Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Do not falter!"

"We'll guard this location until his highness replies us. Don't give up!" Expert Yi raised his weapon up as he tried to rouse up their fighting spirit.

As the sun getting higher, the temperature followed.

The stench from the blood evaporated by the sunlight quickly immersed the area with an unbearable feeling. Added with the pressure given by the bandits marching forward slowly, the air of despair strengthens.

"Expert Yi... I - I'm afraid of death..." said one of the fifth-level Flesh Refining Layer soldiers. He wasn't the only one with that kind of mentality right now.

In fact, everyone present had their mind clouded with this kind of atmosphere.

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"Your highness. The supply and middle convoy have lost contact with us." Huang Ping and Wang Xun reported. A hint of worries is shown on their face as they seem lost.

"What's our situation right now?" Sun Wu Jian asked as he was protected by a group of twelve elite bodyguards of his. In terms of fighting strength, all of them were at the Full-Completion Flesh Refining Layer.

And with them surrounding Sun Wu Jian, it was more than enough for him to safely oversees the battlefield as he directed the soldiers in their respective zone.

"We're keeping the three bandit leaders in check. But at the same time, we're unsure if more experts are hiding in their ranks." Huang Ping said. What he mentioned is indeed worth worrying about because he and Wang Xun had captured two half-step Bone Reconstruction Cultivators from the minute the battle started.

It was not exaggerating to assume there's more of them hidden amongst the attacking bandits.

"Light them up!" suddenly, a shout is heard from close proximity near Sun Wu Jian's protection circle. Close to six Lightning Roaring bombs were tossed at them by the bandits as they risked their lives to accomplish their mission.

"Protect his highness!" one of the twelve elite guards yelled. A circle mirror-like Defensive Treasure was taken out from their Qiankun Pouch.

"My liege, sorry for our impudence!" eight of them surrounded Sun Wu Jian as they covered him in eight different directions. As for the four remaining guards, they're holding their position upright by relying on the power of the Defensive Treasure.

"Curtain of Royalty!" a circle made of four smaller circles protected them as the six Lightning Roaring Bomb exploded.

**Bam! - Bam! - Bam!!!**

"How? Did we manage to kill that useless prince?" one of the bandits involved in tossing the bomb at Sun Wu Jian asked.

"How do I know? Let's move forward and check..." another bandit replied. But as they get ready to move forward, two soldiers in their officer uniform came with a weapon in their hand.

"Country Protecting Spear!"

"Crimson Roaring Slash!"

Huang Ping and Wang Xun charged forward. Like two grass-cutting machines that lost control, they marched and started to cut the bandits down before any of them tried to repeat what they successfully did earlier.

"White Ape Battling Aura!"

**Bam!**

One of the half-step Bone Experts of Sun Wu Jian was thrown at Huang Ping like a broken puppet.

"Expert Wang!" Huang Ping used his spear to stops the crushing momentum that came at him. Although he managed to cancel the destruction force, it still forced Huang Ping to retreat close to five steps away.

"Commander, be careful with this guy! He's a master in fist-fighting." Expert Wang weakly said.

"Leave him to me. Take a Flesh Mending Pill and recuperate yourself first." Huang Ping placed a pill into his mouth and used a soft palm strike to pushed him several steps away from the battlefield.

"State your name." the spear returned to Huang Ping's hand after he sent Expert Wang away.

"Bai Yuan! Fourth Stronghold Leader of Hushan Bandits!"

"They also called me the White-haired Titan Ape!" Bai Yuan said. His Spiritual Energy explodes like a wave as he finished his sentence.

"White-Haired Titan Ape... You're one of the wanted criminals for killing an entire family of 64 members in Fuyun City. No wonder you're nowhere to be found." Huang Ping said.

"White Ape Battling Aura!" Bai Yuan charged forward. His Spiritual Energy instantly wrapped around his two fists as he exchanged a few blows with Huang Ping's spear.

Their first exchange surprised Huang Ping as he was thrown back almost a hundred meters on their first clash.

"This power..." Huang Ping stabs his speartip on the ground to stop his retreating momentum. 

"Hahaha, you're going to be the next one for me to throw over there!"  Bai Yuan said. Pulling his fist near to his shoulder's level, he threw a fist attack towards Huang Ping.

"Flying Fist of Titan Ape!"

"Roar! City Puncturing Spear!" Huang Ping howled after getting provoked by Bai Yuan's words. His strength of an eighth-level Flesh Refining Layer immediately burst outward.

