Chapter 568: Fall

"Might!"

"Might!"

"Might!"

The four Stop-War Pavilion officials who had hidden inside Chongcheng heard the shouting coming from the West City Gate from far away.

The four looked at each other in dismay.

"What's the situation?"

"Could it be that they won over there?"

"That's impossible, right? Didn't the Imperial Camp cavalry not head in that direction?"

The four did not quite believe that Li Fei could withstand the charge of over fifty Imperial Camp cavalrymen on his own.

If it were those powerhouses on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking, that would be a different story!

A moment later, the four received news from the West City Gate:

The Imperial Envoy went out of the city alone, shook fifty-plus Imperial Camp cavalrymen head-on, and wiped them all out!

The remaining enemies fled at the sight of him.

"How is that possible?!"

The four officials felt their worldview had been impacted.

A moment later, the four climbed back onto the wall of the West City Gate with embarrassed expressions.

At this time, only Lu Wenxing was on the wall; Li Fei was nowhere to be seen.

Besides him, there were also the corpses of the Imperial Camp soldiers and their exotic beast mounts being carried back.

Judging from the bodies, most of these Imperial Camp soldiers and their mounts had died miserable deaths.

Seeing these corpses, the four no longer had any doubts about Li Fei's battle record.

"Old Lu, where is Master Li?"

The four walked up to Lu Wenxing and asked.

"Master Li has gone back to meditate and regulate his breathing to recover his Innate One Qi."

Lu Wenxing said calmly.

"Is Master Li badly hurt?"

Someone asked.

Lu Wenxing shook his head: "He is almost completely uninjured."

"How is that possible?!"

"Old Lu, tell us, how exactly did he win?"

"Yes, tell us about it."

Several people gathered around Lu Wenxing and asked.

A smile appeared on Lu Wenxing's face, and he suddenly felt a sense of reflected glory.

He gave a rough account of the process of Li Fei's engagement with the Imperial Camp cavalry earlier.

Because they were hundreds of meters away, and his own sensory abilities were limited, he actually hadn't seen many of the details, only that Li Fei's clones were ridiculously strong!

"Is this 【Ghost Foot】 implant really that strong?"

"I remember that the core-level extraordinary ability 【Ghost Shadow】 wasn't this outrageous."

"This must be the talent of the number one in history."

Lu Wenxing sighed with emotion.

"When he participated in the Martial Dao Exchange Tournament before, there were rumors that he was the legendary Nine Yang Body, born with Qi and blood far exceeding ordinary people, and vitality comparable to an exotic beast!"

"How come I heard it was the 'Ascending Dragon Body'?"

"Perhaps it is because his constitution is special that his extraordinary abilities have also become very powerful."

The several officials quickly found a reasonable explanation.

After all, he is the number one in history!

"Chongcheng is considered defended now. If he can successfully quell the rebellion of the Great Luo Sect this time, Master Li will have performed another great service, and he will rise to the top after returning!"

The few sighed with emotion.

Originally, because Li Fei withstood the pressure and insisted on investigating the Great Luo Sect, he had already caught the eye of His Majesty.

Now that he has the merit of defending the city and quelling the rebellion, he is bound to soar!

"Old Lu, you have a good eye, insisting on not leaving just now. You must have left a good impression on Master Li. Do you plan to follow Master Li from now on?"

One person asked Lu Wenxing.

The five people present were all fourth-rank officials; if they were sent out, they could become big shots in many places.

And although Li Fei had the status of an Imperial Envoy, his actual official rank was only a level 9 secret inspector.

The gap between the two sides was huge.

However, after hearing his colleague's question, Lu Wenxing nodded very seriously:

"This Master Li has talent, strength, and what's more rare, he has a sense of responsibility! If there is a chance in the future, I really want to follow him."

The other four felt full of regret upon hearing this.

They regretted why they had left earlier.

Now that they had soured their relationship with Li Fei, they didn't know if there would be a chance to smooth things over later.

While the battle at Chongcheng had ended, the three martial arts masters including Luo Shi had also arrived one after another at the three cities designated by Yunshu earlier.

Relying on their own powerful strength, they quickly dealt with the rebel troops in the cities, destroyed the magic arrays, and regained control of the entire cities.

In Taining City, Luo Shi stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

This city was located on the border of Jinshan Prefecture, relatively close to the direction of the Ming Province capital.

Having waited on the city wall for over an hour without seeing any enemies, this made Luo Shi feel vaguely uneasy.

Through interrogating the Great Luo Sect disciples of the Taining City Justice Court, he already knew the plan of True Lord Qingxu, and also knew that a team of Imperial Camp cavalry from Jinshan Prefecture would come to slaughter the city.

According to his calculations, this troop should have arrived long ago, but they had been slow to appear.

A moment later, Luo Shi's gaze sharpened, and he revealed a bitter smile:

"Damn it, my luck is truly terrible!"

First, he was forced to participate in the investigation of the missing Longevity Pill case.

After finally leaving the Great Luo Sect safely and seeing that he could return to Lanling City to claim his reward, he suddenly encountered the Great Luo Sect's rebellion.

He was ordered to defend the city, only to encounter the enemy's reinforcements.

At this moment, a team of Imperial Camp cavalry appeared a thousand meters in front of the Taining City wall.

The number of this Imperial Camp cavalry team was not the fifty-plus riders Luo Shi had interrogated earlier, but exceeded three hundred!

True Lord Qingxu had dispatched over four hundred Imperial Camp cavalry from the Ming Province capital; these four hundred-plus riders were divided into two teams, each joining up with the Imperial Camp cavalry from Jinshan Prefecture city before coming to attack the city.

