Episode 10: All of it was forced upon us.
The Silver Snake Lord laughed heartily, "Since Miss Baiyao has such a fondness for this kind of game, then I will send the four generals to play with her."
Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng secretly thought to themselves that this was shameless. They knew that they might not be able to match up to Miss Shen Baiyao, so they wanted to gain the upper hand by having more people. However, in this situation, there was nothing they could do. The opponent was powerful and had completely controlled the initiative. If they really messed with this Silver Snake Lord, in a fit of rage, the entire army would point at him, and the mere hundred or so people in this camel caravan would be completely wiped out, leaving no trace. Now, they could only use this delaying tactic, hoping for the arrival of reinforcements.
When the Golden Snake Army appeared, the experienced wolves knew that the situation could no longer be controlled. So, they quietly sent a unique distress signal of their clan. Although the Shaman City was over 500 miles away, a master of the level of Shen Jian's second-level Yuan School should be able to easily detect it. The best way now was to try to delay time and wait for the first master of the Shaman City to arrive and rescue them.
The four generals, over one meter tall, landed gracefully. The ground trembled as they landed. Standing twenty-plus steps away from Shen Baiyao, they were like four huge mountains. Although their cultivation levels were only two to three Yuan Wei, their was not inferior to Shen Baiyao, who had already broken through to the sixth-level Yuan Wei.
Shen Baiyao faced four opponents and couldn't afford to be careless. She raised her staff high, and circles of light flashed on her body, totaling over ten strands.
The wolves had once introduced some matters related to Yuan Masters to Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng. Shen Baiyao's recent action was probably to activate the defense magic array on her robe. Even though it was just a few rings of light, even a thousand kilograms of force couldn't move them at all.
According to the current understanding of the staffs by Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng, Shen Baiyao's robe was at least of the mid-level quality of the divine stage, and the staff probably had an excellent quality.
From the wolves, Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng learned that the power of a Yuan Master not only depends on the strength of the dimensional pearl or the Yuan Pearl, but also has a lot to do with the staffs equipped by the Yuan Master. Staffs can be divided into six grades, from strong to weak: divine, holy, heaven, earth, divine, and yellow. And each grade can be further divided into four grades, from strong to weak: extreme, superior, middle, and inferior. The quality of the staff is mainly determined by the materials of the staff, the power of heaven and earth within the staff, and the magic array.
When the four generals saw that Shen Baiyao instantly activated all the defense magic arrays, they immediately rushed over. Eight black, thousand-kilogram heavy hammers simultaneously crashed towards Shen Baiyao from all directions, as fast as lightning.
Although the four generals were tall and muscular, their movements were extremely flexible. The thousand-kilogram black hammers, when swung in their hands, seemed extremely effortless.
Shen Baiyao's feet flashed a silver light, and she instantly contracted and moved forward three or four steps. At the same time, she waved her staff, and four strands of silver and purple interwoven lightning struck directly at the faces of the four generals.
The four generals saw that the strike didn't work and instead made Shen Baiyao the active party. They quickly retrieved the hammers that had created a huge crater on the ground and defended their faces. The silver and purple lightning directly struck the hammers, and the four generals were directly electrocuted, retreating four or five steps.
The four generals were slightly stunned. With the combined strength of the four of them, they still couldn't gain the upper hand. You know, all four of them had reached the second-level Yuan Wei cultivation level, and unlike ordinary second-level Yuan Wei, their strength was above that of ordinary third-level Yuan Wei.
Just as the four generals were still in a daze, in an instant, four more lightning strikes came at the four of them, and the momentum was even stronger than the first time. It seemed that Shen Baiyao really had a killing intent and wanted to solve the four of them in one fell swoop.
The four generals were certainly not someone to be taken lightly. They saw the eight hammers crashing together, the sound reverberating through the air, a circle of lightning waves spreading out from the center of the four people, directly colliding with the four strands of silver and purple lightning. Both instantly dissipated. The huge impact of the elemental energy blasted out a crater over ten meters in diameter on the ground. No one expected that the four leaders not only had profound cultivation skills but also knew such powerful combined attack techniques. At least they had advanced-level spells. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to match each other when the difference was three levels.
