The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 268 - Yuhao's
They looked at each other in anxiety, no one dared to make a sound until a few seconds later, Shui cursed.
"Are we sending help there?"
"I'm going to go." Lan Zhuxian looked definitely uncertain, but from the look on his face it was obvious that the young man was fighting his own doubts.
"You don't need to force yourself," Nan Ran scolded as he patted Lan Zhuxian on the shoulder. But Lan Zhuxian remained adamant, "I'll make sure Master Yuhao won't harm Young Master. I have sworn allegiance to Young Master. Although it must be defiant of the teacher ...."
"I'll definitely come along."
"Actually I was also curious as to who Master Yuhao was, but there should be fish guarding the cage. So I'm here anyway, I'm lazy to move too."
"Make sure you're keeping the base well, we might be a bit long. Don't let me hear you burn down an old building like you already did. If I report to the leader it's over your head."
"Okay, it's decided. The three of us go, please pass it on to the other unit. We're going now-"
"I'm coming along."
From the direction of the door someone else came while carrying an arrow, his mouth which was almost covered by a collar of clothes now began to speak without regard for the strange gazes of the people around him.
"You have to keep training the archer team, remember that? We need a long-range assault force. Didn't senior Bai already say that sooner or later we would go to war? You didn't prepare your subordinates carefully, Lao Zi."
"Of course I prepared it. I've left this job to one of my confidants."
Nan Ran wanted to argue again, yet the face of the Lao Zi wall was as if holding him back to protest.
Shui himself actually did not care about who came or not, but what Nan Ran said was true. Right now only the archery troops seemed not very prepared. Compared to cavalry and infantry, archers were much easier to kill. It has no defense and relies solely on speed and precision.
"He said it, didn't he? War is the main purpose of why we stand here. He could have come home here and we would have gone straight to war, while your men have no readiness. One hundred and seventy archers, if they all die and help nothing we will only suffer defeat-"
"I know one of YuangXe's people. And he is the one who is called a Traitor. The man is still alive and being held in prison, but he can still communicate with us through his pet crow. Attacking the enemy without knowing the information about them will only lead us to a crushing defeat. Think it out."
Nan Ran, Shui, Lan Zhuxian and Tian Xi thought deeply even in such a situation Shui yawned widely.
"So how? Lao Zi just come. Problems like this are long ago. I can sleep two centuries waiting for you to finish arguing."
***
A considerable span of time, about a week after giving Lan Zhuxian a letter but getting no reply made Xin Chen start to question the situation in the Valley of the Gods. He sent out a second letter, thinking that the spirit crow he sent yesterday did not make it there. Nothing's happened in this week except something that's getting him depressed.
Counting one week, it had already exceeded three hundred more warriors killed in his hands. Most of them were great warriors who possessed high-level strength, the experience they had in the fight was also not arbitrary. So to kill one by one of them even takes a long time.
There were no bodies and no blood in the wilderness. His spirit body was getting heavier, Xin Chen realized the greater the strength of his spirit army it would only overload his body. His breathing was stifled after taking out a plot of bandits from the Qing Empire. Five hours of fighting and his head as if hit by a big stone.
Xin Chen leaned against a single tree trunk, the desolate state around him as if whispering something mysterious. Xin Chen took out a black book that was now shining brightly in the middle of the dark night. Some blank sheets began to fill up, some of the writings were engraved with ink in the form of blood. There were a dozen more sheets that were empty, and it would only increase along with the development of the strength he had.
From the very beginning Xin Chen was aware, although others said that his strength was extremely dangerous, in fact this Spirit Controlling Book had more and more levels that were as if boundless. He could tell this could be comparable to the power of the Book of Seven Keys or even more, just that none of the previous users of the Spirit-Controlling Book were capable of reaching such a high level.
'What is dead?'
That question suddenly popped into his head, Xin Chen closed his eyes. Brought to his own mind that began to muddle, that second, that day, he began to question again what it was like to die.
"I've been dead a few times. But when fighting the Demon Queen, I felt it was my closest death."
Xin Chen could not open his eyes again, something like putting a weight on his shoulders and it was so heavy.
"How does it feel to lose? Is it your duty to save your loved ones? You could have left them, didn't have to look behind you and reach out all you wanted. That family of yours, only stands in your way as the Strongest Man."
Xin Chen could not control his mind back, something like possessing his mind. Something so powerful and unusual, and at about the same time his ears listened to the dangerous movements. He knew something was lurking even when his eyes were closed. But what was holding him back this time was indeed beyond reason.
'There can't be a Ghost from YuangXe, then who?' thought.
"You want to know who I am?"
The voice that had been buzzing in his ears began to sound clear like a woman's voice, his giggling sounded sneaky.
Xin Chen forced against the force, he was able to break free right before the weapon with two sharp blades almost tore it apart. It was not an ordinary weapon devoted to fighting humans, but rather a spirit weapon that was almost similar to the one the Demon Queen had.
"I am Yuhao, the Demon Exterminator destined to kill human calamities like you. Long searched for you during these seven years and finally you appeared yourself, the second son of the Demon Sword, Xin Chen."