In a Fantasy World as Cannon Fodder, I Got Entangled with the Heroine - Chapter 69

Chapter 69: The Fire Phoenix and the Violet Immortal Monkey

Translation by: Weebsread👹

“Bai… Senior Sister Bai!” Jiang Qian’s voice trembled as his gaze flickered to the doorway. Bai Piaoxue stood there, silent and unsmiling. 

Everywhere she set foot, a thin sheen of frost surfaced, rippling out to glaze the entire room in crystalline ice. In mere moments, the place felt like an underground ice cavern—frigid air biting at everyone’s skin, every breath crystalizing in the haze.

Bai Piaoxue looked down, her cold gaze never wavering from Jiang Qian.

He swallowed, unable to tear his eyes from her exquisite but unreadable face. A chill crawled up his spine. 

Please don’t tell me she’s about to freeze me into a block of ice.

With her, that’s actually a possibility!

“S-senior Sister Bai, I… I can explain—”

…

…

“Call me Piaoxue,” Bai Piaoxue suddenly whispered, so softly Jiang Qian almost thought he’d imagined it.

“Huh?” He blinked, uncertain. “Senior Sister Bai, what did you say?”

She bit her lip, her voice stubborn but gentle. “I don’t want you to call me Senior Sister Bai. Call me Piaoxue!”

“Why is it that you can call Hu Murui just ‘Murui,’ but you won’t call me ‘Piaoxue’?”

For a moment, the proud and aloof Bai Piaoxue shrank before Jiang Qian, her pride dissolving away. She looked every bit like a young girl nursing a grievance.

Watching from the side, Hu Murui was dumbfounded. Is this…really the Bai Piaoxue I know?

Jiang Qian stared, taking in Piaoxue’s pitiful, almost aggrieved look. Flustered, he stammered, “Piao… Piaoxue!”

The instant he spoke her name, Bai Piaoxue’s frosty expression melted into a bright, radiant smile.

Just then, Huang Pan barged in—only to be met by a wave of icy air. 

Wait, isn’t it June? Why is it colder than winter in here?

What’s going on? How is everything frozen over?

He gawked in shock, but quickly gathered himself. “Uh, guys, not to interrupt, but… there’s a beast tide attacking the city!”

“Understood!” Jiang Qian snapped back, leading both girls out of the icy room and up to the battlements.

Sure enough, outside the city wall, an immense horde of demonic beasts surged forward like a tidal wave.

Jiang Qian turned to Chen Changfeng, standing nearby. “General Chen, aren’t you heading out to the front lines?”

Chen Changfeng shot him a dark look.

Why do I have to go? Don’t you have any self-awareness? You just unleashed two sixth-rank demonic beasts on us! The very least I can do is wait until tomorrow before considering another beast hunt.

He cleared his throat. “Ahem. I’m… not feeling well today. You young people need some practical combat experience anyway.” With that excuse, he turned and briskly walked away.

Hu Murui couldn’t resist mumbling under her breath, “He’s just embarrassed that Jiang beat him. ‘Not feeling well’—yeah, right. What a stubborn old man.”

It was obvious to everyone that General Chen’s excuse was just for show. No one called him out—except Hu Murui, who blurted the words out without hesitation, sending everyone into laughter.

Chen Changfeng nearly tripped, but managed to regain his composure and leave with as much dignity as possible.

Meanwhile, the beast tide surged ever closer. Jiang Qian didn’t hesitate—he led the girls, and together they leapt from the city walls to meet the horde head-on.

Bai Piaoxue radiated a biting cold, her mere presence swirling with frost. Jiang Zixuan glowed with searing flames, fire sparking in her every movement.

Jiang Qian and Hu Murui each summoned their beast companions.

Their styles were starkly different: Jiang Qian lounged with his arms crossed, making it clear he wasn’t about to dirty his hands. Hu Murui, meanwhile, leapt onto her beast companion’s back, ready to direct from the front lines.

“Roar—!”

“Roar—!”

“Roar—!”

The demonic beasts crashed in, relentless and wild, baring teeth and claws as they charged.

Bai Piaoxue lifted her long blade. With one sweep, she sent an arc of icy light scything through the monsters, instantly freezing scores where they stood.

