Chapter 2468: Everything is Gradually Getting Better

The reply from Sand City was faster than expected. The night crow flew to Sand City at 4:00 PM, and just past 5:00 PM, Sand City's order reached Su Xiao's hands.

The sunset shone in through the window. At this time, there was only one hour left until the deadline given by Spring Tieyang.

Su Xiao opened a small wooden barrel the length of a little finger. The note inside fell out. After opening it, the content was as follows:

"140,000 elite soldiers have been conscripted from the front lines and will arrive at Segona City by 6:00 at the latest. Commander-in-Chief Kuku Lin must hold Segona City, and the Divine Maiden must be escorted back to Sand City."

Seeing this message, Su Xiao was in a good mood. After fighting on the front lines for so long, Sand City had finally compromised appropriately. However, he was a bit hesitant about sending the Divine Maiden to Sand City.

After thinking for a moment, Su Xiao summoned Wen Aiyuer. Before long, Wen Aiyuer arrived.

Wen Aiyuer was much more relaxed this time. She was observing the layout inside the room; compared to the previous stone building, the layout of this stone building was more luxurious.

"Wen Aiyuer, take 2,000 soldiers to escort the Divine Maiden back to Sand City. Depart tomorrow morning."

"As you command."

Although Wen Aiyuer didn't know what this order meant, she knew that from now on, she was an eye in Sand City. It was very dangerous, but it was also an opportunity.

After Wen Aiyuer left the stone building, Su Xiao began to ponder deeply about which of the three—the Sand Emperor, Uno, or Carola—wanted the Divine Maiden back in Sand City.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Su Xiao always felt that the Divine Maiden seemed very important to Sand City. He now had two choices: one was to obey Sand City's military order and escort the Divine Maiden back; the other was to execute the Divine Maiden halfway.

After thinking for a long time, Su Xiao decided not to touch the Divine Maiden. He wanted to see what would happen in Sand City.

Not only that, the fact that Sand City suddenly transferred soldiers was also very strange. It was 140,000, which Su Xiao hadn't expected. The current situation was that, on the surface, the Sand Emperor supported him, while the other two power-holders were hostile to him.

After capturing Segona City, Su Xiao discovered that his supporters seemed to have increased from one to two. Whether it was Uno or Carola who temporarily supported him, it couldn't be determined yet. What was certain was that the Sand Emperor's support alone wouldn't have brought 140,000 strong reinforcements.

Su Xiao decided to temporarily accept the strong reinforcements from Sand City's "hidden" supporter and strike into the Peru Kingdom. In this way, he could catalyze the situation in Sand City. Without the pressure from the front lines, all the secrets in Sand City would gradually erupt. Those with ambition would reveal their fangs. Whether it was Uno or Carola, he would see when the time came.

First, beat up the Peru Kingdom, accumulate strength while completing the main quest, then deal with the rule-breakers, and finally see what kind of monsters would jump out of Sand City.

With a general direction, the burden on Su Xiao's shoulders lightened by half. It was too early to consider other things; let's settle the score with Spring Tieyang first.

"Xiang Bubu, stop sleeping. Go find Caesar and have him bring Laidun Hongxu."

"Woof~"

Xiang Bubu Wang, who was a bit groggy from sleep, jumped off the bed and hit the door frame while running out, becoming completely alert.

Half an hour later, Caesar arrived with Laidun Hongxu, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body.

"Hmph, despicable."

Laidun Hongxu snorted coldly, as if possessed by a honey badger.

"You are free. Go back and tell Spring Tieyang to have his troops retreat behind the defense line. I will send the Divine Maiden out of Segona City tomorrow morning and lead my troops to retreat from Segona City. At that time, get out of our Sand Flame territory."

Su Xiao's gaze was unkind. He needed to show an attitude of not wanting to release the Divine Maiden but being forced to do so by pressure from Sand City.

"Kuku Lin, for Sand Flame and Peru, territory is everything. You are very good at fighting, and also very despicable, but you don't understand the affairs of the power-holders."

After Laidun Hongxu said these words, he felt the wounds on his body didn't hurt anymore.

"Get out of my sight."

Blood energy spread around Su Xiao, and the furniture and walls near him creaked.

"Hahaha."

Laidun Hongxu was satisfied. He patted Caesar on the shoulder and walked out of the stone building. Caesar stared wide-eyed in anxiety, meaning: 'Just let him go like this? Not blackmail him for a soul crystal?'

