Chapter 261 – A solo performance


As Li Hengsheng led hundreds of men nearing the Tianshui Tribe, the guards outside spotted their tracks.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

“Enemy attack!”

The entire tribe sounded the alarm bells.

In an instant, countless people appeared, standing atop the wooden palisade, bows drawn and aimed at Li Hengsheng and his men. In front of them, iron shields were placed, with the archers hidden behind, arrows pointed at the crowd.

“Stop.”

Li Hengsheng raised his hand.

The army immediately halted. Li Hengsheng estimated the distance; they were five to six hundred meters away from the Tianshui Tribe, a relatively safe distance.

Their arrows couldn’t fly that far, and even if they could, they’d have no killing power left at this range.

So, it was a safe distance.

Seeing Li Hengsheng’s group stop, an elder of the Ghost Clan suddenly appeared on the wall, shouting through a megaphone, “Scum of Yegui City, haven’t you learned your lesson after the slaughter of so many of your people?”

“Scum, dare to step forward one more step, and my archers will turn you all into sieves.”

The Ghost Clan elder yelled furiously.

“Go back, scum! Tianshui Tribe is not a place for you.”

The dozens of archers were also roaring continuously.

Li Hengsheng’s Ghost Clan soldiers were particularly enraged, itching to charge forward to avenge their previous battle. But seeing the numerous archers, they knew a rash charge would result in heavy losses.

They had experienced the strength of the Tianshui Tribe’s archers before.

Now they were eager to see how Li Hengsheng would act.

“Captain, their archers are strong. We should think long-term and find a way to ambush them. The previous captain didn’t believe in superstitions and insisted on a frontal assault, resulting in his death at Tianshui Tribe and the loss of dozens of our brothers,” Bai Ha advised Li Hengsheng.

But Li Hengsheng simply dismounted and looked at the distance, unfazed by the taunting and provocations of the blood ghosts.

He crouched down and casually picked up a pebble from the ground.

“Go back, or face death without mercy!”

The elder continued to shout, his eyes filled with murderous intent and mockery.

However, at that moment, a whizzing sound was heard, and the elder’s megaphone shattered on the spot. Not only that, but something had pierced straight through the elder’s throat!

He died instantly!

This scene shocked everyone.

What just happened?

The elder was a warrior of the Postnatal Realm; how could he die without noticing anything?

Even Li Hengsheng’s subordinates were baffled.

What had just happened?

Before they could recover, another snap was heard, and an archer’s head was pierced by something!

Another death.

This truly frightened the Tianshui Tribe’s archers.

They still hadn’t spotted the source of the attack.

Nor had they seen what weapon had killed their two men.

“Be careful, hide behind the shields!”

Someone shouted.

All the archers quickly used their shields to cover themselves.

But at this moment, Li Hengsheng’s soldiers were dumbstruck as they had clearly seen Li Hengsheng throw a pebble, killing an enemy hundreds of meters away.

They couldn’t believe their eyes.

Even with bows and arrows, they couldn’t harm the enemy at such a distance, yet Li Hengsheng killed a distant enemy with a small pebble!

What kind of strength was this?

Bai Ha swallowed hard. His cultivation level was the same as Li Hengsheng’s, just at the Great Perfection of the Postnatal Realm. He didn’t resent Li Hengsheng for becoming the captain because Bai Ha knew the general wouldn’t appoint someone as captain for no reason; the person must have exceptional abilities.

But what those abilities were, Bai Ha wasn’t clear until now. Li Hengsheng’s move had astounded him.

Both at the same realm, but if Bai Ha threw a pebble, he could throw it far, yet killing someone, especially a Postnatal Realm warrior, was a pipe dream.

Such a technique was almost comparable to the innate level, wasn’t it?

In an instant, the many Ghost Clan soldiers held Li Hengsheng in high esteem!

With such a technique, they gained great confidence. With their captain’s formidable strength, perhaps there really was a chance to take down the Tianshui Tribe.

