Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Bones Buried in Yellow Sand! Blood Stains the Sky!

"Kill!"

No one knew who initiated it, but the two armies that were just facing off clashed together once more.

Meeng Ting sensed danger, his Qi and Blood Power surged, leading two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders to attack the Rong Luo and others from the Nine Hordes Kingdom.

In an instant, corpses flew and blood splattered.

"Hiss... breathe..." Chi Jue, the Blood Envoy of the Blood Evil Sect, took a deep breath of the bloody air on Huang Yan, "This scent is right!"

His eyes suddenly turned crimson, his figure transformed into a blood shadow, rushing downward.

Screech—

The bloody shadow swept by, and a Refining Organ Realm warrior from the Nine Hordes Kingdom was torn apart like thin paper, his hot organs gushing out.

Rip—

Next was the second Refining Organ Realm warrior, then the third.

"Blood Evil Sect!" First Tiger Camp Commander Meeng Ting stared at the blood shadow in front, his pupils suddenly contracting.

In the domain of the Nine Hordes Kingdom, the Blood Evil Sect had appeared!

"No!" He suddenly realized something.

This battle today was orchestrated by the Blood Evil Sect!

The Blood Evil Sect’s appearance now explained everything.

The blood shadow ripped apart four Refining Organ Realm warriors from the Nine Hordes Kingdom, then flashed into the Tiger Armor Army.

Crack—

There seemed to be the sound of bones breaking behind him.

Meng Zhen turned back, his eyes almost bursting with rage.

"Old Jie!"

Ten Thousand Soldiers Commander Jie Yuan’s chest was sunken in, his skull shattered, already a corpse.

On his corpse stood a figure.

Chi Jue stomped down, Jie Yuan’s corpse splintered instantly.

Through his mask, Chi Jue’s blood-red eyes ignored Meng Zhen and provocatively looked at First Tiger Camp Commander Meeng Ting not far away.

"Old Jie!"

Meng Zhen’s fury soared as he thrust his spear at Chi Jue.

Chi Jue remained motionless, not even sparing a glance, his left hand reaching into the void.

Clang—

The spear vibrated, unable to advance.

"Just a small Refining Organ Realm, where does the courage come from?"

Chi Jue still did not deign to look at Meng Zhen, exerting force with his left hand.

Bang bang bang—

The spear shattered instantly, splintering into countless fragments reflecting towards Meng Zhen.

Just as the fragments were about to pierce him, a figure leapt in front of Meng Zhen.

Thud, thud, thud—

The body blocked most of the fragments.

"Commander An!"

Fourth Tiger Camp Commander An Guang collapsed in front of Meng Zhen.

Chi Jue turned his head, his icy gaze landing on An Guang.

Riddled with wounds, only one breath left.

"Courting death!" Chi Jue snorted coldly, his form back into a blood shadow.

Not far away.

First Tiger Camp Commander Meeng Ting watched the scene, suddenly enraged.

He swept his spear, sending dozens of enemy corpses flying, then leapt off his warhorse, standing on the yellow sand.

The Qi Blood in his chest burned with rage, Meeng Ting’s aura climbed rapidly.

"Blood Burning Technique!"

Blood Envoy Chi Jue’s five fingers formed claws, grasping at the void.

"No wonder they say you rival the Meridian Unlocking Realm, it turns out to be the Blood Burning Technique!"

Clang—

The blood claws fell, the spear swung out, gold and iron clashed.

Meeng Ting glared fiercely.

"Tut tut, Commander Meeng truly is the First Commander of the Tiger Armor Army. Though not in the Meridian Unlocking Realm, he has Meridian Unlocking Power, impressive indeed."

Chi Jue stood on several Tiger Armor Army corpses, his right hand gripping a corpse, slightly exerting force, and the corpse shattered like mud.

"But, the Refining Organ Realm is still just the Refining Organ Realm. Do you think burning Qi Blood can truly battle the Meridian Unlocking Realm?"

Chi Jue suddenly became illusory, his blood claws grasping at the void.

Clang!

Meeng Ting blocked with his spear, but the blood claws carried a mountain’s force, instantly numbing Meeng Ting’s arms.

"Is this all you have?" Chi Jue’s right hand reformed into a claw, grasping again, "That’s very disappointing."

Clang—

The second claw, the spear bent, Meeng Ting’s armor shattered.

"Meridian Unlocking Realm!" He gritted his teeth.

Behind.

"Commander Meeng!" Two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders rushed anxiously.

