Chapter 789: Chapter 779: Worthless Opponents

Red Fire Martial City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Spirit Crystal Vein defense zone of the Red Fire Subdivision is located deep in the northern mountains, approximately eight hundred miles from Red Fire Martial City.

For martial artists with riding mounts, a journey of eight hundred miles is just over half a quarter-hour’s work, which is one of the reasons why the defensive strategy of the Red Fire Subdivision can be successful.

With a journey of eight hundred miles, the Red Fire Subdivision can rapidly provide support in the event of an attack.

At this moment, Ye Zhen was leading a group from the Red Fire Subdivision directly towards the Spirit Crystal Vein defense zone. This time, Ye Zhen brought along a total of one hundred Soul Sea Realm martial artists and drew twenty Vein Forging Realm martial artists from the Red Fire Subdivision. Including Ye Zhen, Zuo Xiong, and two Punishment Hall law enforcers, they assembled a total of thirty Vein Forging Realm martial artists.

In the current situation, Ye Zhen dared not deplete the martial artists of the Red Fire Subdivision.

Moreover, along the way, Ye Zhen and his group were extremely cautious, continuously dispatching scouts to explore, with Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense attached to the Earth Spiritual Power extending over twenty miles ahead.

Getting caught in Flying Tiger Hall’s ‘luring the tiger away from the mountain’ scheme and being ambushed halfway would be a big joke.

However, as they got closer to the Spirit Crystal Vein defense zone, Ye Zhen basically ruled this out. Along the way, Ye Zhen discovered at least four groups of scouts wearing Flying Tiger Hall’s Black Tiger Guards uniforms.

Upon discovering Ye Zhen and his group, these people quickly retreated without engaging in conflict.

“Raise armor, be wary of a surprise attack!”

Ye Zhen’s shout rang out abruptly. The Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition’s career made Ye Zhen extremely cautious in marching to battle, and unconsciously, Ye Zhen treated the operation as a war, though the soldiers under him became powerful Vein Forging Realm martial artists.

With Ye Zhen’s order, more than a hundred martial artists simultaneously raised their Protective Spirit Armor, including the two Punishment Hall enforcers escorting the original altar master of the Red Fire Subdivision, Luo Shanhan.

Ye Zhen did not execute Luo Shanhan on the spot. According to the data, over fifty percent of the martial artists in Red Fire Martial City were personally led by Luo Shanhan in the past, and rashly executing him, especially when the news spread to other major defense zones, could lead to a series of unpredictable consequences.

So, for now, they only controlled him, sparing Luo Shanhan’s life.

“Altar Master, forty miles ahead is the Spirit Crystal Vein defense zone. That is the mine entrance, surrounded by layers of formations. Although there are only fifteen Vein Forging Realm martial artists defending, the Black Tiger Guards will still have to pay a certain price to capture it,” Vice Hall Master Hong Jiayin proactively explained.

“Can we get in?” Ye Zhen asked.

Hong Jiayin showed a difficult expression, “To get inside, the formation would need to be opened briefly, even a small gap, but I’m afraid the enemy might rush in simultaneously….”

Seeing Hong Jiayin’s troubled appearance, Ye Zhen casually waved his hand, “I was just asking, not necessarily needing to go in. If the Black Tiger Guards really engage, we can make Talisman Communication with folks inside and strike from the inside and outside!”

It was clear that the Flying Tiger Hall’s Black Tiger Guards had spotted Ye Zhen’s wave of reinforcement long ago. When they were less than twenty miles from the dense black figures of the Black Tiger Guards, heads swelled in numbers, more than twenty Vein Forging Realm martial artists each riding a Black Nightmare Shadow Tiger, separated over a hundred Soul Sea Realm martial artists, slowly approaching.

More than twenty Vein Forging Realm martial artists were nothing, but the might of over twenty Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers, each a hundred feet in length and of Heavenly Level Lower Grade Demon Beast, gathered together was truly terrifying.

The skies within dozens of miles were practically dominated by them.

Each breath from the Black Nightmare Shadow Tiger could stir up a whirlwind, more deadly was the fact that the airflow spewed by the Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers was tinged with black, and as the black airflow passed by, nearby plants withered instantly, evidently poisoned.

Through the extended Earth Spiritual Power, Ye Zhen unexpectedly discovered that the Flying Tiger Hall’s Black Tiger Guards had been here for over half a quarter-hour yet had not launched an attack.

Based on the data accumulated along the way, Ye Zhen grew increasingly certain of his judgment.

As said before, these guys seemed to be there to test. If the Sun and Moon Divine Sect showed any sign of retreat, they might rush in all at once.

However, now knowing these guys’ intentions, Ye Zhen devised a corresponding strategy. Being the Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition was not in vain!

A Vein Forging Realm Martial Artist of the Fifth Stage, with black fur all over his exposed skin, even his face, shouted atop a Black Nightmare Shadow Tiger, “Vice Hall Master Hong, since when could you, the eternal runner-up, lead the team?”

That single sentence triggered laughter on the Black Tiger Guard’s side, the laughter coupled with the breaths of the twenty-odd Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers, making the hundred-some martial artists Ye Zhen brought feel insignificantly tiny, like ants.

Even the two Gold-Winged Demon Eagles ridden by Ye Zhen’s party trembled, intimidated by the aura of the twenty-plus Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers.

Amidst the laughter from the opposite side, Hong Jiayin looked embarrassed, “Commander Jiang, I’m not leading this time, it’s our new Altar Master of the Red Fire Subdivision, Lord Ye!”

