Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

Chapter 172 Breaking through the air and slaying demons

Cao Geng agreed to Duan Peng without hesitation. "Okay, from today on, you will be the new disciple of the 'Basha Group' of the 36 Cave Heavens of the Zhenyuan Sect!" He then asked, "Who are you?"

Duan Peng was so excited that he was incoherent. When Cao Geng asked his name, he immediately responded respectfully: "Disciple Duan Peng, greetings to the Master."

Cao Geng was stunned when he heard the voice. Because in the ancient book "Sword Shining in the Sky" that he had read, there was also a disciple named Duan Peng under Senior Li Qingyun. Duan Peng had founded the first secret realm team in Shenzhou in the long river of history, and was feared by the entire Shenzhou land. However, Cao Geng had already created his own cultivation force, Qianlong Pavilion, long before Duan Peng, so if the original Duan Peng wanted to create another secret realm team, he would have to bow down to Cao Geng's Qianlong Pavilion.

Cao Geng glanced at Duan Peng in front of him. Although he saw that he was physically strong and seemed to have some cultivation, he could not judge whether the person in front of him was the Duan Peng in the ancient books. At this moment, they were in a critical moment. Every moment of delay could lead to the death of the fellow disciples of the New Third Regiment. Therefore, Cao Geng had no time to distinguish Duan Peng's true identity and could only take action as soon as possible.

He said to Duan Pengyan, "Okay, these two tasks will be handed over to you. If you encounter evil spirits or evil dogs on the way, don't panic, avoid them first, and wait for me to remove these obstacles."

Duan Peng quickly responded, "I will follow Master's orders."

Two months ago, Duan Peng's Duan Family Villa was invaded by the two demons from Wanggang. He still doesn't know whether his mother, who depended on him for survival, is alive or dead. Despite this, he already knows a truth: when parents are still alive, one should not travel far away, which is filial piety; but a man's ambition is to drive out foreign threats and defend his country, which is his duty. As long as the devils are not eliminated, there will be no peace in China. Especially in this prison where demons are rampant, he personally experienced the brutal acts of the Japanese and puppet troops against the children of China. Since he has already felt this deep hatred, how can he delay joining the Eighth Route Army to fight against foreign enemies?

Now, Duan Peng finally received his first order after joining the Eighth Route Army, and he would naturally do his best to complete it. Cao Geng nodded slightly and looked at him with satisfaction.

As for Duan Peng's cultivation background, he would definitely have to find out after resolving the dispute among the elders of the Wang family.

Now, the first thing he had to ensure was that he could lead his two fellow disciples, Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, to safely break out of the prison area occupied by the demon cultivators.

To be sure.

In addition to Duan Peng, Cao Geng also specially selected several monk prisoners of war who were willing to protect Ding Wei and Zhao Gang to the death, and cooperated with Duan Peng to protect the two.

Cao Geng had profound cultivation and unparalleled martial arts.

Whenever they encountered evil ghosts or demon vassals during their escape, he would always take the initiative to eliminate the crisis before it even emerged.

"Time waits for no one. Next, we must act immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Geng took a deep breath and his eyes were sharp.

After getting the approval of Duan Peng and others, Cao Geng decisively led the monk prisoners out of the place of imprisonment.

Perhaps it was because they felt at ease with Cao Geng around, and because he possessed magical and secret treasures, and was the leader of the Eight Desolations Sect, even some of the monk prisoners of war who had not participated in taking care of Ding Wei and Zhao Gang voluntarily followed Cao Geng.

Cao Geng naturally accepted this with pleasure.

He knew very well that in the current chaos in Wangjiagang, if he only led Ding Wei, Zhao Gang and Duan Peng to evacuate, it would undoubtedly be an isolated move with disastrous consequences.

If he could lead hundreds of monk prisoners away together, even the enemy would need a lot of time to capture them, which would undoubtedly provide an opportunity for Cao Geng to escort Ding Wei and others out of danger.

In this team, if Cao Geng encounters fewer ghosts, evil cultivators and demon vassals, he will do his best to protect the safety of these hundreds of cultivator prisoners.

