Chapter 460: I Will Kill Ye Qing Myself

Ye Qing opened his mouth and sucked in what felt like a cyclone’s worth of air into his stomach. For a moment, his abdomen thudded like thunder.

When he bent his knees slightly, his feet slowly sank into the ground as if it couldn’t bear his weight.

Right before the two cavalry squads would hit him like two mini avalanches, Ye Qing stretched his arms in front of him and caught the heads of the two foremost Scale Horses.

His muscles groaned, and his bones cracked and popped like fireworks. The ground beneath his feet also undulated like it was made of water, not earth.

Ye Qing didn’t budge an inch from his spot, however. Like an unshakeable mountain, he had stopped the avalanche via sheer strength. He then pressed both Scale Horses to the ground.

The squads following closely behind the two lead cavalrymen couldn’t stop their charge in time. They immediately bowled themselves over and fell all over the place.

“Grr...”

A guttural growl escaped Ye Qing’s throat as black fur grew out of his face, and his body grew much bigger and taller than before. Before anyone could react, he raised his elbow and slammed into the pile of fallen cavalrymen with all his might.

What happens if you punch a snowball? The snowball would scatter into countless pieces, though in this case it was a shower of flesh and blood instead of pure, white snow.

Ye Qing was just starting, however. After annihilating two squads of cavalrymen with a shoulder charge, he continued forward and plunged deep into the enemy ranks.

Ye Qing was much stronger and immune to most weapons after transforming into the Chaos Demon Ape. Against the Black Water Cavalry, he was like a tiger in a den of sheep. Every part of his body was a deadly weapon his enemies couldn’t defend against, and even the most casual gesture could send scores of cavalrymen flying through the air. Without hesitation, he punched, kicked, slammed, smashed, and scratched every cavalryman in his range into pieces.

Faced with such an unusual opponent, the Black Water Cavalry’s formation immediately fell into disarray. Their blood ran like rivers, and their screams seemed like it would never end.

“Dammit!”

Atop the northern gate, Duan Zipao’s expression went from gleeful to ugly in an instant. If everything had gone according to plan, his three hundred strong elite Black Water Cavalry would keep Ye Qing pinned down like a fish in the barrel, while he would deal with any shenanigans the young man might pull to escape his predicament. He wanted to deplete Ye Qing’s strength bit by bit and subject him to the worst possible torment and despair for as long as possible before finally killing him. Only then could his hatred be quenched.

At first, things did go as he imagined it would. Although his elite Black Water Cavalry suffered some damage, it was well within his predictions and tolerance. Then, things went straight to hell.

Already, his elite Black Water Cavalry was incurring losses that were far beyond his ability to endure. He had personally chosen and trained each and every one of his elites, and in that sense, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they were his babies. He would’ve been depressed for half a day if even one of them was killed in action, but for them to be harvested like wheat by the enemy? How could he stand this? How could he not be furious?

“Enough!”

Duan Zipao roared and leaped down from the gate. The second he landed, the ground within ten meters of him collapsed and split into many pieces. As dust clouds surrounded his person, he raised his bow and loosed an arrow straight at Ye Qing.

A massive leopard suddenly appeared in the air. Its footsteps were perfectly silent, but it ran so fast it was almost impossible for the eyes to catch it. Like the wind of the heavens, it reached Ye Qing in just the blink of an eye.

Ye Qing failed to react to the attack in time, and the massive leopard knocked him to the ground. Everyone saw an arrow stuck deep inside his right shoulder when the dust clouds faded a little, and Ye Qing climbed out of the ape-shaped pit he made himself.

Ye Qing grabbed the arrow and ripped it out of his shoulder. The arrowhead was barbed, so he also ripped out an entire chunk of flesh in the process. Despite this, the young man grinned savagely as if he couldn’t feel the pain. Then, he looked away from Duan Zipao and charged into another group of cavalrymen.

“You bastard!”

Duan Zipao nearly blew his top when he saw this. He kicked off the ground and dashed straight toward Ye Qing like a leopard.

“I was waiting for you.”

Ye Qing’s lips curled into a devilish grin as he declared, “Come forth, Child of Blood Demon!”

