Chapter 746: Chapter 302: Signs of Defeat Emerge, Snow Bamboo’s Trump Card
Therefore, Li Xuanling gave the final ultimatum, uttering the eight words: “The Great Xia will inevitably be defeated tonight.”
However, Xia Chuan clearly disagreed with her words and immediately let out two cold laughs.
“Hold on!”
Whizz…
As soon as Xia Chuan’s voice fell, a thousand iron arrows suddenly flew from all sides of the main building.
But unlike before, this time the flying iron arrows were, without exception, all aflame.
Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…
Flames instantly filled the surroundings of the main building.
A countless number of flame-tipped iron arrows directly pierced the bamboo nets, immediately igniting the snow bamboo.
All the iron arrows from the main building didn’t shoot at the Longyou soldiers but all hit the surrounding bamboo nets.
Hiss… Hiss… Hiss…
The snow bamboo was instantly ignited, and the temperature around rose. The still unignited area’s spikes continued to shoot at the Longyou soldiers.
If someone observes carefully, they’ll notice that from the moment the temperature rose, a wisp of white smoke gradually rose from both the spikes shot out by the snow bamboo and the Longyou soldiers’ skin areas lacerated by the spikes.
“Why is my wound smoking!”
“It’s not just the wounds; those spikes are smoking too…”
“Poison, the smoke is poisonous!”
……
“Brothers, victory or defeat lies in this single action!”
“Take out all Detoxification Pills; take them and fight your way out!”
“Annihilate these Long Mountain beasts and avenge our fallen brothers.”
“Kill!!!”
How could snow bamboo alone handle the Longyou Army?
The Teng Jiao Poison on the snow bamboo spikes was Xia Chuan’s real killing move.
Indeed, the Longyou Army is strong, but no matter how strong, they still have only the Earth-digging Realm’s cultivation, at most beginning to reshape their skin; they still cannot withstand the Teng Jiao Poison Mist.
The spikes smeared with poison had already lacerated many Longyou soldiers’ skin; the high temperature triggered by the flaming arrows immediately took effect.
The moment the white smoke rose around the main building, all the Cold Resistance Level personnel on Great Xia’s side signaled all the soldiers to take the Detoxification Pill.
After Zhao Long’s angry roar, the three thousand people who had been hiding inside the main building finally dropped their bows and arrows and rushed out from four directions, surging around the Xia defense forces, charging aggressively at the Longyou Army.
As was said before, only one batch of Longyou soldiers reached the main building from beginning to end, with the second batch always being blocked a hundred meters away.
The dual assault of the snow bamboo and Teng Jiao Poison Mist sent the second batch of Longyou soldiers outside into chaos, with many people showing obvious dizziness.
The Longyou soldiers inside, who were just enjoying themselves in the killing, were also gradually enveloped by the poisonous mist. Although not responding so quickly, their morale apparently showed signs of panic.
The Xia defense forces, having taken the Detoxification Pill, were led by Zhao Long and the other ten Cold Resistance Level soldiers; over three thousand people surged forward menacingly at that moment, their intimidating effect practically perfect.
Crack…
For more than an hour earlier, the Great Xia had been under pressure almost the entire time.
The two to three thousand corpses on the ground proved it!
Now knowing the Longyou soldiers were affected by the Teng Jiao Poison and couldn’t exert their full strength, everyone in Great Xia instantly fell into a state of frenzy.
“Kill!”
Someone rushed near a front-line Longyou soldier first, raising a great knife to slash desperately at his head.
Clank…
Of course, his strength wasn’t as good as that Longyou soldier’s, so the great knife was impaled by the opponent’s spear before it could come down.
“Long Mountain dog thief, die for me!”
Yet, the Xia soldier didn’t give up. Even with his shoulder pierced, he fiercely slashed down with that knife.
Crack…
A crack appeared in the Longyou soldier’s shoulder war armor, sending a flash of panic across his face as he instinctively tried to retreat from the knife.
However, the second, third, fourth… a continuous stream of Xia soldiers came up, instantly burying him.
“Kill!!!”
Zhao Long and the other ten people had long been waiting impatiently inside the main building; seeing Xia Chuan almost dying at Li Xuanling’s hands moments ago, their urgency was heightened. Finally able to charge out leading the army, all the pent-up anger exploded on the nearest Longyou soldiers.
Rustle…
Without suspense, not to mention the Longyou soldiers, even the Cold Resistance Level personnel around the main building were directly broken through by the army.
Li Xuanling was no exception!
Xia Chuan, Chen Yingyuan, Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, Lin Kai, and other Cold Resistance Levels, in dire straits moments ago, were all rescued now.
Heavily injured, they didn’t follow the army charge out but stood at the rear, watching the Longyou Army being pushed back without cease, eyes full of relief.
Naturally, besides feeling relieved, Xia Chuan kept a constant watch on the Longyou Army’s moves, ready to give the next instruction at any time.
“The Teng Jiao Poison’s effect isn’t strong for now, don’t fear them. They aren’t as strong as you. Rear army retreat first, fetch bows and shoot arrows; front army hold your ground.”
Li Xuanling finally couldn’t bear it. Instead of retreating continuously, she stopped a few dozen meters back, leading all the Cold Resistance Levels to form a curtain, blocking the Xia Army with force, while giving orders to the Longyou Army at the rear.
The Longyou soldiers quickly reacted. Those retreating backwards halted gradually, while the rearguard, the second batch who never charged, obeyed orders, retreating while picking up iron arrows and strong bows from the ground to shoot at the Xia Army.
They had just withdrawn to the position where they previously abandoned their bows to charge, which is why Li Xuanling gave this order.
“Xia Army, retreat, all retreat back!”
Seeing the scattered shooting of iron arrows by the Longyou soldiers, Xia Chuan immediately suppressed his body injury and issued an order.
Although the Zhao Long brothers rushed very forward, the three clearly retained their rationality. Upon hearing Xia Chuan’s voice, without a hint of hesitation, they stopped immediately.
“Rear army be the front, everyone retreat to the main building, fast, fast, fast!”
In comparison to the Longyou Army, the thousands of Earth-digging Realms on Great Xia’s side naturally weren’t as disciplined, and their mobility was slow, but they had been on the offensive side just now, making their orderliness better than the retreating Longyou Army’s, so Zhao Long’s retreat command was quickly executed.
The Great Xia defenders, who surged like a tide, immediately shrank back into the main building.
“We’ve held it!”
“We’ve held it, hahaha.”
“The Longyou Army isn’t that big of a deal!”
“Three thousand Earth-digging Realm Limits are merely this.”
“No need for the leader to take action; the minister and we can hold it.”
“Hahaha!”
…
The tension from the life-and-death struggle had kept everyone’s heartstrings taut. The relief of surviving, combined with the joy of withstanding the Longyou Army, mixed together, and they could no longer suppress their repressed emotions, roaring taunts one after another in the direction of the retreating Longyou Army.
Xia Chuan in the back row, clutching his chest wound, eyes full of gloom.
Normal taunts shouldn’t need to be yelled, they should be happy.
He understood that the reason they had such a reaction was more out of despair.
The strength of the Longyou Army is too great!
If they come again, they definitely won’t withstand.
Therefore, rather than saying they were taunting, it would be better to say they were venting all their fear under the guise of taunting.
“It’s not working; I have to think of another way!”