986: From This Day On, My Name Would Resound Throughout the World [Seeking Monthly Votes]

Lin Feng ignored Su Shi Yilu's sour expression.

She smiled. "General, you'd better protect me."

Su Shi Yilu: "..."

That was beyond disgusting—not just like eating shit, but like having someone pry his mouth open and force-feed him manure. Su Shi Yilu felt a sudden urge to leave Lin Feng to die right there. An enemy didn't necessarily have to be killed by his own hand; he could borrow someone else's knife.

Dead was dead. That was all that mattered.

The intercepted enemy general failed to land his first attack and tried to pursue them.

Su Shi Yilu couldn't let him do as he pleased.

Without a moment's hesitation, he flashed over to Lin Feng and sent the charging enemy general flying with a thrust of his spear. Whether Lin Feng lived or died didn't matter. What mattered was that he could escape unscathed if she died. Until he had made thorough preparations, Lin Feng's life still had to remain in his own hands.

Lin Feng didn't continue provoking Su Shi Yilu.

When she saw him approach, she said briefly, under her breath, "Get me out of here!"

Almost at the same moment, the barrier the Northern Desert had raised to hold back the fire shattered with a crack. Judging by the direction the fractures spread, the retreating Wuzhou officers must have done it. The raging fire seemed to have been holding in its fury, too. Once the barrier broke, a wall of flames several zhang high surged forth with the force of mountains crashing down, mercilessly swallowing the nearest storehouses before ruthlessly burning the soldiers trying to put out the fire.

At Lin Feng's command to retreat, Su Shi Yilu didn't hesitate for a second. He grabbed her by the collar, slung her over his shoulder, and feinted at