Chapter 449: Red Heart Swan Arrow

Various pills were poured into their mouths.At this moment, every second counted, and both Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo exerted their utmost to recover.

Soon, they resumed their actions.

According to Ning Zhuo's plan, they did not steal the mana pool but went to the armory.

The stone sphere suddenly emerged from the ground of the armory, instantly triggering alarms and attacks from the defensive formations.

"Hold them off!" Ning Zhuo, using the stone sphere, cast Earth Element spells!

The surging mana rapidly depleted, transforming into a magnificent earthy yellow halo.

The halo was faint, but its defense was profound, effortlessly withstanding all attacks.

"The armory is under attack!""Quick, follow me in and kill the enemy!!"

The cultivators guarding outside the armory heard the commotion and immediately rushed in.

Then, they saw a round stone sphere rolling rapidly within the armory. Wherever it passed, pieces of armor and long spears disappeared without a trace.

"Someone is stealing the military equipment!""Not good, stop him quickly!""Wretch, leave your life behind!"

The cultivators of the White Jade Camp were enraged and attacked one after another.

They utilized military force, and their attacks' power surged, merely causing the earthy yellow halo to slightly tremble. That was all it could achieve.

If these soldiers could mobilize all their military force, perhaps they could harm the stone sphere. But how could they do that now?

The vast majority of the military force was constantly being mobilized to assist the main general and deputy generals in围攻 Grandpa Long, and occasionally to help the peripheral cultivators strengthen their defenses against the long-range spells of other Golden Core cultivators from Qianfeng Forest.

If there were Golden Core level cultivators among these soldiers, bolstered by military force and battle formations, they might be able to harm the stone sphere.

But the reality was, the highest cultivation among these soldiers was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The timing Ning Zhuo chose was truly excellent. The White Jade Camp was already struggling to defend itself adequately.

The stone sphere endured various attacks and circled the armory once, taking almost all the military equipment.

Then, under the gaze of over a dozen pairs of extremely angry eyes, it tunneled into the ground, disappearing once again.

Within the stone sphere, inside the Wanli Youlong.

A large pile of armor and long spears was stacked into a small mountain.

Sun Lingtong fully unleashed his stealing technique, making them very small, otherwise, the mechanical dragon truly couldn't hold them all!

Qiongyu Armor!Jingguang Spear!

The battle armor was predominantly milky white, with a layer of soft jade light radiating from its surface, possessing both resilience and hardness, and excellent defensive capabilities.

The armor was circular in shape, with smooth shoulder pads and flowing lines. The chest plate was like a round mirror, full and rounded, giving it an overall simple and elegant appearance.

The long spear was snowy white, its tip sharp and gleaming with cold light. The spear shaft was icy cold, seven feet long, with a barrier-like ring structure at the tail to prevent slippage and occasionally assist in parrying.

Whether it was the Qiongyu Armor or the Jingguang Spear, both were weapons, intrinsically possessing military techniques.

The former carried the technique of Hardening Armor, which could cover the entire body with defense; the latter carried the technique of Sharpening, which could add the spear's sharpness to fists and feet.

The two military techniques could also be combined to form the technique of Hardening Armor and Sharpening!

This military technique allowed the soldiers' attack and defense to integrate into one, making attack defense and defense attack.

If an enemy punched the armor, it would be like punching directly into the spear tip. Similarly, if one hard-struck the thin and sharp spearhead, it would be no different from hitting solid armor.

The technique of Hardening Armor and Sharpening was a classic military technique. Once deployed, it achieved a balance between offense and defense, with no weaknesses.

Therefore, although these two weapons were merely Dharma artifacts, not magic treasures, their market price was still considerable.

The Qiongyu Armor had a market price of 40,000 low-grade spirit stones, while the Jingguang Spear was priced at 70,000 low-grade spirit stones.

There were over 400 sets of Qiongyu Armor and over 380 Jingguang Spears.

The total value was approximately 42.26 million low-grade spirit stones!

Because they were Dharma artifacts, it was much easier for Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong to seal them than the mana pool.

It was just that there were too many of them.

Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo were busy with their hands flying, and after finally completing all the temporary seals, they were so tired that they lay on the floor, completely still.

"I don't want to move," Ning Zhuo said, his face pale and bloodless, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

His cultivation was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, much lower than Sun Lingtong's.

Sun Lingtong struggled to prop himself up, sitting up the upper half of his body, and encouraged Ning Zhuo, "Xiao Zhuo, get up quickly. This is an excellent opportunity, we can't miss it. Remember when we were worried about cultivation resources."

Ning Zhuo's face suddenly changed, and the past memories and painful emotions, like a whip, lashed him fiercely.

"Continue! Let's continue!!"

White Jade Camp.

Grandpa Long's hands flew, accompanied by the roar of dragons, sending the Golden Core deputy generals flying back one after another.

Shuang Jing was tied up in combat.

This was because he was not a body cultivator but specialized in the Qi Sea, making it difficult for him to confront Grandpa Long head-on.

This was a significant disadvantage in actual combat!

Shuang Jing could only rely on the White Tiger Rips the Heavens Sword Qi to continuously attack Grandpa Long. The Golden Core deputy generals struggled with all their might, acting as meat shields, buying time and space for Shuang Jing to maneuver.

The Golden Core deputy generals were deteriorating, finding it hard to endure.

"What's happening? The military force has decreased so much!" Shuang Jing felt something was wrong and quickly questioned.

His subordinate had long wanted to report, but there was no time before.

Seeing Shuang Jing rarely interrupting his attack to inquire, the subordinate immediately cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to the Lord, a stone monster with Yuan Ying level combat power has infiltrated our army camp. It is stealing military equipment everywhere, and the subordinates are doing their best but finding it hard to capture or kill it."

"What?!" Shuang Jing's brow furrowed tightly. "A spherical stone monster? Could it be the old monster from the stones in Qianfeng Forest?"

As the main general of the army and a descendant of a prominent family, he naturally possessed detailed intelligence on the enemy.

The military strength of an army came from many sources. In addition to the soldiers themselves, there were external factors such as military equipment, timing, and geographical advantage.

This was also why military equipment was placed outside, stored in armories.

If placed in storage equipment, it could not enhance military strength, and if the key point where it was centrally stored was wiped out, the losses would be even greater.

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

There were too many unexpected factors in war, so for safety's sake, placing military equipment in batches was the best strategy.

Of course, there would also be a batch of military equipment stored within storage treasures.

However, the more Dharma artifacts and magic treasures stored, the higher the grade, and the mana required to maintain storage increased accordingly.

For an individual cultivator, it was possible to store almost all of their possessions in an excellent storage treasure, with room to spare.

But for an army, there were too many things, and simply using storage treasures was difficult to meet the massive logistical needs. Or rather, it was not cost-effective.

Upon hearing that the old monster from the stones had also infiltrated, Shuang Jing's heart sank to the bottom.

Currently, they were doing their best to deal with Grandpa Long, already stretched thin and on the verge of collapse.

"If the old monster from the stones and Grandpa Long join forces..." Shuang Jing thought of this and gasped,

Then the next moment, he saw a towering Tower of Universal Sagely Light suddenly disappear.

Afterward, the successfully stolen stone sphere monster quickly burrowed into the ground and went away.

Shuang Jing's eyes widened at that moment!

He quickly scanned around and found that there were originally seven Towers of Universal Sagely Light, and now only four remained.

Without him noticing, three Towers of Universal Sagely Light had already been stolen.

Even though Shuang Jing came from a prominent family, his heart ached immensely at this moment.

A Tower of Universal Sagely Light contained top-grade spirit stones, was a magic treasure, and had a market price of 3.6 million mid-grade spirit stones.

Three Towers of Universal Sagely Light in a row meant a loss of 10.8 million mid-grade spirit stones.

"This damned old monster from the stones!!!" Shuang Jing wished he could pull out the old monster from the stones and beat him up right now!

Grandpa Long also wished he could pull out the old monster from the stones and beat him up!!

"Old monster from the stones, what are you doing sneaking around?""Quickly join forces with me and defeat this White Jade Camp!!"

