Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 388 - 29: Sneaking into Fire Dragon Pass, How Are You So Skilled? (8K)_2

Chapter 388: Chapter 29: Sneaking into Fire Dragon Pass, How Are You So Skilled? (8K)_2

Liao Rulong called it a probing attack, but he went all out, pulling in the newly supplemented ten thousand troops.

Apart from testing the strength of Fire Dragon Pass, there was also the intention of integrating these newly acquired soldiers.

They actually fought once.

But the effect was particularly poor.

In the end, it was only because Pu Zhong and Wang Shilin, the two strategists, stood on a ship decked out and cast two "Counterespionage" spells, which made several barbarian commanders on the walls go mad and kill their own people, that they prevented their own side from failing to kill any enemies.

Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong both retreated a thousand miles to build a city.

However, this retreat was also within the plans.

"After harassing continuously for half a month, our main army withdrew again to the border between the Wolf God Clan and the Fire Demon Clan."

"This time we retreated farther, making it look like a genuine withdrawal after failing to attack."

"Now is the best time for us to make our move."

Zhao Xing nodded, "Let’s go, onto the Flying Boat."

As soon as the main army returned, a small flying boat headed towards Fire Dragon Pass.

......

There were a hundred people on the small flying boat.

They were only infiltrating to steal, so not many people were needed.

These hundred people were also divided into five groups.

When they flew to about a hundred miles from Fire Dragon Pass, the flying boat landed, and everyone disembarked.

Fire Element Mage leader Xu Quan and Earth Element Mages leader Zhang Ying each led their subordinates to start escorting the remaining sixty people underground.

Barbarians had magicians, and even underground there were patrols.

To save the energy of the infiltration group, Zhang Ying and Xu Quan were responsible for covering their entry.

The two led their men stealthily for fifty miles.

They dug a hole underground and stopped advancing, resting for an hour before continuing.

Another group, led by Min Changhui, set off first and stealthily headed south of Fire Dragon Pass.

There are several locations for cultivating Earth Fire Lotus, and Min Changhui and his group were the reserves.

An hour later, Zhang Ying and Xu Quan continued escorting the remaining people and advanced another twenty miles.

The number of people in the underground space had significantly reduced.

"We can only take you this far."

"If we go further, we might be discovered." Zhang Ying and Xu Quan looked towards Chen Shijie. "Ahead lies the barbarians’ Earth Fire Array, and the underground caves and passageways are all guarded."

They had limited capabilities; while escorting people undetected, it was not possible to completely avoid alerting the underground guards.

"You’ve worked hard," Chen Shijie said. "You can wait here."

"Long Xiao, Zhao Xing, Yu Ziqi, let’s go."

Yes, only four people actually infiltrated.

Long Xiao and Yu Ziqi were both Sword Cultivators, also among the few Seventh-Grade Sword Cultivators in the Divine Might Army.

Bringing them was like having insurance; Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing were both magicians, and if they encountered a combat situation, being surrounded would make it very difficult to escape.

If something really happened, Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong were also prepared for a genuine battle to help them retreat back.

Zhao Xing took Long Xiao, Chen Shijie took Yu Ziqi.

One person leading another made escape much easier.

"Divine Movement Protection!"

Zhao Xing grabbed Long Xiao’s shoulder, and then a faint white light shield appeared around him, enveloping both Long Xiao and himself like an octagonal cage.

"Li Fire Escape!"

Chen Shijie also cast a spell, a light red glow enveloping both him and Yu Ziqi. His escape technique was different from Zhao Xing’s.

The light glow on Yu Ziqi could still be effective even if he moved ten miles away from Chen Shijie, allowing him to tunnel through the underground.

However, with Zhao Xing’s Divine Movement Protection, Long Xiao could only stay within that octagonal cage, getting stuck in the soil if he left.

The two escape techniques each had their strengths and weaknesses.

Chen’s technique was more flexible; Li Fire Escape was an enhancing spell that allowed people to tunnel underground.

Zhao Xing’s Divine Movement Protection originated from the Wanxing Palace; Xuantu Skill was combined with the Earth Palace Skill.

When tunneling underground, it provided strong defensive power and allowed for deeper penetration.

Tunneling underground, if there isn’t space, encountering an enemy’s escape technique would only leave them staring.

The outward manifestation of the Octagonal Palace in Divine Movement Protection made Zhao Xing akin to driving an "Escape Technique Truck" with a ram, smashing into an enemy with similar escape tactics simply ends the confrontation.

"Hum~"

Long Xiao and Zhao Xing walked into the stone wall, quickly merging into it.

Chen Shijie and Yu Ziqi followed closely behind.

.....

Zhao Xing barely walked five miles before he stopped. "Detour, there are barbarian magicians ahead."

Chen Shijie nodded.

Underground they could communicate; back when Old Chen was setting up the Fire Hell Dungeon in Gucheng, he had communicated with Zhao Xing underground.

Using earth vein vibrations to pass messages, with the strength of both, given their proximity, it was very difficult to be detected.

The four changed direction, moving laterally south for five miles before continuing to advance.

But they hadn’t walked three miles before Zhao Xing stopped again.

"Detour."

Chen Shijie was puzzled: "There are no Southern Barbarian magicians ahead, just some barbarian soldiers. Are we detouring for them too?"

Zhao Xing could determine the presence of people from buried vibrations, Chen Shijie could only be stronger than him, as Old Chen’s strength had already reached the sixth grade, but his official position and things like fortune and lifespan hadn’t caught up.

The first hurdle in infiltrating from underground was these arrays and the magicians and barbarian soldiers guarding the underground passages.

"That’s an ’Invisible Stream’ within the Earth Fire Array; if there is a magician inside, we wouldn’t sense it. Trust me, let’s detour."

"Invisible Stream?" Chen Shijie didn’t understand, but he trusted Zhao Xing’s judgment.

Zhao Xing himself didn’t know whether there was anyone inside.

But in a past life when strategizing against Fire Dragon Pass, he could judge the Earth Fire Array’s Invisible Stream entrances from the surrounding soil layers.