Chapter 622 - 260: The Subduing Dragon’s Ambush, Triplet Loops of the Moon (Part 2)

Rumble, the black light struck the Cyan Bird, and with a slight restraining of its golden flames, the Simurgh let out a high-pitched cry, opened its beak wide, and swallowed the bloody light.

Amidst the muffled sound, the Cyan Simurgh flew back in retreat, feathers scattering as it seemed to have taken a heavy blow.

It flipped several times in the air and then flapped its wings before flying back without looking back, screaming.

Chen Ping sat in the military camp, feeling as if he had been punched in the head, leaning slightly backward as two streams of blood trickled down from his nostrils.

He felt slightly dizzy.

A flicker of green light crossed his body, vitality surged within him, and the slight injury quickly healed, but his eyes remained as cold as ice.

"There certainly is something strange going on."

"Xiaoyue, be wary of a master attacking the camp... Yuantu, set up camp, General Han, General Sun, each of you lead 20,000 cavalry directly to Juelong Valley while the rest act according to circumstances."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The people in the command tent quickly responded.

After giving his orders, Chen Ping left the tent, with his Qi Mechanism surging around him, transforming into a rainbow light that shot into the sky, rolling mid-air and transforming into a Dharma Body.

A cyan dragon spanning a hundred feet surged forward amidst the wind and clouds, thundering straight towards Juelong Valley.

After mastering the Cyan Dragon Dharma Body, his speed was extremely fast, comparable to, if not faster than, modern airplanes. It would take less than a minute from the current military encampment to reach Juelong Valley.

He was worried it might still be too slow, so he forcefully stimulated his Dragon Essence, causing lightning to flicker around him, further increasing his speed by thirty percent.

"Using the True Dragon Dharma Body for travel is much faster than the Lightweight Body Technique, but still a bit too slow compared to the speed of Sword Control Rainbow Transformation. Next, I still need to spend some Tribulation Points to enhance the Sword Control Technique. Sword flying should be faster. I wonder if this swordsmanship needs to reach the Mastery Realm or the Great Success Realm to control sword flight smoothly."

...

As the Little Cyan Bird was hit by two attacks, retreating frantically, the hidden army in Juelong Valley suddenly charged out.

Leading the charge was a rider clad in pitch-black armor, with two bull horns protruding to the sky, black mist swirling around him like snakes, wielding a crescent black iron halberd, his face broad and fierce, with a burly figure...

Under his mount was a golden-maned lion beast, over two meters tall, extraordinarily majestic.

Wielding the Great Halberd, he shouted, "Sheqing, no need to hide. Since Chen Ping’s Spirit Bird has appeared, his true body must be following closely. Let’s act together, first demolish this vanguard army, then set the trap."

"Huang Shengong, just a mere Unity Realm Cavalry General, there’s no need for us all to join forces. It would disgrace our identities. I’ve heard a million-strong army is coming, you deal with this ten thousand elite cavalry, and I’ll take care of Chen Ping, eliminate the million strong army..."

Boom...

With a long laugh, a figure shot up from the mountain peak on the right, soaring into the clouds.

The air around him distorted, revealing a giant cyan python, coiling and twisting like a mountain, following him with a flash.

"Come back..."

Huang Shengong fumed with black smoke pouring from his nose and mouth, but alas, Sheqing was already far gone.

He never expected such a situation.

On the way here, Dragon Maiden Ziyun had instructed him to block King Ping’s army outside Fengling Pass and not to lose a single city.

Huang Shengong naturally understood this well.

He even understood better than Dragon Maiden Ziyun that Azure Dragon Hall cultivators cultivating the Stinging Dragon Scripture must try to reduce the opponent’s territorial control under any circumstance.

Because for such cultivators, the larger the territory, the greater their ability to extract Qi at any cost, which can lead to rapid cultivation advancement.

Dragon Maiden Ziyun was worried that after Chen Ping incorporated the population of the Three Passes’ 120 cities into his domain, his cultivation would increase significantly, making him even more difficult to handle. Therefore, intercepting them in advance was the best strategy.

Of course, there was also the reason to buy time to let Dragon Maiden Ziyun first go to Yujing to firmly subdue all parties, unifying their forces.

In case they couldn’t stop King Ping’s army, they could make a desperate counterattack.

Having reached the peak of Late-Stage Divine Martial Realm and having followed Ji Hai in numerous campaigns, establishing a nation, Dragon Maiden Ziyun naturally wasn’t someone who didn’t comprehend military strategy or an idiot, nor did she underestimate her opponent.

Therefore, she planned for failure before success and considered all aspects.

Not only did she deploy their two Celestial Secret Tower Unrivaled War Generals at Fengling Pass.

But also, at Chengfa Beast Pass, she mobilized two great monsters hidden deep in Qit Mountain as a second line of defense.

These arrangements aside.

The problem started when Dragon Maiden Ziyun placed the 300 Profound Mechanism Warriors dispatched by Celestial Secret Tower under her command.

This wasn’t a big deal initially.

The Profound Mechanism Warriors are a combination of Puppet Battle Armor and Body Refining Cultivators, with many remarkable functions.

Both their strength and defense are extremely powerful, and the puppet battle armor even contains tremendously powerful combat techniques.

These warriors trained together daily, lodging and eating together, having mutual understanding. The more of them, the stronger their battle formation, and attack power increases.

Combining forces, regrouped under a single command for a charge, was the best arrangement.

Dragon Maiden Ziyun didn’t make a wrong arrangement.

However, she seemed to have misjudged human nature.

After all 300 Celestial Secret Tower Profound Mechanism Warriors came under Huang Shengong’s command, Sheqing was not happy, though he didn’t express it on the spot.

Secretly scheming to grab tremendous credit, aiming to impress in front of the Celestial Secret Tower Master, Li Xuanji. Sure enough, he paid no heed to Huang Shengong’s orders and rushed towards Chen Ping on his own.

Because in his view, with his Ten Thousand Beasts Devouring Heaven Skill, his combat power is unparalleled, and having reached the Late-Stage Divine Martial Realm, there’s no need to cooperate in battle. That’s just unnecessary trouble.