Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 178 - 5: Level 5 Rampage, The Unlucky Latecomers!

Chapter 178: Chapter 5: Level 5 Rampage, The Unlucky Latecomers!

"Hmm? The Earth Fire Plain has gone into a rage?" Zuo Zizhi was sipping wine when he saw one of the mirrors shaking, and immediately looked over.

Actually, it wasn’t the mirror itself shaking, but the surface of the mirror rippling, as if a stone had been dropped into a calm lake, causing waves of ripples.

"No need to be alarmed, Brother Zuo." Lu Bang didn’t even open his eyes, "A three-day period in the sky, a rage from level one to three is normal. The earth veins of the Earth Fire Plain are inherently unstable."

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

Just as Zuo Zizhi was about to look away, he saw the red bead flash again.

"Hmm? Level four rage?" Zuo Zizhi put down his wine cup and looked up at the rising sun, "Brother Lu, there hasn’t been a four-day period in the sky. Is a level four rage normal?"

Zuo Zizhi had not been in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven for long, and his familiarity with the place was not as deep as Lu Bang’s.

Of course, in terms of spell cultivation, he was also not as proficient as Lu Bang.

Zuo Zizhi belonged to the Heavenly Time Sect, and his mastery of the Earth Advantage Sect’s spells could only be described as standard, not proficient.

Lu Bang, on the other hand, was proficient in both, and was also quite knowledgeable about the Mechanical Divine Weapon of the Mechanical School.

"Level four rage?" Lu Bang opened his eyes, "Have the Three Suns all moved to correct positions?"

"No." Zuo Zizhi shook his head.

"Let me see if there’s something wrong with this Earth Mirror Instrument." Lu Bang walked to the mirror, the front of which was extremely smooth, while the back had numerous mechanical arrays. "No problem... then it must be something unusual happening in the Earth Fire Plain."

"Let me see what’s going on."

After a series of operations, Lu Bang soon stabilized the surface of the Earth Mirror Instrument. Although the image inside was still undulating, the perspective zoomed out so that the problem area could be clearly seen.

"Got it, Brother Lu, we can see it." Zuo Zizhi called from the front. "Hmm? It appears there’s a new recruit casting a spell."

"Oh?" Lu Bang walked to the front and looked at the mirror.

In the mirror, Zhao Xing’s figure appeared.

As he cast the spell towards the earth veins, the rock layer of the Earth Fire Plain split open immediately, with a large amount of lava gushing out. It arced through the air before scattering onto the ground.

The fissure extended for over ten miles, with the widest part being about a hundred to two hundred meters, and even the narrowest part being thirty to forty meters wide.

"Hmm? Is this the Earth Splitting Technique?" Lu Bang watched the situation in the mirror with great interest.

"Can the Earth Splitting Technique have such great power?" Zuo Zizhi asked doubtfully, "Impossible, right? This fissure stretches so long. How can a reserve recruit have this kind of strength?"

"It should be the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill," Lu Bang mused, "The power of a single Earth Splitting Technique is fixed, and its power at various stages is well known. Only the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill has unpredictable power."

"Plus, this area was inherently weak in rock. His spell just happened to break the balance, causing a rage in the Earth Vein Fire."

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

"No need," Lu Bang shook his head, "This level four rage will subside in a few hours, and the three-day period will return to the correct position. If we fix it now, it will still remain at level three. The difference isn’t significant."

Zuo Zizhi hesitated: "What about those who come later?"

Lu Bang laughed: "We didn’t cause this level four rage. If this lad blocks others with his skill while crossing the Earth Fire Plain, it’s none of our concern."

"If the later arrivals aren’t strong enough, they can detour. If they know they lack the strength but still insist on forcing their way through, such fools can die and save the entire army from future trouble."

Zuo Zizhi nodded. He was of a more gentle nature, disliking to see the new recruits getting hurt. But Lu Bang was the main person in charge of this new recruit report, and whatever he said, went.

Besides, Lu Bang made sense. If they forced their way through knowing they weren’t capable, any problem would be their own fault.

"Why aren’t you sleeping, Brother Lu?" Zuo Zizhi noticed that Lu Bang, after returning to his seat, began flipping through the roster.

"This lad is quite interesting. Let me see what his name is," Lu Bang searched through the roster.

The fissure in the Earth Fire Plain was not only due to the inherent instability of the plain but also because of the effect of the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill.

The Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill was notoriously known as the Gambling Dog Battle Technique. Generally, no one would want to practice such an unpredictable spell.

Lu Bang discovered that this person’s spell cultivation realm was not low, which piqued his interest.

"Either this person is very lucky, or their spell cultivation realm is above the seventh transition... found it."

Lu Bang’s finger moved across the names on the roster. As he touched each name, the corresponding appearance, age, background, and affiliated military camp appeared in his mind.

"Zhao Xing, from Gu City in Nanyang County, selected and transferred to the Divine Might Army. Hmm? Through the civil servant selection method?" Lu Bang was slightly surprised.

"A civil servant turned regular soldier, then selected by the Divine Might Army?" Zuo Zizhi was also surprised upon hearing this, "That’s quite rare."

"Not just rare," Lu Bang shook his head, "Extremely rare. Given the standards of the Divine Might Army, civil servants shouldn’t appear on their selection list. The nine stationed troops in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven should not even notice civil servants turning regular soldiers."

"Most of the ten thousand reserve recruits this time were selected from academies, Daoist academies, or secondary army corps."

"It’s quite uncommon to select people from local armies."

Originally, Lu Bang just wanted to look casually, but he discovered that Zhao Xing’s enlistment method was quite unique. He skipped the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer’s assessment and went directly to the Divine Might Army?

He even had no experience as a local official. Upon turning regular, he was directly selected and transferred.