Stranger Danger

Chapter 1015: Taking The Fight To The Enemy

As Feng Qingyou continued to perform hand seals and chant the incantations, the bead of blood on the Kun Armor’s forehead began tracing some sort of strange pattern and spreading wider. In the end, it formed some sort of strange diagram that looked both like the veins of the human body and runic restrictions.

A teatime passed, and the blood diagram finally spread throughout the Kun Armor. Then, it gradually faded into nothing. When the blood diagram was completely gone, the Kun Armor abruptly looked a bit more human than before, and a terrifying gust of energy washed out of it.

It was only then Feng Qingyou finally stopped what she was doing and let out a small sigh of relief. She looked fatigued.

“Do you want to take a break?” Ye Qing asked concernedly. Clearly, it cost a tremendous amount of mental energy to awaken a Divine Armor.

Feng Qingyou shook her head. “It’s fine. Our time is limited. The sooner we’re done with this, the better.”

With that said, she walked up to the Li Armor next and performed the ritual once more.

It wasn’t long before Ye Qing discovered that the hand seals Feng Qingyou was performing and the incantations she was chanting was different from the one she used to awaken the Kun Armor. They were just as complicated and long though.

Does every Divine Armor have their own unique hand seals and incantations? Ye Qing thought incredulously while rubbing his nose. Who was the genius who came up with this idea? Did they have a fetish for torture?

He was right. The hand seals and incantations required to awaken the Gen Armor and the Dui Armor were all different. It was incredible Feng Qingyou was able to remember it all. If he was in her position—there was no point in thinking about it. The long story short was that he was unworthy.

It took almost two hours for Feng Qingyou to awaken all four Divine Armors. By the time she was finally done, Feng Qingyou looked both pale-faced and dizzy.

“Are you alright?” Ye Qing lent her a hand and supported her, asking.

“I’m fine. I just need a bit of rest.” Feng Qingyou gave him a little wave.

Ye Qing took Feng Qingyou to a corner of the room where she could catch some rest. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before a voice called out from the exit, “Miss Feng, Warrior Ye, the princess is requesting your presence.”

“Understood. We’ll be there right away,” responded Feng Qingyou before she left the secret room with Ye Qing. The person calling them then led them to a massive square.

The square was big enough to fit tens of thousands of people at once with room to spare. Not only that, the tiles were all forged from Cerulean Blue White Jade, pure and limpid.

The square was filled with people right now. On one side were the Nanjiang Pacification Army captives, and the other the surviving citizens of the Nanjiang Royal Court.

The citizens all looked haggard and wearing rags. They acted like zombies even though they were rounded up like cattle for an unknown purpose, numb and sluggish.

Besides the people, the most conspicuous thing on the square was a statue.

The statue was located at the center of the square. It was about ninety nine meters tall and sculpted from some sort of stone. It glowed a little under the night sky.

The sculpture’s appearance was that of a woman. She wore a white dress and a silk belt. Her sleeves were floating, and a moon adorned the top of her head. She was carrying a jade rabbit in her hands and surrounded by starlight. Her feet were surrounded by cyan frost. She looked aloof, holy, noble, and mysterious like a celestial of the Moon Palace; a divine being who resided in the heavens.

“The Moon God?”

The name naturally flashed through Ye Qing’s mind when he saw the statue.

The Moon God’s—also known as the Moon Empress or the Moon Mistress—full title was Yellow Radiance Plain Glory Original Spirit Sacred Moon Empress of the Shang Qing Moon Palace. She was an ancient deity.

It was well known that the tribes of Nanjiang revered the moon and worshiped the Moon God, and the statue before him looked almost the same as the Moon God described in the books. Therefore, it was most likely a statue of the Moon God.

Right now, Meng Feixue, Grandma Yu, Elder Soul Sacrifice and more were setting up an altar in front of the statue. They had all changed into luxurious attire, and they were currently placing offerings such as livestocks, candles, bell-cauldrons and more.

Meng Feixue dropped what she was doing and welcomed Feng Qingyou as soon as she saw her.

“How is the arrangement going?” Feng Qingyou asked.

“It’s almost done, though the moon worshiping ritual itself would take about one incense stick to conduct,” Meng Feixue answered. “According to Ke Bing, Barbarian Slayer is only a kilometer or two away from us. They will arrive long before the ritual is complete.”

“Understood. Leave this to me and just focus on completing the ritual,” Feng Qingyou said smilingly.

“Got it. Be careful,” Meng Feixue warned.

“Don’t worry. Everything will be fine,” Feng Qingyou assured her.

Meng Feixue then turned to Ye Qing and warned in a harsher tone, “Take care of Qingyou. I will come for you if even a hair on her person is harmed.”

Ye Qing did not try to act flippant. He simply responded with a short but serious, “Got it.”

Feng Qingyou smiled, turned away, and departed for the outer city. Ye Qing followed closely behind her.

Zheng Rong, Zheng Shan and their men were already standing by on the city gate tower by the time they arrived. They were all wearing stern expressions on their faces.

The one road connecting the city to the shore had already been withdrawn. Landwise, the Nanjiang Royal Court was now completely cut off from the outside world.

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“Miss.”

Zhen Rong, Zheng Shan and their men greeted Feng Qingyou respectfully as soon as they saw her.

Feng Qingyou acknowledged their greeting with a nod before asking, “Where is the Chu army right now?”

Zheng Rong reported dutifully, “Barbarian Slayer is less than a kilometer away from us. Wildland Suppression is two point five kilometers away from us. We haven’t heard anything about King Slayer.”

Feng Qingyou replied indifferently, “If you haven’t heard anything, then King Slayer must be almost upon us.”

“What? That can’t be—”

Zheng Shan frowned and instinctively wanted to mouth a retort. Before he could finish though, he caught a glimpse of Feng Qingyou’s cool expression, seemingly recalled something, and actually broke out in cold sweat. He hurriedly apologized, “Forgive me, miss. This subordinate should know better than to question you.”

“What should we do?” Zheng Rong asked.

“We need to split up and delay them before they reach the city. They must not be allowed to meet up with each other,” Feng Qingyou answered.

“We’re leaving the city? Is that... wise, Miss?”

Zheng Rong considered his words carefully as he argued, “Our enemy vastly outnumbers us. Only by relying on the city’s defenses do we have a chance at winning. Isn’t it suicide to split up and meet them outside the city?”

“You are wrong. It is precisely because we are lacking numbers that we need to head out and delay them.”

Feng Qingyou explained, “If the Nanjiang Royal Court’s protective array is still intact, then you are right. The Moon God Lake would naturally keep our enemies at bay. However, the protective array is destroyed, so we are like an isolated island that is exposed from all sides and without even a single wall to hide behind.”

“As you say, our numbers are limited. If Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression and King Slayer choose to attack us from one side, then we can handle them. But if they attack us from three or even four sides at once, then there will certainly be gaps in our defenses. We won’t be able to deal with all of them.”

“This is why the only way to snatch victory is to delay them before they reach the city.”

“Don’t we have the Eight Divine Armors? Isn’t that enough to keep them at bay?” Ye Qing interrupted with a question.

“No.”

Feng Qingyou glanced at him and said seriously, “Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression and King Slayer aren’t just the elites of the Nanjiang Pacification Army. Each army is equipped with an Ancient-class Strange Artifact as well.”