Chapter 321: Step by Step, A Very Bad Premonition
A distance of several tens of meters!
Originally, with Sean’s speed, he could have dashed over in a flash!
But Sean didn’t do that. Instead, he advanced step by step, inching closer with each stride. Every step he took and every time he neared seemed to tread on Ashby’s heart!
To kill Ashby with one stroke would have been too easy for him!!!
Before death, Sean wanted Ashby to fully experience the taste of desperate helplessness, the feeling of unbearable pain!
If there was anyone to blame, it could only be that he was King Ron’s son!
Moreover, King Ron had laid out such a large chessboard, set such a large net, one of the purposes was to use Sean’s hand to eliminate his rebellious-hearted son, wasn’t it?
Sean certainly couldn’t disappoint King Ron’s “good intentions”!
“Quick!”
“Quick, stop him!!!”
Watching Sean stride towards him, Ashby, even though he was protected in the middle by the eleven perfect realm elders, even though he had already retreated back into the ranks of the five thousand imperial guards, still dared not to be careless! He urged urgently!
Ashby wanted to use those five thousand imperial guards as his human shields, to rush forward to block Sean for him, to delay time, waiting for the end of the battle on Maclean Lyons and Gloydius’s side!
However, under Ashby’s frantic urging, the five thousand imperial guards did not obey his command. Whether they feared Sean or for some other reason, not a single person dared to step forward to block him! On the contrary, they kept retreating!!!
Seeing this, Ashby was desperate, couldn’t help but curse out loud: “Bastards! Are you deaf?”
“Can’t you hear my command?”
“Go!”
“Go for me!!!”
As he cursed,
Ashby reached out and grabbed the collar of the head of the imperial guards, and roared: “Send your men to attack!”
“Kill Sean!!!”
The head of the imperial guards, however, shook his head and said: “Your Highness, General Mason is the General of the South, personally appointed by the Emperor himself. We are only your and General Mason’s guards!”
“We have no right to interfere in your grudges with General Mason!”
In plain words, it was their fight, and they didn’t care!
Hearing this, Ashby’s heart sank, he quickly realized something. These five thousand imperial guards were sent by King Ron, only obeying King Ron himself. They said they wouldn’t interfere, without a doubt, it must be King Ron who didn’t want them to interfere!
“Bastard!”
In his anger, Ashby flung the head of the imperial guards away!
Retreat!
Then retreat again!!!
Thus, in the vast battlefield, a very bizarre scene appeared. Sean was advancing step by step, and the five thousand imperial guards were retreating again and again, displaying a bold momentum as if one man was holding the pass against ten thousand!
Sean sneered in his heart!
Surprised or not?
Expected or not?
Prince, isn’t it? The bigger surprise your father prepared for you is still to come!
Soon, Ashby and the five thousand imperial guards together retreated to the edge of the fifty thousand troops left by Maclean Lyons. Ashby breathed a slight sigh of relief, suddenly took out a token from his bosom, and shouted aloud:
“Sean, a treacherous thief, colluding with the barbarians of Fort South, plotting treason!”
“Death without pardon!”
Unlike the five thousand imperial guards, upon hearing Ashby’s command, the fifty thousand troops left by Maclean Lyons stirred, sweeping over like a flood. In the blink of an eye, they formed a huge encirclement, enclosing Ashby and Sean in the middle!
But they did not launch an attack on Sean!
Just then, the battle on the other side ended, Lynx and Cheetah had already been slain on the negotiation table by Maclean Lyons and Gloydius. Maclean Lyons, leading a dozen of his generals, and Gloydius with the nine elders, all rushed over!
“Your Highness!”
The two groups of men, one on the left and one on the right, charged into the encirclement and came to Ashby’s side!
“Good timing!”
“Perfect timing!!!”
Upon seeing Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and others, the heart that Ashby had been hanging finally completely relaxed. Three parties converged, dozens of cultivators at the completion stage, plus the encirclement of fifty thousand troops!
This time! Sean is as good as dead! Finally! They could execute Sean, this great demon!
“General Lyons, General Gloydius, you arrived just in time!” Ashby impatiently said, “Quick, all of you go, all go, I want Sean, this scoundrel, dead!!!”
Yes! They arrived just in time! Sean thought the same. The reason he didn’t rush to take action was because, like Ashby, he was waiting, waiting for the battle between Maclean Lyons and Gloydius to finish!
After all! Ashby had eleven old men at the completion stage guarding him. If they detected any abnormality and ran away into the mountains, it would be hard to chase!
But now! The fifty thousand troops had already surrounded him, and Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and others appeared beside Ashby. Ashby couldn’t escape even with wings. Next, they could slaughter at will, venting their anger!
“Everyone’s here, huh?” There was a sharp light in Sean’s eyes. He slowly raised his Wolf’s Massacre and coldly said, “Let’s start then.”
“Let’s see today!”
“Who dies!”
“Or who perishes!!!”
