Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 468 - 106: Outer City Broken, Heavenly Eye... Open! _2

Chapter 468 -106: Outer City Broken, Heavenly Eye… Open! _2

“Commander Jiang!”

“Mr. Jiang!!”

“…”

Hearing this, Jiang Ning glanced around but did not spot any familiar faces.

“Who holds the highest office here?” Jiang Ning asked.

“Me!” someone immediately stepped forward, clad in half armor, and bowed to Jiang Ning, “Mr. Jiang, I am Xiao Chen, a Standard Ninth Grade defense officer.”

“So you are Mr. Xiao!” Jiang Ning gave a slight bow in respect.

He then asked, “Mr. Xiao, do you know what’s going on? Why were the large signal flares suddenly launched at the West City Gate, and why are the drums of war being beaten?”

As he spoke, Jiang Ning looked at the towering war drums on the side of the city wall and the continuous sound of the drums beating.

From the power conveyed by the vibration of the drum, he knew the person playing the drums was extraordinary, most likely a Martial Arts Eighth Grade in the Divine Power Realm.

Noticing Jiang Ning’s gaze, Defense Officer Xiao Chen spoke, “As for the specifics, I am not aware! But according to the rhythm of the drums at the West City Gate, it signals a large army attacking! Moreover, with the large signal flares bursting five times in succession, it is also an indication of a large army attacking.”

“A large army attacking?” Jiang Ning’s gaze sharpened.

Seeing Jiang Ning’s expression, Defense Officer Xiao Chen said, “As for the specifics, I am also unaware. But since this is the signal being conveyed, I cannot ignore it or take it lightly. Even if it turns out to be false, I must treat it as real.”

“I admire that!” Jiang Ning bowed, “Mr. Xiao is a model of loyalty and duty.”

After his compliment, Jiang Ning added, “My colleagues, you are busy, I will go check at the West City Gate!”

Having left these words behind, he stepped forward and crossed the entire city wall in one stride.

Then, with a leap, he easily vaulted over the city wall.

Immediately afterward, he stepped on a protruding part of the battlement, causing a corner to shatter; he used this reactive force to shoot across the sky like a great bird, quickly reaching the rooftop of a building more than ten yards away.

The next moment, his figure once again turned into an afterimage and swiftly disappeared from the sight of several defensive officers.

“What terrifying movement technique!”

“Yes! Commander Jiang’s strength is truly frightening!”

“…”

Meanwhile.

Jiang Ning moved with incredible speed, quickly crossing a third of the outer city in just a short amount of time.

Then…

Clip-clop-clip-clop—

The sound of horse hooves, moving from far to near, reached his ears.

“Horse hooves?” Jiang Ning’s heart tensed, and his body instantly soared.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the highest rooftop around.

From his elevated position, he instantly saw a group of figures in black iron armor, riding Black Nightmare Horses on the main thoroughfare of the outer city district.

Black Mountain Army!

Black Mountain Cavalry!!

Seeing this, his heart jolted.

His gaze grew heavy.

At the end of his line of sight, on the main road connecting the outer city to the Inner City, he saw a group of Black Mountain Cavalry; the number of these riders was over thirty.

This meant the West City Gate of the outer city had been breached, allowing the Black Mountain Cavalry to appear within the city.

This also indicated that among this band of marauders, there were at least thirty individuals who were Eighth Grade in the Divine Power Realm.

Moreover, they were clad in battle armor, mounted on warhorses, and were an organized, well-trained Eighth Grade Divine Power Realm force.

Such a force, even if a common Seventh Grade Martial Artist dared to block their path, would rout them instantly in a confrontation.

Because the military Martial Artists and lone Martial Artists from the jianghu (Martial Arts community) were entirely different.

They formed an organized system, well-trained, coordinated in their charging, and supported each other.

The combined combat power could easily multiply.

Their combat capabilities were not even remotely comparable.

Not to mention, these were the elite, battle-hardened Black Mountain Cavalry.

Their combat power would only be more formidable.

Moreover, these Black Mountain Cavalry were cavalry, not infantry.

It should be known that those in the Eighth Grade Divine Power Realm had at least a starting strength of one thousand catties, with the outstanding ones possessing two to three thousand catties of strength, and wearing several hundred catties of armor.

Once these Black Mountain Cavalry moved, they resembled a mobile fortress of iron.

And the explosive power and endurance of the Black Nightmare Horses, carrying the fully armed Black Mountain Cavalry into the charge, were formidable.

When combined, with the impact of tens of cavalry charging, how could it be stopped?

Who would dare stop it?

Even now, seeing these dozens of Black Mountain Cavalry, his heart felt wary.

