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Chapter 342 What about adding this commander to the mix?

The afterglow of the setting sun, the evening glow.

A group of people were traveling through the wilderness beyond the Great Wall.

"Lord, I don't understand. Why did you tell the people of Ten Thousand Beasts City and the other hundred cities about the information we gathered?"

At the front of the group, a burly man in black armor looked at Shi Yan and asked.

That's right.

This group of people was the Jushi City troops who had bypassed Xidu City and were heading towards Xiliang. The leader of the group was the city lord, Shi Yan.

Shi Yan rode his dragon-scaled horse. "Shi Meng, if we don't tell them this news, who will help us draw the firepower of the Great Zhou and share the pressure?"

“The territory of the Great Zhou is not small, and the interests involved are not small either. It is not something that our Giant Stone City or the other dozen or so cities can take over. Telling them that information will not have any impact.”

Shi Yan said.

"Let's talk again."

"The Great Zhou is not as simple as it seems. There are beings at the Life-Taking and Nirvana Realms. So no one can guarantee that there are beings at the Yin-Yang Realms in the Great Zhou."

"By telling the people in the other hundred cities, we can use them to draw some of the Zhou's firepower, which will make it easier for us to carry out our plan."

Shi Yan gazed at the Western Liang region as far as the eye could see, his eyes filled with a profound look.

Originally, Shi Yan thought that arriving in Da Zhou first would give him an advantage.

But who would have thought that the Great Zhou was not a helpless fish to be slaughtered? Dozens of corpses of experts from the Hundred Cities of the Great Wilderness were hanging on the city walls of the Western Capital.

Among the corpses were several powerful individuals at the Yin Realm level within the Yin-Yang Realm, who were also city lords of several small cities in the Great Wilderness Hundred Cities.

It should be noted that even among the Hundred Cities of the Great Wilderness, the strength of those in the Yin Realm is considered high-end combat power among various forces.

But they all met their end in Xidu City.

The strength that the Great Zhou Dynasty unleashed was somewhat surprising.

Not only are there those who fight against fate in the Life-Seizing Realm, but there are also those who have undergone Nirvana. It's not even certain whether there are experts in the Yin-Yang Realm.

Therefore, in Shi Yan's view, Da Zhou is no longer a piece of easy prey. Whoever makes the first move will no longer have the advantage and may become a target to draw Da Zhou's firepower for others.

Upon hearing Shi Yan's words, the burly man in armor blinked, but did not ask any further questions.

Despite his burly appearance, the strong man was not a simple-minded person; he naturally understood the deeper meaning behind Shi Yan's words.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, Shi Yan reined in his horse and stopped.

"You two have been following us all this way, aren't you going to show yourselves?"

Shi Yan glanced behind him and spoke.

The burly man next to him and the others showed no surprise whatsoever.

Obviously.

They had long since discovered that someone had been secretly following them.

However, as soon as Shi Yan finished speaking, two shadows flashed in the sky behind him and disappeared from the spot.

"Hmph, two mice, trying to escape."

The burly man next to Shi Yan snorted coldly, leaped up, and sped away.

When the burly man with the stone-like strength returned, he was carrying two people in his hands.

"bump……"

After the burly man returned to Shi Yan's side, he threw the two men he was holding onto the ground.

These two people are of very ordinary appearance, and their strength is only at the second-grade Celestial Realm.

Such strength might be considered top-tier in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but in front of Shi Yan and his group, it wouldn't even be worthy of their attention.

Shi Yan looked at the two second-rank celestial beings who had followed them all the way and said, "You two must be from the Eastern Depot of the Great Zhou Dynasty, right?"

Shi Yan had already gained a comprehensive understanding of the Great Zhou Dynasty through the Langya Wang family, and he also knew something about the Eastern Depot, the imperial henchman of the Great Zhou Dynasty that made people tremble at the mere mention of its name.

The Eastern Depot was the eyes and ears of the Great Zhou Emperor, and its job was to track and gather information.

Aside from the people from the Eastern Depot of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shi Yan couldn't think of anyone else who would be following them all the way.

If people from other cities in the Great Wilderness Hundred Cities wanted to follow their Giant Stone City's team, they certainly wouldn't just send out people with strength at the Celestial Realm level.

Given their strength at the Celestial Realm, it would be a pipe dream to try and track them without being detected.

In Shi Yan's mind, only the Eastern Depot of the Great Zhou Dynasty would send such a lowly ant at the Celestial Realm to track them.

The two Celestial Realm experts, left on the ground, glanced coldly at Shi Yan without saying a word.

The burly man's face immediately turned cold as he watched. "You two ants! The city lord is asking you a question, and you dare not answer? You're courting death!"

The burly man struck casually.

The two Celestial Realm experts on the ground were directly knocked to the ground.

"If you don't answer the city lord's question, I will kill you with one blow."

The burly man looked coldly at the two men on the ground and said.

