Supreme Emperor of Mist

"What is that? Another type of evil martial art?" one of the elders amongst the many asked. From his expression, he seems annoyed by the dying scream given out through the dying soldiers.

"No... Can an evil martial art exude Yang Energy as potent as this? The mist does not come from their cultivation... But the treasure on their head! The soldier's crimson-colored helm is the cause of this foggy, blood-like mist!" another elder said.

"But... What kind of treasure is that? Although creating a smokescreen for escape is highly common in Defensive Treasure, this blood-like mist hardly seems defensive."

"There must be more secret in the armor, wristguard, and the cloak they're wearing. What an interesting lad. I wonder how long and what kind of strings he had to pull to create something like this out." another royal family elder commented.

"Fight back! Fight back! What are all of you doing?" Zhu Tingyi howled like an angered beast as he unleashes a wide-area attack using one of the techniques from Thunder Roaring Palace.

Continue to charge forward!" his technique breaks the facade of foggy mist apart. But as the foggy mist cracked like porcelain upon impact, Zhu Tingyi finally realizes what kind of situation he was in.

The blood fog was just a diversion.

They were already surrounded by the Chi-Lan Army the moment they're trapped inside the bloody fog.

Cut off from the remains of his three other units, Zhu Tingyi's defeat is almost inevitable. 

The 2,000 soldiers under Zhu Tingyi are surrounded by 3,600 soldiers led by Lu Qing Yun, Lu Yi, Huo Zunjie, and the three experts. As long as Qin Lan changed the flag, they'll be slaughtered immediately without room for discussion.

"Im... Impossible!" Zhu Tingyi couldn't believe his eyes. Even the Flying Dragon Army under Genius Warfare General couldn't encircle his troops in such a short time.

"There must be some trick behind this! Spearmen! Charge forward! Calvary! Follow them after ten breaths!" Zhu Tingyi ordered.

Upon receiving his command, the soldiers immediately changed their formation and charged outward as they're ordered.

"Captain!" one of Lu Yi's squadron leaders seems to be excited as he raised the crimson sword in his hand and waiting for Lu Yi to make his decision.

Knowing that his people no longer can calm themselves down, Lu Yi followed what the few leaders under his leadership were doing. His Bronze Xuan Sword was changed into a similar crimson sword just like theirs.

"Crimson Vanguards! On me! Forward!" Lu Yi's horse neighed and leaped fiercely into the battlefield. Close to a hundred soldiers from eight different sections of the encirclement move forward after Lu Yi's order and engaged in a battle against the incoming spearmen.

"Crush them!" the leading officer from both sides screamed as they prepared to make a preemptive strike against the incoming opponent.

But the victory eventually went to the Crimson Vanguards as the first row of spearmen are killed less than a minute upon engagement. Their head either flew aside or rolled on the ground before they managed to scream.

And after Lu Yi's excellent performance, calvaries followed. Expert Shun, Yi, and Xie each took close to three hundred horsemen as they charge forward to intercept Zhu Tingyi's upcoming attack.

"Don't stay idle there! Search for their encirclement's weak point and get the remaining soldiers outside to provide assistance! Blow the horn for assistance!" Zhu Tingyi ordered.

Sweat rolled from his sideburn as Zhu Tingyi started to feel that he fell into his enemy's trap. A hint of uneasiness continues to bother him as he keeps thinking about how to break out of this situation.

"Commander... Should we provide help?" one the uphill, a messenger is asking for his commander's opinion to help or ignore Zhu Tingyi.

"We'll leave him to fend himself." the commander was wearing a set of armor from head to toe to hide his identity.

"Impossible! Impossible! What are the soldiers outside is doing?" Zhu Tingyi asked, but what he failed to realize is that his remaining thousand or so soldiers were what's left on this battlefield.

Just like his prior announcement, the ninth prince's army will celebrate their victorious feast earlier than the other two tonight.

Feeling bored with toying with his opponent, Qin Lan changed his tactic once more.

"Raised the (Slaughter) Flag," he said before adjusting his posture to a more comfortable one on the carriage.

Then moment the flag with the word "slaughter" was raised, everyone's expression changed. Particularly the Chi-Lan Soldiers as they seem eager to display what they have on their sleeves.

The atmosphere changed out of a sudden.

It felt like the air surrounding Zhu Tingyi get heavier as they had difficulty breathing naturally.

"What... What happened here?" Zhu Tingyi immediately felt a hint of uneasiness in his heart. Turning his sight to the Chi-Lan soldiers surrounding him, he immediately caught the reason behind the discomfort.

"No... This is not warfare... This is a total massacre..." Zhu Tingyi immediately lost his confidence the moment he came under the gaze of the Chi-Lan Army.

"Kill them." Lu Qing Yun's order was simple. But the killing intent behind her word is deadlier when Lu Yi and the three experts led the soldiers.

"Zhu Tingyi going to die for sure... Get the Bronze Dragon Unit ready to be dispatched for a rescue operation." the hidden commander said.

"What should I tell the unit captain?" the messenger asked.

"Tell him, if Zhu Tingyi is on his way returning, then save him, else, take it as a stroll and come back. There's no need for us to purposely get killed fighting one of the most elite troops under the ninth prince's command." the commander said.

The Spiritual Energy around the area went amok when Lu Qing Yun's killing order was given. Everyone was bursting with excitement as they charged forward and started the one-sided slaughter.

"NO! This is impossible!" Zhu Tingyi's soldiers were literally getting massacred left and right as the encirclement gets smaller. But as the circle almost gets close to him, Zhu Tingyi chooses to do something disgraceful.

He abandoned his soldiers and escaped.