Tempest of the Battlefield

“Young master, our rations are low. We need to find more…Otherwise, our men will not be able to make it through.” Lie Wushuang urged.

“What did Wang Tong and his men eat while they were out here? I am sure that we had brought more food than him. Yet, they have been here much longer than us.” Yin Kun complained. The elite soldiers of House Lie were all powerful and ambitious warriors. Before they entered the Zerg land, they were confident that their expedition would be a smashing success. However, reality quickly taught them a hard lesson.

“What did they eat?”

No one had enough energy to ponder over such questions. Luckily, the team’s morale was still unshaken. After all, they were the best soldiers of the most prestigious house on Mars. However, they could not feed on their reputation and honor. Therefore, Lie Jian would have to figure out a solution to the food crisis sooner than later. In addition, they need to know what their next move was, as they couldn’t simply sit here and wait for the Zergs to pick them off. But, where could they go when they were in such a terrible condition?

They were stuck.

“They must be starving just like us, unless they ate the Zergs…Haha…ha…”

The solider’s laughter died halfway as he registered half a dozen serious glares at him. Everyone knew that it was only a joke, but the more they thought about it, the more it made sense to them.

Lie Jian pushed himself up and announced, “Regardless of how they could make it, we need to live and we have to eat whatever we can get. Our end goal is to enter the central area of the Zergs’ territory. I will not turn back before setting foot in Moye’s headquarters!”

“Yeah!” The soldiers agreed with him in unison.

“What about Michaux? What happened to him?”

“He had it worse than us. Most of his men were casters, so when the Zergs got close… He has only a hundred or so men left. ” Lei Jian nodded and then waved in dismissal.

Wang Tong was back after being missing for a while. Not only was he alive, but he had also crossed Mount Dynamo. “Mount Dynamo…” Lie Jian murmured the words. It was one hell of a high-risk, high reward act, and what a reward it was! Wang Tong had delivered a blow to the dark ones right when they thought that they were going to win the war any time soon. Ontario was destroyed, the northern front compromised; Moye’s plan seemed to fall apart quickly. In stark contrast to Wang Tong’s achievement, Lie Jian’s mission had been a complete failure.

However, Lie Jian didn’t give up; he would never give up until the last moment.

Once he entered the Zergs’ heartland, he could finally join forces with Michaux. Although they wouldn’t have a great army by then, all the soldiers who survived would be elite warriors. Therefore, they would still have a chance.

Lie Jian learned at a young age that the more dangerous a task was, the more likely it was going to succeed. Plus, he had expected so many casualties even before he started the mission. In his stone cold heart, the lives of his soldiers were simply numbers. He was not fighting for the human race, but for himself. He was determined to let people on Mars, including their children, and their children’s children, remember his name.

…

Just as Harmon had anticipated, Wang Tong showed up around the city of Kashan. As soon as he got near the city’s suburb, he was discovered by the Zergs’ scouts.

Xie Su was elated by the news. Wang Tong had plagued his mind for too long, and it was finally time to made an end to this nightmare. Xie Su and Harmon arrived at the city lord’s residence and waited for Wang Tong.

Wang Tong led his man and charged at the city; the direwolves were at the forefront of the charging formation. This was going to be a long battle, so the soldiers need to spend their energy wisely.

Dark ones quickly appeared all around the human warriors, and it was apparent that Wang Tong had led his soldiers into a trap. However, the dark ones quickly realized that despite their advantage in number, their attack were as useless as shooting meatballs at hungry wolfs. Before the enemy could get close, the direwolves would send out soul energy waves to disorientate the attacker, and then the human warriors would charge and chop the defenseless Zergs into pieces. The initial attack of the Zerg only lasted a couple minutes before the attackers were either killed or fled.

Wang Tong and the leaders of the retinue haven’t even moved a finger yet.

Harmon furrowed his brow as he noticed something was amiss. These dark ones shouldn’t have been so weak. He quickly reckoned that it was those beats that had weakened the dark ones.

He had no time to ponder over how Wang Tong was able to gain control of these Zerg beasts, as Wang Tong and his army had almost reached the city wall.

Harmon’s lips curved into a contemptuous smile as he registered a fatal flaw in Wang Tong’s plan. He shouldn’t have been so reckless and attacked the biggest Zerg city. It was a high-risk, high reward game; but if Wang Tong lost, he would lose everything. The moment he decided to come after Kashan, Wang Tong had already lost the battle.

