Chapter 1025

They didn't know what was going on either.

Zhao Chi saw several family heads wearing puzzled expressions.

Xiao family head Xiao Qiao hurried to explain: "Captain Wu Lang, I don't know what's going on either. Hengying, do you know?"

Wu Lang stared again at Qi family head Qi Hengying.

Qi Hengying waved his hands in bewilderment: "No idea. Maybe they know someone from our village?"

Wu Lang looked at Liu Xuanqi and Zhao Shizhang next.

But both family heads shook their heads as well.

Wu Lang threatened: "Traitors — exterminate the whole clan!"

Suddenly, footsteps came from above at that moment.

The lords along the wall immediately stepped aside.

Some new faces appeared.

Zhao Chi couldn't help widening his eyes.

Those new faces were, to him, all old faces.

The woman at the head had narrow eyes and red lips, with a soft, beautiful face.

Stockings, high heels, a short skirt, and a black fitted uniform.

Instructor Li Ruanyu!

Beside her were, respectively, Class 8 instructor Pang Zhangming, Class 9 instructor Li Yin, and a few instructors from other grades.

Behind these instructors, several more people followed.

Behind Li Ruanyu followed Yang Xiong, Lu Yi, Li Xun, Wang Lie, Cao Feng, and a few others he didn't recognize.

Behind the other two instructors followed more people as well; most of them Zhao Chi recognized by face, but the ones he could name were Class 8's Wei Jinlong and Class 9's Zhou Lue.

Zhao Chi stared at them in a daze.

Since that night, the formation arrays across the land had been fought over, communication privileges restricted, and Zhao Chi already had lost contact with the Eighth Academy.

He hadn't expected to see them again now.

The Eighth Academy belonged to the military.

The military belonged to the nobility.

He hadn't expected Li Ruanyu and the others to have actually joined the rebel army, and moreover General Yan Ling's World-Breaking Army.

Zhao Chi was very excited, but he struggled to keep his expression in check.

Because several alien lords were staring intently this way.

Zhao Chi felt Su Qin grip his hand a little tighter.

He turned his head and saw that a strange gleam flickered in Su Qin's pupils as well.

She was also a student of the Eighth Academy, one grade above Zhao Chi, and she knew these instructors too.

Although Li Ruanyu was the head instructor of Class 4, she was also the academy's sewing instructor, and Su Qin had taken her class as well.

The other instructors each had their own areas of expertise, and Zhao Chi had basically taken all of their classes.

Zhao Chi gently squeezed Su Qin's little hand, signaling her not to get worked up.

Su Qin nodded slightly and took a deep breath.

He saw Li Ruanyu step to the front of the city wall first, slightly lowering her head to look down.

Her gaze swept quickly across all the lords, and Zhao Chi noticed her eyes lingering briefly at a few points.

Including Zhao Shizhang, and Zhao Chi.

Li Ruanyu even let out a light laugh upon seeing Zhao Chi.

That smile was very faint, and Zhao Chi wasn't sure whether it was real or feigned.

Wu Lang stared at Li Ruanyu: "Why's a woman here? Who are you?"

Li Ruanyu said: "I am Li Ruanyu, captain of the Jade Squad, White Tiger Regiment, World-Breaking Army. A vice captain like you has no standing to come urge surrender — neither does your captain, Master Mu Chang Jieheng. Send your colonel, Shijie Youren, over to talk."

Wu Lang sneered: "Li Ruanyu? That noble traitor? So you're here. You, a traitor — what standing do you have to see our Captain Shijie? Either surrender, or fight."

Li Ruanyu snorted: "Your Colonel Matsukaya Yoichi and Squad Leader Xuejian Shugo were both killed by me. Regiment Commander Emi Hidekatsu is also with me. Tell me — do I have the standing or not?"

"What!?"

Wu Lang's eyes went wide.

He stared at Li Ruanyu in disbelief.

"You're full of shit! How could Captain Matsukaya and Captain Xuejian possibly be killed by you? Stop talking nonsense…"

"Oh? Talking nonsense? Then you don't care whether Emi Hidekatsu lives or dies either, is that it?"

Wu Lang turned his head to look at Master Mu Chang in the distance.

Then his eyes darted about: "What proof do you have that Regiment Commander Emi is with you?"

Li Ruanyu smiled: "Open those wolf eyes wide and look — what's this on my ear?"

"Your ear?" Wu Lang craned his neck to look carefully.

"That's… a Clear Sky Earring? Regiment Commander Emi really was captured by you?"

"That's enough, small fry — shut your mouth. Send Shijie Youren over to speak."

Wu Lang clenched his fist.

Then he actually walked aside to contact Master Mu Chang.

Zhao Chi listened carefully the whole time. Although there was a lot of information he didn't understand, he knew this regiment commander Yunjie must be very important.

Otherwise, given these aliens' style, they wouldn't possibly attach this much importance.

Even a high rank alone wouldn't warrant it.

Zhao Chi had been staring upward the whole time.

He hadn't expected Lu Yi and Cao Feng to be safe and sound as well.

After the New Talent Tournament, the two of them had lost contact. Zhao Chi had assumed they had both perished, but he never expected to see them here.

Lu Yi gave Zhao Chi a smile, while Cao Feng glanced at Zhao Chi once and then stopped looking at him, instead staring at Su Qin.

Yang Xiong's mouth stretched wide open, grinning like an idiot.

But he didn't greet Zhao Chi either — after all, doing so would be bad for Zhao Chi — yet Zhao Chi knew he was smiling at him.

He'd also lost contact with Yang Xiong for a period of time, and didn't know how he was doing now.

Judging by the way he looked now, he was probably doing all right.

Li Xun and Wang Lie were also looking at Zhao Chi.

Although their relationship was only so-so, they were classmates after all. Meeting under these circumstances immediately drew them much closer.

Zhao Chi felt genuinely delighted to see them too.

At that moment, footsteps came from behind.

The remaining alien lords had all come up as well.

The one at the very front was a huge alien lord, his face covered in red hair.

His eyes were extremely fierce — he looked less like a wolf and more like a crocodile.

He must be Shi Jie Youren.

Sure enough, when he was fifty meters away, he roared: "I am Shi Jie Youren. You yellow-haired girl, scram back and get your boss General Yan Ling out here. Release Captain Jiang Jian immediately!"

Li Ruanyu said suspiciously: "You look really weak. How could you possibly be Shi Jie Youren? Faking it, aren't you?"

Shi Jie Youren raged: "You son of a bitch, don't you know death is at your door today? Originally, after I broke through the city, I would have spared your lives and let you serve me. But you… I'll make you unable to live and unable to die."

Li Ruanyu laughed: "Is that so? So after all that talk, you really aren't Shi Jie Youren. Then please scram back."

Shi Jie Youren cursed: "You son of a bitch, look clearly — I've already revealed my identity. Get that bastard Yan Ling out here!!"

Li Ruanyu was silent for a moment.

She seemed to be looking at some information.

Soon, she smiled downward: "Looks like he really is Shi Jie Youren. Good then — attack!"

As she spoke, Li Ruanyu's body lit up with white light.

The entire mountaintop's formation lit up in an instant, covering an enormous area.

As expected, a village-level formation simply couldn't compare to a town-level one.

The white light was somewhat blinding, but Zhao Chi kept his eyes open the whole time — he didn't want to miss a single thing.

Shi Jie Youren exclaimed in shock: "What? You're actually attacking us on your own initiative? You sons of bitches really don't know whether you're alive or dead? We…"

Just as he heard half of it, Zhao Chi's vision suddenly blurred.