New and dark light years

Chapter 314 Arson
When Qu Wenjie returned to the camp, he was still in shock.

He recounted the events in a stammering manner.

Mu Yi felt uneasy listening to this and immediately called Li Lin over.

When Li Lin arrived, he saw Qu Wenjie, who was pale and looked terrified.

He was somewhat puzzled. This Qu Wenjie... how could someone who had mastered Monkey Fist be so timid?

But then I understood.

Monkey Fist... Mastery, that's it.

Monkeys are not particularly courageous animals; they are better at nimbly moving around.

And it's normal for some people to be afraid of ghosts...

Li Lin was afraid.

Mu Yi looked at Li Lin and suddenly said, "Supervisor Li, you don't look too well either. Haven't you gotten enough rest?"

Li Lin waved his hand: "It's alright, it won't affect the operation."

At this moment, Li Lin felt somewhat ashamed.

The original agreement was that Li Yanjing would only receive two drops of blood essence, but the two of them got a little carried away and ended up making a deal worth hundreds of millions.

Therefore, Li Lin's body is somewhat weak now.

However, it's not a big problem. He has already taken the Spirit Pill, and now the spiritual energy is slowly repairing his blood and qi.

"I think we should retreat now," Mu Yi said. "If we don't leave now, we might not be able to leave at all."

Li Lin looked up again.

At this moment, Liu Shen drifted down.

Li Lin asked, "True Lord Liu Shen, what is the situation up ahead?"

“Something is definitely wrong. The front line… there’s no fire, no movement, just darkness.”

Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's retreat."

Upon hearing Li Lin's words, Mu Yi immediately slapped his thigh and said, "Supervisor Li, I've been waiting for you to say that."

Qu Wenjie also breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Yi said to the personal guard beside him, "Go and inform the two commanders of the Western Route and the Northern Route to immediately lead their troops to scout ahead."

Then he looked at Li Lin and said, "Li, you protect me, and Qu, you cover our retreat."

Upon hearing this, Qu Wenjie immediately clasped his hands and said, "Commander-in-Chief, why don't you let my eastern troops protect you? We haven't lost any soldiers and still have a full complement. Commander Li only has a little over a thousand men, and some of them are wounded, so he's not suitable..."

"Shut up! This is an order I have given, and you have no right to object." Mu Yi glared at him fiercely.

Qu Wenjie was stunned for a moment. Meeting Mu Yi's fierce gaze, he helplessly lowered his head and said, "Yes, sir!"

Qu Wenjie then left the tent.

Only Li Lin and Mu Yi remained in the command tent.

At this moment, Mu Yi said, "Don't worry... Although we are skilled at retreating without General Yu's orders, it is understandable under these circumstances. Moreover, our Mu family is capable of protecting you and me. Besides, you are the son-in-law of the Huang family, so your career should not be affected in any way."

Li Lin pondered for a moment: "What about the other three supervisors?"

"Someone has to be held responsible for this retreat, don't you think?"

Li Lin smiled helplessly, then clasped his hands and said, "Chief Commander, I'm troubling you with this matter."

"You're welcome."

The four armies of Jin County quickly set off. Marching at night would be very troublesome, but they couldn't worry about that now.

Many soldiers carried torches, and the long fire dragon kept moving westward, towards Jin County.

The great altar of Liu Shen is also being transported.

At this moment, she floated beside Li Lin and said, "I feel something cold behind me... it must be those things chasing us."

Li Lin frowned and subconsciously looked back.

Mu Yi was also riding a horse, right next to Li Lin, and he kept a close eye on Li Lin's movements.

Seeing that Li Lin's expression was off, he asked, "Did the True Lord speak to you?"

Li Lin nodded and said, "Something is chasing us from behind."

Mu Yi subconsciously took a breath: "Something that even the 60,000 troops at the front couldn't stop is coming towards us?"

Then, with a look of panic on his face, he said to the guards beside him, "Sound the horns and tell everyone to quicken their pace." The horns sounded one after another.

The 'fire dragon' stretching for five miles quickened its pace again, and even its formation became somewhat disordered.

At this moment, everyone was filled with fear, except for Li Lin.

He has paper figures... and Li Yanjing can sense Li Lin's location. As long as the distance exceeds five miles, she will find a way to shorten the distance herself.

Therefore, Li Lin was not afraid.

Marching through the night, everyone was exhausted, many were even yawning, but no one dared to close their eyes or slow down.

They marched for another four hours, and just when the entire army was exhausted, the sky began to lighten.

Mu Yi looked exhausted, but he was also excited as he looked at the 'white' in the east and said, "It's almost dawn, those things shouldn't come anymore."

Li Lin turned around, but it was still dark behind him, and he couldn't see anything.

But... he felt that the eerie atmosphere had become even stronger.

"True Lord Liu Shen, what's the situation now?"

Liu Shen floated over and said, "Something is obstructing my view, but I can feel that those things are getting closer and closer."

Upon hearing this, Li Lin asked, "Then can you see Supervisor Qu Wenjie?"

"Huh, it was here before, but I can't see it now."

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, then immediately said to Mu Yi beside him, "The True Lord said that Supervisor Qu has disappeared."

Mu Yi, who had been watching Li Lin, turned pale upon hearing this: "Did he run away?"

"Could something have happened to them?"

"But his troops are right behind us."

Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "We can't go any further. We need to go to the army on the left and set up defenses immediately."

"No, we have to escape. I'll have the people clearing the way back."

Li Lin shook his head: "I guess they can't escape either. If the enemy can silently swallow up the eastern army, it will be very easy for them to deal with us as well."

"What should we do!"

"Set up the formation!"

Mu Yi looked into the darkness behind him, his face filled with fear: "The southern barbarians on the other side are very evil. Can we hold them off?"

"It's not like there's no chance," Li Lin said, glancing around. "This place is perfect for a counterattack."

"How to fight back?"

“This is a pine forest.” Li Lin licked his index finger and then held it up. “The wind is blowing from the west, so we can use fire. The True Lord said that those poisonous creatures are afraid of fire. In fact, most of the strange creatures are afraid of big fires.”

Upon hearing this, Mu Yi immediately said, "I'll do as you say."

Li Lin nodded: "Everyone go up the mountain, cut down all the pine trees on the mountainside, and then push the mountainside down."

Next, at the foot of the mountain, create an empty firebreak.

More than a thousand people cutting down trees can be done very quickly.

In less than half an hour, they had cut down all the pine forest on the mountainside and dug a trench.

After all this was done, a gloomy darkness had already arrived ahead.

The soldiers guarding the foot of the mountain saw the darkness approaching and ran up the mountain in terror.

From time to time, a 'black rope' would fly out from the darkness, dragging the lagging soldiers inside.

By this time, dawn was breaking, and the soldiers still on the mountaintop could see a dark 'fog,' or rather a 'tide,' silently pressing in from ahead.

Its aura seemed to devour everything.

"ignition!"

Li Lin shouted.

A large number of torches and oil were thrown onto the pile of pine branches and trunks that were stacked high.

Flames rose up, accompanied by black smoke, and spread rapidly eastward with the westerly wind.

Before long, a long, fiery red trail formed, burning ahead.

The fire quickly reached the vicinity of the 'Kuroshio'.

(End of this chapter)