Kill Me More Times, I’ll Become Invincible

Chapter 310:

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At the foot of the Western Mountain.

A military camp has already taken shape, with many flags fluttering and soldiers coming and going.

Inside the military camp tent.

"To the east of this place is Linhe City by the Sky Piercing River…" Qing Li sat at the head of the tent, pointing to a map on the long table.

"In at most three days, we will be at the gates of the city." Qing Li said solemnly.

"This battle is crucial. Once we take over Linhe City, the entire Southwest Province will be under the control of my Featherhood Sect."

Inside the tent, Qing Li’s voice echoed with no other noise.

Many of her generals seemed distracted, occasionally looking up and glancing subtly at Qing Li’s face.

In town, people say that Feather King claims to be so beautiful that just a glance at his face can make soldiers feel moved.

Feather King didn’t want to rely on his looks, so he wore a mask and instead became known for his courage and martial skills, earning the title of "Feather King."

Today, when the soldiers saw Feather King’s true face, they couldn’t help but wonder if the rumors were true, which made them a bit distracted.

Feather King’s appearance is one aspect of him, while his identity is another.

The name of Spear Saint is well-known in the Southwest Province, and his disciple Demon Spear Qin Li is no ordinary martial artist.

Seeing the soldiers distracted, Qing Li furrowed her brows slightly, tapped the table twice with her fingers, making crisp sounds.

"Did you all remember what I just said?" Qing Li asked softly.

"This battle is crucial. Perhaps through this battle, we can completely crush the morale of the remaining imperial troops, achieve great success, and bring an end to the chaos in the entire Southwest Province."

"So, this will be a tough fight."

"If this city is breached, all the officials in the court will die," Qing Li said firmly.

"In the city, the high-ranking officials, wealthy families, and powerful clans will be looted by the soldiers for three days to boost morale."

"Hmm?"

"’What does ‘Feather King’ mean? Why did ‘Feather King’ change personality after removing the mask?’"

The generals finally regained their senses and looked up in surprise, their eyes showing astonishment.

"Allowing soldiers to loot the officials and wealthy families in the city for three days? Is it not a violation of military orders to freely plunder food and money after capturing the city?"

Throughout history, battles and sieges have always been associated with bloodshed and chaos.

After capturing a city, the victorious side would often engage in pillaging or allow their soldiers to indulge in alcohol and loot.

Even if officially condemned, commanders might not be able to fully restrain their soldiers.

After all, fighting a battle is not like a video game, where you can select a character and everyone fights in the same direction.

Each soldier has a brain, even with strict rules, some might act impulsively and do harmful things.

It’s rare to find soldiers who can control themselves and not harm civilians after capturing a city.

The Feather King’s Army was one of these rare cases.

While there are troublemakers, the Feather King is fair and severe – any troublemakers in the army will face death as punishment.

After several incidents, some officers complained that the Feather King was too strict and uncompromising.

This surprised the talented generals.

Rebels often let their soldiers loot rich households, which is normal.

If this news gets out, it will surely boost morale greatly.

But their leader is Feather King, which is unusual.

This doesn’t match Feather King’s usual style, but as they looked at her cold and distant face, they knew her words were serious.

"This battle is very important," Qing Li said without further explanation.

"If there are no objections, please pass on this military order."

Feather King is highly respected in the military and always has the final say, so no one disagreed.

Only Jade Carp seemed thoughtful and a bit worried.

"Sending out this military order is like spilling water."

"If we relax military discipline today, it will be hard to enforce rules again in the future."

"Feather King seems different today, what is she thinking?"

The army was about to march, and one by one the generals walked out of the big tent, leaving only Feather King and Jade Carp inside.

"Jade Carp, don’t rush to leave," Qing Li said.

"Some time ago, didn’t you encounter two fighters who stole the merchant Luo Cheng from Taotie City from you?"

"Tell me honestly…did those two people get infected with the blood poison you use for tracking?"

………………

After a moment.

When Jade Carp followed Qing Li’s orders and left the military camp.

Inside Feather King’s tent, a figure quietly appeared, it was Yu Shan from the Yunxiao Sect, a young Taoist.

