Chapter 754: Great Chaos
Compared to Qingshan Town of the past, it undoubtedly appeared much more pressurized and quiet today. Human figures were rare on the streets within the town. The gates around it were all tightly shut. Black ma.s.ses of human figures were partially visible on the towering walls that were built using granite. Soft private conversations were repeatedly resounding among the human crowd.
"Dammit, how did these poison users enter the middle area of the empire? Does the front not have the defensive line of the Yan Alliance and the Imperial Family?"
"The three large empires have joined hands to attack the Jia Ma Empire. Regardless of how strong the Yan Alliance is, there is a limit to their manpower. How could they take care of every position. These ten plus b.a.s.t.a.r.ds should have slipped in through a gap."
"What do we do now? Looking at those badges on the chest of these fellows, there is a four star poison master. Other than an expert at the Dou w.a.n.g cla.s.s, who can deal with a poison master of this level?"
"Ugh, our Qingshan Town currently only possesses Company Leader Yan Cheng who is an eight star Dou Ling. The others are mostly at the Dou s.h.i.+ or the Da Dou s.h.i.+ cla.s.s. If that four star poison master scatters a poison fog over, it is likely that many people present will immediately be poisoned and fall unconscious."
"Dammit, if it is really not possible, we will go all out and fight with them. We have many people, do we still need to be afraid of the ten plus of them?"
"They earnestly wish that we will open the gates on our own. It is not as though you are unaware of just how frightening a poison master is. They specialize in fighting against a group alone. If it were not a situation where the other party suppressed them with absolute strength, it will not be easy to kill them."
A large group of large cold-faced mercenary was surrounded in the middle of a black ma.s.s of human heads. They had a similar mercenary company badge on their chest. If one were to look carefully, they were surprisingly the b.l.o.o.d.y Battle Mercenary Company Xiao Yan had rescued back then. The middle-aged man at the leader"s spot was the company leader of the b.l.o.o.d.y Battle Mercenary Company, Yan Cheng. Beside him were the two familiar faces of Ka Gang and Ling Er.
At this moment, all the gazes were thrown onto the ten plus human figures outside of the walls. Their faces were somewhat ugly.
"Second uncle, what should we do? It is not a solution to continue guarding in this manner. It is rumored that quite a number of poison masters have snuck into the this Magical Beast Mountain Range. Recently, there have been reports of small towns being washed with blood. These vicious methods are something that only these perverts could do." Ling Er"s bright eyes were viciously looking at the ten plus human figures below the walls while she spoke in a somewhat anxious tone.
"What else can we do other than to defend this place until we die? Do you not see that they possess a tier 4 poison master among them? A poison master of this tier is someone whom even I do not have much of chance of winning against. Today, if the other side possessed an expert who could fly and the tall specially built walls, which were built to defend against an attack by the Magical Beasts, around Qingshan Town didn"t exist, it is likely that they would have long since charged in and begun a ma.s.sacre." Yan Cheng"s expression was extremely gloomy as he spoke.
"Now, we can only wait. This place is the interior of the Jia Ma Empire. As long as we endure for a period of time, there might be an expert from the "Yan Alliance" who will come and rescue us."
Ling Er laughed bitterly in her heart. She quietly sighed, "Currently, most of the experts from the "Yan Alliance" were delayed by the experts from the three large empires. Where would it find the excess strength?"
However, while everyone was discussing a plan, the ten plus gray-robed human figures below the wall finally began to display some activity. An old man, who wore a poison centipede badge with four colorful lines on his chest, slowly walked forward. His dark and cold triangular eyes glanced at the walls as an ear-piercing awful sound was slowly emitted. The voice immediately reverberated within the ears of everyone on the wall.
"We will give all of you ten minutes to decide whether you will open the gates by yourself, or the old me will unleash a poison fog and let all the people in this small town die because of your foolish actions."
The gray-robed old man slowly shut his eyes after his voice sounded. He did not bother about just what kind of uproar it stirred on the walls.
Time slowly pa.s.sed by. The gray-robed old man slowly opened his eyes after ten minutes. His shriveled face involuntarily revealed a cruel smile when he saw that the wall had no reaction. His voice was dark and cold as he said, "Do you really think that the city wall is able to protect all of you?" An unusual green glow surfaced on the old man"s face once he said this. He immediately waved his sleeves and a large dense green poison fog appeared.
