The Xiangsi sword was pulled out cleanly, and the towering body of the Dragon Bone Mask crashed to the ground.
Listening to the name he shouted before death, Jiang Wang remained silent and turned his sword to look at the Rabbit Mask.
Both at the Tenglong Realm, even after fighting for a long time and nearly exhausted, he was still confident he could kill her.
But as soon as the Dragon Bone Mask fell, the red-eyed Rabbit Mask had already shot away without hesitation, not giving Jiang Wang any chance to entangle her.
An Inner Mansion Realm expert had died just like that in Qingyang Town!
All the Jiacheng City Guard soldiers who witnessed this scene were shocked speechless.
At this moment in Qingyang Town, Zhu Biqiong was injured, and Xiang Qian was seriously wounded. Jiang Wang had first broken the Yin-Yang Hunting Formation, then fought the Dragon Bone Mask for a long and bitter battle. It could be said that the entire Qingyang Town's forces were exhausted.
Yet they didn't dare have the slightest thought of making a move.
Because... Jiang Wang was still standing.
All their fighting will had been crushed by this young man.
Jiang Wang leaped to Xiang Qian's side, briefly checked his injuries, and helped him up.
Xiang Qian had made an indispensable contribution to this battle. If not for the powerful combat strength he had erupted with, Jiang Wang might have had to forcibly open his Inner Mansion early and choose to extract a divine ability.
Even if the Dragon Bone Mask was stronger, with an opening to forcibly open his Inner Mansion and extract a divine ability, he still had confidence he could win on his own.
But that would have meant his Dao path was severed.
"You okay?" Jiang Wang asked.
Xiang Qian struggled to roll his dead-fish eyes and didn't speak.
After this battle, their relationship was naturally different.
He sent someone to invite the town's only Transcendent healer. In the previous battle, Jiang Wang had been reluctant to have the old man act. Of course, the old healer was not from a major medical sect like the Eastern King Valley. His combat strength was truly lacking, and he was much better suited to healing people.
After the old healer began treating Xiang Qian and Zhu Biqiong's injuries, Jiang Wang finally had time to tidy up the battlefield.
He first ordered the Town Hall martial artists to confiscate the weapons of these City Guard soldiers, but how to handle the thousands of soldiers was a difficult question.
However, for outsiders, whether strict or lenient, it was easy to handle.
The difficulty was with their own people.
Let alone Xiang Qian, who lay like a dead fish.
For Zhu Biqiong, who was still in shock and weeping like rain on a pear blossom, Jiang Wang felt considerable guilt. Originally she had only agreed to help with work for half a year. Before, fighting the plague and setting up the illusion array, treating her like a hard laborer was one thing, but this time he had put her in a life-or-death crisis...
She, who had rarely experienced storms, was indeed frightened. But precisely because she was afraid, and still participated in the battle under those circumstances, her courage was all the more precious.
"Your Fortune and Misfortune Orb isn't very accurate, is it?" Jiang Wang said dryly.
The Fortune and Misfortune Orb could only be used once a month, and only took effect on that day, reflecting fortune and misfortune over a period of time. It had only reacted just before the Tianqing Cloud Sheep was about to appear. Jiang Wang wasn't unaware of this.
This was purely making conversation out of nothing.
Zhu Biqiong was both annoyed and amused, and didn't speak. She just closed her reddened eyes.
If only Rucheng were here...
Jiang Wang sighed silently in his heart.
He turned his head to look at Dugu Xiao.
That small figure was sitting hugging her knees in front of Hu Shuanzi's body, neither crying nor making a sound. The whole person seemed dazed, wooden.
Jiang Wang wanted to say something, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Just as the dust was settling, a whistling sound came from the horizon again.
Xiang Qian suddenly sat up, and Zhu Biqiong also opened her eyes in shock and fear.
One wave had just settled, and another was rising. Who was coming this time?
This small Qingyang Town seemed to have become a hot potato, attracting people from all directions.
Jiang Wang also raised his sword and looked into the distance, ready for battle.
He saw two figures approaching rapidly from afar.
As the figures gradually became clear, Jiang Wang revealed a smile.
The one in front was a fat figure.