"You handled things quite efficiently, it truly surprised me," Yu Shan nodded with a smile.

He never mentioned Xishan Village and felt somewhat satisfied in his heart.

The Feather King had indeed fallen into the trap carefully woven by the Yunxiao Sect, and things were even smoother than he had expected.

Originally, Yu Shan was still thinking about how to deal with the Feather King according to the original plan after the death of the mountain people in Xishan Village…

"Things have been handled well, but… there is another matter. Recently, in the area near Linhe City, several mountain villages and towns have been completely wiped out, with no survivors, suspected to be the work of some unknown demonic creature." Yu Shan briefly mentioned the previous events.

"With the attack on Linhe City approaching, you are now asking me to investigate another matter?" Qing Li asked calmly, without much emotion.

"The attack on Linhe City, concerning the grand plan of the Earthly Immortal Kingdom, is naturally of utmost importance," Yu Shan said.

"But that city can’t stop you, breaking it is only a matter of time."

Qing Li thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and didn’t refuse.

This reaction was not unexpected by Yu Shan. The current Feather King had long been a carefully cultivated bird in the cage of the Immortal Gate. He knew very well that she would not go against the orders of the Immortal Gate.

…………………….

Several miles away, nestled among the mountains, there lay a village known as Black Water Village.

Black Water Village comprised over a thousand households, the residents choosing to live in these remote mountains to avoid oppressive governance and heavy taxes.

Such villages in the Southwest Province were actually quite scarce.

Considering the rampant mountain monsters and beasts, small villages without fortified protection risked extinction within a decade or even sooner.

Today, the distant mountain village, far from the bustling cities, had finally encountered the long-anticipated catastrophe.

At this moment.

The entire Black Water Village is very quiet, with all the doors and windows tightly closed. Many doors have been forcibly broken open with large holes, showing obvious signs of strong external forces.

Bloodstains can be found on the ground every five or six steps, covering the entire village.

"Hey! You evil creature!"

In the village chief’s courtyard, a strong reprimand suddenly rang out.

"Clearly a monster, yet living among ordinary villagers for so many years, and even managing to become the village chief?"

"How can a small mountain village with only a thousand people survive in the midst of a hundred thousand mountains? It turns out this mountain village is actually the territory of this evil creature!"

"Today, it ends here!"

A burly man with a tiger-like back and bear waist had his foot pressed on the waist of a robust middle-aged man, rendering him unable to move.

The middle-aged man kept struggling, and a pair of black wings, about two meters long, unfurled from his back, with the wings slashing like knives towards the burly man in front of him.

The wings’ strike was swift, producing sharp sounds in the air, leaving a faint trace in the sky.

However, with a casual move, the burly man grabbed the wings and held them in his hand.

In the next moment, the middle-aged man being stepped on suddenly felt a huge force pulling him.

With wings spanning two meters shrinking rapidly before his eyes, the middle-aged man being stepped on lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.

"Although weak and no match for me, you still have courage to challenge me? Admirable bravery,"

Wu Qiankun lifted his foot and looked down at the Village Chief of Black Water Village with crossed arms.

"Impressive courage must have a reason… Do you have any last words to say?"

The Village Chief had no strength left, lying on the ground gasping for air, unable to even move his body.

"I am no match for you, that’s for sure," said the Village Chief with wings on his back, struggling for breath.

"But I have a three-year-old son at home…"

"Your half-bird demon offspring?" Wu Qiankun glanced at a corner of the courtyard where a child cowered in silence.

"No, he is a child I rescued, a pure human." Black Wing Village gasped.

"I am not very familiar with human martial arts, but it seems you are practicing a martial art similar to the Absorbing Energy Method? For someone like you, an ordinary three-year-old human child with no special abilities is just a drop in the ocean."@@novelbin@@

"I know I am doomed, so I am willing to share a secret with you, hoping that you will show compassion for this child who is also a pure human…"

"What secret?" Wu Qiankun asked directly without giving a clear answer.

