Chapter 46 (1/2)

Many men sneaked out of the military camp at dusk.

They would unquestionably be courting death if they did this during a war, but Yan Chengcai had obviously made well-thought-out arrangements tonight. Even if the patrols noticed them, they would just walk past without looking at them, and would leave them alone.

The night battle’s location had to be very particular. It could not be too close to the military camp, or the noise would surely draw attention. However, it could not be too far either, or it would be troublesome for them to return to the camp before sunrise.

Yan Chengcai and the others were very experienced, thus they traveled roughly 2.5 kilometers out of the military camp without making a sound.

With a bit of moonlight, they made their way to a spot.

After checking each other’s equipment, they sat down to rejuvenate themselves. They were pa.s.sionate and full of spirit earlier at the barracks, but they became extremely calm when the battle was happening soon, by which none of them made noise.

Ou Yangming watched them quietly. Although he had seen soldiers training on the training ground, it was his first time seeing actual combat like this.

Soon enough, some figures were seen approaching from another direction.

Yan Chengcai mentioned softly, “Master Ou, you can watch from here, but don’t show yourself.”

“Okay.” Ou Yangming quickly nodded. Honestly, he had the impulse to give this a go, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

After all, this was a fight between two camps, and the most he could do was to provide them with equipment. If he were to get involved, he would likely be in trouble.

Once Yan Chengcai waved his hand, he and his men stood up together. They covered their faces with scarves, and covered their arm guards and greaves with their sleeves before heading toward their opponents.

The moon was not that bright at that moment. Though they were on empty ground, they could only see blurred figures if they were too far away.

Seeing as both parties were almost within each other’s reach, one of them retrieved a fire igniter to light a torch and then threw it. The moment the torch landed, it stuck to a hole in the ground firmly.

It was then that the men from both sides could roughly see each other.

Ou Yangming initially thought that they would communicate before fighting, but the instant the flames on the torch stabilized, both sides roared at the same time, “Charge!”

With that, twenty men charged at each other.

Though each party only had ten men, they were all soldiers, hence they did not fight messily. The men from each side advanced and retreated orderly as though they were one person as a whole.

“Bam, bam, bam…”

The first two people to clash were Yan Chengcai and Huang Jingtian. Even with their faces covered, they identified each other right away.

They first launched multiple hits at each other, and they either dodged or defended. When their arms clashed, ear-splitting sounds of metal clas.h.i.+ng were heard.

Arm guards. Both of them were wearing arm guards.

Huang Jingtian was not surprised at all. He knew that Yan Chengcai’s father was a squad leader, so it would not be hard for him to acquire arm guards. Nevertheless, it was not easy to gather ten pairs of arm guards in a day.

Furthermore, Huang Jingtian was wearing Good Grade arm guards!

In spite of that, he noticed after a few exchanges of blows that something was off.

What a mighty force!

It was evident from their arm powers that Yan Chengcai was more powerful than Huang Jingtian, so the latter’s arms were numbed.

What was happening? It was not Huang Jingtian and Yan Chengcai’s first encounter as they exchanged blows a few times on different occasions other than the previous night battle. The men from Huang Jingtian’s side recalled Yan Chengcai’s power to be on a par with Huang Jingtian’s. How did he have the upper hand this time?

Fortunately, Huang Jingtian’s face was covered, or the other would see that he was grimacing in pain.

After confronting his opponent heedlessly for a few times, Huang Jingtian dared not just go head-on. He s.h.i.+fted his body to retreat, but Yan Chengcai suddenly took a leap forward and moved as fast as lightning without giving him a chance to respond.

A punch was aimed at Huang Jingtian’s chest, the force was swift and violent.

Huang Jingtian lowered his body. He fell to the ground at that crucial moment, then rolled backward like a rubber ball.

Despite that, he sensed a strong wind brus.h.i.+ng past his scalp. After managing a narrow escape, he was traumatized as Yan Chengcai had somehow changed into another person. Someone who was not an easy opponent at all due to his mighty power and fast speed.

Perhaps Huang Jingtian and his men would have to gang up against Yan Chengcai after the other opponents were taken down.

That being said, a shrieking cry pierced the silent night sky at the next moment. Huang Jingtian was terrified as the cry was not from their opponent.

Instead of shouting, both parties were fighting quietly under the night sky.

It was supposedly hard for both sides to break each other’s formation as they adopted their military formation, but moments after they began fighting, Ou Yangming noticed a huge change.