My Pretty Campus Queen

"And all the remaining soldiers, shout the charge in unison, understood?" Kuang Shengtian added one last sentence.

"Yes, we obey the command." The soldiers answered in unison.

At this moment, Zhao Ping and Zhao An, the two brothers, each led a pair of elites, lined up on either side, ready to charge at any time.

In the next moment, a command was given, and two soldiers dragged the treetops forward. Instantly, dust and dirt rolled up, soon enveloping the entire canyon. Four or five more soldiers followed, dragging treetops and shouting desperately, "Kill!"

Thus, the Assassin Group disciples, ambushed on the cliffs on both sides, upon hearing the shout, looked down and saw nothing through the rolling smoke and dust, but they heard the thunderous sound of battle cries, though there were still many soldiers accompanying the charge.

At this moment, under Ding Kong’s command, forty-odd Assassin Group disciples simultaneously threw down the stones and torches they had prepared. After several screams, smoke and dust flew.

Before long, the dust settled. When the disciples hurried down to examine their glorious achievements, they found only three to five corpses and two wounded soldiers groaning in pain.

Ding Kong suddenly felt something was wrong, so he shouted, "Not good, we’ve fallen into a trap, quick, retreat."

As he spoke, everyone immediately wanted to escape, but at this moment, a figure quickly appeared in front of Ding Kong. This person was Zhao Ping, holding a treasured sword, glaring at Ding Kong and shouting, "Bold scoundrel, where do you think you’re running to?"

"What do we do, Ding Kong senior brother?"

Nearby, a few junior brothers said in a panicked voice.

"Junior brothers, we must not panic, no matter what happens, we must swear to protect the Assassin Group." Ding Kong said resolutely.

"Haha, at this point, you’re still thinking of escaping? Rest assured, you all must die." Zhao Ping shouted arrogantly.

At this moment, Kuang Shengtian had already rushed over with the army. Ding Kong knew they couldn’t fight head-on, so he shouted directly, "Disciples, listen to my command, charge out."

As he spoke, he pulled out his treasured sword and stabbed toward Zhao Ping, but Zhao Ping, somewhat disdainful, simply leapt lightly, turned around and swung his long sword. The sword qi swept past, and a row of Assassin Group disciples fell in response.

Then another batch of junior brothers hurriedly rushed forward. Ding Kong leapt up, slashed down, and hacked onto Zhao Ping’s sword; "clang" sounded, sparking tiny sparks.

"Hurry, everyone run!"

Seeing an opportunity arise, Ding Kong hurriedly commanded the junior brothers to run back.

He continuously swung his sword to counter, but suddenly a fierce palm flew swiftly from the mountain cliff, and Ding Kong looked up, startled, to see a middle-aged man wielding a war knife, resembling the burly man from earlier. This person was Zhao Ping’s brother, Zhao An.

When Zhao An slapped over, Ding Kong was still parrying Zhao Ping’s attack, without the leisure to defend against it. In the next moment, an Assassin Group disciple flashed in front of Ding Kong.

The knife directly hacked onto that disciple’s back. Blood spurted from his mouth, and his eyes rolled white before passing out.

"Junior brother!"

After a desperate cry from Ding Kong, he barely had time to grieve before seeing Zhao An’s steel knife swing again; Ding Kong quickly dodged aside.

At this time, Kuang Shengtian had already arrived, leapt up, and with two continuous flips reached the front of the crowd.

"Hahaha, you killed so many of my brothers just now, now I’ll have you repay blood with blood," Kuang Shengtian said as he stabbed toward an Assassin Group disciple with a sword. Without time to defend, the disciple got hit directly in the chest and immediately died.

"Ah, I’m going to fight you!"

Seeing the slaughtered junior brother, Ding Kong felt extremely sorrowful at heart, and like a maddened lion, swung his sword toward Kuang Shengtian.

But Kuang Shengtian merely coldly sneered, darted straight forward, and Ding Kong urgently dodged, then stepped on the cliff face, leveraging the rebound to slash toward Kuang Shengtian’s back.

