Chapter 115

Wait until I recover some of my strength.

I can also handle some miscellaneous affairs for the Great Emperor.

The demonic aura, or rather the demon king's voice, was extremely humble.

It was trapped in the system space and could not sense the miraculous changes happening to Gu Han.

But it was precisely because of Gu Han's unimaginable means that it became convinced.

Even if Gu Han's identity is not as he claims, he is an Emperor that it has never heard of.

He is certainly not an ordinary character!

Moreover, given that it is now living under someone else's roof, as a demon king it can bend and stretch.

It naturally understands that a demon under the eaves must bow its head.

He is merely biding his time; once he possesses the power to retaliate, it will be Gu Han's death!

Gu Han ignored the demon king and instead inquired of the system in his mind,

"If the demonic aura backlashes, can I suppress it?"

No matter how lowly the demon race behaves, Gu Han will not believe a single word of its nonsense!

Before making a decision, obviously ensuring one's own safety is what matters!

"Please, host, have faith in the system's power."

"Anything rewarded by the system cannot possibly backlash against the host!"

The system's response this time was not the stiff mechanical voice as before.

Rather, it seemed to carry a hint of resentment generated from Gu Han's distrust of it.

However, Gu Han did not take it to heart.

It's merely a system; could it possibly have life?

With the system's assurance, he finally put his mind at ease.

"Since you beg so earnestly, I shall grant it to you."

Gu Han casually tossed the shattered obsidian demon stone beside the obsidian demon stone containing demonic aura,

"By the way, you should have a name, right?"

Always being called demonic aura or demon king, Gu Han is still not used to it.

"Great Emperor, you can call me Yin Li Yun."

After Yin Li Yun spoke in a hurried tone, they vanished without a trace, eagerly devouring the shattered obsidian demon stone.

"Yin Li Yun?"

Gu Han muttered, this name sounds rather elegant.

It doesn't sound like a name a demon king would have.

Gu Han cast the matter of Yin Li Yun aside, and just then Zhou Kuan and the other had already slain the last Zhang Man Yi.

Gu Han stepped forward, exchanged a few greetings with the two, and discreetly touched Zhang Man Yi's corpse.

Zhou Kuan's mouth twitched.

Zhou Kuan, this Fellow, is fine in every way, except for his penchant for taking advantage, which is somewhat unbecoming.

He has rendered such great service; surely the Generals will not fail to reward him handsomely after the battle?

Why rush it at this moment?

After quietly withdrawing his hand, Gu Han glanced at the city guards cleaning up the battlefield, then looked toward Zhou Kuan,

"General Zhou, if I'm not mistaken, the defense works outside the city should be completed soon."

Zhou Kuan nodded, rarely showing a hint of a smile,

"Without these saber-toothed troops hindering us, at most a quarter of an hour is enough to finish the arrangements."

"If so, General Zhou might as well expand the battle results once more!"

Seeing Gu Han eager to try, Zhou Kuan felt an inexplicable jolt in his heart.

He always felt that this Fellow probably had nothing good in his belly!

"What do you want to do?"

"General, you have slain three Martial Masters, plus the hundreds of soldiers who entered the city; the saber-toothed army will surely be greatly weakened!"

Gu Han laughed,

"Why not open the city gate now, we launch our forces to ambush and surely catch the saber-toothed army off guard!"

"At the same time we can rescue General Guan Shan and his men back into the city, achieving two goals with one action!"

Gu Han's risky idea, although it gave Zhou Kuan a Furrowed Brow,

But he also felt that Gu Han's idea had some feasibility.

The several hundred soldiers sent by the saber-toothed army to storm the city were all elite troops.

The three Martial Masters could be considered mid-to-high rank even among the various battalions of Dan Ren Cheng.

If it weren't for the fact that several generals, including Guan Shan, were trapped in heavy encirclement outside the city, the external battle situation would likely have reversed by now.

What is needed now is a decisive action!

"Although that is so, if there are still enemy troops lurking in the dark, how would we stop them from taking the city gate?"

This is not due to Zhou Kuan being indecisive.

But rather, the lives of hundreds of thousands rest on his shoulders, leaving him no choice but to be cautious!

