Temporary camp in Mang Village.
Mang Village Chief, upon hearing that people from Yu Village arrived with the heads of strong men and prisoners, abruptly stood up, 'What?!'
How is it possible that three hundred people couldn't handle two hundred?
The Mang Village Chief thought their three hundred people were defeated by Yu Village's two hundred, unaware that Yu Village only sent out twenty cavalry and effortlessly defeated their three hundred.
The Mang Village Chief felt a trace of fear but mostly anger, thinking the strong men sent to ambush were useless, 'Truly worthless.'
The Mang Village Chief, with his people, walked out of the thatched shed to the camp outside.
Yu Meng sat on horseback, sneered, and tossed the head of the strong man.
The head landed with a thud.
"You!" Mang Village's people were furious.
Yu Meng, holding a knife, said, 'What? Dare to send someone to ambush and can't stand the sight of a severed head?'
Mang Village people angrily said, 'Yu Village, don't be too arrogant. This is our Mang Village territory.'
Yu Meng said, 'This is unclaimed territory, and Mang Village doesn't have the ability to stop us from being arrogant. Let me tell you, immediately stop the fight with Da Ji Village, or don't blame us for being impolite.'
Mang Village Chief coldly said, 'Do you want to be enemies with us, Yu Village?'
Yu Meng replied, 'Enemies? Ha, you implicated innocent villagers, captured them to be slaves asked if they agreed or not!'
When Yu Meng said this loudly, the slaves captured by Mang Village couldn't help but look over, their eyes burning with hatred.
Yu Meng continued, 'Our shaman is compassionate, can't bear to see innocent people trampled by you. That's why we came to stop your fight. You didn't listen to advice and even carried out a shameful ambush. The shameless ones are you.'
Mang Village Chief said, 'Do you want to speak up for those slaves?'
Yu Meng coldly replied, 'Watch your tone. They are not your slaves.'
Mang Village Chief grinned, 'Is that so? If you have the ability, take them back.'
Yu Meng, looking at him, said, 'So, you are determined not to listen to advice?'
Mang Village Chief said, 'Yes, and what about it? A small Yu Village wants to oppose us, truly laughable!'
'What did you say!' Yu Meng's warriors behind him were enraged.
Yu Meng raised his hand to stop them, looked at the Mang Village Chief coldly, 'Since you insist on seeking death, don't blame us.'
He looked at his warriors, 'Back to the camp. Tell the leader that Mang Village refuses to listen to advice.'
The warriors suppressed their anger, glanced at Mang Village's people threateningly, and then, with Yu Meng leading, turned their horses and left.
Mang Village Chief's face darkened.
'Chief, what do they mean? Do they still want to deal with us?'
'Just relying on them, overestimating their abilities.'
The captured prisoners climbed up, their expressions terrified, 'Chief, Yu Village's people are really scary. We can't conflict with them.'
Mang Village Chief looked at them coldly, 'Three hundred people losing to two hundred, and you still dare to speak in front of me?'
The captured prisoners were confused. Three hundred people losing to two hundred? They hadn't even faced Yu Village's main force; they were defeated by twenty people!
'Hahaha, I think you're just unable to accept the defeat, gone mad. Twenty people defeating three hundred, truly a toothless joke.'
'Chief, they've been frightened.'
Mang Village Chief looked at them coldly, 'Let them go fight with the slave soldiers. Since they're scared, deal with them properly.'
The captured prisoners looked at Mang Village Chief in horror, unable to believe how he treated them, making them fight alongside slave soldiers. That was treating them as cannon fodder!
They vehemently argued, trying to prove their point, but no one believed them.
The enslaved people, watching Mang Village's people, were angry. After glancing in the direction Yu Village left, they withdrew their gaze.
'What are you looking at? You don't really think those Yu Village people will save us, do you? Just saying things for show.'
Some slaves, who had just ignited hope, quickly felt it fade away.
Yeah, no one is coming to rescue them.
...
The next day, Mang Village and Da Ji Village clashed again.
At the forefront were the slave soldiers, driven away. They had to fight for their masters; not fighting meant being killed by the enemy's slave soldiers. Mang Village and Da Ji Village's own warriors stood safely behind the slave soldiers, just watching them fight.
