Bao Xing led his n to the campsite of the disciples from Qiandao Temple at the fastest speed, and just as the ssenger had reported, the campsite was already consud by a raging fire, with flas reaching towards the sky—it was now impossible to save it.
Seeing that all the mages from Qiandao Temple were gathered in one place, Bao Xing stepped forward. Upon recognizing him as soone from General Ling’s camp, the crowd parted to let him through.
Bao Xing stepped forward and offered a bow. Master Ling Yi had already co out to et him.
"General Bao, thank you for coming so promptly," Master Ling Yi didn’t have much else to say at the mont. Too much had happened that night, and urgent ssages had been sent to Qiandao Temple two tis in a row.
The soldiers from the Northwest Border Barracks were also witnessing this scene for the first ti. At first, their attention had been captured by the great fire within the camp, but now, the horrifying sight at the entrance of the campsite left them sowhat dazed.
These soldiers from the Northwest Border Barracks were more experienced than most, having encountered things at the Northwest Border and Northern Border that others had never seen.
But the scene before them now had startled them, and a sense of fear started to drum inside their hearts.
What were these things? They had not expected to find so many monsters in the Northern Border.
The thought that they had been carelessly provoking The Savage at the border on regular days made them realize just how close they had been to courting death.
"Master Ling Yi, you’re too kind. Shall I have my n set up the tents first?" When Bao Xing had received the ssage at their barracks, he already knew the camp had caught fire. Therefore, he had brought so tents from the camp, and seeing the mages in their thin clothing, he proposed without waiting for Master Ling Yi to speak.
Master Ling Yi nodded his head. They had to proceed with that first, as he didn’t know what to do about those within the formation.
As a result, Bao Xing waved his hand and the soldiers who had been staring dumbfounded at the monsters in the formation began to get busy. They worked much faster than the mages from Qiandao Temple. Noticing the ager clothing of the mages, Bao Xing then sent soone back to fetch spare cotton coats.
"Sizzling——" Just as everyone almost finished setting up the tents, a strange hissing sound suddenly ca from within the formation. The mages protecting the formation all simultaneously took a step back as several disciples with weaker spells imdiately spat out mouthfuls of blood.
"Brother, brother——" Master Ling Yi had only just been relieved when he heard his disciple calling out anxiously.
Master Ling Yi imdiately rushed to the edge of the formation. The increasingly thick dark red smoke within the formation had obscured much of the view, revealing only countless limbs climbing and tearing at the net of the formation.
The injured disciple had already been quickly replaced, and following Master Ling Yi, Master Chang Yu’s face showed concern.
"Brother, this won’t do. The ti our people can sustain is becoming shorter and shorter, and it’s getting more and more uncontrollable. At this rate, we won’t be able to hold on much longer," Master Chang Yu said.
A group of n had arrived behind Master Ling Yi and were also frowning as they observed the formation. These n were the soldiers under Zhu Ping’s command. They were the ones who had first seen the scattered clothing of the Qiandao Temple disciples around the formation, which led them to speculate that the monsters within the formation were likely the disciples who had sohow been transford.
"Master Ling Yi, the ancient texts once recorded a spell that could absorb evil spirit qi, causing humans to turn into demons. It seems sowhat similar to this," one of the soldiers had co from the Fire Order Squad.
Master Ling Yi nodded, aware of the spell, but it had been lost for a long ti. Moreover, the folk from Ghoul Ravine should not possess this spell because his master once said that the Master of the Ghoul Ravine had attempted the spell and went mad from it, so it was impossible to succeed.
"Master Ling Yi, we had a spell that could temporarily deal with this Evil Spirit Qi," said the soldier, with those following him nodding in agreent.
Imdiately, Master Ling Yi turned to the speaker, hesitant and indecisive, It wasn’t that he didn’t trust these people, but the Formation that couldn’t trap the Evil Spirit Qi had made him naturally skeptical of the other party’s chances of victory.
"Master—" Master Chang Yu was about to speak when he saw a small squad of guards rushing over from a distance, with soldiers behind them pulling sleighs laden with plenty of dry rations and water.
Seeing that Master Ling Yi was too preoccupied to pay attention, Master Chang Yu turned to et them.
"Master, our Marquis was worried and had us bring dry rations and other supplies. In case of any situation, we will co to assist as quickly as possible."
"Thank you, Marquis," Master Chang Yu bowed and had the supplies unloaded.
As soon as the man set down the supplies, he left imdiately, and as he turned a corner past a grove of low Sword Pines, the Marquis of Zhenbei hadn’t left either, finding an excuse and now listening to the returning soldier’s report.
"Most of them have arrived?" The Marquis of Zhenbei asked again. The troops stationed in the Northwest Border weren’t as nurous as theirs. Regardless of the numbers, the Marquis of Zhenbei was not worried about this. To capture the thieves, first capture the king; though there were many n, the key person had yet to arrive.
"Marquis, we shouldn’t stay here long. If there’s any situation, I’ll imdiately send soone to report to you," said the man, glancing at the camp conditions, where the monsters seed ready to charge out at any mont.
The Marquis of Zhenbei nodded, having done what he could, remaining there was rely for psychological comfort.
"Let’s go—"
General Ling arrived swiftly from the Black Pine Forest, not far from the North Boundary. Having encountered soone delivering a ssage en route, he didn’t have ti to ponder and directly headed towards the camp of Qiandao Temple, bringing with him not many people, only about a hundred, with the rest of the troops outside the border.
General Ling hadn’t thought too much of it. On the outskirts, when they had encountered the Master of the Ghoul Ravine and those beasts from North ng, they had suffered losses, but had also gradually accumulated a lot of experience.
Moreover, the Crown Prince had always been on good terms with Qiandao Temple, so seeking their help at this ti was only to be expected.
"General, Deputy General Bao, along with his soldiers and half of Deputy General Zhu’s n, have already gone ahead. We can go to the camp and wait for Lord Ju before moving out," a subordinate hurried up, shouting loudly.
The man on the horse, his face tanned a wheat colour and chiseled as if by the wind and frost, didn’t imdiately respond upon hearing the words. He disagreed, Bao Xing was impulsive, and the mages of Qiandao Temple had been camping at the pass for so long. With their strength, they wouldn’t suddenly ask for help unless there was a significant problem.
"Let’s go and see first—" There were still people in the camp; Lord Ju wasn’t the kind of person who cared about such things.
General Ling distinguished the priorities, flicked his whip, and the team sped up considerably. The entire group, like a swift flying swallow, passed straight through a white expanse of icy and snowy forest.
"Senior brother, we can’t hold on much longer." The disciples of Qiandao Temple watched the faltering Formation, retreating one after another, as Master Ling Yi himself had been sustaining it for nearly an hour.
"Senior brother, you must co down now. If this goes on, you won’t be able to hold on either," Master Chang Yu was extrely anxious, urgently looking at Master Ling Yi, who was still stubbornly persisting.
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