Chapter 221: Conclusion

Cheng Feng held the Bronze Statue Technique and the silver, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly to reveal a smug smile. He secretly rejoiced in his heart that this operation of his could be called a great success. Thus, he led his men away from this place without hesitation. They carefully moved the giant rock at the cave entrance back to its original position, as if nothing had ever happened. Then, they left quickly, rushing toward the main hall of Black Wind Stronghold.

When they finally arrived at the main hall of Black Wind Stronghold, the scene before their eyes shocked everyone—the entire main hall had turned into a chaotic battlefield!

The Black Robe Evil Soldiers were brandishing their weapons, engaging in fierce slaughter with the crowd. The bodies of these evil soldiers were as hard as steel and impervious to blades or spears, leaving people with no way to attack. Although everyone was resisting bravely, they still felt powerless when facing such powerful enemies.

In this chaos, the only one capable of contending with the Black Robe Evil Soldiers was the County Lieutenant, who was in the Bone Refining Realm! He held a long spear and circled with the Black Robe Evil Soldiers, every move and stance filled with Blood Qi. Yet even he was under immense pressure.

"Damn it, why is this guy so difficult to deal with?" the County Lieutenant complained to himself. He knew that the reason he could rival the Black Robe Evil Soldier was entirely due to his own deep foundation.

Every time he clashed with the Black Robe Evil Soldier, it consumed a significant amount of Blood Qi. Moreover, after the evil soldiers consumed human blood, they could quickly recover from their injuries, while he could not do the same.

The County Lieutenant understood in his heart that his trump card was an outburst. Once he unleashed it, his strength would greatly increase, and he could pierce a large hole in the Black Robe Evil Soldier.

By comparison, Cheng Feng focused mainly on hacking and slashing, emphasizing lethality. Therefore, while the two might be evenly matched in terms of killing, Cheng Feng's hacking attack style might have more of an advantage when dealing with special existences like the Black Robe Evil Soldiers.

Although the County Lieutenant was giving his all, he still found it difficult to stop the rampage of the Black Robe Evil Soldiers. Every time he beat back a Black Robe Evil Soldier, the opponent would quickly find someone nearby to suck their fresh blood and recover from their injuries.

In this way, the Black Robe Evil Soldiers always maintained their powerful combat strength, causing the County Lieutenant to fall into a bitter struggle.

Not counting normal losses, just comparing the battle in the main hall to when they arrived, their numbers had actually decreased by more than half! Everyone's face was filled with exhaustion and helplessness, and their eyes revealed fear toward the Black Robe Evil Soldiers.

Facing such a situation, Cheng Feng was also full of helplessness: "I have already killed so many people, yet you are still playing with these small soldiers?"

Cheng Feng looked at the Jade Tablet in his hand, calculating secretly in his heart.

Blood Qi flowed through his body; through the power of the Jade Tablet, he could control the movement speed of the evil soldiers.

Cheng Feng deliberately made the evil soldiers' movements become sluggish, as if he were going to stretch his own neck toward the enemy's blade, letting them slaughter him.

Cheng Feng absolutely could not let others discover the connection between him and the evil soldiers. He could only make this superficial sacrifice. As for the evil soldier he had killed, he had long since brought its head with him, in case of need.

Watching the evil soldier that had entangled him for so long finally get pierced through the throat by his spear and fall to the ground, no longer moving, the County Lieutenant finally collapsed to the ground.

Having fought a bitter battle for so long, if he didn't win, it was possible he would have ended up here.

The remaining mountain bandits saw the evil soldiers of their own camp fall and prepared to go find the stronghold leader to make a decision, but looking around, where was there any shadow of their own stronghold leader?

The Mountain Bandits who had come to their senses turned and fled one after another. Meanwhile, the government soldiers were greatly encouraged and took the opportunity to pursue them. The entire scene became chaotic and unbearable.

In the end, after a fierce battle, most of the Mountain Bandits were subdued or beheaded by the government soldiers. Only a few who slipped through the net took advantage of the chaos to escape.

This sudden turn of events instantly reversed the originally tense situation, and the County Lieutenant's heroic performance won rounds of applause from the government soldiers present.

Watching the government side win a great victory, Cheng Feng also walked leisurely to the position of the Hong Sect, and upon asking, he couldn't help but frown.

Of the three hundred Outer Hall Disciples of the Hong Sect, over two hundred had died in battle, leaving only a mere hundred or so. He looked at these scarred and exhausted Hong Sect disciples, feeling heavy in his heart, but he did not know how to comfort them.

War was inherently cruel, and life and death were unpredictable. This time he had led the Hong Sect here, and his original intention was also to select elite soldiers and strong generals to enter the sect.

Regarding these deaths and injuries, although he had expected them long ago, even if he felt unbearable, he would not soften his heart because of it.

After all, "mercy does not command troops"—this was a principle he still understood.

Fortunately, the Hong Sect's compensation was generous enough, and combined with the treasures of Black Wind Stronghold, it should be able to comfort the families of the soldiers who died.

Cheng Feng touched the Bronze Statue Technique on his chest, and a new idea formed in his heart. Perhaps he could take this opportunity to select a batch of disciples with better physical fitness from the Hong Sect and teach them the Bronze Statue Technique, cultivating them into hard-body disciples.

In this way, in the future on the battlefield, these hard-body disciples could become indestructible tanks, charging and breaking through enemy lines.

After this evil soldier incident, Cheng Feng felt more and more that this world was full of mystery and danger.

Relying solely on traditional martial arts cultivation was far from enough; he must arrange the hard-body training as soon as possible to give himself more of a sense of security.

Wu Feng's strength was already about to step into the Bone Refining Realm; he could be said to be in the first tier below the Bone Refining Realm, so he naturally had no problems in this chaotic battle.

He looked at the cloth bag in Cheng Feng's hand and asked curiously: "Sect Master, what are you doing?"

Cheng Feng answered casually: "This is the head of an evil soldier, my spoils of war."

Hearing this, Wu Feng felt a bit surprised, but seeing the calm expression on Cheng Feng's face, he felt embarrassed to ask more.

And the disciples who followed them let out exclamations one after another.

Someone said: "The Sect Master is actually so powerful!"

Someone else said: "The Sect Master brought back the head of an evil soldier all by himself..."

Cheng Feng coughed lightly, and the surrounding disciples immediately quieted down.

Then, he ordered: "Start cleaning up the battlefield now, tidy up the corpses of our fallen brothers, and then let's go home together."

Everyone responded in unison: "Understood!" The eyes with which they looked at Cheng Feng became even more respectful.

People are not afraid of death; they are only afraid of dying for nothing.

The Hong Sect's compensation system was perfect, and the funeral arrangements for the bodies were handled properly. Under such conditions, which Hong Sect disciple would spare their life for the Hong Sect?

The County Lieutenant and people from other factions also heard the commotion on the Hong Sect's side. When they heard that Cheng Feng had killed an evil soldier alone and brought back the evil soldier's head, they all came over to congratulate Cheng Feng.

Cheng Feng returned the courtesy and looked at the County Lieutenant: "My Lord, I wonder what the value of this evil soldier's head is?"

The County Lieutenant laughed: "I will certainly not let Cheng Sect Master suffer a loss."

Listening to the County Lieutenant's promise, the people from other factions had smiles on their faces, but they were cursing inwardly; their own interests would have to be cut short again.

But Cheng Feng's battle record was right there; a Bone Refining Martial Artist of such an age, no one dared to speak against him.

I heard that the Hong Sect Leader is also a disciple of the Tieshan Martial Arts Hall?

Martial Arts Hall Master Wang hides things so deeply!