Chapter 101: Honkai: Star Rail — The Xianzhou General Won't Dream of a Yandere Chapter 98: Divine Martial Sword Chief

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

From Yao Guang's words, Huan Long clearly captured the four words "Xuan Ge will die," and the joy in her heart surged like a tide, almost impossible to suppress.

Her fingertips unconsciously tapped on the desk, a fanatical light flashing in her eyes, the smile at the corner of her mouth no longer able to be hidden.

She even wished she could immediately pull Yao Guang closer and interrogate her for every detail of Xuan Ge's death.

Death on the battlefield? Or death from exhaustion?

Every possibility made her heart surge with excitement.

Over these years, she had always hidden in the shadows, secretly laying out plans for the Xianzhou Alliance; on one hand coveting the Ambrosial Arbor, wanting to borrow its power to forge a flesh body and escape the shackles of Suiyang;

On the other hand, meticulously plotting to destroy the Xianzhou Alliance, to sever the Hunt's roots in the universe.

But Xuan Ge was like a great mountain lying horizontally before her, towering and insurmountable; no matter how much effort she expended, she could not shake him in the slightest.

Every trap she laid on the Xianzhou, every insider she lured, in the end all became bricks on Xuan Ge's merit register, became stepping stones for him to display divine might and consolidate his position.

Fight, she couldn't beat Xuan Ge's Hunt power;

Scheme, yet she was always seen through by Xuan Ge, constrained at every turn.

The stifling frustration and unwillingness of these hundreds of years were like a thorn stuck in her heart, leaving her helpless.

Even regarding this imminent third War of Abundance, she faintly had a premonition in her heart.

With Xuan Ge present, the Shen Wu Xian Zhou would surely achieve a crushing victory, and her layouts would once again come to nothing.

But today, a single sentence from Yao Guang completely shattered all her despair and unwillingness.

Xuan Ge will die! Xuan Ge will die in the third War of Abundance!

This is simply the best news she has heard in hundreds of years.

That joy even far surpassed "obtaining the Ambrosial Arbor, forging a flesh body" which she dreamed of day and night, making her entire aura become restless.

"Huan Long..."

Xing Xiao softly called out, her tone no longer possessing the bone-piercing coldness of the past, but instead carrying a trace of lightness.

Seemingly calm and undisturbed, yet in the depths of her eyes hid a trace of hard-to-detect nervousness and warning.

"I know."

Huan Long gave Xing Xiao a deep look, the wild joy in her eyes gradually fading, replaced by a trace of helplessness and resignation.

She naturally understood Xing Xiao's thoughts; Xuan Ge dying was naturally the good thing she dreamed of.

But if she dared to seize the opportunity to kick him while he's down, with Xing Xiao's obsession with Xuan Ge, she would surely completely rebel and become enemies with her.

Don't look at how the Harmony Path seemingly lacks direct offensive power; Xing Xiao can assimilate, synchronize, and harmoniously control the entire Antimatter Legion.

Once that power erupts, unless there is the Shen Wu Army's hard military force to suppress it head-on.

Otherwise, even Envoys-level powerhouses would find it hard to endure; at that time, she would only lose more than she gains.

"Mhm." Xing Xiao nodded slightly in satisfaction, a faint smile appearing on her face.

Only then did she return her attention to the Shura field inside the hall, her gaze tightly locked on Xuan Ge, her eyes full of worry.

No matter what, she would not let anything happen to Xuan Ge.

When it came to Xuan Ge's life and death, the usually cold and self-possessed Jing Liu could no longer sit still.

The cold aura around her body instantly surged, killing intent bursting forth in her crimson pupils; her tone was cold yet carried an undeniable firmness as she spoke word by word:

"My matters, we'll speak after the war ends. From today onward, I will stay in Shen Wu."

In her heart, Xuan Ge had always been special.

Since childhood he was a brat, loved causing trouble, loved acting recklessly, and even once had the absurd notion of "rushing the master."

In the years of the Five Cloud Cavaliers, his figure was never absent.

The world all thought the Five Cloud Cavaliers' fame always overshadowed Xuan Ge, but only Jing Liu knew that behind every war, every campaign, there were records of Xuan Ge leading armies to conquer.

This is an extremely terrifying thing: it was precisely Xuan Ge's undefeated record, precisely him clearing all obstacles for the Five Cloud Cavaliers, that propped up their illustrious reputation.

From Xuan Ge initially having only a squad of a dozen or so people, to later eight hundred personal guards, to a gradually formed force comparable to a private army.

Xuan Ge was always alone, occasionally cooperating with Jing Yuan who was then still a Xiao Wei; Xuan Ge was also often the core force who charged ahead alone and swept away the enemy with one click.

Jing Liu clearly remembers why Xuan Ge could become the Xianzhou's most special Tian Jiang, remembers that Shuhu Rebellion which plunged Xuan Ge into a desperate situation.

That year, the Abundance Envoy Shuhu led troops to raid the Luofu, cutting off all communications, leaving the Luofu isolated and helpless, unable to request aid from other Xianzhou.