Faced with the burly man's cold and stern threat, the two Celestial Realm cultivators on the ground remained unmoved.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, they glanced coldly at the burly man and Shi Yan, their gazes devoid of any other emotion besides their indifferent calm.

"Just deal with it!"

Shi Yan waved his hand and said no more.

Since neither of them wanted to speak, he didn't want to ask any more questions.

Anyway, it was enough for Shi Yan to know that these two were people from the Eastern Depot.

Upon hearing Shi Yan's words, the burly man did not hesitate and directly struck the two men on the ground with his palm.

at this time.

A sharp sound came from afar.

"stop."

A figure came rushing towards them from afar.

In the blink of an eye, they rushed over.

Unfortunately, the burly man did not stop, and with one palm he smashed the two celestial beings on the ground into a bloody pulp.

When Cao Youxiang rushed over and saw the two men who had been beaten to death on the ground, he immediately looked at Shi Yan with a gloomy expression; "How dare you kill my Eastern Depot's people?"

When Shi Yan saw Cao Youxiang, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Previously, Shi Yan had secretly witnessed Cao Youxiang's battle with the experts from Wuxi City in Xidu City.

Later, Shi Yan learned about the experts of the Eastern Depot from the Langya Wang family, and also learned about Cao Youxiang's identity as the Third Supervisor of the Eastern Depot.

However, Shi Yan did not expect that Cao Youxiang, the third supervisor of the Eastern Depot, would appear.

Wasn't Cao Youxiang protecting Xidu City?

How did they end up leaving Xidu City and appearing here?

With a sense of doubt in his heart, Shi Yan looked at Cao Youxiang and said calmly, "Why have your Eastern Depot people been following us?"

"joke."

"This is the land of my Great Zhou, and the people of my Eastern Depot have the right to track down anyone."

"As for you, I would like to ask you, people of Giant Stone City, you have gathered so many experts and entered my Great Zhou territory without my permission, and you even dared to kill my Eastern Depot people. What are you trying to do?"

Cao Youxiang looked at Shi Yan with a sinister gaze, his tone filled with coldness.

His murderous intent was completely undisguised.

"what."

"Early stage of the Yin Realm?"

Sensing the fluctuations in Cao Youxiang's aura, Shi Yan's eyes flashed with surprise once again. Previously, when Cao Youxiang fought against the experts of Wuxi City, Cao Youxiang was only at the early stage of Nirvana.

Only a few days had passed, and Cao Youxiang had already broken through Nirvana, seen through Yin and Yang, and become a powerful expert in the early stage of Yin Realm, which surprised Shi Yan a little.

Shi Yan looked at Cao Youxiang and said indifferently, "Because of your Great Zhou, a large-scale Desolate Beast Dynasty was triggered, causing heavy losses to our Hundred Cities in the Great Wilderness. Almost half of the cities were destroyed by the Desolate Beast Dynasty."

"What do you think our purpose is in coming to the Great Zhou?"

Shi Yan looked at Cao Youxiang, his tone calm.

They paid no attention to the murderous intent emanating from Cao Youxiang.

"hehe."

Cao Youxiang gave a cold laugh.

"I never expected that the city lord of Giant Rock City, a well-known powerhouse among the hundreds of cities in the Great Wilderness, would be so hypocritical as to come up with such a high-sounding reason."

"What does the Wild Beast Dynasty have to do with my Great Zhou? Your desire to covet the land of my Great Zhou is wishful thinking."

"Since you have plotted against my Great Zhou and even killed my Eastern Depot guards, then none of you will leave today; you will all stay here!"

Cao Youxiang's eyes were icy cold, and his killing intent had reached its peak.

"Is it just you?"

A disdainful smile curled at the corner of Shi Yan's mouth.

It's not that Shi Yan looks down on Cao Youxiang, it's that Cao Youxiang is really not good enough.

Even if Cao Youxiang's cultivation method is special, what can he do if he is only at the early stage of Yin Realm?
Can they handle the experts he brought from Boulder City?
Let alone Cao Youxiang, even if Huo Qubing, who guarded the Western Capital, and Hua Xiong and their men came together, they wouldn't be a match for the experts from Giant Stone City.

Giant Stone City is not a small town like Wuxi City, with only a few big and small people.

The experts who came to Giant Stone City this time include more than twenty people at the Yin-Yang Realm.

Among them are two at the peak of Yin and Yang, eight in the Yang realm, and more than a dozen in the Yin realm. This does not include those in the Nirvana and Life-Seizing realms.

Sending just two Yang Realm experts would be enough to give Cao Youxiang a hard time, not even counting the other experts.

No sooner had Shi Yan finished speaking than a series of powerful auras rapidly approached from afar.

"He alone isn't enough, so let's add us too!"

As the voice came through.

Huo Qubing, Zhang Liao, Pan Feng, and others rushed over from a distance and appeared beside Cao Youxiang.

Not only Huo Qubing and his group, but also Lü Bu, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Cheng Lian and others appeared.

