Chapter 654: First Volume_Chapter 654: Cut Them All Down for Me!

First Volume_Chapter 654: Cut Them All Down for Me!

It wasn't just Lü Li who was stunned—every single commoner on the scene stood there slack-jawed.

The literati present, though unafraid of power and willing to argue on principle,

still found it utterly inconceivable to kill Northern Di envoy group soldiers in broad daylight on the street.

Qin Feng not only dared to kill—he swung the butcher's blade at the Northern Di Envoy before the eyes of all.

This iron-fisted decisiveness to kill made the crowd both fear and revere him.

No one knew how long passed before a buzz of murmuring rose from the scene.

"Heavens, Young Master Qin actually made his move."

"Nonsense—he's Qin Feng. He once stormed the Execution Ground itself; killing Northern Di soldiers is nothing to him."

"Y-yes, quite right. The Northern Di who've died at Young Master Qin's hands—how many tens of thousands?"

"Even killing sixteen more is no more than a drop in the bucket—no need to mind it."

"You can't put it that way! Storming the Execution Ground was an internal affair of our Shedynasty."

"But killing Northern Di soldiers is a matter between nations."

The Vice Minister of Rites saw the situation turning bad and hurriedly organized his Headquarters guards to drive the gathered commoners outward.

As far away from Qin Feng and the Northern Di Envoy Group as possible.

After all, given Qin Feng and Lü Li's temperaments, a bloody clash was bound to break out.

The commoners had to be kept from being drawn into it.

Lü Li recovered from his shock, and his face abruptly turned an ashen blue.

His cold, low voice seemed to leap out from between his teeth, word by word.

"Qin Feng, you dare kill my escort soldiers—you're simply asking to die!"

As his words fell, Lü Li clamped his legs against his horse's belly and actually charged straight at Qin Feng on horseback.

The surrounding commoners cried out in alarm.

Calling out warnings one after another.

"Young Master Qin, dodge quickly—that Northern Di dog of an official is ferociously bold."

"Madmen, those North Di Barbarians have truly gone mad!"

The literati on the scene turned pale with fright.

Though they knew the importance of national dignity and could muster the Courage to lay down their lives,

watching the clash between Qin Feng and Lü Li reach a point beyond saving,

the scene still exceeded what anyone could bear.

Yet when the crowd's gaze turned to Qin Feng, they found him standing proudly before the horse, hands clasped behind his back.

With no intention of dodging at all.

Just as everyone's hearts had risen to their throats,

a sudden explosive shout rang out.

Ning Hu actually raised his foot-long lance and charged at Lü Li's mount.

The lance pierced straight through the horse's neck.

But the momentum of the charging mount did not lessen, and it sent Ning Hu flying.

Thud!

With a muffled crash, Ning Hu slammed into the ground, while Lü Li's mount was stabbed dead on the spot, lost its balance, and tumbled down as well.

"Ning Hu, how is he?"

Qin Feng's brows knit tight as he looked at Ning Hu, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Ning Hu spat hard, his face full of contempt: "Won't die!"

Lü Li was, after all, getting on in years, and this fall was no light matter—he couldn't get up for a long while.

The Northern Di Envoy Group and escort soldiers behind him were instantly enraged.

Let alone the soldiers—even those Northern Di civil officials, used to comfort and ease in days past, now spurred their horses forward.

"How dare you!"

"You wretched Qin Feng, you dare wound our Great Di Pillar of the State!"

"Though this place is your Liang Kingdom's Jingji, what of it? You killed our soldiers, wounded our Pillar of the State—such a Blood Feud can only end with one side's death!"

"We shall die here today with our Pillar of the State! Our Great Di's myriad armies will surely trample Liang flat!"

Ning Hu scrambled up from the ground, retrieved his lance, and led the Tianji Camp Guards to meet them.

Lance after lance aimed at the horses' necks.

Forcibly bringing the Northern Di mounts to a halt.

