Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 418 - 37: Bombing the City, Breaking the Gate! (6K)_3

Chapter 418: Chapter 37: Bombing the City, Breaking the Gate! (6K)_3

"Even with emergency repairs, it would take at least four hours."

"And if Round Moon City was destroyed, rebuilding it wouldn’t just take four hours. Based on the Fire Demon Clan’s efficiency, it’ll take three to four months." Pang Guangyao spoke with a hint of mockery.

Zhao Xing was well aware of Round Moon City’s importance.

Round Moon City was an entire Mechanical City!

Why did Fire Dragon Pass dominate?

Other array foundations, like the Shui Cheqing Yuan Formation he had Wang Ji set up in Cloud City, only had eighty-one array bases.

Each array base weighed about a hundred tons, which could be transported by flying boat, and Dragon Gate Triple Crane could easily lift it. Placing it in the river, it could be brought up as well.

But the array bases of Fire Dragon Pass, the smallest of them was a castle occupying four to five hundred acres.

They could house people and were also an array themselves.

Round Moon City, for instance, covered an area of a hundred thousand acres!

There were forty-nine such cities in Fire Dragon Pass.

Using the cities and castles as arrays, they continuously extracted the power of the Fire Vein to provide energy for the arrays in front of Fire Dragon Pass.

Trying to take it down was simply impossible. Just one Fifth-Rank ’Fire Dragon Formation’ alone was impassable.

Just recall the scene when they crossed Flame Mountain. Even with thorough preparations, they were still inadvertently scorched to death by strange Earth Fire.

But at Fire Dragon Pass, these Earth Fires were controllable, and they could even form dragon-shaped flames to attack the enemy forces.

The barbarian defenders of Fire Dragon Pass, the actual combatants, numbered about thirty to forty thousand. As long as there were no internal issues, even if a million troops attacked in a top-tier Sixth-Rank war, they wouldn’t make a difference.

"The City Lord of Round Moon City is named ’Badas.’ He’s the nephew of Yue Hai Sheng." Pang Guangyao continued, "He’s merely in the early stages of the Heavenly Gang realm."

"No other Sixth-Ranks?" Chen Shijie asked.

"None." Pang Guangyao shook his head, "But there are about two to three hundred in the Earth Evil Perfection stage. They’re all part of Bastard’s guards."

"This configuration sounds somewhat unreasonable," Long Xiao remarked, "Why is he the only Sixth-Rank for such a critical city?"

"Because he’s Yue Hai Sheng’s blood nephew. Adding another Sixth-Rank would mean less profit for his nephew." Pang Guangyao mocked, "The Earth Fire Lotus in the Earth Cave, the Fire Crystals in the Guan Mountain Mine, the treasures in the Round Moon Forest Area, which one isn’t a treasure land? They all skim some profit!"

Chen Shijie continually shook his head. A powerful Heavenly Gang Realm cultivator like Pang Guangyao was reduced to a Mountain Patrol Envoy. Meanwhile, a Heavenly Gang early-stage like Bastard held Round Moon City.

With such usage of personnel, even the strongest pass would fall one day.

"Whether it’s Bastard or someone else, it makes no difference," Zhao Xing laughed, "If Fire Dragon Pass can’t stop the enemy, adding a hundred Bastards won’t change the outcome."

"General Pang, do you have any ill feelings toward Bastard?"

Pang Guangyao shook his head, "Both he and his uncle have humiliated me numerous times. I wish I could eat... cut him down."

Zhao Xing said, "After we take the city, you can deal with him as you see fit. But remember, you’re now an officer of Great Zhou. Understand?"

"I understand," Pang Guangyao nodded. He didn’t really intend to eat people.

"How much longer for the changing of outfits?" Zhao Xing asked Old Chen.

After crossing Flame Mountain, they couldn’t fight in Fire Protection Robes anymore. The main purpose of the robes was to counter fire. In other aspects, they were quite average and couldn’t withstand more than a few strikes from Fourth-Order Divine Weapons.

The Fire Protection Robes were made a size larger to accommodate armor inside. Some of the supplies they brought along were bulky.

Such as the bamboo box from the Minister of Agriculture and some siege weapons, dismantled into parts and stored in carriers made from Earth Fire Lotus.

"They finished changing a long time ago," Chen Shijie said, "The soldiers are resting now."

"How much time do we have left?" Long Xiao asked.

Zhao Xing took out a calendar: "It’s not yet Mao Hour; we have two and a half days until the scheduled capture of the pass."

Liao Rulong was very cunning. He had the three thousand soldiers of the Divine Might Army come over first to have ample time to prepare.

Zhao Xing’s group had arrived, but Xia Jing’s group hadn’t even departed yet.

It would be a few more hours before Xia Jing and Wen Shaoyang’s division crossed Flame Mountain.

When they arrived, it would already be the next day.

The signal for the main army to attack outside the pass would come the night after tomorrow.

Thus, Zhao Xing’s group had plenty of time for preparations.

If things went smoothly, after taking Round Moon City, they could target other locations.

Doing more would lead to more military merits.

"Have two teams of the Minister of Agriculture alternating in farming. Remember, keep it low-key," Chen Shijie ordered.

Although Fog Concealment provided interference, as a precaution, he told the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer in the vanguard camp to limit the scale of planting.

Making time for resting soldiers and giving the Minister of Agriculture time to prepare were both crucial.

Prepare for what? Materials for siege machinery, food, and even weapon materials could be grown, among many other things.

They were situated between Round Moon City and the Flame Mountain range. The environment wasn’t too harsh, so at least they could grow some fire attribute food.

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Zhao Xing also got involved in the planting. He was proficient in the high-level techniques of the Self Sect. At this point, as a Military Minister of Agriculture Officer, he was the main support for the vanguard camp of three thousand, providing food and tools alike, mainly high-end materials.

With the strong Earth Fire here, the best crop to grow was naturally firecrackers.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie each lifted a box, peeling off the Earth Fire Lotus Leaf on the outside to take out firecracker seedlings.

"How many are still alive?" Chen Shijie asked.

"I have about fifty percent still alive, how about you?"

"Same for my box," Chen Shijie said, "Fifth-Rank firecracker seedlings surviving fifty percent after crossing Flame Mountain is pretty good."