Chapter 319: Unexpectedly, I Met a Like-minded Person
With all their strength, the three high-quality treasure ships anchored at the Wubao Wharf were quickly captured by Li Dingguo and the golden eagle.
Although there are more than a thousand warriors on the three treasure ships, most of them are at the Qi Refining Realm, and there are only three servants and guards leaders at the Qi Refining Realm.
It just so happens that there is a master in the Qi Refining Realm on every top-grade treasure ship.
This level of defense capability is the result of great attention paid by big businesses.
For such an important and high-quality treasure ship, even if it was moored at a large dock, the other party did not dare to be careless and left enough guards on the ship.
These disorganized servants and guards were suddenly attacked by Li Dingguo and the golden eagle. Since the gap in their cultivation levels was too great, they were naturally unable to withstand the slaughter launched by one man and one eagle.
"Dajin!"
After successfully seizing the three most valuable treasure ships in the dock area, Li Dingguo did not stop his actions. He shouted to the golden eagle in the distance, "We must seize the time and help the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp to capture all the treasure ships here as soon as possible!"
For Li Dingguo and the soldiers of the Fuxing Army heading south, the most valuable things in Wubao were undoubtedly the hundreds of treasure ships of various levels.
Not to mention the large amount of various supplies loaded on the ships, these treasure ships themselves are crucial to the next major operation of the Restoration Army.
The way Li Dingguo killed the enemy this time was quite different from before. He did not use the spiritual spear or bow and arrow.
As his figure continued to leap between the treasure ships on the river near the big pier, a huge dark yellow bell with a diameter of nine feet suspended in the sky above his head kept ringing.
The sound of the bell went straight into the cultivator's soul, avoiding all ordinary people and his own soldiers, and accurately transmitted into the sea of consciousness of each enemy warrior.
One after another, enemy warriors were swept away by the pervasive sound of the bell, and fell dead on the spot with blood gushing from all their orifices!
Li Dingguo's method of killing seems easy and carefree, but in fact it is extremely bloody and makes people shudder.
The first time the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, which was integrated with his own martial arts, showed its power, it made the soldiers on both sides of the enemy who saw the scene terrified.
Li Dingguo finally experienced for the first time what it felt like to kill enemies like cutting grass.
His expression was calm as usual, without any sign of emotion.
For Li Dingguo, the best way to eliminate future troubles was to kill off the enemies.
After quickly killing the enemies on a top-grade treasure ship and several mid-grade treasure ships, the golden eagle flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, where it began to concentrate on hunting the spirit pigeons and other spirit birds that had just flown into the sky from the city along the Yellow River and scattered in all directions.
Although this time, the Western Army Corps of Yansui Town, after capturing the Yansui Town City, began to attack in all directions and captured military forts and towns in Yansui Town one after another, the news of the Fuxing Army's entry into the Pass could no longer be concealed.
But Li Dingguo still didn't want the enemy to know the whereabouts of his southern army so quickly and accurately.
He ordered the golden eagle to focus on killing all kinds of spiritual birds released by the enemy in the target area in the next series of battles.
The number of spiritual pigeons and other spiritual birds kept in captivity by the enemies of the Renaissance Army is large, but it is ultimately limited.
The more of these spirit birds used for real-time communications by the enemy forces die, the more beneficial it will be for the future offensive of their own Renaissance Army.
When Li Dingguo and the soldiers of the Xuanwu Camp launched an attack on the enemy's large wharf, the soldiers of the Suzaku Corps who came with the ship, under the command of Wu Hongai, formed an army formation of 3,000 people and jumped off the large treasure ships.
After leaving the treasure ship, the soldiers directly activated their killing array magic. The phantoms of divine beasts, each hundreds of feet in size, carried the soldiers and rushed into the large town of Wubao in just a few leaps.
Because the Fuxing Army's large fleet arrived too suddenly, the Wubao defenders at this time did not have time to activate the city defense formation and were killed by the attacking enemy into the city.
The 90,000 soldiers of the Suzaku Camp were divided into 30 teams, and they were assigned clear combat tasks before launching the attack.
