The Battle Through Heaven
Afflicted
A large group of humans and horses darted past on the road, kicking at the yellow dust covering the road. Laughter and curses repeatedly echoed along the way.
Behind the entourage of humans and horses, there were some people pushing horse carriages and carrying robes. They did not wear the same clothes as the mercenaries in front of them. This was because they were just a few servants responsible for washing clothes, preparing food, and building tents within the Mercenary Company. Among this group of servants, whose faces were covered in dust, someone pushing the cart with a broken hat on his head suddenly looked up. Other than a pair of clearly visible black eyes, the rest of his dust-covered face was almost entirely hidden beneath the yellow ground. At a glance, he did not look any different from the slaves with a wooden expression beside him.
"It deserves to be called a fortress that guards the border. This size actually causes a person to suckle his tongue. Away from the cities within the Jia Ma Empire that could be compared. " As he stared at the city wall, which looked bigger and more imposing as he moved closer, the man suddenly sighed softly. Hearing this voice, this person was actually Xiao Yan. Looking at the situation, it seemed that he was planning to rely on this mercenary company and sneak into the last stronghold of the empire.
The group got closer to the city wall inside the yellow dust. When they were several hundred meters away from the enormous city gate, Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and watched the sky above the city walls. There seemed to be a faint, formless fluctuation of energy, there.
"There's an energy sensor. Fortunately, I did not try to fly by force. Otherwise, that invisible energy sensor might directly expose me. With the automatic arrow equipment possessed by this kind of military fortress, I would likely be their target to be shot wildly if I were to be caught. " Xiao Yan frowned slightly. If he borrowed Yao Lao's strength, an ordinary bow would have a hard time injuring him. However, this kind of rare metal equipment that was specially made would make him very frightened, if he was stuck in an unprepared position. After all, Yao Lao's energy could only allow Xiao Yan to unleash strength, but it would not cause his body to be strengthened to the point where he could fight head-on with an automatic arrow. Moreover, as a great kingdom, it was difficult for one to believe that there was nothing in this fortress that could handle a high-class strongman. Xiao Yan had heard about the so-called ‘Air Splitting Three Continuous Crossbows’, ‘God Fire Bow’, ‘Soul Piercing Arrow’, etc. It was just that this kind of mysterious equipment was too difficult to make. Hence, there was only a small number of units equipped with them and Xiao Yan had never had a chance to personally sense their strength.
As the distance to the city gate drew nearer, Xiao Yan's gaze also landed on that towering city gate. When he looked at the defense of the city gate, which could be considered greatly strengthened, his brows tightly knitted.
When he was about a hundred meters away from the city wall, the large group of fast-moving men and horses finally stopped slowly. Two men walked out from in front of the crowd of mercenaries. After which, they waved and led the group towards the city gate.
The two men seemed to be the leaders of the mercenary company. Seeing the way the two of them smiled as they conversed with the guards, it seemed that they were quite familiar with each other. Looks like this isn't the first time they've come to ‘Zhen Gui Pass’.
The two of them conversed with the guards for a long time before the cold-faced guards' hands moved slightly, it was as if something had been pushed into his hands from the leader of the mercenary company. Only then did the latter hesitate a little before nodding. He showed a hand signal to the people behind him. The barricade and everything else behind it were removed.
"Hu." Seeing the guards completely not ransacking the company, Xiao Yan was unable to hold a sigh of relief. His tense body also became much more relaxed. His sweaty hands clasped the handle of the wagon tightly as he hurriedly lowered his head, pushed the wagon and followed the entourage as they made their way towards the tunnel under the city gate.
Just as the group was about to enter the tunnel of the city gate, however, a cold and loud shout suddenly sounded, scaring the group in front until they hurriedly stopped.
"Who is the one who let them enter the city carelessly?"
