Soaring Serpent Transformation, Dragon-Taming Cry: Pati and Chen Lu's Shock!

Within the 1,200-meter- Astral Wind layer, the Netherflame Warship flew towards City 109, fifty miles away.

Inside the warship's cabin, three members of the 'Shapa' tribe were gathered. The three Shapa were dressed in black battle robes and even wore specially made face shields. They sat on three chairs, staring at a map.

"We're almost there. If we can destroy just one more city, our three brothers' war merits will increase significantly. After we return, we can buy a set of Tier 5 Silver Feather Battle Armor." One of the Sand Tribe People grinned.

"Brother Pati, with your strength, if you put on the Silver Feather Battle Armor, you will be able to unleash the full power of Seventh Grade expert. Then we can earn battle merits even faster."

As they spoke, the two Sand Tribe People looked at their elder brother.

"The Silver Feather Battle Armor is merely a transitional measure." Pati, a burly man, sat in a chair, his body completely obscuring the chair. "The Golden Feather Battle Armor is the true treasure of the royal court!"

"If I could wear the Golden Feather Battle Armor, I could easily kill Sixth Rank. Even if I couldn't defeat a stronger Sixth Rank, I could still run away."

Upon hearing about the "Golden Feather" armor, all three showed longing in their eyes.

The Golden Feather Battle Armor is the pinnacle of craftsmanship of the Golden Feather Royal Court. According to the people of the Royal Court, the craftsmanship of this armor has surpassed that of the Great Zhou.

However, the Golden Feather Battle Armor is a royal exclusive and is difficult for tribes to obtain under normal circumstances; they can only wear the 'Flying Feather' and 'Silver Feather' armor.

It was only after the Sacred Mountain issued the war order, commanding the Four Great Royal Courts to mobilize, that the purchase qualification for the Golden Feather Battle Armor was opened up in order to enhance the strength of each tribe.

The three Pati brothers have almost accumulated enough battle merits to exchange for Silver Feather Battle Armor, but the Golden Feather Battle Armor is still a long way off.

"The battle merits required for the Golden Feather Battle Armor are a hundred times that of the Silver Feather Battle Armor, and the number of exchanges is limited each month," a Sand Tribe People sighed. "I'm afraid we'll have to accumulate them until next year before we have a chance."

"Ze Sheng, my good brother, don't sigh," Pati laughed. "If we break into this city and loot it, we might just have enough in one go."

"Things from the Great Zhou are very valuable here; we might even have some left over!"

"Then the three of us brothers will each wear a Golden Feather Battle Armor! Hahaha!"

"Haha, brother is right, the cities of the Great Zhou are a treasure trove!"

Upon hearing Pati's words, the three brothers burst into laughter.

The general strategy in the Southern Wilderness is to fight and retreat simultaneously, but these three brothers risked returning. Why? To plunder!

The Great Zhou Dynasty is a celestial empire, and even the most ordinary third-tier armor can fetch a high price among the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians.

They've already seized two grain-producing cities, and the interior of the Netherflame Warship is now more than half full. Just looking at those Divine Soldier weapons and artifacts, they could almost be exchanged for a set of Silver Feather Battle Armor.

There were many other treasures they didn't recognize, perhaps even more valuable. However, just to be on the safe side, they decided to destroy the supply city that Sea Pacifying Army.

"Only thirty li left. Go and have your people prepare Heavy Water Trebuchet," Pati instructed. "Remember, once the city is breached, first use 'Blood Kui' to destroy their temple."

"This way, we'll have more time to plunder."

"The last city was destroyed because the temple was destroyed too slowly, which allowed reinforcements to arrive quickly, leaving too little time for looting."

"We cannot make this mistake again."

"Yes."

The two Sand Tribe People immediately went to the lower deck, where many Netherflame Warship Sand Tribe People were still operating the mechanical Magic Array.

"Click click click~"

When Pati gave the order, the Netherflame Warship were poised to launch and accelerated their advance.

Unbeknownst to Pati, a small Arrowfish Flying Boat had already appeared on the horizon behind them.

On the Arrowfish Flying Boat, Zhao Xing looked at the Netherflame Warship: "The warship has slowed down; it's preparing to attack the city. It seems no one in the Sea Pacifying Army's city has noticed the enemy approaching."

After a chase, Zhao Xing's Arrowfish Flying Boat finally spotted the physical form of the Netherflame Warship.

It hovered above the City 109 of the Sea Pacifying Army, remaining Invisibility.

