Chapter 882: Conquering the Grasslands

Meng Yun died in battle!
Xue Yi died in battle!
Although Huang Sha possessed the “Immortal Dark King Art” and “Heaven and Earth Great Shift,” allowing him to thrive among the Mongol forces, he was exposed under Kai Xin’s “Nine Yang Divine Art” and was ultimately killed.
Over 300 core members of the First Rank Hall were wiped out by Kai Xin’s forces in one fell swoop, not a single one escaping…
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After settling things, Kai Xin led his troops back through the Mongol army to chase after Yin Hu, who was heading toward Aru City to block the First Rank Hall’s forces.
Meng Yun’s final roar made Kai Xin uneasy!
After all, Meng Yun was the leader of the First Rank Hall. This clearly pushed her to the brink. If she really rose to fight desperately, the situation on the grasslands would likely become extremely difficult.
But to everyone’s surprise…
The First Rank Hall’s subsequent actions were baffling.
When a large force approached the edge of the grasslands, on the verge of entering the ambush zone set by the four major factions, they seemed to sense something and stopped.
Then, those 130,000 troops gradually left completely…
“What’s going on? They actually ran away?”
Lei Zhan exclaimed in regret.
The other three major factions also felt disappointed.
It seemed the 100,000+ troops of the First Rank Hall were about to be wiped out here…
Although the four major factions had only a little over 20,000 troops, their cavalry numbered over 15,000, enough to ensure the destruction of at least 80,000 of the First Rank Hall’s troops—or even their complete annihilation here. With hundreds of the First Rank Hall’s elite killed, no one could stop Kai Xin and his group of top experts.
“Meng Yun isn’t a fool. After being defeated by us, she must have discovered our plans…”
“Without their elite troops, they can’t afford to fight.”
“Since they’ve left, let’s rest here for now. We’ll go finish things off once the battle on the grasslands is nearly over!”
Kai Xin felt disappointed but quickly recovered:
This great battle would bring double combat merits, bringing significant benefits to the faction—something he couldn’t afford to miss.
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With Yao Shi Wanneng monitoring the movements of the First Rank Hall’s troops in Aru City, the more than 20,000 troops from the four major factions of the Mu Family quickly entered the battlefield.
In the end!
The First Rank Hall’s troops never stepped further into the grasslands.
That very day!
The battle raged on until nightfall, when it ended with the Central Plains forces retreating 20 li and all their supplies destroyed, while the Mongols sounded the retreat signal.
The battle was extremely brutal.
The Central Plains side lost nearly a million troops, along with a large amount of supplies and logistical personnel!
The Mongols weren’t faring any better.
As wave after wave of demonic sect experts fell and chaos ensued, the Mongols also left behind over 300,000 corpses, suffering a severe loss in strength.

As for the players…
Some were sad, some were worried.
In the chaos of battle, countless people died only to immediately reappear in Aru City to continue fighting. Over and over, their combat achievements were largely taken away, leaving them with little reward.
The final total for heads cut was less than five, so they received no reward; the same was true for some brave warriors. They often charged at the front and earned some combat points, only to be killed by experts from the Demon Sect or Mongol players, ending up with nothing.
Of course, there were a few smart players who accumulated points bit by bit, avoided danger, and earned quite a bit of combat experience and ranks.
But…
If we talk about the biggest beneficiary of this war…
Everyone would point to Happy!
After the battle, hundreds of players reached five-digit combat scores. But only one player reached six digits!
Happy!
After the Mongol army withdrew, the Central Plains quickly reorganized their logistics camps. On the combat achievement rankings, Happy still firmly held first place, but his score was so high that it left others in awe.
149,630 points!
That’s ten thousand points more than those behind him…
Of course!
Many people didn’t know that 50,000 of those points came from task rewards; they also didn’t realize that Happy wasted a lot of time searching for high-score targets like thousand-man leaders, ten-thousand-man leaders, experts from the Demon Sect, and generals, which allowed him to acquire extra high-level equipment. Otherwise, if it had been purely based on killing enemies, Happy could have gained another 50,000 to 60,000 points.
In this battle, the four major factions united, and they were the biggest beneficiaries. More than half of the hundreds of players with five-digit combat scores came from these four factions.
In this battle, over 20,000 people from the four factions all received ranks…
Some even roughly calculated online that there were over 50 experts in the four factions with squadron leader ranks!
If all these people were converted into full-strength cavalry, they could assemble nearly 100,000 cavalrymen…
However, after this battle, subsequent news disappointed many players eager for ranks. Both sides were severely weakened, lacking supplies, so no further probing attacks were launched for some time. All battles were left to players from the Central Plains and Mongolia.
As a result, the efficiency of earning combat points dropped significantly. To gain points, players had to venture deep into enemy territory, fight in dangerous areas against Mongol players, and earn meager points from the cavalry they assembled.

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For several consecutive days!
The people of Yipin Tang never entered the grasslands, which finally caught the attention of some observant individuals.
They noticed that on the day of the great battle, Yipin Tang did not get involved. After that, most of the troops from Aru City withdrew, and those who remained went about their usual business, showing no intention of continuing to confront the four major factions of the Mu family.
Rumors began to spread in the markets and streets.
Yipin Tang had been completely defeated by the Mu family.
They had now given up on the imperial decree mission in the grasslands altogether…
Some also claimed that the elite teams led by Meng Yun, Huang Sha, and others had been wiped out by the Mu family, leaving them completely demoralized.
Some even said that Yipin Tang’s doom had arrived.
Once the imperial decree mission ended, the Mu family might start expanding northward!
These rumors weren’t very credible at first, but combined with the tens of thousands of powerful cavalry assembled by the four major factions in the grasslands, many people began to believe them.
The tens of thousands of cavalry from these four factions had now become the main force attacking the Mongol army’s camps…
Every morning, four large armies would split up and engage in battles near the Mongol camps, either attacking supply routes, eliminating nearby patrols and scouts, or protecting their own troops’ provisions.
In the grasslands, wherever there were significant battles, one could see the cavalry of these four factions!
The four factions had effectively taken control of the entire grasslands through their actions.
Now, Yipin Tang couldn’t penetrate or disrupt them in any way.
All the factions in the grasslands had to act according to the will of these four major factions…
And so, as days passed peacefully, the four factions continued to accumulate victories through one dangerous battle after another; soon, the day when the imperial decree mission would end arrived.