Chapter 848: Goodbye, Zhao Deyan

“Xiaobei, wait until I distract these cavalry, then head back to the camp immediately! Have Yinhu inform everyone to be ready to evacuate at any time.”
Happy’s words left Xiaobei, who was prepared for a fierce battle, utterly confused. Blinking his eyes, he asked hesitantly, “Boss, didn’t you bring me here to share the merits of battle with you?”
“…Stop talking nonsense. What time is it? How could I have the mood to share merits with you? Are we giving up on Yipin Hall?” Annoyed, he kicked the guy away and added, “These people are meant for Yipin Hall.”
“What?”
Xiaobei immediately protested, “Boss, even if we can’t defeat those bastards from Yipin Hall tonight, there’s no reason to give them so many merits. We could just take them on a ride across the grasslands until dawn and see how capable they really are.” The thought of giving tens of thousands of merits to Yipin Hall made him feel disgusted.
“Stop talking nonsense! Go do it quickly. Among these cavalry, there’s a powerhouse even I can’t handle. Do you really think I’d give Yipin Hall such a great advantage? They won’t survive.”
Hearing this, Xiaobei’s eyes lit up. He shook himself and quickly summoned his mount. “I’m leaving then. Take care, boss!” Before his words faded, he was already galloping away, occasionally glancing back at the cavalry with growing concern.
Happy slowly turned around after seeing Xiaobei go.
In the blink of an eye, three groups of Mongol cavalry reached a distance of 200 meters away, with flames soaring into the sky—seemingly about to encircle them…
At that moment!
The voice of the Demon Marshal Zhao Deyan finally rang out, “Hmph! You attacked our camp during the day. I expected you wouldn’t give up and would try to sneak into our Mongol camp at night. I’ve been waiting here in ambush… I’m curious how you’ll escape from my grasp tonight. Charge!”
At his command, thousands of cavalry charged at Happy with a thunderous roar. Meanwhile, Mongol cavalry from the other two directions also accelerated their assault!
Among the three groups, Happy clearly saw some striking figures…
Besides the Demon Marshal “Zhao Deyan,” each group had a cold-eyed, emotionless elder from the Demon Sect. His brows tightened immediately—
This Zhao Deyan really went to a lot of trouble!
But this also confirmed his earlier suspicions.

In this border battle, as expected, during the day it was Kublai Khan who took charge, with the Mongol cavalry and various officers and generals playing the main roles. But at night, the protagonists became the sorcerers—masters of magic who operated in the realms of light and darkness. The person in charge, even if not this military advisor and sorcerer lord before us, would likely be no different.

“I thought the sorcerer lord had heroic qualities and was someone from the martial world. Who would have thought he’d bring along such a large group… Hmph! I won’t stay for this tonight!”

“Do you really think you can get away?”

From among the crowd, Zhao Deyan’s voice rang out solemnly and loudly. With the sound of hooves thundering, the people on both sides immediately rushed toward Happy’s escape route, preparing to encircle him.

Summoning his mount, he mounted it in one swift motion!

Activating the technique of merging man and horse!

“Go!!”

The entire action was seamless. The man and horse, like an arrow released from a bow, moved at astonishing speed, gradually pushing back the large group of Mongol cavalry trying to close in.

Clatter! Clatter!

With their hooves like the wind, the man and horse quickly broke through the encirclement as the Mongol cavalry on both sides hadn’t yet completed their formation…

However, the Mongol cavalry reacted very quickly. While closing in, they adjusted their pursuit direction, sticking closely behind them. Some of them drew their powerful bows…

Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

Hundreds of arrows rained down like a storm.

Under normal circumstances, Happy would have been overjoyed, thinking the Mongol cavalry were giving him a chance to earn glory in battle. But right now, these arrows were meant for the First-Class Hall, so he wouldn’t use “Change of the Stars” to weaken the Mongol cavalry’s combat strength. If Zhao Deyan realized the Mongol cavalry posed no threat and ordered them to retreat, all their efforts for the night would be in vain…

“Change of the Stars” was activated, but instead of sending the arrows back, it only altered their trajectories, causing them to miss and land behind or to the sides of their hooves.

One by one, the arrow tails trembled violently on the grass…

The sound of hooves thundered on.

The cavalry chasing behind gradually gathered and turned back.

But Happy didn’t leave at top speed. To prevent the Mongol cavalry from losing confidence, he only moved just out of range of the arrows, then slightly slowed down, ensuring the Mongol cavalry remained just close enough to catch up and bring him within range of attack.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

The sound of horse hooves grew louder behind him, forming a deafening torrent.

Happy led the way, with a group of Mongol warriors shouting and yelling behind him—the situation seemed perilous.

Just then.

Bang!!!

A brilliant purplish-red flare exploded above the grassland, casting a purplish-red glow behind Happy.
“…A flare?”
After glancing back, Happy turned his gaze away and quickly understood the purpose of the Mongol cavalry’s flare.
His senses sharpened, and he suddenly realized that several scouts were hidden in the ground ahead.
Judging from their movements, they were already armed with swords, axes, and hidden weapons, ready to emerge and launch a sniper attack.
In the distant dark horizon, flames and the figures of patrolling cavalry also appeared rapidly…
The Mongol cavalry’s flare signaled that everyone was to launch a coordinated attack to encircle and stop them.
Understanding Zhao Deyan’s plan, Happy actually breathed a sigh of relief. The moment the hooves passed over the spot where the three scouts were hiding, before the ground could even be disturbed, a brilliant white sword energy pierced through the disguise on the ground, tearing apart the three men’s bodies.
A pool of dark red blood splattered across the highly realistic grass disguise.
Cough!
After doing all this, Happy remained calm. He sheathed his sword and continued to gallop away at full speed.
Thousands of cavalry horses thundered past without causing the slightest disturbance!
In the distance, patrolling cavalry rushed toward them.
As the two forces charged toward each other, the distance between them shrank rapidly.
The moment they entered range for long-range attacks, several flying axes flew toward them, two of which maliciously targeted Happy’s mount.
Without a mount, Happy could never outrun the thousands of cavalry horses behind him using only his legs.
“Scram!”
In an instant, the axes changed direction and fell to the ground.
The man and his horse rushed forward like lightning! Several patrolling cavalry members fell off their horses like withered leaves.