Chapter 40

A heap of mangled body parts fell down.

"Damn it." The Orcs who had been shouting from the side saw the situation turn bad and one after another ran down the stone stairs of the city wall to hide inside the city.

"Ah, this is... Patriarch, this is a human hand! He really wasn't an Orc," Yi Yun cried.

"Hmph. His Majesty's guess was correct. The Radiant Knights have rebelled." Yi Tianxing's words left everyone present wide-eyed and tongue-tied for a moment, for a long time

unable to say a word.

"Yi Yun, you must recognize it clearly from now on. Humans can use transformation magic to disguise themselves as Orcs, but the source of their magic power and their battle aura are very difficult

to fake," Yi Tianxing said with complete confidence.

"Yes, Patriarch. Are we going to fight our way in and avenge our brothers?" Yi Yun could no longer wait to start slaughtering.

"Of course. We must find a way to trap those traitors inside Dead City." Yi Tianxing nodded, then turned to the warriors behind him and said loudly, "Loyal warriors, the Radiant Knights first defied an imperial edict, then violated the continental convention by wantonly slaughtering Orcs. Their crimes cannot be pardoned. From

today onward, the Radiant Knights are enemies of the Thunder Eagle Empire. When facing enemies, what should imperial warriors do?"

"Kill!" the soldiers shouted in unison, killing intent surging cold and fierce.

"Patriarch." Yi Yun reminded him somewhat worriedly, "Mages can distinguish between Orcs and fake Orcs, but ordinary soldiers

cannot. I'm worried that if accidental killings occur, there will be trouble."

"I know that. Elder, there is no need to worry," Yi Tianxing said. "We only need to seal the rebel army inside Dead City and wait for the

Empire's reinforcements to arrive."

"Patriarch means... the imperial capital already knows about what happened in Dead City?" Yi Yun asked.

"Exactly. My idea is that we hold the east gate, draw half our troops to guard the north gate, and since there is no city gate to the south, plus Fields's magic traps, they won't be able to escape. Now only the west side remains..." Yi Tianxing thought it over, but truly had no extra troops

with which to block the west gate.

"Yi Yun, take half the troops and seal off the north gate. If anything urgent happens, contact me at any time with a message wooden slip. I'll think of a way for the rest."

Yi Tianxing said resolutely.

"As commanded." Yi Yun bowed in salute, then turned and led away half the cavalry, hurrying toward the north gate of Dead City.

"Sigh!" Yi Tianxing let out a breath. "If only Jun En or that mysterious summoner were here, things would be much easier."

Aslan and Hal deliberately made a wide detour and quietly landed behind the camp area. The two crept along for a short stretch before

discovering that the entire camp was empty, with only a handful of students left behind to keep watch.

"Hal, looks like the garrison has already gone to Dead City. We didn't make it in time," Aslan said.

"Then let's hurry over too." Hal rubbed his fists, eager to give it a try.

"Fine. This time, everyone runs for himself, haha." Before Aslan had even finished speaking, he had already shot out like a wisp of smoke.

"Ah, you're despicable." Was Hal the kind of Goblin who would admit defeat so easily? He sped up underfoot and chased after Aslan.

A few classmates noticed people running out of the camp and hurriedly shouted, "Hey, don't run around! The lord will punish you!"

In the blink of an eye, the little green man and the lion-headed man had already run out of sight. How could they still hear their classmates' warning?

After Yi Yun had finished deploying at the north gate, Yi Tianxing received Yi Yun's notice and also began preparing the next step of the city-sealing operation.

"Radiant snow spirit, Su, please show yourself." Yi Tianxing used elemental summoning to summon the Ice Spirit.

The Ice Spirit Su was an elemental body completely different from the flame spirit Alef. She had light-gray hair, and though, like Alef, she had

watery big eyes, a high, slightly upturned little jade nose, and a delicate cherry mouth, her figure was a little more mature than the little-girl-like Alef's.

Yet beneath her long skirt, her legs could not be seen; she simply floated quietly in the air. More unusual still, several small ice balls circled around Su, constantly revolving around her.

"Su, cast hail first and drive away the enemies hiding around the city wall. In a moment, help me reinforce the Frozen Wall." Yi Tianxing gave precise instructions, and Su casually grabbed a small ice ball, pressed both palms together before her adorable lips, and gently breathed out a puff of freezing air.

Pa! A fist-sized hailstone abruptly fell in front of Yi Tianxing. The Yi Family patriarch gave a faint bitter smile and quickly ordered the troops to

withdraw a hundred paces.

Without the ancestor's Trajectory Summoning Art, area summoning magic was very difficult to restrict within a fixed range. Simply put, it

could not be aimed. But where there was loss, there was also gain. After Yang Huan severed the mental link with the guardian deity, descendants one generation removed could learn elemental

summoning and other magic. After all, though the Trajectory Summoning Art was powerful, only one person could inherit the guardian deity, while everyone else

would be affected along with it and unable to learn magic. This was also one of the reasons why Yang Huan had severed the guardian deity's mental link and split the family.

Just as Yi Tianxing was still thinking about the Trajectory Summoning Art he had personally seen a few days earlier, Su's hail magic had already fallen mercilessly inside the walls of Dead City.

The enemies lying in ambush behind the city wall were so frightened by the sudden hail attack that they fled with their heads in their hands. Then someone inside shouted angrily, "Why are you running? Com—"

come back."

What Yi Tianxing wanted was precisely that brief chaos. He raised his magic staff and murmured, "Water element, flexible yet all-conquering, follow my

will and condense—Frozen Wall."

The hail covering the ground gave Yi Tianxing an excellent chance to cast ice magic—Frozen Wall. He did not need to consume too much magic power to

make the ice wall appear. But the enemy would not stupidly