Jiang Ming's Shock: His Volcano Art Was Actually This Terrifying

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"Jiang Ming, the commander of the Sea Pacifying Army, is a military officer of the Lower Sub-Sixth Rank. He is stationed in East Mulberry City and is eager to make a name for himself. Now that Captain Liao has given his word, he will definitely cooperate with us." Chen Shijie introduced to Zhao Xing in the Cloud Rain Tower Ship of the Astral Wind Layer.

"Jiang Ming has now surrounded that extinct volcano, waiting for us to arrive."

"It sounds a bit like he's trying to curry favor," Zhao Xing asked. "For something this small, why would a mere captain like him personally go and oversee things?"

Chen Shijie chuckled and said, "You don't know this, but the Sea Pacifying Army is mostly composed of naval forces. Their main force is fighting upstream along the south bank of the Canglan River."

"The Canglan River battlefield is also one of the main battlefields, and the Sea Pacifying Army's performance so far has been only mediocre."

"Compared to other armies, one could even say they are somewhat inferior."

"Among the Pacify Barbarian Legion, the Sea Pacifying Army currently ranks last in total combat merits."

"With the upstream controlled by the Southern Wilderness, it's difficult for them to gain any advantage. It's thanks to the advance of the other battlefields that the Four Great Royal Courts Sea Pacifying Army able to make some progress while fighting and retreating."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized that taming the Canglan River was not so easy, especially since there was Water Shamans causing trouble upstream.

Cloud City was built along the water. He was almost tricked in Cloud City back then. It was only thanks to the arrival of a group of geniuses, Xia Jing, Wang Ji, and Cao Shuang, who worked together that nothing went wrong.

That was just a minor natural disaster strike by the Insect Witch against Cloud City. The Eighth-Rank Insect Witch's intervention was essentially a test of the waters.

Since the Battle Merit Ranking was launched, the intensity of natural disasters has increased by more than a hundred times.

The Sea Pacifying Army may gain some credit here today, but it will be taken back tomorrow.

They advanced thousands of miles along the front lines, but their military achievements were far below average.

"Seeing the other friendly troops enjoying the meat, General Lan Hongming of Zhenhai could no longer sit still."

"After much persuasion, we managed to secure an opportunity for our troops at the military council in Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, allowing 80,000 soldiers to land, one of which was the force commanded by Jiang Ming."

"The other one is Li Que, oh, who is also Chen Lu's superior whom you saved last time."

Zhao Xing laughed and said, "The Wolf God Tribe has been almost wiped out by the Divine Might Army and the Blazing Sun Army. Now the only places left to fight are Fire Dragon Pass in the southeast and the Phoenix Cry Mountain range in the southwest."

"This guy really has no good luck."

The Sea Pacifying Army only has a detachment of 30,000 men, so it's impossible for them to go into the Phoenix Cry Mountain Range because there are no friendly forces there. Sending such a small force into the vast mountains would be tantamount to suicide.

Continuing southwest along the Phoenix Cry Mountain Range, you'll find the most formidable of the Four Great Royal Courts — the Blazing Light Royal Court.

Baboke's sandworms are something that even Old Master Zhao has nightmares about.

Whoever hits in that direction will be beaten into a pulp.

"It can't be said that we were unlucky," Chen Shijie said. "The Sea Pacifying Army landed relatively late, and the offensive routes and battle sequences in the war zone had already been assigned."

Until they find a better solution, they can only watch and wait for an opportunity.

Before finding the Earth Fire Lotus method, Fire Dragon Pass could only be fought head-on.

Jiang Ming could only rely on the rest of the main force, because he had no say in the division of the war zone, and even if he had a mission, he couldn't cross into other people's defense zones.

We're winning now, and you want credit for it? I want credit too! How could I possibly let you?

Zhao Xing finally understood why Jiang Ming captain, was so humble.

Liao Rulong said a word, and he would personally go to guard the volcano.

Earning military merits is nothing to be ashamed of.

"We're almost there." Chen Shijie glanced out the Tower Ship's hull and then quickly walked to the command cabin to give the order.

First, they raised the banner of the Divine Might Army to identify themselves to the small flying boats that were surrounding them.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shijie sent a small flying boat to negotiate, and after repeatedly confirming their identities.

Led by fifty small airships, they landed in the territory of East Mulberry City.

During this time, the defensive Magic Array of the Cloud Rain Tower Ship was always required to be opened, and the crossbows of twenty small flying boats were always aimed at the Cloud Rain Tower Ship.

