Just at this moment, a cultivator arrived on a flying sword, shouting loudly,
"Report! Reporting to the Marshal, the Divine Archer General has won! We lost three thousand men, but annihilated thirty thousand enemies!"
Hearing this, Bi Shihu and Ge Li both nodded slightly and left it at that.
This kind of battle had long been calculated by multiple parties; it was a guaranteed victory.
But the subordinate hesitated to leave.
Seeing the evasive look in his subordinate's eyes, Bi Shihu frowned. "What else is there?"
"General... The Divine Archer General has gotten into a dispute with someone." The subordinate wiped cold sweat from his forehead.
"General Guan has never argued or fought with anyone. How could he get into a dispute?"
Ge Li's eyes widened. "Who provoked him? Could it be our own soldiers?"
Before the subordinate could answer, another scout flew over.
"Report! Reporting to the Marshal, the Tracker General set up array formations and trapped and killed tens of thousands of Wu tribe soldiers. We won! However..."
This scout also looked grim.
Bi Shihu and Ge Li immediately exchanged a glance.
The scout continued,
"A dynasty army, coming from nowhere, charged into the enemy troops defeated by our army right after General Cai had exhausted himself killing the enemy!
They... they even brought high-ranking officials from the Ministry of War to testify that they were the ones who took down the Wu tribe!"
The previous subordinate looked indignant.
"The situation is exactly the same on General Guan's side.
Our Divine Archer Army fought with all our might to kill the enemies. But in the end, twenty thousand men charged out, led by experts above the Golden Core realm, surrounding the battlefield and confronting our army.
They arrived in less than half an hour. They occupied our battlefield, smeared blood from the corpses onto themselves, and pretended they had suffered heavy casualties after a massive battle."
"Then... then the high-ranking officials from the Military Inspectorate arrived.
The officials only saw them supporting each other off the battlefield, detaining the enemy troops, and completely ignoring us.
When General Guan went to reason with them, the other party was shamelessly brazen. A man named Li Tianqi pulled out a dagger right in front of the General and stabbed it into his own chest. He..."
"He played the victim and accused General Guan of violently attacking him to steal the fruits of his victory.
Now... now General Guan was injured by a woman and fled in panic, fearing accountability from the Ministry of War."
The scout spoke with such sorrow that, reaching the depth of his emotions, tears streamed down his face.
"Li Tianqi? Li, surnamed Li?!!"
Ge Li's face turned ugly.
"Shameless, absolutely shameless! I will go find them, I will go find those blind fools from the Ministry of War..."
But while Bi Shihu was still frowning and Ge Li was burning with rage...
The expressions of the crowd suddenly changed.
Just as Cloudsummit City had been breached and the remnants of the Wu tribe were fleeing, streaks of array formations suddenly closed in on the battlefield from all directions.
Arrows rained from the sky, piercing the bodies of the fleeing Wu tribesmen.
The ground began to rumble as cultivators encircled them from all sides.
In the cloudy sky, there were spirit ships, flying swords, and talismans.
They were a mighty and imposing force, strictly obeying orders and prohibitions, demonstrating exceptional military discipline.
Just looking at these immortal soldiers arriving from all sides, Bi Shihu's eyes lost their focus.
These soldiers were all clad in black armor, with capes billowing behind them as they galloped across the battlefield like a fire spreading in all directions.
They were fully equipped: everyone carried three long spears on their backs, with a longbow wedged between the spears and their back, a sword slung at their waist, a quiver of arrows, and a gourd for carrying medicine...
"The Blood-Robed Army? Impossible, didn't they... wasn't their entire army annihilated at the border pass?"
Ge Li's expression changed.
Originally, Shadowfell Prefecture only had their three armies. But later, the Blood-Robed Army emerged, completely overshadowing his Pagoda Army, the Divine Archer Army, and the Tracker Army.
The Blood-Robed Army made the Wu tribe tremble at the mere mention of their name, monopolizing all the military merits.
Whenever the Blood-Robed Army arrived, there was not much left for the other three armies to do.
In just a few short years, how could Ge Li have forgotten the Blood-Robed Army?
"No, it's not them." Bi Shihu clenched his fists tightly. His face remained calm, but bloodshot veins unconsciously crept into his eyes. "This army... is even stronger!"
Before long.
Bi Shihu and Ge Li witnessed firsthand the exact same thing the other two armies had encountered.
From this solemn and murderous army, experts took the lead, charging into the city, letting their blades be stained with Wu tribe blood.
They coldly raised their heads to look at Bi Shihu's grand army surrounding them. With just a single glance at each other, they decided who would lie on the ground and who would do the supporting.
Immediately after, the massive army poured into the city. In an orderly fashion, they unleashed Spiritual power and array formations in all directions, eventually collapsing silently onto the ground before struggling to get back up.
"Y-you... don't come any closer!"
Several experts approached Ge Li's spirit ship, but his earlier angry tone was gone, leaving only terror in his eyes.
Behind those experts followed the cultivators from the Military Inspectorate; the miserable state of Divine Archer Guan Mingxuan had been horrifying to hear.
Ge Li's spirit ship hurriedly retreated, activating its protective array formation to avoid being framed as well.
He couldn't care less about military merits or indignation anymore.
Just seeing the fawning expressions of the military inspectors behind those people, he already knew they were all jackals of the same tribe!
"Azure Cloud Li Clan, you are truly despicable and shameless! Our soldiers risked their lives, yet you come to steal our military merits. Do you have no shame?!!"
In front of the spirit ship.
Old Ancestor Tianye, Wu Yazi, Xuan Ji, Feng Chunlin, and the others were not good with words and could only frown slightly.
The Drunken Madman from the Azure Cloud Li Clan, covered in dirt like a beggar, knocked on his bowl with golden chopsticks and cursed loudly,
"Elders and townsfolk passing by, come take a look, come see!
There are many strange things in the world, and today we witness another.
A dog that fled on the eve of battle has put on a military uniform and is pointing fingers and cursing!
Take a close look. If you strip off this armor, is it a man or a dog? Or is it worse than a pig or a dog?"
"You..."
Ge Li's face flushed red.
"You what you? If you're not convinced, make a move against me! If you don't dare, then you're a bastard."
Veins popped all over Ge Li's body, and his hair stood on end from his surging Spiritual power, but he didn't dare!
If he stepped out, he wouldn't even need to strike; the Drunken Madman would probably lie down on his own. And in the cloudy sky, he could feel an old woman staring at him.
Bi Shihu stared deadpan at the people from the Azure Cloud Prefecture.
The army on the ground, even stronger than the Blood-Robed Army, must be the Azure Cloud Army!
They had traveled from afar from the Azure Cloud Prefecture, elusive yet highly trained.
Behind the people of Azure Cloud, a heroic and weather-beaten middle-aged man wearing black armor, his cape fluttering in the wind, stepped through the clouds.
He looked directly at Bi Shihu's spirit ship, locking eyes with Bi Shihu.
The middle-aged man's voice was deep, yet it made the listeners feel as though they had fallen into an ice cavern.
"I am Jiang Chenghuan, honored to meet the world-renowned Bi Shihu, Marshal Bi."
"Marshal Bi may not have heard of a lowly figure like myself, but you should know Li Tianyue."
"She called me Uncle."
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