Chapter 52: You got bullied again, how useless! (4000 words, combined two chapters)
In the Wu Kingdom’s Demon-Taming City.
A man sat on a chair made of countless skulls.
The man wore an iron-green armor, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, towering at about five feet tall, like a small giant.
On his face was a scar, giving him a terrifying look.
The man picked up a wine jar and gulped down all the wine inside with “dun dun dun.”
Wiping his mouth, he looked at an imperial decree from the palace lying on the table.
The more he looked, the more melancholy he became. His calloused hands scratched his head, looking quite perplexed.
The puzzled expression on the man’s face contrasted sharply with his terrifying visage and towering figure.
In front of the man stood a little girl.
The little girl was only one meter twenty in height, seemingly just eight or nine years old.
She had a sharp little face, her features extremely delicate, as if carefully crafted by the heavens themselves.
However, this little girl was different.
Her skin was very white.
It wasn’t the creamy kind of whiteness but rather like the thinnest layer shaved off white ice marble, then covered with a thin layer of snow, and finally frozen.
It seemed that with just a bit of force, her overly pale, paper-thin little face could be punctured.
Not only was the little girl’s skin white; her hair and eyelashes were also white.
Her clothes were made from a piece of plain white cloth casually stitched together, resembling a cheongsam but more like a long robe, with splits at the thighs revealing her snowy-white little feet.
The only other color on the girl was her pair of red eyes, as translucent and brilliant as gems.
“What does it say?” The man asked, lowering his head.
“Chen Nan, you idiot! After studying for so long, do you even recognize a few characters?” The girl named Chen Suier kicked the man’s iron boots with her little foot.
“I, fight, rush, kill,” Chen Nan pointed at the decree, saying the characters he recognized.
“Alright, alright, stop reading, you’re an idiot.” Chen Suier interrupted Chen Nan.
“Ohh…” The big guy lowered his head, looking somewhat aggrieved.
Chen Suier glanced at the decree. “An old dog urinated in the emperor’s house, and it came from the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation in the Southern Realm. The emperor feels humiliated and wants us to send troops to reclaim his dignity.”
“Reclaim dignity?” The big guy hesitated for a moment, then his large eyes lit up. “War?”
Chen Suier put away the decree and sighed. “Yes, war.”
“Fantastic… I love war!” Just as Chen Nan excitedly tried to stand up, he saw the little girl’s gaze.
Chen Nan immediately deflated and quickly lowered his head.
“You only know about war! Do you even realize people die in wars!”
Clearly, Chen Suier wasn’t letting Chen Nan off easily. She lifted her little foot and kicked him repeatedly.
The big guy endured the kicks with his hands clasped, not daring to utter a word.
“This old emperor keeps causing trouble for us.” Chen Suier spat out a crystal-clear saliva. “Let’s go out first. Those two women from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect should have arrived. It’s been such a peaceful few days.”
“Ohh…”
Chen Nan stretched out his hand in front of Chen Suier.
Chen Suier jumped onto Chen Nan’s enormous palm.
Chen Nan placed Chen Suier on his shoulder, stood up, and walked step by step toward the Demon-Taming City residence.
At five feet tall with a massive physique clad in iron armor, every step Chen Nan took resonated loudly, as if the ground itself trembled.
Sitting on Chen Nan’s shoulders, Chen Suier reached the ten-thousand-foot-high wall of the Demon-Taming City. She crossed her legs and yawned lazily.
Below the Demon-Taming City, there were countless corpses of demons and humans, the soil stained red with blood.
Corpse flowers bloomed on the bodies.
“They’re pretty punctual.”
About half an hour later, Chen Suier yawned and looked toward two streaks of sword light piercing through the clouds.
Chen Suier tapped her necklace, opening the barrier of Demon-Taming City. The two streaks of sword light landed on the city wall.
“Master Jiang, nice to see you.” Chen Suier smiled and looked at the little girl beside Jiang Luoyu. “This must be Xuenuo, renowned across the land, having leaped five realms straight into the Cavern Realm?”
Xuenuo looked at the little girl sitting on the giant’s shoulders.
This little girl wasn’t even taller than herself, probably younger too, yet she gave off an air of precocious maturity.
“Miss Suier, nice to see you too.” Jiang Luoyu nodded. “My disciple’s matter of initiating the sword is troubling Demon-Taming City.”
“Not a problem, we’ve cooperated many times between our Demon-Taming City and your Ten Thousand Sword Sect. This time, since it’s only your apprentice from the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, the price might be higher.” Chen Suier smiled and extended her delicate and smooth index finger. “One great demon of the Jade Pudding Realm.”