Black Wing Village knew they had no room for negotiation and reluctantly spoke up, saying:

"Although I am a bird demon, I was actually raised by Yunxiao Sect as a ‘spiritual beast’ for the past few decades. I escaped later and transformed into a human, living in seclusion in these deep mountains…"

"Who cares about your background? Just tell us the secret." Wu Qiankun, who was not very patient, walked towards the child in the corner of the courtyard.

"Feather King! Feather King is likely Demon Spear Qin Li!" Black Wing Village shouted.

Wu Qiankun paused for a moment, then turned back to look at the village chief with a somewhat mocking expression.

"You live in the mountains, so you might not know this news… This matter has recently spread in Southwest Province, it’s no longer a secret."

"There is another secret that you probably don’t know," Black Wing Village gasped and said:

"Demon Spear Qin Li is a mixed-blood descendant of the Jingwei clan."

"The descendants of the Jingwei clan in this hundred-thousand mountain range, just like me, have long been captured by the Yunxiao Sect and turned into spiritual beasts raised by the Immortal Gate."

"This is intriguing, please tell me more," Wu Qiankun paused for a moment.

"Jingwei is a divine bird, not an ordinary demon race. Therefore, the only ones left in this world are the mixed-blood half-demon descendants. There are no pure-blood demon tribe left."

"Once these mixed-blood descendants fell into the hands of the Yunxiao Sect, what the cultivators desired was to revive the bloodline of these half-demons, master the talents and powers of the Jingwei clan, and recreate the glory of the divine bird Jingwei."

"However, the talents and powers of the Jingwei clan seem to be related to death, and it seems that they can only be mastered at the moment of life and death."

"The cultivators of the Yunxiao Sect naturally don’t value the lives of half-demons too much, so over the years, the descendants of the Jingwei clan have almost died out."

"Over the years, the Yunxiao Sect has learned how to awaken the special powers of half-demon descendants, and more and more successful examples have emerged."

"One day, the late reborn ancestor Jingwei led us, the demon clan and half-demons, to escape from the Yunxiao Sect…"

"Who do you think you are? No one wants to hear your boring old stories," Wu Qiankun interrupted with a frown.

However, the Black Wing Village didn’t argue back at that moment, as they had no strength to speak, their body withered and weak, clearly on the brink of death.

As his life neared its end, his eyes were fixed on Wu Qiankun with a pleading look.

"Don’t worry," Wu Qiankun said softly.

"Whether it’s a demon, half-demon, or a normal person, I will treat them all equally."

He picked up the child cowering in the corner, his face expressionless:

"A child raised by half-demons, should I spare him so he can seek revenge in the future?"

"Child." He looked into the eyes of the three-year-old child, with a calm gaze.

"Whether demon or human, I treat them all equally. Blame yourself for being too weak, with no strength to resist."

"The law of the jungle, that is the natural order."

Just as he was about to act, a sudden warning sign arose in his heart, followed by the sharp sound of wind in his ear.

A long spear cut through the air, whistling past his shoulder.

Although it didn’t touch his body, the sharp sound of the wind brushing past him left bloody marks on his face.

Wu Qiankun looked up again, only to see a familiar figure in front of him, it was Qing Li.

"Demon Spear, Qing Li?"

"As a top martial artist from Jiu Province like yourself, are you able to lay hands on a three-year-old child?" Qing Li squinted her eyes.

"To achieve great things, one must not only have exceptional talent, but also extraordinary determination." Wu Qiankun said calmly:

"Natural abilities, understanding, character, and guidance, are just the basics for the strong ones."

"To reach even greater heights, these qualities alone are not enough. One must have exceptional determination, beyond what most people have."

With a sly grin, Wu Qiankun raised his fists and charged towards Qing Li:

"There are very few who are worthy adversaries to me in this world. As my skills improve and I break through, I will test how much stronger I have become by facing you!"

…………….

After some time passed.

Covered in blood, Wu Qiankun’s back showed numerous dense pores, propelling him swiftly through the air with a strong gust of wind.

"Is this Qing Li rumored to be a descendant of the mythical bird Jingwei?" Wu Qiankun, with a pale face, glanced occasionally back at her from the corner of his eye:

"It seems that my Ex-human Transformation is faster than this Jingwei half-demon, she can’t catch up with me in the end."