Chapter 2020 - 2019: Merits and Faults

Chapter 2020: Chapter 2019: Merits and Faults

Undoubtedly, the numerous demon clans gathered by Li Feng watched his tactics, naturally feeling a chilling dread in their hearts.

The demons who escaped hadn’t died at the hands of humans but at the hands of the Fire Phoenix Clan they chose to follow.

Disturbance emerged among the various formations.

"What’s the matter, does anyone have any objections?"

Li Feng also sensed the disturbance below, but instead of fearing, he coldly questioned aloud.

"If you have objections, step forward. Don’t skulk around below."

"Master Feng Yang, those people just now already did their best, and with such heavy casualties, they collapsed and fled back. You slaughtered them, this is too disheartening."

"Indeed."

Some people echoed.

Li Feng did not stop them, and only when they gradually quieted down after their chattering did he speak.

"Under me, you must follow my rules, and my rules are simple, only two words."

"Obey."

"Absolute obedience."

"No matter what kind of command I issue, you must follow it to the letter, even if it means I ask you to die."

Li Feng spoke the word ’die’ coldly, his gaze sweeping the surroundings.

"I will only explain this once: my orders must be absolutely obeyed. If anyone dares to question me again, likewise, they will be executed without mercy."

As Li Feng icily uttered ’executed without mercy,’ the demon clans below erupted in uproar.

"How can there be such unreasonable orders; you tell us to die, we must go die. If I had known, I wouldn’t have come to you."

"Exactly, we withdraw."

Some demon warriors couldn’t stand it and immediately stood up to leave.

The disturbance here certainly caught the eyes of the Three Marshals at the rear.

Yue Li looked at the chaos in the military formation and, gloatingly, said, "Hmph, this guy is really heavy-handed, killing all those demons who retreated. Now he’s dumbfounded, does he not realize who he is?"

Beside him, Gu Feng also sighed, "Emphasizing orders is not wrong, but it seems he picked the wrong time and place. While he has gathered tens of thousands of demon clans under his banner, these demons are not of one mind with him."

"He certainly can’t do as we do, issuing orders and having them executed without resistance. This is why we are elite."

"Yet, he has gathered an army composed of hundreds of tribes and numerous demon clans, making it as one is harder than scaling the heavens."

Li Feng looked at the demons below clamoring to leave and blandly spoke: "I allowed you to express your views, but I didn’t permit you to leave."

"My camp is not a place where you come and go as you please."

"Hmm, you people intend mutiny and threaten the officers; execute without mercy." Having spoken, Li Feng’s wings behind him flared, countless Phoenix Feathers shot out toward those unruly demons.

In an instant, flames burst forth; Li Feng was ruthless.

Li Feng’s actions undeniably intimidated many who were discontented, but there were still hesitant demon warriors, each one silently looking up at Li Feng in midair.

"Does anyone else have an issue with my orders?"

Li Feng surveyed the area, finding no one else stepping forward, he abruptly turned to gaze distantly at First Line Pass.

Although hundreds escaped back, some still didn’t return; as demons suffered heavy casualties, the area before First Line Pass suddenly became spacious, at least not a packed charge.

With room to maneuver, on the city wall using crossbows became visibly less rewarding.

Tang Lin had to cease crossbow fire, waiting for the few remaining demons to charge the wall. After all, there were only two or three hundred left, even if they reached the wall, they were just fodder.

"Ming Guang Camp, follow me out."

The several-zhang high wall of First Line Pass obviously wasn’t a natural barrier; for these cultivators, crossing it was easy.

Tang Lin drew his sword from his waist and flung it out, then tapped the city wall with his toe, stepping onto the hovering Flying Sword.

Several hundred Ming Guang Camp garrison soldiers directly abandoned the city wall, flew down, setting up a formation before the gate.

Tang Lin looked at the incoming barely remaining demons, a cold smile on his face.

"Brothers, advancing is death, going back is death; it’s death either way. Follow me; kill one is enough; kill two is a profit."

A demon warrior roared; they knew going forward was death, yet they had no other choice.

Facing death, they decided to take one down with them.

"When paths cross, the brave win. Ming Guang Camp, swords out."

Immediately, these five hundred Ming Guang Camp cultivators all drew their swords, hovering above their heads, mastering Sword Control Technique.

As the distance between both sides closed constantly, they could see each other’s faces clearly.

Whee, whee.

At this moment.

The cow horn horn sounded again from the rear.

"Damn."

The demon warriors about to fight to the death instantly stopped at the sound of the horn: "Stop."

"Brothers, retreat."

The demons, who moments ago were about to fight recklessly, braked immediately, some even rolled on the ground when they couldn’t stop.

According to military orders, the first horn was for attack, but the second horn was for the second formation’s attack, also meaning the previous wave’s attack time ended.

Thus they didn’t have to continue forward.

Subsequently, these demons were running away awkwardly, scrambling back, not even tens of meters from Tang Lin and others, which left Tang Lin speechless.

"This bunch of demons must have been scared cowardly by us, daring to attack my First Line Pass in terror."

"Camp Master, should we pursue?"

Seeing these demons fleeing in a gust of wind, hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, yet their Sword Control Technique couldn’t cover a hundred meters range. After all, the further it reached, the harder to control.

"Pursue for what? Can’t you see more demons charging? I’ll wait here under the city."

Tang Lin ground his teeth, damn it, he was all fired up, just waiting for blood on his sword to make those demons know the name Tang Lin.

Didn’t expect those demons to feint and then run away.

Such disrespect.

Meanwhile, as the second formation assaulted First Line Pass, the first formation demon warriors returned nervously to the front of the military formation.

Having seen Li Feng slaughter hundreds of retreating demons earlier, they saw it all.

"Master Feng Yang, we retreated only hearing the horn." A demon warrior looked anxiously at Li Feng in midair.

"You did well."

Li Feng praised, then waved his hand, scattering Phoenix Flame: "This is my promise to you."

Initially cursing Li Feng when he acted, upon hearing his next words, they felt like going from hell to heaven.

Instantly, these demon clans allowed the Phoenix Flame to land on their bodies, merging within, feeling the fiery explosion like a volcanic eruption, their Bloodline boiling.

Li Feng generously refined the bloodline of these surviving demons in plain sight.

Having punished, rewards must be given when due.