Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 469 - 107: Taking Action, the Grim Reaper in the Night! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!!)

Chapter 469 -107: Taking Action, the Grim Reaper in the Night! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!!)

The moon hung high in the sky.

The bright moonlight poured over the land like flowing water.

At this moment, every corner within the city, bathed in the moon’s glow, was as bright as daylight, enough to read and write by.

On the western wall of the Inner City.

Torches blazed there too, and figures hurried back and forth, with people continuously arriving from all parts of the Inner City.

Soldiers were also constantly pouring water onto the walls facing outside the city.

In the current winter, with temperatures below minus ten degrees, the water thrown out would quickly slide down the icy city walls and solidify into ice.

In this way, the city walls would become incredibly smooth, making it difficult even for a Martial Arts Strongman to scale the walls using the slippery layers of ice.

“Sir, look!” exclaimed a soldier who was dousing the city walls with water, suddenly spotting a swiftly-moving figure in the direction of the outer city. The figure’s speed was so fast, it seemed to skim through the air.

He immediately called out loud.

As his voice rang out, everyone’s gaze was instantly drawn over.

Xiao Chen, who was patrolling the walls diligently and reminding the various defense points, also peeked his head out from the battlements.

Soon after, he saw that figure had already reached the base of the city wall.

“There’s no need to panic, it’s probably Commander Jiang!”

At that moment.

The sound of footsteps came from behind him.

“Xiao Chen, what’s happening?”

Meanwhile.

Respectful salutations echoed from behind Xiao Chen.

“Greetings to Mr. Ge!”

“Greetings to Mr. Ge!!”

“Greetings to Mr. Ge!!!”

“…”

Hearing the words “Mr. Ge,”

Xiao Chen quickly turned around and saw the hurried figure of Ge Zhengyuan, head of the City Guard Department, who had just ascended the city wall.

The City Guard Department controlled all the military forces of Luoshui County.

“Greetings to Mr. Ge!” Xiao Chen also immediately greeted him with a gesture of respect.

At this moment.

Jiang Ning leapt onto the wall, flipping over the tall battlements and landing on top of the wall.

Ge Zhengyuan, who was about to continue his inquiry, saw Jiang Ning’s figure rising up like a roc from beneath the city wall, his gaze instantly captivated.

As a real figure of authority in Luoshui County, an official of the Seventh Grade and one of the few in the county possessing the prowess of Martial Arts Seventh Grade.

Ge Zhengyuan was well aware that ignoring the vertical angle of a city wall and using the utterly smooth walls to climb up required a profound movement technique.

Not to mention, Jiang Ning’s action of soaring up the wall did not seem to be driven by brute strength alone.

“How strange, Jiang Ning only became a disciple of Master Wang last year, how can he already appear to have mastered both internal and external Martial Arts to Great Success? Could it be that becoming a disciple of Master Wang was just a ruse, and he has another mentor?” Ge Zhengyuan muttered to himself.

He still vividly remembered what had happened when he attended Master Wang’s disciple acceptance celebration.

At that banquet, Jiang Ning’s performance had made him reconsider the young man.

But that reconsideration was just a re-evaluation of a junior, yet now he found Jiang Ning incomprehensible.

Such a movement technique, soaring like a roc.

This could not be achieved by sheer strength alone.

Just like himself, a practitioner of Martial Arts Seventh Grade.

If given a few footholds, he too could scale the walls.

This was exactly why all city walls were made extremely smooth, and people would polish the walls periodically to keep them in that state.

Thus, even Martial Arts Strongmen would find it difficult to scale the walls.

Unless one had profound Inner Breath, could take a long breath to fill their belly, light as a swallow, to rise into the air and scale a wall of ten zhang high.

At this moment, Jiang Ning’s performance clearly fell into the second category.

This also formed the basis for Ge Zhengyuan’s judgment that Jiang Ning had achieved Great Success in both internal and external Martial Arts.

“Commander Jiang, did you just return from the outer city?” Ge Zhengyuan asked.

Hearing this, Jiang Ning’s gaze fell on Ge Zhengyuan, immediately recognizing his status.

In Luoshui County, Ge Zhengyuan was among the few officials whose rank was higher than his.

However, with the special privileges of the Inspection Office, he could meet with officials a rank above.

In terms of status and power, he was not inferior to Ge Zhengyuan.

As for strength, there was no longer any reason for comparison.

“Mr. Ge,” Jiang Ning greeted with a salute and then said, “Mr. Ge should make preparations quickly! The Black Mountain Cavalry has already broken through the western gate of the outer city and is now advancing directly here.”

“The Black Mountain Cavalry?” Ge Zhengyuan was immediately taken aback, then he hastily asked, “Commander Jiang, could you have seen wrongly? Is it true that the Black Mountain Cavalry has entered the city?”

“I have not seen wrongly!” Jiang Ning responded tersely, “A total of thirty-four Black Mountain Cavalry are galloping this way.”

“Thirty-four cavalry…” Ge Zhengyuan took a sharp intake of breath.

As head of the Luoshui County City Guard Department, he, of course, knew of the Black Mountain Cavalry.

Thirty-four cavalry meant at least thirty-four Eighth Grade Martial Artists, all battle-hardened veterans, and well-trained horsemen.

Even this force alone could match the high-end combat power of Luoshui County.

Not to mention among those thirty-four cavalrymen, there were bound to be Seventh Grade practitioners.

The Seventh Grade practitioners of the Black Mountain Cavalry were far more formidable than those in the county cities.

Since the uprising in Daming Prefecture, having endured thousands of miles of ragged travel, they could be said to have climbed out from piles of the dead, veterans in countless battles, overpowering any Martial Arts Seventh Grade practitioner in the county cities in both will and experience.

Thus, they would naturally be much more powerful than the city’s own Martial Artists.

And that was in a one-on-one situation.

Military Martial Artists excelled in group combat.

If the numbers reached ten people, even if their Martial Arts prowess was similar, it would still be a one-sided slaughter.

Upon hearing Jiang Ning’s news, Ge Zhengyuan immediately realized the gravity of the situation.

Luoshui County was at its most vulnerable time of the year.

The strongest force in the county, the Inspection Office, its staff mainly from other cities, had mostly returned to their own cities, to their own homes for the long holiday season.