Fifth Level Rampage, the Unlucky Latecomers!

"Hmm? The Earth Fire Plain are in a frenzy?" Zuo Zizhi was sipping his wine when he saw one of the mirrors shaking, and he immediately looked over.

Actually, it's not the mirror itself that's shaking, but rather the mirror surface that's swaying, like a pebble falling into a calm lake, creating ripples.

"Brother Zuo, there's no need to make a fuss." Lu Bang didn't even open his eyes. "Three Suns in the Sky, and levels one to three of berserk are normal. The Earth Vein of the Earth Fire Plain are inherently unstable."

Zuo Zizhi looked at the red bead next to the mirror, and sure enough, the bead flashed three times.

However, just as Zuo Zizhi was about to look away, he saw the red bead flash once more.

"Hmm? Level four berserk?" Zuo Zizhi put down his wine glass and looked up at the rising sun. "Brother Lu, there's no four suns in the sky. Is a level four berserk state normal?"

Zuo Zizhi had only been transferred to Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven for a short time, and his familiarity with the place was not as great as Lu Bang's.

Of course, he was also inferior to Lu Bang in terms of magical skill.

Zuo Zizhi was Time Faction, and his mastery of the Earthly Advantage Faction school's magic could only be described as adequate, not masterful.

Lu Bang was proficient in both, and also had considerable knowledge of Engineer School weapons Divine Soldier.

"Level four berserk?" Lu Bang opened his eyes. "Does that mean all three yang energies have returned to their correct positions?"

"No." Zuo Zizhi shook his head.

"Let me see if there's anything wrong with this Earth Mirror Instrument." Lu Bang walked to the mirror. The front of the mirror was perfectly smooth, while the back was covered with numerous mechanisms Magic Array. "No problem... then there's something amiss in the Earth Fire Plain."

"Let me see what's going on."

After a few maneuvers, Lu Bang quickly stabilized the Earth Mirror Instrument. Although the image inside was still swaying, the viewing angle was widened, allowing him to clearly see the specific area where the problem occurred.

"Got it, Brother Lu, we can see it!" Zuo Zizhi shouted from the front. "Hmm? There's a new recruit casting a spell."

"Oh?" Lu Bang walked forward and looked in the mirror.

Zhao Xing's image appeared in the mirror.

As he cast his spell towards the Earth Vein, the rock layers of the Earth Fire Plain instantly cracked open, and a large amount of magma gushed out, curving in the air before sprinkling onto the ground.

The crack stretched for over ten miles, with the widest part being one or two hundred meters and the narrowest part being twenty or thirty meters.

"Hmm? Is this the Earth Splitting Art?" Lu Bang looked at the situation in the mirror with great interest.

"The Earth Splitting Art? Could it really be that powerful?" Zuo Zizhi asked doubtfully. "It can't be. This rock fissure is so long; could a reserve recruit really have that kind of strength?"

"It should be the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art," Lu Bang pondered. "A single Earth Splitting Art has a constant power; the power after several cycles is finite. Only the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art has unpredictable power."

"Furthermore, this area is a weak point in the rock, and this person's spell broke the balance, causing the Earth Vein fire to rage."

"Should we send someone to repair it?" Zuo Zizhi asked.

"No need." Lu Bang shook his head. "It won't be long before this level four berserk state decreases, and the Three Suns in the Sky will return to their proper positions to repair themselves, so it will remain at level three with not much difference."

Zuo Zizhi hesitated and asked, "What about those who come after us?"

Lu Bang laughed and said, "We didn't create the Level 4 berserk state. This kid managed to stop the people behind him who wanted to pass through the Earth Fire Plain with his own abilities. We don't need to worry about him."

"Those who come later and are not strong enough can simply take a detour. If they know they are not strong enough but still insist on forcing their way in, then such fools should just die, so as not to drag the whole army down with them later."

Zuo Zizhi nodded. He was a mild-mannered person and didn't want to see the new recruits get hurt, but Lu Bang was the main person in charge of this recruit reporting, so whatever he said went.

Moreover, Lu Bang's words also make sense; if you force your way through when you can't, you can only blame yourself if problems arise.

"Brother Lu, why aren't you sleeping?" Zuo Zizhi as he watched Lu Bang return to his seat and start flipping through the roster again.

"This kid's interesting. Let me see what his name is." Lu Bang flipped through the pages.

The crack in the Earth Fire Plain was certainly due to the instability of the plains themselves, but the effect of the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art should not be ignored.

The Five Elements Earth Splitting Art is known as Gambler's Tactic, and most people would never practice it. Who would want to touch such an uncertain spell?

Upon seeing this man's magical abilities, Lu Bang was immediately intrigued.

