Lin Zhan sent a message to Tie Ha'er while on the road, asking him to rescue the Wind God Pterodactyl Knights and then search that area.
Upon receiving Tie Ha'er's confirmation of immediate departure, Lin Zhan turned to Lie Shan Long Que and said, "Let's head straight for Xuan Zhen. The demon and god races are definitely ambushing them."
The Wind God Pterodactyl Knights were just a diversion. The main target of the demon and god races was our Great Shang Ancestral Court Guard.
Meanwhile, Xiang Yu, along with Long Ju and a few others, was drinking from wine gourds while watching Lü Bu and Anaklis fight.
"King Xiang, Anaklis is supposed to be the top-ranked king-tier guardian general of the god race. How can he be so useless? He's being suppressed by Lü Fengxian, who's only third!"
Xiang Yu took a swig of strong liquor and glanced at Long Ju, saying, "Long Ju, don't underestimate Lü Bu. Even though Anaklis is a demon, let me tell you, you wouldn't last fifty moves against him before being taken down. As for Lü Bu, he gets stronger as he fights. After a hundred moves, he can kill Anaklis. Do you still think the gap between you and Lü Bu is small?"
Long Ju had always been unconvinced that Lü Bu was the third-ranked human guardian general. He believed his gap with Lü Bu was not significant, and he should even be stronger. He also disdained Dian Wei and Zhao Yun. However, in terms of true strength, Long Ju was only slightly better than Xu Chu, on par with Ma Chao, and significantly weaker than Dian Wei and Zhao Yun. It was only out of respect for Xiang Yu that they didn't discipline him. The main reason was their fear of Xiang Yu's retribution, as everyone knew he was unreasonable and fiercely protective of his subordinates.
As expected, after eighty moves, Lü Bu roared and vanished from his spot. He reappeared moments later, his Fang Tian Hua Ji thrust into Anaklis's chest.
Seeing Anaklis already dead, Xiang Yu patted Lü Bu and said, "Fengxian, stop posing and let's go. Our young marshal is about to risk his life again."
Lü Bu was startled, then remembered Lin Hai and Lin Shan, who had been turned into mummies. "These Lin family members, whether old or young, truly have no normal ones among them." He then looked at the four corpses around Xiang Yu, which were the remaining four guardian generals of the demon and god races. Even Kasarus, the demon race's top guardian general, who was said to be the strongest king-tier among both races, was killed by Xiang Yu within ten moves.
"King Xiang, you've defeated all the guardian generals of the demon and god races. There shouldn't be any problems for the marshal, right?"
Seeing Lü Bu's confused expression, Xiang Yu said helplessly, "I'm about to break through to the foundation-building stage. My cultivation realm can't be suppressed any longer. I'll help the marshal more while I can. We have too few human kings, and we're at a disadvantage in battles. We can only bear more of the burden."
Lü Bu was stunned and then said while on the move, "This is great. We've upgraded from being the tenthousand-year third to the tenthousand-year second. I wonder when Li Cunxiao will break through."
On the other side, shortly after Tie Ha'er left with the Iron-Eating Beast Legion, Avril appeared with the remaining 1,200 Naga Royal Guards not far from the Great Shang Ancestral Court Guard's battlefield.
"Lin Zhan, I can't kill you, so I'll kill your Great Shang Ancestral Court Guard first. Consider it collecting some interest," Avril said hatefully, looking at the battlefield.
However, as soon as Avril finished speaking, a mischievous voice came from beside her, "Little mermaid girl, you've kept Lord Black waiting a long time. Lord Black's flowers have all withered waiting for you."
Before Da Hei could finish, an even more mischievous voice came from beside him, "Cousin, it doesn't matter if the flowers wither. Just make sure your gun doesn't get soft."
Da Hei and Avril turned their heads together to see Xiao Hei walking over slowly.
Seeing everyone's gazes, Xiao Hei smirked and said, "What do you guys think? Surprised, aren't you?" He then turned to the Xuanwu kings and said, "What are you still looking at? Quickly surround these Naga and don't let any of them escape!"
"Xuanwu True Body!" Xiao Hei roared and transformed into a colossal Xuanwu with a carapace diameter exceeding 300 meters, charging towards the Naga.
Seeing their second lord make a move, the Xuanwu kings also transformed into their giant forms, with carapaces exceeding a hundred meters in diameter, and engaged the Naga Royal Guards, who had also revealed their massive true forms.
Xiao Hei, wearing sharp gauntlets on his claws, directly blocked the Naga guard captain's trident. Then, taking advantage of the Naga guard captain's momentary lapse in attention, his serpentine tail snatched a poisoned short blade and thrust it into the Naga guard captain's throat.
Looking at the Naga guard captain's lifeless body, Xiao Hei disdainfully said, "Idiot. Don't you know my father is Xuan Yi Dao, the most ferocious bandit of the Xuanwu tribe? Do you think I wouldn't know our family's ancestral secret technique?"
Da Hei, also holding a short blade in his serpentine tail, asked Xiao Hei curiously, "Brother, why is your short blade so sharp? Where did you get it?"
Xiao Hei glanced at Da Hei's short blade and then said disdainfully, "Cousin, you're still using that thing? You have the nerve to show it off." He then took out another identical short blade from his storage space and handed it to Da Hei. "Take this. Use this from now on. It's forged from the dragon horns of the Great Emperor of the Demon Dragon race, crafted by a master. Its triangular blade is specifically designed to penetrate armor, and it has a side edge that is incredibly sharp. It's also imbued with a potent poison personally concocted by Old Ancestor Yan Di. It seals the blood on contact; anyone stabbed by it is beyond saving."
Da Hei, dumbfounded, took the short blade and then disgustedly put away his own. "Brother, you've really made it. You're even using weapons from Great Emperors now."
Xiao Hei said with disdain, "This is nothing. Following my boss, just us few brothers, we eat three catties of Great Emperor-level demon dragon meat every day. Using weapons from Great Emperors is nothing!" He then charged towards his next target.
The Divine Princess and Demon Prince, who had been ambushing with the heavy armored guards of the demon and god races, watched in astonishment as the Xuanwu tribe engaged the Naga.
"Princess, why are the Xuanwu tribe here? That idiot fox Rommel, can't we rely on him at all? Didn't he say his plan was foolproof and guaranteed to eliminate the Great Shang Ancestral Court Guard?"
The Divine Princess glared at the foolish Demon Prince as if he were an imbecile. Xue Feng, looking at the傻呵呵 Demon Prince, shook his head helplessly and said, "Cousin, if Rommel were truly so infallible, he wouldn't have been beaten into this state by Lin Lao Hei. He's truly a persistent fighter, commendable and deserving of encouragement."
"Never mind the Xuanwu tribe showing up here. Even if you told me Lin Lao Hei suddenly appeared behind us, I would believe it."