Chapter 13: Every Step is a Shocking Thunderclap (Part 1)

  "Boom!"

  Under the massive explosion, all seven Sword Kings were blown away and fell to the ground, their bodies emitting black smoke. Qinghe Sword Sect arrived just in time.

  Seven people joined forces to eliminate the Red Lightning, ensuring Mu Rong Xue's safety. If it weren't for them, who knows what would have happened?

  "Hurry up and send them back to their camp! Murong Xueyi is under my protection!"

  Qinghe Jianzong gave an order, and several swordsmen immediately rushed over, picked up the seven Sword Kings and leaped away to dodge!

  Although Murong Xueyi still had an icy face, looking at the scene before her, the seven Sword Kings and Qinghe Sword Sect who were protecting her were all Dragon Tianyu's personal bodyguards. If he hadn't intentionally arranged for them to be there, they would never have appeared by her side. Her cold heart inexplicably felt a few degrees less hatred towards Dragon Tianyu.

  "Miss Murong Xueyi, let's hurry up, the beastmen are climbing up!" Qinghe Sword Sect anxiously looked at Murong Xueyi, and with one sword, he beheaded several beastmen who were rushing over. Even if hundreds of them came, they wouldn't be a match for Qinghe Sword Sect.

  Murong Xueyi came back to her senses, saw that the Red Lightning was still ongoing, and shouted "Full retreat!" after casting a magic spell. Then, under the protection of Qinghe Sword Sect, she retreated to the distant large array.

  On the city walls, 30,000 imperial troops died miserably under the great curse, with more than 15,000 dead! All the remaining people were injured to varying degrees, and the destructive power of this great curse was comparable to that of forbidden magic!

  "Hmm..."

  It wasn't just humans that were blown away, the excited beastmen didn't fear death at all, and large numbers of them climbed up onto the city walls, with many being blasted into charcoal. The Minotaur captain was blown away by the last red lightning bolt, falling down from the city wall and crushing a group of beastmen.

  "Your Excellency! The city walls have fallen, the last stronghold of life has no place to defend, we are standing on the plains, and it's even more advantageous for the beastmen tribe! What should we do?!"

  "Everyone, let's retreat to Shenglin Fortress!"

  The generals all expressed their opinions, speaking in a cacophony of voices, but basically they were all advocating for retreat. Meanwhile, Murong Xueyi gazed silently at the beastmen on the city walls, deep in thought.

  "First, strengthen the formation! The beastman army cannot occupy the entire city wall. Moreover, we cannot retreat to the Sacred Forest because the beastmen also know that there is a stronghold outside the Sacred Forest. First three rows of heavy infantry! Knight legions are divided into ten teams, stationed in the middle and on both sides, archers and mages are at the back! We must hold our ground here!"

  Murong Xueyi's intention is very clear, it is to have a direct confrontation with the Beastman tribe!

  And she guessed that the next charge of the Beastman tribe would lead at most 30,000 troops. The Beastman's great sacrifice had just used a big curse and could not be used again in a short time. Even if the individual beastman was strong, humans had an advantage in numbers!

  Only the confrontation between the two armies can retake the stronghold of Life Fortress!

  As expected, after several thousand beastmen charged the great formation, the beastman tribe received orders to retreat and defend from atop the city walls, and the human's great formation caused them to lose another two thousand.

  However, the number of human deaths in battle is not small. Each beastman has at least the strength of a first-class swordsman, and one beastman can take on three human soldiers. Under the same number and formation, the two armies suffered nearly a thousand casualties each.

  ………

  "Despicable! What to do? Tomorrow, the Beast Tribe's army will move under the city walls. The two armies will clash and we have no advantage. They have the Eagle Knights and the unseen Mamon Giant..." General Jin Ke analyzed the situation, and in his words, Long Tianyu heard the crisis. If the city falls, a flat-out confrontation would allow the Beastmen's iron cavalry to play to their strengths.

  Calm and collected Murong Xueyi seemed to have no other choice, taking back the city must be done in one swift move, the longer it takes the more disadvantageous it becomes, tomorrow is the last hope!

  She also completely didn't consider that beastmen have strong shamans like the Great Shaman, which is comparable to a human's seventh-tier or higher great demon mage.

  Long Tianyu, as the commander-in-chief, sat bored in the center, while the surrounding officials all knew that the Ninth Prince was just a nominal commander. One by one, their gazes converged on that beautiful woman.