“Captain, they’ve hidden behind the shields. What should we do…” Bai Ha was about to ask Li Hengsheng whether they should seize the opportunity to charge, but before he could finish, Li Hengsheng’s palm vibrated, and another pebble flew out!

With powerful force, Li Hengsheng applied the techniques of the Overlord Immortal Spear to the pebble, making the small stone incredibly lethal.

“Bang!”

A heavy sound rang out as an archer’s shield was pierced through by Li Hengsheng’s pebble!

The Ghost Clan archer hiding behind was also pierced by the pebble.

His head exploded!

This terrified everyone in the Tianshui Tribe!

Hiding behind shields was useless!

“Run!”

“Escape!”

“Yegui City is attacking!”

All the archers turned and ran. Who would wait to die here?

The Tianshui Tribe was in chaos.

They hadn’t expected their first line of defense to break so easily.

Their archers hadn’t injured a single person from Yegui City, but were instead stunned by a few pebbles.

“Attack!”

Li Hengsheng mounted his horse and spoke calmly.

“Kill!”

With Li Hengsheng’s lead, his soldiers behind him were thrilled, kicking their horses’ bellies and charging madly towards the gates of the Tianshui Tribe!

Bai Ha led the charge, raising his war blade, the army’s hooves thundering, their battle cries shaking the heavens!

But just then, an archer appeared on the wall, seemingly preparing to feint and counterattack Yegui City’s men.

Unfortunately, Li Hengsheng had anticipated this, and as soon as the archer showed his head, he was shot dead by one of Li Hengsheng’s pebbles!

“Boom!”

Several strong men from Yegui City blasted at the city gate!

The gate, made of wood, couldn’t withstand such an assault and was broken in a few hits. Then, the many soldiers of Yegui City charged in.

The Tianshui Tribe was a very large tribe, and they were already prepared. When Yegui City’s soldiers breached the city, the Tianshui Tribe’s men charged with their weapons.

Leading them was a Postnatal Great Perfection warrior of the Ghost Clan!

With bloodshot eyes, he wielded a battle-axe and charged forward, aiming to intimidate Yegui City’s invaders.

But Li Hengsheng didn’t give him a chance.

Li Hengsheng’s movements exploded forth, the ground shattered beneath his might. With his formidable physique and the black spear in hand, the blood ghost at Great Perfection felt a fierce wind bearing down on him.

Without dodging, he met the attack with his axe.

Unfortunately, his axe shattered on impact, and Li Hengsheng’s spear nailed him to the wooden wall!

A Postnatal Great Perfection warrior was annihilated!

In disbelief, the dying warrior stared at Li Hengsheng.

“A human…”

He never imagined he would die at the hands of a human.

The others gasped in shock. Bai Ha felt a mix of emotions. The Ghost Clan warrior killed by Li Hengsheng had briefly fought him during their last assault on the Tianshui Tribe, and they were evenly matched after dozens of exchanges.

But this warrior, who was evenly matched with him, couldn’t withstand a single move from the captain.

Bai Ha had to admit, Li Hengsheng was far stronger than the previous captain who had died.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot.

Li Hengsheng’s actions greatly suppressed the Tianshui Tribe’s morale. Those who came up to fight desperately didn’t expect one of their tribe’s strongest to be so easily killed.

And at that moment, they realized Li Hengsheng was a human.

“Kill him!”

Someone shouted, and the crowd surged towards Li Hengsheng.

In their eyes, if they could take down Li Hengsheng, the rest of Yegui City’s soldiers would be of no concern.

They couldn’t win one-on-one, but with a sea of people, couldn’t they bury Li Hengsheng?

But they couldn’t imagine that during the Ghost Devil trials, Li Hengsheng, carrying Lu Shiran, had killed his way out of hundreds of thousands of Ghost Clan members, stepping over countless corpses. What were these few hundred in comparison?