"Jiang Ming is quite strict in managing his troops." Zhao Xing also got off the Cloud Rain Tower Ship and followed Chen Shijie onto an Arrowfish Flying Boat.

"It's all from the trauma of naval battles," Chen Shijie said in a low voice. "If you were constantly ambushed, you'd end up like that too."

"Someone's here! That three-leaf flying boat has raised the commander's ' Sea Above Bright Moon Banner."

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie have not yet landed.

Jiang Ming took the initiative to fly into the air to greet him.

The flag of the Sea Pacifying Army is a bright moon hanging over the sea.

The Divine Might Army's imagery is of a blue dragon rising into the clouds, surrounded by a sword formation.

"Brother Chen, I'm so sorry for not greeting you properly."

Jiang Ming was burly with a typical potbelly; he probably couldn't see his feet if he looked down.

His head was also a bit chubby and round, making him look quite prosperous.

Zhao Xing could tell at a glance that this person was skilled in the "Gluttony Art" and had already reached the fourth level or above, and was at a critical stage.

His internal energy was much stronger than that of an average Sixth Rank, and his endurance and defense both surpassed those of Sub-Sixth Rank cultivator.

However, it may affect the flexibility.

If you can't break through this barrier, your posture will remain the same.

"Commander Jiang, Guest Qi," Chen Shijie said. "We're the ones who've come to cause you trouble."

"No trouble at all!" Jiang Ming laughed, his chubby face squeezing together. "The affairs of the Divine Might Army are the affairs of my Sea Pacifying Army! We're all family, no need for formalities."

"Brother Chen, have you eaten? Why don't you rest for a while?"

Jiang Ming's attitude was enthusiastic, even bordering on humble.

Even though he was a rank higher than Chen Shijie, he never mentioned his rank and directly addressed Chen Shijie as a brother.

That's all. Even Zhao Xing, who was standing next to Chen Shijie, was addressed as "Brother Zhao".

However, neither of them looked down on Jiang Ming because of this.

Because Zhao Xing understood Jiang Ming too well; in his past life, he had also led a group of brothers to make a living.

In order to take on missions and gain merit, he was even more humble than Jiang Ming. He would do anything as long as there was a benefit, even if it meant Seventh Grade or becoming a godfather to Sixth Rank official!

"I have military duties to attend to, so I'd like to check on the volcano first," Chen Shijie said.

"Of course, of course," Jiang Ming said with a smile. "I'll take my two brothers there right away."

His flying boat led the way, while Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie returned to the Cloud Rain Tower Ship.

They soon arrived at the south side of East Mulberry City.

There is a volcano here that is about 600 meters high.

There was snow on the mountaintop, but Peach Blossom were blooming on the mountainside, while the foot of the mountain was desolate and barren.

Five miles from the foot of the mountain, a circle of tents was set up, and Jiang Ming's Sea Overturning Tower Ship came to stop.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie requested that the flying boat circle the volcano once.

They then rode down on a cloud to get a closer look.

Jiang Ming accompanied them the whole time, acting like a bodyguard, doing whatever they asked.

"How is it?" Chen Shijie asked Zhao Xing.

"It can be opened," Zhao Xing said, "But we need to evacuate the people first."

"How far should we retreat? Is twenty miles enough?"

"Thirty li, no, forty li."

Chen Shijie was somewhat surprised. "That terrifying?"

"My Volcano Art has a bit of a mystical element to it, I don't know how far it will go," Zhao Xing pointed to the camp below, "But at this distance, it's definitely not going to work."

Jiang Ming, listening from the side, was also somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected that Zhao Xing was the main force this time, not Chen Shijie.

Jiang Ming had heard of the Volcano Art, but he never expected that Zhao Xing would be the one to open it.

And from what the other party said, it seems like the power would be particularly great?

Twenty li isn't enough? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?

"Commander Jiang, please evacuate all the people from the foot of the mountain to a place thirty miles away," Chen Shijie said.

"Okay." Jiang Ming's main focus is on providing excellent service.

He immediately ordered the troops under his feet to set up camp, pack up, and leave.

Following Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie's instructions, they retreated directly to a desolate area thirty miles away before stopping.

"Captain, all warships below the fifth rank in the sky should be withdrawn."

Jiang Ming found it a bit strange.

My ship is already anchored in the Astral Wind at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and we still have to evacuate?

He didn't think much of it, but he did as instructed anyway.

Only his own Sea-Covering Warship, remained.

"What's the next step?" Jiang Ming asked.

"Just wait for Zhao Xing to cast the spell," Chen Shijie said.

