Chapter 166 – Meeting girls again!
What appeared in front of Yue Yang’s eyes was a pile of Giant Spider corpses, towering high as if it was a small mountain.
Raging flames still continued to burn the ground.
The whole of Hope Town was already levelled by a frightening power. Even the mountain peak on top had been crushed to pieces. The mountain that had been split apart revealed cliffs and jagged edges. A gigantic meteor was embedded deep into the ground not far from where Yue Yang was standing, glowing in embers as thick, white smoke rose up to the sky.
It was obvious that a great battle that Yue Yang wouldn’t be able to imagine had exploded in this place. It was definitely a fight between peak rankers.
Yue Yang was secretly glad.
Luckily he had been trapped inside the Mirage and was not able to come out. Otherwise, if he came back to Hope Town and encountered a battle at this scale, let alone reaping the loot from the battle as a third party, he might even lose his life if he wasn’t careful. It was good if he could get a strong ranker’s corpse as fertilizer, but it would be best if he didn’t meet with a very strong enemy in the meantime, otherwise it would be very dangerous for him. Yue Yang realized that other than Giant Spiders, there were also various flying beasts’ corpses lying on the ground, their corpses piling everywhere… At a place surrounded by torches, there was some people who had set up a small camp. Outside the camp, Old General Ma, who was covered in blood, sat on top of a giant stone.
“You have come. Sit.” Old General Ma looked completely exhausted. Seeing Yue Yang coming over, a streak of happiness revealed on his face.
“I, I came back late…” Yue Yang wanted to explain that he had came back late because he had mistakenly entered the Mirage and was stuck inside for more than an hour. But the words were stuck in his throat, in the end, he decided not to explain it.
“It was actually my purpose for you to be caught by the Imperial Guards. The Teleportation Scroll I gave you had the Imperial Palace Back Garden recorded as the Teleportation Target, instead of the Teleportation Circle outside the Imperial Palace. I knew what kind of battle would unfold here. I couldn’t let such a young person like you return to such a dangerous place.” Old General Ma extended his hands and patted Yue Yang’s shoulders lightly, “I’m already very happy that you came back again… I really thank you for risking your life to seek help. If it weren’t for you, all of my soldiers would probably have been annihilated. I would also like to thank you for not abandoning us until the end. You really are a comrade that is worthy of being relied upon. In the future, if there is anything you need help with that this Old Ma can do, just say it and I will definitely come help you no matter how far I am.”
“…”
Yue Yang realised that this Old General Ma was actually an old cunning fox.
He had actually sent him off to ask for help because he wanted to protect him. Furthermore, he even purposely planned for him to break into the Imperial Palace’s Back Garden, and be seized by the Imperial Guards. The only thing that was out of Old General Ma’s expectations was that he had actually burst into the Mirage instead, and was trapped until now. Old General Ma had even thought that he had been caught by the Imperial Guards and was only released until now.
However, as for the matter of seeking reinforcements, Yue Yang didn’t want to take credit for something he had not done.
He immediately shook his hands, “It was the Hurricane Chi Hou Team that delivered the report, not me. I have returned late. Here’s your Tiger Seal!”
Old General Ma suddenly laughed, “Did you think a mere Hurricane Ci Hou Team soldier could make the Heavenly Imperial Guardians move? Furthermore, two Heavenly Imperial Guardians that came. This was not something a mere soldier could do. Actually, the Teleportation Scroll that I gave you was something that was bestowed to me by His Majesty. I can only use it during a dangerous situation. That scroll was not for me, these old bones, to use and save myself. Its purpose was to protect a young promising next generation like you… Normally, this Teleportation Scroll should only be used when the total annihilation of the whole army is imminent, right at the end of our lives. Although I didn’t know what you said to His Majesty, it was definitely because of your words that His Majesty had sent out two Heavenly Imperial Guardians to us. Heavenly Imperial Guardians wouldn’t move easily. Even if we all die in battle, they already had an arrangement with the country that they wouldn’t care about the country’s matters. The Heavenly Imperial Guardians will only move when the country’s safety or a the country’s future is at risk, protecting the country… This time, the Heavenly Imperial Guardians moved because your life was at stake, threatened by the Demonic Palace. They would definitely not care about the life or death of some n