Long Xiao: "We don't know who the garrison commander of this Sea Pacifying Army is, and we have no way to contact him. Let's see how things go first."

Zhao Xing nodded.

Although he and Long Xiao were confident that they could easily defeat opponents of the same level, if their opponents retreated inside the Netherflame Warship, it would be difficult for them to break through the defenses in a short time.

The Netherflame Warship is a medium-sized warship and belongs to the fifth tier.

However, it is not in the same league as a single fifth-tier Divine Soldier.

It is composed of thousands of fifth-tier materials. Once such a treasure is sold, its First Tier.

Tier 5 weapons must be sold at the price of a Tier 6 weapon.

The Arrowfish Flying Boat didn't have any armor-piercing weapons, so they could only wait for the enemy to leave their warships.

Alternatively, you can attack when the defensive barrier is activated.

Why did Long Xiao say he had encountered a fat sheep? Because if he got his hands on this warship, he could sell it for a sixth-tier ship, and the head of someone who could operate such a warship would definitely be very valuable.

"Do you know Invisibility magic?" Long Xiao asked. "Could you put one on me later?"

"You think too highly of me. Just because I can create Invisibility Straw Figure doesn't mean I can use Invisibility magic. That's a high-level spell."

Long Xiao shrugged. "Then we'll have to force our way in. Try to get the warship as close as possible in a bit."

The Sea Pacifying Army is out of the question.

The other ship's weapon bays were already extended from the side, but there was still no reaction from below.

"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded.

The commander of the Sea Pacifying Army One Hundred Ninth City is named Chen Lu.

He was Priest of the Lower Seventh Rank, Junior, but his Official Rank was "Equitable Transport Magistrate".

Why?

Because the gods that Chen Lu worshipped were all the "Shennong God".

Chen Lu has loved farming since he was a child and disliked fighting and killing.

Unfortunately, he lacked the talent in this area and failed to get a permanent position after seven years of trying. So he had to take a roundabout route to serve his country and became Way of Sacrifice.

He was very talented in the Way of Sacrifice and quickly stood out from the crowd, becoming a Priest of Agricultural Official.

In this way, he could Invoking God Possession and thus be regarded as the Agriculture Official.

But in his daily life, he was a Priest.

The sensitivity to the Heavenly Timing is not as strong.

Therefore, Chen Lu has not yet discovered the arrival of the enemy.

He was drying Sweet Spirit Grass in the city. It was a fourth-grade medicinal herb used to treat external injuries and was Medical Scripture.

"Sieve, sieve, sieve~"

Chen Lu was sifting the seeds of the Sweet Spirit Grass with a sieve, and then quickly tied up the processed Sweet Spirit Grass with a rope and put it on the chicken cart next to him.

"I've finished off several thousand kilograms this afternoon. I've completed two military tasks today, earning a thousand merit points." Chen Lu smiled with satisfaction.

Certain materials will frequently appear on the daily military affairs checklist.

Because you can never have too much, just like this Sweet Spirit Grass.

Chen Lu has been grinding for half a month, and most of his tens of thousands of battle merits came from this kind of medicinal herb.

"Brothers, give it your all!"

"It'll be dark soon."

Chen Lu gave a shout and drove the cart toward the medicinal herb warehouse.

Before we had gone two steps, it got dark.

A shadow fell over the entire city.

"Lord Chen, why is it so dark already?"

"What happened? Lord Chen, did you do this?"

Chen Lu felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the shadow on the ground.

He immediately dropped the toy cart he was carrying and roared, "Enemy attack!!!"

"Guards, prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"

Chen Lu ran towards the temple.

The sky had turned largely black, like ink, corroding the city's Magic Array.

In just three breaths, it turned from black to dark red.

Such a large-scale attack indicates that the enemy's strength is definitely not simple. If Chen Lu wants to unleash his full potential, he must quickly enter the temple to Invoking the Gods and then notify the surrounding reinforcements.

As a sacrificial offering, Chen Lu was qualified.

But as the team's leader, his abilities were only average.

He hadn't even entered the temple yet.

A red crack appeared in the black sky above.

"Splash!"

A large amount of red, viscous substance was splashed onto the roof of the temple in City 109.

Then a rain of blood fell around them.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss~"

Smoke began to rise from the roof, and large amounts of red liquid seeped into the temple and drenched the statues.

Smoke began to rise from the ground.

All the statues began to crack, and in an instant, the Golden Light was swallowed up by the red light.

Arms, face, head... most of it was melted by this blood-red liquid.

