Chapter 193: Narrow Path Encounter, the Wild One Shows His Power

The cheering crowd took a long time to slowly quiet down.

At this moment, everyone’s gaze towards Sun Fei had completely changed. Especially among the Sorros Merchant Caravan guards who had previously been somewhat neglectful. If before they had prided themselves on being from the bustling Imperial Capital, having seen many arrogant nobles from big powers and thus looked down on this country bumpkin King from a remote corner, then now their eyes were filled with awe and admiration when looking at Sun Fei. This was the natural reaction of the weak towards the strong. In the Azeroth Continent where the Law of the Jungle reigned, the strong were respected, and everything was spoken with fists and swords.

After a brief reorganization, the team set off.

The victory in this battle completely dispersed the shadow of sneak attacks that had loomed over the Expeditionary Force and the Sorros Merchant Caravan before. Now with such a strong individual who could defeat Judgment Knights in their ranks, unless someone had grown tired of living, they would try to curry favor instead. Attack? That would simply be seeking death!

Thus, everyone was full of confidence.

Sun Fei rode comfortably on the Big Black Dog’s back, holding the beautiful woman in his arms.

After crossing the Twin Peaks Mountains, there were only some rolling hills, and then an endless vast plain. The Expeditionary Force’s journey was now smooth, with no more dangerous mountains or treacherous waters. If all went well, they would reach the empire’s territory in just over a day.

However, just as they were about to step onto the road leading to the distant hills, Sun Fei suddenly turned back to look north. In that very moment, for some unknown reason, Sun Fei felt a sudden premonition. A faint, strange feeling lingered in his heart, as if something had happened to the distant Shampoo City…

…

Boom, rumble rumble——!

The entire grassland trembled, and the earth groaned.

A torrent of cavalry, like a broken dam’s floodwaters, surged majestically into view at the horizon where sky met earth. Long, fluttering banners in the air resembled black dragons, writhing menacingly in the sky. All these banners were black, with simple, ugly red and white paint depicting dripping steel blades and white skulls. This was an army of unknown origin, all clad in blackened armor. The leading knights had no emblems or symbols on their horses, armor, helmets, or shields, clearly intentionally concealing their identities.

A full two thousand black-armored knights charged forth like a black torrent, murderous and fierce.

Directly ahead of them, on a slightly raised hill, stood two figures, one in red and one in black, with two mounts. They stood firm like boulders between heaven and earth, fearlessly facing the black torrent, quietly waiting for something.

The distance between the two sides grew closer and closer.

“I am Didier Drogba, Golden Knight of Taurus under King of Champoo! Hark, army across the way! You have invaded the territory of Chambord Kingdom. You have ten breaths to immediately turn around and withdraw. Otherwise… kill—no—mercy!”

One of the knights on the hill suddenly shouted. His voice thundered across the sky, traveling far and actually overpowering the sound of thousands of cavalry charging ahead.

But——

Whoosh!

The response from the opposite side was an even louder long arrow.

With a piercing whistle that deafened the ears, the arrow, shrouded in faint fiery light, shot over like a meteor descending from the heavens.

“Not good… Drogba, be careful!” Lampard’s face changed dramatically.

He saw that this arrow contained dense fluctuations of Fire Element Battle Qi. Its momentum was astonishing, swift as lightning. It was at least an arrow shot by a Three-Star intermediate upper-level Battle Qi expert. Worried that Drogba might underestimate it and suffer, he threw a punch first. A silver flash shot from his fist, coincidentally striking the fiery arrow. It exploded mid-air with a boom, and a transparent shockwave scattered in all directions, destroying nearby grass and trees!

“Damn bastards, they don’t appreciate a favor!” Drogba flew into a rage.

He looked around, his eyes shifting, then reached to the side of his saddle and took down the hanging Great Axe. With immense strength from both arms, he swung it in a full circle and hurled it outward. After the transformation and tempering by the Hulk Potion, his arms had at least ten thousand pounds of Might. The Great Axe spun and whistled madly, its sound through the air even fiercer than the previous fiery arrow.

