Geta was full of smugness.

His eyes filled with murderous intent.

He sneered at Jingrong. “Today, I’m afraid you won’t be able to leave.”

Confident!

Jingrong looked around. The opposing forces numbered at least two hundred!

Even if his twenty men were extremely capable, they were no match.

He wasn’t nervous at all and said to Geta, “If you don’t let me leave today, do you think Muzar will spare you?”

“Bah! Don’t mention Muzar to me. He’s just a coward who can’t accomplish anything. The realm of Houliao should be mine. The leader’s position should also be occupied by me. As long as I capture you, the entire realm of Dalin will be mine in the future.”

“Dalin’s realm?” Jingrong laughed coldly and walked before him. “What Muzar doesn’t have the ability to do, you certainly cannot do either.”

“You…”

“Before you push Houliao into the abyss, stop now while you can!”

“What do you mean?”

“Do you really think that capturing me will allow you to threaten the soldiers at Xiamen Pass? That you can make them obey your commands?”

“You are their prince!” Geta raised his voice.

Jingrong found this truly amusing. “I am a prince, that’s correct. The tens of thousands of soldiers at Xiamen Pass listen to me, that’s also correct. But I’m not the center of power, nor can I control them. Even if you capture me today, it poses no threat at all to Dalin. In the end, it will only bring trouble to Houliao.”

Geta didn’t listen to his words at all.

The arrogance in his eyes grew even more intense.

“Fine, then I’ll test it and see whether capturing you is useful or not!” Geta stepped back several paces, the corner of his mouth curved in a sinister, bloodthirsty smile. He raised his hand high and ordered, “Today, whoever captures this big fish will be heavily rewarded!”

“Roar…”

Those Houliao people’s spirits surged as they raised their large blades and hacked toward the Dalin guards surrounded in the middle.

Two hundred against twenty!

Clearly eggs striking stones.

But Jingrong, Ji Huan, and Lang Bo’s skills were not inferior. In a head-on clash, there might still be a chance of winning.

The surroundings descended into carnage!

Geta aimed his large blade at Jingrong. “Come, let me test your Central Plains swordsmanship.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his large blade at him.

Jingrong drew his sword.

The two fought together.

Geta was clearly no match for Jingrong.

After several moves, the former had already fallen into disadvantage.

Taking advantage of when Geta retreated backward, Jingrong’s sword stabbed toward his arm!

Immediately, several Houliao people came toward him.

They surrounded Jingrong.

“Your Highness, you go first.” Lang Bo fought his way to his side.

Ji Huan also came over, saying softly, “Lang Bo, you take His Highness to that forest first. Keep going south and you’ll leave Houliao territory. Once there, you’ll reach our Dalin troops.”

“Alright!” Lang Bo pulled Jingrong. “Your Highness, let’s go quickly.”

Ji Huan covered their retreat.

The two fought their way out of the encirclement and entered the forest.

Just a moment later, Ji Huan sheathed his sword and suddenly stabbed toward a Dalin guard beside him.

Huh?

He turned and said to Geta, “Why aren’t you chasing? Leave this to me!”

Geta smiled. “If I succeed, you’ll be my great contributor.”

Having said this, Geta led several people into the forest to pursue them.

Ji Huan raised his sword and began slaughtering those Dalin soldiers.

Jingrong’s people were killed one by one!

One guard fell to the ground spitting blood, looking up in shock at Ji Huan standing before him. “General Ji, you…”

Still not understanding the situation!

Ji Huan sneered, looking down at him from above, and said, “Blame yourselves for standing on the wrong side. And I… am taking back everything that belongs to me.”

Having spoken, he thrust his sword into that person’s back.

Dead!

Corpses covered the ground.

Permeated with a thick stench of blood.

Ji Huan looked toward that distant forest, his gaze deepening.

Over there, Lang Bo and Jingrong were in front, with Geta leading his people in hot pursuit behind.

Finally, they were forced to a desperate situation!

Before them was a cliff, below which was a rapid river current!

The Houliao people surrounded the two of them.

Sharp arrows aimed at them.

Nowhere to go!

Geta stepped forward and said, “You can still admit defeat now!”

Jingrong looked back at the cliff behind him and asked Lang Bo beside him, “Do you dare?”

“If Your Highness dares, I dare.”

Jingrong curved his cold lips and looked at Geta. “You Houliao people can lose, can die, but will never surrender. We Dalin people are the same!”

Huh?

Before Geta could react, Jingrong had already pulled Lang Bo and jumped down.

Instantly submerged by water!

Their traces disappeared.

The river current was rapid. Jumping down like this meant certain death.

Geta stood above, his face full of rage.

At this moment, Ji Huan had also caught up.

“Where are they?”

“They jumped down.”

“What?” Ji Huan looked down. “Then why aren’t you quickly sending people down to search?”

“This river is called Death River in our Houliao. The riverbed and downstream are all full of thorns. Jumping down equals death.”

“Really?”

Geta clenched his fist in anger. “Now that they’re dead, what do I have left to threaten those Central Plains people at Xiamen Pass?”

Damn it!

The lamb in hand was gone.

After Ji Huan confirmed that Jingrong jumping down would truly mean certain death, he turned to look at Geta and said, “I see you have no chance to threaten Dalin now.”

“Then what do you say we should do now?”

“There’s still one method!”

“What?” Geta pressed.

Ji Huan’s eyes suddenly darkened. He swiftly pulled a dagger from his waist and slashed viciously at Geta’s neck.

It could be called a throat-sealing strike!

Before Geta could even react, his neck was slashed open by that dagger.

Blood flowed freely!

He widened his eyes, both hands covering his neck. “You…”

Ji Huan leaned close to his ear and said, “This method is… for you to go to the King of Hell’s palace to find him.”

Ugh!

His pupils contracted.

Shocked!

Ji Huan pressed his hand on his back and pushed him off the cliff.

Geta’s body was quickly submerged by the water below!

Yet the surrounding Houliao people had no reaction at all, as if they had anticipated this long ago.

One of them stepped forward and asked, “General Ji, what do we do next?”

Ji Huan pulled out a token from his body and gave it to that person, instructing, “Immediately go to Xiamen Pass. His Highness orders immediate deployment of troops to Houliao.”

The person accepted the token. “Yes!”

And that token was Jingrong’s token.

Ji Huan stared down at the cliff. “Jingrong, this is all the price you should pay.”

He narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the letter Wei Yi had sent him from the capital.

The general meaning was very clear.

Wei Yi wanted to use his hand to kill Jingrong.

And if he wanted to return to the capital and obtain everything from before, he must destroy Houliao and achieve merit!

Mutual needs!

Now that Jingrong was dead, he had also avenged his elder brother.

And as long as Dalin and Houliao went to war, if he led troops to destroy Houliao, he could return to the capital to receive enfeoffment!

Obtain everything from before.

This calculation had been fully arranged before Wei Yi issued the decree for him to follow Jingrong here.

Step by step, everything was proceeding according to his plan!

Very soon, he would succeed. The Ji family’s humiliation could also be washed clean.