The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 315 Prince An’s Bodyguard

To keep Feihong Bodhisattva from starting a fight, Li Ye had come up with a simple plan against Li Keyong, using the army.

As such, Feihong Bodhisattva had no reason to make a life and death struggle, as long as Li Ye did not launch attacks to break the balance, when the forces of the Great Cultivator were similar on both sides.

In his neat clothes, Li Ye stood on the official road, with his hands clasped behind his back and looked ahead peacefully, as if waiting for a friend to visit.

On the plain behind him stood boundless cavalries and armors, which lay across the land like walls of brass and iron. Tens of thousands of cavalries stood silent, dignified, but filled with murderous intent. The military formation contained infinite power like a surging river. It could sweep through all things with a mere gap.

Before the endless array, a brave general, leading a white horse and wearing a white robe, stood with a sword. She straightened up like a spear, and her eyes were as calm as a clear pond. Although she stood still, she seemed like a stagnating pool and a towering mountain. In the next moment, the mountains seemed to crash down in front of her.

Shangguan Qingcheng looked steadily forward and fixed her eyes on Li Ye’s back, as if flowers were blooming everywhere.

Finally, Li Ye turned back. As the sun shone on his shoulders, he glanced at her. The sun was shining brilliantly, but the glare from his eyes blinded her.

When she saw Li Ye nod slightly, Shangguan Qingcheng’s gaze became serious. Her snow-white face had an expression of sacred perseverance and fighting will. A touch of killing intent appeared on her red lips, which appeared more coquettish than a peony.

She looked at the official road which stretched out horizontally. At the end of her view, there were black spots that spoke of the presence of the Hedong Army. Shangguan Qingcheng raised her long spear and suddenly dropped it to the ground.

Behind her, 3,000 Wolf-tooth Troops let out a low roar. Above the military formation of armored soldiers, a misty light appeared like a fire smoldering in the wilderness, with a magnificent and changeful prospect.

There were over tens of thousands of selected cavalrymen from the Pinglu Army, and the formation was as big as a giant lake with an unknown breadth.

In this large formation, there was no glint and flash of the Military Formation, but these soldiers were all aggressive, because all of them had undergone wars, and were all ferocious elites.

Li Ye rose straight from the ground and soared into the air like a rocket. Then, he stopped above the formation and looked ahead with a warm smile. The cultivator who appeared in front of him was Feihong Bodhisattva, who seemed to be indifferent and devoid of wrath.

Of course, she did not need to show her bitterness. As long as she appeared, it was threatening enough.

“Feihong Bodhisattva, I’m surprised that you have come out of the city personally to protect the reinforcement from the Hedong Army.” Li Ye cupped his hands slightly as he greeted Feihong Bodhisattva casually and peacefully, like an old friend.

The words were full of sarcasm, but Feihong Bodhisattva was not to be swayed. She glanced at Li Ye and said, “Where Prince An is, I will also be there.”

Li Ye smiled slightly, reached out to make a gesture signifying “please”, and said nothing more.

Fenzhou and Yizhou’s reinforcements were so critical that Li Ye and Li Keyong could not ignore them. However, the war situation in Qinzhou City was at a stalemate, so the Great Cultivators on both sides could not move because they were mutually restrained. Only Li Ye and Feihong Bodhisattva remained relatively free.

In other words, they were each other’s restraint forces.

They stood opposite each other. After Li Ye gestured, Feihong Bodhisattva looked back at the battlefield on the official road, and stood alongside Li Ye. Li Ye did not ask her to launch any attack, but to witness the battle between Shangguan Qingcheng’s troops with Li Cunxin and Li Cunjin’s troops.

The Hedong Army came in torrents and deployed their battle formation in the wilderness quickly.

The sounds of trumpets, drums, shouting orders, footsteps, armors, and rings, rose one after another. In an instant, the two armies charged at each other and entered a state of confrontation.

Feihong Bodhisattva raised her head, gulped some wine, wiped her mouth and said, “You seem to be confident?”

Li Ye said, “Of course.”

Feihong Bodhisattva glanced at him, “Why?”

Li Ye glanced at Shangguan Qingcheng, “My generals have never failed me yet.”

Feihong Bodhisattva was terrified and glanced at the battlefield. “How can 20,000 people defeat 40,000 people?”

Li Ye said, “For my generals, a number less than three times is meaningless.”

Feihong Bodhisattva finally could not help snorting, “I’d like to see how powerful your generals are.”

Li Ye smiled gently, “You can have a good look.”

Feihong Bodhisattva stopped talking and raised her head to drink.

On the battlefield, Shangguan Qingcheng finally glanced at Li Ye, who was above the clouds. Then, she pulled down her helmet, lifted up the Cloud Splitter Spear, and pointed forward.

The troops ran quickly.

She knew that Li Ye was with the Wolf-tooth Troop to take action, because she was there. He came to protect her because he was afraid that she would take risks on her own on the battlefield of Qinzhou, where there were experts of the Spiritual Master Realm and the Immortal Realm.

Shangguan Qingcheng was so touched that her body warmed up as if she was having a fever. Meanwhile, she felt rather abashed.

For a long time, she had regarded herself as Prince An’s subordinate and guard, and protecting and fighting for Prince An was her mission. But now, Li Ye was protecting her, so she felt ashamed and felt as if she had fallen short of her duty.

Her gratitude and guilt were reflected in the fighting spirit in her eyes now.

To outsiders, she was a new, undefeated prominent figure in the battlefield, and a rarely seen military general. Wherever she went, she would be admired by heroes and soldiers were in awe of her. She was lofty and notable.

But in front of Li Ye, she was always an imperial bodyguard. She was used to looking out and standing guard in an unobstrusive corner, waiting to be summoned.

