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Gentleness on the Battlefield (Part 2) With a slight smile, Ye Yinzhu said, “Our fundamental purpose is to restrain the beastmen’s two big tribes, keeping them too busy to care about anything else.

According to what you said last night, our goal should have been achieved.

Although we cannot really do anything, making the beastmen in Thor’s Hammer Fort feel tense is still possible.

At the very least, we need to scare Guti back.”

Martin’s gaze on Ye Yinzhu suddenly turned a bit strange.

Last night, when he first heard Ye Yinzhu talk about the Amethyst Behemoth heading into the beastmen in the Northernmost Wilderness in an attempt to unite the entire Beastman Clan, he felt it was nothing short of a fantasy.

He simply did not believe such a thing could happen.

However, this morning, when he personally saw the giant breach on Thor’s Hammer Fort, Martin suddenly realized that his thoughts might have been too conservative.

For Qin City, it seemed that nothing was truly impossible.

This realization depressed the old marshal greatly, but his understanding of Qin City also increased a bit more.

He secretly wondered just how much strength Qin City still had not shown publicly.

Your Majesty, you must decide soon.

If the Beastman Clan can really rely on Qin City’s backup force, then I fear our north might never be able to advance even a step further.

How exactly should we handle our relationship with Qin City?

“Marshal, give the order,” Ye Yinzhu said to Martin.

Martin nodded, took down the Dragon Spear hanging from his winged ring, and pointed it in the direction of Thor’s Hammer Fort.

The massive army of the Northern Legion of the Milan Empire immediately started moving.

Their pace was not fast, but imagine, hundreds of thousands of troops, including siege equipment, moving forward slowly yet resolutely.

The oppressive force was utterly terrifying.

Tiger King Qiao Cole stood atop the walls of Thor’s Hammer Fort, his expression fluctuating as he watched the advancing Milan Army.

Even now, he couldn’t understand how the Milanese had managed to breach the fortress.

After receiving the news of the fortress’s breach at midnight yesterday, he had rushed to the city head right away and questioned dozens of beastman soldiers on duty but did not receive a clear answer.

The only thing more beastman soldiers mentioned was the “Devil’s Curse.”

Enraged, every beastman soldier who had been scared to death died by the hands of an infuriated Tiger King.

A vast breach six or seven meters wide and thirty meters deep through the entire wall couldn’t be blocked in a short amount of time.

Early this morning, he had sent out beastmen to transport materials to repair the wall, but Martin had already led his army to challenge them by the fortress.

Yesterday’s battle left a deep impression on him, with Qin City’s four great infantry corps on the left wing of the entire human army.

And then there were those Horned Hawk Knights in the air, constantly circling, ready to strike at any moment.

The pressure in Qiao Cole’s heart was immense.

Although the fortress housed the allied forces of the two big tribes, the beastmen’s real main force was not present.

Previously, the main force in the fierce clashes between beastmen and human elites had been the Behemoth Beasts and the tribes’ strongest legions.

But now, the Behemoth Beasts had defected, and both the Gold and White Tiger Legions were absent, so he was really unsure.

The engagement from yesterday was still vivid in his mind.

Seventy thousand beastmen had been wiped out without leaving a single human corpse.

Although there were nearly a million troops in the fortress, how long could they withstand a slaughter like yesterday’s?

Therefore, upon realizing the Milan Army was preparing to attack and all powerful legions were set to battle, Qiao Cole immediately chose to defend the fortress.

At least, within the fortress, they needn’t worry about the enemy mages making their move.

Within the huge breach, he had ordered beastman soldiers to dismantle some buildings inside the city and use the materials to fill the gap.

Although it was much inferior to the original wall, he believed it could still hold off the enemy for a while.

The breach was not large after all; it would not be easy for the humans to break through from there.

This morning, upon seeing the imposing Milan Army, Qiao Cole had sent Gryphons to notify Guti, feeling very insecure without the two main legions.

Atop the fortress and beneath it, as well, hundreds of thousands of Beastman Army soldiers had already made their preparations for battle.

Though the weaponry of the Beastman Clan was primitive, they still possessed some basic siege equipment.

A large number of Beastman soldiers were concentrated atop the fortress, waiting for the Milan Empire Army to charge at any moment.

However, what made Tiger King Qiao Cole’s veins bulge with frustration was that the Milan Northern Corps seemed in no rush at all.

The warriors moved forward slowly, inching forward since the early morning, and now after a full two hours, the Milanese forces were still more than forty li away from the fortress, appearing only as a dense mass without any details visible.

“Damn, what are these Milan pigs up to?

