Chapter 266 - 262: The Entire Nation is Shocked
Chapter 266: Chapter 262: The Entire Nation is Shocked
"This... What terrifying speed!"
Ouyang Xu’s pupils contracted sharply, his face instantly turning deathly pale. As an Innate Realm expert, his Lightweight Skill was undeniably fast, yet he had barely fled a dozen meters when the missile came crashing down.
BOOM! RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
A world-shaking bang resounded, deafening all, as the missile violently exploded. In an instant, flames billowed, soaring over a hundred feet high, like bewitching, blood-red roses blooming in mid-air. The terrifying shockwave rolled outwards in every direction like a tempest sweeping away the clouds.
The Protective Gang Qi Ouyang Xu had hastily summoned shattered inch by inch like glass under the missile’s terrifying explosive power. Without the defense of his Protective Gang Qi, his fragile body was instantly torn to shreds by the horrific blast.
"AH!" RUMBLE!
RUMBLE!
The piercing screams were completely drowned out by the rumbling explosions, and all of White Cloud Mountain echoed with the terrifying blasts.
If Ouyang Xu, a master of the Innate Realm, was blown to smithereens by the missile, the soldiers in the main camp stood no chance. The entire Central Army Camp was at the very center of the blast. Everything within a hundred-meter radius was pulverized by the terrifying explosive force. Flames devoured all, and the shockwave sent the surrounding tents flying.
Tattered, burning pieces of tents were hurled into the distance by the shockwave, quickly igniting other tents farther away. The fire spread relentlessly, burning everywhere and threatening to engulf the entire encampment.
With the destroyed Central Army Camp at its epicenter, vast swathes of the Red Sun Army’s encampment were engulfed in a sea of fire. Soldiers screamed in agony, rolling on the ground to extinguish the flames on their bodies. Even more soldiers fled for their lives into the distance.
Panic was spreading. The exodus was growing!
Tens of thousands of Red Sun Army soldiers fled one after another like falling dominoes, their ranks instantly breaking into a complete rout.
The terrifying explosion, the sky-high flames, and the billowing white smoke rose to form a massive mushroom cloud in the night sky. The cloud churned and rolled—a scene both spectacular and horrifying.
Everyone was stunned. They had never in their lives witnessed such terrifying, world-devouring explosive power.
"Ho-ly hell... The Gang Leader’s missile is a goddamn miracle!" Xue Yong muttered, his eyes wide as saucers.
At the north city gate, Left Guardian Ma Feng was ecstatic. "So this is the Gang Leader’s weapon! Such immense power... It’s terrifying! Hahaha!"
Below the gatehouse, the Red Sun Army vanguard had been frantically assaulting the city just a moment before. Now, they were all frozen in terror by the horrific explosion at their Central Army Camp to the rear.
"Gen... General... the... the... the Central Army Camp... it blew up!" a few officers stammered, their eyes wide with terror.
"Yeah. It’s gone." State General Zhou Yong was trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with utter shock. He stared numbly at the blinding firelight and the rising mushroom cloud in the distance. ’So terrifying... An explosion that powerful would tear even an Innate Realm master to shreds!’
"So... are we... are we still attacking?" the officers asked, their faces utterly crestfallen. Their terrified expressions showed they had lost all nerve.
"Attack? Attack my ass! Run!" State General Zhou Yong snapped out of his stupor and immediately used his Lightweight Skill to bolt into the distance.
With their commanding general gone, the other officers and soldiers were instantly spurred to action. They too took off at a dead sprint, tossing aside their Weapons and shucking their heavy armor as they ran. Clad only in thin undergarments, they fled for their lives with every ounce of strength they possessed.
"Run!" "That explosion was terrifying! Run for it!"
"You came from that way! Is the Grand General dead?"
"Dead! Deader than dead! The whole Central Army Camp is gone! Thank god I was far away, or I’d be a goner too!"
