At such a juncture, everyone understood without the commander having to say it - they had walked into a trap!
Jiang Qiuyang gritted his teeth and cursed, "That bastard Xia Ying! Beast! How dare he deceive me like this?"
Fang Dongming had calmed down a bit by then and muttered, "This shouldn't have happened... We promised to restore his sight and even showed him hope by partially returning his vision. Plus, we fed him a poisonous pill that only we can neutralize... Unless he no longer wishes to live, I can't see why he would betray us..."
"Our intelligence was keeping an eye on Great Xia's activities, but they didn't notice any unusual movements... How could we have fallen into a trap? Could it be... that this ambush was set up the day this tunnel was dug? But how could they know that we were coming this way?" One of the generals next to Fang Dongming asked with a sorrowful face, "Commander, what should we do now?"
Fang Dongming glanced around - at this point, the tunnel was filled with a smoky haze and many powerful individuals had gone to put out the fire. Their immediate surroundings were now populated by fewer than thirty thousand men! The rest were obstructed by the collapsed giant boulders and dirt, their fate unknown.
"Dig! We need to open up a passage!" Fang Dongming gritted his teeth and ordered, "Start digging now! Everyone, lend a hand!"
"Which way should we dig?" one general asked anxiously.
"Back the way we came!" Fang Dongming snapped angrily, "Are you a pig? What can we do outside with such a small group?"
"But... there are still fifty thousand troops outside!" the general commented.
"Crap! That's just fifty thousand pigs! I bet they've already been wiped out by now!" Fang Dongming forcibly calmed himself down.
He began to command everyone to dig through the tunnel.
However, as they were digging, everyone started to realize that something was off...
The strong members of the group were still fine, but the regular soldiers were breaking into a sweat in fear, panting heavily.
It wasn't until then that they came to realize the haunt reality - there was no air left in the tunnel!
Wah!
One of the soldiers wailed, "I don't want to die here!"
As one soldier began to cry, more followed, "I came here to conquer new territory... Not to die an unknown death..."
"I... I can't catch my breath..."
"I too cannot breathe... Whoo... I don't want to..."
Swish!
Swish!
A few quick flashes of a blade and several heads rolled.
The one wielding the sword was none other than Commander Fang Dongming!
His face contorted with rage, he yelled, "Anyone who cries again will end up the same! Damn it, what's there to cry about? Aren't you all still alive? If you're alive then dig! The rest of you, find the ventilation shaft! These bastards blocked off the ventilation. If we find it, we'll be able to breathe!"
Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that this tunnel, from its excavation to this day, had always been under the supervision of Master Zhang Rong. He ourselves had designed everything.
Now that he wanted to destroy this tunnel completely, how could he possibly allow this group to survive?
The moment the entire tunnel collapsed, the 50,000 advance forces of Great Qi stationed outside were stunned.
From their perspective, it was even clearer what had happened!
The deafening booming sound seemed to echo in the depths of their souls!
The entire Skybreaker Mountain range seemed to be trembling!
It was such a shock that none of these people had ever experienced in their life!
"God almighty... What... What happened? Has the mountain collapsed?"
"Our people... All of our people are in there!"
"General, it's bad... The entire tunnel... it's all collapsed...Wuhuu..." A figure dashed out from the collapsing tunnel, immediately kneeling in front of a young commanding officer. Covered from head to toe in dust, with a bloody head and a very miserable appearance.
"What in the world is going on?" The young officer's eyes bulged, his scalp tingled, and every hair on his body stood on end. His mind was a whirl, and he felt a sensation of the world spinning.
"I don't know... Our army had just moved halfway in when the tunnel collapsed. The entire army... They're all buried inside!" The elite soldier broke down in tears, already in a state of collapse.
He was one of the faster respondents and acted quickly too. He watched helplessly as many of his comrades were buried alive.
"How large... How large a part has the cave collapsed?" The voice of a young general was shaking, and he was fumbling for words. He asked again, "What's the length... How long a stretch has given in?"
"I was near the entrance of the cave, and from the sound of it... I would guess that... at least a stretch of more than a dozen miles...has collapsed!" The soldier answered through his tears.
"How could this be... How could this be? More than a dozen miles... No no no... This can't be possible!" The young officer's face was ghastly, biting out, "This... This can't be possible!"
The soldier sobbed, "General... Not only has this place collapsed, I can feel... that many other places inside... have collapsed at the same time!"
"General... look!" At this moment, someone next to the young general stuttered, pointing towards the mountain.
A colossal beast, its wings spread a hundred feet wide, emerged from deep within the mountain range and was now flying directly towards them!
A... A dragon... It's a dragon!" The young officer could barely speak, his face incredulous as he gawked at the giant dragon flying rapidly towards them.
"Windwing Dragon... A Ninth Stage Primordial Beast! God..." An old soldier standing next to the young officer cried out in anguish, "It's coming for us!"
"Retreat!" The young officer yelled out the last command of his life.
An arrow lodged itself into his forehead.
Entered through the brow and came out the back of his skull.
The young officer was killed in an instant!
Then, a shower of arrows rained down on the group from all directions!
"The General is dead!"
"We've been ambushed!"
"Take defensive positions!"
"Take defensive positions!"
"Bring up the shields!"
The soldiers of Great Qi were among the most elite in the empire. They didn't panic at the sudden attack, nor did they resort to every man for himself. Instead, they all roared and tried to defend themselves.
Alas, all of this was in vain!
Before this Ninth Stage Primordial Beast, the Windwing Dragon, and the tens of thousands of Great Xia's elite troops attacking from all sides, the aforementioned fifty thousand troops of Great Qi's vanguard collapsed in an instant!
When had they ever seen a Ninth Stage Primordial Beast like this on the battlefield?
The collapse of Great Qi's advance forces happened even more quickly than anticipated. These elite soldiers couldn't bear the psychological pressure any longer and began to retreat in a disorderly fashion.
This end had been well planned, and they had already set up a dragnet which started to close in.
Chu Mo stood there quietly, surrounded by waves of bloody aura streaming into the Godly Sky Pendant on his chest from all directions.
Meanwhile, Zhang Rong, on the highest peak of the Skybreaker Mountain range, was monitoring the movements of Great Qi's troops. Chu Mo was here, directing the battle on his side.
He Xu, the young officer, personally led the army and commanded the battle!
The Ninth Stage Primordial Beast, the Windwing Dragon, had a decisive effect. It caused the complete collapse of the advance force of fifty thousand from Great Qi!
When had they ever seen such a terrifying creature in battle?
The advance force of Great Qi collapsed faster than expected. Those elite soldiers could no longer hold up under the pressure and began to rout.
The well-arranged dragnet on this side was already pulling in.
Chu Mo just stood there quietly as torrents of killing aura from all around flooded into the Sky Mirror on his chest. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users mark m.qidian.com as a favourite for reading.)
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