The ten somewhat young gray-robed individuals behind the old man immediately let out a deep cry when the poison fog appeared. They waved both of their hands, carrying a wild wind with it. As this wild wind blew, the green-colored poison fog began to gradually scatter before finally lingering over the city walls.
"Use Dou Qi to cover your bodies. Don"t breathe!" Yan Cheng"s expression immediately changed drastically as he cried out loud when he saw the green-colored poison fog that slowly drifted up.
The mercenaries on the wall hurriedly maneuvered the Dou Qi within their bodies with all their strength when they heard Yan Cheng"s loud cry. After which, they wrapped their bodies with their Dou Qi.
"Tsk tsk, you actually want to block the old me"s green snake poison with your mediocre mercenary strengths?" The gray-robed old man coldly laughed when he saw this. He waved his sleeves and the ten people behind him did their best to stimulate the Dou Qi within their bodies. After which, they created waves after waves of wild wind that blew the green-colored poison fog up.
The poison fog rose and it eventually began to gradually reach the height of the walls a moment later. It immediately wrapped many mercenaries with it. Quite a number of weak mercenaries began to show signs of giddiness at the moment of contact. A moment later, they actually fell head first to the ground and became unconscious.
Yan Cheng"s face also became increasingly uglier when he saw this. He clenched his teeth and viciously said, "Dammit, go all out and fight with these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds. Brothers, follow me and charge!"
Ling Er by the side opened her mouth slightly when she heard this. However, she could only sigh in a disparate manner. A tier 4 poison master could be considered a main military strength even if placed in the battleground at the front. Their fighting strengths were naturally extraordinary. With just these mercenaries from their b.l.o.o.d.y Battle Mercenary Company, they would most likely be just seeking death by going over. However, if they did not, this poison fog would sooner or later cause all of them to lose their fighting strength. At that time, they would end up dying more miserably.
The faces of those members of the b.l.o.o.d.y Battle Mercenary Company trembled after hearing Yan Cheng"s voice. They furiously nodded as they tightened their grips on their sharp blades.
The gray-robed old man below looked at the commotion on the wall and the ruthlessness in his eyes became denser. Other than the expert Dou Ling, whom he was quietly a little concerned about, he could take the little lives of the remaining people up there with a wave of his hand.
The gray-robed old man let out a savage laugh in his heart. Another wave of green-colored fog was spat out. The desolate feeling within the hearts of those people on the wall involuntarily became denser upon seeing this. This old b.a.s.t.a.r.d really did hold the thought of completely ma.s.sacring all of them.
Quite a number of mercenaries began to harden themselves. They planned to head down and stake their lives after seeing the slow rise of the second cl.u.s.ter of bright-green poisonous fog. Having frequently licked blood from their blades, they did not feel the slightest fear despite knowing that this action of theirs was seeking death. In any case, they would die no matter what they did…
The temperature of the sky suddenly rose swiftly while everyone was prepared to descend from the walls. Following the increase in the temperature, the dense green poison fog began to emit a "chi chi" sound. Immediately, it became like snow in boiling oil as it swiftly scattered.
The sudden scene resulted in both parties being startled. They looked at each other with faces that were at a loss.
Two blurry human figures suddenly flashed over from the direction of the Magical Beast Mountain Range while everyone was still at a loss. Within a couple of breaths, these two people appeared in the sky above the small town.
"Expert Dou w.a.n.gs?"
Everyone looked at the pair of Dou Qi wings on the back of these two people the moment their figures appeared. They immediately emitted waves of exclamations. Immediately, both parties became uneasy, fearing that this was the other party"s reinforcement.
Among the two human figures who had appeared, the person in front was completely wrapped within a jade-green flame. A hot temperature was scattered from his body. Behind him was a little girl whose body was emitting a faint purple glow. She was looking at the gray-robed person below curiously.
The jade-green flame rippled slowly. A moment later, it gradually scattered and revealed the black-robed, young man within it.
The somewhat uneasy Yan Cheng and the others on the wall looked at the black-robed, young man who had revealed his face. They were suddenly startled. Ling Er by the side was also stunned as she muttered, "It is actually him."
"Chief Xiao!" Yan Cheng was startled for a moment before he suddenly reacted to the situation. His body suddenly stood up and he shouted in excitement.