If there were only fifty Imperial Camp cavalry, Luo Shi could easily deal with them.

If there were one hundred, he would also be confident of winning.

If there were two hundred, he would have to fight for his life.

With over three hundred Imperial Camp cavalry, Luo Shi was already speechless.

But he knew he could not run away.

He had 'seen' that purple-gold dragon from Lanling City while traveling earlier, and knew that this battle concerned the fate of the nation!

Moreover, the National Teacher Yunshu had already given a death order—the city survives if the person survives!

Under these circumstances, if Luo Shi dared to abandon the city and flee, ultimately allowing Taining City to be successfully blood-sacrificed, his final end would definitely be miserable.

Being forcibly assigned to participate in the missing Longevity Pill case showed that Luo Shi had no background in the Stop-War Pavilion.

This meant that no one would stand up to protect him afterward.

Should he run away now to save his life and then go back to wait for his unknown fate?

Or should he fight with all his might and try to take control of his own destiny?

Luo Shi chose the latter!

Being able to become a martial arts master step by step, he naturally did not lack the courage for a life-and-death battle.

Swish—

Luo Shi took a step, actively leaped off the city wall, and then began to sprint.

On the other side, the three hundred-plus Imperial Camp cavalry also began their charge.

A line of black tide appeared on the earth.

The Imperial Camp cavalry formed a military array, with every fifty men being a threshold.

A military array of fifty-plus riders and one of over a hundred riders had evil energy of completely different levels.

At this moment, with over three hundred Imperial Camp cavalry forming a military array together, the momentum of that black tide of evil energy was far, far stronger than what Li Fei had encountered outside Chongcheng!

If Li Fei was facing a flood, then Luo Shi was facing a tsunami!

Luo Shi's expression was calm as he charged toward the overwhelming black tide.

A faint silver glow appeared on the surface of his body, which did not look particularly prominent.

Boom!!!

The collision occurred.

Like an angry wave crashing against a stone wall, it stirred up a thousand layers of spray.

Luo Shi was enveloped in a faint silver glow, standing motionless under the impact of the black tide of evil energy, like a pillar in the middle of a stream!

His divine ability is—【Indestructible】.

This divine ability has another name, called "Absolute Defense"!

After unleashing the 【Indestructible】 divine ability, unless a peak expert directly shakes this divine ability from the level of Dao principles, even when facing the attacks of a Grandmaster, he will not suffer the slightest harm before the power of Luo Shi's divine ability is exhausted!

Amidst the monstrous black tide of baleful aura, Luo Shi used 【Indestructible】 to block all damage, then continuously threw out his fists, tearing through the black tide with Dao force to inflict casualties on the Imperial Camp cavalry behind the black tide.

But as powerful as his 【Indestructible】 divine ability is in defense, his offense is just as "feeble" among martial artists of the same realm.

Offense has always been Luo Shi's shortcoming; when he faced enemies in the past, he usually "wore" his opponents to death slowly.

In fact, Luo Shi has been working hard to condense a second divine ability to make up for his shortcomings.

As long as he can cultivate an offensive divine ability, his combat power will immediately rise by a level, making him an outstanding figure among those of the same realm!

By then, his status in the Stop-War Pavilion will also change completely.

Below the level of Grandmaster, he will be in the most top-tier category!

It is a pity that a second divine ability is not so easy to cultivate.

Many Martial Dao Masters are stuck at this hurdle for their entire lives, and Luo Shi has also been stuck for over a dozen years.

The military formation composed of more than three hundred Imperial Camp cavalry has strong attacks and equally strong defense.

Therefore, Luo Shi's speed of killing enemies is very slow; he can only slowly grind away at this Imperial Camp cavalry unit.

The two sides fought fiercely on the plain like this for over an hour.

Luo Shi used his fists to kill one hundred and seventy-eight cavalrymen!

Fighting to this point, if it were a normal Imperial Camp cavalry unit, they would likely have developed the intention to retreat and would not dare to fight anymore.

But the Imperial Camp cavalry unit that Luo Shi is facing is different.

Their minds are completely controlled by someone; they do not know fear, do not know fatigue, and do not know pain.

These Imperial Camp cavalrymen will only fall after their "essence, energy, and spirit" have been completely exhausted!

Therefore, the battle continues.

Suddenly, the layer of silver radiance on Luo Shi's body shattered!

He gave a bitter smile and spat out a mouthful of blood.

A dozen minutes later, Luo Shi had his head cut off by an Imperial Camp cavalryman with a Dao Foundation realm cultivation base.

This Cabinet "Elder" and Martial Dao Master fell right here!

In this battle, Luo Shi killed a total of two hundred and fifteen Imperial Camp cavalrymen.

Shortly after Luo Shi died, the Martial Dao Master Mu Kairen, who was responsible for guarding Shangtang City, also died in battle!

This Commander of the Imperial Guards also encountered more than three hundred Imperial Camp cavalrymen, fought fiercely to the end, killed one hundred and ninety-seven cavalrymen, and ultimately died in battle.

Overnight, two Martial Dao Masters fell in succession!

Next, Taining City and Shangtang City fell into the hands of the Great Luo Sect again.

At 3:18 AM, tens of thousands of commoners in Taining City were slaughtered one after another!

At 5:12 AM, the Imperial Camp cavalry unit that killed Luo Shi boarded a train.

Next, they will travel by train, and their next target is—

Chong City!

Seeking monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)