Gu Han immediately clasped his fists and spoke in a low voice,

"So, General, you stay in the city to guard our home, while I and Senior Di Ying lead everyone in the charge."

Upon hearing this, Di Ying raised his brow.

He clearly just wanted to get revenge—how did Gu Han end up dragging him in and forcing him to be a thug?

Characters: He (possibly Zhang Lang? Actually, line 61 said: "He clearly just wanted revenge; how was he forcibly dragged by Gu Han to become a thug?" The subject isn't named; it could be Zhang Lang, though I'm not certain. We have glossary entries for Gu Han, Zhang Lang, Zhou Kuan, Guan Shan, and Di Ying. Since the line mentions Gu Han, we should include him. The subject might be Zhang Lang, but it's unclear, so we'll just note Gu Han.

Zhou Kuan saw the hesitation in Di Ying's eyes, fearing Di Ying would refuse, and hastily said:

Characters: Zhou Kuan, Di Ying.

Since Brother Di is willing to help, I have nothing to worry about!

Characters: Di Ying (referred to as Brother Di) and "I" (the speaker, likely Zhou Kuan). So Di Ying, Zhou Kuan.

Di Ying watched silently as Gu Han and Zhou Kuan played off each other.

Characters: Di Ying, Gu Han, Zhou Kuan.

I haven't said a word, and those two have already dragged me into it.

The speaker is likely Di Ying, since he hasn't said a word yet and those two have dragged him in—namely Di Ying, Gu Han, and Zhou Kuan.

How could he possibly get a chance to speak?

Speaker likely Di Ying again. So Di Ying.

Zhou Kuan allocated two-thirds of the city-defending soldiers, even including his own deputy, the seventh-stage Great Martial Master Zhou Fang, all transferred to Gu Han's command.

He himself then led the remaining troops to defend the city.

Now internal troubles have been completely quelled.

With external threats also partially eliminated, even if only one-third of the forces remain, Zhou Kuan has full confidence in defending Mu Shan Cheng.

Moments later, the gate of Mu Shan Cheng opened again.

This time, the Mu Shan Cheng Combat Soldiers who had already slaughtered the saber-toothed army outside the gate were no longer panicked.

Immediately afterward, they saw a force entirely mounted on warhorses, or rather war wolves, swarming out of the gate!

This was an army brimming with killing intent and fervent fighting spirit.

And for a battlefield that had been locked in fierce combat for a long time, this was truly a fresh reinforcement!

To keep the Combat Soldiers in peak condition, Zhou Kuan had no intention of being stingy with medicinal pills.

Whether Quenching Blood Pills or healing medicines, he flung open the storehouses and distributed them in large quantities to the Mu Shan Cheng Combat Soldiers.

Resources are the simplest way to rouse the Combat Soldiers' fervor!

As long as they win this battle, they will have everything they deserve!

"Are we finally going to counterattack?"

The Combat Soldiers in the trench felt the tremors from the war wolves' iron hooves, their hearts boiling with excitement.

"Damn, it makes me want to charge up and slaughter a few of those saber-toothed beasts for fun."

"Give it a rest; when you reach fourth-stage Martial Practitioner, then talk about the battlefield. For now, just prepare your defenses properly and wait for the Generals to return."

At this moment, those sent to the front lines are all fourth-stage, meaning Combat Soldiers at the intermediate stage of Martial Practitioner or higher.

Not to mention someone like Zhang Lang, a Martial Novice; even a beginner-stage Martial Practitioner has no chance to go onto the battlefield.

Or rather, it's an opportunity to throw away one's life.

On a battlefield where swords show no mercy, even an intermediate-stage Martial Practitioner is nothing more than cannon fodder.

At least, in these few hours of fierce combat, the price Guan Shan and his comrades paid with exhaustion is that the saber-toothed army has lost thousands of Martial Masters and Martial Practitioners!

Even Great Martial Masters have fallen, dozens of them!

You must know, this achievement was produced even while a Grand Master was restraining them.

If there were no Grand Master holding them in check,

Probably just the Bijang of Mu Shan Cheng's Ten Camps alone could cut through the saber-toothed army!