“Let them in!” Harmon commanded with a smile.

Xie Su shrieked a command as the dark ones moved away from the city gate. Battle Wolf stormed pass these passive Zergs and rode into the city. The further they went, the more dark ones there were. Despite their commander’s order to leave the humans alone, they hissed at the human devil with much hatred.

“Haha, long time no see, Wang Tong.” Harmon and Xie Su lowered themselves to appear in front of the human soldiers. Behind them were a group of golden dark ones and immortals.

Deep Blue snorted at Wang Tong’s enemy while the latter spoke, “Principal Harmon, nice to see you.”

“The pleasure is mine! I wonder if I could have the honor of inviting you to the moon so that we could start this world all over. You know better than anyone that your current path leads to a dead end.”

“Dead end. How so?” Wang Tong cracked a smile.

Harmon shook his head and said, “You should ask that to yourself. Save your words…If you still don’t want to become one of us, I will have to do away with you.”

“Is that right? As a matter of fact, I should be grateful for you to give us such a great opportunity to do away with you! There, tough guy, are you the northern warden Xie Su? I want you to know that my name is Wang Tong, and I will be your death.”

Harmon refuted, “You are courting death!”

Xie Su snarled and shot a thousand bone shards at Wang Tong. Out of the blue, all warriors of the Battle Wolf turned around and started off toward where they came from. Their escape move looked so in sync that it was apparent that it was orchestrated. But why? Why would they take so much effort in getting into the city only to run away right away?

Even if they wanted to run away, Xie Su would not let them run too far.

“Kill, Kill, Kill!” Xie Su rose to the sky and shouted. All dark ones swarmed toward the human soldiers to intercept their escape.

The human soldiers quickly divided into two groups: Wang Tong, Yin Tianzong, Vorenus and Xiao Libie formed one team, and the rest warriors the other. Xie Su was hot on Wang Tong’s heels himself, and he ordered the other dark ones to chase after the second group.

Soon, a group of golden dark ones and some immortals got the four human soldiers surrounded in the middle.

“Wang Tong, you have nowhere to run this time.” Hua Li shouted.

“Hehe, are you, Hua…Hua something? What the hell is wrong with that wing? Are you cosplaying? I am not really into that…It’s sort of an acquired taste, you know?”

Harmon furrowed his brow again as he conceded that he had underestimated the speed of these beasts. In a heartbeat, the beasts had already carried the human soldiers out of the encirclement. However, they still didn’t stand a chance as they were outnumbered by at least four to one.

“Tianzong, Vorenus, and brother, Xiao, hold onto your hats!” Wang Tong laughed.

KOM!

Wang Tong’s sent a burst of soul energy from inside of his system; his clothes were suffused with a golden gleam.

“None of you shall leave the city alive!” He shouted at the dark ones.

The enemy’s face paled as soon as they registered Wang Tong’s power. Even Yin Tianzong was taken aback by the display of might. He knew that Wang Tong was powerful; level twenty-three at least. But, Wang Tong’s sol reading in that burst of energy was at leave level twenty-five.

“You have hidden your power well.” Harmon could no longer maintain his calm countenance.

“Haha…A small trick, prepared just for you.”

Wang Tong’s face had become stone cold as a giant golden blade appeared in his hand. At the sight of this, Yin Tianzong backed away. This was not his battle to partake, and his job was to make sure no dark one escaped the city.

Even now, Xie Su still had it wrong. Wang Tong wasn’t locked up in the city with him; he was the one who was locked up with Wang Tong.

“Charge!” Xie Su shouted.

A group of golden dark ones charged at Wang Tong with abandon. But in an instant, golden flames sprout out from Wang Tong’s body as the human devil slowly rose above the ground. He held the golden sword with both hands, upright. Without moving at all, he commanded the sword to turn like a dial on the clock. Golden soul energy bloomed around Wang Tong as he opened up his sea of consciousness.

Suddenly, everyone except for Yin Tianzong was blinded by a burst of golden light. Yin Tianzong knew this was the coup de grace of the sword grandmaster, and he knew only one person who had mastered it before Wang Tong: General Li Feng.

Soul Essence Attack—Ancestral Sword Attack!

When the golden light finally receded, there were no more dark ones on the battleground.