Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 1251 - 555: We Just Enjoy the Spectacle

"There’s no helping it, the territory is just too vast."

"We simply can’t take care of everything. Where we are now is only a tiny corner of it."

Li Xiangrou let out a soft sigh, her expression helpless: "It’s like a drop in the ocean."

"So that’s how it is."

Ning Qi nodded, then shifted his attention to the road ahead.

Here the dense forest was all black leaves and black bark.

Even the rocks and the soil were black.

With the sunlight so sparse, it really was a great place to escape the heat.

"Master, now that you say that, I keep feeling like someone’s staring at us here."

Medicine Spirit shrank his neck on Ning Qi’s shoulder.

"It’s fine, what’s there to be afraid of?"

Ning Qi gave him a sidelong glance: "I can use them as practice. After my breakthrough, I’ve only killed a few assassins."

"I haven’t run into a proper opponent yet."

"Everyone, let’s pick up the pace, stay tight."

Commander Li led the way in front, directing everyone to speed up.

Obviously, he didn’t want to linger in a place like this either.

Getting through as fast as possible was naturally better than just passing through slowly.

"Yes!"

"As you command!"

The crowd answered again.

The speed of the caravan began to climb.

The sound of wheels and hooves filled the air without pause.

Everyone clearly didn’t want to dawdle here; all they wanted was to get out as soon as they could.

Just like that, the convoy hurried at full speed, the official road through the interior like a long serpent beneath them.

They slid rapidly along the official road.

When they were passing the entrance to a mountain gorge—

Ning Qi suddenly frowned, looking ahead.

"What’s wrong?"

Medicine Spirit noticed his expression was off and couldn’t help asking.

"Some things you just can’t avoid."

Ning Qi looked at the road in front and said, "There are people up ahead."

"Looks like they’re not very strong. I can’t even sense them!"

Medicine Spirit shook his head, chuckling: "So it’s a false alarm. I thought there’d be someone powerful."

"Swish!"

"Whoosh!"

"..."

Right at that moment, cold arrows came streaking toward them.

"Puff!"

"Ah!"

A Guard who was careless got hit squarely.

He let out a miserable scream and toppled down.

"Enemy attack, everyone stay alert!"

Commander Li snapped to attention and immediately ordered everyone to be on guard.

In an instant, the convoy began pulling back toward the dense forest on both sides of the official road.

They wanted to dodge the incoming volley of arrows.

"Kill!"

"..."

But just as they were about to reach the sides, a mass of dark heads surged out of the forest.

They held Cold Blades in their hands, shouting as they charged.

Clearly, these were men who had been lying in ambush for a long time.

First came the arrow barrage to throw them into chaos.

Then they drove them toward the sides of the road, straight into their trap.

"Ah!"

"Puff."

"..."

Very soon, people began falling into the traps that had been laid out.

Miserable screams rang out without end.

"Damn it, we’ve walked right into it!"

"Defend!"

Commander Li realized something was wrong and immediately ordered them to form a defense on the road itself.

But with enemies attacking from front, back, left, and right, there was simply no room to set up a proper defense.

Their men suffered heavy losses in a short span.

The Guard unit that had been over a hundred strong lost nearly half its number in this sudden assault.

Only then did they finally get a chance to catch their breath.

One after another, they huddled behind the wagons or to the sides; some who had no other choice used the corpses of their comrades as cover.

Only then did the situation stabilize.

"Kill!"

But before they could even take a proper breath—

A band of mountain bandits burst out of the dense forest, intent on smashing through their defenses.

"Swish!"

"Whoosh!"

Commander Li’s troops finally moved.

They began loosing arrows at the enemy.

The men charging straight at them were shot down one after another on the path of their assault.

Screams, blood, severed limbs—it was everywhere.

In no time at all, this place was turned into an Asura Field.

"Didn’t your cultivation break through? Get out there and fight them!"

Ning Qi glanced at Li Xiangrou in the carriage: "Didn’t you say you wanted to unify the dynasty? Right now your troops are being slaughtered."

"This is your chance to protect everyone, to make them pledge themselves to you in the future!"

"I... can I really do it?"

Li Xiangrou asked, lacking confidence.

"Why couldn’t you?"

Ning Qi looked at her, encouraging her: "You absolutely can. Don’t forget, you’re already a Half-step True Immortal level expert now."

"I’ve gauged the people here. Unless someone’s deliberately concealing their strength, from what I can sense, there’s no one who can beat you!"

"Use the moves I taught you last night, and your own techniques as well."

"Use them flexibly, you’ll be fine!"

"And if something really goes wrong, I can still protect you!"

"Alright!"

After hearing Ning Qi’s words, Li Xiangrou finally steeled herself and decided to act.

She took a deep breath, then leaped down from the carriage.

Her feet barely touched the ground.

Her body shot forward in a sudden soar.

She landed steadily at the very front of the battlefield.

"Princess Xiangxiang!"

"So it really is her!"

"..."

Among the mountain bandits, someone actually recognized her at a glance.

Greedy looks spread across their faces, one after another.

"Miss, get back, it’s too dangerous!"

Commander Li saw this and immediately shouted for her to return at once.

"Commander Li, you’ve protected me all this way. Now it’s time for me to protect you!"

"Everyone, you’ve all worked hard. I won’t let you get hurt anymore!"

Li Xiangrou glanced at the people behind her, then turned her gaze on the mountain bandits ahead: "Since you recognize me, there’s no need to hide."

"I know my eldest sister sent you. In that case, all of you can stay here today!"