Three thousand soldiers from the Wolf-tooth Troop rushed toward the Hedong Army.

Suddenly, a light flashed in Shangguan Qingcheng’s eyes. Her Spiritual Qi, which was sparkling like a firefly, went up a level. The Military Formation of the Wolf-tooth Troop, as its radiance materialized like a giant arrow, directly captured the array of the Hedong Army!

Li Cunxin glared at Li Cunjin, and they saw fear and worry in each other’s eyes.

After receiving the news that Shangguan Qingcheng was here to block and intercept, they felt an enormous pressure and worried that it would be a tough fight. After all, she was a military general. When they saw that her assault formation, they felt helpless and realized that the situation they worried about, had finally materialized, and was more severe than they expected.

If one had never witnessed the military formation of a military general, one would not understand the oncoming and overwhelming soaring momentum.

On the battlefield, they had to fight with their swords, whether they feared it or not. Just like before, they were not afraid before fighting, on hearing Shangguan Qingcheng’s name. So now, they would not bare their necks to the swords.

Li Cunjin stared at the military formation of armored soldiers who came in torrents, with misty lights burning like fire. He gritted his teeth and his expression changed. His eyes were red and flashing fire. His face twitched, and his complexion turned blue and white.

As a brave general, he finally could not bear it and yelled. “F**k, I’m going to fight with her! Fourth Elder Brother, I will lead, and you keep the situation well under your control!”

Li Cunxin frowned and was determined to fight. He had always been calm in the hour of peril, and had the all the characteristics of a famous general. However, all his familiars knew that he was a veteran general in the frontier juncture. He fought a bloody battle to get promoted. At the very beginning, he was well-known for his boldness. But later, as his position elevated, he needed to be sober most of the time, while commanding one army and dispatching all sides.

Right now, Li Cunxin was as brave and daring as a youth again. With his torn clothes and armors, he bent down wearily and fought dauntlessly at the border, which was littered with corpses. He clutched a crosswise knife with a curved edge, breathed heavily under the sunset, and stared at those grassland warriors approaching from all sides. He gave a final look at his close friends who were injured, and lying in a pool of blood. He exhausted his remaining strength and brandished his sword against the enemy, with a roar.

With irresistible force, Li Cunxin yelled loudly, “Fifth Junior Brother, go! You just pluck up your courage and join the battle! Even if she is Shangguan Qingcheng, a military general, if we join hands and fight with the elites of the Hedong Army, if she dares to drive ahead, we will face up to her.”Read more chapter on v ipnovel.com

With the outburst of their cultivation, dim light rose from the Military Formation behind them. Sitting upright on his horse, Li Cunjin led the Military Formation of the elite cavalry to meet Shangguan Qingcheng.

His eyes were like steel, filled with significant momentum. If an immortal came, he would kill the immortal. And if Buddha got in the way, he would kill Buddha. The Military Formation behind him was overbearing, as if they could break up the formation, kill soldiers, destroy cities, and storm fortresses.

Li Cunjin showed no weakness, and his fighting spirit rose under pressure. He was determined to prove himself and deserved to be a hero. When she faced him, Shangguan Qingcheng’s mouth twitched slightly, and there was a teasing look in her eyes.

In the boundless wilderness, before the ocean-like formation of armored soldiers, two groups of cavalries came with the swirling dust, like two arrows. In a flash, they ran across the vast area and met face to face, like headlong floods. The formation was resplendent, sparkling, and crackling.

The leading military general was the backbone of the whole military formation, which was either blade or ridge. He would determine the victory or defeat. In most cases, the battle between chief commanders was inevitable, which was about morale and the fastest way to define success or failure.

The military formation only advanced and never retreated.

Li Cunjin suddenly yelled and waved his long spear to hit Shangguan Qingcheng. The power of military formation gathered together, which made him look like he had celestial troops and generals. “I’m the Guard of the Hedong Army, Fenzhou Military Commissioner, Qinzhou Formation Commissioner of West Line Camp, Li Cunjin, I’ll follow you...”

He did not finish his speech.

He could not finish it...

Because Shangguan Qingcheng had launched her attacks.

The Cloud Splitter Spear stuck out rigidly.

It seemed to be ordinary, but it severely destroyed the waves of Spiritual Qi launched by Li Cunjin, with overwhelming momentum.

Before Li Cunjin’s startled eyes, the Cloud Splitter Spear pierced his chest directly!

As his wrist shook, the long spear was withdrawn. Shangguan Qingcheng ran by Li Cunjin. From beginning to end, she did not look at him directly. “I’m not interested in who you are and what you want to do.”

Li Cunjin, with a look of horror on his face, fell from the horse’s back in an incredible way. Soon, he was run over by countless horses’ hooves. With his blood spurting, he became a piece of dead meat.

Shangguan Qingcheng led the Wolf-tooth Troop to rout Li Cunjin’s military formation.

It did not take long before Shangguan Qingcheng led her formation to the front of Li Cunxin’s primary formation.

Li Cunxin was dumbfounded and then enraged. He held his spear to confront Shangguan Qingcheng, his eyes red with rage, as if he wanted to perish with her. “I’m Li Cunxin, the Guard of the Hedong Army, Fenzhou Inspector General and Defense Envoy, Qinzhou Commander-in-chief of West Line Camp!”

His status was higher than Li Cunjin’s. As the chief commander, he fought with greater power than Li Cunjin. Although both of them were military generals, his cultivation was about to reach a higher level in comparison with Li Cunjin’s.

Shangguan Qingcheng raised her eyebrows, and looked at him.

She just glanced at him.

With the power of the military formation, she swept away with the Cloud Splitter Spear, and then blood splattered in front of her.

She only said several words.

“Prince An’s Bodyguard, Shangguan Qingcheng!”