Free Web NovelChapter 546: Chapter 381: Military Legend, Massive Rat Plague! (Double-Length)
"That’s also thanks to Brother Wang’s discerning eye..." Chu Tianquan courteously complimented a few more lines before finally ending that part of the conversation and returning to the main agenda.
With the conclusion of these matters, the threat around Tai Nan City diminished significantly.
The stationed armies in this region could finally take action.
After all, the warfare everywhere was becoming more intense day by day, and many battlefields needed support.
Moreover, having several troops continue to guard Great South City somewhat wasted military forces.
"Reports from Tingfeng City indicate that a group of extremely strong Wind Eagle Beasts has appeared there. I plan to lead an army to provide support," said Lord Yan Lan first.
Wang Tianshuang and the others nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
These Wind Eagle Beasts were once a part of the Great Demon Race in Feng Province. Later, when Feng Province became a key area for the Human Race, this Great Demon Race was driven to other Demon Realms.
This sweeping invasion was truly aggressive.
Although these Wind Eagle Beasts couldn’t compare to the Thunder Wheel Tiger race, they were still not to be underestimated, for their clan also frequently produced Great Demons!
"Why are these Wind Eagle Beasts coming to our Yun Province when their past homeland is in Feng Province?" Song Changming, who was listening aside, asked with some confusion.
"The current demon invasion isn’t led by the Wind Eagle Beasts. They are just one of many attacking Demon Clans, unable to decide where to attack on their own; most likely, they’re following the instructions of the Great Demon behind them..."
Wang Tianshuang patiently explained to Song Changming.
Simply put, this massive demon disaster spreading across the Three Human States, though seemingly caused by the ominous phenomenon of Celestial Fiend Devouring the Sun, is actually an organized and premeditated large-scale invasion by the Demon Race.
It’s not accidental, but predetermined that such a great Human-Demon war would erupt—the ominous sign is merely an excellent fuse.
Song Changming understood.
Simply put, the Demon Race’s invasion is a big trend, a significant event.
Where these Wind Eagle Beasts would attack is not up to them; they are just a group of major soldiers in the invasion, acting as a small link under the unified arrangement and dispatching by the Great Demon behind them.
In essence, their nature isn’t much different from the armies of the Cuiqi Army that Song Changming belongs to.
"Brother Meng and I have just received orders from the Main City Military Department to head to Minggu City in the east, where a rat infestation has erupted and urgently needs manpower," Wang Tianshuang subsequently said.
His 41st Army and Meng Kunlun’s Fifth Army have already received an arrangement from higher-ups, essentially leaving them with no choice and must hasten towards the east of Cui Bai Dao.
"When do you set out?" Lord Yan Lan couldn’t help but ask.
"We’ll depart tomorrow; there’s no time to waste," Wang Tianshuang replied.
"So urgent!" Chu Tianquan was quite surprised.
Lord Yan Lan also became a bit more solemn.
Logically, after they submitted the battle report, several Grand Marshals were still injured, and it shouldn’t be so quick to be mobilized.
Moreover, needing to gather both the powerful 41st Army and the Fifth Army simultaneously signifies that the rat infestation problem in the east is already severe!
The Main City Military Department already has no better options.
In fact, even Song Changming only received this urgent order from Wang Tianshuang right before the meeting started.
The entire 41st Army’s soldiers were already starting to organize and preparing to leave.
Many wartime supplies would set off first today.
Only some injured soldiers needed to stay behind, and the City Lord of Tai Nan City vowed to take good care of all the injured soldiers.
As for the Seventeenth Army led by Chu Tianquan, they would still defend the area around Tai Nan City.
Although the major threat of the Thunder Wheel Tiger was eliminated, they couldn’t be careless. After all, the ominous phenomenon of Celestial Fiend Devouring the Sun hadn’t ended.
The Grand Marshals exchanged information and discussed many issues before concluding this assembly meeting.
On the early morning of the next day, the army embarked and left the city.
The 41st Army and the Fifth Army took the same path, with twenty thousand soldiers marching mightily, traveling along the official road into the distance.
"I truly didn’t expect your current power to have become this formidable. In the past, I wasn’t quite sure, but now you’re even able to slay the Thunder Wheel Tiger Demon..."
Xu Yuan, riding alongside Song Changming, muttered.
He is now the Fifth Army’s Little Flag Master, and his strength is also not weak, especially with the Blazing Divine Thunder he possesses, which makes his power incomparable to typical Qi Refining cultivation.