Jiang Luoyu nodded. “Agreed.”
Chen Suier said, “That’s settled then. Rest for now, tomorrow we’ll raid the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation.”
Jiang Luoyu looked into Chen Suier’s eyes. “When did Demon-Taming City start actively seeking trouble with the Southern Demon Realm?”
Chen Suier shrugged. “I didn’t want to either. Originally, those beasts from the Southern Realm hadn’t come for two months. Look, the corpses below the city wall have started growing corpse flowers.
But our old emperor recently lost face. A dog from the Southern Demon Realm ran to Wudu and attempted to assassinate Qi Kingdom’s innate Literary Courage.
Although the assassination failed, the assailant escaped, leaving the emperor fuming. He definitely wants to save face, hence why our Demon-Taming City has such a hard life.
Oh, by the way.”
Looking at Xuenuo, Chen Suier suddenly remembered. “Speaking of which, the person who saved Qi Kingdom’s young Literary Courage is from the Xu Guo Mansion, named Ming. Snowflake, you should know him, right?”
Xuenuo disliked being called “little girl” by someone shorter than herself.
But upon hearing “Ming,” her attention was immediately captured. “Ming saved someone from Qi Kingdom?”
“Yes.” Chen Suier nodded. “Ming seems to have been wandering around Wudu with Zhu Cici and eventually encountered an assassination attempt.”
“Did he get hurt?” Xuenuo’s heart raced.
“He seems to have sustained minor injuries, but nothing serious. Eventually, he collapsed from exhaustion.” Chen Suier shrugged.
“…”. Xuenuo subconsciously gripped her longsword tightly.
“Alright, both of you rest well. We’ll leave the city at dawn tomorrow.”
With that, Chen Suier patted the big guy’s head, and Chen Nan carried Chen Suier off the city wall.
Jiang Luoyu led Xuenuo to a courtyard in Demon-Taming City.
The courtyard was spotless, free of dust, clearly cleaned regularly.
“This is where our disciples of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect stay during their training. You can choose any room to live in. Early tomorrow morning, you will initiate your sword.”
Jiang Luoyu spoke calmly.
“Even though you are in the Cavern Realm, if a Sea Observing Realm demon attacks you, I won’t intervene. In battle, life and death are your own responsibility. Be careful.” “Understood, Master.” Xuenuo nodded.
“Rest well. This is the final step in tempering your Life-Bonded Flying Sword. Don’t slack off.” Jiang Luoyu reminded her one last time before falling silent.
Xuenuo was already accustomed to her master’s cold personality.
After returning to her room, Xuenuo sat cross-legged on the bed, placing her Life-Bonded Flying Sword Qingming on her lap, carefully connecting with it.
However, Xuenuo appeared somewhat distracted.
“If anyone bullies you in the future, come find me at the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.”
“Okay, but what if I can’t make it to the Ten Thousand Sword Sect?”
“I will surely come find you.”
In Xuenuo’s mind, the words she had spoken during their parting kept echoing.
“He seems to have sustained minor injuries, but nothing serious. Eventually, he collapsed from exhaustion.”
When these words from the little girl named Chen Suier echoed in Xuenuo’s ears again, she slowly opened her eyes.
On Xuenuo’s knees, the longsword Qingming emitted continuous ringing sounds.
Xuenuo reached out, covering the hilt of the sword, her brows furrowed. “How long have I been gone? And you got bullied already? How useless!”
Early the next morning.
Two hours before dawn, the sound of horns rang out repeatedly in Demon-Taming City.
Xuenuo opened her eyes, climbed out of bed, and followed her master out of the courtyard, gripping her longsword tightly.
Arriving at the top of the city wall of Ten Thousand Demon City.
Xuenuo gathered her spiritual energy in her eyes and looked down from the hundred-zhang high city wall. Below, the army of Demon-Taming City had already formed several neatly aligned formations.
They all wore dark red armor, held long sabers, standing still like stones embedded in the earth, exuding a strong sense of martial readiness.
Three hundred thousand Dragon Leopard Cavalry! Renowned alongside Wu Kingdom’s Blood Floating Pagoda and Iron Tiger Army.
Generations guarding Demon-Taming City.
As the city wall shook, Chen Suier sat on Chen Nan’s shoulders atop the city wall.
Chen Suier held a string of rock sugar hawthorns, eating them one by one.