As a shout rang out, the sounds of many colliding armors suddenly resounded from the dark and black entrance of the city. A moment later, dozens of heavily armed elite soldiers held long spears in their hands and blocked the city gates. A young man with a dark and solemn face slowly walked out and glanced at the mercenary company in a dark and cold manner.
"Ke Ke, this is young master Meng La. I haven't seen you in months, but your looks are getting stronger." Seeing his company blocked, the Company Leader of the mercenary company hurriedly came out. When he saw the dark-faced and solemn-faced young man, a smile quickly revealed on his face as he spoke in a fawning manner.
"Ba Nu, enough of your bullshit. In the past, letting you through was no big deal, but today, I can't allow you to do it. Father said that anyone who wants to enter ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ must undergo strict checks. " The young man laughed coldly. Immediately, he took out a piece of white-colored announcement paper and threw it at the guard. He said in an evil manner, "Go and look for them once. Kill anyone who looks like the person in the picture on the spot! "
The guard carefully received the announcement paper, and smiled helplessly at the company leader called Ba Nu. After which, he waved his hand and nearly a hundred guards at the city gate raised long spears in their hands, and began to ransack the company.
"It's bad." Xiao Yan secretly cursed himself when the young man appeared earlier. Unexpectedly, everything was completely as he had imagined. The orders of the fugitive Misty Cloud Sect had been sent to the imperial border.
The guards came looking one by one from in front of the company. They held the image and compared it for a long time before letting it pass. Although these mercenaries were somewhat annoyed by their actions, they did not dare to behave cruelly here. They knew very well that if they enraged this young man, their mercenary company would most likely not be able to leave the city. If those tens of thousands of soldiers were to attack them, even a strong Dou Wang would have to take temporary shelter. Only a few strong people who were like legendary people could fight against ten thousand people alone.
That young man named Meng La, his hands were propped up behind him. His eyes were so cold that they were like vipers. His footsteps crossed one after another as he slowly followed the entourage and walked down. Suddenly, his footsteps stopped. His gaze swept over the servants, whose bodies gave off a musty smell and whose faces were covered in yellow dirt. In a cold voice, he said, "Clean your face!"
"This young man's diasate was quite deep and did not have the slightest arrogance that the young master within the empire possessed." Seeing that Meng La was actually unconcerned with her own status and directly came to the side of this low-status servant, Xiao Yan could not help but frown. In his heart, he felt that there were very troublesome things. If they keep checking in this way, sooner or later he will be revealed. The results to be exposed in such a place are not good.
Hearing Meng La's cry, the servants with stiff expressions hurriedly lowered their heads timidly. After which, they used their sleeves and quickly removed the yellow dirt covering their faces.
The dark and cold gaze of Meng La slowly swept across the faces of those servants. A moment later, he shook his head in disappointment. He was just about to withdraw his gaze, when his eyes suddenly fell silent. He slightly tilted his head and looked at the gray-robed waitress behind the group of people. In a cold voice, he said, "You, raise your head."
Upon hearing his shout, the people around the city gate threw their gazes. The mercenaries also turned their stunned gazes towards this low-status servant.
The gray-robed waitress let out a gentle sigh, and could only raise her head. The face whose face was covered by the yellow ground revealed a pair of black pupils that were indifferent like night.
Meng La's gaze came into contact with those dark black pupils. He was initially surprised. The black-colored eyes that were depicted within the picture appeared in his mind in a lightning-like manner. His expression immediately changed. The fight to the death on the battlefield for so many years had given him common sense. Therefore, as a conditional reflex, his fingers touched the ground and his body shot backwards. While his body shot backwards, a sharp ear-piercing sound shouted from his throat, "Capture him! He was Xiao Yan! "
His reaction might be extremely sharp, but his strength was only at the Dou Shi class. Therefore, when his body had just retreated, Xiao Yan laughed coldly. His body swayed slightly and caught up with Meng La in a ghost-like manner. His hand was like an eagle claw that shot out explosively at lightning-like speed and violently struck the chest of the latter. Immediately, a mouthful of fresh blood spewed from Meng La's throat. His face turned deathly pale.