In the past, Xu Yuan always considered himself a unique existence, a person favored by the heavens, a true prodigy.
However, now he was struck by the presence of Song Changming next to him and had long since abandoned such high self-esteem.
He’s just somewhat special among martial artists, but when it comes to true prodigies, the distinguished and brilliant caliber, it has to be Song Changming.
"Tell me, is the Thunderbolt of the Thunder Wheel Tiger stronger, or is my Blazing Divine Thunder mightier?" Xu Yuan curiously asked.
The two had known each other in the army before, and having been working together in Tai Nan City, their relationship had moved a step closer, allowing more casual conversation.
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Song Changming asked.
"Of course, the truth." Xu Yuan lifted his head.
"The power of your Divine Thunder is less than one-tenth of that of the Thunder Wheel Tiger." Song Changming, without reservation, straightforwardly said, satisfying Xu Yuan’s request.
Xu Yuan mouthed, eventually squeezing out two words.
"Not convinced."
He admitted that he couldn’t beat the Thunder Wheel Tiger now, but he didn’t believe that his Blazing Divine Thunder and the Thunder Wheel Tiger’s Thunderbolt had such a vast disparity.
Song Changming shrugged, not saying more.
He indeed wasn’t exaggerating, the Thunder Light Cannon which the Thunder Wheel Tiger unleashed at the end was enough to blast him, Meng Kunlun, and Wang Tianshuang into severe injuries!
This alone, Xu Yuan lagged far behind.
Maybe his mastery over thunder would surpass the Thunder Wheel Tiger Demon in the future, but he’s still too young now.
As Song Changming chatted with Xu Yuan, he also noticed the gaze of the soldiers around him, carrying a look of reverence.
Whether they were soldiers of the 41st Army or the Fifth Army, it was the same.
As Song Changming accumulated more and more formidable and astonishing achievements, even the proud and elite soldiers under Meng Kunlun couldn’t help admiring this powerful military figure.
Having served over ten years, this period might not be too long or short, but the laudable feats of Song Changming were numerous and came incessantly.
This time, cutting down the Thunder Wheel Tiger pushed his prestige to a new height, even giving it a certain legendary quality.
Minggu City.
One of the twenty-eight cities of Cui Bai Dao, located on the east side, relatively close to the Nine Netherworld, considered an important city on the eastern front of Cui Bai Dao.
In past times, this city was most famous for a specialty known as "Shuangyu"—Mingyu and Black Jade.
The Shuangyu was exquisite, quality excellent, usable for artifact refining, making talisman tools, and also a material for beautiful ornaments; therefore, Minggu City was also known as Jade City.
Currently, outside Minggu City, massive oil fires scorch the earth, flames spreading over dozens of miles, appearing like a grand sea of fire engulfing the entire city.
If not for the city walls and the City Defense Array present, the fire might have already spread into the city, reducing it to ashes!
But in reality, this great fire was released by the human side, solely to eradicate the rat plague!
The fire lasted for over an hour, slightly calming down afterward.
When the flames subsided, the charred ground outside the city was seen littered with stacks of hardened charcoal, numerous in count.
Dense and uncountable.
These were the burned corpses of rat swarms.
Previously, countless hundreds of thousands of rat swarms laid siege to the city; the sight was truly terrifying, leading to the desperate implementation of this fire assault, to block the insanity of the rat horde.
Yet despite this, the farmlands, crops, fruits, all were ravaged by the swarm, leaving nothing.
Villages and towns along the way also couldn’t stop the rat swarm’s plunder.
The entire area around Minggu City suffered severe ecological damage, with the path of the rat swarm leaving nothing behind!
Within the City Defense Array, on the city wall, Hu Xuzhi, draped in a marshal’s robe, was peering at the charred land outside, silent.
"Grand Marshal, this fire attack has destroyed quite a number of the rat swarm; this rat plague should be..." a commander beside him spoke up.
But he was interrupted by Hu Xuzhi before finishing.
"Don’t rejoice too soon; being able to control millions of rat swarms, if the force behind this plague doesn’t give up, the rat plague will persist unabated, continuous and never-ending."
The commander’s heart chilled upon hearing this.
The brief joy he had felt instantly plunged into the depths.
He believed in his Grand Marshal’s judgment; this fire assault couldn’t completely resolve the rampant massive rat plague.
The retreat of the rat swarm was merely temporary.
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