Comrades

Su Yu unleashed Thunder Origin Blade, which consumed a great deal of energy. He was currently absorbing Qi Liquid to recover.

At this moment, battles were breaking out in other locations as well.

The fighting wasn't too fierce. The Ten Thousand Races Cult members were determined to escape and didn't have many numbers. Soon, the small squads successively killed their opponents.

In the small courtyard, the sounds of battle gradually weakened.

Captain Liu rushed back to participate in the fight. With his strength at Qianjun Ninth Level, dealing with those at the low to mid-levels of Qianjun was not a problem.

Su Yu was fairly satisfied; he had killed a guy in the mid-Qianjun stage.

Regardless of anything else, he had earned two merit points.

This time, he had killed the opponent alone. Of course, as an auxiliary member, the spoils of war from killing the opponent didn't belong to him. Instead, they belonged to Jifeng Hall. They would submit them uniformly and then distribute rewards later, which had nothing to do with Su Yu.

After all, he was participating in the operation, which was considered gaining merit. Without Jifeng Hall's cooperation, Su Yu wouldn't have had the chance to kill a Ten Thousand Races Cult member alone.

Su Yu looked around but didn't see anyone else. The people from Jifeng Hall had all started converging on the small courtyard, encircling and killing the remaining stragglers.

As for how many Ten Thousand Races Cult members there were, Su Yu wasn't sure. Calculating it, there were probably more than ten.

This wasn't a small outpost; it could be considered a medium-sized one.

"Medium-sized..."

Su Yu trembled slightly. With more than ten people, it was considered medium-sized.

Just as he was thinking this, Captain Liu suddenly roared from the small courtyard, "Careful, there's a leader here!"

"Ah!"

A brief scream was heard. The next moment, Captain Liu's roar echoed, Boom!

The courtyard wall completely collapsed!

Su Yu's heart leaped in alarm, and he quickly looked over. At this moment, Captain Liu was fighting a middle-aged man who looked like a consumptive patient.

Captain Liu was using a standard military saber, while the opponent wielded a long staff.

The two fought fiercely, their Qi erupting, and the surrounding walls continuously collapsed.

On the Jifeng squad's side, some people had already fallen to the ground, while others were surrounding the consumptive middle-aged man.

"Little Chen..."

Someone whispered. Su Yu's heart trembled slightly. Little Chen... Brother Chen?

Was it Brother Chen who had just fallen?

He had even spoken to him in the car just now.

"Second team, set up the formation!"

Captain Liu roared as he exchanged blows, "We've caught the leader! Brothers, if we succeed, it will be a great merit!"

With his shout, a 10-person squad from the rear, led by their captain, stepped forward. The next moment, 10 people produced chains, with axe-like weapons attached to the front of the chains.

Captain Liu quickly retreated. Whoosh! The sound of wind echoed!

Ten chains were thrown out by the Jifeng Hall members, and air-exploding sounds emanated from the air.

"Hah!"

The consumptive patient, who looked weak, was now full of vigor. With a roar, he swept his staff horizontally. With a bang, sparks flew from the chains, and one chain was even directly smashed and broken.

The other chains were also swept away by his horizontal sweeps.

"First team, go!"

Captain Liu roared again. A squad that had been prepared earlier, without a word, thrust the large tridents they had prepared towards the man.

The ten people were spread out in all directions. The consumptive patient couldn't soar. At this moment, he roared, swinging his staff, and once again caused sparks to fly from the tridents.

The last team, without Captain Liu's command, had already dispersed to the periphery. At this moment, a large net was unfurled by several people, descending from the sky and quickly enveloping the man.

"I knew you'd pull these tricks!"

The man was somewhat enraged. With a roar, he stomped on the ground and leaped, thrusting his staff directly at the Jifeng Hall members blocking his path.

On the Jifeng Hall's side, the members quickly circled the man, not staying in one place for long.

The large net fell, the chains struck, and the tridents continuously blocked the man's advance.

The man became even more enraged!

At this moment, Captain Liu had already retreated from the encirclement. His eyes were icy, and he didn't charge in again. Instead, he circled the periphery. If the man showed any signs of breaking through, Captain Liu would strike to cooperate with his team members in forcing the man back.

Wanshi!

At this moment, Su Yu understood. It was the Wanshi Realm!