"Ah--"

"Pfft!"

There were originally several Eighth Rank Priest in the temple, but after being doused with the red liquid, their skin began to fester.

Chen Lu watched as several Priest screamed as they walked out.

He was immediately terrified:

"It's Blood Kui, don't Invoking the Gods! Don't Invoking the Gods!"

But he reminded me too late.

Several Priest, after being corrupted, subconsciously tried to Invoking God Possession, but instead of succeeding, they turned into a pool of blood.

The other seven Ninth Grade emerged from the temple with sinister grins. They had four arms extending from their backs, and their muscles had grown considerably larger.

Ignoring Chen Lu, Seventh Grade, they charged towards the rest of the group.

"The power of Evil God."

Chen Lu felt a chill run through him.

When the Blood Kui is poured onto the temple, if the Priest of the Great Zhou go to Invoking the Gods, they will immediately invite the Evil God worshipped in the Southern Wilderness!

The Evil God of the Southern Wilderness can corrupt people's minds and turn them into his puppets.

"Ah! Help!"

"Don't run! Shoot them with the Spirit Breaking Crossbow!"

"My God, how can it run after its head is cut off?!"

"Monster!"

The temple was destroyed first, and the resulting "Evil God puppets" were incredibly impactful.

These puppets are fearless and can move even if they lose their heads or are pierced through the chest.

Those who were killed by these puppets quickly got back up.

Chaos quickly broke out inside the city.

First, Chen Lu, the commander-in-chief, failed to quickly organize a counterattack or provide effective command, and the leaders of various departments did not coordinate well.

Secondly, the enemy breached the important temple in an instant, giving rise to monsters like flesh golems.

Third, the Sea Pacifying Army had been fighting too smoothly for the first half month, and had not encountered any significant resistance. Chen Lu's side had not had any enemies come at all.

Therefore, the Sea Pacifying Army here, which clearly had the strength to fight, quickly fell into a rout.

At this moment, Chen Lu finally stood before the small statue in the Military Hall.

"Please, True Lord Tian De, save me!"

Chen Lu knelt down on one knee with a thud and quickly inserted incense and burned paper money.

"Tch~"

Flames are burning.

The statue quickly opened its eyes, and a golden phantom appeared, engulfing the incense offering before flying onto Chen Lu's body.

"Da da da~"

Chen Lu's expression changed, and he stood up seriously, quickly walking out of the Military Hall.

Swish~

With a wave of his hand, the telepathic command arrived in his hand.

"Where is the First Commander of the Martial Office?!"

No one responded.

"Second and Third Commanders of the Martial Office Division, immediately proceed to encircle and annihilate the Evil God puppet in the east of the city. You can smear your own masculine energy onto your weapons to kill it!"

Still no one responded.

"Engineering Office Department, quickly repair the defenses of the Tenacious Defense Boundary! [Then...]"

"Hehehe~"

This time someone did respond, but it was a strange cry.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A large number of boulders fell from the sky, but when they hit the ground, they did not kick up dust; instead, they splashed water droplets.

Chen Lu sighed.

"Blood Kui defile the gods, heavy water is used to throw stones."

"Kid, run! This city can't be defended anymore. The ones attacking you are at least elite Seventh Grade troops, and they have a fifth-rank warship."

"You are worshipping the Shennong God. Even if you cannot protect him, it doesn't warrant the beheading of you."

"No!"

A hint of struggle appeared on Chen Lu's face.

"This humble official is willing to offer his life as a sacrifice, begging the True Lord to save this city!"

After saying that, Chen Lu quickly sliced open his own chest with his fingertips, and a drop of blood appeared on his fingertip.

"You bastard!"

Another voice rang out, and a left hand pressed down on Chen Lu's right hand.

"What does it matter if my fragmented soul perishes here? Why should you offer your heart's blood as a sacrifice?"

"The situation is hopeless. If you die, the Great Zhou will have lost a Seventh Grade official for nothing!"

"Quickly carry my statue on your back, burn down the inner treasury, and then escape underground using the Mystic Earth Art."

A stern voice forcefully removed his right hand.

A hint of pain appeared on Chen Lu's face, but he ultimately agreed with Zhenjun's opinion.

He then rode the Astral Wind and swiftly arrived at the city's inner treasury.

A wisp of flame appeared from his fingertip, as if he was about to set it on fire.

"Hmm? Wait a minute!"

At this moment, Zhenjun's voice rang out again, and Chen Lu grasped his right hand with his left hand once more.

"Look up at the sky."

Chen Lu looked over in confusion.

