With the Blade

Being the sole infiltrator of enemy encampments, Du Chengfeng is quite accustomed to such actions.

Or rather, this sort of thing is a standard for the powerful individuals from Southern Chen. Although when one isn’t strong enough, everyone has to adhere to the rule of "strength in numbers," once you are strong enough, no one cares about so-called stringent defenses anymore — of course, to prevent these highly skilled individuals from sneaking in, Southern Chen’s army, including the grassland people from the north, also have their own countermeasures, but obviously, this is not Southern Chen and there’s not any expert to target the strong.

At least Du Chengfeng hasn’t seen any, all he sees are tight formations and gleaming chariots.

"Untarnished bronze does look good."

Untarnished bronze is golden, he almost mistook these things for gold before, but now, seeing these dazzling, even more brilliant than gold weapons, even the seasoned Du Chengfeng can’t help but nod secretly.

Although he knows very well that in terms of performance, these bronze weapons can’t compare to iron and steel, just in terms of appearance, this dazzling golden texture looks imposing at first glance.

Perhaps that’s why humans imagine dragons to like those gleaming treasures, as humans themselves enjoy these golden things, especially these golden-hued tough metals made into armor, worn on a person’s body, making the person appear magnificent.

Like the figure in front of Du Chengfeng, likely the general of the suppression army, just standing there in armor makes him seem superior.

Yet, this general still needs to crane his neck to meet Du Chengfeng’s gaze, considering Du Chengfeng’s current height is a full two heads taller than the general.

"I mean no harm."

Du Chengfeng thought about it, and simply squatted down.

This way, he could be at eye level with the other party, showing his friendly stance.

However, the counterpart obviously didn’t understand his friendliness.

"Are you mocking me!"

Seeing the giant man in front squat down on his knees, the general suddenly became furious.

"Men! Arrest him!"

"I..."

Du Chengfeng hadn’t had a chance to explain anything before gilded bronze shackles were placed upon him.

And the general wiped the sweat off his forehead as well.

Too terrifying, simply too terrifying, this eerie giant managed to sneak into his camp without a sound and could just as silently take his head off!

"I really mean no harm."

This side of Du Chengfeng was still making an effort to argue, to show goodwill, he didn’t even tear apart those chains on him — even though for him, these things could be broken with a twist, he knew well that breaking the shackles in front of everyone would be a more frightening move.

The general seemed overly timid, even more than the military officials of Southern Chen, considering this, he’d better not provoke them.

However, unfortunately, not only did the general fail to perceive his kindness, he didn’t even care to listen to what he had to say.

After commanding his subordinates to bind the giant, the general ran off directly.

"Ah, this..."

Du Chengfeng couldn’t speak for a long time, he even considered simply breaking free of the chains and leaving.

But after thinking for a moment, he decided to follow the soldiers who bound him and was locked in a cage.

He was prepared to give the general one more chance, he felt he had done his part, surely the general would recognize his friendly attitude — mainly because there had been successful instances before, the neighbors of Yellow Sand City did indeed feel his friendliness and were willing to treat him in a relatively amiable way.

"Which means, I truly mean no harm."

Locked inside the cage, Du Chengfeng explained to the soldiers guarding the cage.

"Are you willing to trust me?"

The soldiers remained silent, evidently well-trained.

Yet Du Chengfeng felt they should have sensed something, after all, he had come this far, wasn’t it enough to prove his friendliness?

But the truth is...

They did sense it.

Not only did the soldiers feel it, the giant didn’t seem malicious, even the general already realized something peculiar might be going on — after all, if the giant was an assassin, he’d be dead in the camp; how could he have escaped?

Having overcome initial panic towards the giant, intelligent reasoning finally took the high ground, at least from what could be seen now, if the giant truly was the rumored big guy inciting rebellion, then he might not have been the culprit.

As for the reason... it might not even need explaining.

Showing up at the enemy camp in the middle of the night just to get chained, with such intellect, does it resemble someone who could incite rebellion?

"And indeed, people this large do tend to be quite dim-witted."

Watching the giant in the cage from afar, the unknown general once again affirmed his thoughts.

This wasn’t just a mere guess, it’s a matter of fact, the world is balanced a lot of times, normal height might be a blessing, but excessive height is often accompanied by disorders — and the most common disorder is a deficiency in intelligence, while they may have tremendous brute strength, their intelligence grows far slower than others.

Just like the giant in front, coming at night without even attempting an assassination, rather actively getting chained, and even when locked in the cage showing no resistance.

"A gentle giant, this actually aligns with those legends."

The unknown general nodded secretly.

He harbored some suspicions in his heart.

This giant might be innocent, merely pushed out as a scapegoat, some cunning individual utilized the giant’s conspicuous figure and the giant’s foolishness, thus inciting these ignorant rural folk... though such things don’t occur often, he had heard about it, those sly schemers love to manipulate behind the scenes, stirring things up secretly.

"Have the troops stop, then go inform the civilians, we did nothing to the giant, we’re only targeting the true criminals."

Thinking along these lines, the unknown general issued an order.

The soldier responsible for delivering orders received the command, then rode off directly, while behind the scenes, dozens of spies disguised as travelers also headed to that inconspicuous small town, hoping to discover something, some clue.

And as the general expected, those spies indeed found some leads.

That cunning scoundrel seemed uninterested in concealing himself.

"But do you really intend to take action against me?"

In the hidden lair, two men and a dog stood in the courtyard, facing spies equipped with chains and swords.

"You don’t truly believe you can capture me alive, do you?"