LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 40
Chapter 40: The Powerful Royal Elite
“Quick! Stop it!”
The leader of the Red Battle Mercenary Corps shouted loudly.
Since He Zhan had saved his sister, he would not stand idly by.
The hundreds of members of the Battle Wolf Mercenary Corps rushed forward without waiting for him to finish, using their lives to resist the Golden Core Realm monster.
“Hong Ling, take the others and retreat to the back!”
The leader of the Red Battle Mercenary Corps ordered the woman he had just saved.
“Okay!”
Hong Ling did not dare hesitate. If they waited even a second longer, another person might die.
However, they still underestimated the strength of the Golden Core Realm monster.
They thought that the hundred-person assault would hold it back, but instead, it turned into a one-sided massacre.
A massacre with no mercy.
As the Golden Core Realm monster passed through a mercenary, it left a bloody trail.
With that bloodshed, a life simply vanished.
The monster’s speed was so incredible that the mercenaries struggled to react at all.
In just a matter of breaths, the mercenary team had lost over twenty people.
“Put me down!”
He Zhan yelled at Hong Ling, who was carrying him.
“No!”
Hong Ling’s eyes were red. Among the fallen cultivators was her brother, the leader of the Red Battle Mercenary Corps.
She wanted vengeance, but the Golden Core Realm monsters were beyond their capability to fight.
All she wanted to do now was to get He Zhan, who had saved her life, out of the battlefield and away from the secret realm.
“Put me down!”
He Zhan watched his brothers die one by one; he couldn’t leave, not peacefully.
Even if he were to die, he wanted to die alongside his brothers.
He broke free from Hong Ling, picked up his weapon, and returned to the battlefield.
But with one leg missing, his fighting power was now less than that of his teammates.
“Come on! Come and kill me!”
He Zhan shouted loudly, trying to draw the monster’s attention.
But this time, it seemed the monster didn’t even notice him and simply ignored his taunts.
Swish swish swish~
Hehehe~
The monster was laughing strangely while slaughtering the mercenaries.
It relished watching the frivolous emotions of these low-level cultivators.
The more He Zhan wanted to engage it, the more it chose to avoid him!
It wanted He Zhan to witness the death of his comrades.
Only then would it feel the utmost satisfaction.
He Zhan’s eyes were bloodshot, and he regretted watching teammate after teammate fall.
He should have never brought his comrades in without understanding the situation first.
He shouldn’t have pushed them to battle in the front line just to earn more spirit stones.
“Please, help me! Save my brothers! If they can just survive, I’ll give you all the wealth of my mercenary group!”
He Zhan called out to another mercenary group nearby.
The surrounding cultivators noticed the grim circumstances unfolding here.
But at that moment, not a single person dared step forward to confront the monster.
Everyone knew: whoever went to confront it, would die.
They could only wait for the monster to finish killing everyone before they could vent their frustrations and look for the next target.
That’s how scattered soldiers operated: as long as it didn’t concern their own, they generally wouldn’t intervene.
So, no one paid heed to He Zhan’s cries. No amount of money is useful if you don’t have life to spend!
Hehehe~ “I’ve had enough fun; it’s time to take care of you!”
The monster cackled ominously, releasing demonic energy around it.
Any cultivators who came into contact with that energy clutched their throats as if choking, then collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
The monster then lunged toward He Zhan and Hong Ling.
Its sharp claws struck out, and the two could do nothing but shut their eyes and await death.
He Zhan’s only regret was that he couldn’t ensure the safety of those comrades who had families.
Bang!
Just as both were bracing for death, a loud collision rang out from in front of them.
Both opened their eyes in confusion.
They saw that the initially unstoppable Golden Core Realm monster had been knocked back several dozen meters, spewing forth a massive amount of black blood in its wake.
And facing this monster stood a man dressed in a white long robe, his back turned to them.
Though they could only see his back, at that moment, it seemed incredibly imposing.
It was as if a ray of light had suddenly pierced through the darkness ahead.
“Thank you…”
Hong Ling wanted to express her gratitude.
But at that moment, a group of individuals appeared beside her, freezing her in place.
This group was dressed in royal military uniforms; every cultivator was at the peak of the Foundation Building Realm, and they appeared no older than twenty.
They moved in perfect unison, their momentum akin to that of a beast awakening, charging toward the surrounding monsters.
The area that had been repressed quickly expanded with their arrival.
The once-arrogant monsters began to retreat step by step.
“Listen to my orders! Expand the left and right wings outward by 500 meters; do not let any monsters approach Prince Bei!”
Kong Yu commanded loudly.
He needed the army to form a circle to protect Qin Bei from any influences while they fought the Golden Core realm monsters.
“Yes!”
…
Not just Hong Ling and the others, all the cultivators present were stunned.
“Is this the royal elite?”
That was the thought on everyone’s minds.
Their numbers were not fewer than the royal elite, and perhaps even exceeded.
But they were forced back continuously, their territory steadily shrinking.
In contrast, the royal cultivators, upon appearing, began to reclaim and expand their territory.
“Leave this place.”
Ji Zhuyue’s figure appeared beside Hong Ling, urging her to move.
Hong Ling was startled, turning to look at Ji Zhuyue. She couldn’t help but feel inferior upon seeing Ji Zhuyue’s flawless face and physique.
“Let’s go!”
He Zhan swiftly led the remaining team members away. With the arrival of the royal family, there was no place left for them, the mercenaries.
As for the words of thanks, he kept silent about them, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t remember this significant act of kindness.
Hong Ling also left.
But before departing, she couldn’t resist looking back at that white figure, imprinting it firmly in her memory.
If the opportunity arose, she vowed to repay the kindness shown today.
…
“Royal support has finally arrived; now we can counterattack.”
“Quick! Coordinate with the royal forces and expand the front.”
The nearby mercenaries felt as if they had found a strong pillar support after seeing the royal army.
With this newfound backbone, these scattered soldiers finally began displaying the prowess that belonged to them.
They extended their front line outward.
Even as the monsters continued to surge, the locations that were lost earlier began to be reclaimed.
Furthermore, a steady stream of cultivators continued to enter through the teleportation array.
The two sides quickly reached a balanced confrontation.
Of course, a crucial factor in this was that the two Golden Core realm monsters were currently not participating in the chaos but were instead standing against Qin Bei.
Ji Zhuyue gazed at Qin Bei, who was facing off against the monsters in the distance; she stood quietly, not moving an inch.
If Qin Bei was in danger of being overwhelmed, she would step in and take him away.
That was why she refrained from joining the battle, always remaining vigilant.