Today's third update: Chapter 3013! 3/4!
"Good that you're back, good that you're back! You've worked hard this time!"
Xu Kun strode forward and personally helped Huang Gai up from the ground. His tone was filled with undisguised praise and approval. Those simple words conveyed the highest commendation for this general, who had risked his life to flawlessly carry out the perilous mission of feigning surrender.
After the disaster flames had spread across the land and the army began advancing, Xu Kun had already dispatched Xuan Bai and Xuan Liao with elite squads deep into the still-burning scorched earth, doing everything they could to locate Huang Gai.
Yet several days passed without any news. The agonizing wait had nearly convinced everyone that this lone hero had already died gloriously, buried within the sea of fire he had personally helped ignite.
Who could have expected that, through sheer astonishing willpower and the life-saving means Xu Kun had bestowed upon him beforehand, he had truly struggled back alive from that hellish battlefield!
As Huang Gai gave his somewhat weakened account, supplemented by Xuan Bai and Xuan Liao at his side, the details of his escape gradually became clear.
Its dangers and twists could only be described as a narrow escape from death, hard-won beyond measure!
Every decision, every hiding place, every brush with death was deeply moving.
For a general like Huang Gai, who dared to venture into the tiger's den and could brilliantly complete an almost impossible mission, Xu Kun had long decided to place great trust in him.
Although Huang Gai had miraculously survived, his condition was abysmal—even with the Fountain of Youth Lights Divine Water, brimming with immense vitality, that Xu Kun had given him before departing, he had suffered grievous damage to his vital energy. His aura