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Chapter 50 - 390-399

Chapter 390: Counterattack!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Yu, yu, yu…"

The general quickly pulled the reins to restrain his horse. He dared not charge at Xu Que!

His face was full of horror.

A skill art that can fuse three types of fire. How horrifying will it be? he thought. What's the difference between suicide and charging at this young man?

"Disperse! Quick, all of you, scatter!"

Immediately, the general shouted his command to his troops. He turned around and galloped away as far as he could.

Woah!

The Ice Troops dispersed in no time. Their original battle formation instantly disintegrated.

The troops rode away as fast as they could in all directions. Some of them were even controlling ice horses which flew them right up into the sky, wanting to get away from Xu Que quickly.

After all, Xu Que's skill art, Buddha's Fiery Lotus, had created some massive explosions that covered a large area. If the troops stayed together, the amount of casualties would be great.

However, the moment they dispersed in all directions, the eyes of Situ Hai Tang and the white-robed old man at Snow City lit up in delight.

"Here's our chance!"

"While they're in chaos, it's now a great opportunity for us to launch a counterattack!"

Situ Hai Tang raised the commander's seal high. "All Snow City troops, listen to my orders! Get in your positions and follow me. We will kill our way out of the city!"

"Yes!" The originally exhausted defending forces roared in unison. They felt energised by the new command.

At that moment, their morale had been rekindled. Their blood writhed.

Meanwhile, Xu Que had finished moulding the tri-color fiery lotus. With the help of the killer book to amplify its power, he threw the fiery lotus at the rebel forces.

Boooommmmm!

The impact of the tri-color fiery lotus was even more earth-shattering than that of the earlier two-color lotus.

The flames covered almost half the battlefield. Fire swept through the area in an instant. A huge circle of fiery waves formed, sending layers of snow into the air.

The entire battlefield seemed like it was suddenly receiving a bout of heavy snow all of a sudden. Many ice-armored soldiers could not escape in time and were instantly burnt to ashes, scattered with the wind.

Buttface had crept away from the rebel forces but instead of running away from the lotus, he had unluckily run inside the explosive area. He was blasted onto the ground with his head dunked in a big pile of snow, screaming miserably.

A wisp of flame resting on the fur of his butt started to burn.

"Owwwww…." Buttface gave a tragic cry of desperation with his head still stuck inside the pile of snow.

However, the rebel forces were more scattered this time, at least compared to their formation during the previous attack. With the active restrictive enchantment in force, the power of the fiery lotus had been heavily suppressed.

No matter how great the power of the tri-color fiery lotus was, it was only effective when it exploded. Nevertheless, it had managed to take out over a thousand rebel soldiers!

The flames were quickly extinguished by the snow and did not continue to spread.

Such results however had scared the wits out of the remaining several thousand rebel forces.

They had been on the battlefield for many years but had never come across anything like that. A single stroke could wipe out thousands of men… how could they continue to fight a battle like this?

Members of the rebel forces continued to escape from the battlefield wildly, some leaving as fast as they could. Some of them dropped their armor, some had faces ashen with fear, and all were in a dishevelled state.

Before Xu Que's arrival, they had been a nigh victorious army of tens of thousands of soldiers. They had been known as 'The Invincible Ice Troops'. But upon Xu Que's appearance, they had suffered around 3,000 casualties in such a short period of time.

They felt that there was no need for them to continue fighting anymore.

"Why did this happen…?"

"Who exactly is this man? Since when did such a skill art exist in this world?"

"We're finished. We'll all die here today!"

"That guy is definitely not an Original Infant cultivator. With such power, only the Ice Queen could take him on…"

The Ice Troops had very low morale. They were terrified.

Booom!

At this time, the originally closed city gates of the Snow City abruptly opened. A large group of soldiers with angry eyes rushed out wildly from the gates!

"Kill——!"

Situ Hai Tang was riding on the back of a water dragon. She looked like a heroic and valiant warrior.

She led her troops and charged at the scattered rebel forces for a counter-offensive!

...

Xu Que stood quietly in his position. His head was ringing with system notifications again.

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acting tough successfully. The reward is 380 Acting Tough Points!"

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acting tough successfully. The reward is 420 Acting Tough Points!"

...

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 Experience Points and a golden core!"

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator. The reward is 50,000 Experience Points and a golden core!"

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for killing an Original Infant Stage cultivator. The reward is 200,000 Experience Points!"

...

Xu Que had killed around 3,000 soldiers with the execution of the fiery lotus on two occasions. He had gained quite a number of points. He had around 31,000 Acting Tough Points now!

His Experience Points had also soared at a frightening speed to close to 30 million. Xu Que rose straight to Level 10 Original Infant Stage, maxing out the experience requirements. He even managed to save 18 million Experience Points in his experience pool.

Ding! "Congratulations to host for levelling up. Host is now at Level 10 of the Original Infant Stage!"

Ding! "As host has yet to go through the 59 Heavenly Tribulations, the excess Experience Points will be stored in the experience pool!"

Ding! "After calculation, the 59 Heavenly Tribulations will occur in 10 days time. The difficulty mode is: Hell mode. The host should get prepared as soon as possible!"

When he listened to the final system notification, Xu Que became extremely excited.

He had finally reached this moment. He was now only a step away from the Infant Transformation stage.

As long as he could survive the 59 Heavenly Tribulations in ten days' time, he would be able to get a complete transformation. And not only could he dominate the five nations, he could also destroy the five nations easily as well!

"Everyone, get into your formations, quick!"

Suddenly, an angry roar was heard far away from him.

It was the Level Two Infant Transformation Stage general of the rebel forces. He was riding on his ice horse and commanding the remaining thousands of troops to form a line of defence.

With the general's command, the originally flustered Ice Troops suddenly picked themselves up and swiftly formed a deadly defense formation.

Many Snow City troops dashed in wildly, but they were still much weaker than the now realigned Ice Troops in their formation.

Maybe it was the restrictive enchantment, coupled with the exhaustion of their True Core Strength; the weary troops of Snow City were not a match for the elite rebel forces even though they had high morale.

In no time, the Ice Troops regained the advantage in the battlefield.

Nevertheless, even though the Snow City troops were weak, they were not powerless.

Under the wise orders of Situ Hai Tang, they also formed a deadly attack formation. They surrounded the Ice Troops and launched ranged attacks at them. Both sides battled each other fiercely once more.

Xu Que was in awe of Situ Hai Tang's splendid tactics and performance.

"This woman is really incredible. If she were on Earth, she would be a tigress for sure. But in this Cultivation World, she is a born general!"

Xu Que muttered praises for the female general to himself.

Although he had dealt a heavy blow to the Ice Troops, they were still a trained elite army after all.

As for the troops of the Snow City, it was evident that they were made up of cultivators with different origins. However they were able to achieve a tie with the rebel forces under Situ Hai Tang's command.

This was enough to showcase the exceptional ability of Situ Hai Tang in terms of leading an army.

Chapter 391: The Immortal Emperor's Sword Art

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Looks like… this woman is worth picking up. Not only is she good looking with a nice figure, but she is also very strong. Definitely a good choice to consider making mine. She could train a huge army for the Exploding Heavens Faction!"

Xu Que muttered under his breath as he smirked to himself.

