Battle Through the Heavens - chapter-755

Yan Cheng was stunned when he heard Xiao Yan’s words. Such a big event
had occurred within the empire, but the overlord of the empire was
actually completely unaware of it?

“I was in a retreat for a period of time.” Xiao Yan explained,
appearing to have understood what Yan Cheng thought when he saw the
latter’s appearance.

Yan Cheng only came to a sudden understanding when he heard this. He
bitterly laughed, “It is unexpected that chief Xiao had undertaken a
retreat for a year. This year was not calm. It is not exaggerating to say
that this was the period of the greatest upheaval in the history of the
Jia Ma Empire.”

“I have undertaken a retreat for a year huh…” Xiao Yan softly
sighed. He immediately changed the topic again, “What has happened in
the empire? Those fellows from a moment ago should be poison masters,
right? Such an occupation should be extremely rare in the Jia Ma Empire.
Why did so many of them appear at once?”

“It is because they are not people from the Jia Ma Empire.” Ling Er
by the side quietly interrupted. Her eyes had remained on Xiao Yan’s
face ever since the latter had appeared. The unusual glint in her eyes
looked just like a lovely embarrassed young girl who had a crush.

“They are the poison masters from the Chu Yun Empire.” Yan Cheng
sighed, “Not long after chief Xiao rescued our Bloody Battle Mercenary
Company back then, there was news that the Chu Yun Empire was about to
attack our Jia Ma Empire. After which, an increasing number of border
conflicts occurred. It was still alright initially and it was merely a
fight between the armies of both countries. Each party had their own
victories and losses with little progress. However, after this stalemate
continued for a month, a large number of poison masters suddenly appeared
in the military of the Chu Yun Empire. Under their threat, the Jia Ma
Empire immediately lost quite a number of border fortresses.”

“Just as the upper echelons of the imperial family became furious
because of this, news that the ‘Poison Sect’ of the Chu Yun Empire
wanting to participate in the battle was spread.” Fear flashed across
Yan Cheng’s face when he mentioned the name that caused one’s hair to
stand. His voice had also became much softer.

“The Poison Sect?” Xiao Yan uttered this foreign name in his mouth
and his brows were tightly knit together.

“This ‘Poison Sect’ has only recently been established within the
Chu Yun Empire. However, its strength is unusually terrifying. Within a
short five years, it had completely destroyed all the sects and factions
within the Chu Yun Empire. Their ‘Poison Sect’ has leaped to become
the only overlord over the Chu Yun Empire. Moreover, it is rumored that
even the imperial family of the Chu Yun Empire is quietly controlled by
them. In the Chu Yun Empire, it is more effective to speak to the Sect
Leader of the Poison Sect than to the emperor from the imperial
family.” Yan Cheng explained again when he saw the uncertainty on Xiao
Yan’s face.

“What is the strength of the Sect Leader of the Poison Sect like?”
Xiao Yan slowly asked.

“It is rumored that it is at the very least at the Dou Zong class. Due
to the Poison Sect participating in the battle, the Yan Alliance, being
the strongest faction within the Jia Ma Empire is naturally unable to
stand by the side and do nothing. Hence, a fight where the two large
factions exchanged blows occurred. During a big battle half a year ago,
that mysterious Sect Leader of the Poison Sect appeared once. In that
battle, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, the old senior called Jia Lao in the
imperial family as well as an enormous Magical Beast, whose strength was
at the Dou Huang class, were defeated in the hands of the Sect Leader of
the Poison Sect despite joining hands.” Yan Cheng laughed bitterly. A
deep fear flashed across his eyes when he mentioned the class that was
far and unattainable.

Xiao Yan’e eyes flickered. His heart also sank slightly. It was
unexpected that Old Hai and the other two were no match for that Sect
Leader of the Poison Sect. It seemed that the other party was really
strong. He waved his hand and said, “Continue speaking.”

