Chapter 1298

The great gates of Colin Fortress slowly opened, and two thousand cavalry kicked up clouds of dust as they galloped away.

"Close the gates!"

Just as the signal soldier controlled the switch and prepared to shut the gates, two figures suddenly slipped in from the side, taking advantage of the moment before the gates were fully closed to slip straight inside.

Their luck was excellent.

Because the gate mechanism of Colin Fortress was a fully automatic contraption, there were no extra soldiers standing guard in the gate passage.

"Commander, our luck really isn't bad," Lord Xuan Wuji's other adjutant said in a hushed, relieved voice.

He had just been thinking that if there were enemies in the gate passage, he would have had to use his throwing darts to assassinate them at the first instant, without making a sound—otherwise it would easily draw the attention of the soldiers on the wall, ultimately causing the cavalry who had gone out to very likely wheel around and launch a counterattack.

Lord Xuan Wuji suddenly had the illusion that it seemed as if the enemy had deliberately been this careless, the purpose being to let them seize Colin Fortress.

However, the moment this thought arose, he dismissed it.

The fortress at the Natural Gorge had only just been taken by them, so right now it should not yet have drawn the attention of the Taji and Lei Dun kingdom Guolian Army. If the fortress at the Natural Gorge had been breached, then the escort personnel for the allied army's grain transport convoy could not possibly be as few as five hundred men.

Could the Taji Kingdom and Lei Dun Kingdom really be putting themselves in a desperate, last-stand situation? If it were truly so, wouldn't they fear truly bringing about their own destruction?

"Prepare to charge up. You find the mechanism hub that controls the gate's opening at the first instant, let the brothers below come in… we must seize the fortress in the shortest time possible!"

"Yes!"

Lord Xuan Wuji and his adjutant nodded to each other, each going to one side of the gate passage, and quickly glancing outside. There were no city guards on either side—they should all be up on the wall. However, given the two men's skills, as long as they didn't run into experts, they should be able to find the mechanism hub and open the gates within the shortest time.

"Move!"

"Yes!"

Lord Xuan Wuji and his adjutant, at the very same moment, sprinted toward the staircases on either side leading up to the wall. The instant they turned toward the stairway entrance, they saw two guards on watch.

"You…"

"Who are you?"

Lord Xuan Wuji drew his short sword at the first instant; a flash of sword-light swept past, sending the two soldiers on their way. His adjutant did the same—flicking out his darts, he struck both soldiers in the throat at the first instant. Under their terrified, yet speechless gazes, he slowly drew out the blades and sent them on their way.

Then, he carefully continued up the stairs.

By contrast, Lord Xuan Wuji simply leaped up in a single bound and appeared before the many soldiers of the Taji Kingdom. The moment he landed on the wall's surface, he was spotted by the soldiers up top, who quickly closed in on him, forming an encirclement.

"Who are you?"

"The man who's here to kill you!"

Killing intent was laid bare without the slightest concealment. The blade in his hand swept out a streak of sword Qi straight ahead, cleaving the soldier who had asked the question clean in two! The shadow that had been at his feet, at this very moment, suddenly rose up and transformed into another person identical to Lord Xuan Wuji, who swiftly charged toward the enemies ahead.

With a raise of claw and a fall of claw, a Taji soldier was directly dismembered into four pieces—the method utterly savage.

The surrounding soldiers, momentarily terrified, immediately raised their spears and charged at the two Lord Xuan Wujis.