The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 96 100,000 Troops

"Keep watching, and you'll find out," Yao Ye said calmly.

Yao Ye stared intently at the facial expressions of all the soldiers in the arena. He saw a variety of negative expressions appearing on their faces, some with crazed smiles, some with anger, and others with fear.

Greed, anger, ignorance, and other emotions intertwine to form a truly terrifying scene.

The soldiers in the training ground quickly began killing each other, and some even harbored malicious intentions towards Yao Ye, their faces showing evil expressions, as if they wanted to do something to Yao Ye.

Yao Ye stared blankly at the soldiers charging towards him, their faces contorted with malice. However, Liang Ye behind Yao Ye narrowed his eyes, his spear flashing with a cold light, and soldiers fell to the ground with a thud.

Liang Ye frowned as he watched the soldiers in front of him killing each other in a frenzy. He never expected that the power of this poison pill would be so terrifying.

Under the watchful eyes of Yao Ye and Liang Ye, the number of soldiers in the training ground dwindled. When the last soldier, unable to find his target, charged at Yao Ye again, only to be killed by Liang Ye, the training ground finally fell silent.

"Do you still think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?" Yao Ye said, pointing to the corpses scattered all over the training ground.

"This...this!" Liang Ye stared at the corpses scattered on the ground in front of him, feeling a chill run down his spine. He had only heard about it before, but now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he realized just how dangerous the poison pill was.

"If he were to slip this poison into our camp while our soldiers are resting, how many of my 50,000 iron cavalry would be left? If he were even more reckless and threw the poison into the capital, everyone in the capital would be wiped out," Yao Ye said with a grim face.

Upon hearing Yao Ye's words, Liang Ye was suddenly startled. He finally understood why Yao Ye had sent out such a large force. Because if Nie Feng were to escape, the entire Jia Ma Empire would be plunged into an abyss of no return.

"But his mysterious master and the president of the Alchemist Guild, Fa Ma, are not to be underestimated," Liang Ye said with a furrowed brow and concern.

"We can claim to the outside world that it's a riot by the Serpent People, and that our war with them has never stopped, so the outside world won't suspect anything. Besides, we're not trying to kill him; the cost of killing him would be far too high for our Gama Empire to bear. This time, we either need to subdue him or make him voluntarily abandon his hostility towards the Gama Empire. No matter the cost..." Yao Ye exhaled and said slowly.

Liang Ye nodded. Although the formation was a bit large, he would just treat it as a training exercise. There would be no loss anyway, and it would also help to avoid attracting attention.

"Gather all flying magical beasts in the city, and have all 50,000 Imperial Guards stationed around the Magical Beast Mountain Range enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range. This time, we must find him no matter what." Yao Ye took out a golden token and handed it to Liang Ye, instructing him to mobilize the troops.

Liang Ye looked at the golden token in Yao Ye's hand, hesitated for a moment, but still took the token. Then he turned around and steered a flying magical beast toward the Imperial Guard's garrison outside the city.

Not long after Liang Ye left, nearly a hundred enormous flying magical beasts appeared in the skies above the capital. Their scales shimmered with golden light, and each one bared its fangs and claws, exuding a menacing aura.

The appearance of these flying magical beasts has attracted the attention of many people. Some speculate that war may be on the horizon again, since the Gama Empire has many external enemies, such as the Izumo Empire or the snake-people tribe in the Tagir Desert. It is also possible that the magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountains have suddenly rioted.

"Have you heard? Those disgusting snake-men from the Tagir Desert have launched another major attack, trying to seize territory in the Gama Empire." A middle-aged man in the city looked up at the huge flying monsters in the sky and said to the mercenary beside him.

"What's so strange about that? When has the Snake-People's attacks ever stopped? You haven't been to the eastern border city of Mo City. It's the city closest to the Tagor Desert and is constantly attacked by the Snake-People. Even when there's no fighting, you can smell the pungent stench of blood there," the mercenary beside him said matter-of-factly.

"That's true, but no matter how much we fight, we can't fight all the way to the capital!" The middle-aged man nodded and said indifferently.

The capital city hasn't seen war for many years, and the people living there have become accustomed to a peaceful life, so they have no interest in war whatsoever. After watching for a while, they lost interest and went to do their own things.

These ordinary people living in the capital had no channels of communication; all news was passed down by word of mouth, so they believed whatever others told them.

However, the powerful families in the capital had informants all over the city, so they naturally knew what these cavalrymen were going to do.

In a luxurious courtyard, an old man with a slightly arrogant face stroked his white beard and said, "I didn't expect this little girl to have such great courage, sending out all 50,000 Imperial Guards at once."

"Hehe, what's so special about that!" Mu Chen laughed.

"Could it be that there are other plans?" Mittel Tengshan and Nalan Jie both looked at Mu Chen.

"Hehe, I just received news that the Eldest Princess has mobilized 50,000 troops and set up an inescapable net to deal with that boy named Nie Feng," Mu Chen said with a smile.

The Mu family members mostly serve as commanders of the imperial army, so no matter what war the Gama Empire is fighting, it can't hide anything from the Mu family.

"Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss to deal with a mere brat?" Nalan Jie said with a look of disdain.

The Nalan family has been busy dealing with the aftermath of Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie's marriage recently, so they have received less attention from the outside world. After all, both the annulment of the engagement and Nalan Jie's serious illness have had a great impact on the Nalan family.

"Grandpa, you've been recovering from your injuries lately, so there are some things you don't know. The news I received last night is that almost all the mercenaries from the three mercenary groups that went to deal with Nie Feng have been wiped out! And their deaths were extremely gruesome; they died from mutual slaughter," Mittel Tengshan said slowly.

The Mittel family is a business family with businesses all over the Gama Empire. Merchants are always well-informed, so it is difficult to hide anything from them.

"Those three mercenary groups together have about four thousand people! How could he, a mere fighter, kill so many people? Unless his mysterious master behind him intervened." Nalan Jie shook his head, somewhat incredulous.

"At first, we didn't believe it either! So we went to investigate and found that these people did indeed die at Nie Feng's hands, but he didn't kill them with his own strength, but by poisoning them," Mu Chen said calmly.

"So it was poison! But were all those mercenaries idiots? How could they have found a young boy's trick?" Nalan Jie was still somewhat incredulous.

"It seems the old man still doesn't quite believe it! Could you explain to him how terrifying that poison is?" Mu Chen smiled and said to Mittel Tengshan.

After Mittel Tengshan gave a detailed explanation, Nalan Jie finally showed a look of understanding.

"No wonder that girl was so determined to send so many people to deal with Nie Feng. It turns out she was afraid of retaliation afterward! The prestige of the royal family is going to be affected this time!" Nalan Jie laughed.

(End of this chapter)