“Just as the Ice Emperor and the other two were in danger, Queen Medusa
from the Snake-People Race suddenly appeared. She engaged in a big battle
with that Sect Leader of the Poison Sect,but both parties had difficulty
determining a victor. The Sect Leader from the Poison Sect withdrew. Only
then did the Yan Alliance avoid a life and death disaster.” Yan Cheng
smacked his mouth. His eyes revealed a yearning for that soul-stirring
big battle that day. A moment later, he finally sighed and laughed
bitterly toward Xiao Yan, “With Queen Medusa’s help, the Yan Alliance
has finally stood on their feet. After forming an alliance with the
Snake-People Race, they began to retaliate against the Poison Sect.”

“The Snake-People Race have also intervened?” Xiao Yan was
immediately startled when he heard this as he spoke with some surprise.
Although Medusa was the Queen of the Snake-People Race, the Snake-People
Race did not have many good feelings toward the Jia Ma Empire. It seemed
somewhat impossible for them to lend a hand to the Jia Ma Empire.

“Yes, this is because the Chu Yun Empire had initially placed their aim
on them. That big battle caused their Snake-People Race to suffer great
losses. If Queen Medusa had not hurried back in time, it was likely that
the entire Snake-People Race would be eliminated.” Yan Cheng nodded and
replied.

“So Cai Lin had suddenly left back then because of this…” Xiao
Yan’s eyes flickered slightly. Only now did he know just why Medusa
needed to leave in a hurry back then.

“Since everyone’s enemy is the ‘Poison Sect’ from the Chu Yun
Empire, they are naturally able to join hands. Although there was still
some conflict during this period of time, this completely disappeared
after that Jia Lao from the imperial family opened his mouth and promised
that he would definitely give the Snake-People Race a plot of land to
breed and survive on if they were victorious in the big battle.”

“With the help of Medusa and the Snake-People Race, it is likely that
the Chu Yun Empire would also suffer right?” Xiao Yan smiled and asked.
He still possessed some confidence in the strength of the Yan Alliance.
Moreover, the Snake-People Race also had many experts. With this union
between the strong, the ‘Poison Sect’ would have to withdraw to avoid
the blade of this union regardless of how strong they were.

“If things developed in a normal manner, this would indeed have been
the case.” Yan Cheng bitterly smiled and sighed. He said, “However,
not long after the Snake-People Race announced its alliance with the Jia
Ma Empire, the Chu Yun Empire pulled over the other two large empires
that beside the Jia Ma Empire. The alliance of the three empires resulted
in their strength soaring. It caused the pressure on the Yan Alliance and
the Snake-People Race to rise greatly.”

“Two other large empires?” Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Two names
immediately flashed across his mind, “The Lou Yan Empire and the Mulan
Empire?”

“Yes…. these two empires are not weaker than the Jia Ma Empire. They
could even be said to be a little stronger than the Jia Ma Empire. These
two large empires also possess two large beings that are not much weaker
than the Poison Sect within them.” Yan Cheng’s expression became
somewhat ugly when he spoke until this point. A moment later, he spat out
the two sects from his mouth, “The Gold Geese Sect and the Mulan
Valley.”

“Gold Geese Sect… Mulan Valley…” Xiao Yan softly muttered these
two somewhat unfamiliar names in his mouth. His eyes also slowly narrowed.

“The Gold Geese Sect is a powerful faction within the Lou Yan Empire.
The Sect Leader, Yan Luo Tian, is also a genuine elite Dou Zong, although
he is only at the initial stage of the Dou Zong class… Mulan Valley
belongs to the Mulan Empire. Although it does not have an elite Dou Zong,
it possess an extremely unique combined Qi Method. The people from Mulan
calls it the ‘Three Beast Savage Skill’. There are three Elders who
practice this Qi Method in the Mulan Valley. Although their individual
strengths are merely at the peak of the Dou Huang class, once the three
of them activate the Three Beast Savage Skill at the same time, they will
be able to put up a fight even if they meet a Dou Zong. If one were to
discuss their strength, they are not any weaker than Sect Leader Luo Yun
Tian.” Yan Cheng’s face was flushed red. Due to the over-excitement
in his heart, he ended up sending saliva flying all over the place when
he spoke.