The mercenaries did not recover within a short period of time when they heard the shout of Yan Cheng. However, from the looks of Yan Cheng"s appearance, it seemed that the person who had arrived was not an enemy. They immediately sighed in relief.
The expression of the gray-robed old man below changed drastically at the same time as Yan Cheng shouted out loud. It seemed that the person who had arrived was an expert from the Jia Ma Empire. When this thought flashed across his heart, his body suddenly turned into a green fog as he rushed toward the forest. The ten gray-robed people behind him hurriedly followed.
Xiao Yan"s gaze observed the fleeing ten plus gray-robed human figures from the sky. An invisible flame on the tip of his finger fluctuated slightly.
Chi! Chi!
The moment the fluctuation appeared, the ten plus gray-robed human figures, who were about to enter the forest, suddenly trembled. They immediately turned into a pile of black ashes in front of the many shocked gazes on the wall without even leaving behind a miserable cry…
Xiao Yan displayed his vicious tactics of killing over ten people in an instant before his body moved and appeared on the wall. He frowned slightly as he looked at those unconscious mercenaries. After taking out a couple of medicinal pills, he tossed them into the air and struck them with the flick of his finger. A wisp of jade-green flame wrapped around them and a dense pill fragrance spread out from within the pills.
When the pill fragrance spread, the unconscious, poisoned mercenaries on the walls began to slowly wake up amid many coughing sound. All of them were at a loss.
Xiao Yan ignored the heated respectful gazes around him. He strode toward the spot where Yan Cheng and the others were located. The first words he asked in a deep voice were, "What has happened?"
Chapter 755: Poison Sect, Gold Geese Sect, Mulan Valley
Yan Cheng was stunned when he heard Xiao Yan"s words. Such a big event had occurred within the empire, but the overlord of the empire was actually completely unaware of it?
"I was in a retreat for a period of time." Xiao Yan explained, appearing to have understood what Yan Cheng thought when he saw the latter"s appearance.
Yan Cheng only came to a sudden understanding when he heard this. He bitterly laughed, "It is unexpected that chief Xiao had undertaken a retreat for a year. This year was not calm. It is not exaggerating to say that this was the period of the greatest upheaval in the history of the Jia Ma Empire."
"I have undertaken a retreat for a year huh…" Xiao Yan softly sighed. He immediately changed the topic again, "What has happened in the empire? Those fellows from a moment ago should be poison masters, right? Such an occupation should be extremely rare in the Jia Ma Empire. Why did so many of them appear at once?"
"It is because they are not people from the Jia Ma Empire." Ling Er by the side quietly interrupted. Her eyes had remained on Xiao Yan"s face ever since the latter had appeared. The unusual glint in her eyes looked just like a lovely embarra.s.sed young girl who had a crush.
"They are the poison masters from the Chu Yun Empire." Yan Cheng sighed, "Not long after chief Xiao rescued our b.l.o.o.d.y Battle Mercenary Company back then, there was news that the Chu Yun Empire was about to attack our Jia Ma Empire. After which, an increasing number of border conflicts occurred. It was still alright initially and it was merely a fight between the armies of both countries. Each party had their own victories and losses with little progress. However, after this stalemate continued for a month, a large number of poison masters suddenly appeared in the military of the Chu Yun Empire. Under their threat, the Jia Ma Empire immediately lost quite a number of border fortresses."
"Just as the upper echelons of the imperial family became furious because of this, news that the "Poison Sect" of the Chu Yun Empire wanting to partic.i.p.ate in the battle was spread." Fear flashed across Yan Cheng"s face when he mentioned the name that caused one"s hair to stand. His voice had also became much softer.
"The Poison Sect?" Xiao Yan uttered this foreign name in his mouth and his brows were tightly knit together.
"This "Poison Sect" has only recently been established within the Chu Yun Empire. However, its strength is unusually terrifying. Within a short five years, it had completely destroyed all the sects and factions within the Chu Yun Empire. Their "Poison Sect" has leaped to become the only overlord over the Chu Yun Empire. Moreover, it is rumored that even the imperial family of the Chu Yun Empire is quietly controlled by them. In the Chu Yun Empire, it is more effective to speak to the Sect Leader of the Poison Sect than to the emperor from the imperial family." Yan Cheng explained again when he saw the uncertainty on Xiao Yan"s face.
