Chapter 65 Prelude

  He took a light breath, Liu Yu adjusted his breathing rhythm with all his might. After more than a dozen deep breaths, his slightly pale face improved a lot. Feeling a bit more comfortable, Liu Yu immediately took out a large piece of black bread and a small water bag from the package on his back and started eating a simple lunch.

  It's the second day at noon to start crossing the Great Mountain, Liu Yu and his team set out yesterday evening, now it has been a whole night plus a morning, during which they didn't rest once, the entire army is advancing with all their might.

  At first, Liu Yu walked easily, relying solely on his physical strength to move forward. By this morning, however, his feet had developed countless blisters and were in so much pain that every step was a struggle for him. Of course, having some blisters on the feet was nothing compared to Huang Jinbiao's ability to lift 800 kilograms of gold at a height of nearly two meters.

  However, the most difficult part of this mountain range seemed to be a section last night. After dawn, Liu Yu found that the mountain road began to flatten out, and although it was still very narrow, it became much easier to walk on.

  The large army, led by the vanguard, began to jog on the mountain road, as the entire team moved forward like a long dragon on the mountain range and the mountain road was narrow. In order to maintain the integrity of the team's advance, the faster the front-line warriors ran, the more they had to keep up with the rear warriors, otherwise it would not only slow down the entire army's progress but also hinder the advancement of the rear warriors.

  After starting to jog, Liu Yu's already quite fatigued body relied on his internal energy to support his legs, wanting to forcibly withstand the road ahead with his fifth-stage martial artist cultivation.

  Liu Yu soon discovered that he had made a mistake. When he was infusing his aura, the old soldiers around him hadn't infused theirs yet, and they were relying on their physical bodies to persevere. About an Eis later, the old soldiers began to infuse their auras, but by then Liu Yu's aura had already been depleted by nearly half.

  The road ahead, the army advanced faster and faster, Liu Yu's fighting spirit consumption speed also increased continuously, after nearly an Aisu, Liu Yu's body had consumed his fighting spirit to almost nothing.

  He took a glance at Fei next to him. This guy had only broken through to the fifth rank of Battle General after the Beast God Festival last year, and his battle spirit was not as thick as his own. He was also supporting himself with battle spirit simultaneously with him, but now he clearly couldn't hold on much longer either.

  When Fei Te was having a hard time running, Liu Yu originally wanted to lend him a hand, but this guy was very stubborn and insisted on persevering without letting Liu Yu help him.

  Liu Yu clearly felt that Fei Tuo had become even more powerful since joining the army, and his training was even more intense than before. Whenever Liu Yu had free time to look for him, he was almost always in training.

  A gust of cold wind came out, and Liu Yu saw that Fit's already pale face had even less blood color, but after a loud shout, Fit gritted his teeth and continued to move forward, although his feet were trembling, he still didn't fall behind.

  At this moment, Liu Yu was deeply shaken. In the past, when he and Fei Te went to train in the big camp, Fei Te would complain nonstop as soon as they started moving, and only after being kicked by Ma Lan a few times would he reluctantly continue on the road. Now facing the same exhaustion and pain, he chose to persevere.

  "This kid has grown up." Liu Yu thought to himself. Since Feite could persevere, he had no reason to forgive himself for being a drag on the army's progress. Taking a deep breath, Liu Yu once again mobilized his fighting spirit and followed the troops forward.

  At noon, Liu Yu and others received the order to rest, but the time was only half an hour, so Liu Yu seized every minute and second to adjust his breath, and then had a lunch.

  For some reason, Liu Yu was very tired but didn't want to shout out again. He felt like he was accumulating strength, and he wanted to hide all his fatigue and boredom in the bottom of his heart, hoping that these things could become his own forward momentum.

  "The ancients said 'hardship and suffering, jade is tempered to perfection' I guess that's what it feels like." Liu Yu thought to himself as he massaged his own thigh to relax the muscles.