"Either this person is incredibly lucky, or their magical skill level has reached the Seventh-Turn or higher... Found them."

Lu Bang's finger moved across the names on the roster. As he pressed each name, the corresponding appearance appeared in his mind, including the person's age, background, and military unit.

"Zhao Xing, a native of Gucheng in Nanyang County, was selected into the Divine Might Army. Hmm? Was he selected through the official selection process?" Lu Bang, somewhat surprised.

"A clerk promoted to a full-fledged official, and then selected by the Divine Might Army?" Zuo Zizhi was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this. "That's quite rare."

"It's not just rare," Lu Bang shook his head. "It's extremely rare. Given the standards of the Divine Might Army, it's impossible for clerks to appear on their selection list. Logically speaking, even if the clerks of the nine garrisons of the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven were to be promoted, they wouldn't even be on their radar."

"The more than 10,000 reservists this time were basically selected from academies, Dao Academy, and secondary legions."

"It is relatively rare to select people from local armies."

Lu Bang had only intended to take a casual look, but he discovered that Zhao Xing's way of joining the army was quite unique. He skipped the Military Sima Nong examination and went directly to the Divine Might Army.

He didn't even have any experience as a local official; he was directly First-Turn appointed.

"Could it be that Boping Marquis has struck gold again? There was Chen Shijie before, who was quite amazing..."

Upon seeing this, Lu Bang immediately remembered the name Zhao Xing.

Three quarters of an hour after Zhao Xing used the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art on the Earth Fire Plain.

After circling around, Ouyang Song found his way and arrived at the edge of the Earth Fire Plain.

"Damn it, we've finally found the right spot. The damn directions were all wrong. Now we've finally found a landmark."

Ouyang Song took the map and compared it with the map.

"With my strength, traveling the Earth Fire Plain route should be no problem, and it will be much faster."

Ouyang Song confidently stepped into the area of Earth Fire Plain and hurried forward.

After he left, people began to appear one after another outside the Earth Fire Plain.

Some people chose to go around it after discovering that it was Earth Fire Plain.

Those who are confident in their abilities chose this path.

However, only 30% of people chose to venture into the Earth Fire Plain, while the remaining 70% took detours.

After all, if the Earth Fire Plain are blocked, the people behind might catch up.

"Phew~"

Ouyang Song leaped forward across the Earth Fire Plain, his feet treading on clouds.

The surrounding space was scorching hot, and he gradually broke out in a sweat.

As he walked, Ouyang Song also began to feel a bit tired.

"That's not right. The information provided by the Sea Pacifying Army stated that the Earth Vein in the Earth Fire Plain are at level one to three in terms of rage."

"The Three Suns in the Sky haven't even reached their proper positions yet, so how come the berserk intensity is already so high?"

The Golden Raincoat has the effect of repelling fire and water.

Ordinary heat cannot penetrate it.

But at this moment, the Golden Raincoat could no longer completely withstand the scorching heat.

Ouyang Song felt his vital energy being depleted at an increasingly rapid rate, as he had to expend energy to combat the erosion of the fire.

"Phew~"

When the Rising Wind rises to cast a spell, it blows hot air.

Ouyang Song wanted to rest for a while before unleashing his Cloudcalling to send down a rain shower.

It turned out that on the Earth Fire Plain, he could only create a cloud layer with a radius of fifty meters at a height of ten meters above the ground.

"Is it really that exaggerated? I'm a mid-level Seventh-Turn Cloud Method..."

Ouyang Song was somewhat helpless, but he still let it rain to cool himself down.

After resting for a while, he continued walking.

However, as he walked, he increasingly felt that something was wrong.

The clouds overhead were getting smaller and smaller.

Fifteen minutes later, Ouyang Song stared wide-eyed at the crack in front of him, which was spewing out a column of magma.

"Damn it! How are we supposed to get through this?!"

At this moment, the power of the earth and fire had reached its peak. Not to mention rain, even the Cloudcalling were compressed to the extreme, almost to the point of being shattered by magic.

"You walked for half an hour before realizing you couldn't get through?"

Ouyang Song was very depressed.

Undeterred, he continued along the crack to the left, trying to find a narrow passage to get through.

The Cloud Stepping Boots are less effective in this kind of environment.

The ability of the cloud-riding creature to leap and fly short distances is related to its environment.

A river of lava, hundreds of meters wide, would probably cause the clouds beneath your feet to dissipate halfway through your flight.

Ouyang Song had no desire to bathe in lava.

"The narrowest section is thirty-four meters wide, and it spews out fire from time to time." Ouyang Song frowned; he didn't want to take a detour.

We've already walked for so long and used up so much energy, should we take a detour?

That's much slower than taking a detour from the start.

"This is the only place."

