Shi Lan rubbed her faintly aching left arm. After glancing up at the full moon, she drained the wine jar, leapt down from the roof, and returned to her room.
At dawn the next morning, just as the sun rose, a piercing clang of bells rang through the City Lord's Manor.
Shi Lan slowly finished her cultivation, flipped out of bed, donned her armor, and left her room. She mounted her dragon horse and headed straight for the training grounds.
By the time Shi Lan reached the training grounds, many people had already gathered. The few who had been badly injured had not come, evidently still recuperating.
Apart from the newcomers who had only recently joined the Demon Suppression Army, a hundred veteran soldiers were also present. They stood in formation, quietly waiting.
Once everyone had arrived, Huangfu Yun wasted no words and immediately ordered them to set out.
The large procession left Twin Moon City and ventured into the wilderness.
They had traveled less than thirty miles from the city when they ran straight into a horde of over a thousand demonic beasts.
Watching the horde surge toward them, Huangfu Yun remained composed and made two hand signals.
The soldiers immediately formed two ranks, raising their crossbows and nocking arrows. After two or three volleys, nearly half the beasts had lost the ability to move.
"Kill!"
As the horde drew close, Huangfu Yun let out a thunderous shout, leapt from his horse, and charged. He swung the horse-slaying saber in his hand through the air, unleashing a nearly twenty-zhang-long blade of white energy. Like a streak of dazzling light, it instantly cut more than twenty demonic beasts in two!
The Demon Suppression Army behind him drew their weapons and charged into the horde. The hundred veterans in particular