Clang—

The third claw, Meeng Ting’s arm muscles collapsed, sand flew beneath him, his legs buried deep.

The two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders were directly knocked away by the shockwave.

"Truly disappointing."

The fourth claw fell, First Tiger Camp Commander Meeng Ting faced certain death.

However.

Clang—

The sound was not of flesh bursting, the fourth claw struck, still the sound of gold and iron.

Under the blood claw, above Meeng Ting’s head, a crimson hand palm appeared like a sky.

"You?!" Chi Jue’s hairs stood on end.

Next to Meeng Ting, who knew when another person appeared.

Chu Ming raised his gaze, coldly looking.

With just one look, Blood Envoy Chi Jue felt as if he was plunged into an ice cave.

This gaze... this gaze...!

Chi Jue’s face quickly turned fearful.

He had only seen this gaze on his elder brother!

In an instant, fear like a towering wave crashed down.

Escape!

Only one glance stirred the retreat in the heart of Chi Jue, previously disdainful of all, a Meridian Unlocking Realm Blood Envoy.

Ignoring anything else, Chi Jue vanished, intending to flee.

But just as he took a step, that cold, despairing gaze reappeared before him.

Then, his pupil reflected a blood-colored palm, rapidly enlarging.

Boom—

Like ten thousand pounds smashing down.

Chi Jue’s body seemed like a dried grass, felled with just a palm.

Yellow sand danced, stones shot forth.

Tiger Armor Army Commander Meeng Ting stared stunned at the deep pit ahead, two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders were terrified.

Not far away, the severely wounded Meng Zhen watched the silhouette annihilate Chi Jue, first with shock and anger, then as he recognized the figure, joy surged.

Chu Ming!

It’s Chu Royal Attendant!

He could never have imagined, that in the Nine Hordes Kingdom domain, Yangjia Plain’s West Wind Valley, amidst despair, Chu Royal Attendant would appear at this moment.

The yellow sand settled, and the view within the deep pit gradually became clear.

The arrogant and wild Blood Evil Sect Meridian Unlocking Realm master was slapped beyond recognition, with his entire body, except for the head, buried in the yellow sand.

Chu Ming lifted his gaze, looking at the heavily injured Meng Zhen, and then at the melee taking place in the distance among three parties.

Or rather, a battle between two parties, as the four Refining Organ Realm members of the Blood Evil Sect were slaughtering the Nine Hordes Kingdom and the Tiger Armor Army.

Swish—

Wind and sand swept through the deep pit, Chu Ming’s figure vanished.

Appearing again.

Boom—

With one palm strike, a Refining Organ Realm member of the Blood Evil Sect died.

Poof—

Immediately following, a long spear shot out like a sharp sword, instantly piercing through two Blood Evil Sect refining organ members.

Finally, as if a cold sheen cleaved through the bloody sky, the fourth Refining Organ Realm member of the Blood Evil Sect was severed at the waist.

But, the slaughter did not end.

A person, a crimson glow.

Poof, poof, poof—

In the enemy formation, rows of corpses fell like dominos.

The Rong Luo of the Nine Hordes Kingdom was terrified, seeking to flee.

Whoosh—

As they fled to Huang Yan, an arrow shot through the air.

Thud!

Piercing the chest.

"I..." Rong Luo clutched their chest, unwillingly falling.

With Rong Luo hit by an arrow, several other Refining Organ Realm Ten Thousand Soldiers Commander of the Nine Hordes Kingdom followed in quick succession.

In just a few breaths, the war spirits of the eight thousand Nine Hordes Army were in chaos.

"General Rong Luo is dead, run quickly!"

"..."

Eight thousand enemy troops abandoned their arms and armor, fleeing for their lives.

A thousand Tiger Cavalry, and a thousand Tiger Armor Army, their morale soared, fervently pursuing and killing.

Meeng Ting and two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders mounted their Blazing Fire Tiger Horses, sweeping their long spears.

Chu Ming also mounted a warhorse, charging into the enemy army.

When the yellow sand buried bones, when the wind and sand lessened, when the sky turned crimson.

The Nine Hordes Army paid the price of three thousand lives to exchange for the lives of five thousand.

Meeng Ting did not pursue further, Chu Ming also halted.

"Tiger Armor Army’s Meeng Ting, thank you, knight, for your righteous assistance!"

Meeng Ting and the two Ten Thousand Soldiers Commanders jumped down from their Blazing Fire Tiger Horses.

One thousand Tiger Cavalry followed suit, dismounting.

