While watching the Heavenly Mandate General charge towards Hu Ma, the other members of the Hu family remained silent.

Some rose to their feet, their eyes blazing, staring intently.

Others, like Hu Xi, a female cousin from the Hu family, closed their eyes, their faces revealing unbearable pain and worry about the future…

It didn't have to be this way…

If you had appeared sooner, and we had properly discussed things, what couldn't have been resolved? Why did it have to come to this?

But alas, at this point, it was too late to say anything.

Based on a place like Ming Province, with its low fortunes and thin blessings, no matter who he was, how could he possibly be a match for the Heavenly Mandate General in terms of bravery and martial prowess?

And if anyone tried to use secret arts to deal with the Heavenly Mandate General at this time, he was wearing the skin of the late emperor, and he was protected by two hundred years of Yi Dynasty's Qi. No matter how powerful your strange arts were, how could they possibly affect him? They would only backfire.

The situation was settled!

Looking back, she felt that this younger cousin was arrogant and daring, but in reality, it seemed that every step he took was carefully considered, but he had been pushing himself towards a dead end.

Could it be that because the Meng family was watching from somewhere, their fate was suppressing him, causing him to weave a cocoon around himself step by step?

…

…

"Clang…"

In the surrounding silence, as ghosts and gods prostrated themselves, the Heavenly Mandate General had already reached the four Hall Officials, only a step away from Hu Ma behind them.

The four Hall Officials in front of him were already pressured by his aura and were about to make a move, but Hu Ma smiled faintly behind them, an invisible pressure suppressing them, as if Hu Ma had reached out and pressed on their shoulders, signaling them not to act rashly.

Facing the Heavenly Mandate General, who had charged in front of him, his Qi almost crushing everyone, Hu Ma was still sitting on the iron coffin, unmoved, as if he didn't take him seriously at all.

And the two Golden Armor Warriors beside him, as well as the Yin soldiers standing on either side of the iron coffin, were also standing upright, without the slightest movement.

At this moment, the Heavenly Mandate General was also trying to raise his horse lance, looked up, and caught Hu Ma's gaze. For some reason, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart, a sense of disbelief.

In his eyes, Hu Ma's figure was mysterious, blurred, and high above. He couldn't see Hu Ma clearly, but he could feel that the gaze that person was looking at him with was full of…

…Mockery!

But this shouldn't be. Even the Heavenly Mandate General Zhong Benyi didn't expect that those who considered themselves superior would dare to look at him like this now.

He knew that he possessed the Mandate of Heaven, was born brave and martial, and was untouched by evil spirits. He also knew that now that he had put on that garment, he could borrow this Mandate of Heaven, and for a brief moment, he could become the most noble person in the world.

This was the foundation of his deal with those city people, and also his last means of venting his anger.

He would open his eyes wide and see what kind of ridiculous expressions these guys who claimed to be nobles would show when they saw him up close…

…But why was he unmoved?

…How dare he still be so high and mighty?

The anger in his heart surged up, and he gritted his teeth fiercely: "Don't think about it!"

He just used all his strength in his arms, and slammed it forward, heavily crashing down, a mighty presence stirring up a heavy baleful aura, and instantly attracting the attention of countless people.

"Bang!"

To everyone's surprise, the horse lance fell, but suddenly, it was parried by a large saber. The force was so heavy that it even shook the horse lance into the air.

"What?"

The sudden change shocked everyone, and they all widened their eyes to look.

It was none other than the Grain Protector General, Yang Gong, wearing iron armor, sitting high on his horse, with a cloak and a precious saber in hand.

…

…

Early on, when the Heavenly Mandate General was about to break through the battle formation and charge towards Hu Ma, Yang Gong had already spurred his horse over.

Many people around him were frightened. Whether it was his personal soldiers or the military advisor Tie Zuizi, they all went into a frenzy, wanting to come forward to stop him, shouting, "Are you crazy? That Heavenly Mandate General is too powerful, don't get close to him…"

But Yang Gong ignored these dissuasions. He was also gritting his teeth, not saying the reason he was thinking in his heart.

Instead, he deliberately appeared angry and scolded: "That guy is fierce and ruthless, am I not fierce and ruthless enough? How can I let him show off his power in my army and kill my brothers?"

"No one should stop me. If I don't show my power, does he think my Grain Protector General is made of paper?"

"…"

Thus, he directly charged over on his horse, and he charged faster and faster. The people around him wanted to protect him, but they couldn't keep up with him.

He was originally a Red Fragrance disciple under the Red Lantern Goddess, and he knew how to invoke her power. When he got anxious, his momentum also soared.

More importantly, the Red Lantern Goddess had ascended to the position of Prefecture God, her power had greatly increased. She was no longer the pitiful and humble Altar God she once was, and her Red Fragrance disciples who could still catch her eye had also risen along with her, crossing a major level.