If it weren't for Wanshi, with Captain Liu's strength at Qianjun Ninth Level, he wouldn't have needed others to cooperate. The entire Northern Squad was currently in action.

Among them, there were several at Qianjun Seventh Level.

With so many people unable to subdue the man for a long time, it was evident that the man's strength was formidable, and he was definitely a Wanshi Realm existence.

"Boom!"

A burst of sound echoed out. The man, seeing himself surrounded by those weaker than him, became enraged. He went all out, smashing down with his staff, shattering an iron fork into pieces. Even though the member holding the fork was several meters away, the force of the impact transmitted, causing his hand bones to crack and blood to gush out!

At that moment, the man was also struck by an iron chain. The axe blade attached to the chain instantly carved a bloody gash on his leg, and the bleeding wouldn't stop.

"Qianjun kills Wanshi!"

At this moment, Su Yu finally understood what his father had said about killing Wanshi on the battlefield with Qianjun.

Thirty Qianjun cultivators working together, and they were just members of Jifeng Hall from a small city, had surrounded the opponent and were wearing him down, grinding him to death.

The members of Jifeng Hall were considered elites in Nanyuan, but in reality, on the Battlefields of the Heavens, these people no longer qualified to fight.

However, today they showed Su Yu what it meant that realms weren't the only factor in suppression.

Two fists are no match for four hands. When facing a well-organized combat squad, even a powerful individual would be killed.

"You want to wear me down until I die? Dream on!"

The man roared, "If I fight my way out, you'll have casualties too! Liu Pingshan, let me go, and I'll leave Nanyuan. Everyone will be better off!"

"I have strongholds in Nanyuan, with 300 gold saved. Consider it your spoils of war!"

"Liu Pingshan, Nanyuan is just a small city. Are you really going to bury a Jifeng squad here?"

Nanyuan wasn't a strong region, and there weren't many small squads like Jifeng Hall. If one Wanshi fought to the death, even if they didn't kill everyone, the squad would likely suffer heavy losses by the end.

Captain Liu didn't respond. Having become a Jifeng hunter, he should have expected this day.

He hadn't anticipated encountering a Wanshi Realm expert.

A medium-sized scale... No, this wasn't even that.

Just over a dozen people, with a peak of Qianjun Ninth Level. He never expected that a Wanshi First Level expert would be hidden here.

"No... perhaps he just broke through, so he hasn't had time to be reassigned."

The Ten Thousand Races Cult also had ranks and hierarchy. A Wanshi Realm expert shouldn't be leading such a group of miscellaneous soldiers. This person must have just broken through recently.

From their previous fight, the fact that the man hadn't quickly suppressed him was a clue.

"Kill!"

Captain Liu ignored him. The three ten-person squads continued to cooperate, depleting the opponent's energy and Qi. This man wouldn't escape!

"Liu Pingshan! Do you want us to perish together?"

The man smashed another iron fork with his staff, sending the wielder flying back, spitting blood. His hand bones were broken, and he was clearly unable to fight any longer.

The gaps were quickly filled by others. The large net that had fallen from the sky was also forcibly torn open by the man, but he had also sustained several more wounds by this point.

Behind them.

Su Yu watched, his heart pounding, then hesitated.

The opponent was too strong!

He saw a Qianjun Seventh Level member's arm explode after being struck by the man's staff. If this continued, just as the man said, he likely wouldn't escape, but Jifeng Hall would certainly suffer immense losses.

Su Yu gritted his teeth and no longer hesitated, quickly running towards them.

Soon, Su Yu arrived.

Captain Liu saw him but ignored him. If Su Yu interfered now, his death would be in vain. Even he himself couldn't guarantee his own survival.

The opponent was doomed, but his own Northern Squad... might be crippled after this.

"Captain Liu..."

"Scram!"

Liu Pingshan roared, glaring at Su Yu. If he caused trouble now, no one would dare to speak up even if he killed Su Yu. Liu Wenyan wouldn't be able to stop him!

Once combat began, it was a battlefield. Even Jifeng Hall had its own battlefield!

Met with the killing intent in Captain Liu's eyes, Su Yu's heart trembled. This was a Jifeng captain who had truly killed many people, not some ordinary official.

"Captain, I can disrupt him!"

Su Yu's voice was very low, mixed with the sound of clashing weapons, as he quickly said, "I'm a reserve Civilization Master. I can create illusions to momentarily disrupt him. Can you kill him while he's distracted, Captain Liu?"