He and Jiang Ming had already returned to the deck of the warship in the sky.

Zhao Xing then flew down towards the volcano.

"Whoosh~" As the clouds and mist beneath his feet dissipated, Zhao Xing landed on the edge of the volcano.

"The crater is 359 meters in diameter and 245 meters deep."

"It can only be described as a small volcano."

"Opening this volcano shouldn't be too difficult," Zhao Xing pondered.

East Mulberry City can only be described as a small volcano.

After all, its height is only six or seven hundred meters, and its diameter and depth are not large.

When it comes to truly large volcanoes, their diameter alone can be hundreds of kilometers and their depth can exceed five thousand meters.

However, Zhao Xing could not shake that kind of volcano.

This small volcano is now within his capabilities.

"The Volcano Art is an advancement from the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art. Although this method only involves the fire element, it still retains the characteristic of Blessing of Luck."

In other words, the Volcano Art that Zhao Xing knows is still Gambler's Tactic.

It has simply become a higher-level spell, and the spell has become targeted.

"Hiss~"

Zhao Xing jumped onto the limestone of the crater. At this point, only the 20-meter diameter at the center could be seen emitting white smoke.

To the naked eye, you can't even see the lava.

"Call out!"

A beam of Golden Light from a spell struck one of the spots.

"Gurgle~"

A crack appeared in the ground, and a wisp of sparks shot out.

For advanced Volcano Art, casting the spell is a gradual process.

That's how Mountain Art works; it doesn't work immediately with just a wave of the hand.

Zhao Xing is altering the structure of the mountain range.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Golden Light of magic pierced into the ground.

After entering the crater, it continued downwards, deep underground.

Every hour, Zhao Xing would change locations.

Sometimes they even fly to the mountainside or the foot of the mountain to cast spells.

It could be breaking a boulder or collapsing a hillside.

He was like a craftsman, carving out this mountain.

Time passed as Zhao Xing performed his spell, and three days later it was over in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Ming patiently stayed with him.

But the volcano looked exactly the same as it had three days ago.

Will it actually work?

Jiang Clear Mind his own doubts.

However, he knew that laymen shouldn't give orders to experts, so even if he had doubts, he kept them to himself.

Instead, he would comfort Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing from time to time, telling them to rest more.

Zhao Xing also came aboard the warship to rest twice.

The main problem is that high-level spells consume too much vital energy. Even though he is now at the thirty-eighth level of Essence Gathering, he still finds it difficult to withstand such terrifying energy consumption.

"How is it?" Chen Shijie ran over and asked. He had already noticed a change in the Earth Vein power, especially the fire element power, which was gradually becoming stronger.

"That's about enough. One more trip down and we can activate this volcano." Zhao Xing frantically ate fruit to replenish his energy.

Once his energy had recovered sufficiently, Zhao Xing prepared to fly down again.

As he was leaving, he looked at Jiang Ming and asked, "Commander Jiang, are you sure everyone has been evacuated?"

Jiang Ming, "Don't worry, within a radius of thirty miles, apart from us in the sky, there isn't even a chicken feather down there."

"That's good."

Zhao Xing jumped down.

Chen Shijie said, "Commander Jiang, activate the defensive barrier of the Sea-Covering Warship and raise it to 1,500 meters."

"Activate the Magic Array's defense level to the highest level."

Jiang Ming finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Is this really necessary? Our Sea-Covering Warship is Fifth-Tier Premium; reaching Tier 2 defense should be enough, right?"

Chen Shijie nodded and said, "It is necessary."

Seeing this, Jiang Ming had no choice but to give the order.

The night of the fourth day.

The quiet night was suddenly shattered by a loud bang.

"Boom!"

It sounded as if a huge rock had crashed into the ground, causing a collision, but the sound was very dull.

"Boom boom boom boom~"

The continuous explosions, the muffled sounds made even the Sea Pacifying Army soldiers thirty miles away feel uneasy, as if something was brewing in this world.

It wasn't as violent as a clap of thunder, but it still made people feel heavy-hearted, as if the world was about to undergo a dramatic change.

"What happened? Is there Thunderclap?" Ouyang Song ran out of the tent and looked at the horizon.

"It's not Thunderclap." He Yu also ran out; both of them were Military Sima Nong and immediately checked the commotion. "It's coming from the volcano."

"No way, we've retreated thirty miles, and they can still hear us?"

He Yu suddenly lay down, pressing her ear to the ground.

"There was an earthquake."

Before he finished speaking, the ground began to shake slightly.