Half an hour later, under Caesar's pained gaze, Laidun Hongxu and more than 10,000 dwarf soldiers, as well as several thousand civilians, left Segona City.

One hour later, the troops under Spring Tieyang began to retreat, no longer semi-encircling Segona City.

Su Xiao, of course, wouldn't release the Divine Maiden. Spring Tieyang also only retreated a few kilometers, and the other dwarf troops didn't retreat from Sand Flame territory either.

At 6:30 that night, 140,000 soldiers conscripted from other front-line troops arrived. This time, there was no need to disrupt the organization; these were soldiers obtained legitimately.

Adding up the troops under his command, the soldiers Su Xiao commanded reached an unprecedented 200,000+. What was the concept of 200,000 soldiers? The answer was that Segona City couldn't even accommodate them.

Just as the newly arrived 140,000 soldiers entered the city, there was movement on Spring Tieyang's side. The dwarf troops under his command marched one after another, forming a battle line behind Segona City, separating Segona City from the Peru border.

Spring Tieyang had already sensed that Su Xiao wasn't planning to retreat from Segona City. Upon learning this news, Spring Tieyang had no reaction, while Laidun Hongxu was furious, threatening to duel Su Xiao. Su Xiao hadn't made a move in front of outsiders for a while, and now a challenger had actually appeared.

The night sky was clear. Su Xiao walked on the city wall, looking at the flickering firelight in the distance. That was Spring Tieyang's legion; this was a formidable enemy.

The side quest "Capture Segona City" had long been completed. Su Xiao hadn't figured out the rewarded 【Gray Soul Structure Analysis Diagram】 yet. Su Xiao was proficient in alchemy, but he only had a half-understanding of gray souls and needed to study it.

However, compared to the side quest "Capture Segona City," the newly triggered achievement quest made Su Xiao very concerned. This achievement quest was phased.

【Achievement Quest: Counterattack.】

Trigger condition: Capture a small part of the Peru Kingdom's defense line and deploy more than 30,000 soldier-type units.

Difficulty level: War-type achievement quest, difficulty fluctuates greatly.

Quest information: Capture a small-scale defense line of the Peru Kingdom.

Quest deadline: 12 natural days.

Quest reward: Sand Flame military merit.

Hint: Capturing the Peru Kingdom's defense line will earn a certain amount of military merit.

Warning: If you betray the Sand Flame Kingdom, military merit will be cleared.

Existing military merit: 0 points (military merit obtained will be calculated after triggering this achievement quest).

Quest penalty: None.

After triggering this achievement quest, there was a corresponding title exchange shop, which was full of titles, from ★ to ★★★★.

The titles here were all the titles that could be obtained in this world. Su Xiao absolutely didn't believe that this wasn't a reward given by Reincarnation Paradise; there were no such coincidences in the world.

The title smelting authority and the title exchange shop were both conveniences and support given by Reincarnation Paradise. Reincarnation Paradise sent Su Xiao to this world to deal with a rule-breaker like Fei Shi; of course, it wouldn't just throw him in. If it did, that would be equivalent to sending Su Xiao to his death.

Su Xiao even suspected that he was sent to deal with Fei Shi, not because of his own strength and how many rule-breakers he had hunted, but because of the War Lord title he possessed.

The armies in this world were very strong. The rise of the Holy Soul was indeed brilliant, but it was suppressed by the power of the army. Su Xiao had the War Lord title, so it was perfectly normal for him to be sent to deal with Fei Shi.

Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't issue a quest that was certain death; this was a law Su Xiao had figured out. And the key to dealing with Fei Shi was to obtain military power from the Sand Flame Kingdom and accumulate status bit by bit by attacking Peru's defense lines.

Su Xiao had obviously gone too far. The trigger condition for the achievement quest was "Capture a small part of the Peru Kingdom's defense line and deploy more than 30,000 soldier-type units."

This quest required him to hit and run, as long as he had 30,000 soldiers under his command. Yet Su Xiao had kicked open the gates of Peru and had a massive army of 200,000.

Earn military merit by capturing Peru's defense line? Judging by Su Xiao's current military strength, that was putting the cart before the horse. It would be better to push directly into the Peru Kingdom; that should earn more military merit.

Everything was starting to get better. Sand City's reinforcements had arrived, and the hidden reward given by Reincarnation Paradise had also been successfully triggered. To fully obtain these benefits, Su Xiao needed to defeat Spring Tieyang first. ===== CHAPTER 2469 =====