"Hmm?"

Captain Liu, who had been about to kick Su Yu away, was slightly taken aback and quickly regained his senses. "Illusions, how long will the disruption last?"

"I don't know, maybe... one second?"

Su Yu wasn't sure; he hadn't tried it before.

Captain Liu looked at the man who was still trying to break through. After about two or three seconds, he said heavily, "I'll create an opening and give him a chance to break out! You disrupt him. Su Yu, military orders are paramount. I order you to at least disrupt him for more than one second!"

"If I can't do it... I die!"

"If you succeed, we kill him, and the squad doesn't have to lose anyone!"

Captain Liu quickly formulated a plan. He would create an opportunity for the man to break out, Su Yu would disrupt him, and he would instantly strike to kill the opponent. If he couldn't kill him, his close-quarters killing blow would be fatal. The man would recover, and he would die, though the man would also be severely wounded.

Should they take the gamble?

He didn't hesitate!

He was dead, and the man was heavily injured, soon to be surrounded and killed. That way, others wouldn't have to sacrifice themselves.

With battle raging, he didn't have time to think too much.

Many from Jifeng Hall were veterans from the Battlefields of the Heavens, and Captain Liu was one of them. At this critical moment, he was willing to take a gamble.

Su Yu's heart trembled. A military order...

He didn't know if he could do it. He had thought he could before, after all, he had influenced Liu Wenyan and the others. They were only in the Wanshi Realm; he thought he'd have some influence.

But... if he failed, Captain Liu would die. Could he bear that responsibility?

Captain Liu, however, gave him no chance, quickly shouting, "Second squad, retreat three meters!"

"First squad, hook him!"

The several ten-man squads didn't hesitate. They followed orders precisely, moving as commanded.

The man roared again, his staff swinging like a dense storm, forcing the squad members to retreat. Many had their hands bleeding profusely, yet their fighting spirit remained undimmed.

Captain Liu began to move into the area between the first and second squads. He didn't look at Su Yu again, only murmuring almost inaudibly, "The moment he breaks through the first squad's encirclement, create an illusion. I'll kill him!"

As for whether Su Yu could seize that opportunity, he didn't consider it.

The outcome was the same anyway!

The only difference was whether it would be himself or others who died in the squad.

Su Yu's heart was pounding. He wanted to devour the essence blood to aid in the fight, but even if he did, his burst power would only be at the Qianjun Realm. It would be utterly useless against a Wanshi.

Su Yu gritted his teeth. "I can only create an illusion to restrain him!"

"What kind of illusion would work?"

To make it seem realistic, to make him falter, ordinary illusions wouldn't suffice.

Su Yu quickly began to think.

"Hall Master? No, the Jifeng Hall Master is also only Wanshi..."

"City Lord... If the City Lord comes, perhaps he'll become more desperate and unleash his full power."

"I need to give him hope... I can't let him despair..."

Dealing with a Wanshi, a Wanshi being besieged, acting like before wouldn't work.

"Right, I can only create his comrades, coming to save his comrades..."

The next moment, Su Yu made up his mind.

He knew this decision concerned the life and death of a tough guy. He didn't know Captain Liu well, but he didn't want him to die here.

He didn't want anyone else to die here either!

The man continuously broke through, and more people were getting injured.

The man himself also sustained more wounds, his blood staining his clothes red.

Like a desperate beast, the man roared and bellowed, "Liu Pingshan, if you want to die, I'll die with you! I'll kill all of you before I die!"

"Say that when you can do it!"

Liu Pingshan's expression was calm, his demeanor indifferent. He continuously wielded his long saber, filling in the gaps.

Just then, a squad member was once again struck by the man's attack, his iron fork hitting with a thwack. His hand bone completely snapped, and the iron fork dropped.

Liu Pingshan's face changed drastically. "Stop him!"

He quickly rushed over. The man, however, was overjoyed. An opportunity... a chance to escape!

He had no intention of getting entangled with these people. He had wanted to run earlier.

As for Liu Pingshan, he was just saying that; he had no intention of fighting him to the death. Who wouldn't want to live if they could?

The moment the man broke through, Liu Pingshan arrived in front of him. At this moment, they were less than 3 meters apart!

The man wielded his long staff, and one strike could shatter his skull.

