Lanling knew that the Wild Horse Tribe had fallen into a massive crisis, and they would very likely come to find him.
But he had not expected this woman to act so quickly, slipping into the Chimera Tribe’s military camp in the middle of the night, entering his own tent.
And from this, one could also see how little the barbaric world valued spiritual power.
Had it been a military camp in the human kingdom, with a dozen or so spiritual masters arrayed, it would be absolutely impossible for someone to sneak into the camp.
Feeling the cold blade against his neck, Lanling could not help but say, “It was Du Yan who killed your brother. If you want revenge, you should go find him.”
The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter said coldly, “I cannot beat him. Otherwise I would have gone to kill him long ago.”
Picking the soft persimmons to squeeze, truly direct!
“Then on what basis have you come to find me?” Lanling said coldly.
The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter said, “You killed so many of our brothers.”
“Life and death on the battlefield, must one still seek personal vengeance?” Lanling laughed coldly, “Also, my uncle finally spared you and your father’s lives. What does that count for?”
Instantly, the Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter’s eyes trembled. The scimitar in her hand also trembled.
Seeing her reaction, Lanling secretly rejoiced in his heart.
It was good that the girl knew shame. Because then she could be deceived.
A girl like Ninian was very difficult to deal with. Especially heartless and shameless, selfish and self-serving, with a black heart and thick skin. Apart from interests, there was basically nothing that could move her.
And the girl before him, in terms of character, somewhat resembled her father Duo Duo.
The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain Duo Duo was a typical leader of the barbaric world. Martial power was supreme, fierce and overbearing, also rather straightforward. The moment Constantine declared war, he immediately charged straight over with ten thousand men. A typical “don’t be a coward, just do it” attitude!
As a result, he was schemed against by Constantine and the Ankara Tribe, these two scheming bitches. Ten thousand main force troops, over five thousand killed, only four thousand defeated remnants remaining.
And now even his old nest was about to be taken. Truly miserable.
“Hmph, hiding your head and showing your tail from start to finish. You don’t even dare show your true face?” Lanling laughed coldly.
The Wild Horse chieftain’s daughter fiercely gritted her teeth, tearing off the leather mask on her face, revealing her features.
Indeed, she still could not withstand provocation!
Apart from her eyes, which resembled those of the Rakshasa Race, the rest of this girl very much resembled a near-human. Her nose was not that long, her ears not that pointed.
Wheat-coloured skin, yet very smooth.
How should one describe her entire face? It was very sexy, fiery!
Indeed, her face could be described as sexy and fiery.
For example, Christy Chung’s face could be called sexy and fiery. A pair of full lips was very fiery and moving.
And the woman before him had a face that was unruly, yet fiery and beautiful.
Especially those eyes, like knives, looking at everyone as if they were her father’s murderer.
And those lips, like flower petals licking blood, like flames burning, filled with a desire that made one want to kiss them.
Such a girl, stubborn, individualistic, tough, violent, filled with a sense of honour.
However, Lanling did not like her. Just as with Ninian, he had no patience for this type of girl before him.
In the barbaric world, he would find women, and marry women.
But he would marry a woman like Dina. Because she was pure and sincere, her martial arts high, fierce on the surface but gentle at heart, able to take good care of his life.
Though Dina was not as beautiful as the woman before him, nor as beautiful as Ninian.
Lanling’s heart was weary. He had no interest, and no patience, to conquer this leopard-like woman before him.
But back to the main point, Lanling’s little life was in her hands.
“What is your name?” Lanling asked.
That girl pressed her blade, instantly cutting open a bloody wound on Lanling’s neck.
Lanling closed his eyes. Because he worried he might reveal killing intent.
His patience was growing increasingly insufficient. If at this moment he held the initiative, he might even directly order her killed.
“You want me to follow you to the Wild Horse Tribe, help you fight, correct?” Lanling asked.
“Yes.” The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter said.
