The gruesome battlefield scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere made Feng Zexuan’s stomach churn.
The metallic stench of blood mixed with gunpowder nearly made her throw up.
【System, if I keep hacking people apart like this, I’m going to have nightmares.】
【Can’t you censor it somehow? I do not want to dream about severed limbs chasing me around.】
【Ding! “Battlefield Purification” feature unlocked. Costs 500 gossip points. Enemy troops will be beautified into tomatoes, and all bloody scenes converted into tomato juice effects! Exchange now?】
“Do it!”
Feng Zexuan agreed without hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, the entire world changed.
The Xiongnu soldiers all turned into plump red tomatoes, still wearing battered armor, with adorable little eyes.
Even their ferocious expressions became chibi-style angry faces.
Feng Zexuan almost burst out laughing.
The horror of the battlefield vanished, replaced by the feeling of being inside a video game.
She tightened her grip on her sword, fighting spirit reigniting.
Sword light danced through the air as one “tomato” after another exploded on impact.
Sweet-and-sour “tomato juice” splattered everywhere, sparkling under the sunlight.
【Hahaha! This is way more fun than Fruit Ninja! And it’s the full 3D version!】
From horseback, she slashed left and right, every strike precisely hitting a “tomato’s” weak point.
The sword seemed to come alive in her hands—sometimes swift as lightning, sometimes agile as a serpent.
Every movement flowed smoothly, carrying a violent kind of beauty.
【One on the left, one on the right—combo! Perfect!】
The system enthusiastically played sound effects:
【First Blood!】
【Double Kill!】
【Triple Kill!】
【Killing Spree!】
The more Feng Zexuan fought, the more excited she became, completely immersed in this “harmless” thrill of combat.
In her eyes, this wasn’t slaughter.
It was a tomato festival!
On the city wall, Chu Tiankuo stared in utter shock.
This “Top Scholar Feng” was practically a war god descended from heaven!
Her swordsmanship was so fast it dazzled the eyes. Every move was a killing strike, and the elite Xiongnu soldiers crumbled before her like paper.
Was she even human?
She was clearly a god of slaughter!
He thought he had already overestimated this young marshal, yet he had still underestimated her terrifying combat power.
That effortless confidence, that overwhelming dominance—it made people want to kneel.
Clutching the wound still bleeding at his side, Chu Tiankuo watched in a trance, forgetting even the pain.
Just as Great Xia’s morale surged and victory seemed within reach, a deep and majestic horn blast echoed from the rear of the Xiongnu army.
“Woooo—! Woooo—!”
The sound was low and imposing, carrying a force that unsettled the heart.
The Xiongnu troops, who had been in complete chaos, suddenly found their backbone again. Miraculously reorganizing, they opened a path.
A snow-white warhorse slowly emerged.
The general atop it was towering as a mountain, wielding a massive battle axe and radiating the oppressive aura of a wild beast.
Commander-in-Chief of the Xiongnu cavalry—
Tiemujia.
“You Great Xia rats, don’t get too arrogant!”
Tiemujia’s voice thundered like rolling lightning as he pointed the giant axe straight at Feng Zexuan.
He had received a secret letter from the Khan claiming that Great Xia’s marshal had already been assassinated, and the reinforcements were led only by an unknown young officer.
He had intended to crush Yanmen Pass in one push and present it to the Khan as a celebratory gift.
Yet when he arrived, he found his vanguard forces being slaughtered by a white-robed young commander.
Utter humiliation!
Furious, Tiemujia dug his heels into his horse’s sides and charged toward Feng Zexuan like a cannonball.
The giant axe whistled through the air as it chopped downward.
Feng Zexuan snapped out of her fruit-slicing joy.
【The Tomato King has appeared!】
She pulled her horse backward and flicked her sword upward, striking the axe handle with perfect precision.
CLANG!
The metallic collision rang deafeningly across the battlefield.
A tremendous force surged through her arm, numbing her tiger’s mouth.
What monstrous strength!
Feng Zexuan immediately put away her playful attitude and focused completely on the battle.
Tiemujia’s axe techniques were broad and fierce, every move aimed to kill, overwhelming skill with sheer power.