Of course, Liu Pingshan was desperately slashing with his saber, and even in his dying moments, he could heavily wound the man.

The man had no intention of fighting him to the death. Just as he was about to quickly break out of the encirclement, his vision blurred slightly. The next moment, a member of the Ten Thousand Races Cult who had previously fled suddenly appeared not far away, shouting, "The Hall Master is coming to reinforce us! Leave them behind, and you'll be greatly rewarded!"

This Hall Master wasn't the Jifeng Hall Master, but a Hall Master of the Ten Thousand Races Cult!

The Hall Master was here?

The man was stunned, then overjoyed!

Hall Masters were all existences in the Soaring Realm!

The Hall Master had actually come!

He recognized the messenger; it was a member of his own squad who had already fled. He hadn't expected him to come back.

At this time, daring to come back clearly wasn't to seek death.

In that instant, the man was overjoyed!

Not only would he not die this time, he would actually earn merit by wiping out an entire Jifeng Hall squad!

The next moment, before the man's eyes, a figure appeared in the sky in the distance, breaking through the air. The figure was indistinct, but the man didn't care. It was too far away, and he paid no mind to the vagueness.

They're here!

They're really here!

It's one of our own. If it were a powerhouse from Nanyuan, my subordinates would have already died!

Everything happened so fast, too fast. The man had no time to think about the inconsistencies, no time to ponder them.

For example, one subordinate was in the air, and the hall master was on the ground. How would the subordinate know the hall master had arrived if they'd never met?

The hall master wouldn't announce himself immediately, shouting that he was here to help, would he?

There was no time to think about these things!

The man only knew he was saved!

His initial resolve to fight to the death vanished instantly. He couldn't die. If he could just hold on for a moment longer, this detestable Jifeng Hall squad would be finished!

Just then, the scene before him suddenly became somewhat illusory and unstable.

Not far away, Su Yu's head throbbed, feeling like it was about to explode!

His willpower was too weak. Attacking someone in the Wanshi Realm, and with full force at that, instantly made him feel overdrawn.

However, he had enough time.

Captain Liu was too close to the opponent. In that instant, he also seized the opportunity. The guy was actually distracted.

In a life-or-death struggle, the opponent was distracted!

Su Yu succeeded!

Without any shouts, Captain Liu gritted his teeth. His long saber moved with the swiftness of thunder, cleaving down!

The sound of exploding energy shattered everything and brought the man back to his senses.

At this moment, there were no subordinates before him, no hall master. There was only the ferocious Liu Pingshan and that saber as fast as lightning!

"Civilization Master..."

This was the man's last thought. He couldn't believe a Civilization Master would come to kill him?

Could it be Liu Wenyan who had arrived?

"Let's die together!"

With his final despair, the man roared, allowing the long saber to split his head open as he fiercely brought down his staff!

Boom!

The staff sent Liu Pingshan flying, his shoulder completely caved in. The man was covered in blood.

But at this moment, Liu Pingshan smiled.

With a bang, the man, almost cut in half, fell to the ground.

He was dead!

"Captain!"

The Jifeng Hall members cried out in shock. Then, several individuals at Qianjun Seventh Level stepped forward to deliver the finishing blows, nearly hacking the man into a pulp before rushing towards Liu Pingshan.

"I'm fine..."

Liu Pingshan endured the intense pain. He had lost an arm, but killing a Wanshi expert was worth it!

Liu Pingshan's voice trembled slightly as he quickly said, "Continue searching, finish them off, and clear the battlefield!"

With that, he turned to look at Su Yu, who had his eyes closed. Su Yu's face was pale. Liu Pingshan grinned, a particularly ferocious smile!

Su Long's son... he truly wasn't a coward!

More than ten minutes later.

Su Yu had recovered a little. Although his face was still pale, he felt much better than before.

At this moment, Su Yu felt no joy, only silence.

Two dead, over ten injured. This was the result of the operation.

The bodies of the fallen Jifeng Hall members had been collected and were now before everyone.

Captain Liu loosely wrapped his shoulder wound. This arm was completely useless, but he didn't care too much. Enduring the grief, he forced a smile and said, "Well done. We killed 13, and one of them was a Wanshi Realm expert. A great achievement!"

"As for the two brothers who left..."