But if the number of enemies is large, Cao Geng can only apologize to them. He must leave first with Ding Wei, Zhao Gang, Duan Peng and others, and look forward to them destroying more evil demons in future battles!

As expected, not long after Cao Geng, Duan Peng and others escaped from the place of imprisonment, some demon vassals in the periphery had already locked onto their tracks.

When they saw that this group of monk prisoners were trying to escape while Wangjiagang was in chaos, the faces of those demon vassals suddenly darkened.

"Don't even think about escaping! Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy!"

The demon vassals roared loudly, but Cao Geng and his group ignored them.

"You go first, I'll cover your rear!"

Cao Geng ordered in a cold tone.

Before Duan Peng could respond, Cao Geng suddenly rushed out.

In an instant, he had appeared silently beside those demon vassals.

Then, before the demon vassals noticed, Cao Geng had already cut their throats with incredible swiftness.

Those demon vassals fell to the ground in an instant, losing their lives.

Behind him, Duan Peng had been paying attention to Cao Geng's movements. Seeing this scene, his pupils suddenly contracted.

From Cao Geng's sudden burst of energy to his easy disposal of these demon clan vassals, Duan Peng was shocked to discover that -

……

It turned out that the commander of the Eighth Route Army that he was following was actually a cultivator, and Duan Peng firmly believed that the cultivation level of this cultivator, Commander Cao Geng, must be extraordinary.

Duan Peng himself has long been obsessed with practicing martial arts.

However, he reflected on himself.

If it were a crisis like the one just now, it would be hard to say whether I could act as fast as the wind and be as decisive and resolute as Captain Cao Geng.

However, at this moment, in front of Duan Peng, Cao Geng's series of actions were smooth and natural, just like he was performing advanced sword techniques.

"It seems that there really is a master hidden in the Eighth Route Army."

"There are mountains beyond mountains and there are heavens beyond heavens! This saying that Master once taught us is still as true today as ever."

After realizing this, Duan Peng couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.

Even if he were Duan Peng, he would probably not be a match for Captain Cao Geng.

At this time, Cao Geng ignored Duan Peng's feelings. After dealing with the invaders, he immediately ordered his men to hand over the weapons to Duan Peng and others for self-defense.

then,

Under the guidance of Cao Geng,

Duan Peng and others successfully escaped from the puppet army prisoner-of-war camp with Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, who were breathing weakly.

Later, under the leadership of Cao Geng, they even successfully left the important area of ​​Wangjiagang.

Appearing outside Wangjiagang, Duan Peng and others' eyes were still full of shock.

"We were actually rescued?"

There were originally 400 people in the prisoner-of-war camp. Except for some people who initially tried to escape alone, most of the others chose to leave with Cao Geng, Duan Peng and others.

After fleeing all the way from the prisoner-of-war camp to the outskirts of Wangjiagang, they completely got rid of the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops. Only more than a hundred prisoners of war who escaped remained with Cao Geng.

despite this,

Everyone in the POW camp still couldn't believe that they could escape from the puppet army's POW camp so smoothly.

The reason why they can achieve the current situation is entirely due to the outstanding command of the Eighth Route Army Commander Cao Geng.

"Thank you, Captain. If it weren't for you, we would definitely not be able to escape the clutches of the pseudo-legion."

Some people in the crowd expressed their gratitude to Cao Geng.

Except for a few prisoners of war, more prisoners of war were influenced by Duan Peng and decided to join the New Third Regiment led by Cao Geng.

Cao Geng was quite surprised at first about the outcome, but then he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Obviously, the puppet army had used some unknown means on them, so that after escaping from the puppet army, these prisoners of war resolutely chose to join the New Third Regiment.

With the hope of developing and strengthening the new Third Regiment, Cao Geng waved his hand and formally accepted the more than one hundred new prisoners of war.

Since then, the number of people in the New Third Regiment has expanded by more than a hundred people, and Cao Geng is naturally very happy about this.

However, as these new prisoners of war spoke, Cao Geng gradually came to understand how cruel atrocities the puppet army had committed against these people in the past two months.

Upon hearing this, Cao Geng's face instantly became gloomy.

Because the actions of those Japs and the traitors are truly unscrupulous!

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