The Game with Fairies

Chapter 193

Yan Xiaoru’s indifferent question left Li Muyang dumbfounded.

“Ah?”

He almost doubted his own hearing, feeling that such a strange question shouldn’t be coming from Yan Xiaoru’s mouth.

But under the dim yellow light cast by the lanterns hanging from the city gate tower, Yan Xiaoru, dressed in a purple robe, looked at him indifferently, standing straight with a cold gaze, as if she were interrogating him, yet also as if she were asking herself.

“What am I to you?”

Yan Xiaoru repeated the question.

This time, Li Muyang heard it clearly.

Very clearly.

He hesitated subconsciously: “Uh... Elder Yan?”

Li Muyang instinctively wanted to ask—What on earth are you trying to say? Can’t you speak more clearly?

Why is this woman suddenly speaking in riddles?

But just as he opened his mouth, before he could get the words out, Yan Xiaoru had already nodded expressionlessly.

“Good! You’re a smart person!”

She nodded in approval at Li Muyang and said, “If we can survive this calamity, I will take you as my direct disciple and teach you profound techniques!”

After speaking, Yan Xiaoru turned and left.

Under the dim light, the woman’s silhouette visibly relaxed, as if she had let out a sigh of relief.

Li Muyang was left with a face full of astonishment.

This woman—you are so impatient!

I haven’t finished speaking, alright!

Li Muyang instinctively followed her, wanting to speak: “Elder Yan...”

But when he caught up, Yan Xiaoru no longer looked at him and instead walked directly to the edge of the city wall, calling down below.

“Cheng Feiyang, are the troops assembled?”

Below the city wall, with Senior Brother Cheng at the lead, the white-robed disciples lined up in front, followed by all the outer disciples of the Demonic Sect who had come along.

Behind the outer disciples were the Demonic Sect cultivators from within Tianjiao City.

Further back were the soldiers from the Tianjiao City patrol camp.

Under the night sky, torches burned fiercely, illuminating the faces of the crowd.

Although the cultivators had their cultivation base stripped, their bodies, tempered by the Qi Refining Realm, were still stronger than ordinary people, even stronger than common warriors.

“All ordinary soldiers who surrender on the spot should be escorted back to camp, and after their identities are verified, they can be released without harming their lives.”

“Those cultivators who flee into the wilderness should be pursued with all our might, not letting a single one escape.”

The pale fingers of the white-clothed girl gently landed on the map, clenching into a fist: “Among them must be lurking the great elders and powerful figures of the Demon Refining Sect!”

“By the end of tonight, we will have achieved a complete victory!”

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The earth-shaking battle cries vibrated the wilderness outside Tianjiao City.

On this vast plain, almost endless rice fields and mounds stretched out.

One would have to flee at least thirty li to find mountains and woods suitable for hiding.

The only way out for the cultivators who had fought their way out of Tianjiao City was to cross this boundless wilderness and escape into the mountains and forests thirty li away.

Liu Hucheng, leading his troops on the roads within these thirty li, looked into the distance with a cold gaze.

Reports came in one after another, but Liu Hucheng did not make any move.

He led his most elite warriors, seemingly indifferent, unconcerned about the battles happening in the east, south, and west directions.

It wasn’t until he received the latest news about Incense Master Nangong that Liu Hucheng snorted coldly.

“Let’s go!”

He mounted the beast he had tamed for many years and led hundreds of subordinates, also riding beasts, towards the distance.

In this situation where cultivation was stripped away and everyone had fallen to the level of ordinary people, the physically strong beasts were undoubtedly top-tier mounts.

And their Blood Lotus Sect had long been taming beasts for many years.

Hundreds of demonic beast cavalry charged out, tearing through the army that had been rampaging unopposed outside Tianjiao City in an instant.

One by one, the armored patrol camp soldiers, upon witnessing the ferocious onslaught of the demonic beast cavalry, were so terrified that they knelt and kowtowed, begging desperately for mercy.

However, these demonic beast cavalrymen simply ignored the mortal soldiers.

They plowed straight through the crowd, ruthlessly attacking the forefront of the troop.

“Li Muyang!!!”

The roar of the demonic beast cavalrymen echoed through the night.

The man, wielding a steel blade and covered in blood, turned his head only to see an endless cloud of dust sweeping toward him.

Li Muyang’s eyes, clouded by blood, narrowed into slits.

The next second, he leaped into the air, soaring ten zhang high.

A furious force crashed down, and in an instant, the battlefield was filled with the piercing howls of demonic beasts and the man’s cold voice.