Roar after roar of fury echoed through the streets of Jingdu.

"Asking to die? Then I'll grant your wish!"

"Defeated dogs, and you dare act so arrogant—even if we slaughter every one of you, what of it!"

"All of you, get the hell off your horses!"

"Dismount! Otherwise, you all die!"

The Northern Di Envoy Group's escort soldiers did dismount one after another—but not out of submission; they drew their lances from their saddles instead.

Preparing to fight the Tianji Camp Guards to the death.

After all, escort soldiers couldn't possibly be equipped with overly long cavalry lances.

The Northern Di Envoy Group's Vice Envoy Han Yu was a civil official through and through, yet now an unprecedented fury erupted from him.

Pointing at Qin Feng, he roared, "Soldiers of Da Di, kill Qin Feng!"

"Though I die today, I will not disgrace the might of our Da Di Kingdom!"

The remaining dozens of Northern Di soldiers gripped their halberds and charged forward.

The Tianji Camp Guards were, of course, equally unhesitating.

The two sides actually began to fight fiercely right there, on the most important Chengmen Zhulu of Jingdu.

The soldiers escorting the diplomatic envoy were all Beidi Elite.

Fueled further by hatred and fury, they actually fought the Tianji Camp Guards to a stalemate.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten soldiers had already fallen into pools of blood on the scene.

Ning Hu leaped into the air and thrust his halberd clean through the Northern Di soldier before him.

With a low roar, he threw both arms into it at once and actually flung that Northern Di soldier high into the air.

With a violent swing of both arms, the corpse slammed into Han Yu's mount.

The mount, startled, let out a wail of misery and threw Han Yu straight to the ground.

The Northern Di Envoy and his soldiers grew even more furious.

But they did not press the attack again, because Lü Li had already been bound by the Tianji Camp Guards and thrown before Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took the blade from a Tianji Camp Guard's hand and placed it directly against Lü Li's neck.

His face was expressionless.

"Didn't you say you would sacrifice your lives for righteousness, and protect the might of the Di Kingdom with your hot blood?"

"Now, throw down your weapons."

"I'll count to three."

"Otherwise, Lü Li's head falls to the ground!"

Han Yu scrambled up from the ground in a sorry state, pointing at Qin Feng and bellowing.

"Qin Feng! If you dare kill Lü Zhu Guo, then my Da Di Kingdom and your Liang Kingdom shall seal a blood feud from this day forth, waging war for all generations!"

Faced with Han Yu's threat.

Qin Feng remained unmoved, not wasting a single drop of unnecessary saliva.

"Three."

Qin Feng called out directly.

A chill instantly ran down Han Yu's back.

Because he knew very well that there was nothing in this Heaven that Qin Feng would not dare to do.

Since Qin Feng had threatened to kill Lü Li, then he would certainly act.

Lü Li's eyes were bloodshot; never in his life had he been so furious, but his mouth was gagged and he could not make a single sound.

Han Yu was caught in an impossible dilemma.

Just then, Qin Feng's voice rang out once more.

"Two!"

That voice was like a death knell.

Han Yu panicked; without waiting for Qin Feng to call out the last number, he hurriedly turned and ordered the surrounding soldiers.

"Drop your weapons!"

The Northern Di soldiers naturally obeyed the order instantly, throwing down their weapons one after another, but their eyes remained fixed on Qin Feng with boundless fury.

Qin Feng did not waste words, speaking with casual indifference.

"As foreign troops, you dared to raise arms and start a fight here in the Jingji of our Shedynasty — clearly you meant to trample the might of our Shedynasty."

"Ning Hu."

"Every Northern Di soldier in the escort — cut them all down!!!"

The moment these words fell, Han Yu's and Lü Li's eyes flew wide open, filled with nothing but shock and fury.

Ning Hu did not hesitate for a moment, leading the Tianji Camp Guards as they charged forward.

Anyone wearing armor was cut down without exception.

In an instant, a thick stench of blood spread through the entire street.