Chapter Fifty

  Watching him walk slowly with a bright smile and a gentle tone, Tang Yin, Liang Yuan, and Wu Lixiong instinctively stood up.

  "This... this isn't a human, it's a madman, a bloodthirsty monster! Liang and Wu each drew out the swords at their waists and placed them on Aika's neck, trembling as they spoke in unison: "Don't come any closer! If you take another step, I'll kill her!"

  "Haha...... Hehe......"

  Tang Yin first smiled lightly, then burst into loud laughter, his footsteps not stopping as he said in a soft voice: "If you want to kill, then go ahead and kill. This won't intimidate me. However, killing my subordinates right in front of me is equivalent to slapping me in the face in public. I will get very angry, I will rip out your tendons, peel off your skin, and crush your bones into dust. Even if the Jade Emperor himself came, he wouldn't be able to save you two! Of course, you two can choose not to believe my words, or try it out and see!"

  His tone was warm and gentle, but the words that came out were bloody and naked. His face wore a smile, but from his cold, emotionless eyes, it could be seen that his words were not just threats, but he really meant what he said.

  Liang Yuan doesn't have any real abilities, being able to become a battalion commander is truly relying on the Liang family's connections.

  At this time, he was thoroughly intimidated by Tang Yin. The intangible pressure almost snapped his nerves and crushed him. Although he didn't want to admit it, he was indeed afraid. In front of the bloodthirsty Tang Yin, his impressive background seemed insignificant and couldn't guarantee his life.

  "Ah——" Liang Yuan let out a loud shriek, his wrist as if bitten by a snake, and he flung away the sword in his hand. He retreated backward continuously until he reached the wall, with no way to retreat further. Only then did he stop, his body tightly pressed against the wall, slowly sliding down to sit on the ground, tears and snot flowing out together.

  What a useless good-for-nothing!

  Seeing his behavior, Tang Yin's heart was somewhat disappointed. At this time, his bloodthirsty nature had been stirred up, and he didn't want to end it like this. He turned his head and looked at Wu Lixiong again, smiling and saying: "General Wu, your companion is really spineless." As he spoke, he contemptuously pointed at Liang Yuan who was sitting on the ground with no strength left, continuing: "General Wu won't be the same as him, will you?"

  Wu Lixiong stood still on the spot, not that he wasn't afraid, but his trembling hand grasping the sword had already betrayed his fear, it was just that his dignity wouldn't allow him to retreat.

  He didn't understand what Tang Yan meant by that, his two eyes staring straight at him, watching as he walked step by step closer to himself, while the 'loyal and devoted' thousand husbands under his command didn't dare to block Tang Yan's path, only standing quietly on the side with wide eyes.

  "With just your skills, you can't beat me. Only by using your spiritual martial arts do you have a chance of winning." Tang Yin stood in front of Wu Li Xiong, smiling and advising: "As the leader of the army, you can't be a turtle hiding its head in front of your own subordinates, right? Hurry up, hurry up and use your spiritual martial arts. Don't you want to kill me and avenge those people from earlier?"

  "Wu Lixiong didn't know what Tang Yin was up to, nor did he understand why he used his own Lingwu."

  Tang Yin's goal was simple: once the other party used Ling Wu, it would be equivalent to committing a major taboo in the military, and he could also kill him with justification.

  In his opinion, Wu Lixiong's cultivation was not weak either, and 'eating' him should also be considered delicious.

  He thought, sticking out his tongue and licking his lips, close to Wu Lixiong's ear, smiling and saying: "General Wu is still waiting for what? Do you want to endure my humiliation like this all the time? As a general, dignity is more important than life, but you, it seems that you are not even qualified to be a battalion commander."

  After finishing speaking, seeing Wu Lixiong still unmoved, Tang Yin straightened his body and swept his gaze towards the chiliarchs of the Ninth Legion, sneering as he said: "This is your legion commander, take a good look at this useless waste! 'A bear leads a group of bears', I think the Ninth Legion should be abolished from now on. Let you people lead troops to fight on the battlefield, it will only harm your comrades." After speaking, he reached out and pulled Aika, saying: "My chiliarch, the time for you to accompany me is long enough, now it's time to leave!"

  Ai Jia looked at Tang Yin as if she had just met him. The current Tang Yin was completely unfamiliar to her.

  But what was strange was that she felt both fear and an indescribable sense of security towards him, as if she knew his coldness and bloodthirstiness would only be directed at enemies, not harming the companions by his side.

  Tang Yin pulled A Jia and ignored Liang Yuan and Wu Lixiong, turning to walk out the door.

  The muddy Bodhisattva still has three points of earthly nature. These people are usually high-eyed and overbearing, but at this time they were so humiliated by Tang Yan that they couldn't help feeling angry in their hearts. Soon, the anger in their chests suppressed their fear of Tang Yan.

  It was unclear who started to deploy the Spirit of Arms first, but soon after, everyone else also deployed their sword spirits. Wu Lixiong simultaneously completed both the Spirit Armor and the Spirit of Arms, and shouted at Tang Yin's back: "Tang Yin, even if it costs me my life, I'll kill you today!"