'Toot—'
The horn of battle sounded, and Da Ji Village's slaves shivered. They nervously watched the enemy's slaves, some gripping weapons, others without, forced to charge out.
'Kill Da Ji Village's slaves, or you won't come back alive.' Mang Village people whipped the slaves, urging them to quickly go kill.
Mang Village's slaves gritted their teeth and rushed out.
'Kill—'
'Kill them!'
The two sides of slaves quickly entangled.
'Toot—'
At that moment, from the high ground in the west, another horn sounded.
Following the horn, more than two hundred majestic cavalry descended from the high ground.
'Stop!'
'We come on behalf of Shaman Lord's orders to persuade you. Da Ji Village and Mang Village, stop immediately!'
'Those who don't stop will be considered enemies of Yu Village and be killed!'
The voices of Yu Village warriors were loud, with the Five Elements warriors having the strongest penetrating voices.
The entire battlefield frowned. Mang Village and Da Ji Village found Yu Village's actions provocative and infuriating. They had no intention of heeding the advice.
Mang Village Chief coldly said, 'Ignore them. Kill Da Ji Village's slaves for me!'
Da Ji Village also didn't want to stop, continuing to let the slaves attack each other.
As expected, Yu Village's actions were within Luyan's expectations. He had people shout those words just to let the slaves and those observing the battle hear. He didn't expect a few words to deter Mang Village and Da Ji Village.
So, after approaching the battlefield, Luyan leaped from his horse, stood in mid-air, took out his magic bow, fingers on the arrow, and a huge flame arrow appeared. He pointed it at Mang Village's team.
'What is that thing!'
'It's fire, it's fire, quickly get away!'
'Divine punishment, it's divine punishment, run!'
Hundreds of flame arrows avoided the fighting slaves and aimed at Mang Village's formation.
'Ah ah ah!'
'I've been hit!'
Those hit by the flame arrows were Mang Village's warriors. A deadly rain of fire, one arrow, one death.
In an instant, hundreds were silent, and all of Mang Village was terrified.
They looked at Luyan in the sky in horror.
What was that?
Is it a god?"
Luyan coldly retracted the flames, "Now, are you willing to heed Yu Village's advice?"
Yu, Yu Village?
Da Ji Village Chief's heart pounded. Was that person actually from Yu Village?
Yu Village... A living deity?
"We are willing. Please spare us," a voice sounded in the Da Ji Village Chief's ear. He turned and found the village's old shaman.
Luyan looked at Mang Village's people again. Mang Village was still in a daze, and the Mang Village Chief looked at Luyan in disbelief, refusing to believe that Luyan was from Yu Village.
"Don't want to?" Luyan coldly pressed him.
Under the powerful pressure of the foundational cultivator, Mang Village Chief collapsed with a thud, immediately regaining his senses from the fear of death. He gritted his teeth, "Willing."
"Hmph." Yu Meng sat on horseback, sneering, "It would have been better if you had been this obedient earlier."
Mang Village Chief dared not speak.
Luyan: "Yu Meng, take all the slaves out of the battlefield."
Yu Meng immediately straightened up, "Yes!"
Those slaves couldn't believe it; they were saved just like that.
The Mang Village slaves, who had seen Yu Meng yesterday, were even more shocked.
"They... really came to save us?"
"They're from Yu Village!"
The slaves wore expressions of disbelief, as they never expected Yu Village to actually come and rescue them. Some of them remembered Yu Meng's words from yesterday, saying that Yu Village's shaman had compassion and didn't want to see innocent people suffer, so they came to stop the fight...
"Thud!"
Several slaves suddenly knelt down, kowtowing to Yu Meng and the others.
"Thank you for saving us! Thank you!"
Other slaves, in a daze, also followed suit.
These people had been living ordinary lives but were suddenly taken as slave soldiers by Mang Village and Da Ji Village, who didn't care about their lives.
Now, realizing that someone cared about their lives, they couldn't help but cry.
Yu Meng, who had initially shown little reaction, couldn't help but feel a bit sour in his eyes at this scene. He cleared his throat and said to the warriors behind him, "Take them all away from the battlefield."
"Yes." The warriors directed the innocent villagers who had been used as slave soldiers, "Hurry, leave the battlefield, go to the high ground to the west."