Jiang Jin looked at him, her eyes icy as she drew her dagger and walked towards him step by step.
Suddenly, her footsteps halted. She caught a whiff of a strange smell and couldn't help but look at the ground. Sure enough, the short soldier had wet himself in terror.
Jiang Jin was speechless. Were soldiers really this cowardly?
It was only then that she saw clearly that this man was a Han soldier, and quite young at that. He probably hadn't been on the battlefield many times.
Would she be soft-hearted?
Of course not. Everyone chooses their own path. Since he had betrayed his country and become an executioner who slaughtered his own compatriots, he had to be prepared to be killed.
Just as she was about to strike, two more soldiers rushed down from upstairs, shouting as they charged at her.
Jiang Jin stepped sideways to dodge the incoming blade, thrusting her Tang sword forward swiftly and fiercely.
Pfft, a direct hit to the abdomen of the soldier on the right.
The soldier on the left felt a chill in his heart, deeply realizing his opponent's prowess, and he rapidly retreated.
Jiang Jin pulled out her Tang sword and slashed horizontally.
Unable to dodge in time, the soldier could only raise his blade to block.
Sparks flew, and a large notch was hacked into the soldier's sword.
Jiang Jin's speed was extremely fast. The second strike fell again, carrying a biting cold gleam.
Crack.
The soldier's sword was chopped into two pieces.
The Tang sword continued its forward slash with overwhelming momentum, directly cutting into the soldier's shoulder.
As a spray of blood shot out, the soldier collapsed to the ground.
Jiang Jin raised her sword and slashed down again, sending the soldier's head flying.
She panted slightly; this body was indeed weak.
"De-demon lord, please, please let me go, I, I..." The short soldier knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jiang Jin.
Jiang Jin looked down at this soldier who had no will to resist whatsoever. Without a word, she stepped forward and severed his head with a single strike.
Having finished off the last person, she stood motionless. The surroundings fell into dead silence.
After a few breaths, making sure she had killed everyone on the city tower, she finally turned around to deal the finishing blows to the ones she had electrocuted.
Regardless of whether they were dead or not, she stabbed them again just to be certain they were all dead, lest she be attacked from both sides later.
On the other side, several men dressed in the uniforms of Jiao soldiers lay in ambush hundreds of meters away from the governor's mansion. It was Zhou Sui and his three companions.
As the local tyrants of Liang City, it wasn't difficult for Yao Ji and the others to get their hands on a few sets of soldier uniforms.
With sabers hanging at their waists and bows and quivers strapped to their backs, they were fully armed.
After an afternoon of rest, Yao Ji and the other two had recovered a good deal of their energy.
This was especially true for Xie Nanxiao and Chen Xi, as most of their injuries were superficial wounds.
Xie Nanxiao couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Is what the princess said about being able to take out Jiao Liang really true? Why do I find it so hard to believe!"
Their plan was simple. Once Jiang Jin took out Jiao Liang, the governor's mansion would inevitably fall into chaos, and they would infiltrate it then.
No one spoke, because deep down, they didn't really believe it either.
But they wanted to believe it, because if the governor's mansion didn't fall into chaos, they would have absolutely no chance to kill the people they wanted to kill, nor save the people they wanted to save.
Zhou Sui suddenly spoke up, "Believe her. Didn't she say she would burn the granary, and then she burned it?"
The eyes of Yao Ji and the other two unanimously turned towards the location of the granary, where flames were soaring into the sky.
After a long while, Xie Nanxiao couldn't help but sigh in admiration, "Impressive. I wonder how she managed to do it?"
It wouldn't have been too difficult for him to sneak into the granary, but the hard part was where she found so much firewood or oil.
Although the granary was a wooden structure, without a massive amount of firewood or oil to act as kindling, it couldn't have burned to such an uncontrollable degree all at once.
After all, there were quite a few guards stationed over there. If the flames weren't big enough, they would have been easily extinguished.
Yao Ji muttered in a low voice, "Truly impressive."
East gate, city tower.
Jiang Jin was already standing on the roof of the highest city tower. She had extinguished all the torches on the tower.
Propped up in front of her was a sniper rifle over a meter long, equipped with a scope that had night vision.
In the 25th century, thermal weapons had basically lost their effectiveness against alien races, and everyone relied on superpowers.