Ever since he had taken the exquisite armor sets from the Second Prince of the Metal Nation, he had been mulling over the idea of forming a private army for himself. Now that he had seen Situ Hai Tang, the idea popped up again.

"Owwww…."

Suddenly, Buttface's howling was heard.

"Hmm, that cheapskate dog is still alive?"

Xu Que was slightly stunned and turned around to look for him.

Earlier on, Buttface had thought he had been acting smart by trying to escape during the chaos. However, he had ended up getting hurt by the fiery lotus. He was smashed into a pile of snow and his butt caught fire.

After all, that fiery lotus had been created using three types of powerful rare flames. No matter how tough Buttface's body was, this time he had not been able to avoid getting hurt.

Buttface finally managed to get himself out of the snow. The fire on his body had extinguished.

When he turned to check his injuries, both man and dog was instantly shocked.

After the initial surprise, Xu Que suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahahaha, Buttface, you sure are f*cking trendy! You actually shaved off the fur on your butt? Are you trying to be a monkey by having a monkey butt?"

"Oww, d*mn! This deity is going to bite you!"

Buttface cussed, and dashed madly at Xu Que.

However, all was futile for Buttface.

Xu Que quickly chanted a spell and Buttface immediately fell to the ground, screaming frantically.

Boooommm!

At this moment, not too far away from them, another deafening sound was heard.

Xu Que swiftly turned to look at what had happened and was astounded by what he saw.

The Ice Troops actually had a secret weapon! The general of the rebel forces had unveiled a magical weapon. It was an ice pearl that was as big as a fist!

The ice pearl emitted a chilly aura and a beautiful light that shone on the Ice Troops. That light seemed tough, and their defense was greatly improved.

Situ Hai Tang, who was leading the Snow City troops, looked uneasy at the sight of the ice pearl.

Obviously, the appearance of the ice pearl made her feel threatened!

"Haha, Situ Hai Tang, this is the Mysterious Ice Pearl bestowed upon us by the Ice Queen," cackled the general of the rebel forces. "It's a seven-star magical weapon. With extra help from the weather and our location, its power can be fully displayed. There is no way you can win."

The only thing that he was worried about now was Xu Que.

But after the tri-color fiery lotus, Xu Que had not tried to make any other moves. The rebel forces thought they saw hope, as they thought Xu Que must have run out of True Core Strength.

Even Situ Hai Tang thought so as well.

After all, Xu Que had executed his fearsome skill art twice and it was only expected that it would strain one's True Core Strength. Moreover, as Xu Que had stopped to listen to the system notifications and had stopped participating in the battle, it was no wonder that the others would misunderstand.

Hai Tang turned and looked at Xu Que. Her lips were moving slightly but she was communicating to Xu Que via Soul Strength. "Young warrior, you helped us out greatly earlier. I, Hai Tang, hereby offer my thanks to you. But this battle is going to be a tough fight. As you are not from the Water Nation, despite your talents, there is no need for you to tread in troubled waters. You… you should leave immediately!"

Xu Que could not help but laugh and shake his head when he heard that. "I'm someone who does not run away from a fight," Xu Que replied to Hai Tang. "In my life, there is no such thing as 'running away'."

Such brazen words left Situ Hai Tang slightly startled.

Clearly, such words had left a good impression in Situ Hai Tang. She liked to deal with courageous and righteous people. More importantly, Xu Que had shown that he was really strong, and that was enough to make Hai Tang treat him with special regard.

Nevertheless, she still felt that Xu Que should not be dragged into this.

After a brief silence, Situ Hai Tang communicated to Xu Que using Soul Strength again, wearing a grave expression. "Looks like I was right about you. Young warrior is indeed brave. But now that they have unveiled a seven-star magical weapon, I'm afraid that we will be unable to hold out for long. With young warrior's talent, you will surely be able to go far in cultivation. There's no need for you to die here with us."

"It's only a seven-star magical weapon. Don't be afraid!" Xu Que was smiling as he spoke.

When the general of the rebel forces had showed off the seven-star Mysterious Ice Pearl, Xu Que had rejoiced.

You have a f*cking seven-star magical weapon?

Well, I have an eight-star one with me!

Not only that, but there's a Sword Spirit residing within it!

Immediately, he removed his eight-star precious sword from his system inventory and gave the blade a light flick!

Shiing!

A crisp, metal tremolo instantly resounded throughout the area.

That caught everyone's attention. They turned around to look at Xu Que and their gazes fell on the sword that he was holding. In no time, their expressions froze.

"That's… that's…"

"An eight-star precious sword?"

"Heavens, how… how is this possible?"

"That guy is only at the Original Infant Stage. How did he get such a godly sword?"

"Who the hell is he?"

The rebel forces had just been feeling hopeful and had regained some morale. Now, they were scared stiff once more.

The general of the rebel forces nearly spat a mouthful of blood. He felt like breaking down in tears.

I just took out our last secret weapon, the seven-star Mysterious Ice Pearl. And you had to f*cking take out an eight-star precious sword? Godd*mn! You want all of us to die, right?

Situ Hai Tang wore an expression of consternation as she looked at Xu Que, unable to believe what happened.

Well… this was an eight-star magical weapon. If people caught wind of the whereabouts of such a treasure, numerous people would try to loot it. It could even spark a war between the nations.

Such a treasure had actually been taken out by young man at the Original Infant Stage! That really astonished everyone.

"F*ck! Boy, you snatched that sword from this deity," said Buttface with an angry glare.

However, nobody bothered with what Buttface had said. A dog owning an eight-star precious sword? No living thing would believe that, they thought.

Just then, Xu Que furrowed his eyebrows slightly.

After he had obtained the sword at the Sword Catacomb, he had not touched the sword again. He had not communicated with the Sword Spirit either. Upon taking it out now, there was no response from the Sword Spirit. It seemed as if the Sword Spirit had fallen into a deep slumber.

"You Hun? What are you doing? Hurry, come out and fight!" Xu Que called to the Sword Spirit, sending his Soul Strength into the sword.

But he did not get any response.

Now, Xu Que's eyebrows were even more closely knitted than before.

The Sword Spirit couldn't have escaped secretly, right? he thought.

Swish!

Just then, he heard a soft sound in his head, followed by the voice of the Sword Spirit.

"I'm refining my soul. I can't come out now!"

"D*mn, if you don't come out," said Xu Que. "I can't act tough… I mean, I can't execute my sword art!"

If the Sword Spirit couldn't come out, how would he continue to act tough? How would he shock everyone beyond words?

"I can teach you a set of the Immortal Emperor's sword art," the Sword Spirit sounded emotionless as usual. "Even if you only learn a tiny bit, that will be enough to kill everyone here!"

Xu Que was stunned for a moment.

The Immortal Emperor's sword art?

Holy sh*t, the Sword Spirit can actually teach me sword arts?

Bang!

Suddenly, before Xu Que could react, his body gave a shudder. It was as if he had been imprisoned by an invisible force. He stood frozen at the spot.

The next moment, the entire eight-star sword shone radiantly and seemed to illuminate the entire snowy land.

Rows and rows of ancient rune words flowed from the sword like a stream, twirling towards Xu Que's head and the spot between his eyebrows.

This is an inheritance, the real inheritance!

It is an ancient inheritance that contains Supreme Sword Will!

