"Damn it, did that Shunzi bastard betray me?" King Dong Sheng in the rear noticed it too and erupted in fury.
The messenger beside him, however, began to tremble slightly.
"What is it?" Sorcerer Zhang looked at him.
"Monster... This man is the monster I mentioned before..." His face went pale, his eyes brimming with terror, as though he had recalled some horrific sight. "Lord Hirota clearly led his men to surround him, but several hundred men never even touched the hem of his clothes..."
"What?" King Dong Sheng grabbed him by the collar. "I remember General Hirota's unit was equipped with firearms, wasn't it?"
They were premium goods acquired from foreigners, purchased with a great deal of silver he had earned from selling salt.
"Those weapons... were completely useless..." the messenger stammered. "Everything happened too fast. Before this subordinate could react, Lord Hirota had already been beheaded, and those hundreds of men had all become corpses..."
An entire spearhead force had been wiped out in an instant?
King Dong Sheng could not help but be stunned. Even a sorcerer could not possibly be this powerful, could they?
Before the main camp's battle line, the longblade squad captain's face suddenly darkened. "Something seems strange about Gongcang Shunzi."
He noticed that although the ninja leader stood before the man in blue, she did not seem to be standing through her own strength—her legs hung straight toward the ground, her waist sagged limply, and her once-firm abdomen seemed to have lost all support.
If a rope had been hanging from Shunzi's neck at that moment, it would have better matched her current posture.
The man in blue casually took several steps forward and waved a hand—
The ninja leader, who had been in front of him, suddenly flew up, tracing an arc