Chapter 1749 - 555: Cai Qiuhu’s Fury, On Edge
Chapter 1749: Chapter 555: Cai Qiuhu’s Fury, On Edge
In less than two hundred breaths, the five thousand elite troops were ready.
"March at full speed, get to the northern valley entrance as fast as possible!"
Cai Qiuhu didn’t hesitate, directly ordering the advance, and then named over thirty people at Xianyang Level, leading them to fly towards the north first.
After flying less than a kilometer north, Cai Qiuhu saw the barricades the rebels had piled up with trees.
And at this moment, it was more than just a barricade.
Boom......
The ground inside the valley entrance was already covered by flames, stretching at least a dozen kilometers on both sides. Cai Qiuhu and his group looked northward, unable to even find the source of the firelight.
"These rebels, they are truly ruthless!"
"They just decided to burn such a large area of land..."
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A sea of fire spanning over hundreds of square kilometers looked quite intimidating. Although it was just ordinary flames, Cai Qiu and the others, including leading Cai Qiuhu, couldn’t help but be somewhat shaken at this moment.
"Zhu Fang, use your technique to clear the trees piled on the road, just clear a path through!"
Zhu Fang’s deceit techniques aren’t omnipotent. If it were just a typical barricade a few hundred meters long, he could blow it away as he pleased, but the one in front of them stretched three to four kilometers north to south.
Moreover, Cai Qiuhu could clearly see that many large trees in the sea of fire were still collapsing as they burned, making the density of the barricade more exaggerated, and the flames even fiercer.
Asking Zhu Fang to clear the entire barricade was impossible.
He could only manage to clear a path for the army to pass through!
"Understood!"
Zhu Fang immediately clasped his hands to receive the order, leaping into the air, floating at the forefront of the five thousand elite troops.
Then, an abnormal bluish tint crept up his cheeks, and his throat gradually swelled with a circular bulge about an inch in diameter.
That protrusion evidently came from his body, initially reaching the throat, then to the mouth, and finally, under Zhu Fang’s control, it floated out of his mouth, revealing itself to be a bluish Spiritual Pearl.
After the Spiritual Pearl flew out, it hovered three inches in front of his mouth.
Seeing the bluish Spiritual Pearl appear, Zhu Fang opened his mouth and took a deep breath, his chest puffing high until his face flushed red, then slowly exhaled.
Hoo......
Originally just an ordinary breath, the air he inhaled passed through the bluish Spiritual Pearl and suddenly transformed into a blue air vortex. Initially, it was only fist-thick, but as it flew forward, it instantly expanded to several meters, then tens, then hundreds of meters.
Boom......
The vortex, upon leaving the bluish Spiritual Pearl and traveling over a hundred meters, turned into a horizontally charging blue tornado.
In an instant, the firelight ahead surged, and the barricades of trees instantly shattered, swept away with the fire, scattered in all directions, an incredibly impressive spectacle.
"The rebels probably didn’t prepare for long; a large area in the back hasn’t burned yet. Let the five thousand elite troops advance with General Zhu. As long as we see the valley entrance, everything will be fine."
"A few barricades trying to stop us, what a joke."
"What kind of rebels can come out of Evergreen Valley? Little Landgrave, let’s advance directly!"
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Seeing a path appear within the sea of fire, everyone’s expressions relaxed significantly, turning to Cai Qiuhu to request orders.
Indeed, the rebels must have put a lot of thought into creating this sea of fire barricade, but in front of these powerhouses, it was nothing.
A single deceit technique, and it could be broken in an instant.
"Do not get careless, have the five thousand troops slow their advance, Zhu Fang, continue to clear the barricades, others disperse to the sides and check the situation, be wary of any additional rebel ambushes!"
However, in response to everyone’s requests, Cai Qiuhu remained exceptionally calm. He did not recklessly let the five thousand elites speed up, but instead made a series of deployments, then led the remaining dozen or so people, flying towards the north.
On one hand, he was genuinely afraid;
On the other hand, if there was another major defeat, all his remaining one hundred and fifty thousand troops could truly be lost.
Lin Chu County was still an unknown situation, and if this hundred fifty thousand strong army had more trouble, letting one hundred thousand Xia Army enter Evergreen Valley through Bone-Eroding Path, Qinghua City might not be able to hold.
If that’s the case, what future would Cai Qiu have?
He had to be cautious, definitely cautious!
Cai Qiuhu’s face was full of seriousness, deliberately slowing down with his group, increasing vigilance as they advanced and surveyed their surroundings.
"Anything could be a threat" was the perfect description for Cai Qiuhu’s state at this moment!