All I saw were military killing formations being manipulated by Qi Refining Realm generals, flying towards government offices, garrisons, large businesses, city walls and other targets.
The killing power stimulated by the military killing formation transformed into the phantoms of mythical beasts, whose speed was not much slower than lightning. After a moment, they arrived at their targets one by one, setting off a bloody storm in the sky.
Unlike the battle at Mengmen Pass, there was naturally a reason why the soldiers of the Suzaku Camp chose to use the military killing formation to attack the enemy this time.
In Wubao, a major commercial town in the Yellow River Basin, there are too many large businesses that are hostile to the Fuxing Army.
As long as these hostile forces are given enough time to react, they can even form an army of more than 100,000 warriors!
Looking at the hundreds of large treasure ships docked at the Wubao Wharf, one can guess how many enemy servants and guards are in this large town on the east bank of the Yellow River.
In this big world, the three northwestern provinces are so vast that the number of large fleets formed by various major forces is innumerable, like the stars in the sky.
In order to ensure the safety of their own large fleets and business bases in various places, every major force has thousands of servants and guards.
In an important water hub town like Wubao, it is normal for the powerful businesses that have settled there to have dozens to hundreds of warrior guards.
The military intelligence personnel who had infiltrated Wubao in advance had already found out the situation here. After their own army entered the city, they provided timely guidance to the soldiers.
Faced with the sudden attack, these disorganized servants and guards of the merchant houses were simply unable to organize an effective counterattack and were quickly killed by teams of Renaissance Army soldiers.
The soldiers showed no mercy to the warriors who were kept by these powerful forces and attacked them ruthlessly.
As long as they find out that the other party is a warrior, they will kill him on the spot without any hesitation.
These servants and guards kept by various major forces will never be on the same side as the Renaissance Army. Keeping them around will be a huge hidden danger and will be detrimental to the future of the Renaissance Army.
A total of thirty combat battalions from the Suzaku Camp swept in from all directions, killing the enemy very efficiently.
Even the garrison stationed in Wubao was instantly destroyed by the joint attack of the two combat battalions of the Fuxing Army.
Most of the defending soldiers quickly threw down their weapons and surrendered, and the few stubborn elements were all killed in a short while.
The two battalions of soldiers rushed into the government office and used their killing array magic to launch a wave of attacks, killing the county magistrate and the garrison officer who happened to be in the office. Afterwards, they found the crucial official seals of the county magistrate and the commander-in-chief, and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.
This is not just Li Dingguo's strength. As long as there is an enemy town with a city defense formation, the official seals of the local chief officer and general must be seized as soon as possible. This is also to prevent the enemy from activating the city defense formation through this kind of luck magic weapon.
In any siege battle, having a city defense formation or not are two completely different concepts.
Once the city defense formation is activated in time, it will cause great trouble to the Renaissance Army's siege.
Although the city's defense formation can be broken later, the precious time wasted will undoubtedly cause some variables and even lead to completely different results.
"Report to the commander!"
At this time, Wu Hongai, who had just received two official seals, saw a general from the Suzaku Camp flying in from outside the county government office.
As soon as she arrived in front of Wu Hongai, she hurriedly reported, "Our 3,000-man team was blocked by a large protective formation that suddenly rose up around a large business when it was attacking the headquarters!"
"This large business covers an area of about 300 acres, and has set up a protective formation of a high level!"
"This business belongs to the Mo family, a great chieftain of Shu. I never expected that the level of the protective formation they set up was not low. It was able to block the two consecutive concentrated fire attacks we launched!"
"In order to ensure the effectiveness of the next battle, our group of soldiers had to disband the military killing formation and form a normal military formation to launch a continuous and violent attack on the Mo family's base."
"But judging from the situation, it will not be possible to break through the enemy's protective formation in a short time."
This general at the peak of the Body Refining Realm who had come to report the emergency still had a look of shock on his face when he finished speaking.
So far, this is the first time that the soldiers of the Restoration Army have encountered an enemy that has a protective formation in addition to the city defense formation.
