Chapter 362 A Surprise Strike
"Commander Zuo was killed!" "Commander Zuo is dead!" Panic-stricken, all the soldiers and spirit
maniptors of the Timber Deity Empire looked at the head of Commander Zuo that was lying on the
ground. They were trembling with fear because Rocky seemed to have satanic power. It was obvious
that the morale of the troops of the Timber Deity began to slump.
On the other side, the troops led by Rocky had dancing hearts as their morale rose rapidly when they
found that Rocky had fulfilled the decapitation task, despite the fact that there were only less than five
hundred people left.
Soon after the decapitation, arge number of troops of the Timber Deity Empire had no energy nor
urge to continue fighting the battle. They discarded their shields and armors and kept running like
sheep as they fled away. Only a few stubborn spirit maniptors didn''t give up, and fought bravely until
they were all killed by Rocky''s troops.
A whileter, Rocky was surrounded by hundreds of overjoyed people who were dancing and chanting
joyful melodies. Their cheers were so loud that they sounded like thunder. They were also ying
football withmander Zuo''s head instead of a ball.
"Attention, everybody! It''s not time to celebrate yet. I want you to divide yourselves into two groups, and
then burn the two camps of the Timber Deity Empire in the east of the Rough Slope," Rocky ordered.
Despite Rocky''s joy, he could still think straight. He looked calm and serious.
The soldiers and spirit maniptors immediately left to carry out his order.
Rocky walked to the bloody head of Commander Zuo, which was already covered in dust and sand. He
picked it up by its messy hair, and disappeared on the spot.
Meanwhile, the troops of the northeast military army led by Marin were attacked by two camps of
troops of the Timber Deity Empire at the same time, and they were about to break down. They kept
stepping backward, and their casualties were increasing, regardless of their use of the Eight Heaven
Locks Array taught by Rocky. However, due to the huge gap between the forces of the two parties, the
Eight Heaven Locks Array could only block the enemy for a while before they could break through it.
After all, Marin was not very familiar with the array, so she could not take full advantage of it. So, it was
mainly Marin''s misuse of the array that made it easily broken because if the array was organized by
Rocky himself, the troops of the Timber Deity Empire would not be able to break through it even with
twice their forces.
By now, the northeast military army was badly besieged at a distance from the predetermined route for
retreat. Therefore, they had to break out by force so as to retreat to the grove on the right rear of their
camp ording to Rocky''s n.
However, the current situation was more dangerous than they had imagined. It was almost impossible
for the northeast military army to fight their way out of the siege, even if at a considerable cost.
"Commander Marin, you''d better surrender. You can never hold up till tonight with that little force you
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have left." Commander Zhou from the Timber Deity Empire shouted to Marin after passing through the
crowd and being escorted by several spirit maniptors. Meanwhile, Marin was fighting dauntlessly in
the front of the northeast military troops.
"Hem!" she snorted at Commander Zhou, with a cold and disdainful nce.
"Go!" Commander Zhou waved his hand at his soldiers after getting angered by Marin''s refusal to give
up. In an instant, thousands of soldiers and spirit maniptors rushed to the northeast military troops
from all directions, just like a flood.
Upon seeing this frightful scene, Marin became panicked. She didn''t know whether Rocky could
manage to kill the othermander of the Timber Deity Empire or not, but she did know that the
northeast military army could no longer hold up. They just had to fight their way out of the siege and
retreat as nned.
After hesitating for some moments, Marin decided to show her ace in the hole. She made a crack in the
air, and a giant dragon immediately came out of the crack. When it spread its wings, a gust of heavy
wind came through like terrifying waves.
"Jesus! That''s a dragon!" the troops of the Timber Deity Empire eximed in astonishment.
Regarded as a higher species among spirit-manipted beasts, dragons could only be manipted by
the royal spirit maniptors of the Holy Dragon Empire. Since there were not many royal spirit
maniptors, and since not every royal spirit maniptor had such a spirit-manipted beast as a
dragon, seeing a dragon in such a small scale battle was something that had never happened before.
Also, dragons rarely appeared in the front line, so this was such an unpleasant surprise for the Timber
Deity Empire.
The dragon that came out of the crack was Verdanim, Marin''s spirit-manipted beast. Marin had no
other choice but to call Verdanim to fight even though it had just recovered from serious injuries. Now
that the northeast military army was in an extremely difficult situation, Verdanim''s health was no longer
her priority.
The sudden appearance of Verdanim that kept flying in the air sessfully shocked the troops of the
Timber Deity Empire. Once it waved a wing, several dozen soldiers were thrown away and fell on the
ground. The imposing manner of Verdanim immediately energized the northeast military troops.
"Break out!" Marin shouted enthusiastically as she was led by Verdanim, whose body was as big as a
tank. She and the remaining people in the troop, who were less than four thousand, tried to break out
towards the predetermined route for retreat.
Sadly though, when they were about to sessfully break out, a string of wood rattan appeared out of
nowhere from the ground. It flew to Verdanim and bound its left leg. As the wood rattan pulled hard,
Verdanim lost its bnce and fell on the ground. At that moment, numerous strings of wood rattan with
varying sizes appeared from the ground. Together, they bound Verdanim tight.
Verdanim struggled to get rid of the grip of the wood rattan with all its might but it still failed. The wood
rattan was just as stout as reinforcing steel bars.
"Verdanim!" Marin called her spirit-manipted beast''s name with a worried voice. She was about to
move forward to help it when Commander Zhou from the Timber Deity Empire got in her way the same
way a ghost would.
Marin red at the man in front of her eyes, and tried to use her dragon spiritual power at the second
grade of the Heavenly Stage. When her eyes turned colder, the dragon mark on her arm showed itself.
Immediately, a dragon together with water roared past between her two hands, and rushed towards
Commander Zhou.
Commander Zhou didn''t seem to be scared at all. His reaction was to exert his power at the third grade
of the Heavenly Stage. He drew a circle in the air and a spiritual ball immediately took shape. It then
moved towards Marin''s dragon. When it met the dragon, the collision resulted in a very loud sound and
various dazzling sparkles.
The two figures instantly began fighting. Unfortunately, Marin''s power was indeed inferior to
Commander Zhou''s to the extent that she was no longer able to defend herself.
While Verdanim was bound tight by the wood rattan and Marin was fighting against Commander Zhou,
the troops of the Timber Deity Empire took the chance to attack the northeast military army. As a result,
the northeast military army kept losing ground. It looked like it was a matter of time before they were
doomed.
When they were no longer able to fight and defend themselves, a ck figure suddenly appeared at
the back of the troops of the Timber Deity Empire. Every soldier from the Timber Deity Empire who
appeared by his side whined or screamed in pain. Once the figure approached Verdanim, who was
bound by numerous strings of wood rattan that came from the underground, a dragon mark on his left
arm showed itself. Red spiritual mes rose from the dragon mark and rushed at the wood rattan
around Verdanim''s body.
With a loud sound, the wood rattan was burnt by the spiritual mes. It looked badly hurt to the extent
that it retracted to the ground and quickly disappeared.
As soon as Verdanim got rid of the wood rattan, it shouted to the figure in a way that showed that it was
extremely happy to have seen its master. Then it stood up, stamped its right foot on the ground, and a
big crack appeared on the ground. A weird spirit-manipted beast that was as big as a tree came out
of the crack. It didn''t have any limb or head. There was only a ferocious eye on its trunk-shaped body
that was twined by numerous strings of wood rattan, which kept wriggling and contracting. ording to
its power, it should be a four-star third grade spirit-manipted beast.