Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved
Chapter 496 - 475 First Update

Chapter 496: Chapter 475 First Update

As all the monsters swept in like a fierce storm, everyone froze on the spot, even seasoned veterans such as General Ling were stupefied by such a scene.

And in that moment of stupefaction, the outcome of this slaughter was already sealed, with even the wind carrying a brutal, desolate chill.

During that brief pause, hordes of monsters had already leaped toward all the soldiers on the ice.

After such a long period of combat, more people suddenly felt a sense of relief welling up within them.

General Ling instinctively wanted to resist, just then, when the monsters overwhelmed the sky as if to devour everything, the man felt fear for the first time, his hand trembling with the knife, he took a step back, clenched his teeth, death was inevitable either way...

"Break out——" General Ling bellowed, from the start till now, their decisions were no longer about right or wrong, as under the overwhelming power, right and wrong became laughably trivial.

"Charge——" At the brink of life and death, the last bit of courage in some soldiers was ignited, following the man at the forefront they charged forward, and in an instant, half the soldiers turned into ash, flames reaching for the sky, a foul stench, a dark expanse of ice, and numerous strands of dark red smoke that barely escaped, dancing in the air.

"General, this way——" Qin Liang swept away an approaching monster with his Golden Whip and shouted loudly, their ranks were already encircled by countless monsters, blotting out the sun.

An hour later, the team was scattered with only half of the people remaining, everyone exhausted to their limits, and gradually despair set in, fear of death becoming a primal instinct.

"Bao Xing, take a few Mages and see if you can break through." General Ling spoke hoarsely, took a deep breath, and relied on the remaining people to carve out another path; perhaps they could make it out.

"General, you lead the people out, I’ll cover the rear." Bao Xing immediately understood General Ling’s intention and refused without hesitation.

"This is an order——" General Ling shouted, Bao Xing hesitated, wanting to argue, but the monsters didn’t give him the time. As he was about to speak, a monster had already charged at him.

"Brothers, follow me——" General Ling roared, stepping forward with the soldiers, countless monsters swirling around them, he cut one down onto the ice, escaping their flames just in time.

Bao Xing looked back step by step, the General was ready to sacrifice himself for their escape.

"Ah, ah——" A monster clutched a soldier’s skull, and in the next moment, the living head turned into a pool of black liquid, leaving just a headless corpse twitching on the ice.

The number of people around General Ling dwindled, he gripped his knife even tighter, his eyes revealed a readiness to face death.

"Charge——" General Ling took the lead, storming towards the last group of monsters blocking their path, their only hope.

"Charge——" The soldiers seemed to realize it too, they followed General Ling, recklessly pressing forward.

One monster charged straight at the leading man, while another quickly pounced, a soldier threw himself forward, pulling down one of the monsters, instantly igniting flames. The soldier then hurled himself at the other monster, fusing together with both of them in flames.

General Ling couldn’t afford to grieve, chopping down one monster with a roar, he charged at another rampaging beast, as if avenging the fallen soldiers.

Gradually, more monsters appeared, and Bao Xing reached the very edge. But monsters kept attacking, Bao Xing’s despair grew, despite his utmost effort, he couldn’t break through, he was failing General Ling’s sacrifice...

"General——"

"General——" Only a handful of men remained around General Ling, they tightly huddled around him, watching as more and more monsters encircled them.

"General, we can’t get out—" At this moment, they didn’t know if Bao Xing and his men could escape, nor did they know what would happen next; they were powerless.

"General, we’ve been defeated—" A soldier wiped his face, showing no sadness, no despair, just the reality after giving his all.

General Ling remained silent, tacitly acknowledging this fact.

"Kill one, it’s a gain." General Ling said.

All of them picked up their weapons again, ready for one last fight, when suddenly a streak of fire shot towards the wildly darting monster. In the next instant, the creature let out a wail and turned into a fireball, and the two monsters beside it instantly shared the same fate.

A single arrow failed to catch General Ling’s attention amid the melee below, but then a succession of arrows flew through the air, lighting up the sky with fire, and the monsters screamed in agony.

"General—" The remaining soldiers were stunned and couldn’t immediately understand what was happening. More arrows flew in quick succession, fireballs multiplying mid-air, and the monsters began to scatter. For a moment, the sky reappeared before everyone’s eyes, as if reborn.

"General Ling, hurry—" A loud shout came from a distance, snapping General Ling back to reality. It was Zhu Ping’s voice. Along with rockets fired by the soldiers behind him, the monsters were thrown into disarray in an instant.

General Ling picked up his sword and rushed toward Zhu Ping’s direction. Surrounded by the wailing of countless monsters, Bao Xing also ran towards Zhu Ping.

"Deputy General Zhu—"

"Deputy General Zhu—" Zhu Ping ignored Bao Xing and went straight to meet General Ling.

"General, I have arrived late—" Zhu Ping immediately knelt down, the heavy snow had delayed them on the road, and they hadn’t expected to encounter such an emergency upon reaching the camp.

"Get up quickly, Lord Ju—" General Ling pulled Zhu Ping to his feet, turning his gaze towards Ju Nanyi.

Knowing Zhu Ping well, he understood it was unlikely for Zhu Ping’s men to come up with such a tactic in such a short span of time; those soldiers must be the guards brought by Ju Nanyi, the true Fire Order Squad.

"General Ling, now is not the time for talk, let’s leave first—" Ju Nanyi said cautiously, glancing at the distance.

General Ling nodded, and the soldiers helped each other as they quickly retreated.

...

"Young Master—" Elder Can watched the group moving further away, feeling anxious. Why was the Young Master letting these people go? Now was the perfect opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop.

Elder Can looked at the retreating figures and then at his Young Master’s expression. Was he really going to let those people go? Wasn’t the Young Master bent on utter annihilation?

But now, he was letting them go again?

Yin He watched Ju Nanyi leaving quietly and did not speak. His leniency was because Nanyi had once saved Nian Ru, thereby severing any ties between Nian Ru and himself.

Next time, he could kill without restraint. Next time, he could kill without restraint.