Therefore, she didn't have many firearms in her spatial dimension. She only had one handgun and one sniper rifle, and not many bullets either. She had to use them sparingly and where it mattered most.
Fortunately, she had quite a lot of cold weapons in her space. She had a strong interest in them back in the day, so she had collected quite a few.
The governor's mansion was about two thousand meters away from the city tower. For a former top-tier sniper like her, this was no pressure at all.
Standing here, she could see almost every building in the governor's mansion clearly. According to the layout map Yao Ji had drawn earlier, she locked her target on the council hall.
If her deduction was correct, Jiao Liang should currently be in the council hall discussing various suspicions and countermeasures regarding the granary fire.
The reason she set fire to the granary was, firstly, to divide Jiao Liang's forces, and secondly, for this very moment.
Based on the orientation she deduced, the council hall was the easiest target to hit from her position on the city tower.
And to get Jiao Liang to hold a meeting in the council hall late at night, there naturally had to be an incident. If there wasn't one, she would create one.
Just as she expected, the council hall of the governor's mansion was brightly lit at this moment, only everyone was guessing back and forth without figuring out who was targeting them.
Jiao Liang only felt a headache coming on, feeling frustrated and suffocated. This feeling of being attacked without knowing who the attacker was made him want to kill someone to vent his furious emotions.
Guan Jin was very puzzled. "Just who possesses such strength?"
A general standing below slammed the table. "If I find out who did this, I'll definitely let him taste the feeling of being torn apart by five horses!"
Suddenly, with a loud boom, the council hall seemed to shake.
Accompanied by this loud noise, a crackling shower of roof tiles and wood splinters smashed down into the middle of the council hall, even hitting some of the people standing in the center.
Everyone was horrified. They unanimously looked up at the source of the sound, only to find a huge hole blown into the roof of the council hall. They were directly face-to-face with the stars in the sky!
The roof caved in?!
Everyone stared dumbfounded at this bizarre scene.
It took them a good while to react, shouting, "Men, men! Assassins, there are assassins!"
Hearing the commotion, the soldiers guarding outside immediately rushed in. More than twenty soldiers poured in, some protecting Jiao Liang, others vigilantly looking around to locate the assassin.
However, apart from the sound of their breathing, there was nothing else in the council hall.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay, somewhat at a loss.
One burly man said with a trembling voice, "Thunder? Was that thunder just now? Did we get struck by lightning?!"
Everyone was speechless. It sounded as if they deserved to be struck by lightning.
But undeniably, everyone's hearts grew apprehensive at this moment. Could it really be thunder?
Wait, why would lightning strike them? Was the heavens displeased with their invasion of the Yan Kingdom?
Jiao Liang felt a slight chill in his heart. He was also somewhat astonished, but he maintained a calm expression. "It couldn't have been thunder. Investigate immediately, and strengthen the security in the mansion."
"Understood." The captain of the mansion guards immediately bowed and complied.
Standing not far from Jiao Liang, Guan Jin suggested in a low voice, "This place is not safe. General, why don't we move to another location?"
Jiao Liang knew this place wasn't safe. The most deadly part was that he still didn't know what on earth this thing was to have such massive destructive power!
He nodded, took the long sword handed to him by a personal guard nearby, and walked out the doors of the council hall under the protection of his guards and subordinates.
The unknown is always the most terrifying. Despite their large numbers, everyone was filled with apprehension and unease, terrified that another sudden strike would occur.
The crowd exited the council hall and hurried toward the right corridor. After walking a few steps without incident, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Pfft. Before they could fully relax, a faint, bizarre sound reached their ears—like something bursting apart, or perhaps spraying out.
The few people standing closest to Jiao Liang were instantly splattered with blood and gore, mixed with pulverized internal organs...
Thud. It sounded like something heavy dropping to the ground.
Everyone halted in their tracks, instinctively turning toward the noise. They saw a severed head, half its face blown to a pulp, hit the ground and roll a few times.
Thud. Another heavy impact echoed as Jiao Liang's remaining half of a body crashed to the floor, splashing up a puddle of blood!
An icy chill washed over the crowd. Their minds went blank for a split second, but deep down, they already understood the grim reality. Their Great General had been annihilated!!!
Great General Jiao Liang had been blasted into two pieces!
No, wait, he had been blown into countless fragments!
On the walls, on the ground, on their very own bodies—it was everywhere!
It was all Great General Jiao Liang!