Although he couldn’t use his former spear techniques, the new techniques Li Hengsheng practiced were more than sufficient.

“Thousand Rain!”

With a thrust of his spear, countless spear shadows rained down like a blood storm, enveloping the attackers. Those who had just charged were instantly turned into sieves by Li Hengsheng’s spear light.

And it wasn’t over. Li Hengsheng stepped forward, his black spear reaping countless heads.

Blood dripped from the spear tip.

Li Hengsheng had no sympathy for the Ghost Clan, so he showed no mercy. With each step, he was like an invincible god of death.

No Ghost Clan member could withstand a single move from Li Hengsheng.

As the slaughter continued, the Ghost Clan members emerging later saw the corpses strewn across their tribe and were too terrified to approach.

Meanwhile, the people of Yegui City following Li Hengsheng were at a loss for words.

Since arriving at the Tianshui Tribe, they hadn’t even killed a single enemy. Following Li Hengsheng, he alone had taken down hundreds of Ghost Clan members with his spear.

Li Hengsheng was like a forbidden zone, where touching meant death.

As Li Hengsheng slowly approached the depths of the Tianshui Tribe, the Ghost Clan members were already broken by his onslaught.

And as they delved deeper into the Tianshui Tribe, they discovered the tribe was built upon a body of water.

“Captain, be careful. There are two water ghosts in the water with strong abilities. They can exert even greater strength on the water!” Bai Ha was alarmed upon seeing the water and quickly warned Li Hengsheng.

But Li Hengsheng didn’t care.

He continued to walk forward.

His men followed cautiously.

When Li Hengsheng reached the edge of the water, he turned back to his followers with a puzzled look.

“What are you following me for?”

Li Hengsheng asked.

“Huh?”

The men were taken aback by his question. If not following him, where could they go?

They had come to kill the enemy, expecting a bloody battle, possibly even dying here.

Who knew!

Who could have expected that after entering, they would become mere spectators?

They hadn’t even encountered a single enemy; all were killed by Li Hengsheng alone.

What else could they do?

They could only watch the excitement behind Li Hengsheng.

Seeing the men stunned, Li Hengsheng said helplessly, “What are we here for? To seize resources. Don’t just stand there dumbfounded. If you see anything valuable, pack it up, load it onto carts, and take it back. Do we have to teach you this?”

Realizing Li Hengsheng’s point, the men had an epiphany.

Damn it, yes!

They had been too focused on the spectacle.

They had completely forgotten the main task.

They hurriedly began searching nearby for valuable items and food to take away.

At this time, Li Hengsheng finally stepped onto the water.

As soon as he arrived, he felt two powerful gazes fixed on him.

At the same time, he saw that most of the Tianshui Tribe’s buildings were actually built on this body of water.

Many Ghost Clan warriors were already wielding weapons, eyeing him.

“Human.”

At that moment, a disdainful voice came, “It’s rare to see a human here, but for a mere human to dare cause trouble in Yunhuang, and even at our Tianshui Tribe, you’re really tired of living!”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted human flesh. It would be nice to try some today.”

Another voice joined in.

Li Hengsheng saw two figures standing on the water surface.

The two were tall, not as giant as the Giant Clan, but still over two meters, with blue skin and muscular bodies exuding a sense of oppression. Standing to his left and right, they seemed to encircle Li Hengsheng.

Water ripples swirled under their feet.

Their peak Postnatal strength seemed even more enhanced at this moment.

“Water ghosts.”

Li Hengsheng glanced at them.

“Captain, be careful. Those two are the real rulers of the Tianshui Tribe, the Water Ghost Brothers, Zhong Sheng and Zhong Bei. Their strength on the water is formidable, and together they can even contend with the Innate Realm!” Bai Ha hurriedly shouted to Li Hengsheng.

“If you want to eat human flesh, I’m afraid your teeth aren’t good enough,” Li Hengsheng said indifferently.


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