“It is you who are begging me, correct? Are you a princess of the Yan Demon Empire? A princess of the Modo Empire? Is your esteemed name so noble? You are merely the daughter of a tribe chieftain whose tribe is about to perish. You beg me for help, yet won’t even say your name?” Lanling laughed coldly, “Where does your self-satisfaction come from?”
The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter’s face trembled, “Because your life and death are in my hands.”
“Then do it.” Lanling said coldly.
“Don’t think I dare not!” The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter said coldly.
“You dare not. If you don’t do it, then your father mated with a bitch to birth you.” Lanling said.
Lanling’s words were extremely vicious. The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain’s daughter truly wished she could sever this person’s head before her.
But Lanling was right. She truly dared not. She truly could not.
“My name is Duo Ning.” The woman said.
After Lanling converted it to human language pronunciation, he asked in human language, “Which Ning?”
The woman was startled. She said in human language, “The Ning of the lemon tree. My father met my mother beneath a lemon tree.”
“Oh.” Lanling’s voice softened slightly. Because in Su Ning Bing’s name, there was also a Ning. Though the character was different, the pronunciation was the same.
Then, Lanling said, “Constantine, to recruit me, is marrying his daughter Ninian to me. You want me to join your Wild Horse Tribe. What conditions do you plan to offer?”
Duo Ning’s face trembled, “You… what conditions do you want?”
“Heh heh…” Lanling let out a cold laugh, saying nothing.
Duo Ning’s gaze turned elsewhere, “Whatever conditions Constantine can promise, we can also meet.”
With that, her gorgeous face trembled fiercely. A humiliated look appeared in her eyes.
The meaning was very clear. If Ninian could marry Lanling, she, Duo Ning, could also marry Lanling.
“Feeling humiliated? Feeling that for your tribe’s great cause, you must make such a great sacrifice? A dignified chieftain’s daughter, yet you must marry a foreigner like me?” Lanling was doing a mental voiceover for her.
Duo Ning made no sound. She said, “For Father, for the Wild Horse Tribe, I am willing to do anything.”
Lanling frowned, “Why must you women all have such self-satisfaction? Marrying me seems like some magnificent favour, like some tremendous sacrifice? Please, the women I have bedded, which one is not more beautiful than you? Just within the Chimera Tribe alone, every woman I have bedded is more beautiful than you. Their moans are much more pleasant to hear than yours.”
Instantly, Duo Ning felt even greater humiliation, making her nearly grind her teeth to pieces.
She swore, if she were not asking something of Lanling, she would certainly sever his head.
“What other conditions can you state?” Lanling said.
Duo Ning said, “We know your relationship with your uncle Suomo is very good. We are also willing to accept his foreign army, and grant them the same treatment as the tribal army.”
“This is a condition?” Lanling laughed coldly, “My uncle’s martial arts are overwhelmingly powerful. Not to mention there is also a thousand foreign army. For you, this is completely sending charcoal in snowy weather, a tremendous favour. What willingness to accept, what equal treatment, don’t you find it laughable?”
Duo Ning was clearly not a good negotiating opponent. Instantly, she said anxiously and angrily, “Then what else do you want?”
Lanling said, “You are the one negotiating with me. Shouldn’t the conditions be offered by you?”
“Lord Suomo can enter the tribe’s elder council.” Duo Ning said.
“And?” Lanling said.
“Nothing more.” Duo Ning said.
“What about me?” Lanling said.
Duo Ning said, “What else do you want?”
Lanling said, “Is there no place for me in the elder council?”
“How is that possible?” Duo Ning said, “You are too wildly delusional.”
Lanling smiled, saying nothing more.
He was of course not truly negotiating with Duo Ning. He merely wanted to probe the Wild Horse Tribe’s bottom line.
From the looks of it now, the Wild Horse Tribe still felt rather good about themselves. Indeed, they were still not miserable enough!
