Chapter 398 - Military Orders Must Be Obeyed (1/2)

Chapter 398 Military Orders Must Be Obeyed

“Roar…”

At the bottom of the city walls, numerous ferocious beasts appeared again. They swarmed in from all directions like tides, causing the enormous prefecture to be fully surrounded

On top of the main gate, Li Xinfan and the others looked ghastly when they saw the endless beast herd below. Their minds were unusually weighed down.

“Where exactly did the beast herd come from?” Wu Haohan furrowed his eyebrows and asked, “You went through this once, so did you not learn your lesson?”

Wu Haohan was only a martial artist at the peak of Yang Grade but had a special ident.i.ty. Not only was he a disciple from the imperial family, but most importantly, he was also Her Royal Highness’ head guard. To him, the princess’s safety was his priority. Therefore, when the bosses from Changlong County’s prefecture let the beasts surround the city twice but still could not find the reason behind them, he felt that they were doing an indecent job and were disregarding Her Royal Highness’s safety.

Deng Xiyuan’s lips trembled as he could not justify the situation, so he turned to look at Li Xinfan.

“General Wu, I’ve already sent many mounted scouts to search around the city, so we have ears and eyes within 50 kilometers from here, but…” Li Xinfan forced a smile and shook his head, “The beast herd came without casting a shadow and left without a trace. By the time we noticed them, they’ve already gathered as a huge group, and we can’t even deliver messages anymore.”

Wu Haohan asked after a moment of hesitation, “General Li, what do you plan to do now/”

Li Xinfan immediately answered, “I’ll defend the prefecture until the very end. I’ll live if the city survives, and I’ll die if the city’s destroyed!”

He spoke firmly and with a fearless spirit, exciting the guts of many soldiers around him.

“We’ll live if the city survives, and we’ll die if the city’s destroyed!”

As though they had practiced this hundreds and thousands of times, the soldiers shouted in unison.

Wu Haohan and many powerhouses from the capital looked at each other as they felt something.

The soldiers were not yelling the slogan for fun, it was a belief that had been engraved in their hearts for a long time.

Nonetheless, they shuddered with fear when they thought about what would happen if the city was wrecked.

“Hehe, General Li, you don’t need to do this.” Elder Universe laughed out loud and stroked his beard. “We were worried before Lil’ Friend Ou came, but now… So what if the spirit beast comes? We’ll attack it together with our magic tools and make sure it’s slaughtered!”

Everyone else including He Liangce, who was standing behind, agreed to it.

The integration of the lost arts, which involved sacrifices, from the He family and the Ni family could unleash a strength capable of killing the spirit beast.

Nevertheless, as proud as He Liangce and the Ni family’s great ancestors were, they never thought the resulting power could surmount the Supreme Great Ancestors armed with magic tools and magic armors.

In a way, the a.s.sembled power in Changlong County’s prefecture was the greatest in history. If the beast tide could not be stopped with this, even Wu Yuanwei—the Humans’ number one powerhouse-would not be able to turn the tide.

Despite that, Li Xinfan did not relax at all; he looked grimmer than before.

Wu Haohan asked in a deep voice, “General Li, why are you still frowning?”

Li Xinfan shook his head and asked, “Senior Universe, you’re the only one among us who has experienced the previous disaster. May I ask how that disaster’s scale was as compared to this time?”

Elder Universe replied with a straight face, “General Li, regardless of the scale, can we back away?”

“Thank you, senior, I learned something new,” Li Xinfan responded after a moment of silence.

He turned around and said to Ou Yangming, “Master Ou, as the commander this time, I’ll be coordinating everything and giving orders. Are you willing to obey me?” Li Xinfan would not have asked so politely if he was speaking to other people, even if they were Supreme Great Ancestors from the capital. After all, since the great ancestors decided to come to the prefecture, they were bound to obey the commander’s orders regardless of their statuses, and whoever violated those orders would not be spared.

Having said that, Ou Yangming’s status was special. As bold as Li Xinfan was, he would not overstep the boundary.

Ou Yangming bowed and responded seriously, “General Li, rest a.s.sured that I won’t hesitate at all wherever your military flag is—even if it’s in a dragon’s lair or a tiger’s den!”

The faces of the other people changed as they cast unfriendly looks at Li Xinfan. In particular, the Supreme Great Ancestors from the capital exchanged glances and secretly decided that they would protect Ou Yangming no matter what.

Li Xinfan smiled as he was relieved. He reached out his hand and uttered, “A gentleman.” “Never goes back on his word.” Ou Yangming reached out his hand too to high-five the general. “Great! I’ll give my first order now,” Li Xinfan announced loudly with bright eyes, “Master Ou, no matter how intense the battle is against the beast herd, you mustn’t get involved at all. If the prefecture falls, please protect Her Royal Highness and escape.”

Ou Yangming was stupefied, and he looked at Li Xinfan in disbelief.

He could not imagine the experienced elder would give such an extreme and strange order.

However, it was then that he heard sighs of relief from the people around him.