Chapter 60 (1/2)
Even if the bandits had a stroke of luck and could find an escape path down the mountain, they could only be burned to death as they had lost their ships.
Other than the bandits at the major constellation stage, the rest wouldn’t be able to escape this tribulation.
Xia Qingchen single-handedly wiped out almost the entire bandit group by himself!
If news of this were to spread out, no one would dare to believe it!
Xia Qingchen’s inner force seethed on the tip of his toes, and the small boat moved forward by himself, sending up waves that were three zhangs tall.
Right now, he wanted to look for a secluded place and try taking one of the Yunluo Sacred Leaves.
However, at this moment, Xia Qingchen suddenly felt a threatening feeling behind him!
Without a second thought, he jumped into the lake.
Almost at the same time, a pitch-black missile descended from the sky, smashing onto his small boat, instantly blasting it into smithereens!
Thankfully, Xia Qingchen had been decisive and managed to avoid it!
He looked up from the water, and to his surprise, he saw three extremely massive battleships that were slowly heading over.
“Battleships?” Xia Qingchen was stunned.
Those were battleships that were unique to the duchy’s navy!
Why did they appear here?
He looked over and saw the bow of the battleship in the middle.
There were ten beautiful ladies who looked elegant and dignified, wearing female attendant garments. All of them were standing in a row.
In front of them, there was a valiant-looking lady dressed in silver clothes.
She looked very beautiful and anyone who saw her would find her unforgettable!
“Don’t let any bandit escape. Go onto the island and kill!” the silver-clothed lady gave a command coldly.
Many small boats came down from the battleships, carrying many navy soldiers onto the island.
They followed the fire and gradually searched their way up the mountain.
Whenever any bandits fled from the intense fire, these navy soldiers would kill them all.
Xia Qingchen was struck by a realization.
The bandits’ previous massacre of an entire city had caused the duchy to be in outrage and make up its mind to wipe out the bandits.
That was why this entire scene was taking place!
And he was leaving the island, wearing the bandits’ clothes.
That was why he was mistaken as one of the bandits and was struck by a cannonball unjustly!
A small boat was heading in Xia Qingchen’s direction, specially coming to check if he had been killed!
Xia Qingchen circulated his inner force and sank further into the water, making it hard for the small boat to detect him. The small boat then turned to head back.
He then took the opportunity to float back up and held onto the boat’s stern.
This lake was too big and it was impossible for him to swim back to the shore.
Moreover, there were three huge battleships behind him. Even if he were to get his hand on the boat, he’d just receive another cannonball.
Therefore, he could only choose to take the risk!
When they got closer to the battleship, he secretly climbed up along the anchor chain.
After the time taken for half an incense to burn, he arrived at the bottom of the ship.
There were clear sounds of people talking above him.
“Young Mistress, the great triumph in this expedition to wipe out the bandits will definitely greatly please His Majesty!” said one of the female attendants.
The silver-clothed lady looked at the island that was covered in flames, her expression filled with scorn.
“The bandits are just insignificant small fries. How can this be considered a great triumph?” The silver-clothed lady was very arrogant. She was clearly not an ordinary lady.
“Young Mistress has great ambitions and even men can’t be compared to you!” voiced the female attendants respectfully.
The silver-clothed lady looked at them and said with a sigh, “In my lifetime, there’s only one and a half people I admire!”
The first one is the phenomenal genius Yu Qingyang! As someone of the same age, I can only look up to his achievements!”
“The other half is my royal brother. He has an acute foresight, having great plans for the world. He can be on par with me.”
“All the other men are just worthless characters and not worth paying attention to!”
She was too arrogant, so much so that she looked down on all the men in the duchy.
However, just as she was commenting on all the men in the world, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of her in a flash!
Xia Qingchen jumped up from the anchor chain and just happened to land right in front of the silver-clothed lady.
The silver-clothed lady was clearly stunned.