Duo Ning said, “I can marry you. But exactly when the wedding and consummation will occur, I have the final say. We can accept the foreign army, and grant them the same material conditions as the tribal army. And Suomo can enter the tribe’s elder council. These are our final conditions.”
Lanling said, “And if I do not agree?”
Duo Ning tightened her scimitar, “Then I will kill you now, to avenge our tribal brothers. And since you cannot be used by us, we cannot leave you for Constantine either.”
“Meaning, I either agree, or die?” Lanling asked.
“Yes, either agree, or die!” Duo Ning said.
It seemed, the Wild Horse Tribe and the Chimera Tribe were astonishingly consistent.
Though Constantine’s methods appeared somewhat more despicable and shameless, the result was exactly the same.
Lanling either agreed, or died!
Truly overbearing!
Lanling said, “Then I also have one condition.”
Duo Ning said coldly, “What condition?”
Lanling said, “If you consummate with me right now, I might consider your conditions.”
At these words, Duo Ning’s eyes erupted with sky-reaching killing intent. She could no longer control the fury in her heart. The scimitar in her hand slashed down fiercely.
“You seek death!”
After a furious shout, Duo Ning truly slashed her blade to sever Lanling’s head!
But…
When her blade reached mid-swing, her entire body was completely imprisoned, as if fixed in place.
Because a sharp sword was pressed against her waist.
This person was of course Suomo.
Nowadays, he seized every minute and second to recover his power. So he had also entered a relatively deep level of meditation. But to protect Lanling, he lived in the adjacent tent.
At this moment, Lanling felt somewhat embarrassed. Because just now, before his elder, he had been playing the rogue with a girl.
But he was not truly playing the rogue. He wanted to thoroughly enrage Duo Ning, then attempt to use the spirit body fixation technique.
Because only when she was thoroughly enraged would she lose her reason, lose most of her spiritual defence.
However, Suomo still appeared in time. Lanling had not yet used the spirit body fixation technique.
Lanling coldly stared at her, laughing coldly, “My uncle spared your father and daughter’s lives on the battlefield. And this is how you repay him!”
“Kill or cut as you please.” Duo Ning said coldly.
Lanling said, “I do not negotiate with a fool like you. Go back and tell your father two sentences. First, we are not his enemies. Second, ask him to try his best to live, no matter what desperate situation he falls into, live.”
Suomo withdrew the sword tip from Duo Ning’s lower back, making way.
Duo Ning fiercely glared at Lanling, then turned and walked out.
“The direction you are going is Constantine’s great tent. You are going to your death.” Lanling said coldly.
Duo Ning gritted her teeth, changed direction, and left Lanling’s tent, disappearing into the darkness.
“How was it?” Suomo said.
Lanling said, “Indeed, they won’t shed tears until they see the coffin. At this time, asking us to save them, yet still with an attitude of bestowing favour. It seems they are still not miserable enough. Let us wait for their battle with the Ankara Tribe. When the Wild Horse Tribe perishes, when they are left with only about a hundred people, perhaps then they can recognise reality.”
…
The Ankara Tribe’s great army was less than a day away from the Wild Horse Tribe’s old nest.
The Wild Horse Tribe chieftain Duo Long, in pain, submitted his letter of defeat, and ceded the entire Fallen Horse Mountain Range. Then he led his defeated remnants back to the Wild Horse Tribe.
This represented that in this great battle, the Chimera Tribe had ultimately won a great victory. The territory they occupied had expanded by nearly one third. The hunting grounds had expanded by one third.
In the barbaric world, territory and hunting grounds were everything.
And the Wild Horse Tribe had fallen into a fatal crisis. Not only had they lost one third of their territory, they had also lost half their military strength. Next, they still had to face an even greater decisive battle.
What was their fate? Life or death unknown.
And the Chimera Tribe had fallen into a carnival of victory.
This great battle had achieved a glorious victory. The losses were far, far smaller than imagined.