  "Stinky girl, stinky girl, can't help it! Haha, there's no way out of this!" Long Tianyu laughed with great malice, without any sense of crisis, and secretly mocked Mu Rong Xueyi in his heart. He himself felt that he had become bad, no, should be pure and mischievous. If it were before on Earth, he would have rushed up to educate her long ago, and wouldn't be like this now.

  But Murong Xueyi suddenly turned to Long Tianyu, her icy breath coming at him like a sharp sword, almost scaring him off his chair.

  Muyong Xueyi only glanced at herself, and Long Tianyu took a deep breath and said, "Damn it! You little girl want to scare people to death! Big-breasted but brainless little girl, looking so good but always frowning, you'll scare your husband to death. See who you'll warm the bed for in the future!"

  The evil man stared at that little buttocks with a vicious gaze, and afterwards he must have beaten her mercilessly.

  With a swing of her cloak, Murong Xueyi said: "All generals follow me to the Heavy Infantry Camp!"

  All the generals hurriedly followed Murong Xueyi and left, leaving only Long Tianyu and Qinghe Jianzong in the big camp.

  "Your Highness! Your Highness! Miss Murong Xueyi and the generals have all left!" The people of Qinghe Sword Sect were a bit more naive and didn't know that Long Tianyu was thinking something evil at this moment.

  "It seems I have to show some strength now, or else I'll be looked down upon by the old lady of the Grandmaster, Qinghe Sword Sect!"

  "Agreed!"

  "Come with me to the wizards' camp!"

  ………

  Murong Xueyi and the other generals went to the heavy infantry legion and the cavalry legion, comforting the empire's warriors. For soldiers, the comfort and concern of their superiors can increase their combat effectiveness by 10%! This spiritual encouragement has a decisive role at certain times.

  Long Tianyu and Qinghe Sword Sect arrived at the Magician's Camp, where the environment was much better than other places. The noble magicians' bodies were very fragile, they were by the river, with a few large trees beside them.

  "Long live Your Majesty!"

  The eight mages who were in discussion saw the Ninth Prince enter and immediately half-knelt on the ground to pay their respects. Although mages are noble beings, only Great Mages and above have the qualification to not kneel when seeing a prince.

  "Eight mages, rise!"

  These eight are all sixth or seventh-level mages, and one of them has even cultivated the dark system, which further solidified Long Tianyu's thoughts in his heart.

  "Eighth respected mages, I, as the imperial prince, now requisition you. You will join me in a special operation at nightfall!"

  Long Tianyu took out the golden token used by the imperial family, seeing the golden token was like seeing the emperor himself. Unless it was a rebellion from within the imperial family, the Empire's Grand Mage and Swordmaster would obey his command!

  The eight mages who had just stood up immediately half-knelt down to receive orders, almost twisting their waists.

  ………

  The sky began to darken, and Murong Xueyi was still discussing countermeasures with the other generals. In this situation, even if the imperial army charged forward to meet the enemy, they could not retreat!

  "Your Highness, what brings us here?"

  Qinghe Jianzong didn't understand, Long Tianyu brought him and the eight mages to the plain between the two armies. Although the two armies were three miles apart, the beastmen had Beast Eagle Knights, if they used magic, the color of the magic would be easily discovered.

  "Shut your stinking mouth!"

  Long Tianyu's face sank, and he retorted a sentence to Qinghe Sword Sect. Qinghe Sword Sect immediately shut his mouth, not daring to ask any more questions.

  "Black Cloak, quickly use 'Dark Veil'!"

  The so-called Black Veil is a sixth-order defensive magic that can also be used as a concealment magic, with an excellent effect at night.

  Under Long Tianyu's command, a massive black curtain enveloped several people. A 'Black Curtain' could last for an hour if not attacked by magic, which was exactly what Long Tianyu needed.

  "You few, just send me magic when I need it, don't bother with anything else! Got it?"

  "Yes, Your Highness!" Several people were curious, but no one dared to ask questions.

  "......used successfully!"

  "......used successfully!"

  Long Tianyu walked step by step very slowly, with the magician closely following behind. No one knew what the prince was focusing on, as he led them through the vast plain like a maze, wandering aimlessly within this range.

  In just a few steps, it can be seen that the prince seems to be somewhat weak, which is a sign of exhaustion of magic power. At this moment, use the magician to transport magic power to Long Tianyu immediately.

  Although transporting magical power is a very slow process, compared to the level of magical power that Long Tianyu has as a magic apprentice, magicians can easily and happily transport it in three seconds.

  Long Tianyu led the nine of them out of the maze after two hours, with eight mages nearly exhausted from using magic.