Chapter 724: Chapter 227: Navigating the Battlefield
“Nine Heavens Fire Dragon Technique…” Gu Ya saw his own wolf pack being annihilated by the fire dragons, he couldn’t help but be slightly stunned. “Ning Zhuo’s strength seems to be even stronger than what the intelligence described?”
Three fire dragons circled around him, stirring up a sea of flames, burning and destroying the surrounding creatures while maintaining stability, requiring powerful and delicate control abilities.
After all, this was an attack spell, if not controlled well, it could backfire and harm oneself.
But judging from Ning Zhuo’s counterattack, his control was delicate and effortless, achieving attack as a form of defense.
Attack as a form of defense!
Anyone who frequently practices spells knows that achieving this is not easy at all.
“The intelligence mentioned that Ning Zhuo is only sixteen or seventeen years old, at this age, yet mainly practicing Mechanical Techniques, how does he have time to diligently practice spells?”
It was precisely this misjudgment that led Gu Ya to voluntarily “bury” a batch of wolf troops.
As he hesitated whether to dispatch another batch of mountain wolves to deal with Ning Zhuo, the frontal pressure suddenly increased, instantly pushing the thought of dealing with Ning Zhuo to the back of his mind, and he began to fully command the main force.
Howl.
Three fire dragons flew freely, one leading the way ahead, while the other two accompanied on either side.
The fire dragons splendid, the flames fierce, but they always maintained a certain distance from Ning Zhuo himself.
Five Internal Organs Temple Spirit God Skill—Fire Element Heart Temple!
Many of Ning Zhuo’s Divine Sense resided in the Heart Temple, the statue in the temple resembled his own appearance. By using the heart to control the fire element, all fire-attribute spells cast by him were elevated to the level of delicate control.
Benefiting from the three fire dragons opening up the battlefield space for Ning Zhuo, he was able to continuously deploy Mechanical Puppets and reorganize the army.
While controlling the three fire dragons, Ning Zhuo also commanded the Mechanical Army, traversing the battlefield.
If he were to hold a corner, he might gain a local advantage, but traversing the battlefield, he encountered various strong enemies.
The fire dragons persisted in the middle of the battlefield for a while, but their power gradually diminished and were eventually exhausted completely.
Military Art—Bluffing!
Mu Lan drew and aimed his bow again, targeting the Blood Shadow Cave Master.
Blood Shadow Cave Master: ?!
In shock, he retreated in panic, riding a blood-red light ribbon, shuttling through the battlefield sky.
Beiming Rapid Freeze Light!
Parting Flame of Life and Death!
Dozens of chilling profound lights and lethal fire lines simultaneously shot toward the Blood Shadow Cave Master.
Although the city wall defenses of the Liangzhu Country frontline camp had a huge gap, most of the heavy machinery remained intact, still possessing strong offensive capabilities.
Although the Blood Shadow Cave Master could resist, he didn’t want to waste his Nascent Soul power on fighting the machinery.
The battle’s intensity made him feel increasingly strenuous, he had to conserve as much as possible.
Therefore, he decisively landed on the ground.
The machinery then stopped targeting him.
Because on the ground, there were many of his own people, indiscriminately focusing fire would easily cause friendly fire.
If friendly fire happened, it could easily shake the morale and spirit of his own troops, thus greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.
In contrast, the Blood Shadow Cave Master had no such concerns.
As soon as he landed, he was immediately attacked from all directions.
With a cold snort, he flung out hundreds of blood pearls around him.
Boom boom boom…
The blood pearls exploded one after another, devastating the surrounding cultivators with deaths and severe injuries.
Around the Blood Shadow Cave Master’s battlefield, a sudden area was cleared.
The Blood Shadow Cave Master spread his arms, took a deep breath, tilting his head upwards.
The next moment, abundant blood qi surged out from the corpses or wounds of the cultivators around, ultimately flowing into the Blood Shadow Cave Master’s body.
The blood qi around the Blood Shadow Cave Master thickened again.
Regardless of friend or foe, they all began cursing loudly and focused their attacks on the Blood Shadow Cave Master.
The Blood Shadow Cave Master coldly snorted, pointed his finger, a beam of blood-red light erupted from his fingertip, piercing through several barbarian cultivators at the front.
He himself immediately flew back into the walls of the town again.
The blood-red light beam he unleashed pierced through, eventually shooting into the rear of Ning Zhuo’s Mechanical Army.
In an instant, it killed all the Mechanical Puppets along its path, the blood poison also corrupted numerous nearby Mechanical Puppets.
Ning Zhuo made a swift decision and abandoned all the puppets contaminated by the blood poison.
“Blood Shadow Cave Master!” Sun Lingtong whispered lowly in the Dragon Head Cabin, showing a face of hatred.
He hadn’t forgotten, previously when probing the Six Cave Sect’s main gate, he was struck by the Blood Shadow Cave Master.
Ning Zhuo’s face turned serious as he realized again: “In the white-hot battlefield, the omnipresent pressure of death makes all cultivators fight with their utmost effort. Gu Ya is like this, and so is the Blood Shadow Cave Master!”
“Luckily, I’m in the middle of the battlefield, not the core area.”
During this period, Ning Zhuo had been using the Fetal Breathing Spirit Boat to meticulously cultivate, his physical foundations continuously rising, allowing him to support more of the Heroic Return Skill’s blessings.
But from the previous battles, Ning Zhuo’s combat power cap remained at the Golden Core Level.
The core war zone was obviously a meat grinder for Nascent Soul Cultivators, Ning Zhuo thought there was no need to go there to invite trouble for himself.
Ning Zhuo continued to lead the Mechanical Puppets closer to Lin You.
Mo Yechen rode his demon pet parrot, flying in the battlefield sky.
With the fierce battle, his opponent had long changed from Li Jiuji to the demon cultivator Bai Ling.
Bai Ling’s true form was a white crane, also an aerial bird, so there was no need to mention her flying skills.
The two dueled while defending against countless attacks from the ground.
The ground battlefield gathered the most soldiers, whereas the sky battlefield belonged only to the strong.
Because the ground battles weren’t as intense as the sky battles. The spells could easily cause friendly fire.
But in the sky, spells could easily focus fire.