Shen Biyao obviously didn't expect that before the four leaders could recover, they had continuously sent out eight silver-purple lightning bolts. Shen Biyao not only had a high-grade staff but also combined it with at least an advanced-level lightning spell. She was confident that these four protectors couldn't handle her continuous attacks. Sending out three high-intensity lightning bolts in succession clearly consumed a lot of energy, and her face turned pale.
As expected, in a hurry, the four leaders summoned eight large hammers to block the second wave of lightning, but the third wave didn't get through. It hit them squarely on their chests.
The four leaders were directly knocked flying, their entire bodies blackened, and their chests turned bright red. At the same time, they spat out two mouthfuls of blood and staggered to their feet.
At this moment, the face of Silver Snake King was full of uncertainty. He had never expected that Shen Biyao was so powerful. The information they had received was that Shen Biyao had just reached the level of a fifth-level elemental guard, while they themselves were already at the peak of the fifth-level elemental guard, and with the presence of four third-level elemental guard leaders, capturing Shen Biyao would be a piece of cake. But he had overlooked one thing - Shen Biyao received the wooden elemental essence given by Yang Mufeng. Within just a few days, her cultivation level had soared and directly reached the peak of the sixth-level elemental guard. Moreover, she was equipped with high-grade magic items.
Although the four leaders were severely injured by Shen Biyao, they still made everyone feel astonished. The four leaders didn't have defensive magic items and relied solely on their powerful bodies to withstand Shen Biyao's attack. If it were an ordinary elemental master, even a seventh-level or eighth-level elemental guard would be seriously injured under Shen Biyao's full attack. This clearly shows that the physical defense of these four leaders had reached the level of an advanced-level defensive magic item.
Shen Biyao pointed at Silver Snake King with her staff and shouted, "Since your four leaders have all been defeated by me, don't you hurry to make way for us to pass?"
Silver Snake King smiled maliciously, "I'm afraid Miss Biyao misunderstood. I never said I wanted you to leave? As long as Miss follows my advice and comes to my stronghold to talk, I will definitely not trouble your subordinates and let them leave safely. I wanted Miss to leave, but my brother wouldn't agree, and the five thousand brothers in the stronghold wouldn't agree either."
"You... "
Shen Biyao was on the verge of exploding with rage. Meeting such a shameless fellow, she simply didn't want to listen.
"I don't have time to waste on your nonsense. How can we get you to leave?"
Silver Snake King looked innocent and said, "Letting Miss stay is indeed my brother's intention. I have no choice."
Shen Biyao finally couldn't stand it anymore. Such a scoundrel could only teach people what pain is, make him remember his mistakes, and let him know who can be offended and who cannot be offended by him.
"Humph, do you think just these thousand rotten tomatoes and stinky bird eggs can stop this lady?"
"Haha... Of course not. But I think your subordinates probably can't leave this valley even for one moment?"
The wild wolf shouted, "Miss, we vow to protect you and rush out. Remember to avenge us!"
Seventy-five guards, all activated their dimensional pearls. As soon as Shen Biyao made a move, everyone would rush in.
"Alright, I will treat your wives and children as my own sister and son. As long as my Shen Family Trading Company exists for one day, I will definitely protect them for one day."
After the oath, the people's morale soared. Now they had no worries anymore. Everyone knew that to get through this, they could only fight desperately.
Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng also drew out their divine weapons, the Great Dragon Sword and the Little Dragon Sword. Immediately, they felt an overwhelming sense of heroism. In such a critical moment, the two did not dare to show any weakness. They immediately activated their inner true qi. But unlike other Yuanshi, they did not have dimensional pearls on their heads, making them look like ordinary people.
"Haha... Shen Biyao is Shen Biyao. No wonder my elder brother was constantly thinking about her. She is truly unique. Since the lady likes to use strength, then I won't be polite."
