Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 988 - 813: End of the Line

After using their ship cannons to blast open the protective immortal formations of ’Huangdu Heaven’, they immediately released a large number of armored soldiers clad in Black Gold Divine Armor.

Under heavy artillery cover, these figures enveloped in dark golden radiance successfully landed near the material warehouses of ’Huangdu Heaven’ and proceeded to tear through its defense system further.

"The weapons they’re using seem to be muskets?"

Li Lexing expressed his astonishment and uncertainty, "However, the rate of fire and power greatly exceed the muskets we’ve used before."

These muskets were no strangers to the celebrated veterans of the Hongwu Era.

At the dawn of the nation, the Jin Dynasty had begun using firearms on a large scale. In the sprawling waters of Jiangnan, they were the weapons of choice to contain the Mongolian Iron Cavalry.

Matchlocks, bird guns, three-eyed guns, four-eyed guns were all widely used in the military.

However, Li Lexing had never seen the firearms used by those armored soldiers in dark gold.

They resembled bird guns, but their rate of fire was as fast as one shot every three breaths, with a range up to six hundred zhang, which was terrifying to hear about.

Although tens of thousands of troops within Huangdu Heaven were organized to resist, they were quickly scattered by these muskets.

Li Lexing’s gaze was grave. Although he had never directly commanded a battle, he was a seasoned strategist who had assisted Emperor Tai of Jin in the founding of the nation.

He instantly understood the significance of these firearms on the battlefield.

"They are indeed formidable!"

Xu Tiande exclaimed in awe, but he was more concerned about the grain stores.

His eyes narrowed as he said, "It seems ’Huangdu Heaven’ can’t be held, what do you gentlemen think?"

"Of course we take advantage as they do, raid the fuck out of it!" Chang Shiwang smiled wryly, "They’re having the meat, we should at least be able to drink some broth."

At the mention of ’meat’, the dozen or so heavenly-level individuals present couldn’t help but slurp in unison, swallowing their saliva.

It was almost laughable to say, but they had been without a taste of meat for a whole month.

In the mortal realm, they didn’t find meat particularly delicious or rare.

But in the Outer Taixu, where food was needed to maintain their cultivation and replenish their Yuan Qi, meat suddenly seemed so fragrant.

Unfortunately, although they longed for it, it was often beyond their reach.

"Then let’s take action—"

At that moment, Xu Tiande suddenly turned pale and his voice cracked, "Huh? Fuck their ancestors, these depraved creatures, they’re actually burning those dozens of grain stores!"

He had caught sight of towering flames rising from the direction of the dozens of grain stores in ’Huangdu Heaven’.

Prince Qiyang, Li Siben, using a technique to ’listen to the wind’, also changed color in shock, "Damn it! They are actually spreading Menghuo Oil and using techniques to accelerate it!"

The group instantly became restless, and frantically flew towards Huangdu Heaven as if they had all gone mad.

At the moment, there was only one thought in the minds of these heavenly individuals—to rescue as much of the grain as they could before the granaries were destroyed.

About two moments later, those thirty-seven strange battleships, after wreaking havoc, had already left far behind.

Xu Tiande and Chang Shiwang, among others, met up looking disheveled in a patch of the Void near ’Huangdu Heaven’.

After gathering, they each reported their gains.

"I managed to salvage around seven hundred and twenty-five stones of grain."

"Fuck! I’ve only got three hundred and fifty stones, and half of that is half burnt. It’s too cruel, they even used Menghuo Oil. No idea about the formula, but it burned extremely fiercely."

"I’ve got three hundred stones, and how about you, Old Shang? How did yours go?"

This was none other than Shang He, the King of Dongying, ranked fourth among the founding heroes of the Hongwu Era.

At that moment, he was so angry that his face was beyond recognition, "My side was completely burned, only found a hundred and seventy stones."

Everyone fell into silence, as the scant amount of grain was insufficient even for the most frugal use by their ’Red Turban Army’ for a month.

The thought of those ninety granaries, the total of one million and eight hundred thousand stones of grain, and an entire warehouse of meat all turned into ashes made everyone deeply agonized.

They all became collectively outraged and began cursing together.

"Bastards! Who exactly is the leader of these Xuanhuang bandits? I curse their children to be born without assholes."

"Utterly rotten to the core! That was one million and eight hundred thousand stones of grain, enough for our Red Turban Army to live leisurely and carefree for a hundred years. Had we gathered more heavenly materials and earthly treasures, we could even ascend to Extreme Heaven."

"It’s really too despicable! No idea who raised them, simply vicious; their whole family must be villains, the worst of villains!"

The dozen people took turns cursing before they all turned their gaze to Li Lexing.

Li Lexing understood the collective sentiment, pondering whether he too should swear?

Forget it, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Better to fit in with the group.

Thinking of the warehouse of meat and wine burned to charcoal, Li Lexing’s handsome face twisted involuntarily.

"That damned fool, I curse his family to be barren!"

Although Song Lian remained silent, he nodded vigorously, agreeing more than anything else.

—After all, that was one million and eight hundred thousand stones of grain! The Outer Taixu lacked nothing but food.

The value of those grains was far higher than that of the ores they raided.

However, after venting their frustration with a round of cursing, Li Lexing’s expression turned solemn again, "Gentlemen, we better find out the origins of this group of ’Xuanhuang bandits’ soon. These people have not only strong ships and formidable firepower, but their martial prowess is also not to be underestimated. Just now, I faintly sensed dozens of Extreme Heaven presences, indicating how formidable their combat strength is. Those armored soldiers in dark gold numbered tens of thousands, and the firearms they used could take on ten at a time.