When Chen Suier finished the last one, she tossed the bamboo stick from the hundred-zhang high city wall, yawned, patted Chen Nan’s head, and said indifferently, “Let’s go.”
“Roar!!!”
Chen Nan raised his head and roared loudly, like the roar of a tiger or dragon.
Three hundred thousand soldiers all mounted their horses, turned around collectively, and galloped in the same direction, raising several zhang of dust.
“Roar!”
Chen Nan leapt down from the city wall, landing heavily on the ground like a meteorite, creating a huge crater.
Chen Nan rushed forward continuously, his speed no less than the famous horse under the Dragon Leopard Cavalry imbued with deer essence bloodline.
Sitting on Chen Nan’s back, Chen Suier swung her legs, her delicate and white little feet swaying. Her gaze fell on the border city of the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation over a hundred li away.
Meanwhile, several neighboring demon nations’ border cities adjacent to Wu Kingdom’s Demon-Taming City received reports.
Upon hearing that three hundred thousand cavalry from Demon-Taming City had moved out, they were shocked and quickly ascended the city walls, using treasures to peer toward the wilderness where countless humans and demons had died.
Soon enough, all the city lords of the demon nations’ border cities breathed a sigh of relief.
The good news was that the attack wasn’t aimed at them.
The bad news was that the fifteen border cities of the fifteen demon nations along the border had formed an alliance. If one side was attacked, the other fourteen cities must send troops to rescue.
Otherwise, if Demon-Taming City broke through a gap, the defensive line formed by the fifteen border cities of the Southern Demon Nations would be in serious trouble.
By the way, their direction seems to be… the Fangcheng of the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation? What did Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation do to anger that Chen Suier? Fangcheng, the border city of Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation.
The city lord of Fangcheng was already standing on the city wall, staring at the Dragon Leopard Cavalry charging toward him.
Others didn’t know what happened.
But the Fangcheng city lord knew perfectly well.
For some unknown reason, the court went crazy and attempted to assassinate Qi Kingdom’s innate Literary Courage in Wudu.
If they succeeded, fine, but they failed.
Wu Kingdom established its country based on martial prowess and wouldn’t let things slide with mere verbal insults.
Wu Kingdom losing face meant they wanted blood repayment.
“Spread my military order! Open the city! Engage the enemy!”
The Fangcheng city lord didn’t adopt a strategy of staying within the city.
He didn’t have much confidence in his city’s protective magic array. If it were breached, Fangcheng would certainly be massacred.
Only by sending troops outside to intercept the enemy while waiting for reinforcements from the other fourteen cities could they repel the enemy and minimize their losses.
Even so, Fangcheng’s losses this time would be unimaginable! Because the fourteen cities definitely wouldn’t send too many troops. They would bear the main brunt of the cavalry’s first fierce charge!
“Damn it! All those guys in the court should die!”
The Fangcheng city lord cursed loudly.
The Fangcheng city gates opened wide.
Ten thousand demons all went out to meet the enemy.
As the two armies clashed, Chen Nan wielded the Heaven-Shaking Hammer taken from his storage bag. Every heavy strike created pools of meat paste.
The Dragon Leopard Cavalry charged wildly through the Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation’s army, their spears piercing through the chests of demon warriors like skewering rock sugar hawthorns.
When the legs of the Deer-Essence Horses under the Dragon Leopard Cavalry were cut off, they decisively abandoned their horses, drew dual swords from their waists, and fought fiercely against the enemy!
Just as Ten Thousand Phenomena Demon Nation managed to withstand the first wave of attacks from Demon-Taming City and was about to collapse, reinforcements totaling four hundred and twenty thousand troops from the other fourteen cities arrived!
Xuenuo stood on the battlefield, gripping her longsword.
The sight of blood and gore made Xuenuo feel very uncomfortable, especially the strong smell of blood, making her feel nauseous constantly.
When Xuenuo personally thrust her longsword into the heart of a demon, the sensation transmitted through the tip of the sword made her feel sick! But Xuenuo quickly steadied her spirit.
The brutality of the battlefield harshly forced Xuenuo to accept the reality of blood and flesh battles.
Each time Xuenuo killed a demon, the demon’s blood stained the longsword Qingming, making its blade sharper.
“Woof woof!”
Hundreds of dog demons transformed into their true forms and rushed into the battlefield.
Xuenuo turned around and walked towards the area where the hundreds of dog demons were located.
If she remembered correctly,
Yesterday, the one mentioned by Chen Suier.
The demon that harmed Ming was a dog?
