Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Unparalleled in the World
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Li Yunzi waved her hand at that moment, issuing a kill order to the Flying Bird Camp in midair!
In an instant, hundreds of Flying Bird Pseudo-Dragons dived down, each person exuding a bloodthirsty aura that perfectly resonated with the fierce Pseudo-Dragons!
This airborne slaughter was more devastating than cavalry trampling; it was like reaping wheat, with swathes of blood-red spreading open, and countless rioters falling into pools of blood!!
“Charge, charge, we have no way back! Some still waved their flags and shouted within the riot army.
As blood sprayed and screams were incessant, some still rushed into the scars from swords, making it to the now shallow lake, running madly towards Rong Valley City!
Like geese casting shadows, they rose and fell, each low-flying swoop claiming lives of the rioters who never made it to the city towers of Rong Valley before dying terribly under the blade.
Blood flowed like streams, seeping little by little into the fields, converging in the valley streams, with bodies continuously rolling into the water, cleansed by blood. Even in the dimness of night, all was still so shockingly dreadful!
The Long Eyebrow Lieutenant rode a Pterosaur.
The Pterosaur flapped its mighty wings, tossing the riot army high into the air, while the lieutenant’s long sword swiftly slashed, accurately killing them one by one!
In just a short time, the Long Eyebrow Lieutenant had already slain dozens.
Her martial spirit stirred, she couldn’t help shouting angrily, seeing a group of rioters trying to flee, she quickly pursued on her Pterosaur.
The long sword was raised, and just as the lieutenant was about to cut down these people, a sword shadow flashed by, knocking her long sword away, and even the Pterosaur was startled by this sudden slash, flapping its wings wildly, nearly falling to the ground.
“Those who retreat beyond the Sword Boundary shall be considered subjects!” Li Yunzi’s voice came from above.
The Long Eyebrow Lieutenant paused, feeling a mix of annoyance and confusion, but he dared not pursue beyond the Sword Boundary.
The Flying Bird Camp possessed unparalleled combat strength; thousands of rioters simply could not contend with them, and those crossing the Sword Boundary were essentially slaughtered.
Bodies piled up in the lake, with the fields equally strewn with carnage, Li Yunzi watched all this with cold indifference, unmoved, ordering the killing of anyone who crossed the Sword Boundary! “Retreat, go back and you can live!”
“Don’t kill me, I don’t want to die…”
Li Yunzi’s words were not just for the Long Eyebrow Lieutenant, the rioters struggling in the blood also heard, when there is a vast disparity in strength, no one doesn’t treasure their own life, they retreated, they fled backward…
Sure enough, as long as they retreated beyond the Sword Boundary, the Flying Bird Camp would never give chase, they were unsettled as if they had walked past the Ghost Gate.
Those charging bravely into battle, would indeed be blinded by their martial spirit at times, disregarding everything, but seeing the people by their side die one after another, fear and the will to survive would bring them to their senses.
“Zhang Tuo.” Li Yunzi spoke again, calling the name of a leader in the Riot Army.
Within the Riot Army, a leader with an extremely haggard face had a complicated expression.
He looked up at Li Yunzi, who shone like the sun and moon in splendor, not sure whether to respond or not.
“Tell them, lay down their weapons, and I will let them get through this winter. But if they choose to be rioters, they shall not survive the night!!” said Li Yunzi.
“I trust the Female Monarch’s character, but how do I explain this to the brothers who have followed me through life and death? You represent the Ancestral Dragon City State, not our City Lord anymore. Behind me, there are tens of thousands of my people, without food, without a single cotton garment. If the Female Monarch truly pities the Wutu people, please give us a way to survive. Even if we starve or freeze to death, we will never offend any city under the Female Monarch’s rule,” Zhang Tuo, the leader, said with eyes full of desolation.
“This is the way to survive I offer you,” said Li Yunzi, extending her left hand.
Suddenly, she grasped her sword with her left hand and cut deeply, severing the palm of her own hand!
Bright red blood spilled, flowing down the silver sword and through Li Yunzi’s fingertips to the ground.
“What kind of promise is this???” shouted Zhang Tuo.