At this moment, a long sword swiftly whizzed through, and Ding Kong just felt a pain in his shoulder. Looking down, he saw blood slowly seeping.

This sword was thrown by Zhao Ping. Kuang Shengtian had momentarily underestimated, nearly getting slashed by Ding Kong, but fortunately Zhao Ping timely came to the aid.

"Senior brother Ding Kong, you must go quickly; we will hold them off. You must inform the fifth senior brother to prepare."

The alert junior brothers shouted from the side.

"Haha, leaving? Not so easy."

Kuang Shengtian laughed sinisterly, at this moment, soldiers already rushed over.

"I’m not leaving; I’m going to kill this bastard." Ding Kong stubbornly said, his eyes filled with hatred.

"Slay without mercy!"

Kuang Shengtian gave an order, and the disciples began to meet the battle, weapons clashing with "clink-clang" sounds. Luckily, since it was a canyon, even more people in the back couldn’t be used immediately, but these three masters were already overwhelming the Assassin Group disciples.

Not long after, forty Assassin Group disciples had already perished in half, while the enemy troops suffered numerous casualties too.

Looking at the deceased junior brothers, Ding Kong was deeply remorseful. He shouted loudly, "Swear to protect the Assassin Group."

"Swear to protect the Assassin Group." The remaining Assassin Group disciples also started shouting.

"Kill!"

Upon Kuang Shengtian’s command, the soldiers, Zhao Ping, and Zhao An started a massacre, the Assassin Group disciples fought with all their lives, one by one falling into pools of blood, Kuang Shengtian’s army also suffered numerous casualties.

Ultimately, because they lacked numbers, the Assassin Group disciples soon dwindled to just a few. At this moment, the bloodied Ding Kong glared at the front, ready for one last fight, when suddenly four remaining junior brothers ran in front of him, quickly pulling him and running back.

"Junior brothers, what are you doing?"

Ding Kong was bewildered by this sudden action.

"Senior brother, you cannot die. You must live and return to inform the fifth senior brother about our situation, so he can prepare; otherwise, the junior brothers’ deaths will be in vain. We hope you prioritize the bigger picture." The group advised.

"I won’t go back; I want to fight to the end with my junior brothers."

Ding Kong’s face was mixed with tears and blood as he spoke.

"Senior brother!"

Four people knelt in unison, "We beg senior brother to go back quickly."

At this moment, Kuang Shengtian’s army had already followed, the four pushed Ding Kong, shouting, "Senior brother must prioritize the bigger picture."

With that, the four swung their swords, rushed forward altogether, blocking the canyon exit firmly, regardless of the sword and knife repeatedly piercing onto their bodies.

"Junior brothers!"

Seeing the junior brothers dying tragically, Ding Kong shouted angrily, turned his head, and ran back in grief and despair, tears mixed with blood dropping onto his tattered clothing.

At this time, Fifth Senior Brother Ru Nian was anxiously waiting for news from the front, but there had been no movement for a long time. He secretly felt something was amiss, and prepared for the worst possible outcome.

He immediately ordered the twenty-odd junior brothers guarding the pass to prepare for battle; this area was a forest, and passing through the forest would lead to the Assassin Group’s scene, so this pass was quite crucial.

In the forest, Ru Nian had long arranged various traps, flying darts, hidden weapons, and pits. He led twenty experts in jungle warfare, proficient in lightweight skills, able to shuttle between trees.

Suddenly seeing movement in front, a man with wounds all over, hair dishevelled, staggered and tripped towards them. Ru Nian immediately recognized him as Ding Kong Junior Brother.

"Ding Kong Junior Brother."

Ru Nian shouted, then walked straight over and helped him to a safe and concealed place to prevent being discovered by the chasing enemies.

"Ding Kong Junior Brother, what happened, what about the junior brothers?" Ru Nian hastily asked several questions in a row.

"Fifth Senior Brother, I, I was useless, didn’t protect them well, they all sacrificed." With this, he cried bitterly, tears uncontrollably flowing down.