Thinking of Flipping the Table? (Part 1) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Aside from Yang Ying, everyone in her night patrol squad was an ordinary soldier. The enemy general had merely swept out a casual slash of Saber Qi, yet several soldiers were beheaded. Yang Ying blocked with her weapon, but the impact knocked her off her horse and sent her Qi and Blood surging backward.

She channeled martial energy into her halberd and kicked it into the air.

The weapon was as light as nothing in her hands, but when it crashed into the charging enemy, it was like a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds. It sent several men flying and saved two soldiers by the skin of their teeth. The next instant, a flash of saber light split the air and shot straight for her face.

The attack was so fierce that it meant to cut Yang Ying down where she stood.

In that split second, Yang Ying drew the long halberd back with a suction of her palm. Its blade pointed at the enemy general's back as she kicked off the ground and sprang backward. She wagered that he wouldn't dare trade a wound for her life. As it turned out, she was right: he twisted aside, causing the blade to miss, but the Saber Qi he had unleashed still skimmed her brow and left a red mark. Thankfully, her head was still on her shoulders, and her body was still in one piece.

"A speck of millet dares to seek death?"

His tone was flippant, and he hadn't taken Yang Ying seriously. But being recognized and then challenged to a fight had infuriated him.

Then came several more screams.

Yang Ying glanced to the side. Her eyes nearly split with fury, and her Qi and Blood boiled.

The soldiers she had just saved had been butchered beneath a