Grandpa Long's divine sense surged, transmitting to Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo.

Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo turned a deaf ear, their eyes shining brightly, only targeting the good stuff in the White Jade Camp.

They broke into another armory and saw over 500 warhorses.

White Plume Light Dust!

Each white horse had a slender build and an elegant posture.

Their fur was as white as snow, covering their entire bodies, like the most exquisite white jade carvings.

What was peculiar was that their manes resembled bird feathers, long and soft. Silver-white feathers extended from their heads and necks, cascading like waterfalls, giving a sense of lightness and fairy-like aura. Their tails were also replaced by long, thin white feathers. When their tails drooped, the feathers fluttered like down, shimmering with an ice-like luster.

The White Plume Light Dust's limbs were slender, with faint gray spots on their legs, like small dust marks.

The White Jade Camp's military equipment was very luxurious!

All of them had mounts, but they were not yet considered cavalry because they had not trained the corresponding battle formations.

This time, when they were attacked, the White Jade Camp was behind the Barbarian Monster Camp and received an early warning.

They dismounted in advance, put the horses, which were tired from marching, into the stables, and then formed a formation on the spot to conduct a defensive battle.

Training their own cavalry battle formation was the plan of Shuang Jing and others.

Ning Zhuo struck his palm with his fist, sighing with regret, "Good horses, they are all good horses. Unfortunately, they are harder to steal than weapons."

Sun Lingtong said, "Xiao Zhuo, don't regret it, I have a way!"

He took out a sleeping incense, lit it directly, and wrapped a large cloud of smoke, placing it in front of him.

Sun Lingtong activated his stealing technique. Whenever a White Plume Light Dust horse appeared within the mechanical dragon, it was first covered by the smoke.

The White Plume Light Dust horses were already restrained and unable to move. After quickly inhaling the smoke, they were immediately knocked out.

"What a powerful sleeping incense, Boss, how do you have this?" Ning Zhuo was quite surprised.

Sun Lingtong said, "It's not mine, I asked Yang Chan Yu for it."

Only then did Ning Zhuo realize.

Yang Chan Yu also came from the Empty Gate and, compared to Sun Lingtong, was very skilled in poison techniques.

After the White Plume Light Dust horses were knocked out, Ning Zhuo stacked them one by one, filling up the compartments.

Living beings, unlike inanimate objects, were not easy to shrink in size.

Therefore, body-transformation techniques have always had thresholds, requiring cultivators to diligently practice to gradually master them.

The stone sphere rolled a few times, stealing all the horses, and then moved on to the next place.

"Our horses!" The Golden Core deputy generals were heartbroken and furious.

When they purchased this herd of horses, they had paid a huge price, begging their ancestors and grandmothers, and only with the support of their families were they able to painstakingly raise the funds.

But now, it was all gone!

"Old monster from the stones, I curse you!!""I never thought you were such a Yuan Ying, completely shameless!!""A dignified Yuan Ying, acting like this, with such skilled stealing techniques, you are a disgrace to Yuan Ying cultivators."

Shuang Jing, however, had already calmed down: "Let him steal, let him plunder!"

"If he were to join forces with Grandpa Long, we might have already collapsed.""Now, the loss of wealth is indeed heartbreakingly painful, but at least we have stabilized the enemy's second Yuan Ying cultivator.""Generals, we must fight to the end, first defeat Grandpa Long, then repel the old monster!"

Shuang Jing transmitted his divine sense, boosting morale.

Their morale was indeed somewhat boosted.

The Golden Core deputy generals, following Shuang Jing's line of thought, also felt fortunate.

"Go and retrieve the military equipment from the storage bags, replenish them, and lure the old monster from the stones to continue stealing, buying us time!" Shuang Jing ordered decisively.

Compared to life and death, how insignificant wealth was!

Without a life, what use was even more wealth?!

Shuang Jing knew his actions were wise, but the emotions of grief and hatred were still difficult to disperse, accumulating more and more.

White Tiger Rips the Heavens Sword Qi!

Under the augmentation of military force, the sharp sword qi once again caused a wound on Grandpa Long's back.