The rapid breach of the West City Gate on this special night of New Year’s Eve was sufficient to suggest that among these dozens of Black Mountain Cavalry, there were those far surpassing Eighth Grade.

It was not possible for a mere Eighth Grade Divine Power Realm to breach the city so swiftly.

There must have been a true powerhouse who scaled the walls, swiftly killed the guards, and then opened the city gate.

Only thus could the West City Gate be breached so quickly, appearing within the inner city.

As for the strength of the strong among this group of Black Mountain Cavalry, he did not know.

Nor did he know if he could match them.

The Black Mountain Cavalry, being the elite force within the Black Mountain Army, and the Black Mountain Army being the protective force of the Black Lotus Sect.

Before, the ability to stir up a rebellion that affected Daming Prefecture and the two prefectures, sweeping across seven counties, to say that there were no Martial Arts Strongmen in the Black Mountain Army was impossible.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Ning immediately stopped in his tracks and observed from a distance the approaching thirty or so riders.

…

After the Black Mountain Cavalry stormed into the city through the West City Gate, they headed straight along the main thoroughfare towards the gate of the Inner City.

There was not the slightest hesitation among them.

They had already planned everything before taking action.

Entering the city from the West City Gate, the first thing after entering was to head straight for the gate of the Inner City.

They also knew that on the eve of the New Year, taking advantage of the lax defense, it was simple to break through the outer city gates.

The difficult part was breaking through the gates of the Inner City.

With the advance warning from the outer city, the inner defense forces would be in rapid motion.

For them, time was of the essence.

After all, the Black Mountain Army numbered less than a hundred.

Once the defense forces were fully prepared and the strongmen in the Inner City had all gathered, the idea of breaking into the Inner City would be harder than reaching the heavens.

Human strength has its limits; that’s reality.

No matter how strong they were, they were ultimately flesh and blood, ultimately they would be exhausted, unable to face a sea of people.

Suddenly,

In the ears of the leading rider of the Black Mountain Cavalry, there suddenly came the cold voice of a woman.

“Captain Jiang, is there a strongman secretly observing us?”

“How strong?” asked the head of the Black Mountain Cavalry immediately; his voice quickly dispersed with the whistling wind.

“I’m not sure, haven’t found the exact location yet, but by my intuition, I already know his rough position.”

“Please, Holy Daughter, quickly find this person and, if possible, take care of him first.”

“Don’t worry, with the exceptional methods of the Black Lotus Sect, unparalleled and unique, once I find this person, I will bring him into the paradise!”

…

On the other side,

Jiang Ning observed for a moment.

Instantly, he felt someone was also secretly watching him.

This sensation was like the windless crickets anticipating autumn.

Goosebumps sprang up all over his body, the hairs standing on end.

He cautiously swept his gaze towards the direction he sensed, but found nothing.

The next moment,

He closed his eyes briefly, then suddenly opened them.

The Heavenly Eye on his forehead instantly activated.

With the Heavenly Eye open, he scanned again towards the direction from which the Black Mountain Cavalry was coming.

He immediately saw a mass of black mist enveloping a woman dressed in a black dress, her face covered with a black veil.

“This is…”

When he saw this woman, he also instantly sensed the aura of the Favored of Divine Descendants on her, as well as remnants of Divinity.

People of the Black Lotus Sect!

Jiang Ning instantly made his judgment.

Immediately, his gaze sharpened, piercing through the illusory black mist around the woman, seeing through her entire body, and also through the veil on her face.

“Looking young in appearance, not more than twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, worth a try!”

“If I kill her, based on the aura I sensed, I should be able to extract divine points from her.”

“She must be the strongest presence in this unit of Black Mountain Cavalry and the rest of the Black Mountain Army behind her!”

Seeing this woman, Jiang Ning understood right away.

The Black Lotus Sect was also backed by a God, a true God, a God holding authority.

After understanding the basic situation, Jiang Ning was ready to pull back.

Here, facing thirty or so riders, all at least above the Martial Arts Eighth Grade,

And also the renown Black Mountain Cavalry and this unknown depth woman from the Black Lotus Sect, he wasn’t very confident.

So he decided to retreat back to the Inner City walls, taking advantage of the terrain.

At this time, as the distance closed, the woman also spotted Jiang Ning.

After she saw Jiang Ning, she noticed him quickly pulling back.

In an instant, he disappeared from her sight.

“What a young face!”

“What a fast speed!!”

“What supreme movement technique!!!”

“Who is this person??”

Questions popped up in her mind instantly, her heart also grew a bit heavier.

At this moment,

The wind roared past Jiang Ning’s ears.

He sped across the rooftops, sweeping across the snow like a giant roc.