Chapter 898 - Ren Xiaosus New Skill Combo (1/2)
Translator: Legge
The 7th Division managed to evacuate safely. Although thousands of soldiers still died in the battle, the barbarians were unable to continue pursuing them after Old Xu had charged into their formation. They had to go back to eliminate Ren Xiaosu and Old Xu.
When the expeditionary army was forced to give up pursuing the 7th Division, they found it unbelievable that their over 7,000-strong army would get held back by two people.
Of course, the expeditionary army was still unaware that those two people on the battlefield were actually the same person.
While retreating, P5067 kept looking back at the battlefield until he could no longer see anyone anymore.
His adjutant lamented, “That was probably the most unforgettable sight I’ve seen in my life. He could even pick his ear leisurely while facing a group of the barbarians’ army by himself. It shows how confident he is and feels like he isn’t threatened by the expeditionary army at all. The era of ‘The Rise of Gods’ has really arrived….”
P5067 agreed with what he said. He had never seen anything like this before. That young man was picking his ear in the face of several thousand troops! Moreover, he felt that something like that was totally unprecedented and would never be seen again.
P5067 sighed emotionally and said, “No wonder he’s on par with the Demon Whisperer. Furthermore, the shock he brought has an even greater impact than Li Shentan. After all, his is a direct combat superpower. Let’s hope he can successfully get away after holding off the expeditionary army for half an hour.”
“Someone said that all supernatural beings were going to get ranked. When the time comes, I’d like to see what that young man’s ranking is. If he doesn’t make it to the top three, I’m gonna say that the ranking has no credibility at all!” the adjutant said firmly.
For now, as long as Ren Xiaosu could hold off the barbarians for half an hour, the 1st and 4th Divisions in the south and the 7th Division would successfully reach the defensive line 15 kilometers to the rear and join up with P5092 of the 3rd Division.
But unfortunately for the 5th Division, they would definitely not be able to escape since they did not have Ren Xiaosu’s help. As such, their division commander also made the decision to provide cover and try to buy some time for the other divisions to retreat.
In short, if everything else went smoothly, the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 3rd Divisions could return south of the Great Wall.
However, they still needed to race against time, because the 6th Division that was holding off the expeditionary army’s main forces in the north had likely been completely wiped out by now, and the barbarians in the north would start pursuing southwards again.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu looked extremely calm as he stood in the crowd of the barbarians’ troops. His confident look left the barbarians feeling uncertain.
However, this was probably the stacked effect brought on by his Ear Picking power. He also thought that if it were his enemy picking their ears when facing him, he would probably feel bewildered as well and wonder if the other party had any other aces up their sleeves…
After all, even Ren Xiaosu himself felt he was being way too arrogant by picking his ear in the middle of a battle.
But there was nothing he could do about it. Ren Xiaosu did not want to do it either, but this was his superpower. If he did not pick his ears here, he would probably have died already.
Therefore, both the expeditionary army and the 7th Division had actually misunderstood him.
While he was pondering, the barbarians around him kept up their attacks with their axes. The barbarians used all of their strength to try to kill Ren Xiaosu right here, right now. But when their axes came within 30 centimeters of Ren Xiaosu, they encountered an invisible resistance.
The barbarians tended to be very forceful when they swung their axes. At this moment, Ren Xiaosu’s Ear Picking reflected all of the forces back and instantly caused a barbarian to lose grip of his axe and dislocate his wrist!
As the expeditionary army always solved their problems through the use of force, they had never encountered such a strange situation like this before.
The barbarians did not really understand much about supernatural beings in the Central Plains. All they had was a rough idea. Right now, the puzzled barbarians only felt that this supernatural being from the Central Plains was way too powerful. They wondered how many other supernatural beings in the Central Plains could face an entire army alone like that?
The crack of the sniper rifle had stopped. This was something Ren Xiaosu had specifically instructed Yang Xiaojin to do. Once the 7th Division managed to get away, she should immediately stop shooting. That was because he would be heavily surrounded at that time. If the expeditionary army’s main forces sent out many of their barbarians to look for the sniper, Yang Xiaojin would be in danger.