Feng Zexuan’s movement, however, was nimble and elegant. Her sword strikes were so fast they left only afterimages, always dodging the axe blade by a hair’s breadth while counterattacking from impossible angles.
One was like a mountain.
The other, like the wind.
The two clashed fiercely in the center of the battlefield amid flashing blades and roaring axe strikes, impossible to distinguish a winner.
The surrounding soldiers instinctively retreated, awed by the duel between the two commanders.
Time passed little by little.
In the blink of an eye, two hours had gone by.
Under the blazing sun, both fighters were drenched in sweat.
Tiemujia’s attacks remained ferocious, but his speed had slowed ever so slightly.
Though Feng Zexuan relied on agility to evade, her stamina was also draining rapidly, her breathing gradually growing heavier.
If this continued, she might collapse from exhaustion first.
Although she could still retreat into her dimensional space to save herself at the last moment, that was truly a last resort.
Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she spotted Zhao Xiaobao nearby holding Xiao Bai while effortlessly harvesting several dazed-looking Xiongnu soldiers.
Right!
She still had her secret weapon!
A spark lit up in Feng Zexuan’s mind. Seizing an opening, she abruptly retreated to widen the distance and shouted:
“Zhao Xiaobao, throw Xiao Bai to me!”
Zhao Xiaobao, who had been enjoying the thrill of “bloodline suppression,” froze for a second upon hearing the marshal’s command. Then, without thinking twice, he used all his strength to hurl the fluffy white furball toward Feng Zexuan.
A white arc streaked across the chaotic battlefield.
“You’re courting death!”
Seeing her distracted, Tiemujia seized the opportunity and swept his axe sideways in a devastating waist-level strike.
Feng Zexuan executed a perfect iron bridge, arching her body backward until she was nearly lying flat against the horse’s back, narrowly avoiding the deadly axe.
At the same time, she planted her sword into the ground with her right hand and reached upward with her left—
catching Xiao Bai securely as it descended from the sky.
The entire sequence flowed together flawlessly.
She straightened herself in one smooth motion and placed the bewildered Xiao Bai on her left shoulder.
Xiao Bai shook its fluffy little head and curiously stared at the fierce, murderous giant before it. Then it opened its tiny pink mouth and let out a soft, babyish cry.
“Meow~”
The sound wasn’t loud.
But it struck Tiemujia like an invisible curse.
The giant axe he had raised froze midair.
His savage expression stiffened, then slowly softened, becoming dreamy and dazed before finally transforming into absolute infatuation and adoration.
The muscles all over his body relaxed. His overwhelming killing aura receded like the tide, as though all strength had been drained from him.
Feng Zexuan seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Using the stirrup for leverage, she leapt into the air and delivered a fierce spinning back kick directly into Tiemujia’s chest.
BANG!
The mountain-like giant was kicked off his horse like a rag sack, utterly incapable of resisting.
Feng Zexuan landed gracefully, twirling her sword before pressing its icy tip against Tiemujia’s throat.
The entire battlefield fell into momentary silence.
Zhao Xiaobao reacted first.
Seeing the Xiongnu commander kicked to the ground while still wearing a lovestruck grin at Xiao Bai, he became so excited he nearly fell off his horse.
Stretching his neck, he roared at the top of his lungs:
“The Xiongnu commander has been captured! Tiemujia has been captured!”
The cries ignited the morale of the Great Xia soldiers.
“The Marshal is mighty!”
“Charge!”
With their commander captured, the Xiongnu forces became leaderless. Their army collapsed like a falling mountain, abandoning armor and fleeing in every direction.
After tossing Tiemujia to Zhao Xiaobao, Feng Zexuan pressed the advantage and pursued relentlessly.
Leading three hundred thousand troops, she not only defended Yanmen Pass but also swept forward with unstoppable momentum, reclaiming the three cities occupied by the Xiongnu.
Terrified by the battle power of this god-of-slaughter marshal, the Xiongnu army either surrendered or fled.
Feng Zexuan originally intended to advance steadily and cautiously.
Yet the war progressed far faster than expected.
Before she realized it, the army had pushed all the way to the gates of the Xiongnu royal court itself.
What she didn’t expect even more was that, at this very moment, an earth-shattering drama was unfolding inside the Xiongnu royal court.
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