Chapter 339 (1/2)

The Southern Mountain Range was established on combat prowess.

Founded within the mountains and forests, surrounded by fearsome beasts yet being able to expand and thrive through forming of settlements, the Southern Mountain Range had never lacked brave warriors. It could even be said that if one was born within the Southern Mountain Range, he was destined to become a brave warrior.

The structure of settlements was able to provide better training for the warriors of the Southern Mountain Range. However, the same settlement structure also restricted the Southern Mountain Range, making it impossible for the Southern Mountain Range to create a cultural heritage like the Great Xia.

In reality, all the kings of the Southern Mountain Range in history had the ambition to unite the settlements. However, it was too difficult.

The different cultures and the unique geographical limitations made this goal exceedingly hard to realise.

Even the most basic factor, traffic.

The Southern Mountain Range had no way of achieving this. Building roads and cutting across mountains were already extremely tedious tasks. Building roads and cutting across mountains in a landscape filled with fearsome beasts was even harder.

Because, there were some beasts that even the king of the Southern Mountain Range didn't dare to disturb.

Hence, culture could not spread.

This naturally resulted in a huge weakness.

That was, a lack of advisors!

Princess Shan Yu would never take any interest in a spy from the Great Xia. She wouldn't even take a second glance at a talent who possessed extraordinary powers.

However, when met with one who knew how to strategize and plan military formations, she would definitely take a third glance, a fourth glance, a fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth glance…

That feeling was like a plot of farmland faced with drought seeing the spring rain. Excitement, an inexplicable excitement.

”Matrix? It is really a matrix!” Princess Shan Yu didn't know how Fang Zhengzhi achieved it. But, she was absolutely sure that Fang Zhengzhi had employed a certain matrix in throwing down the nails onto the arena.

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know what Princess Shan Yu was currently thinking.

What he was thinking now was very simple. That was to deplete. Or, demonstrate even more greatly the advantage he had in this compet.i.tion. As for the nails…

Naturally, he couldn't throw them out at random. After all, those things didn't really know who was their master. Hence, in order to prevent harming himself, it was actually not too difficult to throw them out in a pattern.

The results were obvious.

At the very least, Fang Zhengzhi could see the horrified and stunned expressions of the soldiers below the arena.

In reality, the soldiers were much more horrified compared to what Fang Zhengzhi imagined. Because, they would never have imagined such an outcome.

The great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range.

Was in a miserably beaten-up state on the arena due to a little spy from the Great Xia.

Ever since the start of the compet.i.tion, General Tai hadn't ever touched a single hair of Fang Zhengzhi's while himself suffering multiple punches and palm strikes.

Not only was his face battered and swollen, his blood also spurted everywhere.

Now, even more shockingly…

Due to Fang Zhengzhi's multiple arrows coming from the left and right, he was in a state of feverish restlessness rolling around on the arena with nails stuck all over his palms and clothes.

Even his beard wasn't spared, with a few nails latched onto it.

He looked nothing like a Tiger General.

In comparison, Fang Zhengzhi's expression was leisurely and extremely relaxed, drawing the Fire Rattan Bow in his hand into a full moon over and over again, arrows flying out one by one. He was completely unstoppable.

”General Tai, be careful!”

Just as a soldier's reminder sounded out.

On the arena, an arrow finally hit General Tai. Twenty to thirty arrows had already been shot towards his direction. He was already getting fatigued from the dodging as he became increasingly stressed.

Under such circ.u.mstances, mistakes were naturally unpreventable.

One arrow!

Shot through General Tai's arm as blood splattered out, dissipating themselves in the air before slowly dripping down on the arena.

”Ah!” General Tai shouted out in pain.

Even though his flesh and bones were hard as metal, under such close distances, faced with arrows shot from the Fiery Rattan Bow and with his state suppressed, he had no way of blocking.

”Is he going to lose?”

”Is General Tai really going to lose?”

Even now, the soldiers weren't able to believe that the powerful and ferocious tiger-like General Tai would lose in the hands of a small spy from the Great Xia.

General Tai's face turned purple. He didn't rush to pull out the arrow. Because, even the most painful wound from an arrow wouldn't be able to cause him to anything more than frown.

However, the wound in his heart caused his lips to quiver.

He swept his gaze across the soldiers standing under the arena.

From their faces, he saw despair.

A powerful sense of despair.

”No! I, the great Tiger General, cannot lose. I must not lose!” General Tai roared angrily but silently. Light flashed in his tiger eyes, fixated upon Fang Zhengzhi as his pupils gave off an icy glow.

He tightened his grip on the huge black axe in his hand so tightly that his fingers began to turn white.

Right at this moment,.

Another whistling sound rang out in his ear. An arrow shot towards his face, carrying along with it a faint red glow with a speed like that of a meteor.

This time, General Tai didn't roll about like he did previously.

Instead, he forcefully twisted his head towards the right.

The arrow brushed across his cheek, lighting up the beard on his face.

However, General Tai didn't seem to mind this. Instead, he charged forward with blazing speed, his feet directly slamming onto the nails as if they were invisible.

”Putting his life on the line?” Fang Zhengzhi only had to take one look at General Tai's state to know what he was thinking.

He had already antic.i.p.ated this.

As the saying goes, a panicked dog could jump over a wall. This was the great Tiger General of the Southern Mountain Range, a Tiger General who was high up in position and respected by thousands of soldiers.

If General Tai truly gave up that easily.

Then, it would truly be impossible for him to become the great Tiger General who led thousands of troops in the Southern Mountain Range.

The opponent had disregarded death…

Who to do?

Naturally, it was to fight fire with water.

Fang Zhengzhi wasn't afraid of close combat. At the very least, he wasn't afraid of close combat with someone unable to use his enlightenment state, especially when an arrow was shot through the arm of this person.

However, he still felt that he had to end fast.

Else, if he dragged for too long, it wouldn't be a very happy occasion if this General Tai grew enraged from the shame.

The finale…

Had to be grand!

Just as Fang Zhengzhi began to consider what pose he would make, General Tai was already in front of him. This caused him to feel somewhat surprised.

This didn't make sense. Why was he so fast?

When Fang Zhengzhi looked at General Tai, he realised something wasn't quite right.

Because, in General Tai's eyes, he inferred an intent to kill, a powerful killing intent that came from the heart. And, most importantly, there was a strange transformation within General Tai's pupils.

Those pupils didn't seem like that of humans anymore...

Instead, they glowed with a lush green colour. Shades of green flooded General Tai's eyes. They were extremely icy, and extremely chilling.

”Oh no!” Fang Zhengzhi instinctively wanted to retreat.