  The "whole army advance" order was again passed among the troops, and more than 200,000 troops stretched for several miles on this narrow mountain path.

  Whether it was the Bhutanese warriors or the Wolf Warriors, they all carried their own weapons and dry rations, advancing with difficulty on this narrow mountain road. Carrying forty to fifty pounds of things for over a hundred miles, no one wouldn't feel tired. But military orders are like mountains, and all the warriors could only choose to persevere, striving to reach the end of the mountain as soon as possible.

  When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on Liu Yu's head again, a hint of joy appeared on his face. This was the second morning, and the beastman kingdom's army had marched over 300 miles in two days and two nights, crossing the mountain range at the border between Gaul and Sassan provinces, and now stood at the gate of southern Sassan province, the Yura Pass.

  What delighted Liu Yu was not only that the army had completed this journey in a short period of time, but also that he had been using his Qi continuously for more than a day. The Qi stored in his Dantian had long been depleted. However, as the saying goes, "no destruction, no construction", unknowingly, the bottleneck of his Qi cultivation was broken through, and Liu Yu actually reached the mid-term of the 5th rank of Douzhang.

  Watching the vanguard arrive first and occupy the border outpost of Sas Province, the Dark Wind Wolf Riders. Liu Yue guessed that when the main army suddenly appeared in front of the direct troops of Sas Province, their expressions would be very interesting.

  "The whole army rests" The order came down when Liu Yu and his men walked out of the mountain pass, but Liu Yu knew that they wouldn't rest for too long this time, because the dry rations on them were only enough for today, and the great army would definitely take action tonight.

  The night fell as usual on the earth. Liu Yu, who had been rushing for seven or eight days in a row, was already somewhat accustomed to this life of horse-drawn carriages and hard work.

  But fate is just like that, loving to play jokes on people. When you've finally gotten used to something, you haven't even had time to truly feel it before you have to get used to something new.

  Now he had to get used to something new, slaughter. Looking up at the small town burning in the distance, Liu Yu seemed to see the endless slaughter going on inside.

  Lanleng City is only a few dozen miles away from the Yura Mountain Pass, making it the largest city near the Yura Mountain Pass. It is just over 100 miles from the southern border of the Beastman Kingdom, and to its west lies a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, where the Beastmen and Fanord patrols often meet. However, there are currently large-scale defensive fortifications built by the Fanord Border Army in this area.

  Lan Leng City is the rear of the Fano De border defense army, and the beast tribe's large army is attacking their rear. Lan Leng City has stored a lot of military rations, which are urgently needed by the beast tribe's large army.

  Liu Yu gripped the bow and arrow tightly in his hand, staring intently at the vast empty space in front of him. As a small border town, Lanleng City would not have many defenders, and even if it did, they would be no match for the elite Beast Tribe army.

  In this small city of Gaia, only two battalions were sent out by the Mongolians, which was enough to annihilate the defending army. The other troops naturally surrounded the small city. The order from General Gilen was simple: "Not a single person can be let go alive. If you do, you will follow them."

  In the dark of night, a newly ignited fire in Lannren City was quickly extinguished. The beast tribe army couldn't let anyone discover the anomaly here. A black figure ran frantically through the fields outside the city walls, seemingly so anxious that he stumbled and fell many times.

  However, this did not have much impact on his escape speed. Every time he fell down, he would immediately get up and continue to sprint towards the forest outside the city. When he was less than a hundred meters away from the forest, he ran even faster, and the hope of survival seemed to be just in front of him.

  Dozens of arrows shot out from the forest at the same time, and the black figure was instantly turned into a hedgehog. Under the bright moonlight, he could only fall down powerlessly.

  Liu Yu glanced faintly at the fallen black shadow, he could almost feel the joy of that person running into the forest, it was an infinite longing for life, but what greeted this longing was dozens of bows and arrows.

  "On the battlefield, soldiers all did their duty, forgive me." Liu Yu thought silently as he looked at where the black shadow fell.