Li Nation was located in the central region of the Haotian Continent. It bordered the four great empires, the Eastern Tang, the Southern Ming, the Western Song, and the Northern Qin.
There were frequent conflicts between Li Kingdom and the other four empires, and wars were inevitable.
Among them, the Li Kingdom and Northern Qin had the most conflicts, and many wars were started by the two countries.
It was precisely because of this that the pressure in the northern region of Li Country was the greatest. Emperor Liyang had specially made Xu Xiao, the number one valiant general of Li Country, a vassal of the Northern Liang to guard the northern region.
However, although wars often broke out between Li and Qin, they did not break out every few days.
Since the beginning of winter last year and the beginning of spring this year, there had been no conflict between the two countries.
This time, the Qin army had mobilized tens of thousands of troops to press on the North Rebel City. This was the first time this year that they had made such a big move.
The incident happened so suddenly that the people of Beiliang didn't know what the Qin army was up to.
Of course, one thing was very clear. Just as Xu Xiao said, Qin Jun's motive for doing this was definitely evil.
Chu Lushan knew the seriousness of the matter.
After leaving the Prince of Beiliang's residence, he rode his horse and headed to the Beiliang military camp as fast as he could.
Chu Lushan immediately went to find Chen Zhibao.
"Chen Zhibao, the Great General has ordered you to immediately lead thirty thousand cavalry to reinforce the north city!”
"As ordered!"
Chen Zhibao first responded, then asked,"Chu Lushan, why did you reinforce North City?”
"The spies have found out that the Qin army has mobilized tens of thousands of troops to press on the North City," said Chu Lushan.”
"The Great General wants you to lead troops to reinforce Jubei City. Also, think of a way to find out the purpose of the Qin army doing this.”
Chen Zhibao nodded, then put on his armor, picked up the plum wine, and rushed out of the tent.
"Cavalry, listen up!”
Chen Zhibao's voice, supported by his zhenqi, resounded throughout the entire camp.
When the cavalrymen heard this, they all shouted,"As ordered!"
Immediately after, these well-trained cavalrymen quickly put on their battle armor, picked up their weapons, and mounted their horses.
Chen Zhibao first led the six thousand heavy cavalry Tie Futu out of the camp.
The other cavalrymen followed closely behind.
A total of 30,000 iron cavalry charged forward like lightning, carrying an overwhelming killing intent as they headed straight for the north of the city!
……
Zhao Ce, Sweet Potato, and Green Bird were also riding horses, but they were not fast. They were slow.
After about ten minutes, they finally left Liangzhou City.
"Young Master, where do you want to go first?" asked Sweet Potato.”
" I heard that the scenery at the border is the best," said Zhao Ce." Let's go to the nearest border first!"”
"The nearest border is the Youxi Highlands."”
"Then let's go to the Youxi Highlands and gallop on our horses!" Zhao Ce said boldly.”
"Alright, we'll bring Young Master there."”
Then, the three of them galloped towards the Youxi Highlands.
What Zhao Ce and the others did not know was that there was a masked woman in a black tight-fitting dress standing on top of the city gate.
The masked woman was tall and slender, with a pair of straight and slender legs. Her skin was as white as snow, and her hair was tied up high. Although she could not see her complete face, one could guess that she was a beauty.
The veiled woman had an exquisite and gorgeous scarlet-gold sword hanging from her waist. She must be a martial artist.
The masked woman seemed to not want others to notice her and deliberately hid her aura.
As she watched Zhao Ce and the other two leave, killing intent flashed in the masked woman's cold eyes.
"The prey is finally out. It's time for me to hunt.”
The veiled woman said to herself before disappearing like a ghost.
……
After leaving Liangzhou City, they walked through a flat road and entered a forest.
The three of them galloped along the mountain path.
"Sweet Potato, how long will it take for us to reach the Youxi Highlands?”
"Young Master, we took the shortest route, but even so, it still takes about an hour.”
"Alright, let's ride faster."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ce clamped his horse's belly and increased its speed to the fastest.
Although it was Zhao Ce's first time riding a horse, he liked the feeling of galloping.
He rode as fast as he could as if he did not care about his life.
The sweet potato and the green bird were afraid that Zhao Ce would fall, so they could only speed up and catch up to him.
An hour passed by unknowingly.
Zhao Ce and the other two arrived at a valley path.
"Young Master, the Youxi Highlands should be in front of us."”
Zhao Ce looked up and saw the endless green grassland through the entrance of the valley.
"We're finally here."
"I'll go take a look first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Ce took the lead and rushed towards the entrance of the valley.
The sweet potato and the green bird followed closely behind.
Zhao Ce and his horse quickly arrived at the entrance of the valley.
"Phew!"
Zhao Ce tightened his reins and stopped.
"This scenery is really good!"
The valley entrance was higher than the grassland.
Zhao Ce sat on his horse and could overlook the entire grassland.
Ding!
[Detected that the host has signed in to the Youxi Highlands. The system has issued a reward!]
Congratulations to user for obtaining 3,000 halberd warriors!
Congratulations to the host for obtaining 3,000 Snow Dragon Cavalry!
Congratulations to the host for obtaining the peerless martial art, Tiangang Finger!
Suddenly, the system notification sounded in Zhao Ce's mind.
"Oh, I didn't expect to trigger the system check-in in the Youxi Highlands!”
