My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

But now, he had already acquired a certain level of strength.

Cheng Guang still wanted to go and witness the battlefield.

As long as the city gates of North City remained closed, it was highly unlikely that any members of the Devil Clan would break through the defenses of the Northern Expedition Army and enter North City.

Therefore, Cheng Guang believed that he was generally not in any danger.

Cheng Guang took steps toward the outside of Duke Zhen's Mansion.

A group of guards, who were charged with protecting Cheng Guang, closely followed him as soon as he stepped out of the Duke's Mansion.

In North City, at the northern gate, a large new tent had been erected.

Within the tent, Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, Qin Beifeng, Li Baxun, and other senior military commanders of the Northern Expedition Army, stood beside a sand table, watching the lights on it.

Many of those lights were darting chaotically across the sand table.

A massive cluster of green lights gathered together.

This represented North City and the Northern Expedition Army.

The red lights that surrounded them densely, in a besieging formation, represented a legion of Demon Beasts.

A dense mass of members of the Devil Clan was converging on North City.

They were fast, even very fast.

Perhaps in just an hour or two, North City would be completely surrounded by layers of Demon Beasts.

Even if Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, was an exceptional powerhouse of the Heavenly Human Realm, capable of annihilating tens, even hundreds of thousands of Demon Beasts, how could he contend with millions?

The sheer number of these Demon Beasts, even if they merely stood still without any action, allowing themselves to be slaughtered, would take a very long time to defeat.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, relied not only on his own power but on the collective strength of the Northern Expedition Army to survive this siege.

So...

During this time.

They could not have a spy among them.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, upon this thought, couldn't help but shift his gaze from the sand table to Qin Beifeng.

According to what Cheng Guang had said, Qin Beifeng was very likely to be the spy within their own Northern Expedition Army.

Previously Cheng Guang predicted there would be turmoil within the Great Yan Dynasty, and this proved to be true.

Now, with the Great Yan Dynasty withdrawing troops from the Border Area, it proved again that Cheng Guang's prediction was correct.

And now,

Cheng Guang had suggested that Qin Beifeng might be a spy.

Despite how much Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, didn't want to believe there could be any issue with Qin Beifeng's identity, and even though he didn't know how Cheng Guang had arrived at his conclusion,

For the safety of North City and also for the safety of the Northern Expedition Army,

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, had to be vigilant.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, observed Qin Beifeng for a moment, noticing that even though Qin Beifeng furrowed his brows while examining the lights on the sand table, as if in deep thought,

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, seized the appropriate moment to speak.

"Beifeng,"

Qin Beifeng, upon hearing Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan's voice, regained his composure and greeted him with a slight bow, respectfully saying,

"Your Grace."

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, shifted his gaze from Qin Beifeng and set it back on the multitude of lights around him, asking,

"Beifeng, what do you think our chances are in this battle? For us here in North City, and for the Northern Expedition Army?"

Without hesitation, Qin Beifeng patted his chest and declared, "Your Grace, of course we will be victorious."

"Although most of these Demon Beasts attacking us are quite strong, they are no match for the Northern Expedition Army."

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, didn't say much more, simply nodding. He had intended to test Qin Beifeng, but Qin Beifeng's usual good performance left hardly any slip-ups,

And he didn't seem to be pretending.

It was possible that his grandson had made a mistake this time.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, pondered, and even though he remained cautious because of Cheng Guang's words, that caution inevitably diminished somewhat.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, watched the lights on the sand table, silent, until a red light touched North City.

In that instant,

Boom!!!

"Human Race! Meet your doom!"

A thundering voice reverberated through the void.

It was the voice of a Devil Clan powerhouse.

As that voice fell, Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan, and his accompanying soldiers all turned into multiple streaks of light, soaring into the sky and drawing an arc in mid-air to reach the top of the city walls.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan slightly lifted his gaze to behold the Devil Clan member leading the attack.

The Devil was brazen—possessing only the strength of the Seventh Grade, it headed straight toward North City from the sky.

Duke Zhen Guo, Cheng Shiyuan faced the Devil, who bore a piercing aura, without a hint of change in his expression.

As the Devil grew closer, Li Baxun alongside him stepped forward with a smile, waving his sleeve. The Devil, which had just been making earth-shattering noises, instantly showed a slight widening of its eyes, its body stiffening in place, and it fell rigidly from the sky.

Its body was like sand.

As it fell, it started to disperse.

Before even hitting the ground, it completely dissipated into the void.

Li Baxun, being on equal footing with Qin Beifeng, had also reached the Ninth-order Martial Emperor Realm and was just a step away from the Heavenly Human Realm.

For him, dealing with a Seventh Grade Devil was effortless.

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army within North City saw Li Baxun's action and did not cheer; for him, such a minor Devil was hardly worth making a fuss over, nor was there anything worth cheering for.

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army stood atop the city wall, each with a stern gaze, looking into the distance at the Devil Beasts rushing toward North City like dark clouds.