54: Chapter 0054 Die!

"Official Jia has been captured! He sent me back to report to General Fan, go and rescue him immediately!!"

"Impossible, right? Have the people of Baishui Prefecture gone mad?"

"What evidence do you have?"

The two guards couldn't believe it. With thirty thousand troops backing them, would the people of Baishui Prefecture dare touch Official Jia Pengju?

Lin Xiao spoke as he took out the waist token he had searched from Jia Pengju's person.

The two guards took one look, and their expressions changed drastically. They had no choice but to believe him and immediately led Lin Xiao into the military camp.

Arriving before the main general's tent, the personal guards at the entrance took the waist token and looked it over after learning of the situation.

"You're really Official Jia's guard? Why do you look so unfamiliar?"

The guard looked at Lin Xiao with a face full of suspicion.

Lin Xiao knew it wouldn't be that easy to sneak in, but at a time like this, he couldn't show any cowardice!

"I think you look unfamiliar too! What time do you think it is? If something happens to Official Jia, can you take the responsibility!?" Lin Xiao questioned loudly.

The guard frowned, sighed, and said, "Wait here!"

After saying that, the guard went inside to report. After a while, he came back out.

"It's fine, the General says you can go in!"

Lin Xiao gave a cold snort and stepped into the main tent...

But as soon as he entered, he felt something was wrong!

Two bursts of killing intent suddenly surged from both sides!

Fortunately, his cultivation was deep and his reactions were fast enough. He dashed forward quickly, dodging the blades falling from both sides!!

Lin Xiao then discovered that as many as thirty or forty elite soldiers were lying in ambush inside the military tent, with a dozen or so in the front row holding crossbows!

Led by two colonels clad in armor, they looked at Lin Xiao with murderous intent!

"Brat, you've got some nerve! Daring to pose as a guard to assassinate the General?"

"Take him down! Dead or alive! The general of the household will give a reward!!"

Lin Xiao suddenly realized that he had underestimated the intelligence of people like Jia Pengju and General Fan Zhong.

They must have communicated beforehand, using certain secret signals to pass information.

Most likely, that suspicious remark from the guard outside just now was some kind of code, and he hadn't given the right response!

Damn it! Now General Fan Zhong must have escaped through the back!

Swish, swish, swish!

Before he could think further, those crossbow bolts were shot toward Lin Xiao!

Lin Xiao didn't want to use up his Indestructible Diamond Body too early, so he simply activated Startled Swan. His speed suddenly increased, and he dodged the first wave!

He summoned the wolf fang cold moon blade into his hand and took out two soldiers beside him with one strike!

After gaining two Bloodlust buffs, Lin Xiao took advantage of the speed from Startled Swan and quickly charged toward those two colonels!

The enemy crossbowmen didn't even have time to reload before Lin Xiao was already in close quarters with the two colonels!

Neither of these two had even twenty years of cultivation; they were simply no match for Lin Xiao.

Clang, clang!

With two strikes, Lin Xiao didn't use any technique at all, forcibly using strength and speed to sever the heads and necks of the two!

[Kills +4, Cultivation +4, Prestige +20]

[Bloodlust +4, duration 60 seconds]

[Startled Swan (Speed increased by 100%), 55 seconds remaining]

Lin Xiao was glad this group of people had lured him into this tent, allowing his Startled Swan to maximize its advantage!

Originally, these personal guards of General Fan Zhong were meant to shoot him down, but now, they themselves couldn't escape!

Scorching Fire Burning the City!

Lin Xiao spun and swung out a massive, flame-like fan-shaped blade qi!

The wide-range killing power of the Heaven-Burning Blade Technique was like a hot knife through butter, instantly hacking a dozen crossbowmen into a bloody mess!

Inside this small military tent, Lin Xiao swung his blade repeatedly, the Earth Grade blade technique running rampant!!

In fact, even in the five major sects, Earth Grade techniques were something only a very few people were qualified to touch.

To want to master it and practice it to over 50 years of cultivation was even rarer in the world.

And such people were basically big shots in the martial world; even if they entered the imperial court or the army, they wouldn't appear in a local provincial prefecture.