The red in the sky gradually faded away.

"Call out!"

Chen Lu raised his hand and pointed, instantly Cloud Method to support himself above the city.

"Splash!"

The rain poured down, falling on the blood-red puppets in the city.

"Hiss hiss hiss~"

The raindrops, imbued with the power of the Yin Soul spirits, instantly drenched the blood-red puppet, causing it to steam and greatly reducing its mobility.

"It has become weaker."

"And the enemy has yet to come down."

"Have we encountered reinforcements?"

Chen Lu immediately took to the clouds and rose into the air.

When he arrived in the skies above the city.

Suddenly, they saw a red and black Netherflame Warship in the layer of Astral Wind in the sky.

But at this moment, all the weapons and mechanisms of the Netherflame Warship were redirected and fired towards the higher sky.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

Arrows of vital energy, nets of confinement, and various other sharp weapons, carrying the vital energy of heaven and earth, sometimes accompanied by Astral Wind, sometimes by flames, attacked in a certain direction.

What are they fighting?

Chen Lu looked bewildered.

As the Netherflame Warship launched, it simultaneously closed its barrier.

They seem to be afraid of an unknown enemy.

However, just as the barrier was about to close.

"Whoosh~"

A Flying Dragon rushed over quickly, and upon closer inspection, one could see that at the center of this dragon-shaped phantom was a golden greatsword.

"Clang!"

Just as the Netherflame Barrier was about to close, the golden sword accurately struck a statue on the warship.

The barrier, wreathed in black flames, stopped closing.

"Handsome!"

Watching this scene from the sky, Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh, "Sword cultivators are just so cool. Long Xiao's move, 'Dragon-Taming Cry,' is absolutely amazing."

Let's rewind half an hour.

When the heavy water projectiles on the Netherflame Warship were activated, Blood Kui poured down, and the barrier shattered.

At this moment, Pati also ordered his two brothers, Ze Sheng and Pa Chao, to lead their people to prepare for a raid.

But just then...

Ze Sheng and Pa Chao, however, discovered that a mist had appeared amidst the Astral Wind.

And it quickly drifted over, the distance rapidly shortening from a kilometer to five hundred meters.

"How can there be mist in the Astral Wind Layer?" Ze Sheng and Pa Chao hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet, and were just looking at it in confusion.

Zhao Xing's Five Elements Mist Concealment Technique was extremely deceptive. When it was a thousand meters away, it blended into the Astral Wind layer, appearing to be the same as the Astral Wind.

At a distance of less than a kilometer, concealment is already difficult, but Zhao Xing controlled the shape of the Mist Shadow, making it shrink continuously as it approached.

It looked as if the fog was receding from the two of them.

When they were within 500 meters, Pa Chao and Ze Sheng, both Seventh Grade, finally realized something was wrong.

But it was too late—

"Call out!"

A golden sword, like a swimming fish, swiftly approached Pa Chao and appeared before him.

"No!!"

Pa Chao tried desperately to defend himself, but his hands couldn't keep up with his brain, because the golden sword was too fast!

Seventh Grade swordsman is far beyond his ability to withstand, especially since he was caught Wuxin by Long Xiao's "Dragon-Taming Cry" move, which was the fastest of all.

By the time they realized what was happening, the tip of the sword was already pointing at their noses.

"Pfft!"

Just as Pa Chao opened his visor to breathe fresh air and prepare for a big battle, he was pierced through by the golden sword and fell to the ground.

Upon witnessing this scene, another Sand Tribe People, Ze Sheng, immediately tensed up, frantically channeling his inner energy and covering his face with a mask.

But at that moment, he found that his vision suddenly became blurry and flattened into a line.

"Splash! Splash!"

His heartbeat slowed rapidly, and his blood grew cold.

Ze Sheng looked at his palms and noticed that scales had grown on them.

His feet also instinctively came together, and he stuck out his tongue, which actually extended like a snake's tongue!

"Help me!"

This bizarre scene made him instinctively want to call for help from his older brother, Pati.

But when it came out, it was just a hissing sound.

Their feet were stuck together, and their skin, muscles, and bones were undergoing drastic changes!

"Hiss hiss~"

Ze Sheng felt his eyes were heavy, and scales had grown on his eyelids. His vital energy was rapidly dissipating.

Degeneration!

A frenzied degeneration, accompanied by alienation across species!

The five elements within his body, in a bizarre combination, were backfiring on every inch of his flesh and skin.