Failing to take Meng La's life in a single blow, Xiao Yan was just about to pounce forward when Meng La hurriedly flaunted her body and went behind the soldiers' backs. It was completely abnormal for a Dou Shi to possess such an agile body.
"Chi, chi."
Xiao Yan turned his head. Although he had dodged the long spear, Xiao Yan's attack was also blocked. As he watched the soldiers gather together hurriedly, he could only fuse his brows and retreat quite a distance.
Outside the city gates, everyone stared at this split-second change with dumbfounded faces. This was especially when they saw that Meng La, who was called the most outstanding person among the younger generation in ‘Gui Meng Pass’, was seriously injured in one attack. Their facial expressions became a little sluggish after that.
"Xiao Yan's? He was that Xiao Yan? Xiao Yan who killed Yun Leng from the Misty Cloud Sect who was a Dou Wang? " Suddenly, there was someone from within the mercenary company who suddenly shouted out loudly. Immediately, many fiery eyes were raised. Hearing that voice, it didn't seem like too much greed. Instead, it contains a sense of worship.
The moment the screams from these mercenaries fell, the surroundings immediately turned into a commotion. Many gazes that contained various different emotions stared intently at Xiao Yan. The thing that shook the recent Ma Empire naturally and undoubtedly was the matter of Xiao Yan fighting the Misty Cloud Sect. Following the issue of the desired command of the Misty Cloud Sect, almost every citizen in the Jia Ma Empire knew that anyone who could provide information regarding Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect would be able to obtain the Xuan Class Qi Method to practice Dou. The Qi. This Qi class method was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of gold coins on the market. Moreover it is a situation where there is a demand for it, but a shortage of supply to meet that demand.
This generous gift was enough for many to risk their lives.
"Xiao Yan, this ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ has tens of thousands of armed soldiers. You will never be able to escape! " Meng La's expression swelled purplish as he glanced at Xiao Yan viciously. His voice was hoarse as he spoke.
"Young Master Meng La, I want to know something. The soldiers on ‘This Zhen Gui’ Road clearly belonged to the imperial officials. When did being a dog to help work for the Misty Cloud Sect? I think if this matter is sent to the Imperial family of the Jia Ma Empire, I fear that even your father will be severely punished, right? " Xiao Yan wiped the yellow dirt off his face. His gaze swept across the hundreds of elite soldiers blocking the city gates as he burst into laughter.
After hearing Xiao Yan's cold laughter, the soldiers were also startled. Soon, they became a little hesitant. According to the procedure, they were indeed soldiers belonging to the Jia Ma Empire, and had nothing to do with the Misty Cloud Sect. The desired order was not recognized by officials. In other words, capturing Xiao Yan was basically something illegal.
Ke ke, what a sharp-tongued young man! Just when the soldiers were hesitating, a dark and cold laughter suddenly sounded from within the tunnel behind the city gate. Immediately, a middle-aged man wearing silver armor stepped out. His gaze coldly swept over Xiao Yan and shouted, "I am the deputy commander of ‘Zhen Gui Pass’, Meng Li. You have entered without permission into an important city. According to our imperial laws, you must be arrested. I'm Advising You to allow yourself to be arrested without a fight to avoid the pain in yourself. "
"You are Meng Li? That dog from the Misty Cloud Sect? " Xiao Yan's gaze swept over Meng Li's body and felt a faint breath coming out of her body. He muttered in his heart, "Looking at his Qi, he should be around a two or three star Dou Ling."
"Drop him!" Meng Li's expression was a little dark and solemn as she laughed out loud. He stopped talking nonsense and immediately shouted.
Upon hearing Meng Li's orders, several hundred heavily armed elite soldiers came out from within the dark black tunnel under the city walls once again. After which, they surrounded Xiao Yan layer by layer. The long and sharp spears in their hands flickered with a thick and cold luster as sunlight reflected off them.
