Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Big boss! Big boss! There's a cloud of dust coming up from the Ninth Milestone! From the way it looks, there should be more than a hundred horsemen is coming at us!" said one of the bandits.

Lang Xue's expression changed as he listened to his subordinate's report. Looking back at the group of experts around him, he pondered.

A few strategies came into his mind, but none of them were good for him right now. Even an idiot could have guessed that the incoming squadron is likely the elites put together from the two convoys.

"Get ready to battle. Split our people into two groups and pincer them from both left and right!" said Lang Xue.

Soon after his strategy was put into action, Shan Xiong Xin's group of 180 elite soldiers came forward. Being able to meet the bandits on his way made him smile as he raised his weapon higher.

"Soldiers! Beware of our enemies' pincer formation! Get ready and charge towards the Ten Miles Plain!" Shan Xiong Xin said.

"Forward!"

With spiritual energy wrapped around their body, the 180 soldiers on horseback raised their momentum as they clashed with the groups of bandits trying to pincer them from both left and right.

"Battle! Do not falter!" throat was slit, and some were beheaded as Shan Xiong Xin thrust his spear left and right. The scene unfurling before them was gruesome as his elite soldiers tried to punch through the bandit's pincer formation.

"Move further! Replace the empty spot right there!" a few bandit officers ordered as more men were pushed onward to fill the gap.

Shan Xiong Xin's soldier's momentum was strong. But even the most evident advantage will still fell short when it comes to a battle against numbers. Close to thirty elites fell as they were forcefully dismounted by the bandits using their own lives in exchange.

"Just a little more! Keep it up!" Shan Xiong Xin yelled as he pushed his spiritual energy to its peak. Although a spear wasn't the most preferable weapon of his choice, there's still one or two martial skills at his disposal that can be used in tandem with this weapon.

"Rising Cloud, Soaring Dragon!" Shan Xiong Xin executed one of the most flexible art a disciple of the outer sect can learn. The martial art he displayed came forth like a soaring dragon towards the edge of the pincer formation.

**Bam!!!**

"Aargh!" a few bandits were killed by the attack as Shan Xiong Xin rode his horse out of the bandit's formation.

But their battle is not over yet. Shan Xiong Xin soon found out that he was surrounded by the elites from the Hushan Bandits. Although their number was just half of what the pincer attack has, they're more powerful.

"Vice Commander! Your order?" the ten closest officers of Shan Xiong Xin asked for his opinion.

"How many men are still with us?" Shan Xiong Xin took an Essence Transformation Pill into his mouth.

"Give and take, a little lesser than 150 people." an officer replied.

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"Get ready to be deployed! The men from Expert Yi and Expert Xie are here!" Expert Shun ordered. His men immediately killed the fire and torches they lit as a marking beacon and prepared themselves for the following order.

"Order!!!" Han Xue was the first to come to the independent unit led by Expert Shun. In his hand was the yellow flag that represents Han Xue's identity as a message bearer.

"Expert Shun, march forward. Get ready to battle!" the message brought by Han Xue was direct.

"Shun obeys! Raise your weapon! Battle formation! To the Ten Miles Plain!" Expert Shun turned around and yelled.

"Rah!!!" everyone brandished their weapon and prepared to move. Those on horseback were the fastest to react, followed by the soldiers.

About five or so minutes after they marched, the two units of soldiers on horseback led by Expert Yi and Expert Xie quickly followed. And in ten minutes, the three groups finally combined into one entity led by one commander.

"Expert Shun!" expert Yi and Xie cupped their hand as their numbers combined together into a force of three hundred.

"It was an honor of this surname Shun to fight by the side of you two. Is there any instruction from the commander?" asked expert Shun.

"The commander only gives us one order." Expert Yi smiled.

"We'll push forward! To the Ten Miles Plain!" said Expert Xie.

"Then... What are we waiting for? Men!" Expert Shun yelled.

"Here!" the three hundred soldiers on their horseback responded.

"Push forward to the Ten Miles Plain!" he said.

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The moment Qin Lan's main force combined with the less than three hundred-foot-soldiers left behind, a new order was given to the soldiers about 700 men strong.

