Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

”Only by killing or severely wounding Mo Jing can we prove to everyone in the Azure Flame Domain...”

”...that we can fight even when facing the Cyan Sword Great Empire, and that we have no reason to be afraid! Otherwise, we’ll all be nothing but dogs, slaves to the Cyan Sword Great Empire! We’ll just be walking corpses!”

Sun Shijin’s voice burst from his lips, and everyone’s fighting spirit soared to its peak.

BOOM...

Mo Jing burst out from the fragments of shattered rock.

He was covered in blood, stone fragments, and dust, looking utterly wretched. His bloodshot eyes glared from his dark face.

He stared intently at Lu Chao, who was leading the charge, but he no longer dared to attack.

The last exchange had proven it: neither the Martial Techniques of the lofty Cyan Sword Great Empire nor his decades of combat experience gave him any advantage against this country bumpkin, Lu Chao.

’Charging in again would be suicide.’

Suddenly, Mo Jing bellowed, ”Lu Dingtian, I hear your soldiers and horses are almost here! Order them to obey my command now!”

The moment he spoke, a cold glint flashed in Lu Chao’s eyes. He roared, ”He still has strength left! He’s not seriously wounded! We can’t let him join Lu Dingtian’s forces! Flying Bird Knights... Arrow assault!”

Hearing the command, the thousand-plus Flying Bird Knights of the Hundred Countries swooped down, raining arrows madly upon Mo Jing.

A volley of arrows rained down from the sky.

At the same time, Lu Dingtian’s roar echoed, ”Great Wu Soldiers and Horses, listen up! I am Lu Dingtian! From this moment, obey Lord Mo Jing’s command!”

At this moment, Lu Dingkong and the others were already approaching with the Great Wu Soldiers and Horses.

Lu Dingtian’s voice gave away his position. Lu Chao immediately shouted, ”Target Lu Dingtian! Surround his group of four... Kill!”

Behind Lu Chao...

...were the forces of the Hundred Countries, both those in ambush and those in the open. Lu Dingtian’s shout had exposed the location of his group of four. At Lu Chao’s command, a sky-blotting volley of arrows shot toward them.

The four men, including Lu Dingtian, shrieked almost in unison, ”Quick, run!”

They frantically used the surrounding trees and rocks for cover, dodging the terrifying volley of arrows.

Luckily, this wasn’t an open battlefield with no cover like the Yanwu Battlefield. Otherwise, the four of them would have been dead for sure.

But even so...

The rain of arrows came from all directions. Combined with Lu Chao’s earlier preparations, Lu Dingtian and his three companions found it incredibly difficult to cope.

As they dodged frantically, they constantly used their True Qi to shatter the arrows around them...

Lu Chao ignored them, taking advantage of the fact that Mo Jing was pinned down by the Flying Bird Knights’ volley to charge forward once more.

But Mo Jing was too strong!

Even injured, he shattered one arrow after another, continuing to press toward the Great Wu Soldiers and Horses.

’This won’t work. He’s going to get away.’

’If this Mo Jing of Cyan Sword is also an expert at leading troops, we’ll be in for a bitter struggle.’

A cold light flickered in Lu Chao’s eyes. ’The terrain here isn’t level enough. I can’t launch a proper high-speed charge.’

Suddenly, Lu Chao’s gaze fell on a massive boulder on a cliff face near Mo Jing’s position. He roared, ”Bow and arrow!”

Hearing him, Tan An immediately brought a bow and arrow to Lu Chao.

Lu Chao threw away the badly damaged long spear in his hand, drew the bow, and aimed at the giant boulder on the distant cliff face.

He glanced again at Mo Jing’s retreating back, constantly calculating the timing.

With a sudden hum, the arrow shot forth.

The arrow, imbued with the True Qi of Lu Chao’s True Fate Realm Sixth Layer, flew toward the cliff face... BOOM!

A corner of the cliff face was instantly blasted apart by Lu Chao’s arrow, and the giant boulder on top rumbled and rolled down.

