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Chapter 1123: Overpowered Guo Fengxiao
Chapter 1123: Overpowered Guo Fengxiao
In Youzhou, within the Youbeiping Prefecture, beneath a certain county town.
As Zhao Er coldly told the middle-aged scholar, "You can prepare your last words," the town suddenly erupted in flames. Before the scholar could react, the fire spread at an unbelievable speed, engulfing half the town in an instant.
This sight left the slightly distracted scholar, who had been momentarily stunned by Zhao Er's words, utterly bewildered, his face filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible!"
Indeed, how could this be? There shouldn't be any traps in this town!
Even the scholar himself didn't know he would be stopping at this town, so how could Xun You have known and set up traps in advance? The scholar had sent people to search the town, and any traps, unless extremely well-hidden, would have been discovered. Unless their traps were incredibly concealed.
But setting up hidden traps takes time, and the other party would have needed at least three days, or even more, to know where they would stop. This was the most unbelievable part; knowing their destination three days in advance, even without any interference from the scholar, Xun You should not have been able to deduce this.
Yet, they had indeed predicted it and even set up traps.
In this situation, the scholar, feeling utterly bewildered, recalled Zhao Er's earlier words, 'His opponent is not just Xun You!'
Initially, the scholar didn't believe this. After all, he had more intelligence about Lu Hai Kong than Lu Hai Kong himself anticipated.
He was well aware that Lu Hai Kong had five subordinates with political scores over 90: Xi Zhitai and Wang Jun, who were stationed in Beifeng; Xin Ping; Tian Feng, stationed in the southern part of Bingzhou; and Xun You at the frontlines. Just these five, and currently, only one was present, with no signs of the other four moving. His opponent should only be Xun You.
In his opinion, Zhao Er's statement was merely a ploy to disrupt his composure and expose his weaknesses.
However, this fire shattered his thoughts. Clearly, Xun You was not responsible for this fire.
This also made the scholar slightly worried. Amidst the fire, he didn't pay much attention to the situation inside the town; instead, he kept his gaze fixed on the sky.
Of course, he wasn't looking at the sky per se but was observing whether his ultimate trump card in this game had taken effect!
In reality, he had divided the several hundred thousand troops he didn't bring with him into over a dozen routes, scattering them across these paths. Some routes were winding and treacherous, while others were direct and perilous. Success on any one of these paths would deal a fatal blow to the Youbeiping Prefecture.
These dozen offensive routes were merely a smokescreen; his true killer move involved the river near Lingzhi City, the same river that had previously blocked the mountain range and prevented Xun You's fire attack from spreading.
It was an enormous river, and the scholar's ultimate move was to utilize this river.
He had thrown in two to three hundred thousand undead soldiers into the river, not intending to pollute it with their toxins, which was impossible.
Even if the river's massive water flow couldn't dilute their toxins, it wouldn't matter. This poison only took effect when one was injured by the undead; at most, drinking water contaminated by the undead would cause diarrhea.
The scholar's plan was to use the river to transport the undead downstream.
For ordinary people, swimming in the turbulent river would be a deadly challenge, and even the best swimmers would struggle to reach the opposite bank. However, the undead were different.
The undead didn't need to breathe, so they wouldn't drown in the river. Additionally, as long as their hearts or heads remained intact, even if their bodies were torn in half, they wouldn't die. This allowed them to survive in the rapid river, enabling the scholar to use the river to transport his troops.
With the river's assistance, these two to three hundred thousand undead soldiers, though some might be unlucky enough to be carried into the sea, would undoubtedly have many reach the shore at some point downstream. The scholar didn't care or worry about which direction they ended up in downstream; as long as they reached the lower reaches, his objective was essentially accomplished.
Even if Xun You knew about the undead reaching the shore downstream, he wouldn't have the resources to block and defend against them. The scholar couldn't believe that Xun You's side could evacuate the entire Youbeiping Prefecture.
This was the scholar's most lethal move against Xun You, and he was extremely confident in it. Xun You wouldn't be able to react in time, even with two people on his side who could see through the scholar's strategy. But it was too late.
The undead, scattered across the land and downstream, left the scholar wondering what countermeasures Xun You could possibly have.
In his view, this game should end in a stalemate. While Xun You had him under control, the other side, including Xun You and the newly emerged individual, wouldn't be able to break his strategy. This mutual stalemate meant neither side truly won.
In the OneSixOneNineBookBarReadNoErrorVersion, the scholar considered a stalemate as a win for him. After all, he could afford to lose, but Xun You couldn't!
It was this confidence that kept the scholar looking up at the sky, even in this situation.
He was waiting, waiting for his killer move to take effect.
During his wait, he even ignored the grim sight of his undead army being burned by the fire. But his wait yielded no results.
The sky remained a gem-like blue, and the blood-red color he anticipated never appeared, nor would it ever.
The reason for this was that the scholar had misjudged his opponent. He thought his greatest rival was Xun You, the master of Unerring Calculation, but he was wrong. His true nemesis was Guo Jia, who had recently broken through while seemingly doing trivial tasks.
In a sense, that guy was also overpowered, and in a completely unreasonable manner!
Chapter end
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