Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 448 - 45: Illusion Realm, Breakthrough, Rewards! (5K) _2

Chapter 448: Chapter 45: Illusion Realm, Breakthrough, Rewards! (5K) _2

He quickly walked onto the deck outside the warship, only to see five Flying Bear Warships appear in the sky.

Besides, there were many flying exotic beasts shaped like grizzly bears but with wings alongside the warships.

On the beasts sat several barbarian soldiers and barbarian generals, all clad in Silver Feather Armor.

,Flying Bear Army of the Golden Feather Royal Court. Their combat strength ranks among the top thirty of the Royal Court. Why aren’t they attacking Lv Yuanwei in the west or the strong armies like Zhao Yuan Army and Danxia Army in the north, and instead come to fight us, the Divine Might Army?,"

Zhao Xing thought to himself that something was not right.

He realized that everything seemed to have spiraled out of his control, just like when the three kings suddenly intervened in the trial.

But there was no time to think about it now.

The battle had already begun!

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

The five warships launched an attack on the Netherflame Warship using crossbow cannons, spells, Blood Quiver; various methods were employed against the Netherflame Warship in turns.

"Swallowing Cloud!"

Zhao Xing used Cloud Skill, intending to create a favorable environment for the army.

Yet, before he could cast it, the barrier of the warship had already declared it broken.

"Commander, the barrier is broken!" Wang Ji roared, ,""There are too many of them, we are ambushed!"

"Zing~"

Thick crossbow arrows rained down on the deck, forcing Zhao Xing to cease the Cloud Skill and order the warship to flee.

"Retreat!"

The Netherflame Warship, its barrier broken, turned and fled.

"Five Elements Fog Concealment!"

Zhao Xing switched from Cloud Skill to Fog Concealment Technique, creating favorable escape conditions for the warship.

With the barrier broken, they could only endure the attacks; they had no choice but to escape at this moment.

After flying for an hour, the Netherflame Warship finally shook off the pursuers.

Zhao Xing, exhausted, walked into the cabin. He had used advanced magic to confuse the pursuers’ vision at last.

But Wen Shaoyang’s Division was simply unable to provide support; they had only three thousand men, while at least a hundred thousand soldiers were in the encirclement. How could they be saved?

But why so suddenly? Why would the Golden Feather Royal Court choose to attack Fire Dragon Pass?

Zhao Xing just wanted to rest for a moment to think things through.

Yet the warship let out a wail, shaking comprehensively.

"Wang Ji, what’s going on?!"

"Commander, the warship is too severely damaged; we need to make an emergency landing!"

When Zhao Xing walked out, he saw the warship had been turned into a pincushion, with even a large hole in the right cabin.

It was quite an achievement to have held on until now.

"pang~boom~"

The warship’s rear was spewing fire, plummeting into the forest below.

Zhao Xing flew out of the cabin, ordering all the Ministers of Agriculture and magicians to fly beneath the warship and use Wind Skill.

Wind Skill was used to reduce the warship’s descent speed. After all, there were numerous machines on board; if it crashed, they would be out of machines. And martial artists couldn’t fly; a crash landing would cause casualties.

"Booming~"

The Netherflame Warship still crashed into the forest.

But fortunately, there was no explosion, nor did the stored firecrackers onboard detonate.

Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, immediately ordering the soldiers to leave the ship and move all the firecrackers and other dangerous and precious items off.

"Zhang Quan, dispatch some men to stand guard around us."

"Han Bing, tally the casualties."

"Yuan Yang, you accompany Han Bing."

"..."

Zhao Xing issued orders, frowning deeply, his heart filled with unease. Without the warship, their mobility was significantly reduced.

They didn’t even know where they had crashed, nor how many enemy troops were nearby.

"Reconnaissance Grassman, arise!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand, transforming the surrounding grass and trees into Grassmen, spreading out for reconnaissance.

Yet, it didn’t take long for him to discover traces of the barbarian army.

Their crash site was disturbingly close to an Ape Barbarian Army camp.

,Gasp, so many military tents, how many soldiers are there?," Zhao Xing thought.

Zhao Xing knew they couldn’t stay here long, or they would easily be discovered.

"Wang Ji, how long to repair the warship?"

"We need fourteen hours."

"Fourteen hours? That’s too long!" Zhao Xing said. "We’ll walk and abandon the warship."

"Han Bing, pass the order, we depart in an hour after resting."

"Yes."

...

The Ape Barbarian Army, upon discovering their tracks after Zhao Xing and his men had left, began to send out troops to pursue them.

But in the forest, it was totally Zhao Xing’s domain.

Whether by Grassmen disrupting vision or Five Elements Fog Concealment, Zhao Xing’s three thousand men always managed to leap out of encirclement one step ahead.

Time flowed, and in the blink of an eye, it had already been seven days.

By now, Zhao Xing had already led his men out of the Ape Barbarian Army’s encirclement; however, this had drained him greatly. Seven days of continuous large-scale spells, nonstop combat, had left him utterly exhausted.

Seeing the encirclement behind them, Zhao Xing handed over command to Han Bing. "Go find Liao Rulong and join forces. The rest of the way will be up to you and Wang Ji. I must get some sleep..."

With Zhao Xing leading them through the most dangerous times, Han Bing and Wang Ji took command and successfully returned to Fire Dragon Pass, where they joined forces with Liao Rulong.

When Zhao Xing awakened, they were already on their way.

At this time, Liao Rulong’s Unit had abandoned Fire Dragon Pass and retreated to Zhixiu City.

Fire Dragon Pass was back in the hands of the barbarians.

They had suffered a disastrous defeat.

"What happened? Why did we lose so quickly? The Golden Feather Royal Court actually sent Little Prince Yanda to reclaim Fire Dragon Pass?," Zhao Xing asked, looking at the report with an unsettling anxiety in his heart.

But he still followed the Divine Might Army into battle bravely.

In the remaining two months of the 17th year of Jingxin, the Divine Might Army retreated in failure.

But Zhao Xing’s military achievements kept rising.

Without control over the future, Zhao Xing remained a high-tier player; he continued to strive relentlessly toward his goal.