Now, he had actually crossed a realm and become a standard Spirit Possessor in the Prefecture.

Not only did he arrive in time and received the horse lance, but he also fought more and more fiercely. With a few strokes of his saber, he directly chopped at the Heavenly Mandate General, who was caught off guard for a moment and could only be forced to return his weapon to block.

In terms of true skill, Yang Gong was still not as good as him even after this great increase, but Yang Gong was the Grain Protector General, and his momentum was unmatched. He was also uninjured, while the Heavenly Mandate General was at the end of his strength with serious injuries, and he was carrying the heavy Qi of the dynasty on his back.

Thus, the clash between the two of them was beyond everyone's imagination. The Heavenly Mandate General was actually forced back a few steps.

Most importantly, the Heavenly Mandate General was now wrapped in a mysterious and vast aura, this aura did not belong to him, but it had wrapped him up and could restrain all the spirits and demons in the world.

Living people did not dare to point their weapons at him, and the dead would only kneel in front of him and kowtow when they saw him. There should not have been such a person who could block him, but Yang Gong blocked him.

"How could this be?"

It was impossible to describe the horror and astonishment of all the eyes inside and outside the battlefield that saw this scene.

There were countless capable people and strangers on this battlefield, and the more skilled they were, the more surprised they were: "That Grain Protector General, does he also have an extraordinary origin… How is it possible? How is it possible to stop that person?"

"…"

"…"

In this scene that shocked countless people, only Hu Ma was coldly watching the field, not surprised at all: "It is precisely because this Grain Protector General has no origin that he can stop him…"

He even felt a little amused, extremely interesting, and looked coldly at the sky above Ming Province: "You prepared so thoroughly, but you didn't expect this, did you?"

"No matter who comes to kill this emperor's fate, they will all be unjustified and unreasonable, and they will indeed fulfill your intentions."

"But only Yang Gong can!"

"Because he has no origin, he is just a commoner who has struggled to survive from the bottom, and has come all the way, and has almost died several times. The so-called emperor is a sinner to him."

"Not only can he kill this Heavenly Mandate General, but even if the real emperor comes, he can kill him!"

"And he kills with confidence, it is a matter of course!"

"…"

"…"

In the laughter, his eyes had also become cold. His figure sitting on the iron coffin suddenly rose, and then, a stone box in his hand was thrown to the side, but he had already grabbed a black iron mace that seemed to be wrapped in endless fierce might and baleful aura in the night.

Suddenly, he jumped forward, jumping in front of the four Hall Officials, and landed heavily on the ground, the earth trembling.

As if there was an earthquake, everyone could not stand steady, and even Ming Province seemed to shake.

The next moment, he slowly placed the Zhensu Ji Jin Mace in his hand on the ground, and he heard a rustling sound behind him. The chains on the iron coffin suddenly snapped and fell, and the iron coffin landed heavily. At the moment of landing, the coffin lid popped open.

"Whirr…"

In an instant, endless Yin winds rolled out.

From within the iron coffin, a figure wrapped in countless baleful auras, as if one glance would tear one's soul away, stood up straight from the coffin.

Stretching out his arms, covered in a layer of dark red armor, he jumped high from the coffin, looking as if he was a ghost crawling out of the depths of hell, unrestrained by the laws of the living, and jumped directly into the air.

Then, he fell from a great height.

"Kacha…"

When he landed, the ground was directly cracked with spider web-like fissures, and then hundreds of Yin soldiers poured into the battlefield at the same time. The cold and biting wind instantly swept across the entire battlefield, and everyone in the battle formations instantly lost all sound.

Now, the Hungry Ghost Army was largely defeated, but there were still thousands of people desperately resisting.

It was precisely because the Hungry Ghost Army was different that they could hold on until now. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, after half of the people died, they would have long collapsed.

But no matter how fierce they were in resisting the Grain Protector Army, they collapsed to the ground at the moment when the Yin corpse descended from the sky, their eyes lost their light, and there were black shadows on their bodies, rushing to escape, directly being dragged towards the middle of the battlefield.

"That…"

The Heavenly Mandate General was fighting Yang Gong, but suddenly saw a sudden change, and was caught off guard for a moment and was cut by Yang Gong.

This strike did not hurt him deeply, but the layer of human skin clothing he was wearing suddenly cracked.

He cried out in grief and staggered back, feeling as if something was collapsing rapidly on his body, something that did not originally belong to him, but was forcibly added to him by some people.

Powerful, mysterious, invincible in many places, but unexpectedly, this thing was so fragile that it was broken by a single strike from the mud-legged man.

In that instant, the light in his eyes seemed to dim.

On the other hand, the mud-legged man, the Grain Protector General, after cutting through this strike, killed him again, his cloak flying high.

The wind surged and swept over him, and something destined seemed to take shape at this moment.

(End of Chapter)