Chapter 1964: The Yeluohe! (1/2)
Edited by: Michyrr
On the Youzhou mission, the leader of the squad was undoubtedly the most seasoned and most capable of the soldiers, far above the rest in both experience and strength. All of the others were extremely confident in him. But to their surprise, with one strike, their leader had been heavily injured without even the opportunity to dodge.
In a flash, everyone turned their heads to the other side.
Gallop!
Hooves thudded against the ground, the sound several times heavier than before. As the wind gusted past, two points of red light appeared in the darkness. Soon, a horseman that was much taller than an ordinary man slowly emerged from the night.
He wore armor completely different from the rest of the Youzhou army, and he exuded an intimidating pressure that made him into a fearful existence in the night.
But the most disconcerting fact was that none of them could sense the energy of a normal person from this horseman.
Yes!
Whether one was an ordinary human, a part of the Youzhou cavalry, one of Wang Chong's men, an Arab, or a Turk, so long as one was a living creature, they would all share the same kind of energy, but this creature was different.
When they all looked at him, they instinctively classified him differently from the other Youzhou cavalry, not as a simple matter of race, status, or martial art. It was a difference that had its basis in life itself.
”The Yeluohe! It's the Yeluohe!”
(TN: Historically, the Yeluohe were an elite force set up by An Lushan. In Turkic, Yeluohe means 'the brave'.)
Before Wang Chong's ten-some soldiers could take action, the Youzhou elites who had been fiercely pursuing this entire time suddenly began to rapidly scatter in alarm, like mice encountering a cat.
This was the first time in this long pursuit that they had appeared so terrified.
Gallop!
The earth shuddered even more as more thudding horse hooves sounded in the darkness.
Behind that strange horseman, more and more horsemen wearing the same kind of armor appeared like ghosts.
All of these horsemen were equipped with the same armor, were the same height, and had the same energy. Even those pairs of glowing red eyes in the darkness were the same.
These eerie horsemen said nothing as they spread out in a row to block the advance of Wang Chong's men.
Whoosh!
At this moment, there was a piercing whistle in the air. A heavy meteor hammer flew at one of the horsemen's hands, the thick metal chain curling around his wrist.
The sight of these strange opponents made Wang Chong's men turn grim and wary.
None of them knew who the Yeluohe were, but if they could send their leader flying with one strike of a hammer, then they were no ordinary individuals and had to possess astonishing strength.
Gallop!
More and more horses could be heard in the darkness. By now, the other Youzhou cavalry had completed the encirclement, and the seven 'Yeluohe' began to charge forward, their expressions silent and cold like ghosts.
”Kill!”
Finally, in this stifling pressure, several of Wang Chong's elite cavalry furiously roared and charged at the 'Yeluohe'.
”Stop!” a weak voice called out from the rear. Even though he was heavily injured, the squad leader still raised his body and yelled, blood trickling from his mouth, but it was too late.
Bang! Bang!
There were two heavy thumps. Those horsemen that had charged out had barely been able to get halfway before they were knocked back by the meteor hammers, instantly flying backward like ragdolls.
The others could only watch as the two crashed to the ground, their armor shattered and blood gushing out.
Wang Chong's elites had participated in the border incident, and they had managed to completely overwhelm the Youzhou cavalry, but these powerful soldiers were almost made of paper in front of the mysterious Yeluohe, so weak that they couldn't even fight back.
Moreover, it was apparent that these eerie Yeluohe were not even using their full strength, yet they had easily managed to heavily injure these two horsemen.
”Little Six!”
”Little Five!”
The others charged over to the two, their expression stricken with grief.
An outsider would have been stunned to see this sight, that there was a force in the world that could completely overwhelm the soldiers of the King of Foreign Lands. This alone could be taken as proof that the Yeluohe were an extremely powerful force of soldiers.
At this time, though, the Youzhou elites were unsurprised. For them, the moment the Yeluohe appeared, these horsemen were dead.
On the contrary, the ones they truly feared were their own men, the Yeluohe.