Chapter 373 - - 371 Test_1

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“Eight!”

As soon as Wei Jiuchu and the others left the camp, Duge’s gaze had locked onto them.

With over four hundred thousand in spiritual power and several times the attribute boost due to “Unrivaled Loyalty,” even Liu Jun, who had entered the Grandmaster Realm through the path of wind, could easily be left eight streets behind by him. Discovering a scout and then conducting counter-tracking was nothing short of effortless for him.

Seeing Wei Jiuchu react swiftly and head out of the camp gate towards the Eastern Mausoleum Pass after the scout returned, Duge praised his decisiveness in his heart but made no move to engage them.

In this alien battlefield, he didn’t possess any instant kill or attack skills.

Perhaps he could rely on his speed to take on two to three people, but against eight alien warriors, there were at least more than eight skills at play.

Once the skills were linked, the results could be terrifying, and it wouldn’t be good if he were to be caught in the midst of them.

To be safe, Duge flashed back to the Eastern Mausoleum Pass, and to avoid exposure, he didn’t take the aerial route but used ground sprinting to race back.

Flying in the air relied on True Qi, while on the ground, one could combine True Qi and physical fitness.

For native Grandmasters, the ground was littered with obstacles, and the terrain was complex, not as fast as flying.

But with Duge’s high attributes compounded, traveling on the ground was at least two to three times faster than in the air. In the first simulated field, when he didn’t know Qinggong, he relied solely on his legs to run on the ground.

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“Eight people on the opposite side, Xiang Li, Ge Zong, Wu Chang, you will take the front and hold them off. Old Gao, State Preceptor, General Cao, your roles are to carry out surprise attacks and slay the enemies. Dou and Shi, both Grandmasters, will be responsible for coordination from another direction to round up any that slip through. I’ll be the wild card, responsible for supporting everyone,”

Back at the Eastern Mausoleum Pass, Duge quickly gathered his men and assigned them their tasks.

After clarifying everyone’s responsibilities, Duge left Wu Chang and three others at the Eastern Mausoleum Pass, while he and the State Preceptor and others lay in ambush on the two sides outside the pass.

Such an arrangement kept the team dispersed to prevent the annihilation of the entire army under the cover of skills and guarded against the enemy’s skills as well as those of their own teammates.

Luo Shuang was taken with Duge by his side for personal protection. The enemy was not only Wei Jiuchu but also an undercover Pei Maer, so it was better to be cautious.

Luo Shuang was happy to be carried back and forth by her master, knowing the situation was dire, yet from Xuyang to East Ridge, the princess’s mental state was joyful. She had never been so close to Duge.

The feeling of being protected by her master was truly wonderful!

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About a quarter of an hour later.

Outside East Ridge Pass, eight people appeared.

Wei Jiuchu led the charge, followed by a gaunt young man and a voluptuous woman in red.

The other five individuals, varying in height and build, followed at a distance of about three hundred meters, clearly also guarding against all eight being afflicted by a skill. But this distance made little difference compared to not maintaining any distance at all.

Alien warriors had sharp perceptions, and Duge and Gao Ming, as well as their fellow ambushers, were concealed two miles away.

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Are they really being so reckless?

Hidden in the darkness, Duge watched the eight charging individuals with a slight frown. It was nonsensical that knowing the strength of his side’s top ten, they still charged headlong into the fray!

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As they neared the city, the voluptuous woman in red suddenly stopped in her tracks, lifted her skirt to reveal her long, white legs from the high slit of her dress.

In that instant.

All the soldiers guarding the wall turned their heads in unison, concentrating their gaze on her thighs, and even Duge was involuntarily drawn to look. At the same moment he was distracted, Xiang Li let out a howl, acting in concert with Ge Zong.

Xiang Li and a squad of soldiers stood side by side on the wall cackling loudly as they suddenly revealed themselves, emitting eerie laughter.

The lady in red reflexively screamed, covering her eyes and crouching down, trembling. She wasn’t the only one; Wei Jiuchu and the gaunt young man along with a few others who were at the forefront also crouched down, performing the same action.

After Wei Jiuchu crouched and covered his eyes, something strange happened.

All the people on the wall crouched down, synchronizing their movements with Wei Jiuchu’s. Once synchronized with him, Xiang Li’s perverse military spirit was forcibly halted, and Ge Zong’s grotesque contagion was snuffed out in its cradle.

Wei Jiuchu rose slowly with a smile on his face, and Ge Zong, Xiang Li, and the soldiers on the wall, like puppets on a string, stood up as well.

“What the hell?”

As his body suddenly became uncontrollable, Ge Zong was terrified.

Wei Jiuchu paid no mind to the startled Ge Zong and took a step forward.

Thump!

Thump!

The soldiers on the wall followed suit, stepping forward.

Those with the wall to protect them were fine, but the soldiers who had followed Xiang Li onto the parapet took a step forward and thumped down off the wall, one after another, falling and breaking bones, unable to rise or stop vomiting blood. Nevertheless, they struggled to stand up, keeping in sync with Wei Jiuchu’s movements.

Xiang Li and Ge Zong also fell off the wall, and though their attributes were heaven-defying, they did not get injured from the fall, but their movements still perfectly mirrored Wei Jiuchu’s.

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“Master, what skill is this?” Luo Shuang beside Duge couldn’t help but widen her eyes, “He’s controlling everyone on the other side.”

“Yes, he’s controlling everyone on the other side.” While Luo Shuang marveled at Wei Jiuchu’s skill, Duge was observing the manner of its use.

Apart from those directly in front of him, his companions behind him, as well as himself and others planning to attack from the side, showed no signs of being controlled. He couldn’t tell if it was due to the distance or simply the direction.

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