Chapter 209: The Ambush (1/2)

All around the outside of Duan Ren City , the Chi Xie troops were watching the flames as they engulfed the city. After the order was given, they all urged their horses on and galloped towards Duan Ren City at full speed.

In the blink of an eye, the Chi Xie troops arrived in front of Duan Ren City with their bows in hand. The flames were already soaring higher and higher. Amongst the Chi Xie troops, all of them had prepared for this moment beforehand.

The heads of their arrows were already alight with raging fire and immediately after that, they released their arrows from their bows and a fiery rain of arrows fell upon the city.

What seemed like an endless rain of burning arrows continued to rain down on the city. The scene was magnificent and tragic.

Immediately after, the Mo Yue troops looked at the rain of burning arrows filling the sky above them. They were astonished. It seemed like the heavens were punishing them.

After the Chi Xie troops shot the first volley of arrows, they then started to circle the city releasing volley after volley of fiery death. The scene was so bright that it seemed like the sun had risen early.

Shortly after, the entire city of Duan Ren was a sea of flames. At that moment, chaos and disorder struck the Mo Yue troops. That sudden attack had surprised them. They had fallen into a firetrap.

At the same time, inside the city, Lin Feng and the elite soldiers were assassinating the higher ranking commanders who could relay orders to stop the chaos.

If they had been prepared and ready to fight, it would have been difficult, however using these burning arrows it was possible to injure or kill cultivators of the third Ling Qi layer and even the elites of higher cultivation levels. Of course, it was very difficult to injure the stronger cultivators but it was enough to injure and kill the troops around them. That had been enough to create chaos amongst the Mo Yue troops.

That blazing fire made the Mo Yue troops unable to return to formation and organize their army. It was even more chaotic amongst their horses.

At that moment, Mo Jie was inside his room getting dressed.

A burning arrow shot past him him. He was calm yet looked pensive.

“Burning the entire city with flaming arrows, Liu Cang Lan really deserves his nickname “The Divine Arrow”.” said Mo Jie while sounding indifferent. Immediately after, he said: “I order all the troops to move back towards the northern gate. Don’t extinguish the fire and don’t chase those who have entered the city. Just move back to the northern gate and get prepared to welcome them.” when Mo Jie finished talking, his order was relayed to all their troops throughout the burning city.

At that moment, all the Mo Yue troops had stopped trying to extinguish the fire and stopped fighting against the infiltrators. They were all moving towards the northern gate of the city.

Inside the city, a soldier was killed in the blink of an eye. At the same time, Mo Jie’s order had been relayed to all of the troops so they no longer looked for Lin Feng or tried to stop him. Lin Feng could also now ignore them and started to move towards the north gate.

The soldiers who had been chasing Lin Feng were not the only ones to obey the order and stop fighting, all the army without exception followed orders. Nobody dared to call the order into question. They hadn’t felt the slightest bit of hesitation.

“Mo Jie has such a strong influence on his troops.” thought Lin Feng when he saw that scene. The Mo Yue Country had the goal to make Mo Jie their national symbol, to make them worship him as a god amongst men. Mo Jie, obviously enjoyed such a prestigious reputation in Mo Yue.

There was no one who doubted his strength and talent.

Staying in such a chaotic situation and being unable act rationally could have led to heavy losses for their army. Gathering the troops together in one place was the best reaction to counter the enemies strategy. It would enable them to concentrate their strength and break free from the encirclement.

“Now, all we have to do is rely on Uncle Liu.” thought Lin Feng. Immediately after, he sheathed his sword and ran like mad through the flames. He was running shoulder to shoulder with the other troops towards the northern gate.

At that moment, even though the Mo Yue troops were trying to gather altogether, chaos was still present amongst them. Lin Feng was wearing a Mo Yue armor so there was no chance that anybody would find out who he was unless he attacked them.

Besides, it was impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to know every single face within the army.

At the northern gate, there was an unceasing rain of arrows falling from the sky. The strong cultivators of the Mo Yue Country had gathered there. Some of them could control ice, snow and water. Therefore, they could easily extinguish the fire. In the entire city of Duan Ren, the northern gate was the safest place but it was also covered in darkness.

But in a short time, about a hundred thousand troops had already gathered there and the number of people seemed to be increasing over time.

The crowd was extremely silent. They could distinctly hear the chaos in the distance as well as the people’s steps near them.

At that moment, Mo Jie was standing in front of the crowd looking towards the city gate and said while sounding indifferent: “Open the gate.”

“Open the gate.” shouted a high-ranking soldier. While the gate was being opened, a rumbling noises spread through the air.

“Five thousand elite cavalry, open the way and secure the path two kilometres ahead.” said Mo Jie. Some armored cavalry gathered, they urged on their horses and moved towards the exit of the city.

In the middle of the night, they couldn’t see a great deal so they also couldn’t see if they were running into an ambush. However, even in the case of an ambush, it was impossible for the entire army to get killed.

In the middle of the crowd, Lin Feng looked at the soldiers who were remaining calm. Mo Jie was truly terrifying.