"What is the strength of the Sect Leader of the Poison Sect like?" Xiao Yan slowly asked.
"It is rumored that it is at the very least at the Dou Zong cla.s.s. Due to the Poison Sect partic.i.p.ating in the battle, the Yan Alliance, being the strongest faction within the Jia Ma Empire is naturally unable to stand by the side and do nothing. Hence, a fight where the two large factions exchanged blows occurred. During a big battle half a year ago, that mysterious Sect Leader of the Poison Sect appeared once. In that battle, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, the old senior called Jia Lao in the imperial family as well as an enormous Magical Beast, whose strength was at the Dou Huang cla.s.s, were defeated in the hands of the Sect Leader of the Poison Sect despite joining hands." Yan Cheng laughed bitterly. A deep fear flashed across his eyes when he mentioned the cla.s.s that was far and unattainable.
Xiao Yan"e eyes flickered. His heart also sank slightly. It was unexpected that Old Hai and the other two were no match for that Sect Leader of the Poison Sect. It seemed that the other party was really strong. He waved his hand and said, "Continue speaking."
"Just as the Ice Emperor and the other two were in danger, Queen Medusa from the Snake-People Race suddenly appeared. She engaged in a big battle with that Sect Leader of the Poison Sect,but both parties had difficulty determining a victor. The Sect Leader from the Poison Sect withdrew. Only then did the Yan Alliance avoid a life and death disaster." Yan Cheng smacked his mouth. His eyes revealed a yearning for that soul-stirring big battle that day. A moment later, he finally sighed and laughed bitterly toward Xiao Yan, "With Queen Medusa"s help, the Yan Alliance has finally stood on their feet. After forming an alliance with the Snake-People Race, they began to retaliate against the Poison Sect."
"The Snake-People Race have also intervened?" Xiao Yan was immediately startled when he heard this as he spoke with some surprise. Although Medusa was the Queen of the Snake-People Race, the Snake-People Race did not have many good feelings toward the Jia Ma Empire. It seemed somewhat impossible for them to lend a hand to the Jia Ma Empire.
"Yes, this is because the Chu Yun Empire had initially placed their aim on them. That big battle caused their Snake-People Race to suffer great losses. If Queen Medusa had not hurried back in time, it was likely that the entire Snake-People Race would be eliminated." Yan Cheng nodded and replied.
"So Cai Lin had suddenly left back then because of this…" Xiao Yan"s eyes flickered slightly. Only now did he know just why Medusa needed to leave in a hurry back then.
"Since everyone"s enemy is the "Poison Sect" from the Chu Yun Empire, they are naturally able to join hands. Although there was still some conflict during this period of time, this completely disappeared after that Jia Lao from the imperial family opened his mouth and promised that he would definitely give the Snake-People Race a plot of land to breed and survive on if they were victorious in the big battle."
"With the help of Medusa and the Snake-People Race, it is likely that the Chu Yun Empire would also suffer right?" Xiao Yan smiled and asked. He still possessed some confidence in the strength of the Yan Alliance. Moreover, the Snake-People Race also had many experts. With this union between the strong, the "Poison Sect" would have to withdraw to avoid the blade of this union regardless of how strong they were.
"If things developed in a normal manner, this would indeed have been the case." Yan Cheng bitterly smiled and sighed. He said, "However, not long after the Snake-People Race announced its alliance with the Jia Ma Empire, the Chu Yun Empire pulled over the other two large empires that beside the Jia Ma Empire. The alliance of the three empires resulted in their strength soaring. It caused the pressure on the Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race to rise greatly."
"Two other large empires?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Two names immediately flashed across his mind, "The Lou Yan Empire and the Mulan Empire?"
"Yes…. these two empires are not weaker than the Jia Ma Empire. They could even be said to be a little stronger than the Jia Ma Empire. These two large empires also possess two large beings that are not much weaker than the Poison Sect within them." Yan Cheng"s expression became somewhat ugly when he spoke until this point. A moment later, he spat out the two sects from his mouth, "The Gold Geese Sect and the Mulan Valley."
"Gold Geese Sect… Mulan Valley…" Xiao Yan softly muttered these two somewhat unfamiliar names in his mouth. His eyes also slowly narrowed.
