Earth's Best Gamer - Chapter 434
Chapter 434: Killing the Yaksha Commander
Clang!
One had to admit that it had made a clever choice.
Because the next moment, a black flying sword flew past where it had been with murderous energy.
The incredible power of the sword even severed the storm between the yaksha and Ji Ye.
The silver-winged yaksha was twice as fast as the two Land Yakshas that could outrun horses. Because of that, it was able to evade the attack of the Black Sky Primordial Chaos Sword.
The distance between the two of them had exceeded the range of the sword, and it couldn’t chase the yaksha up into the sky.
Moreover, the yaksha was faster than Ji Ye’s Cloud Riding. Theoretically, even if Ji Ye lowered his height and went after the yaksha with Distance Reduction, the creature could also pick up its speed as a counter-reaction.
However, before the silver-winged yaksha could get away…
Sizzle!
A streak of silver-purple light flashed across the sky, coming after the yaksha whose wings were also covered by silver light.
After Ji Ye’s Dragon Aura Cloud dissipated, Dian Wei arrived in time and threw his Thunder Halberd at the yaksha in the air.
Boom!
The silver light moved very fast. After all, Thunder Halberd was essentially tangible thunder, and so, even the silver-winged yaksha couldn’t outrun it. The halberd hit it right on the back.
The impact created a hole the size of a saucer through its chest, and the Power of Thunder blew off one of its silver wings. The yaksha fell to the ground. By the time Ji Ye used Distance Reduction and stopped by its side, it was already dead.
[“You’ve participated in killing the flying yaksha (Extraordinary Rank 6, Commander) and gained EXP: 1050, Honor:10!”]
“I struck it too hard. I should have kept it alive so that we can interrogate it!”
Seeing what had happened, Dian Wei felt a little guilty.
“Don’t worry about it. You did the right thing…”
Ji Ye studied the yaksha’s dead body and didn’t blame Dian Wei at all.
Because among the prizes dropped by the yaksha, there was a shining Stone of Civilization!
Something else that looked like a whistle caught his attention as well.
[Yaksha Bone Whistle]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]
[Rarity: Excellent, Rare]
[Description: The communication tool of the yaksha race is made by a section of their bone. Only the yaksha could use it, and it could give off a special telecommunication sound wave that only their race could hear.]
“Is it an alien player?”
Without a doubt, it was a player. The instrument also proved that the yakshas were aliens, not monsters.
It also indicated that just like they had anticipated, alien settlements had appeared near Dragon City. Moreover, yakshas were also known to Earth, and they were much more intelligent than Forest Monsters and Sludge Monsters that they fought during the Ten-Species Competition.
Earlier, the two land yakshas could have caught up with the warhorse right away, but they only followed it, obviously trying to find out where the human settlement was.
This Commander-level flying yaksha should be the head of its kind. It had killed the companion of the yellow-scarfed man probably because it was trying to give the man some pressure.
Or maybe because it had entered Dragon City’s territory, it believed that it was at a human settlement.
Because of that, it killed one of the men.
They couldn’t rule out the possibility that it had deliberately run behind its two companions. That way, if people came out of Dragon City to help the man, the flying yaksha could use the two land yakshas as bait.
It could take the opportunity to gain information while keeping its safe distance.
If that was the case, Dian Wei had done the right thing by killing it right away.
After all, the flying yaksha had indeed found out where Dragon City was, and the location was probably not the only thing it had learned. This Commander yaksha looked astonished as soon as it saw Ji Ye, which meant that it probably had some detecting equipment like the one Li Qing had or some similar talents.
There was also the bone whistle it could use to communicate. If Dian Wei hadn’t killed it on the spot, even if it was severely injured, it could have blown the whistle and notified its fellow yakshas in its settlement.
As for information, they could get it from the human that the yakshas had been chasing.
“Who are you? Where are you from?!” Ji Ye asked coldly.
Dian Wei picked up the dead silver-winged yaksha’s body and went to the man together with Ji Ye on his Dragon Aura Cloud. The man had broken his leg from falling down the horse.
“Dear Immortal, I’m Li Dayan… I’m the scout of General Zhang Dajiao of Black Mountain… I didn’t mean to trespass your land!”
The man with the yellow turban around his head prostrated on the ground, and his forehead was covered with sweat from the pain, but he held his breath and stammered a little when he answered.
After seeing the skills Ji Ye had used and the unique environment of Dragon City that stood out from the surroundings, it was obvious that he had taken Ji Ye for a god-like being.