Xu Que's eyes went wide with disbelief.

The secrets to a sword art set had manifested in his mind. 'The Nine Grids Sword Art of Celestial Thunder'. It had once been used by the Immortal Emperor and was a high grade celestial sword art!

Each stroke of the sword art encompassed incomparable dominance and power. Each stroke was deeply profound.

Such a formidable sword art was actually being taught to him in such a manner. This was beyond his wildest imaginings.

Chapter 392: More People Were Killed

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At that moment, the Ice Troops in the near distance realized that there was something wrong with Xu Que.

"What is wrong with him?"

"It seems that he has been trapped or something!"

"Yes, he has been trapped by the light emitting from that sword! It feels like the light has got some mysterious power."

"I see, a sword of eight-star level is indeed powerful."

"He is too full of himself and thought that he could control that sword… now he is going to be devoured by it."

"Hurry! This is a good opportunity for us to kill him!"

The leader of the Ice Troops waved his hands and ordered the troops to attack Xu Que.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of soldiers assembled themselves into smaller groups and began to rush at Xu Que from all directions.

"Sh*t!"

Situ Hai Tang and many of the soldiers from Snow City were shocked. Since seeing that Xu Que had been trapped, they knew they had to help him as he had helped them before.

"Everyone, listen now! I need all of you to do anything you can to protect that young man!" Situ Hai Tang shouted and dashed forward, trying to stop the Ice Troops.

Meanwhile, all the other soldiers of Snow City quickly gathered together to encircle Xu Que.

"Hey, man, do not fret. I am going to get you some helpers!" Buttface said, blinking his eyes. Then he immediately ran away.

The whites of Xu Que's eyes showed. He decided that he would teach him a lesson when he saw him again.

Currently, Xu Que could not move at all. The system asked him if he wanted to reclaim control over his own body again, on the condition that he would lose 1000 Acting Tough Points and stop the process of receiving the Immortal Emperor's sword art, named Sword Knack.

Hearing this, Xu Que refused.

Are you kidding me?! Lose 1000 Acting Tough Points and stop the process of receiving Sword Knack?! I am not an idiot!

He closed his eyes and continued the process of receiving Sword Knack. Numerous Inscriptions were pouring into his mind. The process was almost done, and it was now impossible for him to stop it!

Right at this moment, the two sides began to fight again!

With the help of the Mysterious Ice Pearl, the Ice Troops' defensive power was strengthened. They soon managed to kill many soldiers of Snow City.

They had also divided themselves into more than ten small groups, which made it more difficult for the soldiers of the Snow City to defend themselves.

Suddenly, a few soldiers of the Ice Troops discreetly broke the other side's defense. They held ice cubes in their hands and attacked Xu Que.

"Be careful!" Situ Hai Tang shouted, seeing this.

However, she herself was trapped by hundreds of soldiers of the Ice Troops, so she could not help Xu Que.

At that moment, Xu Que's eyes were still closed and he was not moving at all.

Some soldiers from Snow City noticed the advancing soldiers of the Ice Troops, but it was already too late.

The old man in white who had remained on the city wall dashed forward, trying to save Xu Que. Unfortunately, he could not run as fast as the soldiers of the Ice Troops.

After all, it was snowing everywhere, and the soldiers of the Ice Troops were already accustomed to the climate.

"Go to hell!" the soldiers of the Ice Troops shouted in unison.

Earlier, Xu Que had killed over three thousand soldiers of the Ice Troops. Now they finally had the opportunity to get revenge!

In the blink of an eye, the Qi in the air morphed into ice swords, which flew towards Xu Que.

"Hero, be careful!" all the soldiers of the Snow City Troops shouted.

Situ Hai Tang's face became gloomy.

The old man in white's whole body trembled. He looked as if he was in great pain, and his eyes seemed like they were going to burst!

Meanwhile, the soldiers of the Ice Troops were all laughing…

Right at this moment, Xu Que began radiating a magnificent energy. The energy became an invisible air wave.

Bang!

Thousands of sharp ice swords were shattered by the air wave, their shards falling onto the ground.

"I am so sorry that your ice swords are all broken." Xu Que opened his eyes and stared at the shocked soldiers.

Then he began to sneer!

Xu Que could freely move his body now, and the point between his two eyebrows was glowing.

The process of receiving Sword Knack was over!

The Nine Grids Sword Art of Celestial Thunder had finished inscribing itself in his mind.

"Wh...what?"

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Ice Troops stopped laughing and became terrified.

A piercing sound rent the air!

The sharp sword in Xu Que's hand quickly flew from his grasp.

In the blink of an eye, the whole world fell still and silent, as if into a deep sleep. Even the wind stopped blowing.

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard.

Xu Que's eyes were shining with golden light. He took one step forward before vanishing completely—leaving the soldiers of the Ice Troops in a daze.

In a moment, countless rays of light began to gather and twirl around the soldiers. Soon, they all fell heavily down to the ground.

Gradually, bloody marks began to appear on their necks. Eventually, they all died.

The whole battlefield became silent.

Everyone was shocked by this scene and stopped fighting. They were all stupefied and looked at Xu Que.

"What happened just now?"

"What is the mysterious power of Sword Knack that he used just now? It is so fast!"

"I could not even detect his trace!"

"This young man is really powerful! Are you sure he is only in the Original Infant Stage?"

"He has not only mastered the powerful Sword Knack, but has also exhibited such amazing and terrifying swordsmanship. What is his true identity?"

Everyone was stunned by Xu Que, including the soldiers of both the Ice Troops and the Snow City, Situ Hai Tang and the old man in white.

The leader of the Ice Troops blacked out from shock.

No one amongst the Five Nations should be able to use Sword Knack as Xu Que had. It was impossible for this sort of person to exist…

Xu Que shook his head and sighed. "More people have been killed again!"

Then he raised his head and looked at the soldiers of the Ice Troops. He raised his arms and pointed with his sword at the leader in the middle.

"Come! I will kill one hundred thousand of you guys!"

Chapter 393: Victory

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"I will kill one hundred thousand of you guys!"

Xu Que's voice echoed through the huge battlefield, like the peals of an enormous bell.

Everyone, including all the soldiers of the Ice Troops, were silent and in complete shock.

They were stunned by what Xu Que had done just now, and felt that it would be impossible for them to defeat him. Becoming desperate, they gradually gave up on fighting.

On the other side, the soldiers of Snow City were cheered up by Xu Que's feats. Their eyes glittered with excitement and they were raring to fight.

"Yes, let's kill one hundred thousand of them!"

"Xu Que, you are my hero!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!"

"Let's kill one hundred thousand of them!"

Countless soldiers of Snow City began to chant in unison. Their voice were so loud that everyone around them could hear—including the Ice Troops. Hearing their words, most of the Ice Troops were terrified and began to back away!

Even the leader of the Ice Troops was shocked. He had never imagined that the soldiers he had trained himself would be defeated by the exhausted, weakened soldiers of Snow City.

He looked at Xu Que, tumultuous feelings churning in his chest.

In fact, if it had not been for Xu Que, he would have already won this battle. But now everything had changed. He had never dreamed that such a turn of events would occur!

Now it would be impossible for him to change this situation!

Situ Hai Tang could not believe what she had seen. Her beautiful eyes were wide open in surprise.

