Chapter 400
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Chapter 400: Submit or Not?
Zhou Yi and the others, deeply aware of the current situation, naturally dared not slack off for a moment.
With Jie Zichuan leading the way, they rushed to the nearest tribe from their current location.
As soon as they approached, accompanied by an angry shout in an incomprehensible barbarian tongue, a stone spear flew directly towards Zhou Yi, who was standing within the military formation!
Zhou Yi himself was not known for his martial prowess, but one thing needed to be clarified: his weakness was only apparent when compared to fierce generals with 4-stars or even 5-stars in bravery.
In that context, he was indeed weak.
However, a 3-star bravery was not a weakness either.
Did some random barbarian think they could kill him with a single stone spear throw?
That would be underestimating him too much.
With a swift and clean strike, Zhou Yi directly swept away the thrown stone spear.
At the same time, Jie Zichuan, reacting quickly from the side, immediately shouted in the barbarian tongue.
“Stop! We are not enemies; we are here to help you!”
However, those barbarians clearly wouldn’t believe Jie Zichuan’s words so easily, and their actions showed no sign of stopping.
Faced with such a formation, Zhou Yi’s side certainly wouldn’t hesitate either.
The sword-shield soldiers in the front had already arrayed their shield formation, and the crossbowmen in the back had begun to set their crossbow bolts.
Given the urgency, though the initial goal was to incorporate these barbarians and expand the Myriad World Civilization’s military strength, the appearance of a large number of Hyenamen had made the situation somewhat complicated and urgent.
The time Li Ke could buy was limited.
At this critical juncture, if these barbarians were to act unreasonably and not listen, Zhou Yi wouldn’t mind letting the crossbowmen demonstrate their power and kill a few barbarians to establish their authority!
If those barbarians could be peacefully persuaded to surrender and submit, that would naturally be ideal.
However, if they were uncooperative, forceful military conquest had also been permitted by Luo Ji in advance.
Jie Zichuan, seeing the situation about to spiral out of control, felt his pressure double.
Then, as if he remembered something, he quickly shouted again in the barbarian tongue.
“Those monsters that have recently appeared nearby have already slaughtered two tribes! Don’t you know anything about this? If this continues, none of us will escape the monsters’ massacre!”
Jie Zichuan’s words undoubtedly had an effect.
The actions of the surrounding barbarians paused simultaneously.
Zhou Yi, noticing this change, also waved his hand, signaling the crossbowmen to temporarily lower their hand crossbows, while the sword-shield soldiers continued to maintain their shield formation and remain vigilant.
After a few seconds of stalemate, a middle-aged man, seemingly the barbarian leader, loudly shouted a string of words in the barbarian tongue that Zhou Yi couldn’t understand at all, making him frown.
“What did he say?”
“He’s asking about our identities and purpose, and also if we have a way to deal with those Hyenamen and so on.”
Jie Zichuan quickly replied.
After listening to Jie Zichuan’s explanation, Zhou Yi nodded.
“Tell them directly that we are troops of the Myriad World Civilization.”
“Tell them to obediently accept our incorporation and submit to our Myriad World Civilization.”
“Then, the Hyenamen will naturally not be a threat to them.”
“Don’t seek trouble for yourselves.”
Zhou Yi’s troops had an almost absolute advantage in equipment and military strength.
There was no need to waste time with these barbarians, nor did they have the time.
What he needed now was efficiency!
Jie Zichuan gave a wry smile upon hearing this, but he somewhat understood.
Given the strength of this force, especially the 50 crossbowmen, these barbarians simply couldn’t resist.
With overwhelming power, the fact that the other party still patiently asked to “submit or not” before directly resorting to force was already a display of respect.
However, although he thought this, when relaying the message, Jie Zichuan naturally couldn’t be so direct.
He had to be a bit more subtle.
Nevertheless, his slightly subtle offer of surrender seemingly didn’t have much effect.
Upon hearing it, the barbarians all let out angry shouts.
At this point, even without Jie Zichuan’s translation, Zhou Yi could understand the situation.
Too lazy to waste words with them, he waved his hand, and 50 crossbowmen unleashed a volley, instantly taking a wave of lives.
The barbarians who were frantically shouting a moment before became corpses lying on the ground the next, with no room to resist.
This overwhelming power plunged the scene into a deathly silence.
Until Zhou Yi spoke again, breaking the silence.
“Ask them again if they want to submit or not.”
Upon hearing this, Jie Zichuan subconsciously glanced at the crossbowmen, who had already used their crossbow stirrups to reload their hand crossbows.
Then, a wry smile appeared in his heart.
Was there even a need to ask? Pointed at by such terrifying weapons, who would dare say ‘no?’
And indeed, that was the case.
After Jie Zichuan angrily shouted in the barbarian tongue, the barbarians who had been quite stubborn moments before all threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground.
Jie Zichuan felt no contempt for this; everyone was merely trying to survive.
Regardless, they had finally taken down a barbarian tribe.
Zhou Yi immediately led his troops inside and asked Jie Zichuan to translate for him, instructing the barbarians in the tribe to cooperate and evacuate obediently.
Of course, one couldn’t expect a group of recently surrendered barbarians to obediently run to the outskirts and meet up with the supporting troops on their own.
Therefore, Zhou Yi had to leave a portion of his troops to maintain order and have those soldiers lead the barbarians out to meet the others, to prevent the barbarians from suddenly becoming disobedient and causing trouble.
However, this approach inevitably affected their efficiency.
Zhou Yi took a deep breath.
He possessed a strong heart that could withstand pressure; the more urgent the situation, the calmer he became.
But Li Ke, on the other side, was not having an easy time.
After several days of maneuvering, as the pit traps set in the nearby areas were gradually exposed, many Hyenamen were killed, but their numbers were still greater.
Coupled with their increased wariness, it became increasingly difficult for Li Ke to maneuver with the Hyenamen while avoiding casualties for his own side.
Some battles were unavoidable, just like now!
Facing the Hyenamen’s encirclement, Li Ke’s nerves were already stretched to their limit.
Any slight relaxation or carelessness could make him pay a heavy price.
His gaze swept around, quickly confirming the Hyenamen closing in for the encirclement.
A cold glint flashed in Li Ke’s eyes.
He drew his blades as fast as lightning, swinging his twin blades continuously.
In the blink of an eye, he cut down one of the Hyenamen on the spot!
Then, using this gap as a breakthrough point, he led the wolf warriors behind him to break through the encirclement, charging rapidly in one direction!
