Stranger Danger

Chapter 1023: Calm Mind Annihilation

“she did it!”

on the cliff, ye qing’s eyes lit up when he saw the wildland suppression army changing directions and moving straight toward the river valley. at the same time, his eyes grew steely and cold.

it didn’t take long for wildland suppression to show up. they rushed right through without any hesitation whatsoever.

the river valley was long and narrow; wide enough to fit several cavalrymen in the same line only. therefore, they could only alter their formation and pass through the valley like a snake.

as a result, by the time the foremost troops had reached the exit, the rear troops had just entered it.

the great general of the wildland suppression army, du nanhai, was riding the center as a matter of course. it was the best position for him to command and organize the troops.

now was the time to enact his plan. with a thought, ye qing contacted the hidden gen armor.

gen meant mountain, which was why the gen armor possessed the power to control mountains. with a just thought, the cliffsides of the river valley slowly split open, and giant rocks began raining down on the cavalrymen.

“watch out!”

as a half sage, du nanhai naturally noticed the falling rocks at first notice. he launched a devastating palm strike that instantly shattered all falling rocks within tens of meters of him into fine powder.

unfortunately, his efforts were but a drop in the bucket. the long and winding valley was at least a kilometer long, and the rocks were falling along the entire trail. du nanhai might be able to secure one area, but he could not secure all of them.

there were plenty of elites in wildland suppression as a matter of course, but the mountains were breaking, and the giant rocks were falling like rain. they could not possibly stop all of them especially since their own lives were at risk.

as for the ordinary soldiers, the terrain prevented them from forming an army formation at all. naturally, they began taking massive casualties.

“all units, leave the river valley immediately!”

“quick! everyone is to leave the river valley immediately!”

du nanhai was roaring orders when suddenly, a pair of rumblings occurred at the front and back of the valley. then, two gigantic boulders fell from above and blocked both the entrance and the exit of the river valley completely, trapping the large majority of the troops inside.

“dammit!”

du nanhai’s eyes turned bloodshot with anger. at this point, he knew that he and his army had fallen into a trap.

the barbarian slayer army’s plight... was a bait!

despite his anger, du nanhai did not lose his cool or rationality. his eyeballs turned left and right for an instant before he suddenly stared at a certain point of the valley. “found you.”

as soon as he said this, the image of skanda[1] appeared behind his back, tall and mighty. it was clad in golden armor and wielding a golden vajra scepter.

the image raised the vajra scepter into the air and smashed a spot of the cliff.

bang!

the tall, jagged cliff bent inward a good ten meters, and thunderous rumblings could be heard erupting inside the cliff. however, the cliffside looked perfectly unharmed on the outside. his force control was truly remarkable.

after all, a towering cliff several hundred meters tall was gone in just the blink of an eye, and an armor possessing the power of a sage disappeared just like that. it was scary to say the least.

the one silver lining was that he was hiding in a different cliff when the attack happened. had the gen armor been on the same cliff as him, it was impossible to say if the rainbow light would erase him from existence as well.

“what a terrible loss!”

ye qing’s heart ached at the loss of the gen armor. it was an ancient-class strange artifact, and it was gone just like that. anyone would be distressed in his shoes.

sure, it was his plan to bait du nanhai into using the calm mind pearl through the gen armor, but he never thought that the ancient-class strange artifact would be erased so easily.

to lose the gen armor at this point was like losing an arm.

luckily, it wasn’t all bad news.

for one, du nanhai had used the calm mind pearl and so could not use it again in the short term. he did not need to worry about its threat for the duration of this battle.

second, du nanhai’s fluctuating aura made it clear that he was fatigued after using the calm mind pearl.

thirdly, the calm mind pearl had carved open an exit when it erased the cliffside and the gen armor from existence, but the remnants of its power prevented anyone from actually passing through it. as for the gigantic boulders blocking the entrance and the exit of the river valley, it would take the wildland suppression army least some effort to destroy them and break free.

with this, the first step of his plan and objective was basically complete.

it was time to move onto the second step.

with a thought, a powerful gale suddenly swept through the entire river valley. it smelled a little like rotten fish for some reason.

“watch out for poison!”

du nanhai yelled as soon as he caught the stench. then, he turned around and barked, “yicheng, chaoying!”

“i am here!”

“i am here!”

“calm the troops and be ready to guard against an enemy assault!”

du nanhai ordered loudly, “tijian, podao, chenglang, wufeng, to me!”

as soon as he was finished, du nanhai leaped into the air and ran toward the source of the wind.

four figures fell in behind him. they all boasted powerful auras.

1. kartikeya (iast: kārtikeya), also known as skanda, subrahmanya, shanmukha and murugan, is the hindu god of war. he is generally described as the son of the deities shiva and parvati and the brother of ganesha. kartikeya has been an important deity in the indian subcontinent since ancient times. ☜

2. special attack and special defense +1! ☜