Throughout the years, she had participated in many battles, but she had never before thought that her own peers could be as powerful and energised as they were now.

It was all because of the one sentence that Xu Que had uttered!

Let's kill one hundred thousand of them!

Actually, not everyone could accomplish this. The problem was that the Ice Troops numbered at less than one hundred thousand!

Earlier, the Ice Troops' numbers had exceeded ten thousand, but now, only around seven thousand soldiers were still alive…

Obviously, Xu Que knew this, and he was very happy with the reaction from the soldiers of Snow City. He took a big stride forward and shouted to the soldiers of the Ice Troops, "Less than one hundred thousand? You guys suck!"

At the same time, every soldier of the Snow City shouted all together: "You suck!"

"You suck!"

"You suck!"

The Ice Troops were completely stunned. They had always been marvelous and invincible, but now they were being mocked. Of course they would be stunned.

Having realized how powerful Xu Que was, they did not even dream of fighting back.

There was only less than seven thousand soldiers left in the Ice Troops, and Xu Que's Sword Knack could easily kill thousands of people in one hit.

Bang!

A soldier of the Ice Troops had grown so afraid and desperate that he had dropped his weapon on the ground and run away!

Seeing this, all the other soldiers' thoughts of running away intensified.

The leader shouted, "How dare you! You coward!"

He dashed toward the deserting soldier and cut him into halves with his long spear. The soldier's blood sprayed onto the snow, turning it scarlet.

"Anyone who dare to run away shall be killed immediately!" the leader shouted from atop his horse.

He knew that under such a situation, there was still a small hope that he could win if he managed to lift the morale of his soldiers.

Right at this moment, Xu Que walked forward and shouted, "Anyone who dares to run away will not be killed!"

Hearing this, the leader became so angry that he almost coughed up blood. He stared furiously at Xu Que.

What the hell are you doing?!

Xu Que continued to speak. "You can join us. I promise I will not kill you if you join us. Besides, anyone who behaves himself will be well-treated, we even provide social security! So seize this opportunity and join us!"

Everyone at present was shocked by his words.

Captives would be well-treated? Was it really possible?

Hearing this, Situ Hai Tang said, "Hero, they are all traitors, we shall kill them all!"

"I know. You really are single-minded, I'm just lying. Once we manage to make them believe us, we shall kill them all after they join us," Xu Que said.

Some soldiers of the Ice Troops heard Xu Que's words and were speechless.

What the f*ck?! He is mad!

Both Situ Hai Tang and the soldiers of the Snow City were surprised by these words.

If we do that, even if we win, we will be despised by others!

"Seriously?" Xu Que scoffed. "Don't give me these funny looks. Have you ever heard of the Tactic of Sowing Discord? When I said that captives would not be killed, some of them will definitely doubt it. They will then argue with each other and even fight with each other. See? We don't even need to kill them ourselves! Well, since you guys think this might be a bit dishonourable, we can just drop this topic now!"

The Tactic of Sowing Discord?

Well, it sounded rather cruel, but it was still better than telling a lie first and killing the captives later.

"You are such a despicable person! Who are you? Why did you get involved with the Water Nation?" the leader of the Ice Troops asked angrily.

Xu Que smiled and took out a feather fan. "My name is Zhuge Liang. You can also call me Kong Ming or Wo Long!"

"Zhuge Liang?"

Clearly, no one had ever had this name before.

But how could it be possible that no one had ever heard this name? He was such a powerful man…

Xu Que realized that he had gotten enough Acting Tough Points, so there was no need for him to reason with them anymore. He then shouted, "Come, then! Come, all of you!"

He waved his feather fan heavily, and in the blink of an eye, his pair of Black Flamed Wings appeared again on his back. The eight-star sword in his hand began to shine as well.

He dashed into the lines of the Ice Troops, looking valiant and powerful!

Countless soldiers fell onto the ground one by one, their blood flowing together to form a river.

The leader of the Ice Troops was so angry that his eyes seemed as if they were going to explode. He kicked his horse and dashed toward Xu Que, shouting, "Kill him!"

But it was all too late. The Ice Troops had almost been completely destroyed by Xu Que. Everyone was shouting and running away.

Seeing this, Situ Hai Tang shouted, "Listen, everyone, let's do our bit to help hero Zhuge!"

"Kill them all!"

The soldiers of Snow City shouted as one, and formed an ordered line.

What a bloody fight!

Chapter 394: Save Me Some Face

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Led by Xu Que, the soldiers of Snow City were in high spirits!

Finally, the Ice Troops had been completely defeated!

Most of the soldiers of the Ice Troops had been killed and their bodies were buried in the snow. Only around ten people had managed to run away and make their way to the mountain.

Amongst those ten was the leader of the Ice Troops. Earlier, he had said that he would kill anyone who dared to run away. How absurd he had turned out to be…

In fact, he had totally freaked out upon seeing the marching soldiers, and especially when he realized that Xu Que's True Core Strength had not yet been used up. Then he had instantly spurred his horse forward and run away.

Initially, Xu Que had intended to catch up with him and kill him, but Situ Hai Tang had stopped him. "Let him go," she had said. "There is the restrictive enchantment in the mountain and many other soldiers of the Ice Troops are there as well. We must prepare well before we head there!"

"I think there is no need to wait until we are totally prepared. I can kill them all by myself." Xu Que laughed.

"Hero Zhuge, listen, it is very dangerous to go to the Snow Mountain without full preparation. The Water Empress is now imprisoned at the top of that mountain. What if you are also imprisoned? Then the Water Nation would never be rescued!" Situ Hai Tang said.

Hearing this, Xu Que was shocked.

The Water Empress is imprisoned in the Snow Mountain? How can it be possible? She is so powerful…

Xu Que frowned. Throughout the years, he had always thought that the Water Empress was someone very tough. However, judging from her skills, the Water Empress was only at Level Seven of the Infant Transformation Stage. Nevertheless, Xu Que felt that her real abilities were more better than that.

"Hero Zhuge, thank you so much for your help so far. Please leave the rest to the soldiers. Let's go back to the city first and talk about how we can rescue the Water Empress." Situ Hai Tang said.

Xu Que glanced at the magnificent Snow Mountain, and nodded.

I'd better figure out what on earth had happened.

After all, even the powerful Water Empress had been imprisoned by the restrictive enchantment. Xu Que realized that he himself would need to be more careful.

What if I myself am imprisoned? If that happens, it will definitely cost me lots of Acting Tough Points to get out.

"Hero, this way please!" Situ Hai Tang said. She did not wait for Xu Que and began walking directly to the Snow City.

This woman is really something… and she is very stylish as well! Normally, if I am the guest, she should walk behind me!

After they walked through the city gates, they found that the whole city had been buried in snow. There were many injured soldiers leaning against the walls and curled up in corners. They had not yet received medical treatment, and were instead trying to heal their wounds by reading some magical runes.

The residents of the city all came out to help these soldiers and put bandages on their wounds.

As soon as Xu Que and Situ Hai Tang walked into the city, they became the subject of great admiration from the citizenry.

After all, without Xu Que, the whole of Snow City would have been destroyed. In the citizens' eyes, he was the hero!

"Thank you for your help!" a trembling old soldier said as he stood up and reached out his hand to Xu Que.