The blood was thick, forming a red thread and then falling to the ground.
Li Yunzi simply turned her palm downward, letting the blood continue to fall unceasingly…
“I’ve prepared food and clothing, already on the way, enough to get you through winter.”
“By this blood covenant, if these goods do not arrive before my blood runs dry, my life, Li Yunzi, shall be a sacrifice to you.”
Zhang Tuo, the leader of the Riot Army, was momentarily stunned, unable to respond for a long time.
The soldiers of the Flying Bird Camp were equally shocked; they didn’t understand why Li Yunzi would do this when they clearly could have killed all these thugs without leaving a trace!
“If holding a hoe means we can survive, why would we take up arms?” Zhang Tuo said.
Zhang Tuo’s words expressed the helplessness and despair of the Wutu people in their current plight.
He turned back to glance behind him, where the people with no path of retreat were still gathering. The majority of them were numb, tormented by the cruel heavens so much that they no longer had the capacity to think, surviving solely on instinct.
Moreover, what he saw at this time was overwhelmingly men…
But when winter came, the figures of women and the elderly would join the ranks.
And with the harsh winter, even the children would appear, their frail figures on the battlefield, their innocence should have kept intact, now numbed, transformed into beasts by the cold and hunger!
To resent the injustice of the heavens?
Or to lament the ruthlessness of this world?
Zhang Tuo lifted his head again, looking at that haughty figure.
Her blood had not stopped flowing, a wound torn open, the blood would never clot without medicine applied.
The Wutu people recognized her, stepping into any of the Nine Cities, one could see at a glance the statue standing tall at the center, pure and proud, most would exclaim at first sight how wondrous she was, yet she never symbolized anything good…
Now, they saw the original figure of the statue, she was flesh and blood. “Flying Bird Camp, fall back to Rong Valley City,” Li Yunzi commanded.
“Female Monarch.”
“Fall back!” Li Yunzi shouted angrily.
Military orders were as heavy as mountains, the two lieutenants dared not hesitate any longer.
“Retreat!”
“Retreat!”
The Flying Bird Camp was well-trained, following the two lieutenants as they rode the Flying Dragons back to Rong Valley City, those dark shadows swiftly crossing over the hollow lake, flying past the city towers of Rong Valley City.
For a moment, all that was left on the entire mountain pass was Li Yunzi, alone, standing tall.
In front of her, a multitude of Riot Army members, a group of people forsaken by the heavens, desperate with cold and hunger.
And behind her, not a single soldier remained.
Drop after drop of blood slid down, the night seemed to fall silent.
No one else stepped towards the Sword Boundary; within the numb gazes of the crowd, there finally appeared a focus – they watched the woman standing proudly against the sky, watched as her life slowly drained away…
“We are all mortals, but the Female Monarch is a goddess!” From the city tower, Zheng Yu couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
They thought that with the Female Monarch’s arrival. holding the militarv command token, she would surely wreak havoc, completely eradicating the hidden threat to the east of Ancestral Dragon City-State.
But Zheng Yu was completely wrong!
Beside him, Zhu Minglang’s gaze almost couldn’t move away from Li Yunzi, watching her complexion grow increasingly pale, watching as her left hand began to quiver ever so slightly…
In this moment, Zhu Minglang suddenly remembered something extremely important.
The letter of cession that Yang Xiu held in her hand… what Li Yunzi had written on it was not the name of any city, not any affluent city of Lingxiao City-State!
It was grain and clothing!
It was what could relieve the whole of Wutu,
What could ensure these people with no hope of survival would safely get through this winter – food and clothing!!
When she ordered the killing, there was not a trace of pity or sympathy for those Riot Army members who had crossed the Sword Boundary; Li Yunzi appeared so indifferent and cold-blooded in that moment!
Yet when she cut her palm and blood dripped for the people of Rong Valley City, for the people of Wutu, seeking a way for them to live, Li Yunzi was like a goddess descending to earth, wishing least of all to see these living beings suffering.
That was why he was always unable to discern her thoughts from her clear eyes; she was indeed unparalleled in this world!
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