The Silver Snake King waved his hand, and the thousand red flags and golden snake army rushed forward. Just at this moment, Shen Biyao continuously emitted three thick silver-purple lightning bolts. Immediately, the first dozen red flags and golden snake army fell to the ground and died, their bodies blackened and their seven orifices bleeding. The seventy-five Yuanshi behind Shen Biyao directly raised their swords and rushed into the red flags and golden snake army formation. At that moment, the impact of the qi and the flying blood and flesh were everywhere.
Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng also entered the formation. The red flags and golden snake army saw that the two had no dimensional pearls on their heads, and immediately attacked them. The two had spent ten years in the Water Moon Cave, although everything was illusory, their experience was still there, and they could be considered battle-hardened. Yang Mufeng tightly held the Great Dragon Sword in his hands, and with a move of the Yin Moon Wind, the red flag golden snake army that was approaching was directly snapped in half by his lazy waist.
Both of them were startled. They never expected that although they were not Yuanshi, the cultivation of this innate master was just as powerful in this world. The two did not hesitate to dodge anymore and directly charged forward. Swords and knives flew everywhere, and every strike and every cut would cause one red flag golden snake army to fall.
Less than a quarter of an hour had passed, and more than a hundred red flags and golden snake army had died at the hands of the two. Basically, there was no one of equal strength. Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng knew their current killing power. Although they did not know if Shen Biyao was more powerful, they could definitely rank among the second or third level Yuanwei experts. So the two did not use their big moves. One was that there was no need to, and the other was that it would definitely be beneficial to keep some trump cards for themselves.
The killing spree lasted for nearly an hour. Both sides suffered extremely heavy casualties. If they continued to fight, there was a high possibility of mutual annihilation. This was something neither side was willing to see. The two gradually separated, leaving only several hundred corpses.
This battle was undoubtedly extremely brutal. The caravan suffered a large number of casualties. Two captains were killed, and only twenty-four people remained. Except for the two captains of the third-level Yuanwei experts, Shen Biyao, Duan Tianyi, and Yang Mufeng, no one else was injured. The remaining nineteen people had less than half of their combat capabilities. The wild wolf's left arm was broken, and his combat power was greatly reduced. The red flags and golden snake army suffered even more losses. More than six hundred people died, and the remaining four hundred were also seriously injured. In the chaos, two of the four leaders were killed by Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng's sneak attacks, and the Silver Snake King also suffered serious injuries in the battle with Shen Biyao.
The Silver Snake King held a blood-stained painting saber and looked at the countless dead and injured red flags and golden snake army. His face was pale. The Red Flag Golden Snake Army is now in ruins. Two of its leaders have been killed. They will surely be punished by the Golden Snake Lord when they return. But continuing would only lead to mutual destruction, and even they might be directly killed.
In fact, the Golden Snake Lord did not approve of this operation. After all, Shen Jian was the first master of the Shaman City, with a cultivation level several levels higher than him. Even if he succeeded in reaching the Master level, he would not be able to defeat Shen Jian. He knew how terrifying the Master-level cultivators who had truly condensed the Yuan were. If he angered this second-level Master-level cultivator, the rage of the second-level Master-level cultivator would be beyond the tolerance of the junior Master-level cultivators. His life might even be sacrificed. Although the Golden Snake Army found some support now and was planning to attack the Shaman City, it was not yet time to completely turn against them.
"Shen Biaoyao, you're smart. This time you caused me to lose two generals. One day, I will leave your Shen Family Trading House in ruins. Let's go."
The five great masters stood in front of the camel caravan, relieved when they saw the Red Flag Golden Snake Army slowly disappearing into the Golden Snake Valley.
"Everyone, take a short rest and then set off immediately."
"Will do, Lady."
The one-armed wild wolf walked up to Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng, grinned, and revealed a row of white teeth.
"Brothers, you two don't show off or display your skills often. I didn't expect your cultivation level to be so profound. You can wreak havoc everywhere without even summoning the Dimensional Pearl. It really makes me feel humiliated."
The two of them smiled at each other and couldn't tell him that they simply didn't know how to summon the Dimensional Pearl. If they really said it, they might directly scare the wolf to unconsciousness.
Yang Mufeng hugged the wolf's shoulder with one hand and smiled innocently, "It's all because we were forced to do it?"