"Hero! Thank you!"

"I will always remember what you have done for us!"

All the injured soldiers and citizens were showing their gratitude to Xu Que. Hearing this, Xu Que waved his hands and said, "Do not be like this. Everyone, sit down and please have a rest. Remember you are all injured. I have got some medicine here with me, feel free to take it if you need."

Over the year, Xu Que had killed many people and received many storage rings. The rings contained many Spirit Stones as well as a huge number of medicines.

Besides, he had previously looted the treasure-house in the Fire Country, the Imperial Tombs as well as the secret room in the Second Prince's house.

Now he himself resembled a walking treasure trove, as rich as a king. For him, saving a whole city's citizens would not be a big deal.

However, before he took out the medicines, Situ Hai Tang waved her hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I do not think it will be much help. There are many injured soldiers here in this city and you cannot save them all."

Clearly, she did not want Xu Que to make any more sacrifices, since she was sure that he would not have enough supplies to save all the injured soldiers. He could cause a conflict amongst the soldiers if he truly did not have enough.

At the same time, some soldiers also spoke. "Hai Tang is right, there is no need for you to sacrifice anything for us anymore. In a few months, we will recover!"

"You are really a good person!"

"You have helped us defeat the enemy, how can it be possible for us to ask you for medicine on top of that?"

"Yes, we could not possibly do that!"

Hearing this, Xu Que smiled. "It's fine. I have got plenty, you can use as much as you want."

Still, Situ Hai Tang felt that Xu Que was just boasting. She was worried that soldiers who did not receive medicine would feel as if they had been treated unfairly.

"Hero Zhuge, I think you should think carefully about this…"

"Don't be like this. After all, you are all citizens of the Water Empress, which means that you are all my citizens as well. I cannot possibly see you guys suffer!" Xu Que said with great determination, summoning his system storage.

Knowing Xu Que would insist on helping the soldiers, Situ Hai Tang gave in, and nodded.

"We are a big family, so we have to help each other!" Xu Que smiled and patted Situ Hai Tang's shoulder gently.

Situ Hai Tang stared at Xu Que, feeling a bit crossed. Although she was a general, she was also a woman, and she believed that women should keep their distance from men. He had irritated her slightly by touching her.

Before she could show her discontent to Xu Que, he had already turned around to speak to the others. "Please, create an open space so I can lay down the medicine!"

Create an open space?

Everyone was stunned. Why do we need to create an open space, we just need a few bottles of medicine?

Everyone backed away and made some space.

"No, this is too small, make it bigger!" Xu Que said again.

Everyone did as they were told.

"Bigger!"

Everyone moved back again.

"Still not big enough! A bit bigger will do! Believe me, just a bit bigger, then it will be fine! I give you my word."

Soon, in front of everyone was an open space of around ten square meters.

Even Situ Hai Tang was stunned by this and had no idea why they had been asked to make such a big space.

"Good! This will do!" Xu Que nodded happily. Then he waved his hand and read out the names of the medicines inside the system storage.

Bang!

A ray of bright light radiated from Xu Que's hand, hitting the ground.

In the blink of an eye, an immense pile of medicine appeared in the open space.

All the medicines were two or three star in value, and most of them would be able to help the injured heal their wounds and reclaim their strength.

Seeing this, everyone was shocked and speechless.

Chapter 395: It Was a Long Story

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Everyone was silent and the atmosphere was strange.

All the people's eyes were wide open as they stared at the medicine. Then they looked at Xu Que in completely shock.

In fact, this was the first time that they had seen this amount of medicine.

No, we must be dreaming!

How can it be possible that Hero Zhuge has so much medicine with him?

Could it be possible that he has looted a big sect and obtained all these supplies?

Situ Hai Tang, in particular, was stunned. Her mouth trembled and she looked at Xu Que in a daze.

She thought Xu Que had only been boasting before and would only take out a few bottles of medicine to save the soldiers. She had never thought that he would have such a huge amount of supplies with him.

This amount of medicine would be enough for the citizens of Snow City to use for a whole year.

"Hero Zhuge, where...where…" she looked at Xu Que, without knowing how to make a start.

She knew that only a large sect or a country could freely give out such a huge amount of medicine out to others. A small sect or a single family could never do such a thing.

Xu Que calmly waved his hand and said, "Situ, I have already told you that we are a big family and we should help each other. So consider the medicine a small gift from me."

A small gift? Are you joking?

Some people were so shocked that they almost spat out blood…

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acting tough successfully. The reward is 380 Acting Tough Points!"

Ding! "Congratulations to host 'Xu Que' for acting tough successfully. The reward is 420 Acting Tough Points!"

The system notifications kept ringing in his head.

As long as he continued acting tough a little, he would easily be able to get almost 1000 Acting Tough Points. But Xu Que was not that interested in how much his Acting Tough Points had increased by.

After all, he was already a man with over 30,000 Acting Tough Points! There was no need to be too excited this time.

Still, he did feel a little good about himself.

"Why aren't you all moving? Situ, help them divide the medicine so the soldiers can get what they need and recover sooner. We don't have that much time, don't forget that we have to make a plan to rescue the Water King!" Xu Que spoke, looking around the city. Clearly he was still acting as if such a huge amount of medicine wasn't a big deal at all.

Seeing this, everyone began to admire Xu Que and praised him secretly.

He must have come from a super powerful faction!

Earlier, he had said that he was Zhuge Liang from the Exploding Heavens Faction.

What was the Exploding Heavens Faction? A faction that had a talent like Hero Zhuge and a great amount of supplies!

Ding!....

The sound of the system notifications rang again.

Suddenly, the old man in white appeared. But this time, his white clothes were soaked with blood. Obviously, he had killed many enemies.

The old man had come to the Snow City to join the discussion about rescuing the Water Empress. Seeing the pile of medicine on the ground, he was also shocked.

"The medicine…"the old man could not even finish a whole sentence.

"Second Uncle, this is a gift from Hero Zhuge…"

Situ Hai Tang quickly explained what had transpired to the old man as she divided the medicine amongst the the injured soldiers.

After being told what had happened, the old man was totally stunned and speechless.

He said his thanks to Xu Que and then joined Situ in delivering the medicine to the soldiers. He also brought some to the soldiers who were clearing the mess on the battlefield outside the city.

Meanwhile, Situ led Xu Que to the palace residences. On the journey, she gave a brief introduction of the city to Xu Que.

"When the uprising happened, everyone in the city freaked out. Soon, the soldiers of the Ice Troops came. Knowing that we would not give in, the people in the palace fled at night and took all the medicine," Situ said.

Hearing this, Xu Que did not say anything. He was rather gloomy and asked, "I want to know what on earth had happened in Water Nation, and why the Water Empress is imprisoned in the mountain. Who is the Ice Queen by the way?"

Situ looked at him in surprise and said, "You do not know what has happened in Water Nation?"

God, he knows nothing but he still chose to help us. Can it be possible that he is a very good friend of the Water Empress?

"If I knew, do you think I would bother asking you?" Xu Que said.

Situ opened the door of the residences and said in a heavy voice, "It is a long story!"

Xu Que frowned and followed her.

They sat down.

Situ took out a piece of broken jade and asked, "Have you ever seen this before?"

Seeing the object in her hand, Xu Que began to laugh.

