"What is that?"

The power Ye Li just displayed truly startled the soldiers here.

There was no trace of physical change, but they possessed a speed that was almost impossible for them to react to.

The weapon in his hand didn't seem particularly special, yet it could sever an arm with one strike and behead someone with another.

"Kid, you seem to be something special. Are you playing dumb with us, pretending to be weak while actually being strong?"

"I am rather curious. To possess such power without revealing your true form, who are you?"

The soldier in the lead no longer looked at Ye Li with the same disdain he had shown before; his eyes now held a more serious expression.

I initially thought he was just a hot-headed young man looking for trouble, but I almost messed things up.

"I am just an ordinary citizen, with nothing to boast about."

Ye Li didn't want to waste any more words with these people, since he already knew they were the subordinates of that Prince Ji.

If the Divine Elephant Army soldiers were at level one in terms of the bloodthirsty aura emanating from their bodies, these people were at least level three to five.

Let's take care of these guys first and put an end to their resentment.

Then, following the map, we should be able to find more soldiers like this and deal with them all at once.

"Ordinary people? What a joke! If the ordinary people of your country were all like you, would we dare to enter the pass?"

Ye Li spoke the truth, but unfortunately, no one was willing to believe him.

The soldier's hand holding the knife bulged with muscles, and his body began to change.

Based on Ye Li's performance just now, he judged that this guy should be slightly stronger than him, but not by much.

With myself here and so many brothers cooperating with me, taking down this guy shouldn't be difficult.

"Come on, let me see what kind of guy this is who cut down our flag and still wants to play with us."

His body was completely contorted, and the true form he revealed upon entering the Dao was similar to that of a centaur.

His upper body skin had turned brown, and his muscles had bulged, making him look incredibly powerful.

The head had transformed into a combination of a human head and a horse's head, and the hair had grown considerably longer.

The biggest change is to his lower body, which has changed from two legs to four.

These are the three kings of the Northern Barbarians, the Daoist disciples under the command of King Ji, who imitated their Great Khan.

It is said that the true form of the King of Horses is a centaur monster over ten meters tall, capable of collapsing city walls with the simplest brute force, and even siege crossbows are ineffective against him.

"No wonder your uniforms are so strange; they're designed to facilitate changing combat stances."

Ye Li had seen it before; the soldiers belonging to the King of Ji wore armor that was somewhat like an apron, with plates connected and then hung on their bodies by ropes.

It turns out the changes were too drastic, and the ordinary armor wasn't suitable.

"Enough talk, kid. Hurry up and let me see what you are."

The centaur posture made it easier for him to wield his sword, and the King of Horses' subordinates were especially skilled in archery and cavalry warfare.

In plains warfare, as long as it's not a large-scale head-on confrontation, their speed, which is several times faster than that of ordinary soldiers, makes them virtually invincible.

“I am who I am. I am different from you. I don’t need to become like this.”

The surrounding soldiers all turned into centaurs, and some of them gathered around, wielding halberds or swords.

Others kept their distance and took out bows and arrows to prepare for a long-range sneak attack.

As for Ye Li, he simply gripped his sword; one sword was enough to deal with these people.

"Arrogant, come on."

With the flick of its four hooves, the brown figure arrived in front of Ye Li almost instantly.

At the same time he approached, a wooden arrow shot out from the side, flanking Ye Li from both sides, leaving him nowhere to escape.

In the eyes of this soldier leader, Ye Li hadn't made any move at this point, as if he were in a daze.

"Scared out of his wits now? Sure enough, Fifth Brother was just careless. One strike and his head is off!"

"Whoosh..."

"Sizzle..."

The soldier leader didn't feel the impact of hitting the target; instead, the weight of the knife in his hand seemed to change.

"You dodged it, should I strike again?"

With this thought in mind, he instinctively turned around to look for Ye Li's location, only to find that his vision was spinning.

He seemed to see a headless body gradually kneeling down, blood flowing from its neck.

"It feels so familiar..."

From other people's perspectives, Ye Li first dodged to the right, narrowly avoiding the sneak attacking arrow.