At that time, Xuan Ge ordered his private army to cooperate with part of the Cloud Knight Army led by Jing Yuan to resist the swarming Abundance abominations;

While he himself led his personal guards, together with General Teng Xiao, herself, Dan Feng, and Ying Xing who controlled the golden men, as well as all remaining Cloud Knight Army, rushed to the frontline to intercept Shuhu.

That battle was tragic to the extreme. The Cloud Knight Army suffered heavy losses, corpses everywhere;

Dan Feng, to break the deadlock, dragon-transformed and went berserk, losing her reason;

The intricate mechanisms and golden men Ying Xing meticulously crafted were all scrapped in the war flames, he himself also heavily injured;

And she, was also heavily injured by Shuhu's power, unable to fight further.

Xuan Ge at the time was not yet a Hunt Envoy, yet his combat strength was even more formidable than General Teng Xiao who was an Envoy.

He watched his personal guards and comrades fall one after another beside him, the pain and anger in his eyes almost wanting to devour him, yet he never retreated half a step, fighting through from start to finish in one breath.

If not for Shuhu possessing an undying, indestructible body, Xuan Ge back then really could have relied on a mortal body to pin him to death on the battlefield.

But Xuan Ge was ultimately human, and there would come a time when his strength was exhausted.

The moment a single mistake revealed a flaw, countless personal guards rushed up without regard for their lives, using their own lives to block Shuhu's fatal strike for him.

In the end, it was Bai Hang who raised the black sun, perishing together with Shuhu, that completely ended that great calamity.

Xuan Ge, heavily injured and exhausted, had been unconscious for a long time.

When he woke up, only a few dozen personal guards remained by his side.

Of the former Five Braves of Yun Shang who once fought shoulder to shoulder, only Jing Yuan came to see him.

And most fatally, as the Commander of these private armies and household troops, he still had to personally face the families of the officers and soldiers who had sacrificed themselves for him.

Those women and children expecting their loved ones to return.

"Commander Xuan Ge, my son.... was he brave...?"

"Commander Xuan, my husband he...."

"My father he.... sacrificed himself to protect the Xian Zhou, right?"

Jing Liu did not know, what kind of mood the Xuan Ge of that year held when answering these heart-rending questions.

But she knew, later when the Imperial Bow descended to the mortal realm and personally promoted Xuan Ge to the Xun Lie Ling Shi, that moment was the best answer he gave to all the sacrificed officers and soldiers, to all the families.

He would carry everyone's expectations, protect the Shen Wu Xian Zhou well, protect this Huan Yu well.

Jing Liu took a deep breath, her fingertips trembling slightly, lightly grasped Xuan Ge's hand, the warmth of her palm carefully transmitted over, her eyes full of heartache.

Heartache for his forbearance and persistence these years, heartache for all the pain he bore alone.

And secretly blaming herself, after the Mo Yin Shen Fa Fa back then, why did she have to kidnap Ying Xing and disappear regardless of everything, why did she not come back a little earlier, to stay by his side.

Xuan Ge turned his head, just happening to meet the heartache and guilt in Jing Liu's eyes, hearing she was willing to stay in Shen Wu, a surge of wild joy instantly welled up in his heart, the helplessness on his face also dissipated by more than half, he smiled and said:

"No problem, the position of Shen Wu Sword Chief has always been yours, no one can snatch it away."

"Mhm~" The corner of Jing Liu's mouth hooked up slightly, revealing an extremely faint yet genuine smile.

The coldness in her eyes retreated, replaced by a trace of warmth, that was her rare gentleness after many years of silence.

Xuan Ge temporarily threw the Shura field inside the hall to the back of his mind, thinking of Jing Yuan's reaction upon learning Jing Liu stayed in Shen Wu, couldn't help but laugh and say:

"Hehe~ Don't know what expression that guy Jing Yuan will have if he knows you're staying in Shen Wu, might mutter for half a day again."

Jing Liu glared at Xuan Ge with a spoiled complaint, eyes full of laughter, then raised her hand, lightly pinched his waist;

Yao Guang on the side, seeing Xuan Ge moved by Jing Liu, the possessiveness in her eyes instantly surged, also unwilling to be outdone, reached out her hand, pinched Xuan Ge's other waist.

The two women simultaneously twisted slightly — strength not great, yet carrying full probing and jealousy.

"Hiss~!" Xuan Ge immediately feigned sucking in a cold breath, brows tightly furrowed, face putting on a pained expression, yet his eyes hid a trace of crafty laughter.

Where would he really hurt, it was merely going along with the two women's wishes, coaxing them happy.

"Hmph! Trash scum!"

Xing Xiao sat on the side, watching Yao Guang and Jing Liu treat Xuan Ge like Chinese cabbage, wantonly "taking liberties" with him, the anger in her eyes instantly ignited, tone cold yet carrying a few points of grievance and dissatisfaction.

The cold aura around her body spread out once more, wishing she could immediately rush up, protect Xuan Ge by her side.