He had this piece of jade himself as well. It had been given by to him by the Water Empress when he had met her at the Tower of Souls.

Each jade had a mark upon its surface that had been made by the Water Empress. It seemed that only trusted confidants of the Empress would receive this jade.

Xu Que realized that Situ did not totally believe in him, which was why she had taken out the jade to test him!

"Situ, of course I have this jade as well, it was given to me by the Water Empress."

He smiled, and took out his piece of jade from his system storage.

Seeing his jade, Situ was finally relieved and felt a bit sorry: "Hero Zhuge, please forgive me. We are the few people left in this country who remain loyal to the Water Empress, so…"

"It's fine. Let's get down to the real business… what on earth has happened?" Xu Que asked.

Situ's face looked gloomy and started to speak. "Fifty years ago, when the previous Emperor was still alive, the Ice Queen was beloved by him. However, the Ice Queen was very ambitious and wanted to control this country…"

Chapter 396: We were bound to win

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Situ began to tell him what had transpired in great detail, and Xu Que listened very carefully.

He was very interested in the past of the Water Empress.

Long ago, the late Emperor of Water Nation had noticed that the Ice Queen wanted to make the country her own.

When the Ice Queen realized that her conspiracy had been discovered by the late Emperor, she and her peers cooperated to attack him.

At that time, the Water Empress had just finished her studies at Sky Incense Valley when she discovered the dispute over the throne between the late Emperor and the Ice Queen!

It was said that everyone involved in this battle had died, so no one really knew what had happened during the fighting.

In the end, however, the Water King had been injured, and the Ice Queen had also been severely injured and fled. After that, no one really knew where the Ice Queen had gone.

While the late Emperor of Water Nation was on the verge of death, he asked all his officials to gather in front of him and made the Water Empress his heiress. Soon after, he had died.

Fifty years later, the Ice Queen recruited a group of soldiers and gathered the Ice Troops from abroad. She then returned to seek vengeance.

However, at that time, the Water Empress had retreated to Fire Country to enhance her powers in seclusion. The Ice Queen took this opportunity to launch a sneak attack at Water Nation. She also bribed many officials, after which chaos swept across the whole country.

In a few months, over half the territory of Water Country had become occupied by the Ice Queen. When the Water Empress returned, it was already too late to save her country.

Hearing this, Xu Que was a bit confused.

As far as he was concerned, when the Water Empress had come back from Sky Incense Valley, she must have still been in the Original Infant Stage.

I don't believe that she managed to help the late Emperor defeat the Ice Queen. There must be more to it. Besides, why did the Ice Queen suddenly decide to usurp the throne? When she was defeated, she even managed to flee overseas. Moreover, how did she manage to recruit an army and take control of the entire country in less than a few months?

Obviously, someone else must have helped the Ice Queen. Otherwise, she would not have been able to accomplish all this.

"They must have a secret!" Xu Que murmured and shook his head.

Situ was stunned and asked, "What do you mean? Are you talking about the Water Energy in our country?"

"Never mind. By the way, you have not told me how the Water Empress came to be imprisoned in the mountain. She is powerful enough, it would be nigh impossible for her to be captured," Xu Que said.

Xu Que knew that the Water Empress had been strong enough to combat the Old God of Killing, who had been in Level 8 of the Infant Transformation Stage.

Hearing this, Situ's face became gloomy and she continued in a low voice, "When the Water Empress came back, she came to Snow City first. Then she went to the holy ground of the Snow Mountain, as if trying to find something that could help her to overturn this situation. Somehow, the Ice Queen knew about this and took fifty thousand soldiers of the Ice Troops to the holy ground!"

"Fifty thousand soldiers plus the Ice Queen? And then was the Water Empress caught?" Xu Que was shocked. "No way! Even if she could not win, she must have run away alive!"

"I do not know what had happened!" Situ shook her head and said, "Later, the Ice Queen came back and told us that the Water Empress had been imprisoned in Snow Mountain forever and asked us to surrender. At first, I did not believe what she had said. In the past, when the Water Empress went up to the mountain, she would come back ten days later and ask me to wait. But this time, after twenty days, she still had not come back…"

Xu Que frowned and asked, "You haven't gone to the mountain and checked yourself since then?"

"I have, but I cannot make to the holy ground! There is an abyss that separates me from the holy ground, and besides, there is an ancient restrictive enchantment that can take away people's powers!"

Situ shook her head. "In the past, there had been a rope bridge that led to the holy ground. But the bridge has already been cut off. I could not possibly make it to the other side whilst my power is being stripped away! Moreover, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ice Troops are camping around the holy ground and have even built walls. It is basically impossible to build another rope bridge!"

"You can try to fly to the other side!" Xu Que said without thinking.

Situ was shocked and said, "Hero Zhuge, I have said already that the restrictive enchantment there was very powerful. My energy would lose its effect, so I could not fly!"

"Who said that one cannot fly once his energy lose its effect? Let me show you something that I have been keeping for many years." Xu Que summoned his system storage.

There was more than one way to fly when one's powers were lost.

For examples, some helicopters…

But as Situ has said, the Holy Ground is heavily guarded, and they have even built a city wall. A helicopter would definitely be spotted by them! Besides, a helicopter cannot lift thousands of soldiers at once. Also it would cost me many Acting Tough Points to rent the helicopter. With the points I have now, I cannot rent too many helicopters.

"Hero Zhuge, do you really have other ways?" Situ asked.

Zhuge Liang… ah, I almost forgot the secret weapon that Zhuge Liang often uses!

"Situ, do not worry. Have you ever heard of the Kongming Lantern? Or paragliding?" Xu Que smiled.

When it came to Zhuge Liang, many people would think of the Kongming Lantern, and Xu Que would even think of paragliding.

Making these objects would not cost much time or money, and could have very good results!

Hearing what Xu Que had said, Situ was confused and had no idea what he was talking about.

Then Xu Que took out some design papers for the Kongming Lantern and a paraglider. He put them on the table and said with great confidence, "Come, I have got some design papers. We can ask some experienced craftsmen to make some lanterns according to these papers. The more the better."

Situ looked at the papers and asked, "Hero Zhuge, will it work?"

"Yes! We can definitely scare them to death when they see us dropping from the sky!" Xu Que said with great excitement.

Situ looked at the papers and saw an image of a strange lantern and a big triangular kite.

How could this work? It is impossible!

"Trust me! People already tried this thousands of years ago!"

Still, Situ was not convinced.

"But...Hero Zhuge, even if we manage to get to the other side, there are thousands of them. We have only have a few thousand soldiers, how can we win?" Situ asked again.

After all, once they stepped into the Holy Ground, their energy would lose effect. Even Xu Que would not be able to use his powerful magic.

"Do you know what is the most important thing for winning a battle? Apart from your strongest and most courageous soldiers, you need to have strong soldiers and horses, as well as a very smart military advisor! But now you have already got a counsellor… as for strong soldiers and horses, leave it to me!" Xu Que said.

"Military advisor? You mean my second uncle?"

"No. I will be the military advisor!"

Chapter 397: Are You Going To Do It Or Not?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In Situ's view, Xu Que would be better off as their strongest and most ferocious soldier, not their military advisor. In her opinion, even if Xu Que's energy lost its effect, he would likely still be very powerful.