After struggling in mid-air for three seconds, Ze Sheng, who was half-human and half-snake, had his flesh and blood explode and his internal organs shattered before he fell from the sky.

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff!"

Long Xiao's golden sword was faster than Zhao Xing's, piercing through all the hundreds of soldiers around him.

Suddenly, a shower of 'corpses' began to fall from the sky.

"What?!"

Pati, who was waiting to reap his spoils, was completely stunned.

Fast, too fast!

One second they were overjoyed at the successful capture of the Sea Pacifying Army's city, and the next second, their two brothers died.

His brother, Ze Sheng, died in an extremely bizarre way, as if it were the work of some kind of Earth Witch.

He didn't even have time to react!

By the time Long Xiao realized what was happening, he had already killed half of the minions that had just jumped out.

"Attack! Kill them!!"

Pati was furious and afraid. He felt a strong sense of insecurity, even though he was wearing the Flying Feather Armor and inside a Tier 5 warship.

Yet he still felt a chill in his heart.

"No! Close the barrier, run!!"

Three seconds after giving the order, Pati's rationality prevailed, and he immediately decided to shut down the Netherflame Barrier and run away.

He was about the same strength as his two brothers, and even if he was slightly better, the difference was limited.

If he could kill his two brothers instantly, wouldn't he also be able to kill him?

If we don't run now, when will we?

However, at this time...

A golden sword pierced through the air and accurately struck the base of the barrier array, causing the closed barrier to malfunction and leaving a large gap.

"Trying to run away?!"

"Did you ask your Uncle Long?"

Long Xiao leaped from the clouds and jumped into the deck inside the Netherflame Warship.

Zhao Xing watched from the clouds as Long Xiao rushed in.

He was the Agricultural Official, so the rest was none of his concern. Charging into the warships and wreaking havoc – Long Xiao was certainly efficient at that.

"I used the Soaring Serpent Transformation to kill a Seventh Grade Sand Clan member, which cost me thirty percent of my energy. This move was quite a burden for me."

"But Long Xiao, this sword cultivator, killed another Sand Clan member, and his vitality didn't decrease much at all."

Compared to Long Xiao, a sword cultivator, my own Seventh Grade is still a bit lacking.

His own killing move was roughly equivalent to Long Xiao's several consecutive normal attacks.

"If I were to use the Soaring Serpent Transformation on Long Xiao, it would probably be ineffective. His internal organs are protected by sword energy, making it difficult to shake this Transformation of Seasons Art. At most, it could only make scales grow on Long Xiao's body, but it wouldn't be able to cause a drastic change in his form, let alone cause him to molt and explode to die."

In terms of lethality, sword cultivators are stronger. Of course, Zhao Xing also knows that the Military Sima Nong have their own roles, and Long Xiao cannot approach silently, nor is he as versatile as himself.

"If we consider Long Xiao as our hypothetical enemy, I have a 30% chance of killing him in an encounter battle, and a 60% chance in an ambush."

"As long as I'm on the ground, the chances of him killing me are zero," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The Divine Swift Guard burrowed underground, leaving Long Xiao helpless, as sword cultivators couldn't burrow underground.

Even underground, Zhao Xing could still use magic to attack.

Chen Lu below was completely dumbfounded.

He watched helplessly as two Seventh Grade alien race members fell right before his eyes.

One of them got shot in the head, which is considered normal.

But the other one died in a very unusual way.

It actually exhibits snake-like characteristics?

"True Lord, what kind of magic is this?" Chen Lu asked in his mind.

"Transformation of Seasons Art, advanced spell Soaring Serpent Transformation!" Zhenjun's voice rang out, "The person standing in the clouds is a Military Sima Nong."

"My Lord, may I use the Transformation of Seasons Art?" Chen Lu asked.

"You can't use it," said True Lord Tian De. "This involves the interplay of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang. Your understanding of the Dao is too weak. Even if you invite me to possess you, you would only be able to use it if you reach the Sixth Rank."

"Boy, you're not destined to die. These two are both military generals of the Great Zhou, one a swordsman and the other a Military Sima Nong."

"Go quickly and help them out, see if you can get some credit for the counterattack. If you can, it will make up for your losses."

"Remember to be Guest Qi."

Chen Lu nodded, then carefully ascended into the clouds, stopping when he was about ten meters below Zhao Xing's head.

"Chen Lu, the Sea Pacifying Army Equitable Transport Magistrate of Zhenhai, thanks you for your rescue. May I ask your name?" Chen Lu spoke with great respect, completely adopting the manner of a subordinate.

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