Jiang Zixuan drew her sword. A single swing summoned a torrent of fire, burning waves of demonic beasts to ash.

Ice and fire danced in the chaos, the two girls carving paths through the tide—corpses behind them either frozen solid or reduced to charred husks.

Hu Murui called forth her army of third- and Fourth Rank demonic beasts, sending them to clash against the enemy tide.

And Jiang Qian? At some point, he’d produced a lounge chair and was now reclining atop it, legs crossed, overseeing the battlefield with a satisfied grin.

“No wonder she’s the Young Sect Mistress of the Beast Taming Sect—just look at the sheer number of beasts under her command!”

“And Bai Piaoxue and Jiang Zixuan… their strength has grown so much since before!”

The soldiers atop the wall could do nothing but gawk at the carnage down below. Some even doubted whether they were needed at all.

In no time, the first wave of the beast tide was utterly wiped out.

Yet there was no sense of relief. Instead, apprehension tightened on everyone’s faces.

Jiang Qian rose from his chair, eyes narrowing as he spotted another wave gathering at the horizon—a second beast tide, even larger and fiercer than the first and filled with high-ranking Fifth Rank demonic beasts.

His brow furrowed in concern. “Strange. I didn’t notice before, but these beasts… they seem frenzied.”

“Is something driving them from behind?”

Without missing a beat, Jiang Qian shouted, “Thunderflame Skywing Eagle, come here!”

His majestic beast companion—a Thunderflame Skywing Eagle wreathed in thunder and flames—instantly swooped to his side.

Jiang Qian mounted the eagle, patting its feathers. “Take me to the rear of the beast tide—quickly!”

With a piercing cry, the eagle launched skyward, carrying Jiang Qian above the battlefield toward the chaotic rear.

Almost immediately, a swarm of flying demonic beasts closed in, encircling them midair.

Unfazed, Jiang Qian calmly drew the Flood Dragon Bone Sword from his storage ring, a small smirk on his lips. “Perfect. At this distance, no one can see what I’m about to do.”

Even as he spoke, black mist unfurled, coiling around his body. His silhouette flickered and vanished from the eagle’s back.

Ten breaths later, Jiang Qian reappeared atop his eagle. The Flood Dragon Bone Sword glittered in his hand, darkened by fresh blood.

For a heartbeat, the world was silent.

Then, every demonic beast in the sky around him plummeted to earth in unison, their bodies slamming into the ground.

A clear path opened through the chaos.

“Thunderflame Skywing Eagle—onward!”

Obeying, the eagle shot forward, cleaving through the ranks of the beast horde.

Yet the deeper they flew, the more demonic beasts rose up to obstruct their path.

Jiang Qian considered unleashing his Myriad Demon Sacred Body, but hesitated. The eruption of demonic energy would be impossible to conceal—far too risky.

Instead, he summoned his Windblade Flamewing Horses. With their unmatched speed, they pressed forward, cutting through the horde with ease.

Soon, Jiang Qian reached the back of the beast tide.

He dismounted from the eagle. The instant his feet touched the ground, he caught the crimson glow of a cave entrance nestled in the hills.

He ordered his Thunderflame Skywing Eagle and both Windblade Flamewing Horses to guard the cave. With this patrol standing sentry, Jiang Qian slipped cautiously inside.

The deeper he went, the heavier the heat became—hot enough that breathing felt like drawing in fire.

At last, he found it: caged behind thick iron bars, a Fifth Rank demonic beast—the Fire Phoenix Violet Immortal Monkey—lay slumped, its aura dangerously weak and its fur slick with sweat, as if its blood had been drained dry.

The Fire Phoenix Violet Immortal Monkey was a true rarity. Any demonic beast that tasted its blood would be thrown into a wild frenzy—and for centuries, their numbers had dwindled to near extinction, as legendary as the Rainbow Antlered Deer.

Jiang Qian’s gaze shifted. Not far from the cage, a teleportation array shimmered with complicated runes, its surface glowing faintly.

“So there’s someone orchestrating things from behind the scenes…” he muttered.

Just then, the teleportation array blazed with dazzling light.

Someone’s coming!

Jiang Qian reacted instantly, melting into the shadows, holding his breath as he waited for the mastermind to appear.