"That's right, our Major General's marksmanship is second to none in the Northern Border War Zone!"
Yanzi was a devoted fan of Nalan Mingyue, seeing only her good points and no flaws!
Ye Kunlun didn't respond, still focused on Nalan Mingyue's condition.
As the spiritual energy vortex surged into her dantian, Nalan Mingyue's aura skyrocketed. The black spear in her hand emitted dragon roars, like a living black dragon.
Her aura continued to climb. Upon reaching a critical point, she naturally stepped into the Opening Spirit Realm.
Everything seemed to happen effortlessly.
A few minutes later, the spear in Nalan Mingyue's hand slowed down, and her figure gradually reappeared.
Her beautiful eyes couldn't hide her excitement. She knew she had broken through, and the bottleneck that had troubled her for so long was finally shattered that night!
Nalan Mingyue, holding her black spear, flashed before Ye Kunlun. Her gaze was intense as she spoke in a deep voice, "Ye Kunlun, thank you for helping me again!"
Nalan Mingyue had been immersed in a state of profound mystery, but she couldn't break through the bottleneck no matter what.
Just as she was becoming anxious and even a bit impatient, a terrifying spiritual energy gathered around her.
It was precisely that terrifying spiritual energy that helped her break through the Grandmaster realm and step into the Opening Spirit Realm!
Nalan Mingyue was not foolish and knew that the spiritual energy that aided her came from Ye Kunlun.
Ye Kunlun shrugged, feigning indifference. "I'm not helping you; I'm just helping myself!"
"After all, we're going to scout the barbarian territories. If your strength is too low and you fall into the barbarians' trap again, it'll be troublesome for me!"
"I just don't want you to die too early."
"In short, thank you!"
Nalan Mingyue wasn't angered. She thanked him again. Regardless of Ye Kunlun's motives, he had helped her.
She owed him a favor.
Yanzi blinked her eyes, sizing up Nalan Mingyue, then looked at Ye Kunlun.
She always felt that Nalan Mingyue's attitude towards Ye Kunlun had changed after she woke up, but she couldn't quite pinpoint how.
"Major General, you just woke up not long ago. You need to rest more and shouldn't be playing with your spear so strenuously."
Yanzi looked at Nalan Mingyue with concern.
Nalan Mingyue shook her head and smiled at Yanzi, "Don't worry, my condition has never been better."
"Let's go!" Nalan Mingyue looked at Ye Kunlun. "I'll take you to the place where the incident happened."
Yanzi was startled and quickly tried to stop her. "Major General, you're going to the barbarian territory with Mr. Ye? No, no, if Elder Wei finds out, he'll skin me alive!"
"Besides, what if you faint again after we return..."
Nalan Mingyue interrupted Yanzi with a smile, "Isn't he here? If I faint again, he'll probably save me."
Nalan Mingyue looked at Ye Kunlun seriously.
Yanzi was momentarily speechless. Ye Kunlun did indeed have the ability to save Nalan Mingyue.
"Alright, don't worry, I'll be fine." Nalan Mingyue patted Yanzi. "You guard here well and wait for me to return!"
Yanzi nodded and said nothing more.
A moment later, two figures, one after the other, avoided the surveillance of the Northern Border War Zone and moved rapidly northward.
As a Three-Star Major General of the Northern Border War Zone, Nalan Mingyue naturally knew where the surveillance cameras were.
She led Ye Kunlun to skillfully avoid them, heading north.
In the blink of an eye, they covered thirty kilometers!
Ahead was a grass marsh, about a person tall. Nalan Mingyue suddenly stopped and whispered to Ye Kunlun, who was following her, "Beyond this grass marsh is the barbarian territory. I was pursuing them from here at the time!"
Ye Kunlun released his spiritual sense. There were no abnormalities around.
"Stay behind me!"
Ye Kunlun flashed before Nalan Mingyue and probed ahead.
Nalan Mingyue closely followed Ye Kunlun, a sense of security she had never felt before blossoming in her heart.
In the past, she was always the one charging into battle.
Despite being a woman, she was always the first to charge forward.
She had never imagined that one day a man would make her follow behind him, protecting her.
Just then, Ye Kunlun slowed down and turned to Nalan Mingyue, whispering, "You don't think I'm protecting you, do you? I just think you're clumsy. If you get discovered by the barbarians while in front, it'll implicate me."
Nalan Mingyue: ...
Under the moonlight, she looked at Ye Kunlun's serious expression, her beautiful eyes blinking as she remained silent.
Then, Ye Kunlun turned and walked away.
A minute later, the two of them passed through the grass marsh.
Ye Kunlun stopped again at the edge of the marsh. He sensed someone nearby.
He turned back and made a shushing gesture to Nalan Mingyue.
Ye Kunlun's gaze pierced through the grass marsh, observing two tall and burly barbarians patrolling back and forth.
The barbarian men were over two meters tall, extremely strong, and filled with explosive power.
Their hair was braided into strands, tied back, resembling ancient warriors.
Nalan Mingyue also saw the two patrolling barbarians and showed some confusion.
"Ye Kunlun, there have never been barbarian patrols here before," she said to Ye Kunlun in a voice barely audible.
Ye Kunlun nodded. It seemed there was a special situation here, otherwise, the barbarians wouldn't have sent people to guard it.
"I'll deal with them first!"
Before Nalan Mingyue could react, Ye Kunlun disappeared from her sight.
The next second, she saw Ye Kunlun appear in front of the two barbarians.
Before the two barbarians could react, they had fainted.
Ye Kunlun had promised Sasha that he wouldn't harm barbarians without reason.
The moment Ye Kunlun knocked out the two barbarians, a rustling sound came from all around.
"Ah!"
Nalan Mingyue covered her mouth and let out a startled cry, instantly bouncing to Ye Kunlun's side like a startled rabbit.
Simultaneously, countless dark insects emerged from the soil, densely packed, sending shivers down one's spine under the moonlight.
"So many bugs!"
Nalan Mingyue shivered and leaned closer to Ye Kunlun.
Ye Kunlun was surprised. He hadn't expected Nalan Mingyue, who only knew fighting, to be afraid of bugs.
"I thought you were fearless," Ye Kunlun teased with a light smile.
Nalan Mingyue looked at the emerging insects, her body hair standing on end, "I, I'm truly not afraid of anything except bugs."
Ye Kunlun's gaze turned cold as he stared at the increasing number of insects.
He knew these insects were controlled, possibly by the barbarians, or perhaps by China.
However, the scene before him looked more like it was being controlled by the barbarians!
Suddenly, a bug shot up into the air and charged towards Ye Kunlun.
*Poof—*
Before the bug could get close to Ye Kunlun, it exploded into a cloud of black mist.
"How... how disgusting!" Nalan Mingyue felt a chill.
The death of that bug seemed to provoke the other insects.
After a wave of agitation, all the insects, like a flowing river, rushed towards Ye Kunlun and Nalan Mingyue with incredible speed.
From afar, the black tide of insects resembled a surging great river, rolling forward...