Besides outstanding generals like Huo Qubing, the Flying Hero Army and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry also rode in from a distance in a fan shape.

It can be said that, in order to deal with the forces from Giant Stone City, almost all the experts and elites from the Northern Frontier and Western Liang were mobilized.

Shi Yan narrowed his eyes upon seeing Huo Qubing and his entourage appear.

At this point, even a fool could see that Cao Youxiang and Huo Qubing had come prepared.

Shi Yan sized up Huo Qubing, Lü Bu, and the others.

Shi Yan had met Huo Qubing and Hua Xiong in Xidu City and knew that they were the best guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty stationed in Xidu City.

However, Shi Yan had never seen Lü Bu and Gao Shun before.

After glancing at Lü Bu and his group, Shi Yan guessed that, if nothing unexpected happened, these people should be Lü Bu and his companions.

Shi Yan had learned about the experts of the Great Zhou Dynasty from the Langya Wang family.

Shi Yan could recognize about 70-80% of Lü Bu's appearance and demeanor at a glance.

"It seems that your Great Zhou has abandoned its defense and is concentrating its experts to try to break through one by one."

After recognizing Lü Bu and his companions, Shi Yan immediately understood the purpose behind Huo Qubing's appearance with Lü Bu and his group.

"However, do you think you can handle the forces of my Stone City?"

Shi Yan's face remained calm.

The appearance of Huo Qubing and Lü Bu did not cause any change in expression or seriousness.

Shi Yan had already sized up Huo Qubing, Lü Bu, and the others.

Apart from Cao Youxiang, who was at the early stage of the Yin Realm, there was no other expert at the Yin-Yang Realm.

Even Lu Bu, whom the Langya royal family called a god of war, only had the strength of the late Nirvana stage.

As for Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun, they were basically only at the Celestial Realm.

With just these people, they think they can deal with the forces of Stone City? Isn't that a joke?
They'd be better off sending people to Stone City to die.

Shi Yan's tone was full of disdain.

"Then let's add me, the commander, to the list!"

A figure descended from the sky, approaching from afar.

The figure wore a golden helmet with two phoenixes on his head, a golden chainmail armor, and held a golden halberd with phoenix wings. He was exceptionally brave and incomparably domineering.

As this figure descended from the sky, his powerful aura swept across the surroundings.

Those who were weaker were all terrified and trembled under the powerful aura of this figure.

Even outstanding figures like Pan Feng and Wei Xu found it difficult to breathe under the powerful aura of this figure.

"This must be Commander Yuwen, sent by His Majesty!"

"As expected, their strength is formidable."

Upon seeing the figure descending from the sky, Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong's eyes gleamed, and their expressions turned solemn.

That's right.

The figure that descended from the sky was none other than General Yuwen Chengdu of the Tianbao Era.

In order to deal with the experts from the Hundred Cities of the Great Wilderness, Zhou Chen not only mobilized Lu Bu and Huo Qubing to join the fight, but also sent out Yuwen Chengdu, who was currently the greatest trump card of the Great Zhou.

Compared to the solemn reverence on the faces of Zhang Liao and Hua Xiong, Lu Bu's gaze toward Yuwen Chengdu was filled with intense fighting spirit.

As the fiercest warrior of the Three Kingdoms period, Lü Bu regarded all the heroes of the world as mere weeds.

No one has ever been able to catch Lü Bu's eye, not even the three sworn brothers of the Peach Garden Oath in the Three Kingdoms, whose Green Dragon Crescent Blade and Eighteen-Foot Serpent Spear were worthy of his attention.

But at this moment, upon seeing Yuwen Chengdu, Lü Bu revealed an unprecedented fighting spirit.

Lu Bu seemed to see a similar version of himself in Yuwen Chengdu.

The same arrogance, the same domineering spirit, the same unparalleled talent, and the same disregard for all heroes.

It's a kind of mutual respect and recognition among the strong.

Upon seeing Yuwen Chengdu appear, Shi Yan's pupils constricted, and his previously unchanging expression changed drastically, losing all its previous calm.

"Peak of Yin and Yang?"

"The Great Zhou actually has a Yin-Yang Peak expert?"

Shi Yan's expression changed drastically as he watched Yuwen Chengdu descend from the sky.

Shi Yan never expected that the Great Zhou Dynasty would have a powerhouse above the Yin Realm, and at the peak of Yin and Yang.

This level of skill is basically the same as that of Shi Yan, the city lord of Giant Stone City.

How can this be?

How could the Great Zhou Dynasty possibly have someone at the peak of Yin-Yang?

Shi Yan could hardly believe his eyes. He couldn't understand how a powerful expert at the peak of Yin-Yang could exist in a secret realm that had just been integrated into the Great Wilderness.

The peak of Yin and Yang—in the Great Wilderness, that's considered top-tier.

Even in the Central Plains Dynasty, a peak Yin-Yang level expert was considered a master in their own right.

(End of this chapter)