"Quickly, notify the commander that the entire battalion should continue its retreat!" He Yu roared.

"Huh? Is this necessary?" Ouyang Song asked.

"Have you forgotten what happened during the training report at Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven?" He Yu asked. "Back then, Zhao Xing had just entered the Ninth Grade, and he opened up a firebreak stretching over ten kilometers on the Earth Fire Plain."

"He's now Official Seventh Rank, Upper!"

"Dude, you'd better learn your lesson! Go and inform them!"

Recalling what had happened, Ouyang Song shuddered; he had almost died of thirst on the Earth Fire Plain.

If it weren't for Wei Chen of the Black Armor Army giving him a pot of water, he might not have even made it to Yang City.

"I'll go right now!"

This dull sound continued for an hour.

Suddenly it stopped, and everything seemed to become calm.

However, in the next moment—

"Bang!"

Night suddenly turned into day.

A mushroom cloud rises from the crater!

In the scalding, hot smoke.

A fiery red beam of light shot straight into the sky, like a fire dragon ascending to heaven!

The world is undergoing a dramatic change!

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Xing's figure rose rapidly and flew out of the black smoke.

He jumped onto the deck of the Sea Overturning Tower Ship.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shijie immediately shouted, "Run!!"

Jiang Ming felt a chill run down his spine, because as he stood on the deck looking down, the fiery red beam of light broke through the thousand-meter- Astral Wind layer in an instant.

The surrounding Astral Wind force was blasted open, creating a large gap, and its momentum continued unabated, instantly reaching the hovering height of the warship at 1,500 meters.

"Hard to port, up, southeast... damn it!"

Before Jiang Ming could finish giving all his instructions, he felt a tremendous force coming from the deck.

The force was so terrifying that even Sixth Rank martial artist like him lost his footing and was thrown into the air.

The others were also thrown around in a daze, crashing into the barrier or the walls of the inner Tower Ship.

Boom!

Even a Fifth-Tier Premium warship, which is quite large, was still grazed by the erupting pillar of earth fire and was spun around and thrown away!

It spun like a top in the air and was sent flying three thousand meters away in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Ming's head was spinning from the impact, and the world around him was spinning. It took a minute for the warship to stabilize.

"My God!" Jiang Ming was dumbfounded. "Is this the Volcano Art?"

Jiang Ming prided himself on his extensive experience and knowledge, saying that having risen to the Sixth Rank, what kind of situation hadn't he seen?

But he had never seen this scene before.

The crater was originally only a little over 300 meters in diameter, but now it has exceeded 1,000 meters!

The lava emitted a scorching heat, black smoke billowed, and the entire top of the crater was completely glowing red, reflecting a blinding red light.

Red volcanic ash danced in the air, like patches of dark clouds swirling wildly.

Scorching heat erupted from the depths of the earth, like a roaring beast seeking to intimidate, causing all living beings to tremble before such power.

The sky was shrouded in clouds, making it impossible to see the Astral Wind layer through them.

The ground around the crater trembled continuously, as if the earth was shaking in endless agony.

The volcanic eruption became increasingly violent, and lava flowed across the surrounding wasteland, directly forming a sea of magma and fire.

This moment of rage and madness had a profound impact on Jiang Ming's mind.

He now understood why Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing had repeatedly urged him to retreat further away.

The power of heaven and earth, this is the power of heaven and earth!

If the defense of the Fifth-Tier Premium warship hadn't been maximized beforehand, the warship might have been burned through by now!

At that point, it's uncertain whether even Jiang Ming himself will survive, let alone the rest of the people on the ship.

Sixth-Rank Heavenly Dipper Realm cultivator can survive in the Astral Wind Layer at an altitude of 1,500 meters.

But now, the three-thousand-meter- Astral Wind layer above the crater has been blown away!

"Is anyone injured?!"

"Where's the medic? Where's the medic?!"

Chen Shijie, clinging to a mast, saw the warship come to a stop and immediately shouted.

Jiang Ming also realized what was happening and immediately began to check the condition of the warships and the casualties among the personnel.

After an incense stick had burned, Jiang Ming collapsed to the ground, covered in cold sweat.

Fortunately, he listened to advice, and no one on the warship died, but many people broke bones due to the violent impact.

It's hard to imagine what would have happened if the defensive barrier hadn't been activated.

At this moment, Jiang Ming's gaze towards Zhao Xing completely changed.

His eyes were filled with shock.

"The Volcano Art is so terrifying. If my army had been stationed at the foot of the mountain, wouldn't they have been completely wiped out by now?"

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