This axe was thrown nearly two hundred meters by him.

The knight who had shot the arrow earlier saw this and dared not block it head-on. Fiery red Battle Qi flashed around his body as he instantly leaped into the air to dodge. His movements were extremely agile, and with a flicker, he returned to his horse’s back—clearly an expert.

However, the other knights following him were not so lucky.

The one at the front had no time to react before the wildly spinning, cutting Great Axe struck him head-on. Without even a grunt, he was sliced in half at the chest. The lower body continued forward with the galloping horse, while the upper body fell to the ground and was trampled into pulp. Even so, the Great Axe’s momentum did not wane. Like a flash of silver light, six or seven fully armored knights behind also met the same tragic fate of being dismembered. Instantly, a bloody counter-current surged within the cavalry torrent.

“Damn it, charge forward, kill him!” The fire element Battle Qi knight who had narrowly escaped disaster drew his sword from his hip with a clang, gritting his teeth and shouting with hatred.

The black torrent accelerated its advance, becoming even more arrogant and frenzied.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——!

Sharp whistling sounds pierced the air. Four arrows wrapped in Battle Qi, shining in various colors, shot over instantly.

“This is bad, the enemy has experts in their ranks! The two of us can’t hold them off, retreat!”

As soon as Lampard heard the whistling sound of the arrows shooting through the air, his face instantly changed drastically. The momentum of these four arrows was fierce, indicating that in the enemy camp, there were at least four third-level or higher experts. Combined with the over two thousand black torrent cavalry, it was not something he and Drogba could stop with their personal strength alone.

“Frank, don’t rush yet. Let’s give these scumbags a little more greeting, hehe…”

Drogba said as he took down the other three Great Axes hanging on the Blaze Beast’s saddle. With three sharp whooshing sounds, the Great Axes, under his terrifying brute strength, spun and whistled as if tearing through space. They again stirred up three bloody counter-currents within the opposing black cavalry torrent.

“Damn it…”

“Sinful people…”

“Kill——!!!”

Before even meeting face-to-face, Drogba’s four flying axes directly hacked over forty people to death. This made the four knights at the front, whose bodies radiated various colored Combat Energy Flames, roar with fury. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides closed to about one hundred meters. A sky-full of arrows rained down towards the two men…

“Retreat quickly——!”

The two men jumped onto the Blaze Beasts, raising a cloud of dust. The speed of the fourth-level Magical Beast, the Blaze Beast, far exceeded that of the warhorses ridden by the pursuing cavalry. They instantly broke away from the battlefield and swiftly retreated towards Shampoo City.

Three kilometers away.

Over a hundred soldiers from Shampoo City were stationed on a hill, ready. The leader had long black hair flowing like a waterfall, wore strange black armor all over, and had a pitch-black five-foot-long, five-finger-wide sword at his waist. His face was full of authority, righteous and awe-inspiring. It was the military giant of Shampoo City, Godde Brook.

The reinforcements from Shampoo City had arrived!

Five kilometers behind these hundred-plus reinforcements, six to seven hundred exhausted Chambord miner slaves were hurrying towards the city with the help of fellow townspeople who had come out to meet them. Once these people entered the city, the Chambeau Army could rely on the terrain to defend stubbornly, and even counterattack to completely annihilate these sudden enemies was not out of the question.

“Lord Brook, the situation has changed. The enemy has four experts!” Frank and Drogba reached him and detailed their findings from the initial encounter to Godde Brook.

Brook’s face changed, but he quickly regained his composure: “It’s fine. We only need to delay them for a quarter of an hour, then we can fall back to the city.” He frowned in thought, and in the next moment, a series of resolute commands flowed out smoothly. Brook held high prestige, and everyone responded with a thunderous affirmation, quickly beginning preparations.

Soon, the rumbling black iron torrent appeared within sight. The four experts at the forefront, whose bodies shimmered with various colored Battle Qi, were the most eye-catching.