xiao Rong had not thought much of them, dismissing them as a threat, but this unknown battle general and this unknown battalion had cost his side a heavy price, and he was unable to advance one more step

  They were as steady as rock!

  And the detail-oriented Gongye Xiao Rong discovered that the enemy battalion was becoming even more resilient.

  After this battle, this unknown battalion would completely transform and become a true elite force.

  Their Tian Huan Battalion had became the enemy's whetstone.

  There was no hope of victory. If they kept on fighting, the fatalities would only increase.

  Gongye Xiao Rong was silent.

  He had been talented from childhood and had smoothly advanced even in a large sect like Tian Huan. He had been respected by his fellow disciples and protected by the elders.

  He had never thought that he would end up in a situation like this one day.

  Defeat after defeat!

  Looking at his battalion of which only slightly more than a third remained, looking at the faces that were looking in bewilderment at him, his heart suddenly hurt.

  His face was slightly ashen but he knew that everyone was waiting for his decision.

  "We will leave!"

  He used almost all the strength in his body to say these three words.

  ———

  When Mu Xi finished listening to the report from her subordinate, she was thoughtful.

  "Daren, should we go take that chaos rift? The enemy is tired from fighting. Now that Gongye Xiao Rong has retreated, they would be relaxed and off-guard. This is a good chance!" the subordinate couldn't resist saying.

  The successive victories had established and
secured Mu Xi's position in the Palace Lake Wood Clan. Right now, she was undoubted as the top ranked battle general of the Palace Lake Wood Clan, and was qualified to decide on the major discussions of the clan.

  There had never been one that was so young in the history of the yao able to achieve such a level.

  Mu Xi shook her head. "What is the use if we take it? It is already very good that we are able to hold this jie. Do not underestimate the other. They were able to stop Gongye Xiao Rong. It is hard to say for certain but just in defense, there are probably few that can compare."

  Seeing the subordinate's disagreement, she said, "Don't be proud because Gongye Xiao Rong lost a few skirmishes to us. We have never fought Gongye Xiao Rong head on. Gongye Xiao Rong is very strong to have defeated the allied army."

  After some thought, she ordered, "We need good relations with this faction. They have great ambitions if they dare to become enemies with Tian Huan. Naturally, they will need allies."

  "But they are xiuzhe!"

  "You need to see the flow of history. The world is in turmoil, chaos rifts connect xiuzhe, yao, and mo territories. Within the decade, the barriers between xiuzhe, yao, and mo will be broken," Mu Xi said solemnly.

  The subordinate wanted to say more, but he acknowledged the order when he saw Mu Xi's stern gaze.

  Mu Xi looked at the back of the subordinate as he left with flashing eyes. She knew that she was too young. Even though she had been winning all this time, there were many in the clan that did not accept her.

  Maybe she should build her own battalion.

  When this thought appeared, the urge was unable to be removed.

  ———

  The black crowds of people in the horizon seemed to be moving slowly but in a flash, they appeared. The battalion stretched like a cloud silently.

  There was indifference on the face of every mo soldier. From a glance, it could be seen that they were experienced mo soldiers. The banners of the clans were raised and flew in the wind. There wasn't any stray sound from the battalion.

  In the center of the battalion, an enormous chariot procession was the most eye-catching. Blue silk flew in the wind, and the copper tassels that hung from the eaves of the chariot roof chimed from far away. The four beasts that pulled the chariot were unusually ugly but they were extremely submissive standing the front of the chariot.