As he introduced Ye Zhen, Hong Jiayin also delivered a Divine Soul Telecommunication to Ye Zhen, “Lord Ye, the person in front of you is named Jiang Biao. He is the commander of the Black Tiger Guards, one of the four big Tiger Guards of Flying Tiger Hall. His Cultivation is extremely formidable, and he has previously killed a strong practitioner of the Sixth Stage in the Vein Forging Realm.

Also, despite his rugged appearance, this person is exceedingly cunning, so be cautious, Altar Master!”

After a mere glance at Ye Zhen, the Black Tiger Guard Commander Jiang Biao laughed again, “Vice Hall Master Hong, are you kidding?”

The Sun and Moon Divine Sect actually sent a kid to be the altar master of the Red Fire Subdivision? Why don’t you just give us the territory you’ve seized these days, instead of using a kid as a smokescreen?”

“Tsk tsk, a cultivation of the Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm is enough to send him to a significant place like Red Fire Martial City as the altar master. Could it be that he is the illegitimate son of your Sun and Moon Divine Sect Leader and his lover?”

As Jiangg Biao’s words fell, a gale of laughter erupted from the Flying Tiger Hall’s Black Tiger Guards opposite, making the martial artists of the Red Fire Subdivision blush with embarrassment.

Amidst the uproarious laughter, Ye Zhen slowly drifted forward a hundred meters, his half-closed eyes suddenly opening, and the instant his eyes opened, a beam of three-colored light shot out like a laser towards the Black Tiger Guards opposite.

Soul Refining Divine Light!

The moment the Soul Refining Divine Light appeared, the terrifying Divine Soul waves it contained caused the face of Commander Jiangg Biao of the Black Tiger Guards to drastically change, especially the three-colored soul light it contained, which made Jiangg Biao’s face turn green.

Three-colored soul light, this is Innate Soul Light that only a King in the Establishment Realm can condense, how could it appear on a martial artist with only the Third Stage of Vein Forging cultivation?

With a strange cry, not daring to even look, Jiangg Biao ducked down and awkwardly dodged to the side of his Black Nightmare Shadow Tiger underling, avoiding Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light bombardment.

Such a Divine Soul attack containing Innate Soul Light is something he wouldn’t dare take head-on even with ten guts!

The commander at the forefront dodged the three-colored light beam awkwardly, let alone the Vein Forging Realm martial artists behind him. They were all quite crafty.

Seeing the commander dodge instead of taking it head-on, who would dare to face it directly?

They all swiftly dodged, especially after seeing the commander’s actions. Many, in their emergency response, slumped to one side voluntarily, falling off their Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers to avoid Ye Zhen’s attack!

In an instant, wherever Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light passed, all the Black Tiger Guards dodged frantically, with those at the front riding the Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers falling like dumplings.

Furthermore, the reason they were able to avoid Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light was that they were far enough from Ye Zhen.

The leading Black Tiger Guard Commander Jiangg Biao was five to six miles away from Ye Zhen, which gave them a chance to dodge.

If the distance had been around a kilometer, with the speed of Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light, even Commander Jiangg Biao wouldn’t have had a chance to dodge and would have been hit directly.

It wasn’t until Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light flashed by that Commander Jiangg Biao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and nervously climbed back onto his mount, now looking at Ye Zhen with a gaze filled with three parts fear.

“Black Tiger Guards, each of you can’t even sit still, should I call you Limp-Legged Guards instead? Have you been jerking off too much or crawling too much on a woman’s belly?”

Ye Zhen’s sneering voice echoed.

As Ye Zhen’s sneering voice rang out, the over a hundred martial artists of the Red Fire Subdivision behind him also burst into laughter, each one more wanton than the last, venting their bitterness fiercely.

Vice Altar Master Hong Jiyin laughed exaggeratedly, “Jerking off too much, Altar Master, you’re overestimating them. I heard that Commander Jiangg prefers boy love, look, there are the most pretty boys among his Black Tiger Guards!”

“You….”

A crowd of Black Tiger Guards, especially those fair-skinned ones, immediately erupted in fury, shouting and cursing, while the Black Tiger Guard Commander coldly warned Hong Jiyin, “Hong, just wait, this Commander will definitely tear your mouth apart in the future!”

“What’s the matter, is it fun to threaten my subordinate? Commander Jiangg, this Spirit Crystal Vein is the territory of our Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s Red Fire Subdivision!

I give you ten breaths, if you do not retreat within ten breaths, immediately….no mercy in killing!”

The last three words, Ye Zhen spat out through clenched teeth, killing intent overflowing!

However, to Jiangg Biao’s ears, it sounded like a joke, “Lord Ye, I admit you have some skills! But even if you are made of iron, how many needles can you really form!

Including the Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers under us, there are nearly seventy Vein Forging Realm present. With just your few people opposite, you think you can drive us away, are you joking?”

“Lord Ye, obediently hand over all the veins in this hundred-mile radius to us, and we at the Flying Tiger Hall may consider not touching your other territories! Otherwise…..”

“Or what?” Ye Zhen sneered.

“Or else, our Black Tiger Guards will level your Red Fire Subdivision completely, and these Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers under us love to devour martial artists’ flesh and blood, hahaha…..” Before he finished speaking, Jiangg Biao started laughing maniacally again.

“A bunch of clay chickens and pottery dogs, dare you to show off!” Squinting slightly, Ye Zhen gently patted the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten in his arms! (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)