Chapter 74: Surprise Attack!


    The two battalions charged at their


    fastest speed toward the main battle by supplementing their running speed with bursts


    of power from their Songs.


    But suddenly, they felt tremors


    coming from the ground. A second later, rocks flew up from underneath them,


    along with giant spouts of water and blades of ice!


    Jia Yuan instantly realized


    what was going on. The special forces of the Earth and Water Kingdoms hadn’t hidden


    themselves amongst the other soldiers. They had actually hidden themselves in


    the earth!


    Jia Yuan immediately released


    his Song and flew up into the air, and the troops behind him reacted in a


    similar way as well.


    Unfortunately, there were still


    some troops who were caught unawares by the surprise attack and instantly


    perished.


    Jia Yuan shouted. “Quan Zen,


    your command!”


    Quan relayed his commands to


    the troops behind him. “Keep in the air and they’ll have to show themselves!


    They were probably sensing tremors from the earth to determine our location. If


    they show, we’ll fight! If they don’t show, we’ll massacre their soldiers!”


    The two battalions sounded


    their acknowledgement of this through a variety of shouts. Upon hearing this


    command, Jia Yuan and Fan Meng glanced at each other. Wasn’t this too straightforward?


    If the enemy cared enough to set up such a trap… there should be more waiting!


    Just as they thought this, a


    flurry of arrows came flying in from the back end of the main battlefield! The


    arrows were accurately heading towards the soldiers flying through the air.


    Jia Yuan cursed. It was


    possible to fly and fight at the same time, but how many people have the


    control needed to do that? Even Guo Huo found it hard to concentrate on other


    tasks while flying.


    Jia Yuan quickly flew toward


    the arrows, shouting to Quan Zen along the way. “I’ll take care of the arrows!


    Keep moving!”


    When he reached the front of the


    troops, Jia Yuan briefly diverted his attention away from flying and tapped his


    ring, drawing out the pots he had bought years ago from that shop in RockFire


    City.


    Seconds later, Jia Yuan heard


    hundreds of clangs as the arrows flew into the pots that had suddenly appeared


    in the air.


    Clearly, it wasn’t possible for


    such a haphazard technique to block all of the arrows, but given that Jia Yuan


    was able to cover most of the immediate area of sky with pots, the arrows that


    made it past were easily dodged. After all, only a few thousand arrows were shot.


    Most of the focus was still on the main battlefield, which at this point was


    starting to resemble a slightly organized mosh pit.


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    All the while, the two


    battalions moved forward. However, after a few more seconds, they abruptly


    stopped, because the ground in front of them began to shake and crack, and


    eventually a hole formed in the ground, from which thousands of soldiers jumped


    out.


    Quan Zen raised his voice. “Hmph,


    so you finally show yourselves. What were you doing, hiding like cowards? A man


    should be free, a man should be able to see the sky in all its glory. But it


    appears the Water and Earth Kingdom’s cultivators were too afraid, haha.”


    The Earth and Water Kingdom


    special forces soldiers were rather incensed. “Hmph, haven’t you ever heard of


    tactics? Tactics. Of course, I wouldn’t expect much from a measly Air Kingdom


    Commander.” The seeing that the immediate danger of being assaulted from below


    the ground was over, and that a fight was about to erupt, the Fire and Air


    Kingdom troops descended to the ground and drew their weapons.


    Quan Zen stated his orders. “Air


    Kingdom troops in front. Fire Kingdom soldiers will flank around from the left.


    Jia Yuan, given your unusual aura, they don’t seem to realize you’re a


    commander, so see if you can surprise one of them. You can sense theirs right?


    Those two at the 2nd level of Manipulation should be the commanders.”


    Jia Yuan nodded. “I’ll take


    care of them. Grab their attention for me.”


    The two sides stared at each


    other, waiting for the other side to make a move first.


    After neither side had moved


    for about 20 seconds, Quan Zen whispered to Jia Yuan. “If this continues, just


    lead your troops to attack their main army’s flank. We’ll be able to hold them


    off.”


    Twenty seconds after, Jia Yuan


    and the Burning Legion soldiers began to sprint towards the main battlefield,


    and the Water Kingdom’s troops attempted to follow, but were cut off by the


    Spectres of Wind.


    Quan Zen had a crazed look of


    determination in his eyes. “Those who want to make it past us will have to kill


    us first!”


    And so, the 1,700 Spectres of


    Wind stood proudly in front of 2,500 combined Earth and Water Kingdom


    cultivators.


    Seeing this, Jia Yuan ordered


    his soldiers. “All of you continue toward the main battlefield. Slaughter all!


    But do not dare to perish yourselves, or I’ll find you in hell.”


    Upon saying this, Jia Yuan


    headed back toward the Spectres of Wind. His troops would be more than enough


    to change the course of the main battle. Now it was his chance to change the course


    of this numerically smaller but just as strategically important spat between


    each Kingdom’s special forces.