Over two thousand Tiger Armor Army soldiers all looked at Chu Ming.

"Thank you, knight, for your righteous assistance!"

The two thousand Tiger Armor Army soldiers spoke in unison, their voices like thunder.

Feeling the aura of the two thousand Tiger Armor Army soldiers, Chu Ming’s resolve in his mind grew firmer.

"Let’s return to the valley first." He cupped his hands in salute towards Meeng Ting and the Tiger Armor Army.

"Alright."

In the valley there were still many wounded Tiger Armor Army soldiers, Meeng Ting left some behind to clean the battlefield.

The army returned to the valley.

Within the valley.

Corpses were everywhere, blood and sand formed rivers.

Out of ten thousand Tiger Armor Army soldiers, less than three thousand remained, most were injured, those lightly had a few wounds, those severely...either had broken arms or bones, losing basic combat ability.

At the central position.

Chu Ming sought out Ten Thousand Soldiers Commander Meng Zhen.

"Take this." He handed two elixirs for recovering wounds to Meng Zhen.

Meng Zhen cupped his hands gratefully.

Meeng Ting and other Tiger Armor Army soldiers watched from a distance, their hearts suspicious of Meng Zhen’s relationship with this mysterious knight.

But they only felt a brief suspicion before reining in their thoughts.

Because in front of Meeng Ting was the bloody corpse of Ten Thousand Soldiers Commander Jie Yuan, and the barely alive Commander An Guang of the Fourth Tiger Camp.

"Commander An..." After checking An Guang’s injuries, Meeng Ting’s expression became extremely heavy.

The Fourth Tiger Camp’s Commander An Guang was too severely injured, it’s feared...

"Cough, cough..." An Guang coughed up the filth from his mouth with difficulty, and with great effort turned his eyes towards Meeng Ting.

"...I didn’t know the Blood Evil Sect had a Meridian Unlocking Realm master coming, cough cough..." This was An Guang’s first spoken sentence.

"Commander An...?" Meeng Ting heard something in that sentence.

"Cough, cough...that secret letter was sent to Commander Meeng by me...I thought by doing this...this would..."

Before he could finish, blood foamed out, and An Guang wasn’t able to finish what he wanted to say.

Meeng Ting looked at An Guang’s body, silently pondering for a long time.

From the fragmented words, he already discerned that the ambush this time was due to Commander An leaking the marching route and marching time.

But An Guang did it with the intent to turn the trap onto the Nine Hordes Kingdom and Blood Evil Sect.

The only surprise was that the Blood Evil Church sent a Meridian Unlocking Realm master.

"Commander Meeng, Commander An..."

Having ingested Chu Ming’s elixir, Meng Zhen immediately headed over as soon as he could move.

Upon seeing the body covered in wounds from sharp weapons, Meng Zhen stood frozen in place.

"Commander An...has fallen in battle." Meeng Ting spoke in a low voice.

Commander An...has fallen in battle...?

Boom—

As if heavenly thunder erupted beside his ears, Meng Zhen’s fists clenched tightly.

Commander An didn’t have to die, it was he who should have been the one to die!

In the final moment, had it not been for An Guang blocking the deadly fragments from the shattering spear, it would have been him lying on the ground!

Chu Ming walked up next to Meng Zhen, sighing slightly in his heart.

He, too, heard An Guang’s last two sentences.

This commander...

An Guang...An Hengying...

Though from the same clan, they chose entirely different paths.

Patting Meng Zhen on the shoulder, Chu Ming walked toward the deep pit on the left front.

There lay the Meridian Unlocking Realm master of the Blood Evil Sect who had been slapped into the yellow sand, the one who killed An Guang.

Arriving in the pit, the person was surprisingly still clinging to life, not yet completely dead.

Bang—

Chu Ming stomped down, the yellow sand in the pit shot out, and Chi Jue’s body flew out from the sand.

"Who... are you...?" Chi Jue seemed quite unsatisfied.

If not for the person before him suddenly appearing, today’s battle would surely have ended in triumph for him.

Chu Ming didn’t want to waste words, flicking his fingers, a point of cold light flew from his fingertips.

Poof—

A spear fragment pierced through Chi Jue’s forehead.

Bending over to search, Chu Ming found several items on him.

An identity token, a letter, a cultivation technique manual, and a silver-white armor.

The front of the identity token was engraved with the words ’Blood Envoy’, and the back with ’Chi Jue’.

The cultivation technique was the Blood Evil Sect’s Blood Evil Technique, he flipped through it from start to finish, finding nothing special.