Whoosh! The moment his words fell, Sean didn’t hesitate. He turned into a blur, and his bright energy exploded instantly, like a thunderbolt, rushing towards Ashby and others dozens of meters away!
Ready?
Sean’s words made Ashby puzzled. By his words, Sean had been waiting to be surrounded by the troops, and for Maclean Lyons and Gloydius and others to arrive, before launching an attack. Could it be that, with the power of one man, facing dozens of cultivators at the completion stage and an encirclement of fifty thousand troops, he still had confidence to win???
Damn!
Even if he was a Bright Realm cultivator, wasn’t this a little too arrogant???
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
While Ashby was puzzled, the eleven old men at the completion stage who were protecting him had already rushed out, surrounding Sean’s Wolf’s Massacre!
Originally! When facing Sean, they were scared to death, with no courage to attack Sean!
But! Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and others, and the surrounding fifty thousand troops, gave them the courage. They didn’t believe that such a strong lineup couldn’t kill a mere Sean!!!
Hum!!!
They had just rushed out about ten meters, when Sean, who was charging at them, slashed from a distance. Suddenly, a huge blade shadow transformed from bright energy appeared out of nowhere, moving at an extreme speed, catching them off guard!
In an instant!
The huge blade shadow slashed across two of the old men at the completion stage. Accompanied by two splattering sounds, the bodies of the two old men were split in half while still in mid-air!
Blood spurted out!
Flesh separated from bone!
One old man was hit in the temple by the terrifying blade shadow, his head was split open, and the part above his eyes flew away, while the part below his eyes continued to fall with his body!
Brains! Spilled out!!!
The other old man was even worse! The terrifying blade shadow started from his left shoulder and went down, first cutting off his left arm, then opening his chest and abdomen, and finally severing his right leg!
One person! Was split into three parts by a single slash!
Plop!
Plop!
Plop!
When they hit the ground, their internal organs scattered all over the place, a gruesome sight that was unbearable to look at!
Heart pounding!
One slash! Two people killed on the spot!
And! After killing those two old men, the huge blade shadow didn’t immediately disappear, but carried its residual momentum forward, slashing towards Ashby and others who were protected by those old men behind them!
“Your Highness, Prince, be careful!”
Maclean Lyons, Gloydius, and the others were quick to react. They quickly retreated with Ashby, moving back over ten meters in an instant, narrowly escaping the massive shadow of the blade!
Ashby’s face turned green!!!
The reason! It was not only because of Sean’s nearly terrifying combat power, but more importantly, Ashby found that after he issued the attack order against Sean, when Sean was rushing towards him, only those eleven elders at the completion stage obeyed his command and charged towards Sean!
But! Neither Maclean Lyons and his officers, nor Gloydius’s trio and the nine elders around them, made any move forward!
Not a single one! Even the surrounding fifty thousand-strong army was standing there calmly, showing no intent of joining forces to slay Sean!
It was as if! They had treated his attack order as a fart!!!
“General Lyons!”
“General Gloydius!”
“What do you mean???”
So, after avoiding Sean’s slash, Ashby immediately asked, “Go on! Why aren’t you attacking?”
“Now is an excellent opportunity to kill Sean!”
“Have you forgotten our plan that we made???”
According to the plan! Sean was surrounded by a large army, and the completion stage cultivators from their three factions were gathered together. They should have launched a massive onslaught against Sean. Why is it now that they have formed an encirclement but are not attacking, only allowing my people to charge and fight???
Amid surprise and anger! Ashby suddenly had a very bad premonition!!!
Facing Ashby’s questioning, Maclean Lyons and Gloydius looked at each other and then said, “Your Highness, you’ve seen General Mason’s strength. Bright Realm cultivators can attack from a distance!”Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.
“To deal with him!”
“It’s not about having more people, his one slash can’t be blocked, no matter if there’s one person standing in front of him, or ten!”
“In my opinion!”
“We might as well change our strategy, play a war of attrition with him, let your people go first. If they can’t hold on, we’ll go up, wave after wave, to wear him down!”
“Even if General Mason’s strength is strong, and his bright energy is abundant, we have fifty thousand soldiers here. After the others have cleaned up Lynx and Cheetah’s people, we’ll have over a hundred thousand!”
“We can definitely wear down General Mason to death…”
Before Maclean Lyons could finish his words, Gloydius, who was standing on the other side of Ashby, echoed, “General Lyons is right!”
“I agree!”
Upon hearing these words! Ashby’s face turned even greener, and his bad premonition grew stronger!
“You!”
“You guys!”
He was so angry that he was at a loss for words!!!
And at this time! During the short tens of seconds when Ashby, Maclean Lyons, and Gloydius were talking, three more elders at the completion stage fell under Sean’s Wolf’s Massacre on the battlefield. Of the original eleven, only seven remained!
Those seven elders naturally realized something was wrong!
Damn it!
Wasn’t it agreed that we would all go together?
We went ahead!
You bunch of bastards, actually backed out, broke your promise???
Damn! How are we supposed to fight???