Dragon Tamer - Chapter 41
Translated by Mianbao
Edited by RED
Flying on her sword, Li Yunzi flew over the rebel army, looking down at the dark mass of Wutu citizens.
Many of the Wutu rebels looked up. When they saw the woman flying over them on a sword, every one of them revealed looks of surprise.
That was especially true for the rebel army’s commanders. Over half of the commanders were the rulers and generals of Wutu’s nine cities. How could they not recognize this person flying on a sword?!
She was once the empress of Wutu, ruling over the land for a whole year. Before she was overthrown, there wasn’t anyone who wasn’t afraid of her iron-blooded methods!
Li Yunzi flew over the majestic rebel army, and soon arrived at the triangular central area of the valley.
She slowly descended, and slowly raised her right hand. A soft, silver silk appeared out of nowhere, intertwining quickly in her palm…
The silver silk wove together, turning into a twinkling snow white sword in an extremely short time.
The night sky was dazzling from the stars to begin with, but it was eclipsed the moment Li Yunzi raised her snow white sword!
Shua!
She slashed the entrance to the valley. A silver sword light tore through the night sky like thousands of gorgeous comets, following Li Yunzi’s swing and striking at the mouth of the valley!
Be it Wutu’s rebel army, or the soldiers of the Flying Birds Battalion, their faces were filled with astonishment. It was very hard to imagine a mortal having the power to cut the mountains!
The rock of the steep cliffs on both sides were sliced apart, and a huge crack was left on the ground!
Sword marks were usually left on the chests of enemies, or on tree trunks. However, Li Yunzi’s slash was aimed at the mouth of a valley that could hold a thousand people, slicing through the path and the stone on both sides of the valley!
The sword mark was like a natural trench, separating the rebel army under their shocked gazes.
Li Yunzi seemed to have done it intentionally. She didn’t point her sword at anyone, but even if her slash didn’t kill a single soldier, it was no different from corpses strewn everywhere to the Wutu rebels after witnessing the might of her slash!
“With this slash as the boundary, you people decide for yourselves between life and death!” Li Yunzi didn’t speak loudly, but as a Demigod, everyone inside and outside of the valley could hear her clearly!
After a brief silence, the rebel army started to stir restlessly. Most Wutu citizens had only seen ordinary soldiers wielding weapons, occasionally seeing some powerful dragons appearing on the battlefield. They had never seen someone who could split the ground with a single slash!
“Anyone who crosses the sword boundary will be viewed as rebels and killed without mercy.
“Those outside the sword boundary will be considered citizens. My, Li Yunzi’s, citizens!
“As my citizens, your lives will no longer be decided by the heavens, but by me. I will let you survive the winter, and live on.”
Li Yunzi’s words reverberated throughout the whole valley, even spreading beyond it.
The men of the Flying Birds Battalion were confused at Li Yunzi’s actions!
Shouldn’t all these rebels be killed, no questions asked?
Shouldn’t they be made to realize the Ancestral Dragon City State’s strength, and forced to back down on their own?
How could they be called citizens?
Soon, a commander among the rebel army with a bear-like body shouted, “She’s only buying time. Don’t believe this woman!”
“No matter how strong she is, she’s only one person, wielding one sword. Our compatriots are constantly joining the army. She can’t possibly kill us all. Don’t forget how we took down a stronghold city together. We’re only a step away from entering Lichuan Plains, and we’ll have everything then!” someone else also yelled immediately, raising the people’s morale.
“We have no way back, only forward!”
“Even if God stands in our way, we’ll make him disappear!”
“No fear, no fear, no fear!”
Within the army, several officers started shouting, and continuously repeated those few slogans to rouse their people’s fighting spirit.
They had no way of retreat, they could only move forward! Not even god could seal off their path of survival!
“You all know who I am.
“I was once your ruler, and let me ask you… while I was in power, did you have food?”
“Did you have clothes?”
Li Yunzi’s voice fell from the starry sky. Her words couldn’t be drowned out, no matter how noisy it was. Everyone could hear her clearly.
Suddenly, the rebel army was boiling!
The people looked up to the night sky, where someone stood on a long shining silver sword. Indeed, everyone recognized this person, because every city in Wutu had a statue of her!
Wutu’s ruler had kept changing. Only Li Yunzi had managed to control the nine cities of Wutu for a year. In that one year, there had existed hints of law and order in Wutu, but that very order had thoroughly disappeared after she was overthrown.
The flames of war had never died down. Bandits were rampant. They even experienced an autumn drought, forcing the people of Wutu into desperate straits…
“Don’t listen to her nonsense. After we charge past this city, we’ll have an endless supply of food, and clothes we’ll never get to finish trying on. We can establish a city state that belongs to Wutu, no longer having to be their slaves!” the strong, bear-like chief roared defiantly.
This rebel chief kept fanning the people’s emotions, keeping their excitement up.
Li Yunzi suddenly dove down, still on her sword, her figure flashing like a white bolt of lightning, passing through countless rebels in military armor…
The soldiers widened their eyes. By the time they reacted, fresh red blood suddenly spurted out from all over that burly rebel chief’s body!
Hot blood spattered on the faces of the surrounding rebel soldiers. Those soldiers were dumbfounded, watching as that chief’s head fell from his neck and rolled on the muddy ground!
He died!
Standing among tens of thousands of people, one of their chiefs died, just like that! The rebels still clearly remembered how this bear-like chief broke down the stronghold’s wall of shields with his brute strength. He was a meat grinder in war, but he died tragically to Li Yunzi’s sword in just the blink of an eye!
“The second chief is dead, the second chief is dead…”
“This vicious woman! Avenge the chief!”
“Avenge the chief!!!”
His death sparked fear in the rebel army, and that fear spread like a disease. Soon, some of the rebels raised their weapons frantically, charging towards Glory Valley City!
The rebel army roared. More and more people charged towards Glory Valley City, no longer caring about anything.
“Anyone who crosses the sword boundary dies!” Li Yunzi’s voice shot into the ears of every rebel once more.
However, the front of the army continued rushing forth crazily, the violent shouts of the army easily drowning out all thoughts!