Judging from his swordplay from before, once he started to fight against the enemy, he would definitely win. A powerful man like him should not just be a military advisor!

However, Xu Que insisted on being the military advisor. He said that when he had revealed his identity as Zhuge Liang, he had already decided to be their military advisor.

In any case, Situ was not too concerned about this. Instead, she was worrying about something else.

"Hero Zhuge, you said that you could make the soldiers and horses in the city more powerful, does that mean that you have some special way to train them? Or are you going to teach them some martial arts? Still, that is going to cost you lots of time." Situ asked.

Hearing this, Zhuge waved his head and took out his feather fan and smiled: "you are right, we do not have that much time, so we should find other ways!"

"Other ways?" Situ was a bit confused.

"Well, apart from the number of soldiers, we are no different from our enemy, right?" Xu Que smiled.

Situ nodded.

After all, no one could use their True Core Strength in the holy ground. The only difference between the two sides was in numbers!

"Once they can no longer use their True Core Strength, they will easily get tired out and it is going to take a long time for them to recover. If we can help our soldiers reclaim their strength quickly, then ha, we would definitely win!"

"What?! That is impossible!" Situ was shocked.

Without using True Core Strength, it would be impossible to help them reclaim their strength very quickly! Yes, we have plenty of medicine, but we need to use True Core Strength to make them work!

If Xu Que could really make it work, then there was a great chance that Situ's side would win. Thousands of energetic soldiers would certainly defeat tens of thousands of exhausted soldiers.

But could Xu Que really do that? And how?

Situ was very curious about what Xu Que was going to do. She looked at Xu Que in a daze.

Xu Que laughed and gently waved his fan. "I need a empty room and a hundred helpers. I am going to show you what the continuous production line is!"

The continuous production line?

Situ walked out of the residences and still had no idea what Xu Que wanted to do. After she saw Xu Que's piece of jade, she no longer doubted him, and did what he had requested.

Firstly, she asked a hundred craftsmen to make the Kongming Lantern and the fabric wings that were needed for paragliding.

Then, she emptied out a storeroom and managed to gather around a hundred people by the end of the night.

Xu Que slowly walked into the room, while waving his feather fan.

"Good evening! Everyone!"

"Good evening! Hero Zhuge!"

"Good! You all look very cheered up! I believe you are the future of Water Nation!" Xu Que nodded with satisfaction.

Hearing this, everyone felt very proud.

Situ anxiously walked toward to Xu Que and asked, "Hero Zhuge, what are we going to do?"

"Good question. I have been thinking all afternoon and I have made a new formula. We shall begin now!"

"Begin to do what?" Situ was confused.

"We shall begin to make ice lollies together. I have decided to make an energy drink for you. It is called RedBull. Considering the climate here, I think it would be better to make the drink into an energy ice lolly." Xu Que said.

Ice lolly?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

There are already so many ice lollies available here, why do we have to make one by ourselves?

Earlier, when Situ had mentioned that the soldiers would get very tired without True Core Strength, he had immediately thought of RedBull.

Usually, the energy drinks contained caffeine, vitamins and other nutritions. They could make people feel refreshed and energetic.

Since Xu Que was already a one-star chef, he could even make a tofu that would make anyone who ate it extremely powerful. Of course, he would just as easily be able to make some special energy drinks.

But the problem was how energetic this energy drink could make someone. This factor would be determined by Xu Que's skill.

To be able to make the perfect energy drink, he spent 1500 Acting Tough Points to buy a certification of two-star chef. Still, he was worried that his skills might still be a bit low, so he spent another 3000 Acting Tough Points and bought a certification of three-star chef.

Today, he wanted to build a ice lolly manufacturing factory here in Water Nation!

"I hope you can all trust my expertise! The ice lolly I am going to make is very special! If we can work together, once we make enough ice lollies, we will be able to rescue the Water Empress. Tell me! Are you going to do it or not?" Xu Que said resolutely.

"Yes! Let's do this!"

"We are definitely going to do this!"

"We would do anything for you!"

Hearing this, Xu Que felt very proud. His Acting Tough Points were also increasing!

He summoned his system storage. Then he took out all the equipment and began to assemble it.

All the equipment comprised of advanced inventions from Earth, but here in the Cultivation World, they would just look like some peculiar iron-made "gadgets".

Both Situ and the others were very curious. They stared at the equipment.

That night, the whole city remained lit up.

The craftsmen in the eastern side of the city were making the Kongming Lantern and the fabric wings. The citizens in the southern side of the city were using the equipment to produce raw materials.

Xu Que used a bit of his Soul Strength to control the machine he had assembled and turned all the raw materials into ice lolly.

Meanwhile, he also carefully sprinkled some mysterious tiny crystals on them.

The brown ice lollies came out, one after another...

Chapter 398: Sneak-attacking the Holy Ground at Night

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Situ had been with Xu Que all night and was shocked by all that she had seen.

Watching the ice lollies popping out one by one, she was so surprised that her eyes opened wide.

"Hero Zhuge, is this the ice lolly that can help our soldiers quickly reclaim their strength?" Situ asked. She still could not totally believe it.

After all, there was nothing special about the ice lolly, except for its strange appearance. She did not even feel any Qi emanating from the ice lolly.

Xu Que smiled and handed an ice lolly to Situ. "Eat it and you will find out."

Situ smelt it a little bit, sensing a slightly fragrant aroma.

Then she opened her mouth and bit off a small piece of it.

This woman is really something. She was supposed to lick it, not to bite it!

"What!" Situ covered her mouth and stared at Xu Que. There was a cracking sound in her mouth. Clearly, something was jumping around upon her tongue.

She was terrified and wanted to spit the ice out.

Seeing this, Xu Que quickly covered her mouth with his hand and hurriedly said, "You will be fine. It is called cracking candy. You will soon get used to it, and then it will be easier for you to eat something else."

Something else?

Situ was confused and realized that her mouth was still covered by Xu Que's hand.

Although she had been spending most of her time with soldiers, she still felt embarrassed when she was touched by a man. She backed away a step and looked at Xu Que angrily.

"What is going on?" Situ asked.

After the cracking candy stopped jumping around inside her mouth, she could feel a sweet flavour permeating her tastebuds.

Her body suddenly trembled. She felt as if an invisible energy was flowing through her body.

She now felt very energetic.

She had not slept for a few days, but now she felt so refreshed and comfortable!

"This is amazing! Hero Zhuge, I can feel that something is happening inside my body!" Situ said happily.

It seemed that she had forgotten her position as the general. She looked so cute and naive, just like a little girl who had eaten some sweets.

Xu Que was amazed.

It is just an ice lolly with cracking candy, why is she so happy about it?

In fact, the reason why Situ was so happy was because she now could see the possibility of her side winning.

I am in the Infant Transformation Stage, and even I am already feeling so refreshed after eating this ice lolly. I believe the other soldiers will definitely feel better after eating the ice lolly as well. With the help of it, we could definitely win this battle.

"Do you like the flavour of it?" Xu Que smiled.

Situ nodded. "The ice lolly not only tastes good, but it is also refreshing me and making me feel so energetic! Hero Zhuge, you are really a hero!"

"You are welcome!" Xu Que said.

At last, by the following evening, they had managed to make tens of thousands of ice lollies.