Before the Fuxing Army launched its attack, the generals of the Suzaku Camp had heard from intelligence personnel that the Mo family business was a major force in Shu.
The current head of the family is called Mo Tao, a chieftain.
Mo Tao didn't know what kind of adventure he had, but after he succeeded the chieftain and took over the Mo family, he has been doing very well in recent years.
Not only has he become a partner of the Shu Palace, he has also expanded the Mo family's business beyond Shu, becoming one of the top ten wealthy merchants in Shu.
Relevant intelligence collected by the Military Intelligence Department showed that the Mo family even had two genius-level evildoers: Mo Qiong and Mo Yan.
The two of them are the younger sisters of the current head of the family, Mo Tao, and are rumored to be late-stage level five masters.
In addition, Mo Tao himself was also a late-stage fifth-level expert, so he had enough strength to intimidate all sides and expanded the Mo family's business routes more than tenfold in just ten years.
Although he had overestimated the Mo family in Shu, he never expected that their business in Wubao would actually set up a protective formation!
Being able to block the two magical concentrated fire attacks of a Qi Refining Realm general of the Fuxing Army, who led 3,000 soldiers to form a military killing formation, is not something that an ordinary formation can do. The power of this protective formation is comparable to the city defense formation of Wubao.
"Leave the city immediately and report to the commander-in-chief!"
Wu Hongai said without hesitation, "I will lead a team of soldiers to go over and take a look first!"
"Chen Yingchun, you are responsible for commanding the soldiers to continue the cleanup of Wubao City!"
Wu Hongai then spoke to the deputy commander of the Suzaku Legion.
In order to ensure the smooth capture of Wubao County Government Office, she and Chen Yingchun, two late level four commanders, each led a battalion of 3,000 soldiers.
Now that the target mission has been completed, both of them can free up their hands and continue their actions separately.
"Yes! Commander!"
The tall Chen Yingchun quickly agreed, left a team of a thousand soldiers to guard the county government office, and left quickly with the remaining two thousand people.
After giving a series of orders, Wu Hongai led his 3,000 soldiers out of the county government office and flew rapidly towards their destination.
When she led her men to the scene and saw the target area covered by a huge array shield, her face changed, "This protective array is actually very similar to the second-level top-grade array set up by the commander-in-chief!"
As a high-ranking general of the Fuxing Army, Wu Hongai had certainly seen the second- and third-level top-grade magic arrays arranged by Li Dingguo.
Although she did not understand this kind of formation, she could clearly feel the strength of the formation in front of her that covered an area of 300 acres.
After all, her spiritual power of the late fourth level cultivation was not given for nothing.
At this time, a figure came from the direction of the city gate at a very fast speed and arrived in front of Wu Hongai in an instant.
Li Dingguo arrived in time after hearing the news.
"Meet the Commander-in-Chief!"...
Wu Hongai and several Qi Refining Realm generals around him quickly saluted Li Dingguo.
"Ah."
Li Dingguo nodded, and then turned his gaze to the special protective formation in front of him.
"This is undoubtedly a second-level top-grade five-element formation!"
"I didn't expect that I would meet someone of the same kind in an ordinary riverside county this time."
Li Dingguo's face changed slightly and he looked solemn.
As a junior formation master, he looked at the protective formation in front of him for a while and came to a conclusion.
This is an ordinary gold and water wheel formation, a second-grade top-grade magic formation. It is not extremely powerful, but it is not bad either.
This basic five-element formation was carefully arranged with the help of the special geographical location of Wubao and the abundant water and mineral veins here. It is a gold and water dual-attribute second-level top-grade formation.
The formation master who set up the formation had to be at least a junior formation master to be able to adapt to local conditions and arrange this powerful protective formation.
So far, this is the first time that Li Dingguo has seen a similar formation master set up a protective formation.
Obviously, the person who set up the formation also obtained an ancient inheritance, had many adventures, and had an extraordinary talent for formation.
You know, Li Dingguo relied on the cheating of the Human Emperor Cauldron to quickly improve his level as a formation master.
If he had learned the basic Five Elements Formation step by step under normal circumstances, it would have been very good for him to become a junior formation master now.