"Because of failing to sneak in, I can only forcefully break through."
The killing aura that surged into the sky from the surroundings caused Xiao Yan's expression to gradually turn cold. He moved both of his hands and an enormous Heavy Xuan Ruler appeared and appeared. He waved a heavy ruler and it made a wind sound ‘hu hu’.
"Kill!"
As he looked at Xiao Yan, who had drawn his weapon, Meng Li laughed coldly. A few days ago, he had received Yun Shan's message. According to what the latter said to him, Xiao Yan was currently injured in a big fight in the Misty Cloud Sect and could no longer display the frightening strength he used to fight with Yun Shan. It was only because of this that Meng Li dared to agree to this killing order. Otherwise, even if he was given some more level of courage, he would not dare to block Xiao Yan, even in top condition. After all, a strong person who could fight with a Dou Zong was not someone who could be held back even by using all the warriors within this fortress.
"Everything stops!"
Just as those soldiers, whose entire bodies were filled with bloody aura, were about to launch an attack to kill, a loud shout suddenly sounded explosive. Immediately, a shadow descended from the sky like an iron pagoda and struck the ground violently. He shook the entire ground until it swayed. His gaze swept around him and finally stopped on Meng Li's body. He chuckled coldly, "Meng Li, my ‘Silver Armor Army’ is not people under the Misty Cloud Sect. If you want to curry favor with the Misty Cloud Sect, take action yourself. Don't fantasize that you can use my people to act as a stepping stone for yourself. "
"Mu Tie, you .." Looking burly, the big man who appeared, Meng Li's expression immediately turned green as he angrily shouted.
"Hmph, ‘Silver Armor Army’, back off!" Ignoring him, the burly man called Mu Tie turned around, and cried towards the elite soldier who had surrounded Xiao Yan in their midst.
Yes, Commander Sir! The soldiers did not hesitate in the slightest when they heard his orders. They make a sound ‘shua’, and save their spears. Their voices were so regular that there was not the slightest echo. They then quietly retreated into the tunnel of the city gate and did not move, like wooden poles. Looking at the actions of these soldiers, it was clear that this person named Mu Tie had a reputation that far exceeded Meng Li's.
"You're called Xiao Yan, right? Ha ha, little boy, you have courage. For so many years, you were the first to humiliate the Misty Could Sect in such a manner. If I am not dictated by my status, I will invite you to have a drink with me. " The big man, who was like an iron pagoda, laughed loudly towards Xiao Yan. His laughter was like thunder.
"Thank you, Commander Mu Tie." The situation, which had suddenly changed for the better, caused Xiao Yan to be startled. When he saw Mu Tie's face seemed to have no evil intentions, he immediately smiled and replied politely.
"You don't have to thank me. This is only within the scope of my work. If the orders of the fugitive Misty Cloud Sect are recognized by the officials, then and only after that can I arrest you. However, it was lucky .. "Mu Tie waved his hand. He glanced at the green-faced Meng Li and smiled as he said, "As long as you can escape from this person's hands, please, there will be no one else in this ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ who will stop you."
"Thank you so much for this." A dense expression involuntarily appeared on Xiao Yan's face when he heard this. He turned his head and looked at Meng Li before saying softly, "Vice Commander Meng Li, if you want to take my head to get a reward from the Misty Cloud Sect, come and attack me yourself."
"Little bastard, so arrogant. Today, I can't believe that I can't finish off your wounded body! "
Meng Li's face alternated between green and white. He didn't think that he would actually get involved in this matter. To be honest, in his heart, he was a little afraid of the tactics Xiao Yan used. After all, even a strong person like Yun Leng had died by Xiao Yan's hand. If he softens at a time like this, it is likely that his reputation within ‘Zhen Gui Pass’ will drop all the way to the bottom of the valley. Therefore, even though he felt uncertain in his heart, he could only harden the skin on his head and step forward.