Chapter 160: Chapter 139: Three Against One, Yet Turned the Tables (Part 2)

Are these three people not from Southern Chen? Why are they now brutally attacking the citizens of Southern Chen?

"Do you really not have any sense of reason?"

"What reasoning could there be with mere rebels?"

Meanwhile, Zhang Lan, who was riding forward with his spear, had already charged near.

"Go and explain in the underworld."

Buzz—

In an instant, seventy-two spear shadows thrust forward like an iron wall, the sharp Evil Qi spear shadows leaving Du Chengfeng no room to dodge.

At that moment, Du Chengfeng had no way to avoid it!

But he didn’t intend to dodge anyway.

"Since you all don’t talk reason..."

Saying this, Du Chengfeng reached into his chest.

Immediately, Zhang Lan, still on horseback, saw a flash of light.

That brilliance was so dazzling, even more dazzling than the sun when he first became a soldier—he still remembers, when he was just drafted as a soldier, following the command of the company captain, they stood under the sun for a whole hour, the glaring light made them sweat profusely, many couldn’t endure and collapsed, but he remained unwavering.

Because he knew, all of this was for loyal service to the emperor and for protecting this great land of Chen.

But that day’s sunlight was really blinding...

"Bang—"

At the same time, Zhang Lan’s head had already burst like a melon.

"Old Zhang!"

Seeing Zhang Lan die instantly with just one encounter, Li Shanfu, who was about to draw his bow and shoot, couldn’t help but exclaim.

But now, there was no time for him to be shocked.

Because that glowing Bladeless Strange Sword had already reached his front.

"Ahhhhh——"

At the brink of life and death, Li Shanfu raised his large bow, aiming straight at the figure that was right in front of him!

Under the pressure of death, Li Shanfu’s perception was sharper than ever—at this moment he could clearly see, the sword was just over two feet long, but the distance between them was a full three zhang, at such a far distance, he even had a chance to shoot two arrows in succession!

At such a close range, how could he miss! He definitely could hit!

"Twang!"

The bowstring snapped like thunder.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down, Li Shanfu could even clearly see the trajectory of his arrow, the lightning-fast arrow darted forward, like a short spear aiming fiercely at the rebel’s chest and abdomen—this was an unavoidable shot, an unstoppable arrow, Li Shanfu even felt that his archery had broken through to a new level this time.

Even when facing that spinning Bladeless Strange Sword... huh?

"Bang!"

The spinning Bladeless Strange Sword effortlessly shattered the first arrow, then smashed the second arrow on the bow.

Finally, along with the broken large bow, it slammed into Li Shanfu’s face.

"Uh..."

Li Shanfu wanted to make some sound, but with only half a head left, he could no longer utter any words.

And Du Chengfeng had already picked up the Rectangular Sword again.

But when he turned his head back, he found that the General, wielding a pair of large hammers, hadn’t attacked him.

Instead, he turned and rushed towards the direction inside the city.

"Impossible... impossible!"

Holding the large hammers, Cai Yi sprinted wildly, he couldn’t believe it, those two adept soldiers had lost their lives in an instant—even though, compared to him, Zhang Lan and Li Shanfu’s combat power was slightly inferior, they were still top class with their Evil Qi outpouring.

But why, even at this stage, are they killed at first sight?

It doesn’t make sense, it makes no sense at all, how could such an unreasonable monster exist?

So, facing this utterly unreasonable monster, as the strongest combat power, Cai Yi.

Of course he chose to avoid battle for now.

When two tigers fight, one will surely get hurt, only a fool would engage in a no-holds-barred fight with that monster.

"Is this... the lord from Jiankang?"

At this moment, some patrolling city soldiers recognized his armor.

"Are you here to protect us?"

Although these city soldiers didn’t actually feel they needed protection, as life went on as usual—still, the presence of rebels in the city was unsettling. Moreover, with Qian Jin dead, and the displaced people occupying the old barracks not giving any explanation, people naturally preferred to wait for the heavenly troops from the imperial court.

Just as these city soldiers were about to report the situation, they saw the General from Jiankang Capital raise his hammer towards them.

"Yes, I am here to protect you."

Cai Yi said expressionlessly.

"So, to help me defeat that monster, lend me your lives."

Bang—

The heavy hammer swung down, smashing over ten city soldiers’ brains instantly.

With one blow, Cai Yi kept his momentum, killing anyone he saw along the way, indiscriminately.

Anyway, it could all be blamed on the rebels afterwards, just claiming it was the chaos caused by the traitors—after all, if the rebels hadn’t caused trouble, he wouldn’t have been sent here, so the cause of these people’s deaths was indeed the rebels’ fault, it was all those bandits disrupting the great land of Chen!

And he, was merely seizing the opportunity during the rebellion to make himself stronger.

He must become stronger, he had to become stronger, for his past experiences had long taught him that this world speaks with power—even the great ancestor of Chen, once relied on terrifying combat prowess to lay down this great land of Chen.

Therefore, to seize control of his own destiny, he must become stronger.

He has to become stronger, has to kill more people, he won’t die here, he definitely won’t die here!

"Kill!!!"

Cai Yi, with bloodshot eyes, went on a killing spree, covered in blood like a descending Demon God.

The citizens on the streets fled in terror, some recognized the armor of the General of Chen, but they couldn’t comprehend why the imperial court’s general was now slaughtering them.

"Why? Why is this happening?"

"There’s no why."

Cai Yi heard those dying screams, but he remained unmoved.

Is there really a need to ask why? Absolutely not. This world is a survival of the fittest, the weak become fodder for the strong, stepping stones for the strong to rise.

Do the tigers and wolves need a reason to devour the cattle and sheep?

No, absolutely not.

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for being too weak."

Thinking this, Cai Yi, with bloodshot eyes, swung his hammer down again.

The surging Evil Qi flowed ceaselessly, he had never felt the hammer was so light, as if the tens of pounds of hammerhead ceased to exist, he was merely wielding a...

"...Huh?"

Cai Yi suddenly paused.

He saw that the fierce and unstoppable double-handed hammer in his hand had somehow only the handle left.

And that spinning Bladeless Strange Sword, which had killed his two colleagues, became increasingly clear in his vision.

"Oh right."

At the brink of life and death, Cai Yi suddenly realized something.

Indeed, tigers and wolves devouring cattle and sheep need no reason, this world is indeed survival of the fittest, the weak become fodder for the strong.

And all along, he had been doing the same, to avoid becoming prey like cattle and sheep, he did everything he could to make himself more ferocious, to become a mightier tiger or wolf.

But, having become a wolf devouring cattle, does that truly count as being strong?

Perhaps, it’s not.

If so, why did he choose to retreat into the city just now?

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Cai Yi’s head was also smashed to pieces.

In less than a moment, the three expert soldiers sent to quell the rebellion in Yizhou were all dead.

This made Du Chengfeng shake his head slightly.

Originally, he thought that Southern Chen would send some incredible experts to deal with him, but who knew that the so-called Great Chen would send such inferior opponents.

They even attacked innocent civilians, this is just too...

"Hero!"

As Du Chengfeng was about to quickly head back and find someone to clean up the corpses, someone called out first.

Soon after, more and more people began to shout, they stepped out onto the street, walking over Cai Yi’s body, bowing to Du Chengfeng, some even kowtowed in deep gratitude.

"Thank you for saving us, hero! Your great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten!"

"...Huh?"

Seeing the crowd gather around him, Du Chengfeng was taken aback. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

This hero... could it be referring to him?