Constantine had brought eight thousand soldiers to participate in the war. In the end, the casualties were merely a little over a thousand. And the gains were enormous.
So after the Wild Horse Tribe’s letter of defeat was delivered, the entire Chimera Tribe’s military camp fell into an ocean of carnival.
Boundless bonfire feasts.
Next, the most, most important moment was about to arrive.
That was the promulgation of this great battle’s head count military merit.
Every time it was like this. After the great battle ended, the list was directly opened, announcing the head count military merit.
In the barbaric world, head count military merit meant houses, women, money, food, power.
And this time’s head count military merit list was an enormous suspense.
Because Chieftain Constantine had promised that whoever obtained the greatest head count military merit, he would betroth his daughter to them.
Now everyone was curious, who exactly could win the beauty’s hand?
Was it Du Yan, or Yang Gu, or Qiu Ju?
And for the brothers of the foreign army, the greatest suspense was the contest between Lanling and Du Yan.
Because before the battle, the two had made a wager.
If Lanling’s head count military merit was higher, Du Yan would have to kneel before Suomo and admit his wrong.
And if Du Yan’s head count military merit was higher, Lanling would have to kneel before Ninian and admit his wrong. And he would also have to stay far away from Dina.
Originally, the foreign army brothers held no hope for Lanling’s head count military merit. Because they knew how powerful Du Yan was. But on the battlefield, they had all witnessed Lanling’s arrow massacre with their own eyes. Not only that, he had relied on his strength alone to block the risk of the defensive line collapsing.
At least in this contest, the foreign army brothers hoped Lanling would win.
Because Du Yan kneeling before Suomo to admit his wrong was not humiliating in the least. But Lanling kneeling before Ninian would be a supreme humiliation.
…
Before the head count military merit list was announced, Du Yan, Yang Gu, and Qiu Ju were already standing beneath the largest bonfire.
The three were filled with anxiety, yet forcing themselves to remain calm.
Du Yan was very uneasy and puzzled that Constantine had first summoned Lanling. But he supposed it was because he had discovered Lanling possessed special talent.
Regarding the head count military merit list, Du Yan felt there was still no suspense. He was absolutely first. No accident would occur.
Especially at the end, he had decisively killed the Wild Horse Tribe young chieftain, adding another fifty head count military merit value.
And Yang Gu and Qiu Ju had slightly fallen into unease.
They felt that their head count military merit was perhaps inferior to Du Yan’s. However, Du Yan was after all a foreign dog. So when the chieftain announced the numbers, he might fiddle with them somewhat, making their head count military merit about the same as Du Yan’s.
But no matter what, everyone was anticipating the head count military merit list.
Especially Du Yan. As time passed, he almost felt a kind of suffocation.
Boundless anticipation, boundless excitement.
Fantasising about the glory of being the centre of attention when the head count military merit list was announced.
Fantasising about marrying the chieftain’s daughter, the flower of the tribe Ninian, enjoying the jealousy of thousands of men.
Once it came true, that would truly be Du Yan’s happiest moment.
As for his wager with Lanling, it was merely an embellishment. However, Ninian he would marry. Dina he would also not let go. Lanling had better roll as far away as possible.
Amidst the anticipation of all, Chieftain Constantine walked out. In his hand, he held an enormous sheepskin scroll. He stood before the bonfire, slowly unfurling it.
“The great battle is won, displaying military merit!”
Long live, long live, long live!
The Chimera Tribe soldiers shouted in unison.
The most crucial, most exciting moment had arrived.
Du Yan breathed desperately, incomparably excited.
Chieftain Constantine shouted loudly, “First place on the head count military merit list, Lanling!”
At these words, it was as if a bolt of lightning from a clear sky had fiercely struck down!
Like a meteorite, fiercely crashing into a lake.
Du Yan only felt that in an instant, a thunderbolt had struck him, leaving his mind completely blank. His eyes abruptly went dark. His entire body went completely ice cold.