"The Gold Geese Sect is a powerful faction within the Lou Yan Empire. The Sect Leader, Yan Luo Tian, is also a genuine elite Dou Zong, although he is only at the initial stage of the Dou Zong cla.s.s… Mulan Valley belongs to the Mulan Empire. Although it does not have an elite Dou Zong, it possess an extremely unique combined Qi Method. The people from Mulan calls it the "Three Beast Savage Skill". There are three Elders who practice this Qi Method in the Mulan Valley. Although their individual strengths are merely at the peak of the Dou Huang cla.s.s, once the three of them activate the Three Beast Savage Skill at the same time, they will be able to put up a fight even if they meet a Dou Zong. If one were to discuss their strength, they are not any weaker than Sect Leader Luo Yun Tian." Yan Cheng"s face was flushed red. Due to the over-excitement in his heart, he ended up sending saliva flying all over the place when he spoke.
Xiao Yan"s face gradually became gloomy when he heard Yan Cheng"s words. If this matter was true, the Jia Ma Empire and the Yan Alliance was really in some danger this time around. Three elite Dou Zongs. This line-up… even if it was Medusa, it was impossible for her to block them. It was unexpected that during that short one year where he was undertaking a retreat, the Jia Ma Empire would be turned upside down.
"Originally, the Jia Ma Empire would definitely be unable to endure such a situation even with the support of the Yan Alliance. However, it is fortunate that the interior of the three large empire alliance is also divided. Although the three large sects possessed experts who can contend with a Dou Zong, none of them were willing to be the vanguard and exchange blows with Medusa. After all, with the exception of the Sect Leader from the Poison Sect, Yan Luo Tian from the Gold Geese Sect, and the three Elders from Mulan Valley are no match for her in a one-on-one fight. Moreover, they are all worried that their allies will secretly backstab them should they be seriously injured. Hence, they continue to delay this matter. All they did was send the experts from their sect as hara.s.sment. They aim to use this kind of method to slowly tire out the Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race…" Yan Cheng sighed in a dejected manner.
"Those Poison Masters that we have seen earlier should be members from the Poison Sect that have snuck in. However, what is strange is that so many of them would sneak in at once. Logically speaking, the surroundings of the defensive line have many experts from the Yan Alliance patrolling it." Yan Cheng felt somewhat uncertain when he spoke up to this point. Based on common sense, even if someone managed to occasionally sneak in, he was usually alone. This time around, however…
Yan Cheng who did not have an answer no matter how he thought about it could only shake his head and say, "With the current situation, we can only hope that the Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race will be able to stop them completely. Otherwise, we will really be faced with a broken country and destroyed homes. We are born in Jia Ma and have grown up in Jia Ma. We don"t wish to be hopeless people who had to leave their homeland."
Xiao Yan softly sighed as he looked at the low spirited Mercenaries around him. He patted Yan Cheng"s back and whispered with a bright smile, "Relax, the Yan Alliance will not fall. Anyone who wants to let it collapse will have to step over my corpse. Ke ke, I think that I am really an irresponsible alliance chief to actually fail to partic.i.p.ate in such a big event."
The face of the black-robed, young man was covered by a bright smile. Under the influence of the warm smile, Yan Cheng"s dispirited feelings involuntarily scattered. A countless number of people within the Jia Ma Empire placed their hope in this young man, who was in control of a large being like the "Yan Alliance" at merely the age of twenty. This was because they knew that this young person had the ability to create a miracle.
"Ke ke, The people of the Yan Alliance and us, the people of the Jia Ma Empire, have been waiting for your return. You are now the savior of everyone in the Jia Ma Empire!" Yan Cheng rubbed his somewhat reddened eyes and laughed, "That"s right, if chief wishes to head to the front line, you can hurry to the eastern Black Mountain Fortress. The battles there are the most intense. Most of the experts from the Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race are there."
"Since that is the case, Xiao Yan shall not stay any longer!"
Xiao Yan smiled. His gaze swept toward the distant eastern sky. He slowly nodded and did not say any other words as he cupped his hands toward Yan Cheng. Jade-green fire wings slowly extended out from his back. Immediately, his body rose into the sky in front of the many respectful gazes.
"Everyone, hold on, Xiao Yan has returned!"
Xiao Yan"s gaze looked into the distant eastern sky. He muttered to himself within his heart before flapping his fire wings, transforming into a ray of light as he rushed over.