"Even the Grand General with his Cultivation is dead! White Cloud City is too terrifying! We have to get out of here!"
"Look at the sky! Look up, you idiots! Don’t just focus on running! Look at the sky!"
"Are you a fucking idiot? I’m busy trying to save my own skin, why the hell would I look at the sky?!"
"You’re the fucking idiot! To see if there are any more of those giant Heaven-shattering Thunders coming!"
"Oh, right, right, look at the sky... Motherfucker, who were you calling a fucking idiot just now?!"
"Aah, run!"
"Run, run for your lives! White Cloud City is a Demon City! It’s terrifying!"
The battlefield was littered with corpses amid billowing smoke. Flames raged everywhere, devouring one camp after another. The vast crimson glow of the inferno lit up the dark night sky, illuminating the faces of the fleeing Red Sun Army soldiers.
The rout was a chaotic spectacle. The remaining twenty to thirty thousand soldiers, their faces masks of terror, trampled over the bodies of their comrades as they fled for their lives. Some were still wreathed in flames, screaming in agony as they scrambled and crawled away.
The entire battlefield was filled with cries of agony.
At that moment, the Martial Artists of the martial world and the members of the Clan Sects, who had been hiding in the woods hoping to profit from the chaos, were all utterly dumbfounded. They stared blankly at the towering inferno and the churning mushroom cloud, then at the screaming, scattering soldiers of the Red Sun Army. A sudden chill shot through their hearts, and they couldn’t help but shiver.
"Wha-what was that weapon? It’s... it’s... it’s too terrifying!"
"Such horrifying power!"
"That weapon flew out from inside White Cloud City! From that far away, it destroyed the Red Sun Army’s Central Army Camp and even killed Ouyang Xu, an Innate Realm master!"
"White Cloud City simply defies all common sense!"
"Patriarch, are we... are we still going to attack White Cloud City?"
"Silence! Shut your mouth, lest you invite disaster! When did I ever say we were going to attack White Cloud City? If word of this reaches the ears of Lord White Cloud, he’ll settle the score with us later, and the Zheng Family will be in grave danger. All of you, remember this: the Zheng Family was never at White Cloud City tonight. We never had any intention of attacking it. Any rumors to the contrary are malicious and utterly baseless!"
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"Elders, remember this! Our Blazing Fire Sect happened to be passing by White Cloud Mountain and, upon seeing the great battle, merely stopped to observe. We never had the slightest intention of offending White Cloud City! The Blazing Fire Sect wishes to be on friendly terms with White Cloud City for generations to come!"
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"Lord White Cloud is young and promising, a man my Xie Family has admired for a long time. We came to White Cloud Mountain tonight to propose a match. The Xie Family has a daughter, young and beautiful, whom we wish to marry to Lord White Cloud, uniting our families. Unexpectedly, just as we arrived outside White Cloud City, we saw the Red Sun Army attacking. Thankfully, White Cloud City proved its might and crushed the Red Sun Army in one fell swoop. Lord White Cloud must be busy with the aftermath of the battle, so the Xie Family won’t disturb him. We shall return to pay our respects another day!"
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"This White Cloud City is too terrifying. Such a small city actually repelled the frenzied assault of an army of over a hundred thousand!"
"Even Grand General Ouyang Xu, a master with Innate Cultivation, was killed in battle!"
"Terrifying. They must not be provoked!"
"Indeed. They must not be provoked."
"They must not be provoked!"
"This is a mysterious city!"
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Southern Tang Calendar, Year 136, November 9th. Grand General Ouyang Xu of Red Sun Province led an army of one hundred thousand to besiege White Cloud City. He was defeated by Lord White Cloud, and Ouyang Xu himself was killed in the battle, his army routed!
The news spread at a terrifying speed, fanning out like a storm in all directions. It instantly swept across the entire Red Sun Province and spread throughout the Southern Tang Country, becoming a topic of feverish discussion and leaving the entire nation in shock!