"In battle, you’re not up to it; in strength, you’re not as strong as me. So from now on, you must listen to me!"

Indeed, Lie Huang’s cultivation is more powerful than Ling Xiao’s, with a First Cycle of Yin-Yang Realm, Ninth Layer Hell Early Stage cultivation level.

This guy is just a centurion, yet so fierce. I really don’t know what kind of monsters exist in Chen Cangmang’s army. No wonder they can win every battle.

"Oh, really? But His Highness wants you to listen to me."

Ling Xiao said calmly to Lie Huang, "You should know what happens to those who disobey military orders, right?"

"Stop trying to scare me, I only take orders from Seventh Highness, and who are you to me?"

Lie Huang didn’t take Ling Xiao seriously at all.

As for the military order that Ling Xiao mentioned, he found it laughable.

"I’ll show you exactly who I am now! Little Demoness!"

He suddenly raised his hand.

The Little Demoness suddenly sprang out from behind Ling Xiao and attacked Lie Huang.

Originally, Lie Huang thought the Little Demoness was just a little girl and was reluctant to strike hard.

So he was going easy on her.

But after a few moves, he suddenly felt something was wrong; the opponent was unbelievably strong.

If he kept holding back, he might not even keep his life.

So his next attacks suddenly became fierce.

However, even though Lie Huang exerted himself fully, he was still trampled underfoot by the Little Demoness by the tenth move.

No matter how much he struggled, his burly body couldn’t stand up.

Being trampled by a seven or eight-year-old girl felt like being pinned by a mountain.

"Do you submit?"

Ling Xiao asked coldly.

"I submit!"

Lie Huang was really simple; he only worshiped the strong.

When Seventh Highness Chen Cangmang conquered him, it was by defeating him, causing his allegiance.

Of course, once this guy swears allegiance to someone, his loyalty never wavers.

"It’s good that you submit. According to military regulations, you should be executed.

But we still need you to lead the Zhan Ying Jun to stall the enemy and atone for your sins."

Ling Xiao said coldly.

"Understood!"

The Little Demoness jumped away.

Lie Huang finally got up, knelt on one knee.

"Alright, let’s prepare the defenses. I can sense a murderous aura approaching from afar!"

Ling Xiao looked into the distance.

The force attacking the Ling Family Village turned out to be the "Flying Eagle Army," which was as famous as the Zhan Ying Jun.

The Flying Eagle Army belongs to the Fourteenth Prince.

That Fourteenth Prince is also a capable general.

However, his reputation in the army is the "Flying Eagle God of Killing."

No army he’s defeated has ever left with a single survivor.

The merits established by the Fourteenth Prince don’t surpass Chen Cangmang’s, but now he is the only one who can compare to the Wise King Edward Chen Endless, the Nine-Star Prince.

Of course, Lingxiao’s Taiji Eye saw that the Flying Eagle Army didn’t bring many people.

About a hundred or so.

Led by a deputy commander.

In addition to these hundred or so people in the Flying Eagle Army, there are over a thousand troops from the Imperial Capital garrison.

The garrison’s strength is much less than that of the Flying Eagle Army and Zhan Ying Jun.

The strongest among them is just at the Eighth Layer of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm.

The weaker ones are quite varied.

There are First Transformation Martial Artists and a large number of ordinary Martial Artists.

But they have the advantage in numbers.

And being an army, they are much more formidable than those bandits from Black Wind Stronghold.

If the Zhan Ying Jun were not present, Ling Xiao alone wouldn’t be able to hold them back.

Soon, there was a whistling in the sky.

The rumbling in the forest drew closer.

The nearby Monster Beasts, sensing danger, had already moved to other areas.

"Prepare to face the enemy and do not let them discover that the villagers have already left, so the enemy must not enter the village!"

Ling Xiao said loudly.

If the enemy doesn’t enter the village, they won’t find out that the villagers had left two hours ago and are probably now far away.

"Yes!"

After witnessing the Little Demoness easily subdue Lie Huang, the Zhan Ying Jun soldiers were obviously more obedient to Ling Xiao’s orders.

Although Lie Huang felt uneasy.

He said he submitted, but in his heart, he believed Ling Xiao only relied on the Little Demoness’s strength.

He might not defy Ling Xiao’s military orders anymore, but he planned to compete with Ling Xiao in this battle to see who could kill more enemies.

However, such words he dared not speak now, as Ling Xiao might really kill him if he did, and he had no way to counter that.

After all, he wasn’t a match for the Little Demoness.

"They’re close!"

Over a hundred soldiers of the Zhan Ying Jun looked ahead, with no fear in their eyes.

The Zhan Ying Jun had always been triumphant, why would they fear the Flying Eagle Army?

However, with so many enemies, preventing even one from entering the village would be challenging.

The Flying Eagle Army in the sky had already approached the village but didn’t rush in recklessly.

The thousands on the ground surrounded the village.

This indicated that they had noticed the Zhan Ying Jun, hence their caution.

Nevertheless, the Flying Eagle Army remained arrogant.

Flying so openly, they were like sitting ducks.

Their arrogance had its reasons.

The Zhan Ying Jun brought by Chen Cangmang had Martial Artists mostly at the Seventh Layer Hell of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm, with only ten squad leaders at the Eighth Layer Hell.

But everyone in the Flying Eagle Army was above the Eighth Layer Hell of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm.

The deputy commander had an Intermediate Stage cultivation in the Ninth Layer Hell of the First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm.

The centurion’s cultivation was similar, though slightly weaker in strength.

Overall, the Flying Eagle Army’s strength absolutely crushed this squad of the Zhan Ying Jun.

Although the Zhan Ying Jun wouldn’t be intimidated by this, the facts were clear.

The gap is the gap.

In the Flying Eagle Army, the deputy commander stood on a huge eagle and shouted, "People in the village, surrender quickly and keep your whole bodies, or else you’ll all be killed and torn apart!

Zhan Ying Jun, you’d better not resist.

The King has ordered that all remnants of the Ling Family must be eradicated completely!

Dare you rebel?"

"Nonsense, there’s no one left in Ling Family Village. Seventh Highness is resting here, do you dare harm him?"

Lie Huang shouted angrily.

"Seventh Highness? Haha, if he insists on siding with those rebels, so what if he is killed?

He’s merely a county king; even if he dies, the King won’t be heartbroken."

The deputy commander sneered coldly.

"You’re courting death!"

Lie Huang roared.

"As much as I’d like to kill you, you’re not worthy of it. I have other matters to attend to."

With a glance at Ling Xiao, the deputy commander left along with the centurion, heading towards the volcano.

Before leaving, he gave an order to a Martial Artist of First Transformation Yin-Yang Realm Ninth Layer Hell cultivation: Leave none alive!

"It seems those two are after the Magma Essence, but what will their expressions be when they discover it’s no longer there?"

Ling Xiao chuckled, then turned to Lie Huang and said, "I know you’re eager to attack, but let me have some fun first."

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