Instantly, Mo Jing heard the noise and looked up instinctively, just in time to see the giant boulder hurtling right for him...

In a flash, he widened his eyes and shrieked, ”Bastard! Damn you!”

Mo Jing wanted to avoid the crushing impact of the boulder, but it was too late. The boulder was simply too large for him to dodge!

With no other choice, Mo Jing could only strike the boulder repeatedly with his palms. His surging True Qi cracked the boulder, but it still came crashing down.

Seeing this, Lu Chao roared again, ”Everyone, fire!”

As his voice fell...

Lu Chao himself was already loosing arrow after arrow at Mo Jing.

The others, Dongfang Ren included, all fired their arrows, each one imbued with their True Qi.

These arrows were, of course, far stronger than those of ordinary soldiers.

A stream of arrows passed through the shattering boulder, all converging on Mo Jing.

Mo Jing... ARGH!

An earth-shattering scream tore through the air. He seemed to blast everything apart as he burst out from where the boulder had come crashing down.

He leaped high into the air again, continuing to flash toward Lu Dingtian’s troops.

Behind Lu Chao, everyone was trembling. Yu Xiaoping asked indignantly, ”Even after all that, we still couldn’t seriously wound him?”

Dongfang Ren clenched his fists and said in a low voice, ”No. He was hit. And by more than one arrow.”

Everyone shuddered. As they focused their gazes...

...they finally saw several arrows, still quivering, stuck in Mo Jing’s body. At the same time, they saw Lu Dingtian’s forces arrive. Mo Jing met up with them and leaped onto a warhorse.

Finally, at this moment, the dust from the boulder settled, and everyone could see clearly.

On the warhorse, Mo Jing had two arrows in his shoulder, one in his right arm, two in his right thigh, and one in his lower abdomen...

But even so, Lu Chao still whispered, ’Is this the most we could do?’

’It’s too difficult. He’s just too strong!’

’When an opponent is this determined to flee, it’s incredibly difficult to kill them.’

At that moment... THUNK, THUNK, THUNK, THUNK, THUNK!

Atop a warhorse of the Great Wu Empire, Mo Jing violently forced the arrows from his body. Blood dribbled from his mouth as he glared at Lu Chao from a distance. ”You little country bumpkin from Azure Flame! No matter how grievous my wounds, today, I will grind your bones to dust!”

He had forgotten that he was supposed to capture Lu Chao alive and hand him over to Yan Mu’s mother.

”So, you’re good at leading soldiers, is that it? You’re good at Gathering Power from your army, is that it?”

”Now, I’ll let you witness how my Heavenly Destiny Tiger General Bone performs its Gathering Power.”

As Mo Jing spoke, the aura of his Heavenly Destiny Bone erupted from his body, sweeping toward Lu Dingtian’s soldiers and horses.

Lu Chao’s gaze suddenly sharpened...

’No wonder he could cultivate that kind of Destiny Bone suppression. It’s a Bone of Control, a Tiger General Bone, just like Marshal Fan’s.’

Everyone stared across the field, watching Mo Jing detonate the True Qi of Lu Dingtian’s soldiers.

As a Super Martial General, Yin Ye’s perception was extremely sharp. He said hoarsely, ”Lu Chao, I’m afraid we can’t face him head-on.”

”With Mo Jing’s cultivation realm, if he adds the power of the Great Wu Soldiers and Horses, the result will be terrifying.”

Lu Chao nodded heavily and finally said, ”I can feel it. Mo Jing is at the end of his rope. The aura of his Tiger General Bone is very unstable. His injuries must be extremely severe.”

”But we still can’t confront him directly. Otherwise, we’ll suffer immense casualties.”

At this, Lu Chao closed his eyes.

Just as Mo Jing was about to finish his preparations, Lu Chao’s eyes snapped open. ”All soldiers, hear my order! Follow me out of Great Wu! We’re returning to the Hundred Countries! We’re heading straight for Cyan Sword Mountain! We are going to... slay Yan Mu!”