CHAPTER 310: CHAPTER 30: ALLURING BEAST BATTLE (FINALE)

All through the snowy night, the anxious villagers of Fengdan County could not close their eyes. In the early part of the night, they could only hear the bugle sounds from Bailu County; by the latter half, those sounds seemed to vanish, leaving a terrifying silence.

Women were comforting crying children, while the elderly, shivering, huddled together, their cloudy eyes fixed on the entrance of the village.

In the carriage, Lie Rou silently recited scriptures, clutching hanging jade Buddha beads in her hand.

Ye Zi, like a child with ADHD, could hardly contain his desire to go outside and check things out, but was consistently stopped by Yue Chen.

Hongling and Shalman discussed the making of the Blue Snow Stove in a distracted manner, somewhat absent-mindedly, while Hong Yao had gone out and not yet returned.

Facing the eerily calm reaction of the people at Jingxin Courtyard, the first to grow restless was Yun Luo.

"Teng Wu, go have a look outside. That Miss Yue better not be dead. Her death wouldn’t matter much, but let it not cause trouble for the people of Fengdan County," Yun Luo finally spoke after days of ignoring him. Teng Wu could not hide his joy at her words, which made Yun Luo blush and spit.

Teng Wu shook his head, "Miss Yue must have a method to fend off the enemy. We are not from Fengdan County, so unless she asks for help, it would be best not to intervene hastily."

Teng Wu’s senses were much sharper than those of the people in the village; he had already smelled a hot, bloody scent in the wind. Without leaving the village, Teng Wu could confirm that the situation around Fengdan County must be dire at this moment.

As for how dreadful, Teng Wu could hardly imagine.

Teng Wu was not Yun Luo. Since his youth, he had traveled extensively with various housekeepers of the trading company; even though he had not seen tens of thousands of people, he had encountered several thousands.

From their breakout at Lie Family Mansion, through cautious traveling, to the unexpected emergence of the Blue Snow Candle, Teng Wu saw in Yue Jinghua not merely a fallen noble’s daughter but likely the key to the rise of the Blood Cherry Duke Mansion.

She seemed like a fierce jackal daring to snatch food from a tiger’s mouth; yet sometimes, she resembled a languid python, delivering a lethal strike ungrudgingly upon sensing an enemy.

Such a person, how could she risk facing danger alone?

Teng Wu had a feeling that this time Bailu County might have bitten off more than they could chew; he sighed and quietly consoled Yun Luo.

As it turned out, Teng Wu still underestimated Yue Jinghua; her intentions were far from simply making Bailu County hit a wall.

Just before dawn, the wind and snow ceased.

"Wow, it’s so bloody and violent," the Gold Eater Worm’s tiny eyes nearly popped out of its head as it exclaimed, "But I like it. Long live the Mosquito Army, the Poisonous Grass Army rocks! With them here, my stress is instantly reduced."

Nobody could have expected that Bailu County’s fierce and toxic invasion would end so quietly and swiftly. If there was any regret about this small-scale invasion war, it would only be that a few Bailu soldiers slipped through the nets in the pincer attack of the mosquito swarms and Poison Algae.

On the hillside, warm blood melted into the thick snow, forming little streams.

Groups of well-fed Giant Winged Mosquito Kings flapped their wings like well-trained troops heading towards the Five-star Demon Summoning Array.

On the ground, the Burning Poison Algae spewed out plenty of Poison Liquid, rapidly decomposing the corpses and bones of Bailu Jun soldiers, producing sharp crackling swallow sounds.

Merely overnight, the area of Burning Poison Algae that had consumed a large amount of Dark Beast and Dark Practitioner blood and bones had expanded twice its original size, and its leaves were twice as thick as before. On the snowy plains, a dark green hillock had formed. In the centuries that followed, this hillock became the second most famous defensive barrier in Fengdan County, as for the most famous one, it remained a secret at this time.

This surprise attack orchestrated between the Mosquito King and the Burning Poison Algae astonished even Yue Jinghua.

Despite losing dozens of Mosquito Kings and several patches of Burning Poison Algae in last night’s chaotic battle, it sacrificed for the lives of nearly a thousand Bailu soldiers.

With the water from Death Lake, breeding the Mosquito King and Poison Algae became easy, and the combat capabilities of the trained Dark Mosquito Kings had significantly improved. Yue Jinghua believed that with a few more similar battles, the Grade of the Mosquito King would also change.

What Yue Jinghua found most surprising was the group combat capabilities of Dark Beasts; to the unintelligent swarm of mosquitoes, Yue Jinghua’s command was the only one.

Their combat was tight and orderly. When a group of mosquitoes was lethally hit by the fighting Bailu soldiers, a second swarm would pounce like shadows immediately.

And some soldiers who tried to escape amidst the chaos found it nearly impossible to evade the gnawing of Poison Algae, which clung to them like bone maggots.

Just like her arrival, Yue Jinghua drove the carriage back to the village.

At the entrance of the village, the villagers and women and children who had been anxious all night gathered in groups at the entrance. Seeing the lone carriage return, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the village head’s face showed an unprecedented joy.

Yun Luo lifted her skirt and squeezed out of the crowd, pointing at Yue Jinghua. She stuttered for a long time, unable to utter a word.

Lie Rou set aside her Buddha beads, covered her chest with her hands, and tears welled up in her eyes. She whispered to herself, "Yue Nian, Fengdan County is safe, our daughter, she has protected our feudal territory."

In the initially cheering crowd, someone unknown first began to sob, and that sob, contagious as it was, quickly spread.

Two times, three times, followed by a chorus of sobs.

Everyone burst into tears as if to cry out all the grief they had suppressed over the years.

In a dark corner of the village, Nan Muyu held a spear that glinted brightly in his hand, watching with a snake-like gaze the smiling face of Yue Jinghua, who had just stepped down from the carriage.

Encountering the sobbing of the entire village, Yue Jinghua was stunned. It was the first time she was surrounded by so many people, and the surrounding wails left her quite at a loss.

It was Hongling who reacted quickly, shouting, "Heaven bless us, Young Master, don’t just stand there foolishly," as she and Shalman pulled Yue Jinghua out of the crowd.

Seeing the puzzled faces of Shalman and Hongling, Yue Jinghua guessed that these two sparrow-like women were bound to grill her for a good while, and she inevitably began to plead for mercy, "My dear ladies, spare me, please. I was terribly exhausted last night. Let me sleep, and I will tell you about last night’s events when I wake up."

Controlling such an astonishing number of mosquitoes and carving the Spirit Wood Pattern had already severely depleted Yue Jinghua’s spiritual power, and all she wanted now was to fall asleep until dawn.

"While I get some sleep, have someone watch Nan Muyu closely, and once Hong Yao returns, have her come to see me," Leaving these words behind, Yue Jinghua collapsed into sleep on the carriage.