Chapter 2183 - Insurrection at the Gate! (I) (1/2)

Abusi could only walk a few steps before someone called him back.

“There’s no need!”

“King of Foreign Lands?”

Abusi turned in surprise toward Wang Chong, who was still standing beneath the massive dragon banner.

Mutiny among the troops would have an enormous effect on the army’s morale, and it would have to be taken care of quickly to limit its effects on the overall army.

“Heh, Great General, the Great Tang’s military law is the strictest on the continent, and you and I have always been harsh disciplinarians. Do you really think a mutiny could take place in the army?

“Would several hundred mutinous soldiers really be able to cause so much chaos, even break through so many checkpoints and make for the gate?”

Wang Chong was relaxed and confident, his young eyes shining with a profound light.

“!!!”

Abusi trembled in shock.

He was one of the supreme Great Generals of the world, and though he spent most of his time guarding the Imperial City, he had his own extraordinary traits that let him stand out from the rest of the crowd.

As a Great General facing a sudden mutiny, he immediately thought about pacifying the rebellion and calming the rest of the army, giving the matter no deeper thought. It was only Wang Chong’s comment that made him realize how suspicious this was.

This was the forward base, with a garrison of seven hundred thousand soldiers. Let alone two hundred, two thousand or even twenty thousand mutinous soldiers would barely be able to stir a wave.

Pacifying this rebellion should have taken an instant. Such a force never would have been able to threaten the gate.

Ordinary soldiers didn’t have this kind of strength!

After saying these words, Wang Chong put aside Abusi.

“Thank you for your trouble!”

Wang Chong smiled at the messenger soldier and then suddenly grabbed at him.

This sudden action shocked Guo Ziyi and his other subordinates.

But even more astonishing was the messenger’s reaction.

Whoooah!

The messenger grimaced upon seeing Wang Chong snatch at him, and he hastily retreated. He moved with incredible speed, and his body suddenly swelled with energy, far more than he had before.

But in front of Wang Chong, it didn’t matter how strong he was. The moment Wang Chong took action, it was foreordained that he would not escape.

Boom! A powerful pull came from Wang Chong’s hand, causing the messenger to fly from the ground and toward Wang Chong.

Roooar!

The messenger paled and let out an inhuman roar. His bones clacked and groaned as he grew larger. In a flash, the armor he wore exploded off his body, revealing rock-hard muscle.

Even his face began to change, his skin cracking open and falling off like pieces of paper.

Beneath the face was a completely different one.

Seeing that he couldn’t escape, the man let out a howl, black energy seething around him as his fingers took the form of a hook and lunged at Wang Chong.

“Impudent!”

Even Great General Abusi was shaken by this sight.

Clang! He shot forward, his saber leaving its sheath and unleashing a wave of saber energy at that ‘messenger’.

By now, he understood that this messenger was not one of their own.

“Such audacity!”

Abusi’s face was ashen. He had never imagined that someone would be so bold as to disguise themselves as one of their soldiers and try to deceive Wang Chong.

But Wang Chong was even faster than Abusi.

“Hmph!”

With a cold snort, Wang Chong closed his fingers, seizing the messenger by a neck. With another clench and a sharp snap, that man in black who had transformed into a half–Lu Wu had his neck snapped and fell limply to the ground.

The battle had lasted less than a second.

The man in black had used all his Stellar Energy in one attack against Wang Chong, but it had been completely blocked by Wang Chong’s Stellar Energy barrier, not even creating a tiny ripple. The destructive Fire of Lu Wu was also useless, in fact even being absorbed by Wang Chong.

All of his resistance had been futile!

Clang!

At this moment, Abusi walked out from behind Wang Chong and used his saber to shift aside the remnants of armor on that ‘messenger’, revealing the black robe beneath. There was a look of understanding in Abusi’s eyes, and then a complicated mixture of emotions.

“This man… was one of those people you spoke of?” Abusi said.

“Mm.”

Wang Chong gave a slight nod.

While the men in black might have been a secret in the past, they were certainly not one now.