  Oh no! Seeing the opponent's display of spiritual martial arts, Ai Jia, Li Wei, Deng Mingyang and others secretly cried out in alarm, their nerves tightening up. Only Qiu Zhen furrowed his brow, and only he knew that this was exactly the effect Tang Yin wanted to achieve.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, on Tang Yin's face, there was no trace of tension at all, and his eyes instead shone with joyful and excited light.

  He pushed A Jia towards Li Wei and others, saying: "You don't need to take action, this is none of your business, they are all mine!" As he spoke, his wrist shook, and two crescent-shaped curved knives suddenly appeared in his palm. The blades emitted a dark glow, without any cold light, but naturally exuded a chilling aura.

  His movements were too fast, how did he draw his sword, and where was the sword hidden on him, with so many people around, not one saw it clearly.

  He held a knife in both hands, turned around and faced Wu Lixiong and others, smiling: "Well! This is more like it! You don't have to show mercy, just come on over!"

  "Tang Yin, you're going to pay with your life——"

  Wu Lixiong let out a loud roar, raised his spiritual sword and charged towards Tang Yin. At the same time, the chiliarchs of the Ninth Legion also launched their attack simultaneously. In an instant, the tavern was filled with spiritual pressure and spiritual waves, and the battle between the spiritual warriors broke out in an instant.

  Watching the opponent attack, Tang Yin stood still on the spot, only his palms emitting a thick black fog that enveloped the twin blades, not merging immediately but surrounding the blade's body, condensing without dispersing.

  At this moment, someone outside the tavern door suddenly shouted: "Everyone stop!"

  With a loud shout, a figure clad in red like a flame rushed in from outside.

  When they saw this person, Wu Lixiong and the thousand husbands under his command were all shocked in their hearts. The killing moves that had been launched were all withdrawn, and the figures that had charged forward also stopped abruptly. Each of them had a complex expression on their faces, standing there not knowing what to say.

  The sudden appearance of the newcomer also made Tang Yin unable to help but secretly sigh, with an inexplicable sense of disappointment. What a great opportunity it was just now, but at this critical moment, she suddenly appeared.

  Completely opposite from their disappointment with Tang Yin, Qiu Zhen and the others couldn't help but feel both shocked and delighted, letting out a long sigh of relief in their hearts.

  As soon as she appeared, both sides were shocked, and it was a woman, no one else but Mei Wu.

  Her delicate face rarely showed a cold expression, her eyes gleaming like torches as she slowly scanned the tavern before coquettishly shouting: "Who can tell me what's going on here?"

  Although she wasn't present at the scene, she had a general idea of what happened.

  Looking at the corpses on the ground and the unconscious men, she secretly despised him. She knew that Tang Yin was ruthless and vicious, but she didn't expect him to be so merciless even to his own people.

  Not looking at Tang Yin, but staring at Wu Lixiong who was wearing a spiritual armor and holding a spiritual sword, Wu Mei's voice was icy cold as she shouted: "General Wu, you and your subordinates actually dare to privately use the spiritual martial arts. In your eyes, is there still military discipline?"

  "This..."

  Wu Lixiong can look down on Wu Mei, but he doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of her. He used Lingwu and was indeed wrong first, and then he was hit by Wu Mei, so how could he still dare to speak? He quickly dispersed the Ling armor on his body, and the steel sword in his hand also returned to its original state.

  He was like that, and the thousand husbands below him didn't dare to make any more moves, they dispersed their troops and stood aside in an orderly manner.

  Taking a deep breath, Wu Lixiong stepped forward two steps and said urgently: "General Wu, you've come at just the right time. The misunderstanding between us and General Tang is only minor, but General Tang has killed several thousand soldiers, which is a heinous crime. I hope General Wu will severely punish him!"

  "Hmph!" Tang Yin snorted with a laugh, tossing his head back and didn't even bother to look at Wu Lixiong, too lazy to explain.

  He didn't say a word, which was equivalent to taking all the blame. Qiu Zhen could no longer remain silent and spoke up: "General Wu is indeed good at framing others first. If you weren't slandering General Tang earlier, and then physically attacking people, and attempting to humiliate our battalion's commander, how would General Tang have a reason to confront you? Moreover, General Tang only fought back in self-defense, whereas it was clearly the commanders of the 8th battalion who struck first and drew their weapons. Throughout the whole ordeal, General Tang never even drew his sword."

  What he said was true, Wu Lixiong did not want to admit it, but had no way to refute it, his face turned bright red, and he couldn't say a word.

  Besides, the thousand-man commander who died was from the Eighth Army, and it's not good to pursue this Ninth Army commander too much.

  He was speechless and could only look at Liang Yuan.

  What made him even more suffocated was that Liang Yuan was still in a state of shock.

  Born into the Liang family, he had been pampered since childhood and had never seen such a bloody scene in his life, nor had he ever met anyone as intimidating as Tang Yin. At this moment, he was completely stunned, still in the tavern but his consciousness had drifted to who-knows-where.

  She glanced at Wu Lixiong, then looked at Liang Yuan who was sitting in the corner with a straight face. She smiled secretly in her heart, but her expression remained icy cold. "I will investigate this matter thoroughly," she said. "Now, all of you leave immediately! And let me warn you, if I ever find out that you're gathering for private fights again, or even using spiritual martial arts, I will punish you severely!"

  PS: Today is New Year's Eve, I wish everyone a happy new year! A harmonious family! Joyful and auspicious! There is still one more chapter at 12 o'clock tonight!