Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 420 - 38: Capturing Fire Dragon Pass, Evaluation of Military Achievements in the Military Realm (6K)

Chapter 420: Chapter 38: Capturing Fire Dragon Pass, Evaluation of Military Achievements in the Military Realm (6K)

Round Moon City, as a formation base city, did not consider the defense of the city itself when it was established.

Its defense standards were not as good as Wang Ji’s methods in City No. 92.

Mr. Wang at least knew to place several anti-teleportation arrays under the city walls!

But Round Moon City did not have any.

Due to confidence in Fire Dragon Pass, neither Round Moon City nor the rest of the cities within the pass had anti-teleportation arrays.

There were some mechanisms, but they were not for anti-teleportation purposes; they were for extracting earth vein power.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie had prepared the firecrackers’ deployment yesterday.

The only difficulty was to be careful during infiltration.

Since Fifth-tier Firecrackers were highly flammable and explosive and Round Moon City was established on a fire vein, even a slight mistake during infiltration could cause their own deaths.

"Set off!"

Chen Shijie gave the order.

A hundred magicians who knew escape skills, along with the Minister of Agriculture, all carried a large number of firecrackers and headed towards Round Moon City.

"Divine Movement Protection!"

Zhao Xing pointed, and golden light enveloped a large batch of firecrackers and descended underground.

They then traveled underground with the firecrackers.

Round Moon City was the size of 25 football fields.

But the parts that needed to be bombed were not that extensive.

The City Lord Mansion of the Bastard and the four formation nodes of Round Moon City would be enough.

The main target was the Bastard’s City Lord Mansion.

Because this was the core of Round Moon City.

Blowing up the four nodes distributed at the four corners of Round Moon City would sever the Gate Defense Array in the southern section of Fire Dragon Pass, but it could still be quickly repaired.

However, blowing up the City Lord Mansion would require a complete rebuild, which, as Pang Guangyao said, would take three to four months to re-establish.

This part could only be done by Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing.

Why?

Because no one else could fully utilize the firecrackers’ power, and the formations beneath the City Lord Mansion were relatively complex.

.....

When a hundred people infiltrated the city outskirts underground, Chen Shijie issued orders to everyone through the earth veins.

"All four groups retreat in an hour and detonate in fifteen minutes!"

"Retreat in an hour whether the deployment is complete or not! Understood?"

"Understood!"

Chen Shijie said, "Action starts timing from now!"

Buzz~

With that, a hundred people scattered towards multiple directions under the city.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie continued to infiltrate towards the center, the City Lord Mansion.

They carried the largest amount of firecrackers.

Their path was also more complicated.

The City Lord Mansion, as the formation core, was placed on a fire vein; someone with weak abilities couldn’t infiltrate.

Two quarters later, Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing stopped.

"We’re here, ahead is the Fiery Fire Dragon Formation."

In the earth veins ahead, a dragon-shaped flame danced, with an immensely large dragon head opening its giant mouth towards below.

Countless earth fire powers were drawn into the dragon’s head, then transformed through the formation, and transported to several small fortresses around Round Moon City.

The small fortresses around Round Moon City were equivalent to transfer stations for the formation base.

Ultimately, they converged at Fire Dragon Pass City.

That section of the mountain pass was the weakest part of Flame Mountain, but after being reinforced with numerous complex formations, it turned into the strongest checkpoint.

"Let’s act separately, I’ll start from the Zhen position, no, I’ll start from the southeastern position, and you from the southwestern position," Zhao Xing said halfway through, realizing Old Chen didn’t understand Mechanical School formations, then changed his words.

"Don’t underestimate me," Chen Shijie said, "Since returning last time, I’ve studied the basics of Mechanical School formations."

"Li stands for fire, Dui stands for marsh. You want me to start from the southwestern position, isn’t it because Li and Dui positions can maximize the firecrackers’ power?"

"You placing firecrackers at Zhen position, isn’t it to use their power to destroy the Fiery Fire Dragon Formation’s guiding outlet, causing earth fire to gather and ultimately self-detonate?"

"Impressive!" Zhao Xing gave a thumbs up.

"What’s impressive? Can’t everyone learn? It’s just a minor thing," Chen Shijie said plainly, "You were farming in East Sang City, I wasn’t idling either."

Although he said this, seeing Zhao Xing’s dumbfounded expression, Chen Shijie secretly felt pleased.

Studying diligently for over half a month finally surprised this kid, it wasn’t in vain!

Since Old Chen knew it, things would be smoother.

Zhao Xing cautiously rolled the firecrackers, moving closer to the Octagonal Palace.

He and Chen Shijie each carried a hundred Fifth Order Supreme firecrackers, totaling fourteen hundred segments.

Fifth-tier firecrackers’ power was calculated by segments.

A segment of Fifth Order Supreme firecracker had enough explosive power to penetrate Fifth-tier Battle Armor’s defense.

In other places, blowing up the City Lord Mansion with just these fourteen hundred segments would be slightly insufficient.

Because their infiltration spot was quite deep, at a position two hundred meters below.

Moreover, the foundation of the City Lord Mansion was solid, it wouldn’t be enough to blow it up.

But here, in Round Moon City, it was established on top of a powder keg.

Fifth-tier Firecrackers only needed to ignite this powder keg.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhao Xing sent a message asking:

"Are you done?"

"Just a bit more," Chen Shijie replied slower, "Help me check if there are any errors or omissions."

"Okay." Zhao Xing, after finishing his work, immediately assisted in checking Chen Shijie’s firecracker placements.

Another fifteen minutes later, close to the agreed retreat time, Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie rechecked twice.

After confirming everything was fine, they promptly began to retreat.

After they left, only the firecrackers buried underground remained, wrapped in golden light.

All personnel knew how to perform this operation.