A thick fog immediately surged out of Ye Qing’s body. It moved supernaturally quick and enveloped hundreds of meters of land in just the blink of an eye. This included every cavalrymen and the gate soldiers on the gate.

Unperturbed, Duan Zipao charged straight toward Ye Qing and swung his massive bow like it was a saber. The young man immediately exploded into a shower of gore.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

“What the...?!”

Suddenly, Duan Zipao noticed that the man he killed wasn’t Ye Qing. It was a Black Water Cavalry elite.

“Ye Qing is over here! Form up and kill him!”

Before he could figure out what the hell just happened, a cavalry squad rushed out of the fog and charged straight toward him.

“Are you blind? It’s me!” Duan Zipao roared at his foolish men, but it was as if they couldn’t see or hear him at all. They continued to charge him at full speed.

Anger flickered in his eyes like twin flames as he opened his mouth and let out a mighty roar. The cavalry squad immediately lost their cohesion and fell to the ground, their energies scattered and blood pouring out of every orifice.

Duan Zipao didn’t kill them. They were his after all.

“Ye Qing is here! Kill him!”

“We must have revenge for our brothers! Kill him!”

“Kill him!”

“Argh!”

Battle cries were erupting from everywhere. From time to time, they were mixed with screams of pain.

Something about this felt off to Duan Zipao. He glanced at a random direction just in time to see a group of cavalrymen fighting against the gate soldiers.

“Have you all lost your minds?!”

Duan Zipao shouted at the same time he cut in between the two groups and released a wave of force that disarmed everyone.

“Wh... what happened?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Leopard Commander...”

The soldiers immediately jolted back to reality. Everyone wore looks of confusion on their faces.

“I just saw Ye Qing at this spot a moment ago! Where did he go?”

“I did too. It’s like he’s suddenly vanished into thin air!”

His cavalrymen reported somewhat haphazardly.

“Is it the fog?” Duan Zipao stared at the surrounding fog severely. “Something’s not right with this fog. All units, protect your mind as much as possible and retreat from this fog immediately!”

“What about you, commander?” Someone asked.

“I will kill Ye Qing myself!”

Right now, Duan Zipao’s face was so dark you would think a storm was brewing inside him. The elite Black Water Cavalry was his greatest force, but now they were dying in droves because of Ye Qing. His heart ached so much he wouldn’t be surprised if he was actually bleeding inside.

He already hated Ye Qing to begin with, but now? Not even killing Ye Qing a million times would be enough to appease his anger.

“Roar!”

A terrible, chilly, dark aura slowly poured out of Duan Zipao’s body. When he roared, the fog within several hundred meters of him was dispelled for a moment, and a giant leopard appeared behind his back.

The leopard had night black fur and azure blue eyes. Black water filled with countless malicious ghosts were swimming around it. It was Duan Zipao’s yin god, the Ghost Leopard of Winnowing Waters.

“Found you.”

Duan Zipao’s eyes concentrated in a certain direction, and a malicious grin flashed on his face. He took off in a tremendous burst of speed.

While the Ghost Leopard of Winnowing Waters was descending from the sky, the ghosts swimming inside the black stream also spilled out into the open. Blue-faced and long-fanged, they donned battle armor and rode skeletal horses. Like veteran soldiers who had fought countless battles, they formed an entourage around Duan Zipao and charged forward with fearless abandon.

Duan Zipao might be one man, but he was also an army. His yin god, the Ghost Leopard of Winnowing Waters, possessed the ability to convert dying people’s souls into Chang ghosts that he might command as he pleased.

Seemingly in awe of Duan Zipao’s power, Ye Qing didn’t move from his spot. When the commander was about six meters away from him, Ye Qing abruptly shot him a strange, devilish smirk.

“Took you long enough.”

A bad feeling suddenly gripped Duan Zipao. Before he could puzzle out what it was, Ye Qing took one step backward and disappeared into the thick fog. Not only that, a familiar rumble could be heard from behind the thick fog.

“What—”

A terrible black stream churned out thick fog. It was headed straight for Duan Zipao. By the time the commander realized what was happening, it was already too late. He could only watch as his ghosts slammed head first into the squad of Black Water Cavalry elites.

The ghosts were smashed apart like nothing, but the souls of the cavalrymen were also snuffed out like a candle.