All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 516 - 130 What is Subdue Evil

Chapter 516: Chapter 130 What is Subdue Evil

The invading Frost Riders retreated under An Jing’s power, with tens of thousands chanting the Soldier Master’s name.

An Jing waved his hand to dismiss the giant sword, retracting Killing Life into his body. The high-quality weapons left behind by the Frost Riders not only caused him no loss but even made him feel that the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban had advanced, and the sixth Divine Prohibition ’Kidney Sparrow Yin’ was about to be mastered.

"You truly are a born warlord, An Jing. I always thought even without cultivation, you could establish great merits in the Mortal World and befit the rank of Great General!"

Even Subdue Evil was moved, and An Jing chuckled: "The Great General flatters me, at most I could independently command a single army."

"There are five types of army commanders: vanguard, independent command, penetrating formation, long-lasting siege, and large-scale coordinated warfare... These are respectively Vanguard Ice Breaking, leading an independent legion in combat in unfamiliar regions without supply, commanding an army to break enemy lines, enduring long standoffs and sieging fortified cities, and lastly, national strategy for a comprehensive war."

"I’m competent in the first three roles, but the last two aren’t within my area of expertise."

"If it were you," Subdue Evil disagreed, "you wouldn’t even need to engage in prolonged warfare, nor face any impregnable cities, and wouldn’t even require a large army. So that’s why you think you’re not good at it, right?"

An Jing felt that even his own self-praise wasn’t as exaggerated as Subdue Evil’s, but he did indeed have that confidence.

Soon, An Jing led the team to clean up the corpses of the dead and enemies around the city walls — there was no need to worry about plague or decay due to the Frost Calamity, but these Frost Riders’ bodies were permeated with the strength of Weapon Fiend, incredibly tough to believe. If buried carelessly, over a few years of settling, they might form Weapon Fiend zombies.

During this process, the distant snowstorm stirred up once again; it was clear that the Ice Dragon had awakened.

An ultra-heavy missile, capable of flipping over the dens of Monsters/Demons, had only managed to stun this Divine Repository Demon for a while.

"Although we’ve won..."

Beside him, Xu Tai was dressing a wound, daring to face the charge of the Frost Riders, holding the breach alone before An Jing’s arrival. Yet now, he spoke with a tone less optimistic than the cheering crowd: "But the Ice Dragon is still around, unscathed, and if it joins the regrouping Frost Riders to stir up a blizzard again for an all-out assault on the city from all sides, you’re the only City Lord we have."

"Although we’ve won this battle, but..."

An Jing wasn’t angered by Xu Tai’s defeatist talk because what he said was the truth — that Linjiang City was saved only because the weather missile removed all the blizzards. The Frost Riders couldn’t Ice Escape their way in and had to rely on the ice paths created by the Ice Dragon, which restricted their attack routes.

If the enemy attacked from multiple directions, An Jing truly didn’t have much of a solution.

"Don’t worry." But An Jing was full of confidence: "Next time, if the Ice Dragon takes action, I will use my Thunder Sword Intent Divine Skill straight away, giving it a harsh blow — then you go to the vicinity of the government offices, I will protect you with the Civil and Military Formation Plate as much as possible, and then I’ll raid Yujiang City alone to turn the Ice Dragon’s home upside down."

"Don’t worry about casualties, since we can’t hold them off, it’s better to make the enemy suffer more. I don’t believe they’d think that killing a few ordinary people is more important than their Ice Dragon den!"

Although what An Jing said was heartless, to the people of Embracing the Void, it was seen as matter-of-course: since people would die anyway, and ordinary folks couldn’t withstand a surprise attack by a Martial Army, then one might as well hope for their own Martial Artists to slaughter the enemy as well, making them feel the pain.

An Jing, although valuing people’s lives too, deemed compassion unnecessary once in a state of war.

But even such thoughts from An Jing appeared too merciful for the people of Embracing the Void, to the extent that it was unimaginable for them.

"Failed, huh?"

At the front line, Han Hao received the message. Although not surprised, he still felt some disappointment: "Even with the Ice Dragon’s intervention, we couldn’t take him down. No wonder you, Envoy, were reluctant to dispatch it easily... Does the Ice Dragon still have strength left?"

"It has enough power for one more strike, but it can’t make any more moves." The True Demon Envoy was calm: "That An Jing appears to be the ’Soldier Master’... The power he has revealed is enough to break through the encirclement of the Martial Army. And it’s certain that he has other Divine Skill tokens on him, easily blocking the Ice Dragon’s strike is effortlessly, and besides, the Ice Dragon has other important tasks."

"Now it seems, failing to kill him personally, even slaughtering Linjiang City would be meaningless. If he chooses to abandon the city and launch a surprise attack on Yujiang City, I’m afraid no one would be able to stop him."

Han Hao fell silent. His deputy also had the power of a Martial Meridian, and was currently engaging the Great Demon Spirits at Broken Blade Mountain. Now, it seems he was right not to send another Martial Meridian over, as with An Jing’s cards and strength, sending another would just be akin to delivering food... And now it seems this man is truly invincible. For him, Linjiang City is merely a stopping place, not a goal that needs to be defended.

Not to mention, An Jing hasn’t shown his full strength: according to the information from the True Demon Sect, he has a high-speed mount and the extremely powerful Soldier Bomb Skill, paired with the Divine Mandate of the Soldier Master. Should he fully unleash the Soldier Thunder, like say, enhancing that missile... The power is truly unimaginable!

The mission of the Taiming Sect is probably very difficult to complete, unless...

"This is all within your expectations, isn’t it?"

While dueling with Hang Mofeng, Han Hao whispered to the envoy: "I’ve come to understand, from the beginning you never thought these methods would be a match for that An Jing... What is your real backup plan?"

The envoy didn’t answer the question: "Let us focus on dealing with the current Martial Army first — call back the Frost Riders, this General is quite formidable and not someone you can handle alone."

"But he is a discarded piece, abandoned by those above, all his cards are on the table. Strong he may be, but that is all."

"And you, you still have one last trick."

Han Hao fell silent. If possible, he definitely didn’t want to use that final move related to his own Giant Spirit Bloodline, the secret techniques passed down since ancient times from Iron Li... But if he wants to take his boys back home, perhaps that’s the only choice he has.

"I understand."

He sighed deeply, then was silent, focusing intently on struggling for control of the battlefield with Hang Mofeng.

And the True Demon Envoy squinted his eyes, looking towards the direction of Linjiang City.

If Han Hao was willing to seriously ponder the words of this ’True Demon Envoy’, he would have noticed that the tone of the person’s speech had changed several times, and now, a golden light shone in its pupils.

"Taibai Luminous Godly Ban... Qi Soldier Divine Power, it is indeed you."

Staring at the place where An Jing was located, it murmured in an ancient and strange language: "Subdue Evil, Subdue Evil, Subdue Evil... Which Subdue Evil are you exactly?"

"It doesn’t matter anymore. Whichever ’Subdue Evil’ you are, it’s not surprising why you are so difficult to deal with, since you have chosen this Divine Mandate as your host."

It started to laugh, with pure curiosity, as if posing a question to the heart: "I am really curious, if you regain your memories, understand your true self..."

"How would you feel?"