Blood flowed profusely from the wound!

Although Grandpa Long had spirit treasures on him, it was ultimately just his right shoulder armor, providing incomplete defense, with the strongest defense at the right shoulder armor.

After a long battle, the White Jade Camp suffered hundreds of casualties and deaths, and also allowed Shuang Jing to figure out Grandpa Long's strengths.

Grandpa Long retreated a step, attempting to create distance to facilitate healing, but he was already within the military formation, surrounded by enemies on all sides.

The next moment, the Golden Core deputy generals swarmed in, and with over a dozen punches and kicks combined, they caused Grandpa Long to stumble.

"Old monster from the stones, stop stealing treasures!""Defeat them, and I promise you that fifty percent of these spoils of war will be yours!"

Grandpa Long transmitted his divine sense, full of threats: "Have you forgotten, you are blessed with a divine decree!"

In Grandpa Long's opinion, the old monster from the stones had not yet displayed his full power, but for Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo, they were doing more than just trying their best? Again and again, they pushed themselves, and when they were exhausted to the point of death, they also recalled the horror of poverty, using it to spur themselves to break through their limits.

And for the stone sphere, this was even more true.

The stone sphere itself was unable to move, and merely continuous rolling had already exceeded its limit.

Therefore, for the three of them, the divine decree had already met its conditions and was no longer a restriction.

Grandpa Long called out dozens of times but received no response from the old monster from the stones. He was furious and shouted to the outside of the formation: "Red Vine Doctor, what are you dawdling for? Come quickly and help me!"

The Yuan Ying level cultivator from the Ancient Vine tribe, Red Vine Doctor, and her husband, the Golden Core cultivator King苍藤王 (Cang Teng Wang), had already joined the battle.

But they, along with several other Golden Core cultivators, were intercepted by the Red Flower Camp and trapped within the Red Flower Dharma Aspect.

The Red Flower Dharma Aspect could trap Ma Feilei, and naturally, it could also trap this group of cultivators.

Red Vine Doctor was not a demon cultivator, and her physique was not strong, so she could not charge with great force.

However, with the assistance of the other Golden Core cultivators, they continuously cast spells, wearing down the Dharma Aspect far more than Ma Feilei could.

Military technique, Reward the Three Armies!

Mu Lan's face was pale, holding the General's Token, continuously maintaining this military technique.

The power of the military technique was simple and direct: consume spirit stones, increase military force!

"This way, it won't work!""Our army's military expenses are already stretched thin. This battle is causing heavy losses, and if it continues for another moment, it will be difficult to issue next month's military pay."

War was like this. Once it reached a stalemate, it was a terrifying consumption of resources.

A decisive light flashed in Mu Lan's eyes.

She took out a long bow and drew an arrow in one breath.

A Dharma Treasure level weapon, or rather, a Military Treasure - the Crimson Phoenix Bow, the Blazing Heart Arrow!

Using her excellent innate talent to derive a divine ability - the Crimson Heart Arrow!

Perfectly augmented by military force, battle formations, and national power!

Mu Lan let go.

The bowstring twanged, like the cry of a phoenix!

An arrow shot out, the sky trembled, and the horizon cracked open.

The arrow's light was brilliant, like a giant pillar of blazing sun, shooting straight into the nine heavens, its radiance like a rainbow, eclipsing all things!

When Grandpa Long reacted, it was already too late.

He looked down at his chest. The muscle there was charred black, a hollow appeared, his heart instantly burned to ashes.

For a moment, the entire scene was silent.

Mu Lan lowered her head listlessly, her hands weak. The long bow in her hand fell to the ground, and she knelt down, almost falling, but was fortunately supported by Zhang Zhong Yi in time.

"Virtuous niece, no, General Mu..." "Divine might!" Zhang Zhong Yi was extremely excited.

He never expected that Mu Lan, only at the Golden Core level, had developed her innate talent into a divine ability.

Crimson Heart Dove Arrow!

Taking almost all her heart's blood as the guide, a必中之箭 (certain-hit arrow) cast without regard for self-preservation!!