Liu Pingshan's smile was somewhat ferocious, his face disfigured as he said, "They were prepared to go to the battlefield! If they died, Nanyuan will provide 300,000 in compensation, and Great Xia Prefecture will provide another 200,000. 500,000... plus what we brothers scrape together, the reward for this meritorious deed will be another million in hand!"

"It's just a pity about Little Chen, he was still so young... Old Zhou, that sly old fox, he's not at a loss!"

Captain Liu bared his teeth, unsure whether to laugh or cry. His face was streaked with blood, his smiling expression twisted.

Little Chen was dead. The young Jifeng Hall hunter who had spoken with Su Yu in the car was the first to be killed.

He was the first to discover the enemy, hiding on the roof of the storage room in the small courtyard.

So the enemy had gone all out, not holding back at all, killing him with a single blow.

Su Yu, standing beside him, remained silent.

He had seen death before, but just moments ago, Brother Chen had been talking to him, and now he was gone. Su Yu felt an indescribable emotion.

His father… was fighting on the far more brutal Battlefields of the Heavens!

A hundred, a thousand times more brutal than this!

"Ten Thousand Races Cult… the Myriad Races…"

Su Yu murmured in his heart. At this moment, he suddenly felt a dislike for the sixth generation Academy Head of the Civilization Academy. He had heard… that the sixth generation Academy Head was going to recruit beasts from the Myriad Races!

At this moment, he suddenly didn't want to go to the Civilization Academy anymore!

He didn't want to be in the same academy as beasts from the Myriad Races!

He suddenly understood why Xia Longwu had so strongly rejected the Myriad Race beasts entering the Great Xia Prefecture. Seeing the sacrificed warriors, seeing his fallen comrades, if it were Su Yu, he too would be unable to restrain himself, unable to tolerate it!

The Ten Thousand Races Cult was merely their dogs, and now the dog owners had arrived, wanting to enter the academy openly and study alongside them…

Su Yu gritted his teeth. He didn't want to be with those beasts!

At this moment, he had no desire for meritorious deeds, no thought of getting merit points right away. He only had one thought: these beasts should all be killed!

Unbeknownst to him, Captain Liu had walked over and patted his shoulder with his blood-stained left hand, laughing, "Well done! From now on, you're our comrade, brothers in arms! When I see your father next time, I can even call him an old comrade!"

Su Yu grinned, forcing a smile. He couldn't really smile.

"Don't overthink it. We do this job, living by the blade, and we have to see life and death clearly! It's not a loss even if we die. Of course, you're still young, so when you get to the academy, study hard, cultivate diligently, become stronger, and kill more beasts. That's the responsibility of your generation!"

Captain Liu said sternly, "Don't be afraid, and don't feel like we've lost out. Two people for thirteen is worth it! When you get to the Battlefields of the Heavens, if you can kill enemies many times over, that's a huge profit!"

"The Ten Thousand Races Cult is just a minor ailment! The Great Xia Prefecture kills until rivers of blood flow every year!"

Captain Liu patted Su Yu again, smiling ferociously, "If you don't want people to die, if you don't want to see comrades fall before your eyes, then work hard! If you were in the Soaring Realm, not a single person would have died today. We are old and useless. You still have hope and opportunity!"

"Soar as soon as possible. The City Lord is old, Instructor Liu is also old. If you can return in the Soaring Realm, and lead Nan Yuan in the future, perhaps… fewer of us will die!"

Soaring was Captain Liu's expectation for Su Yu.

Was Soaring difficult?

It was too difficult!

At least in Nan Yuan, it was like that. Every year, many people went to the Great Xia Prefecture for further studies, but how many of them achieved Soaring in the end?

He was just trying to motivate Su Yu, but he also felt that Su Yu truly had hope.

He was already at Kaiyuan eighth level!

Even if this kid couldn't become a Civilization Master, in ten or twenty years, he still had hope of achieving physical Soaring and becoming another Soaring prodigy in Nan Yuan.

Civilization Master was too distant, but Soaring… the hope was very, very great!

How long had it been since Nan Yuan had produced a Soaring expert?

"En!"

Su Yu nodded heavily. He wanted to soar, no, he wanted to be stronger!

What his teacher hadn't taught him, this small team had taught him today: life and death!

The life and death of his teammates, the life and death of his comrades!

Fighting in blood was not for any individual, not for any high-ranking official, but for oneself, for these comrades fighting in blood, for the comrades who were constantly fighting beyond the Heavens!