When it crashed to the ground in front of Jiang Wang, the earth seemed to tremble.
The only fat person who could approach so sharply without being attacked by Jiang Wang was Chongxuan Sheng.
And following closely behind was a figure in black armor and black helmet, face hidden. Who else could it be but Fourteen?
"Why are you here?" Jiang Wang asked.
But as soon as the question left his mouth, he thought of the answer: "Steward Qian?"
"Killed him," Chongxuan Sheng narrowed his small eyes, swept his gaze around, and couldn't help but laugh: "Not bad! Even the Dragon Bone Mask died at your hands!"
Clearly, as someone in the military, he was not allowed to move lightly, and even contacting outsiders was forbidden.
But after intercepting the panic-stricken Steward Qian and learning that the Dragon Bone Mask had appeared in Qingyang Town, he had come immediately.
And with only him and Fourteen, it showed he was confident that the two of them were enough to kill the Dragon Bone Mask, the strongest of the Twelve Bone Masks...
"The White Bone Dao has internal problems," Jiang Wang shook his head and roughly explained the situation at the time.
"White Bone Envoy Zhang Linchuan? Why did he order the Rabbit Mask to kill the Dragon Bone Mask?" Chongxuan Sheng was thoughtful.
Jiang Wang glanced at him and didn't speak.
Of course there was nothing wrong with Chongxuan Sheng's words, but they undoubtedly showed familiarity with the White Bone Dao.
As someone from a top family in the Qi Kingdom, why would Chongxuan Sheng know about a heretical cult in a small kingdom ten thousand miles away?
Unless, regarding the White Bone Dao's plot against the Yang Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom might have noticed it early. Connecting this with the Qi Kingdom's army surrounding the border this time... it seemed a clear thread could be drawn.
Chongxuan Sheng realized he had let something slip, but he didn't explain. In fact, if it weren't for facing Jiang Wang and being a bit relaxed, he would never have made such a slip.
He avoided the topic and looked at the dense crowd of prisoners outside the town, asking: "What do you plan to do with these prisoners?"
"Do you have any ideas?" Jiang Wang asked.
"If you don't intend to..." Chongxuan Sheng thought for a moment: "I'll take them back to the army for detention."
What he didn't say out loud, Jiang Wang naturally understood. It was nothing more than massacring them on the spot or burying them alive...
But he didn't intend to agree. He only asked about the latter option: "Would it be troublesome?"
He asked this because, so far, the Qi army had only blocked the Yang Kingdom's border in the name of maintaining the Eastern Region's order, and apart from not letting anyone in or out, they hadn't taken any other action. It was clear the Qi army had its own ideas and had been carrying them out forcefully.
They might not be willing to take in this batch of prisoners.
"Not troublesome," Chongxuan Sheng shook his head: "These people attacked my Chongxuan family's property. You were just defending yourself. This makes sense everywhere."
These Jiacheng City Guard soldiers, if released, would inevitably become someone else's blade again. And Qingyang Town didn't have the facilities to detain so many people. That was why Jiang Wang had found it difficult before.
Now seeing Chongxuan Sheng say this, he said: "Then take them directly."
Chongxuan Sheng smiled: "I'll have to trouble you to escort them back. These people surrendered to you. I'm afraid Fourteen and I won't be able to control them."
Jiang Wang didn't believe that the two of them truly couldn't handle these soldiers. So Chongxuan Sheng saying this definitely had other meanings.
Now was not the time to press for details.
"Alright," Jiang Wang agreed simply: "I'll go handle Qingyang Town's affairs first."
He had originally planned to have Zhu Biqiong take charge, although she lacked worldly experience. But she was a Transcendent cultivator after all, and her injuries were lighter than Xiang Qian's.
But what he hadn't expected was that the dazed Dugu Xiao would proactively take on the responsibility. "Leave it to me, Master."
"Ah, okay."
Jiang Wang only hesitated for a moment before agreeing. The specific affairs of Qingyang Town had always been Dugu Xiao's responsibility, and at a time like this... she probably needed the feeling of "being needed."
Watching Jiang Wang's back as he bustled about, giving instructions non-stop, Chongxuan Sheng blinked but said nothing.