Chapter 320: New Recruits Report, Dong Ningxue Exhausted

"Damn it!"

Lu Xin Yuan muttered angrily.

In his eyes, that palm was like an invisible vortex, not only giving him an intense sense of danger, but also seeming to possess a strange attraction...

It gave him an inescapable illusion.

"Can't dodge?!"

Lu Xin Yuan's complexion changed drastically; his already pale face turned even whiter.

He quickly summoned the dense yang qi within his body, trying to block the palm.

However, Lu Jing's palm came down steadily.

His slender, fair fingers were as sharp as knives, merely grazing Lu Xin Yuan's yang qi shield...

Crack—

The yang qi was like paper; a single poke tore it apart.

The palm moved close to Lu Xin Yuan's neck, then clenched tightly.

Bang!

Like lifting a chick, it hoisted Lu Xin Yuan upward.

Goo-dong—

Lu Xin Yuan's throat churned, cold sweat drenched his head, his hands and feet flailed nonstop, trying to break free from the iron‑clamp‑like grip.

Yet it was all in vain; Lu Xin Yuan felt the world spin, and the next moment Lu Jing slammed him hard onto the ground.

Bang—

The ground cracked, a Small Pit appeared, and Lu Xin Yuan's body was forced a segment into it.

Lu Jing released his grip on Lu Xin Yuan's neck, brushed dust off his palm, and kept walking forward.

It seemed the recent incident was just an inconsequential interlude.

"Cough......"

After a while.

Lu Xin Yuan lay on the ground like a dead dog, twitching intermittently.

Many people nearby stared dumbfounded, each frozen in place like a fool.

The companions who had just been chatting and laughing with Lu Xin Yuan and Yang Zixin were now also bewildered.

Lu Xin Yuan of the Wu Hou Realm was suddenly beaten into this state by that youngster?!

He couldn't even withstand a single move...

Moreover, why did Lu Xin Yuan's dense yang qi seem nonexistent in that youth's hand?

Watching Lu Jing's figure stride past them, each straightened their posture, daring not to breathe, like prey stared down by a predator.

"What, you all trying to stop me?"

Lu Jing said calmly.

Their scalp tingled, pupils contracted, hair stood on end, "No, no, you misunderstand; we're not close with him......"

By the time Lu Xin Yuan came to his senses, the youth in a black combat suit had vanished, and only Yang Zixin's soft, continuous sobbing could be heard nearby.

"This person actually smashed my face like this, half my teeth are gone; it's practically courting death!"

Yang Zixin, clenching his few remaining teeth, growled, "I will find my big brother and kill him to vent my hatred!"

"Ugh—"

The next second, Yang Zixin smelled the foul odor in his mouth and couldn't help spitting it out.

After a moment, several soldiers arrived, helping the sobbing Yang Zixin and the stunned Lu Xin Yuan up from the ground.

Clang—

A dense, snow‑like, pale‑blue ice‑element blade qi swept out in a crescent shape.

As the blade qi spread, several beasts blocking the front didn't have time to roar before being easily cleaved in two.

Yet even after being bisected, these ferocious beasts remained alive, their muddled upper halves writhing on the ground, dragging colorful intestines, their foul mouths opening and closing incessantly, as if trying to bite another before dying.

Dong Ningxue gripped a slender ice sword in her hand, her graceful figure darting across the battlefield.. ghxsw.

As long as she doesn't face leader‑level beasts, Dong Ningxue can easily slay them one by one, becoming a reaper that harvests the beasts' lives.

"Hoo—"

She exhaled a breath laden with ice crystals, and Dong Ningxue's steps slowed considerably.

After prolonged fighting, even as a strong late‑stage Martial Mastery Realm practitioner, she felt exhausted and weary.

Clang—

Another slash, and the two beasts before her were decapitated.

Dong Ningxue watched a new wave of beasts charge forward, and couldn't help furrowing her brows.

She flickered, opting not to attack but retreating into the rear defensive line.

"Sister Xue, take a break; it's my turn now."

Inside the military tent, Zhu Xingyao had bandages on her hands, looking at Dong Ningxue with concern.

"You're injured; stay here. I'll sit for five minutes and then head out to keep fighting."

Dong Ningxue pushed the standing Zhu Xingyao back onto her chair, grabbed a nearby military can, and began devouring it.

Her eating manner was unsightly, completely lacking her previous elegance, starkly at odds with her stunning looks.

"Sister Xue, eat more; you haven't had anything since last night."

Zhu Xingyao fetched a bottle of water from a nearby box, unscrewed it, and handed it over.

"Thank you."

Dong Ningxue didn't have time to wipe her mouth, she directly poured water into her mouth.

Snow sister, when will reinforcements arrive? If this continues, the third line of defense will be breached," Zhu Xingyao said, frowning: "We've been fighting fiercely for so long, everyone is exhausted, many are wounded, and our combat power has plummeted..."

Ah, there's nothing we can do; if we really can't, we can only fall back to the second line of defense—Lord Seat, didn't you already request support from the Northern Military Region? It should be arriving soon.

Dong Ningxue's face showed a hint of helplessness, she sighed: "Just hold on a bit longer; it shouldn't be too long, what do you think?"

I can hold on, but those guys like Lu Xinyuan used connections to get themselves transferred away from the front lines; now I don't know where they're hiding to have fun. Just thinking about it makes my teeth itch with anger—if the line is broken, what good does it do them?!

Zhu Xingyao puffed out her cheeks in anger.

"There's no benefit, but also no harm," Dong Ningxue snorted, "Their families are all abroad, so they don't care about the lives and deaths of Huaguo's civilians..."

A few minutes later, Dong Ningxue finished the three cans and sprang to her feet.

"I'm going; take care of your wounds, and if I really can't hold on, come take my place!"

Having said that, she grabbed her long blade and charged back into the battlefield, moving as fast as the wind.

But if observed closely, one would notice her right hand gripping the blade trembling slightly.

"Lord Seat, the Northern Military Region is calling!"

Inside the first line of defense, in a tent.

The operator ran over to Situjun's side and gave a military salute.

"What did they say? When will the reinforcements I requested arrive?!"

"They said before tomorrow..."

The operator said cautiously.

"Tomorrow? Then we won't need to go into the cave; the aberrant beasts have already surged to the surface, so we can just prepare to fight on the ground!"

Situjun panted heavily and slapped the marble tabletop with a slap.

Slap—

The solid slab of marble instantly split into pieces.

"Lord Seat, Lord Seat, something's wrong!"

Just then, a hysterical shout came from outside, from the deputy officer.