Chapter 1145 – The Straightforward You and Me, Him and Her on the Paper (1/2)
Chapter 1145 – The Straightforward You and Me, Him and Her on the Paper
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
After Wang Po and the Demon Commander's clash of blades, the first to move was not the Prince of Xiang leaping out of the sun, nor was it Black Robe hidden behind all her schemes. It was Divine General He Ming.
He rubbed his tired face and walked to the gate of the camp, looking into the distance.
The wolf cavalry had stopped their assault. Like several streams of black water, they retreated into the dark path at the base of Mount Nuorilang.
The Demon Commander left in defeat, the Prince of Xiang followed, and the Mount Li Sect Master chased after him.
Huai Ren was sitting on the ground, treating her injuries. Mao Qiuyu was blocking the Third and Eighth Demon Generals. Wang Po was still standing at his original position, not moving a muscle.
The duke from Xuelao City landed on the plains, sending dirt flying into the air. He could barely stand, and his body was covered all over in wounds. He seemed to be on the verge of death.
”You are the human commander-in-chief?”
The duke looked at He Ming, a crazed expression appearing in his eyes. ”Then your luck today is truly awful.”
Even though he was about to die, even though Divine General He Ming was a Star Condensation expert, the threshold of the Divine Domain was truly very high. He truly did have the ability to kill He Ming.
The disciples of South Stream Temple surrounded the Central Army Camp like scattered white flowers.
They had not expected this expert of the Divine Domain to drop from the sky, so they fell into a panic.
Ye Xiaolian was unperturbed, crisply calling, ”Draw in!”
Divine General He Ming shouted, ”Disperse!”
His voice was calm but firm.
Ye Xiaolian was very confused, even a little angry, but she recalled the temple master's orders and gritted her teeth. ”All disciples, disperse!”
The white flowers drifted away, the surrounding tents collapsing in their wake.
Several hundred crossbowmen pointed their Sacred Light crossbows at the blood-covered duke.
The several hundred crossbows fired their Sacred Light arrows as one, forming a beam of light several feet thick that pierced through his body.
More than half of the duke's demon body vanished.
He lowered his head to examine his body, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
A dense clattering of footsteps broke the silence as the soldiers returned from the battlefield.
Before the soldiers could digest the shock and astonishment brought by the sight before them, they heard an order that was even more stunning.
Divine General He Ming declared, ”We move out in sixty seconds.”
A deputy general asked in shock, ”Commander, where are we going?”
He Ming replied, ”Xuelao City, of course.”
He spoke these words as if there was no other answer.
Ye Xiaolian was shocked. This sight made her recall the young master of the Tang clan on the Divine Avenue many years ago, and also that Senior Su Li that the temple master occasionally mentioned.
The specific arrangements were left to the staff officers and generals. Divine General He Ming returned to the main tent. He went to that gloomiest corner and softly said, ”I must trouble the Holy Maiden.”
Xu Yourong opened her eyes and asked, ”How confident are you of success?”
She had not closed her eyes for quite a few days and was thoroughly fatigued.
She had originally planned to have a good rest today, but she ended up being dragged to the storage tent to chat with the Mount Li Sect Master. Once the Mount Li Sect Master finally left, she hid in the main tent, leaning against a box in the hopes of getting some rest. But the battle ended before she had much time to rest, and yet again, another person came to bother her.
She had not slept well, and her mood was not very pleasant, so her tone was naturally quite rude.
Divine General He Ming pondered this question and replied, ”Thirty percent.”
Xu Yourong contemplated this answer. ”That's enough.”
Divine General Holy Maiden sighed, ”Speaking with the Holy Maiden is truly straightforward.”
Xu Yourong agreed, ”This statement is correct. If it were Chen Changsheng, it truly would be troublesome.”
She took an object made of bronze out of her sleeve.
It was the magical artifact that Shang Xingzhou had forged from the Clear Sky Mirror.
She was not intending to communicate with the capital, as the other magical artifact was not in Chen Changsheng's hand, but Xue He's.
She told Xue He two things.
One: the Prince of Xiang was heavily injured and would not be able to return to the nine camps of the Western Army in the short term.
Two: Commander-in-Chief He Ming was ordering the entire Western Army to move out. In three days, they needed to enter the heartland of the Bunun Highlands and conquer Suluo City.
Xue He probably well understood the meaning of these two pieces of information.
And he had the guarantee of both Divine General He Ming and Xu Yourong.
Just as expected, Xue He went to the Right Camp on the same night and seized the Prince of Xiang's martial authority, upon which he ordered all nine camps of the Western Army to begin moving north.
The Central Army and the Eastern Army began to move out at the same time.
The fastest was North Third Camp of the Eastern Army's vanguard.
They marched throughout the night, bypassing Starstrewn Gorge, breaking through the Wutai River, and seizing the most important military pass on the southern border of the Bunun Highlands.
Using this as the breakthrough point, the human armies advanced with unimaginable speed, slicing the steely second defense line of the demons into three.
The most important factor was time. The seventeen days lost in the first phase of the campaign were completely seized back in this process.