Chapter 36

Shen Tianxing was killing enemies at the North City Gate, Sun Tiejun led troops to chase Hong Yi, Hong Yi ran toward the North City Gate, Yang Hongyue led troops behind, killing enemies while chasing.

Basically, everyone in the Da Zhou Army was doing their duty, except the thirty thousand Da Zhou Army left outside Humen Pass, who were waiting anxiously in the distance.

Originally they thought Shen Tianxing and the others could at most hold out for less than half an hour before being wiped out, at which point they could also rush forward to block the Dawu Army's retreat.

As it turned out, almost an hour had passed, yet Shen Tianxing and his men still firmly held the North City Gate, and from time to time, a hundred cavalry would appear from somewhere to reinforce them.

Just now it was even more excessive—out of nowhere, a thousand swordsmen charged straight for the gate of the North City Gate, giving them no chance to act at all.

Colonel Wang is now irritable; he is Sun Tiejun's personal aide, belonging to his direct troops, equivalent to the rank of Commander, only the title Colonel is slightly higher.

"Colonel, why don't we just charge forward? If we keep going like this, in the battle at Humen Pass, where is there any place for us to contribute? We are all the Marshal's men—how could the Marshal arrange us like this?"

"Yes, Colonel, that Shen kid is too fierce, and the troops he leads are like they don't care about death—if it were us, even if we defied heaven we could only hold for half an hour; how could we possibly hold this long?"

"Originally the Marshal wanted us to earn great merit here, then promote us and give us titles, and the Marshal himself would gain glory—but now, where do we have any chance?"

"Do you think I don't want to? The Marshal's order is that unless this Shen Tianxing escapes or is already dead, we cannot go to reinforce."

"This Shen Tianxing has obviously offended the Marshal to death; once he flees Humen Pass as a deserter, we must be responsible for killing him before we can reinforce."

"Now he's still alive and kicking—what could we do if we went? Help him kill enemies? By then we'd have killed enemies and earned merit, but Shen Tianxing isn't dead—will Marshal Sun spare us?"

"Colonel Wang's face was full of bitterness; what he said made sense, but if we keep dragging this out like this, the war will be over before we get a chance to fight—by then we won't even have troops to send out, wouldn't that be even worse?"

"But if we don't go up and fight, and wait until the war ends having done nothing, isn't that even worse?"

"Finally someone spoke the key point; Colonel Wang fell into thought, then gritted his teeth and stood up."

"Never mind—if we don't reinforce, that's certain death; if we do reinforce, at least we'll be safe until we return to court victorious, and then we can find a way to make up for merit."

"Colonel Wang made up his mind; the battle had come to this point, and it seemed there was no choice."

"Officers and soldiers, follow me to kill—reinforce the North City Gate, spare no Dawu dog! Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Colonel Wang's troops had also been holding back; at this moment they each roared out and followed Colonel Wang in a swift charge toward the North City Gate."

"Reinforcement has finally arrived—why did they take so long to come? If it weren't for Lord Shen, we'd already be dead."

"What use is it coming now? It's the people Lord Shen brought who truly saved our lives."

"We fought to the death and lost so many brothers; now the situation has stabilized, yet they shamelessly come to reinforce—it's utterly ridiculous."

"Among the dozens of surviving troops under Shen Tianxing, some felt happy, some naturally felt angry, but they were sincerely grateful to Shen Tianxing."

"When the distance reaches 500 meters, should we immediately initiate the conversion?"

"Shen Tianxing was leisurely listening when the prompt tones from his blade soldiers gaining kill value from killing enemies sounded, and then he heard Hong Yi's voice."

"Immediately initiate conversion, using the God Slayer Mask disguise skill to fully conceal."

"Conversion started, completion 100%."

"The God Slayer Mask disguise skill activated, full concealment, the host turned into an ordinary Dawu soldier."

"First came Hong Yi's voice, then the system's prompt tone."

"Shen Tianxing also vanished instantly from his spot—or rather, he and Hong Yi completed the conversion instantly, and the Hong Yi who finished conversion turned into Shen Tianxing's appearance, continuing to kill enemies."

"Shen Tianxing also instantly appeared among a group of Dawu soldiers, and from afar he saw Sun Tiejun leading people angrily charging toward him, but he had lost Hong Yi as a target."

"Shen Tianxing without hesitation took a sip of Lei Bi, held a Hua Zi in his mouth, and for safety ate a piece of Snow Cake, but under the full concealment of the disguise, outsiders could not see these actions or the Hua Zi on his lips."

"Then Shen Tianxing's speed fully erupted, he used the lightness skill Treading Water Without Trace, stepping on the heads of many Dawu and Zhou soldiers, appearing before Sun Tiejun with lightning speed."

"Sun Tiejun had no time to react, seeing the disguised Shen Tianxing slash down with a blade; Sun Tiejun was frightened and didn't know what to do."

"Fortunately, Pan Dongpeng reacted quickly, rode forward and blocked Shen Tianxing's blade with his own, which triggered the Broken Blade, snapping his sword and cutting his shoulder."

"Ah...... my hand, someone come, quickly protect the Marshal, there's an expert assassin......"

"Pan Dongpeng could be said to have displayed the nature of a lackey to the fullest; at this critical moment, what he thought of was still guaranteeing Sun Tiejun's safety."

"Unfortunately, Shen Tianxing gave him no chance, and with one blow severed Pan Dongpeng's head."

"Congratulations, host, for slaying a Sixth Grade First Layer Vice General, gaining 100,000 Kill Value, a special Fourth-Tier Soldier summon token, a bottle of National Celebration Maotai, an intermediate guard promotion token, and one thousand taels of silver."

"Shen Tianxing also didn't expect Pan Dongpeng to bring 100,000 Kill Value as well; besides gaining another guard promotion token, there was also a special Fourth-Tier Soldier summon token, and of course a bottle of National Celebration Maotai arrived—a new special item."

"He had no time to look at these; Shen Tianxing's current target was only Sun Tiejun, who had raised his spear and was hastily retreating."

"Sun Tiejun, why are you running? Didn't you plot to kill me? Now I'm right here—come kill me!"

"These words of Shen Tianxing could only be heard by Sun Tiejun, and the voice was his original one; Sun Tiejun stared wide-eyed in disbelief, never expecting that the sudden figure was also Shen Tianxing."

"Shen Tianxing, it's you again—you deserve to die; I'll fight you to the death, Marshal!"

"Sun Tiejun, thoroughly provoked, heedless, spurred his horse forward and thrust his spear at Shen Tianxing; the hatred in his eyes would make anyone's scalp go numb."

"Some Da Zhou troops who had wanted to go help—including two company commanders and a regiment commander—were stunned; how could this be Shen Tianxing again? Is this person just Shen Tianxing?"

"However, Shen Tianxing didn't care what they thought; seeing Sun Tiejun angrily lash out, he again used the lightness skill Treading Water Without Trace, his whole body spinning upward to dodge that spear."

"Sun Tiejun's thrust missed; as he was about to change moves, Shen Tianxing had already leapt up by stepping on the spear shaft, flipped in midair, and came down with a fierce chop."

"Sun Tiejun drew back his spear to block, but was ultimately a step too slow; only then did one see Shen Tianxing's blade cleanly sever his neck, and at the instant his head flew off, Sun Tiejun's roar cut off abruptly."

"Shen Tianxing, you deserve to die......"