These soldiers were encountering someone at the Martial Arts Grandmaster level for the first time. Within twenty seconds, all thirty to forty people had been hacked into severed limbs and broken remains!

[Bloodlust +37, duration 58 seconds...]

[Startled Swan, 39 seconds remaining...]

Lin Xiao knew that once his speed slowed down, it would be hard to fight.

He had to find General Fan Zhong while the Startled Swan effect was active and stack as much Bloodlust as possible!

He tore open the tent with a blade strike and rushed straight out from the back.

By now, more and more officers were leading men to kill him from the outside, clearly intending to use human wave tactics to completely suppress him!

"There's an assassin! Kill him!"

"Slay the assassin, and the General will reward you with a thousand silver taels!!"

Under a heavy reward, there will surely be brave men!

When these soldiers heard of such a good thing, their heads heated up, and they all began to charge toward Lin Xiao!

Lin Xiao looked at the vast number of officers and colonels, many of whom were wearing armor.

Under normal circumstances, finding General Fan Zhong in this sea of people wouldn't be easy, especially since he had never seen him before.

Fortunately, the Eye of God had been promoted to level three, allowing him to 'open boxes' within a range!

Buzz! — Buzz! —

Lin Xiao swung out streaks of Blood Demon Blade Flame, using the most energy-efficient moves to slay the enemy troops rushing at the very front.

Simultaneously, he used the Dragon Soaring Steps to leap into the air, using a bird's-eye view to search for General Fan Zhong's location.

Just when the Startled Swan effect had less than ten seconds left...

A figure hiding far behind the army caught his attention!

[Fan Zhong, 36 years old, Brave Might Lieutenant General of Cangzhou Prefecture, Aptitude: mystic grade]

[Technique 1, White Feather Spear Technique (38 years cultivation), created by a general from the Academy who abandoned the pen for the sword; it is as light and agile as a feather, but in reality, it hides murderous intent. Grade: mystic grade]

[Technique 2, Iron Horse Footwork (27 years cultivation), a movement technique suitable for use in chaotic formations, greatly increasing the power of blade and spear skills. Grade: yellow grade]

[Weapon: Snow Silver Spear, a long spear of moderate weight and excellent flexibility. Grade: yellow grade]

Lin Xiao grinned. He had finally found him; to think he was hiding so far away?

It looked like he was waiting for Lin Xiao's stamina to be almost exhausted before coming out to finish him. What a devious bastard!!

Lin Xiao pinpointed the direction and opened a path with a stream of flowing fire from his blade.

Taking advantage of the last few seconds of Startled Swan, he charged recklessly toward General Fan Zhong's location!

Seeing Lin Xiao suddenly charge toward him, a flash of panic instantly appeared on General Fan Zhong's face!

Before coming, he had heard that the Border Army had a fierce general named Lin Xiao, who had slain Bart in the midst of a chaotic army and killed Sun Qinghe at the Prefects Mansion banquet.

Therefore, before arriving, he had coordinated secret signals with Jia Pengju, fearing a sneak attack from Lin Xiao.

But he never expected that Lin Xiao would actually recognize him!?

"All of you, get up there! Quick, stop him!!"

General Fan Zhong could already tell that Lin Xiao was definitely a martial arts expert. Once an ambush failed against such a person, their physical energy had to be drained before there could be a way to kill them.

Several personal guards and colonels, although afraid, could only bite the bullet and rush forward at General Fan Zhong's command.

Meanwhile, General Fan Zhong didn't hesitate at all; he grabbed his spear, turned around, and ran!

Seeing that Startled Swan had only 3 seconds left, Lin Xiao knew he couldn't get bogged down in fighting and had to catch up immediately!

[Bloodlust +77!]

Combined with the attributes stacked up now... it was possible!

He kicked off the ground and boldly hacked a colonel in front of him to death, harvesting 10 points of Prestige.

But as he broke through, the glint of blades and shadows of spears from both sides fell toward him almost simultaneously!

There was no way to dodge!!

General Fan Zhong, who was constantly watching behind him, saw this scene and his face lit up with joy!

"Kid... keep chasing then! Die for me!!"