Moreover, even if Ji Ye was only a man, Dian Wei, who looked like a small mountain and held the miserable-looking dead body of the silver-winged yaksha, was enough to make the man tremble.
“What? Zhang Dajiao? Are you a member of the Black Mountain Army?” someone asked in a surprised tone.
Holding his Snow Spear, Zhao Yun rushed to their side, riding a silver-white horse that had a white glimmer around it and ran almost as fast as the flying yaksha.
The scout came from the west, which was just outside the technology center that Zhao Yun was in charge of.
“Zilong, do you know the Black Mountain Army?”
Ji Ye looked back at Zhao Yun and the horse, which he had named “Jade Lion”.
“Master Ji, the Black Mountain Army is active in the Changshan area, which is my hometown. Apart from this Zhang Dajiao, Zhu Yan is also their leader. Just like me, he’s from Zhending of Changshan. The man is an able martial arts practitioner and very agile. He’s known as the ‘Flying Swallow’.
“The Black Mountain Army is a rebel army using the claim of the Yellow Turban Army after it was eliminated by the imperial court. Technically speaking, it has picked up where the Yellow Turban has left off. General Gongsun has always found them a troublesome force!” Zhao Yun nodded and said.
“Really? They’re the Yellow Turban Army.”
“Black Mountain Army” wasn’t a recognizable name, but everyone knew who the Yellow Turban Army was.
Ji Ye now understood why the man had a yellow cloth tied around his head.
“General, are you from Changshan as well? Me, too! I’ve heard about General Gongsun before!”
The scout grew excited when he heard what Zhao Yun said.
“What brought you here? Why were those yakshas chasing you?”
Ji Ye cut him off before the man in front of him could strike up a conversation with Zhao Yun.
“Ten days ago, on our way back to our camp, we walked into a fog. After it went away, we couldn’t recognize our surroundings…”
Ji Ye analyzed the information as he listened to the scout.
It was obvious that this Yellow Turban Army was suddenly brought into the Land of Inheritance, which sounded a lot like what happened with the four major villains in Water Margin.
Ten days ago was when Dragon City successfully made the advancement and became the destination of “A Hundred Vying Barges”.
That was to say, these men were summoned to the Land of Inheritance after Dragon City became the destination. Theoretically, although the Yellow Turban Army was considered to be the villain, they weren’t given the task of attacking Dragon City.
“Because our provision is running low, the general sent us out to search for food. We found a county named Guobei this evening. Yu, our head, left some men in the county while we went back to report to our general, but those monsters attacked us on our way back, and I just bolted…”
The scout looked terrified when he mentioned the yakshas, and his face even seemed to turn blue.
There were over a dozen men in his scout team, but the yakshas had been chasing them like cats teasing rats until he was the only one left.
“They’re dead, all of them!”
The traumatic experience made the scout a little delirious, and he murmured to himself.
“Wait. That county you found. What’s it called?!”
The look on Ji Ye’s face suddenly changed, and he stared at the man.
“It’s… called Guobei…”
Prostrating on the ground, the Yellow Turban scout trembled as he spoke.
Even if Ji Ye had no animosity toward him, his Transcendent power was enough to terrify the man.
“The Yellow Turban Army, Black Mountain, and Guobei County… Can it be…”
Ji Ye thought about it and formed an idea.
“So, where is this Guobei County, and how did you run into the yakshas?” he asked more questions.
“It’s… about 15km… to the s-southwest… Argh!”
The scout, who had kept his head lowered, began to stammer badly.
Suddenly, he looked up, and his skin had a green sheen to it.
The white of his eyes had turned grey, and there was a dim green light in his pupils. He made a miserable, beastly growl; the look on his face confused and irritable.
“Kill…”
He then raised his crossbow and aimed it at Ji Ye.
“Humph!”
Ji Ye didn’t even raise a finger. The Dragon Aura he released when he frowned was enough to break the man’s crossbow. The impact also made him roll his eyes and pass out.
“Is it some sort of toxin that can control one’s mind?
“Is it because some of the yaksha’s blood has been splashed into his mouth?”
Ji Ye then raised a finger and put it between the man’s brows.
A streak of white light immediately ran through the man’s body, turning the greenish light into black smoke, which then dissipated.
But the man remained unconscious, probably having been exhausted and traumatized by the terror and the running.
“Take him back and keep him under watch!
“Elder Zhou, Elder Meng, if you would come to the conference room with me, please?”
Ji Ye gestured to the two approaching Iron Buddha guards to carry the scout back into the city. Meanwhile, he called the core personnel of the strategy department using the communication channel.