"Come! Let me show you the strength of the Ninth-Prince's second in command!" Huang Ping's spear came like a battering ram towards Bai Yuan.

**Bam!!!**

**Bam!!!**

"Get lost!" Bai Yuan swung his fist sideway. It was a losing exchange this time as he was fighting against Huang Ping barehanded.

"Why are you stopping halfway? Did facing my spear hurt your fist?" Huang Ping approached fiercely. Huang Ping tried to stabs through Bai Yuan's heart to decide the battle as soon as he can.

But his wish vanishes like a dream the moment Bai Yuan suddenly grabbed his spearhead. Pulling Huang Ping down to the ground and dragging him as he runs around, Bai Yuan soon delivered a fist at him when the chances appeared.

The eighth-level fist came like a hammer and tossed Huang Ping ten or more steps away once more. This time, he no longer managed to control himself as he went like a wild arrow.

"Urgh..." unknown how far he went before stopping, Huang Ping immediately swallowed a Flesh Mending Pill before he continued.

But as he searched for his opponent's whereabouts, a fist wrapped with bloody spiritual energy came.

**Bam!**

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"Hah!" Lu Qing Yun's defended against three bandits attack using her Heaven's String. She delivered three palms attack following that and sent them to a rumbling stomachache.

"Ah!"

"My god..." 

"Sister Hu Jia, don't move too further out from the defensive perimeters. We don't know how many experts are still hiding in their ranks." Lu Qing Yun said as she advised Hu Jia.

"I know. Don't worry." Hu Jia replied.

The two of them continued to fight. And as the number of bandits started to get lesser, one of the hiding experts can no longer keep himself quiet.

"Blade Wave!" a twin nine-ringed swords created a noisy disturbance as it made its way towards Lu Qing Yun.

"Heaven's String!"

*Ding!!!**

The offensive and defensive weapon clashed against each another and threw both of them a few steps back.

"An expert... Ninth... No... Half-Step Bone Reconstruction Layer!" Lu Qing Yun flicked the tip of her string at the opponent.

"Chaotic Wave!" but before it managed to restrain her opponent, the delicate strings of Lu Qing Yun's Defensive Treasure were chopped into tiny fabrics.

This changed Lu Qing Yun's mood.

Slowly adjusting her position closer to Hu Jia, Lu Qing Yun spreads her Spiritual Energy to alarm everyone else... And that's including Qin Lan.

"Something at Lu Qing Yun's side?" Qin Lan turned his head around to where Hu Jia and Lu Qing Yun is.

"What is this uneasiness?" Qin Lan immediately made his way over at the two ladies.

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"Brother Ping! Let me give you a hand!" Wang Xun's sword came and deflected Bai Yuan's attack right on time.

"Great! Let us get rid of him together!" Huang Ping replied. Making a few thrusts at Bai Yuan to force him to a retreat, Huang Ping and Wang Xuan then charged forward to keep him pinned on the spot.

"Come on! Where's your fierceness earlier?" Wang Xun roared as he attacked Bai Yuan like a mad beast.

Their heated battle made both of them unable to caught Bai Yuan's expression.

"Hehehe..." Bai Yuan chuckled as he defended against their collaborating attack.

"Protect his highness!" one of the elite guards of Sun Wu Jian yelled as the Curtain of Royalty defended against the explosion once more. Up to date, they already under such an attack over five times.

"It's here again! Raise your shield!"

**Bam!!!**

The continuous explosion created a cloud of dust around them.

Worried that there's a trap if they chose to stay here, one of the elite guards asked Sun Wu Jian for his next instruction.

"Your highness... Shall we move from this location?" the elite guard inquired.

"Let's get out from this cloud of dust and reground with Huang Ping and Wang Xun." Sun Wu Jian said. Remembered that Qin Lan gave him something to protect himself before they depart, he immediately placed an amulet on his body before moving along with his elite soldiers.

Not too far from the battlefield, another expert is happy that he managed to subdue his opponent without trouble.

"Lang Xue! To think that you're going to fall on my hand this early in the battle. The Hushan Bandits are going to fell soon!" the expert grabbed Lang Xue's neck as he breaks both of Lang Xue's arms with his powerful claw attack.

"Aargh... Hahaha... Argh..." Lang Xue laughed.

"What's so funny?" the expert was pissed with Lang Xue's reaction.

"Hahaha... Your lord is going to die soon..." Lang Xue said.

"Wait... You! You're not Lang Xue!" the expert turned his head around.

"Oh... Shit!"