ATPnovel Chapter 200
Chapter 200
After clearing the battlefield, Yang Lingrui returned to Ju He Pass.
The tents stood empty now. He Shenglai had sent the stationed troops back to the rear with the Condensing Essence cultivator during the guard rotation.
“Done?”
He Shenglai asked without turning as Yang Lingrui approached. His eyes stayed fixed on a licorice-like spiritual plant by his boots.
“All dead, Master.”
“Their techniques?”
“Spirit Projection weapons. One manifested a blade, the other a spear.”
He Shenglai paused before replying, “Thousand Blades Palace disciples. No loss there.”
He gestured at the plant.
Yang Lingrui summoned a wisp of yellow wind. It coiled around the licorice-shaped plant, gnawing at its leaves and stems.“Enough.”
At He Shenglai’s command half a quarter-hour later, the yellow wind dissipated. Before them, the three-inch plant regrew from its ravaged stalks, restoring itself completely.
Yang Lingrui stared. Ordinary healing couldn’t reverse such damage. “Regeneration, Lord He?”
“Correct.”
He Shenglai nodded. “This Nine Yang Grass shares lineage with your family’s Resurrection Grass. Extinct in Zhuhu Dynasty lands… until now.” Green light blossomed in his palm, washing over the plant.
“To find this on our first day at the eastern line – fate smiles on us.”
He climbed the pass walls, Yang Lingrui following. The eastern horizon hung like charred cloth.
“We push deeper east, Lingrui. More blood needs spilling.”
Yang Lingrui studied He Shenglai’s face – the man wore an expression of childlike delight he’d never shown before.
“Orders received.”
Three days later, news of Ju He Pass reached the Eastern Wilderness command.
“All dead? You’re certain?!”
Leaders glared at their trembling subordinate. “Six perfect realm sect cultivators! Two direct disciples trained in Spiritual Manipulation!”
“It’s absolutely true, Master!”
“Where are the bodies?”
“W-Well… no.”
“What!?”
Seeing the leader was on the verge of rage, the subordinate hastily added, “A formidable young genius has emerged from Tiger-Chasing. He wields an erosion technique that reduces victims to bone fragments and dust. No bodies could be recovered.”
“Are these Tiger-Chasing geniuses surpassing even the major sect disciples from the northwest?”
“Master, we shouldn’t rush to judgment. This is the first occurrence—it might be an isolated incident. More battlefield reports are needed for proper analysis.”
The subordinate spoke with caution.
“Ju He Pass… have we identified those two individuals?”
“Master, they appear to be direct heirs from one of Tiger-Chasing’s great families.”
“Great family heirs?”
A stationed leader nodded. “Possibly from the He Family. No wonder the Thousand Blades Palace disciple fell.”
“Your caution is warranted. Treat this as an isolated case. Reinforce the Ju He Pass frontlines but leave other defenses unchanged.”
“By your command, Master!”
The orders were relayed, only bolstering Ju He Pass defenses without deeper concern.
Yet within a month, successive shocking reports revealed the truth.
“Alert!—A Tiger-Chasing lightning cultivator at perfect realm defeated eighteen Eastern Wilderness fighters on the northern front! Three passes lost!”
“Alert!—Mortal Tiger-Chasing troops advance relentlessly in the central region! Full-level cultivators can’t stop them! A fortress taken!”
“Alert!—Southern region water-wood cultivator wiped out entire garrison in three days!”
“Alert!—Tiger-Chasing’s ‘Green Mountain Guest’ debuted—slaughtered five major sect direct disciples! Unstoppable across the green mountain!”
……
Facing this flood of “victories,” Eastern Wilderness leaders finally understood.
Ju He Pass wasn’t an outlier—it marked Tiger-Chasing’s full counteroffensive!
“Swift! Warn the prince! Border emergency! Reinforcements needed!”
Caught unprepared, Eastern Wilderness forces crumbled on all fronts, retreating constantly.
In three months, Tiger-Chasing’s eastern line advanced eight hundred miles unchallenged!
The campaign’s brightest stars were Tiger-Chasing’s young geniuses.
Their unmatched combat strength dominated the Eastern Expedition’s initial stages.
Shen Yue, Li Qingwan, Qiu Ran, and Yang Lingrui stood above the rest.
Shen Yue remained undefeated—Tiger-Chasing’s Green Mountain stayed unshaken even in eastern battles.
Li Qingwan awakened her Path of Martial Arts mid-campaign, now commanding thirty thousand troops. Her martial projection nearly matched Shen Yue’s green mountain.
The other two earned fame through escalating kill counts.
Qiu Ran led in defeating major sect disciples—forty-two slain, thirty-four captured.
Yang Lingrui topped the extermination charts.
Rear officers automatically wrote “zero” in prisoner columns for his reports.
Every battle he joined ended in total annihilation—no survivors.
Even allies feared his ferocity, let alone Eastern Wilderness troops.
Eastern Wilderness soldiers now truly “trembled at rumors.”
Strong winds at camp sent men screaming from tents: “Yellow wind ghost comes!”
Battlefield reactions grew worse.
Men dropped weapons and fled at swirling yellow sand.
Tiger-Chasing exploited this, stirring dust before attacks to mimic the yellow wind—shattering enemy morale.