Zhao Ce was pleasantly surprised. He couldn't help but laugh, and his mood became even better.
Just as Zhao Ce was enjoying the scenery of the grassland.
Suddenly, a scarlet-gold sword came from behind Zhao Ce!
"Whoosh!"
The scarlet-gold sword was like an arrow that had left the bow. It carried an extremely sharp aura as it flew toward Zhao Ce at lightning speed!
It happened so suddenly that ordinary people could not react in time.
If it wasn't for Zhao Ce's sharp senses, he wouldn't have reacted in time.
However, even if Zhao Ce reacted, he had no time to react.
It was too late to say.
Just as the scarlet-gold sword was about to pierce Zhao Ce's body, Zhao Ce, who had activated the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art in time, formed a golden barrier around his body.
"Clang…"
Almost at the next moment, the sharp tip of the scarlet-gold longsword stabbed into the golden barrier that Zhao Ce had erected.
An ear-piercing sound of metal colliding rang out.
The golden barrier that Zhao Ce had erected seemed as thin as a cicada's wing, but it was actually extremely sturdy. It steadily blocked the scarlet-gold sword.
However, Zhao Ce knew that the golden barrier he had created could only hold him off for a moment, not for a long time.
Zhao Ce suddenly turned around. At the same time, he clenched his right hand into a fist and poured all his Genuine Qi into it.
"Boom!"
Zhao Ce launched a powerful Vajra Fist at the scarlet-gold sword!
A punch blasted out, and golden light burst out like a brilliant sun!
Wherever it passed, strong gales rolled, and the momentum was shocking.
"Bang!"
Zhao Ce's fist smashed against the scarlet-gold longsword.
After a dull thud.
The scarlet-gold sword seemed to let out a mournful cry, and then, like a kite with a broken string, it shot backward.
At this moment, a graceful figure descended from the sky.
His feet accurately stepped on the scarlet-gold sword, and the two of them floated in the air.
Zhao Ce raised his head and saw a masked woman in a black tight-fitting dress.
Zhao Ce sized up the other party with a sharp gaze and then questioned sternly,"Who are you? Why did you come to assassinate me?"
At this moment, the sweet potato and the green bird had already caught up.
Without needing Zhao Ce to say anything, the two women tacitly took action.
The sweet potato stood on one side, and the green bird with the Moment Spear stood on the other.
The two women and Zhao Ce formed a triangle and surrounded the masked woman in black.
Anyone could tell that the masked woman was here to assassinate Zhao Ce.
Facing Zhao Ce's question, the masked woman did not answer. Instead, she was ready to attack.
"Boom!"
A terrifying aura suddenly swept out from the masked woman's body.
"Profound Finger Realm!"
From the aura emitted by the masked woman, Zhao Ce determined that she was a Profound Finger Realm expert.
"Although I'm only one step away from advancing to the Profound Finger Realm, there's still a huge gap compared to the true Profound Finger Realm.”
"Facing this person, the pressure on me is not small.”
Zhao Ce's expression became unprecedentedly solemn.
Right at this moment, the masked woman raised her jade-like hand and pointed at Zhao Ce.
"Whoosh!"
The scarlet-gold sword under her feet seemed to have been guided as it flew towards Zhao Ce again.
This time, the scarlet-gold longsword emitted an even more terrifying aura, and its sharpness was even more intense!
Before the long sword could reach him, a sharp sword aura swept over from all directions!
"Boom!"
Zhao Ce did not dare to be careless and immediately circulated the Dragon God Technique.
He released a surge of majestic Genuine Qi and condensed it into a giant golden dragon.
"Roar!"
With a thought, Zhao Ce summoned a 30-foot-long golden dragon.
Zhao Ce and the masked woman were not far from each other.
Therefore, the golden dragon quickly collided with the scarlet-gold longsword that was whistling toward them.
Zhao Ce had thought that the golden dragon would be able to block the scarlet-gold sword.
However, he did not expect that the golden dragon would be torn apart in just one exchange.
In front of the scarlet-gold longsword, the golden dragon was instantly torn apart like paper.
"Bang!"
The golden dragon was cut in half by the scarlet-gold sword and then shattered with a loud bang.
Without the obstruction of the golden dragon, the scarlet-gold sword continued to fly towards Zhao Ce!
Zhao Ce's face darkened.
"This person is much stronger than I imagined.”
Zhao Ce immediately circulated the Dragon God Technique and Indestructible Diamond Technique to fully strengthen his defense.
At the same time, he summoned Startled Swan to intercept the scarlet-gold longsword.
"Clang!"
Accompanied by an ear-splitting sword cry, Jing Hong turned into a stream of light and flew out.
In the blink of an eye, Jing Hong and the scarlet-gold longsword collided head-on.
Although Zhao Ce's swordsmanship was superb, his strength was still inferior to his opponent.
Therefore, Jing Hong was still unable to block the scarlet-gold longsword.
However, this created an opportunity for Zhao Ce to dodge.
Just as the scarlet-gold sword was about to reach him, Zhao Ce flew off his horse and narrowly avoided it.
Zhao Ce managed to avoid it, but his horse couldn't.
The scarlet-gold sword whistled through the air.
The horse was cut in half before it could even let out a neigh. Then, its body was swept up by the sword qi and turned into a cloud of blood mist. In an instant, there was no corpse left!
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