Since it was very cold outside, Xu Que did not even need to make a refrigerator to store all these ice lollies. The citizens evenly divided the ice lollies and put them in many boxes. Situ asked the citizens to move these boxes out of the room and prepare to deliver them to the soldiers.

As for the citizens who had helped make the ice lollies, each of them received an ice lolly in compensation.

The citizen were all surprised when rhey tried it.

After all, they were human, and they all felt extremely tired after having worked nonstop for twenty-four hours. But after they ate the ice lollies, they instantly became very energetic.

"This ice lolly is amazing!"

"You are right! The ice lolly is so special!"

"Hero Zhuge really is powerful!"

"Hero Zhuge, why don't we create a name for the ice lolly. The name 'ice lolly' is too ordinary!" a citizen suggested.

Hearing this, everyone agreed. "Yes, we should devise a special name for this ice lolly."

"I think we should call it 'Amazing Stick'!"

"Well, I think we should call it the 'Big Stick'!"

"Hey, guys.The ice lolly is brown and has the same function as the Lingzhi Mushroom, we should call it 'Meat Stick'!"

"Huh, this is a good name!"

Everyone nodded and thought this was a perfect name.

Meanwhile, Xu Que was chewing on an ice lolly. When he heard the term 'Meat Stick', he could not help but laugh and spit out the ice lolly.

What? 'Meat Stick'? Seriously?

"Are you not feeling well? Hero Zhuge?"

Xu Que waved his hand and said, "I am fine! You should all go back home and have a rest. Actually, I have already created a name for the ice lolly. I want to call it 'Exploding Stick'!"

'Exploding Stick'?

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. "What a name! When I was eating the ice lolly, I indeed felt like something was 'exploding' inside my mouth! Hero Zhuge, you are so knowledgeable!"

"It is nothing." Xu Que proudly waved his hands.

In the afternoon sunlight, the snow that covered the whole city was shining red. Everyone in the city felt very happy!

"Hero Zhuge, what should we do next?" Situ asked in a low voice.

She still could not believe that the Kongming Lantern and the fabric wings could help the soldiers cross the abyss.

Xu Que did not reply. He gently waved his fan and looked at the sun, smiling.

"Situ… no, General Hai Tang. Summon the soldiers and get ready to go tonight! Let's sneak-attack the Holy Ground tonight!"

Chapter 399: Let's Go

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

That night, the sky was extremely dark. There were only a few stars shining in the sky.

An army of thousands was marching towards the Snow Mountain.

Xu Que was the military advisor of the army, whilst Situ was leading the army.

Soldiers towards the back of the army were carrying a huge amount of goods and materials, like Kongming Lanterns and fabric wings. Each of the soldiers had an ice lolly in their hands.

The soldiers carefully held the ice lollies in their hand. They were all very confident.

Still, some of the soldiers also felt a bit concerned.

Will these ice lollies and fabric wings really help us cross the abyss and fly to the Holy Ground? Can we really avoid being spotted by the other side with thousands of us all moving together?

Soon, after they had climbed about halfway up the mountain, they found that their True Core Strength had been drained completely.

It was the same for Xu Que. Even so, he still managed to summon System and ask it if he could break this restriction.

The System answered, "This restriction is too difficult to break with the current level of your System. The System requires an upgrade!"

Hearing this, Xu Que did not say anything.

Clearly, this damn System wants me to spend more Acting Tough Points. I am already at Level 3. I would need to spend at least 10,000 Acting Tough Points to upgrade to a higher level! Besides, with the help of the ice lolly, I will not even need to use my True Core Strength.

"Hero Zhuge, the abyss is right in front of us," Situ said.

"Ask the army to stop, I will have a look around," Xu Que said. Then he walked forward a few steps and stopped at the edge of the abyss.

The abyss was so deep that he could see nothing but darkness, as if the whole universe had been buried by the dark.

On the other side, he could see a person walking.

"That should be a soldier of the Ice Troops!"

"System, tell me the distance between the two sides, the speed of the wind and the height we need to reach if we want to fly across the abyss," Xu Que said.

"Calculation completed. The height should be between 200 to 230 meters…"

Xu Que smiled.

As people often said, once you mastered mathematics, physics and chemistry, you would be able to solve any problem.

For me, once you have a System like mine, you can really solve all the problems.

"Situ, ask the soldiers to put on the fabric wings and stay still upon a Kongming Lantern. I will light the Kongming Lanterns, and we can all fly across the abyss," Xu Que said.

"Can… this really work?" Situ was still not sure about this.

"Believe me! This is science, the wisdom of humanity!" Xu Que patted Situ on her head and smiled.

Situ blushed.

I am a general and I was just patted by him as if I am a child. This is really embarrassing.

Luckily, since it was dark around, no one else had seen it. Otherwise, she would not even know how to face her own subordinates.

"Hero Zhuge… if you ever touch me without asking me first, I will punish you according to military law." Situ said seriously. Then she turned around and walked towards the soldiers.

She is really a difficult catch!

Soon, Situ came back. She was wearing a fabric wing and quickly crawled onto a Kongming Lantern.

"Everyone is ready now." She said.

Xu Que laughed and began to don his fabric wings. He crawled onto a Kongming Lantern too.

The Kongming Lantern was made from special materials. It was light and firm and could lift a few adults at one time.

"System, check if the igniter has been properly installed."

Before their departure, he had asked the citizens to install an igniter to each lantern.

Once he flipped a switch, all the igniters in each of the lanterns would be lighted.

"Ding! All the igniters have been properly installed." the System answered.

"Good! Let's give the soldiers of the Ice Troops a big surprise!" Xu Que was very excited and quickly flipped the switch.

The lanterns lit up one after another. The whole area was soon full of light.

All the soldiers held their breaths as they waited for their lanterns to light up.

Situ was feeling very nervous as she stared at her own lantern.

Gradually, all the lanterns lit up. Seeing the lanterns beginning to rise, everyone was shocked. Their eyes were wide open.

Hero Zhuge is right!

How amazing is this!

Everyone felt very excited.

No one dared to make a sound. Earlier, Xu Que had demanded that no one make any sound before landing. Otherwise, he would hang them on the city wall and have their penis touched.

In the quiet night, tens of hundreds of lanterns slowly floated to the sky.

On the other side, a patrolling soldier saw this scene and exclaimed, "Look! Something is not right on the other side!"

"What's that?"

"Where did all the lanterns come from?"

"How strange! A lantern cannot fly, right?"

Soon, all the soldiers on the city wall gathered together to discuss this peculiar scene.

They could only see the shining lanterns, not the people upon them.

"Could it be a signal from our peers? By now, General Li should probably have fully occupied Snow City!" a soldier said.

"Impossible! No one on our side has ever sent that sort of signal!"

"How strange this is. No one can use their True Core Strength on the mountain, so how come the lanterns are flying in the sky?"

"I see. It must be the people in the Snow City. they must be so desperate that they sent the lanterns up to the sky with their True Core Strength, hoping that God would save them!"

"Ha. We have given them enough chances!"

"Never mind the lanterns. Let's go have a drink."

"The Ice Queen is here, how dare you go have a drink?"

"What? When did she get here?"

"A few days ago. I have been told that she went to the Holy Ground to see the Water Empress…"

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