To fight or not to fight?” Qiao Cole was under tremendous pressure, especially since Guti had just left and issues had already begun to surface in the always sturdy walls.

How would he explain when Guti returned?

He was eager to have a hearty battle with the Milanese.

Of course, it would be based around the fortress.

Yet, although the Milan Northern Corps had obviously deployed their absolute main force, they showed no sign of launching an attack, only gradually pressing in, increasing the pressure progressively.

“Yin Zhu, you’re too bad.

It’s been over two hours,” Matlachi couldn’t resist saying with a smile to Ye Yinzhu beside him, “If I were those Beastmen on the other side, I’d probably be jumping out of my skin by now.”

Ye Yinzhu was sitting on the back of Machino the Iron Dragon, looking entirely at ease, his demeanor so posed one wouldn’t think him a young man but rather a seasoned veteran.

“Whether they’re anxious or not doesn’t seem to matter to us, as long as we are not.

Our army is here, so the Beastmen can’t afford to relax.

If you both feel a bit bored, how about I play a zither piece for you?”

Suppressing a smile, Martin responded, “It would be an honor to listen to a zither piece played by the Zither Emperor.”

Ye Yinzhu nodded, saying, “Very well, please wait a moment.” As he spoke, he suddenly, without any warning, soared into the air; a deep amethyst Douqi burst forth from within his body, propelling his white-robed figure toward the front lines.

Flying with Douqi was much faster than using magic, of course, though it was also vastly more draining.

However, for a Ninth Rank Zi rank powerhouse like Ye Yinzhu, that was nothing, at least for a short distance.

Watching Ye Yinzhu suddenly soar into the air toward the front lines, Matlachi couldn’t help but ask in astonishment, “What is he doing?”

Martin smiled slightly and said, “Our esteemed Zither Emperor is clearly adding fuel to the fire.”

However, Tiger King Qiao Cole did not see it that way.

Seeing a deep amethyst light flare up within the enemy ranks, he immediately became wary and issued orders for readiness.

All Beastman Warriors prepared for battle.

Soon the sharp-eyed Thunderbirds relayed the news, informing Qiao Cole that the one who had burst forth from the enemy ranks was the same young human who had led the annihilation of tens of thousands of Beastman soldiers the day before.

Hearing this, Qiao Cole became even more nervous.

The scene of Ye Yinzhu’s fierce behavior and his repulsion of Guti from yesterday was still vivid in his mind.

In his view, the reappearance of the Zither Emperor clearly indicated that the enemy was about to attack.

Hurriedly issuing several more orders, all the catapults atop the fortress were drawn, and the Beastman archers nocked their bows and readied themselves.

All Beastman soldiers took up their weapons.

Ye Yinzhu flew all the way to the front of his own battle lines before gradually descending.

He couldn’t see, but his Unity of Heaven and Man sense far surpassed sight, and naturally, he was aware of the Beastmen soldiers’ significant movements on Thor Hammer Fortress above, a playful smile appearing on his lips.

“It seems the Beastmen manding this fortress have no sense of entertainment.

Who said my ing out was to attack?”

From the shadow behind Ye Yinzhu, Sura appeared, chuckling, “Master Matlachi was right, Yin Zhu, you really are too bad.”

With a look of feigned innocence, Ye Yinzhu said, “Am I?

We didn’t e out here to start a war today.

I’ve always been a lover of peace.

It’s just a training exercise, after all.

If the other side is tense, it’s not my fault.

I hope these Beastmen don’t wet their pants because of our actions.

Sura, what would you like to hear?

I’ll play it for you.”

Upon hearing that Ye Yinzhu would play the zither for her, a blush immediately tinted Sura’s pretty face while a look of deep affection appeared in her eyes as she gazed at Ye Yinzhu’s sightless eyes, whispering softly, “I still want to hear that Phoenix Seeking Phoenix you play.”

Ye Yinzhu smiled slightly, “Alright, then Phoenix Seeking Phoenix it is.” While he spoke, he took Sura’s hand and lightly kissed it on the lips, stepping back a few paces gracefully, and lifting his Divine Source Magic Robe, he simply sat down right there in the vast battlefield, under the watchful eyes of millions of soldiers from both sides.

As the Singing Phoenix Zither appeared on Ye Yinzhu’s knees, Sura’s expression became somewhat infatuated.

She seemed to see again the scene at Landias City’s grand training ground, where Ye Yinzhu had traveled thousands of miles just to bring her back.

Ye Yinzhu’s handsomeness, his elegance, and the ancient zither’s lofty antiquity could not draw Sura’s attention away from him, the person himself, and his heart.

(To be continued.

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