"Slithering Snake formation!" Qin Lan said. Raising the flag of Qin Faction upward, the order has been passed around. Lu Yi immediately took control over the head, with Huo Zunjie taking the body and Lu Qing Yun on the tail.

As for Qin Lan, he's taking the role of the bait. Following him was You Qing, Han Xue, Qiang Shou, and Yi Feng with their respective team.

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"We'll march forward! Get ready for the second battle!" said Shan Xiong Xin as he pushed his spiritual energy to his limit.

"Charge!" Shan Xiong Xin yelled as he pointed his weapon at where Lang Xue and his experts stand.

"Charge! - Charge! - Charge!" the hundred and fifty soldiers yelled along and marched forward. But at the same time as Shan Xiong Xin moved, something else happened.

**Woo...**

**Woo...**

**Woo...**

"Vice Commander! That's..." the sound of a unique kind of horn was blown.

"His highness is here! Fire the red flares!" Shan Xiong Xin shouted.

**Bam! Bam! Bam!**

Multiple red flares were fired up into the sky as it illuminated the afternoon. In a blink of an eye, the situation on this battlefield changed.

"Move forward!" Shan Xiong Xin ordered.

"Breakthrough!" the three expert cavalries charged out of the woods and started a quick sweep against the bandits leading the pincer attack.

And staring at the red flares used by his people, Sun Wu Jian chuckled as he raised his weapon. His spiritual energy quickly burns all over his body as the influence from his Bloodline awakening gets stronger.

"Move forward! We'll destroy the Hushan Bandits in one sweep!" said Sun Wu Jian.

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"Big boss! What should we do now?" one of the bandits asked.

"It's time to use our secret weapon. Senior Wei... Please fire the signal." Lang Xue turned his attention to the cultivator from Evil Infant Sect.

"Hehehe... What a blow... What a surprise. To think that there's such a turnaround in this battle that supposed to be easy..." the cultivator called Senior Wei chuckled. Bringing a cylinder out from his Purple-Dragon Spatial Jade, he injected some spiritual energy into the tool before firing it up into the sky.

"Bam!" an explosion ten times greater than the red flares fired by Shan Xiong Xin's men illuminated the afternoon. 

Green and red fireworks carrying the word of 'Xie Ying Men' soon covered the sky on top of the battlefield.

"Xiu!"

"Xiu!"

Two more fireworks of the same caliber were fired from both left and right of the battlefield. This equals to the Hushan Bandits getting a reinforcement to fight against Sun Wu Jian's subjugation force.

"Hahaha! Battle! Let's get into a battle!" the cultivator called Senior Wei laughed.

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"Aargh! The soldiers from the two other convoys are here! We're dead for sure!" the bandits leading the pincer attack started to get panicked as the soldiers led by the three experts charged into their ranks.

"Attack! Don't allow them to escape!" Expert Xie shouts as he took a leap down from his horse and fought against the bandits. The three hundred or so horsemen followed his example and charged into the bandits carrying the intention to kill.

At this moment, capturing them alive is no longer viable. In a battle of this level, lives were nothing but dolls woven by straws and grasses. Those who were lucky may survive, but it eventually depending on what the winner decided to do.

If they were unlucky, escaping death might be impossible. And at that time, being forced into slavery can be considered a lenient choice is given to them.

About half an hour the moment their second battle started, more parties appeared from all directions.

Sun Wu Jian's forces came from the Ten Miles Plain to launch a pincer attack towards Lang Xue's main force. The calvaries led by the three experts successfully break through the obstacle of the bandits and combined with Shan Xiong Xin's elites.

On the left and right of the battlefield, two thousand soldiers joined the battle. All of them were dressed in clothing with red and green color codes.

As Sun Wu Jian and Shan Xiong Xin's forces were trying to execute a pincer attack against Lang Xue's unit, the two new arrivals from Evil Infant Sect are trying to pincer Shan Xiong Xin in multiple directions.

It was a battle to see who would last the longest.

"Bam!" then, the fourth firework was fired into the sky this afternoon. And a majestic word came.

**Qin!**

"Brother Qin's forces are here!" Sun Wu Jian smiled.