He would never become the current primary formation grandmaster.
Li Dingguo had no good feelings towards any chieftain.
It is impossible for this kind of local emperors to truly submit to the Chinese people.
The continuous rebellions of the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou over the past decade or so during the Ming Dynasty have not been completely quelled until this year, which is enough to prove all this.
Once the Fuxing Army enters the three southwestern provinces in the future, these chieftains will all be Li Dingguo's mortal enemies and he will never let them go.
In this case, Li Dingguo had no intention of letting go of the Mo family business and naturally wanted to eradicate it.
"Wu Hongai! Immediately lead the three thousand soldiers you just brought to form a military killing formation. I will personally lead the formation!"
Li Dingguo looked stern as he shouted to Wu Hongai beside him, "As for the three thousand soldiers who have already used the military killing array, surround this business and don't let anyone go!"
Although he was not sure what cards the rapidly rising Mo family in Shu had, Li Dingguo would not be afraid of them.
With a golden finger on him and an extremely solid foundation, how could he be afraid of the power of a chieftain?
Although the Mo family is unique and has most likely encountered a fortuitous encounter, no matter how great the encounter is, can it be greater than one's own fortune?
He has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, and his own strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently. Even if he encounters a sixth-level cultivator, Li Dingguo now has the confidence to compete with him.
As for the trump cards, he doesn't believe that there is anyone more powerful than himself in the world today.
The three thousand innate divine artifacts and three thousand innate spiritual roots in ancient mythology sound like a lot, but the top-level innate divine artifacts and top-level innate spiritual roots among them can only be counted on two hands.
Even if there are unknown top-level innate spiritual roots like the Five-Colored Divine Tree, they are only very rare.
My own foundation is definitely not inferior to any other practitioner.
No matter what, the Mo family is doomed to be destroyed in the future!
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Wu Hongai immediately took the order and led the three thousand warriors who had just arrived at the scene with him to quickly form a military killing formation.
The enemies in the Mo family business did not take the initiative to attack just now. They must have discovered the giant golden eagle patrolling in the sky.
They knew they could not defeat this golden eagle of peak level five cultivation, so they decided to rely on their own protective formation to escape this disaster.
"Seven Star Bagua Formation, start!"
"Xuan Huang Chaos Bell, out!"
A moment later, the three thousand soldiers were in their positions. Li Dingguo flashed to the center of the formation and activated the military killing formation that he had cultivated to perfection.
As his natal artifact, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, flashed out, it emitted a series of Qi that connected with the Qi of the three thousand soldiers. The Qi and blood smoke formed by the soldiers' Qi and blood power immediately gathered towards the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell!
The Xuanhuang Chaos Bell grew rapidly until it became a huge Xuanhuang bell with a radius of three hundred feet, and then it stopped expanding.
A thick bloody aura flashed out from the big bell, covering all the soldiers who formed the military killing formation. The figures of the soldiers disappeared in an instant, and only a big bell suspended three feet in the air remained.
"Dong dong..."
"Oh!"
Under the control of Li Dingguo's mind, the big bell, like a dark yellow lightning, crashed into the protective formation of the Mo family business in front of it, making a dull explosion!
"Crackling..."
Li Dingguo relied on three thousand soldiers to launch a killing array and magical attack. After his martial arts form and the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell were combined into one, the power increased by at least ten times compared to before!
This level of attack power far exceeds the ability of the enemy's second-level top-grade magic array to withstand.
I saw the dark yellow bell suddenly crash into the protective formation. The flickering light shield of the formation shattered, and it couldn't even stop it.
It is conceivable that with the help of the body of his natal artifact, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, the power of the military killing formation presided over by Li Dingguo has reached a very powerful level.
Li Dingguo estimated that even a peak level five warrior would not be able to withstand this blow and would be seriously injured if he did not die on the spot.
As it turned out, his decision to consume thirty points of luck to unlock the third seal of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell was a very correct one.
Now, even when facing a level six expert, he has the means and confidence to fight against him.
(End of this chapter)
