Chapter 221: Ji Ye, the Reincarnation of a Heavenly General?
Once they had killed the Yuan North King and the leader of the Water Demons, the result of the battle was almost certain.
Outside the cabin where Ji Ye really was, he was moving across the water. With his Flood Dragon Bloodline, he controlled the Jade Dragon Sword, which moved through the water like a ferocious black Flood Dragon. It devoured the Yuan Water Soldiers and Water Demons.
“The North King and the leader of the Water Demons are dead!
“Guys, it’s time that we claim our rewards. Get into the water and kill them all. These bastards will never destroy our ships again!”
Holding the heads of two Yuan leaders, Ruan Xiaoer jumped onto the lookout platform on the mast, activated his True Qi, and shouted at the top of his lungs. Everyone could hear him.
“It’s Officer Ruan!”
“We’ve killed the Yuan North King? That’s an amazing achievement!”
The soldiers of the Twin Dragon Mount yelled excitedly when they heard what Ruan Xiaoer said.
“Victory!”
Immediately after that, the Song soldiers and officers on other battleships cried out in pleasant surprise as well.
“The North King and a leader? How did that happen?”
When the Yuan Water Demons and Water Soldiers came up for air, they looked like they had been struck by lightning.
“What? The North King is dead?”
Over on the other side of the battlefield, the East King had just fought his way out of the chaotic surroundings created by the Deluding Gas with the help of his personal guards. The look on his face changed behind his blood-smeared helmet when he heard the news.
“How did it happen?”
He turned to ask a person next to him. The person was supposed to have a rare talent and claimed to have mastered a unique ability that could see and hear from a long distance away.
“A young man killed her? And the leader of the Water Demons too?”
When the person, who was obviously a player, told the East King that the leader of the Water Demons was also dead, the king looked shocked again.
“I didn’t know that the Song army has such a capable man among them. Send out the order. Retreat!”
The East King didn’t mourn over the death of his colleague. Instead, he gave an order to retreat after glancing in the direction of Ji Ye.
The retreat was expected.
For one, the Yuan army had suffered a great loss. They had lost two kings in the battle, which was unheard of. Even most of their guards had died in the battle. The Yuan army had obviously fallen into a chaotic state, and their combat capability had greatly reduced.
For another, many of the methods that the Song people used today were never seen before in previous battles.
For instance, there was the weapon that was called a Gatling by the Song army. It spat fire on the wall and could shoot out a great number of unseen weapons. There was also the sniper rifle that could kill from miles away. They also had some strange people that could control dead bodies, making them stand back up and fight. It was impossible to watch out for all of those things...
Although the Yuan army had recruited a lot of talented people these days themselves, they didn’t feel as capable as the other side. At least, none of these people they had recruited were strong enough to kill the North King.
More importantly, they had to retreat now because the Yuan army hadn’t all arrived at Xiangyang City yet. The East King didn’t want the current battle to consume too many of his own men.
Plus, now that the North King and West King had died in the battle with few of their guards, Water Demons, and Water Soldiers left, the army that used to belong to the two kings would...
“We won! We won the battle!”
“The North King, the Evil Lady, was killed! It was said that a General Ji Ye killed her!”
“No, he’s not a general. He’s the leader of the Twin Dragon Mount. I heard that he was a reincarnation of a Heavenly General. The Heavenly Emperor has sent him here to help the Song. Everyone knows that the Yuan North King was a demon in disguise. When Master Ji, the Heavenly General reincarnated, confronted that demon, she tried to put up a fight, but she went limp as soon as she saw Master Ji and had to show her true form... Because Ji Ye’s true form is a black dragon, while the North King was a big white water snake that was over 30m long...”
After the Yuan army retreated, the news that the two kings and the leader of the Water Demons were killed by the Twin Dragon Mount quickly ran through Xiangyang City.
And stranger versions of the event began to spread.
“Not only the North King, but the South King was also killed by a chief of the Twin Dragon Mount who knows immortal skills. He has summoned an immortal and killed the South King with divine thunder. The South King was also a demon in disguise, and he had killed a lot of our people. Finally, he had answered for what he did!
“Plus, an Officer Ruan killed the leader of the Water Demons as well. This Officer Ruan is also from the Twin Dragon Mount, and it was said that he used to be a fisherman only. One time when he was fishing, he felt that the net was very heavy. When he pulled it out, it turned out to be a male skeleton, which belonged to the leader of the Water Demons. That was how the grudge between them started...”
Not only Ji Ye’s prowess, but most people had also heard about Gongsun Sheng and how he summoned an immortal from up on the city wall and killed the West King with the divine thunder, as well as how Ruan Xiaoer killed the leader of the Water Demons.
The sensation was largely due to the two kings of Yuan.
One was over 3 m tall, extremely strong, and had a gigantic mouth that made him look like a monster. The other one was enchanting but unapproachable, and those she killed all died miserably, with blood running out of their eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouths.
Therefore, the people of Xiangyang City feared these two kings more than the South King, who was more capable, or the East King, who was more influential.
The people believed that both kings were demons in disguise.
Now that both of them were killed by the Twin Dragon Mount, the settlement naturally became the most famous one in Xiangyang City.
Some people even called Ji Ye and Gongsun Sheng reincarnations of an “immortal” or “heavenly general”.
To some extent, they were right.
After all, Gongsun Sheng could indeed be considered as a reincarnation of a god/devil, while Ji Ye was the Chosen One to the natives, so he could be called that as well.
Of course, the news had gone around so fast also because of Elder Meng’s arrangement.
It was highly effective. Because of the killing of the leader of the Water Demons, Ruan Xiaoer had been promoted by General Wang of the navy from an officer to an assistant general and even a deputy. The aim that the Twin Dragon Mount had been working so long for was achieved just like that.
“Elder Meng had everything planned out when he told us to travel by ship. That was so clever,” An Quan said in amazement as he walked on the street of Xiangyang City.
When Elder Meng arranged for Ruan Xiaoer to meet Ji Ye while attracting the Yuan army’s attention with the provisions ships, he had certainly planned to start the ball rolling by using the combat capability of Ji Ye and the projected heroes.
However, even Elder Meng couldn’t have imagined that they would lure big shots such as the North King and the leader of the Water Demons here.
And Ji Ye had killed them. Together with the South King they had just killed and the 10,000 soldiers Lu Junyi and his men had defeated, this battle proposed by the temporary “brain” of Xiangyang City had enabled the Twin Dragon Mount to make a bigger achievement than that of all the other settlements put together.
“Brother Ji, you’re finally here... Please save my mom!”
Of course, apart from the amazing achievement, the Twin Dragon Mount had gained something else, which was the friendship of the projected heroes.