Xiao Yan’s face gradually became gloomy when he heard Yan Cheng’s
words. If this matter was true, the Jia Ma Empire and the Yan Alliance
was really in some danger this time around. Three elite Dou Zongs. This
line-up… even if it was Medusa, it was impossible for her to block
them. It was unexpected that during that short one year where he was
undertaking a retreat, the Jia Ma Empire would be turned upside down.

“Originally, the Jia Ma Empire would definitely be unable to endure
such a situation even with the support of the Yan Alliance. However, it
is fortunate that the interior of the three large empire alliance is also
divided. Although the three large sects possessed experts who can contend
with a Dou Zong, none of them were willing to be the vanguard and
exchange blows with Medusa. After all, with the exception of the Sect
Leader from the Poison Sect, Yan Luo Tian from the Gold Geese Sect, and
the three Elders from Mulan Valley are no match for her in a one-on-one
fight. Moreover, they are all worried that their allies will secretly
backstab them should they be seriously injured. Hence, they continue to
delay this matter. All they did was send the experts from their sect as
harassment. They aim to use this kind of method to slowly tire out the
Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race…” Yan Cheng sighed in a
dejected manner.

“Those Poison Masters that we have seen earlier should be members from
the Poison Sect that have snuck in. However, what is strange is that so
many of them would sneak in at once. Logically speaking, the surroundings
of the defensive line have many experts from the Yan Alliance patrolling
it.” Yan Cheng felt somewhat uncertain when he spoke up to this point.
Based on common sense, even if someone managed to occasionally sneak in,
he was usually alone. This time around, however…

Yan Cheng who did not have an answer no matter how he thought about it
could only shake his head and say, “With the current situation, we can
only hope that the Yan Alliance and the Snake-People Race will be able to
stop them completely. Otherwise, we will really be faced with a broken
country and destroyed homes. We are born in Jia Ma and have grown up in
Jia Ma. We don’t wish to be hopeless people who had to leave their
homeland.”

Xiao Yan softly sighed as he looked at the low spirited Mercenaries
around him. He patted Yan Cheng’s back and whispered with a bright
smile, “Relax, the Yan Alliance will not fall. Anyone who wants to let
it collapse will have to step over my corpse. Ke ke, I think that I am
really an irresponsible alliance chief to actually fail to participate in
such a big event.”

The face of the black-robed, young man was covered by a bright smile.
Under the influence of the warm smile, Yan Cheng’s dispirited feelings
involuntarily scattered. A countless number of people within the Jia Ma
Empire placed their hope in this young man, who was in control of a large
being like the ‘Yan Alliance’ at merely the age of twenty. This was
because they knew that this young person had the ability to create a
miracle.

“Ke ke, The people of the Yan Alliance and us, the people of the Jia Ma
Empire, have been waiting for your return. You are now the savior of
everyone in the Jia Ma Empire!” Yan Cheng rubbed his somewhat reddened
eyes and laughed, “That’s right, if chief wishes to head to the front
line, you can hurry to the eastern Black Mountain Fortress. The battles
there are the most intense. Most of the experts from the Yan Alliance and
the Snake-People Race are there.”

“Since that is the case, Xiao Yan shall not stay any longer!”

Xiao Yan smiled. His gaze swept toward the distant eastern sky. He slowly
nodded and did not say any other words as he cupped his hands toward Yan
Cheng. Jade-green fire wings slowly extended out from his back.
Immediately, his body rose into the sky in front of the many respectful
gazes.

“Everyone, hold on, Xiao Yan has returned!”

Xiao Yan’s gaze looked into the distant eastern sky. He muttered to
himself within his heart before flapping his fire wings, transforming
into a ray of light as he rushed over.