The Human Emperor (200-400)

C218: Truth!

“…”

In an instant, everyone fell silent.

Black Tortoise Peak didn’t have the support of a Princess Ni Huang and neither were they as offensively oriented as White Tiger Peak either. In fact, they didn’t even have a single master archer like Zhou Huang.

Yet, with just a shield, most of them actually managed to survive this ordeal.

Even the experts whom Marchioness Yi brought here felt that Wei Hao and the others were way too lucky.

“Young general, that person… seems like Wang Chong from the Wang Clan!”

Just as Wang Chong and Wei Hao were gathered together, no one noticed that at the top of the peak, beside a blazing campfire, a few young men with Hu characteristics along with some Han men were currently staring down with cold gazes.

The Black Tortoise Peak was exceptionally high, making it easy to survey the surrounding situation from here. They could easily spot the escaping Goguryeons and Turks spreading themselves within the forest, as well as the wolves whom the Goguryeons ordered to stall the pursuing troops.

The Turks and Goguryeons had caused quite the uproar with this assault. However, none of the gazes of these young Hu and Han were on them. Rather, their focus was on Wang Chong instead.

“Hmph, that kid sure is lucky. White Tiger is the west-most peak, closest to the capital, and exactly where the Turks and Goguryeons were focusing their efforts. Yet, he somehow managed to survive!”

By the campfire, a young Hu leader spoke coldly. The Origin Energy around him coalesced into a green Halo of Thorns and slowly began to revolve around him. Countless wolf fang arrows lay on the ground nearby but none of them managed to even get close to him.

To most, this night was no different than a nightmare. Yet, to those men standing by the campfire, this was nothing more than a small game.

Be it the Goguryeon condor snipers or Turk master archers, regardless of how thickly the arrows poured in, they were no threat to them at all.

The reason was simple. In this world, there wasn’t a single master archer alive who could threaten a true Tongluo tribe member. Members of the Tongluo tribe were the best cavalry in the world, as well as the cavalry that possessed the least fear for archers.

As the second son of great Hu General Abusi, Abutong had been learning how to grab arrows with his bare hands from young and could now easily do so even when blindfolded.

The barrage of wolf fang arrows threatening Black Tortoise Peak couldn’t harm him at all.

“Young general, it is currently chaotic now. Why don’t we…”

Beside Abutong, a young Tongluo youth made a gesture to kill, hostile intentions simmering in his eyes. Wang Chong’s memorial regarding the Hu had already made him the thorn in the eyes of all Hu. Countless Hu had been plotting how they could claim Wang Chong’s head, and this seemed to be an ideal situation for them.

“No!”

Contrary to his expectation, Abutong waved his massive hands and rejected the idea immediately.

“If I’m not mistaken, that lady beside him should be Little Marchioness Yi, the daughter of the only marchioness in Great Tang. Any woman in this country who was conferred a title of nobility and placed in command of armies is a lunatic, and that woman is a lunatic among lunatics!”

“Even I don’t have the confidence to subdue her. If our operation fails and we leave behind any evidence, the situation might backfire on us!”

Abutong replied. He was clearly wary of Marchioness Yi. Different from Wang Chong, she was a true expert who was reputable even among the geniuses of the capital.