554 Captive (1/2)
”Spiritual technique? Divine technique?”
Fang Yuan stared at the enemy general, who exhaled clouds of white mist, with interest.
This person's abilities reminded him of the witches.
Even though the blood of the witches flowed in his veins, it had been greatly diluted. His natural talent in the divine technique was only because the spiritual technique that he practised enjoyed a chemistry with his constitution and bloodline.
”General Heng and Ha*?”
Fang Yuan had arrived at a silent conclusion.
”He's a realm energy practitioner!”
Meng Kuo palmed his fist.
”These Dongyi people have actually managed to enlist the help of realm energy practitioners?”
'Realm energy practitioners? Could this become a system to be developed by the world in the future?'
Fang Yuan looked at Meng Kuo.
”What are realm energy practitioners?”
”Jie...this isn't the right time to ask questions.”
Meng Kuo loosed a few arrows with his bow with a helpless look on his face.
”After we win this battle, I'll tell you everything!”
”Alright, I'll hold you to it!”
Fang Yuan snatched the whip over from the charioteer and rushed towards the enemy general.
The white mists enveloping the general were intimidating. None of the Shang men had dared to approach him, giving him free rein to wreak havoc.
He laughed out coldly when he saw Meng Kuo's approaching chariot.
”Here comes someone with a death wish!”
The enemy general manoeuvred his spear and thrust it towards the chariot.
”Dang!”
Fang Yuan parried the blow with his sword. A dark gleam rushed along the blade of the sword as it split the spear into two parts.
”Impressive!”
The enemy general was shocked but recovered himself quickly. He exhaled another cloud of white mist and pounced towards Fang Yuan.
'Actually...this person is merely an amateur. That trick he is doing with the white mist is but a simple trick of deception. Still, I cannot reveal my abilities yet…”
Considering the power level of Fang Yuan's divine soul and true aura, he could probably resist the combined efforts of the real Generals Heng and Ha to take him down.
Nevertheless, Fang Yuan had to conceal his true powers. He quickly grabbed the charioteer over and used him as a human shield.
”Thump!”
The white mist had caused the charioteer to fall unconscious to the ground.
At this point, Fang Yuan threw out his sword in a deadly piercing move.
”Slash!”
The enemy general barely avoided the full brunt of sword slash. A large gash had been torn into his shoulder. He fell off his horse and tried to make a run for it.
”No one escapes me!”
Fang Yuan drove the chariot after him and thrust the sword forward once more. This time, it sank into the face of the enemy general.
”Ughh…”
The enemy fell to the ground and was taken alive by Fang Yuan.
”Jie has taken the enemy!”
Meng Kuo lifted up his bow with a shout when he saw Fang Yuan's catch.
”Jie has taken the enemy!'
The surrounding Shang soldiers who had witnessed the events echoed after Meng Kuo and broke out into cheers of jubilation. The morale of the soldiers had received a great boost.
”Jie? A true warrior!”
Senior Fang and the other officials watched on with a multitude of expressions but all of them were impressed.
”The Guru has been captured!”
”The Guru has been defeated!”
In contrast to the Shang, consternation broke out within the ranks of the Dongyi warriors as they made a confused and hasty retreat.
”Chase them down! Chase them down!”
Upon seeing the rout of the Dongyi army, Senior Fang ordered the Shang soldiers to pursue them without hesitation.
The Shang soldiers were more ferocious than the Dongyi soldiers to begin with. They had experienced losses earlier on because the Dongyi general had intimidated them with his brash confidence.
Now that they were rid of this factor, the Shang soldiers began to mount their counter-attack.
”Charge!”
Fang Yuan and Meng Kuo both took a chariot and rode towards the enemy. As they drove the horses along, they mowed down the enemy soldiers in their way. Meng Kuo was especially awesome as he loosed streams of arrows at the enemy.
”It's a pity that there aren't any other powerful figures!”
Fang Yuan could not be bothered to count the number of Dongyi soldiers he had cut down. He was slightly disappointed that he had not managed to find another opponent who was capable of displaying a divine technique.
The scorching sun illuminated the chaotic battlefield.
The rout of the Dongyi army was a disastrous affair and the Shang soldiers had all but destroyed them.
In the end, the Shang army had defeated the Bai, Yue and Shan Dongyi divisions. They had killed two thousand enemy soldiers and had captured another three thousand. It was an overwhelming victory.