After observing the pattern, Ouyang Song felt he was 70% sure he could make it. He slowly retreated and then ran to help.

"Hiss hiss hiss~"

Layers of mist appeared beneath my feet, but as soon as the mist appeared, a small portion of it dissipated and became scalding hot.

But Ouyang Song gradually left the ground, soared into the air, and flew towards the opposite bank, stepping on the mist.

"Gurgle!"

Two pillars of fire suddenly rose diagonally, like an arch bridge or a net of fire, blocking Ouyang Song's path.

"Gale!"

Ouyang Song stirred up a gust of Rising Wind, which blew towards the two pillars of fire.

It slipped through the gap before they could encircle it.

"Thump~"

Ouyang Song rolled on the ground and fell flat on his backside into the dirt.

"Hiss~"

Ouyang felt her face burning, and when she looked at her hair, she found that even the strands of hair had been curled.

"Thank goodness we made it through. If we hadn't, my life would have been over..."

Without taking a break, Ouyang Song got up and walked forward, because the ground was getting too hot to sit on, and it wasn't a good place to rest.

But as he walked, Ouyang Song discovered that another crack had appeared ahead!

"No way..."

Ouyang Song dropped open. "Is this even playable?"

"Stop, this road is blocked."

At this moment, a voice came from ahead. Ouyang Song looked closely and saw a tall young man who looked much younger than himself.

"My name is Ouyang Song, from the Sea Pacifying Army. May I ask who you are, brother?"

"The Blazing Sun Army, Zhuo Li."

The young man didn't turn his head; he just stared at the leaping pillar of fire in front of him.

"Brother Zhuo, what's going on with the Earth Fire Plain? Didn't the data say that even with Three Suns in the Sky, the maximum level of frenzy would only be level three?"

"We haven't even reached the correct positions of the four directions in three days, why do I feel it's so difficult to move forward!"

Finally, he ran into someone, Ouyang Song couldn't help but complain.

He felt something was very wrong here and believed that there was a problem with the information provided by the authorities.

"It's not that the data is wrong, but that someone went there before us." Zhuo Li pointed to the crack and said, "The cracks in the two sides of the volcanic rock match very well, proving that this place was only recently separated."

"Under normal circumstances, even if such cracks appeared in the Earth Fire Plain, the gaps would not be so smooth."

"The Earth Vein have moved; from this perspective, there are also traces of spellcasting."

Ouyang Song was furious. "What a bastard! He crossed the river and then destroyed the bridge."

Zhuo Li remained silent, feeling that impotent rage was utterly useless.

I had originally hoped to see if I could cooperate with Ouyang Song on the Lava River, but now it seems that he can't be of much help.

"Brother Zhuo, you seem to know something about the Earthly Advantage Faction, do you... hello?"

Before Ouyang Song could finish speaking, Zhuo Li leaped forward.

They ran away again?!

What kind of people are these? I was just talking, why are they being so unfriendly!

"Sigh, I have to find a way to cross the river again..." Ouyang Song sighed and began searching for a way to cross. "Damn it, don't let me find out who did this! That's incredibly insidious!"

The Agricultural Supervisorate and the Great Granary Institute.

The fiery red beads on the Earth Mirror Instrument kept flashing.

At this moment, Zuo Zizhi forgot to put down his wine cup, staring at the Earth Mirror Instrument with wide eyes.

Because the bright red bead had already flashed five times!

The Earth Fire Plain have reached Fifth Level Rampage!

"Those who take this path after us are going to be in trouble." Lu Bang watched with schadenfreude. "Fifth Level Rampage, hehe, mid-level Cloudcalling, if it hasn't reached perfection, it's basically useless under Fifth Level Rampage."

"The Rising Wind cannot disperse the fire; instead, it will fuel the fire."

"The Three Suns in the Sky have already reached their proper positions in the sky, and the consumption of vital energy will increase significantly."

Zuo Zizhi said helplessly, "Won't Zhao Xing's actions cause some problems? Brother Lu, should we intervene?"

Lu Bang scoffed, "No need. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong. Let's see which commander dares to question me!"

He took on the training job, so he wasn't afraid of being questioned. He was no Lu Bang, being sent by the military to be a training instructor for the Ninth Army Reserve.

"If Brother Lu decides, then those new recruits are going to be in trouble..." Zuo Zizhi, looking in the mirror.

Those who hadn't even started their ascent were fine, but now that the Three Suns in the Sky, it was clear that something was wrong.

But many people have already made it halfway.

Those people were in a dilemma; they couldn't get through the crack in front of them, and they couldn't jump back through the crack behind them!

They could only watch helplessly as they were trapped in the plains.

"I hope no one has passed away." Zuo Zizhi began to silently mourn for the challengers who followed.

The third update will be a little later.