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Chapter 507: The Great Battle of Thunder Drum Plain! (Part 1)
Chapter 507: The Great Battle of Thunder Drum Plain! (Part 1)
The vast ocean, the howling wind, and a hundred thousand troops gathered to vanquish demons.
As numerous massive flying boats sailed towards Thunder Drum Plain, countless cultivators stood ready in formation.
Lu Chen's Red Flame Dragon Boat had already been entrusted to Xu Zhenxuan, who was tasked with transporting the enormous demon beast corpses back.
Thus, Lu Chen currently had no means of transportation.
In reality, he didn't even need one!
The Falling Cloud Sect cultivators had invited him long ago, and he was now aboard the Celestial Sail Warship, marveling at its intricate design.
At this moment, standing beneath the towering sails and fluttering banners, Lu Chen was awe-struck by the warship's layout.
"Is that a cannon?"
It closely resembled the cannons of his past life on Earth. Several cultivators were busy loading it, positioning it on the outer side of the warship. Countless Falling Cloud Sect cultivators were inserting spirit stones into the cannon, fine-tuning the array.
The cannon's mouth was wide, and its black barrel was menacing and terrifying.
"Fellow Daoist, you have a keen eye. Indeed, this is a Spirit Energy Cannon!"
Lu Chen turned to face the speaker.
On her delicate face, there was a hint of fatigue, but more so, a glimmer of hope and anticipation.
"Fellow Daoist Mu, how have you been?"
"Alas, with several sect elders gone, how could I possibly be well?" Mu Yunyan sighed, her gaze fixed on the Spirit Energy Cannon.
"This is a unique war weapon of Celestial Sail City. Each activation requires a high-grade spirit stone!"
"With the amplification of the array, a single shot can easily take down second-tier demon beasts."
"If ten cannons fire simultaneously, even a third-tier Demon King would have to retreat. If faced head-on, it's certain death!"
Lu Chen swallowed hard.
With a glance, he noticed that there were no fewer than a hundred Spirit Energy Cannons on the Celestial Sail Warship!
According to the person's introduction, even those who had just entered the Foundation Establishment Stage could master this powerful weapon.
In other words, ten Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators working together could threaten a third-tier Demon King, or even a Golden Core cultivator?
He shook his head, marveling, "No wonder Celestial Sail City's opening war was claimed to be the easiest. Without the aid of high-level sects, they relied solely on themselves and conquered the Celestial Sail Region within a decade. With such a weapon, once the numbers are in their favor, it's virtually unbeatable!"
After his exclamation, his gaze shifted to the small flying boats on the Celestial Sail Warship.
These boats were only about ten feet long, slender in design, resembling small vessels.
"What are these?"
Mu Yunyan explained, "These are hovercraft. They can't fly long distances but are suitable for short-range flights. They hover around the Celestial Sail Warship, supported by the grand array. If a large number of enemies attempt to approach, the hovercraft will launch a suicide attack. Even Qi Condensation Stage cultivators can operate these boats."
"Of course, they can also fly out a few miles to hunt down nearby enemies."
Lu Chen's mouth hung open in surprise.
He had heard of sects training low-level Qi Condensation cultivators to form arrays and threaten higher-level cultivators, but he never imagined that Celestial Sail City had developed such a powerful weapon.
Hovercraft...
Lu Chen pursed his lips. If the Luo Tian Sect had such a Celestial Sail Warship, equipped with a hundred Spirit Energy Cannons and hovercraft, they could integrate the entire sect's strength, moving freely and dominating the demon beast battlefield.
He couldn't help but ask, "What's the value of such a warship?"
In response, Mu Yunyan didn't give a direct answer, only offering a wry smile.
Lu Chen understood.
This killing weapon was no longer something that could be measured by spirit stones.
It was a symbol of a sect's foundation.
To purchase one, one would have to offer valuable resources in exchange or provide other long-term benefits.
In fact, Celestial Sail City had no intention of selling them.
The Falling Cloud Sect's warship was borrowed, and even they had to return it eventually.
However, with this vessel, they could make up for the loss of their powerful cultivators and maintain their dominance on the battlefield.
Reluctantly, Lu Chen took one last longing look at the Celestial Sail Warship, suppressing the fantasies he shouldn't have.
He turned around, his gaze fixed on the vast Thunder Drum Plain stretching as far as the eye could see.
Beyond countless streaks of light, ahead of the flying boats, he could already see a billowing cloud of wolf smoke rising into the sky from the other end.
It was clear!
The Roaring Wolf Emperor's forces had received the news, and their army had also poured out en masse.
The great battle was about to commence!
...
Just as Jueqing Xianzi had predicted, Lu Chen wasn't assigned any dangerous tasks.
The Falling Cloud Sect granted him considerable freedom.
Therefore, Lu Chen didn't join the flood of cultivators charging at the forefront.
Accompanied by Zeng Yilong, Lu Chen stood tall on the Celestial Sail Warship, quietly observing the approaching Demon Wolf army.
With his exceptional eyesight, he could see much further and in greater detail than ordinary people.
When the two sides closed in to a distance of a thousand miles, he could even see the drooling fangs of the second-tier Demon Wolves running at the forefront.
A wave of murderous aura washed over him!
Just then, a deafening boom sounded in his ears.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The abrupt sounds made Lu Chen furrow his brows.
Beside him, Zeng Yilong was startled.
The next moment, they witnessed hundreds of massive energy orbs crossing the thousand-mile distance and exploding deep within the Demon Wolf army.
The powerful blasts, centered on the wolf clan army, spread in all directions.
On Thunder Drum Plain, hundreds of flowers made of flesh and blood bloomed. In a single volley, hundreds of Demon Wolves fell among the dense wolf pack.
Although Lu Chen's expression remained calm, his heart was far from peaceful.
"Such power!"
"Such range!"
"It's no less than the short-range ballistic missiles of my previous life on Earth!"
"But clearly, the cost is enormous. Just one volley consumes a hundred high-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to a million low-grade spirit stones! It's not a game for those without deep pockets!"
As he marveled, a loud shout came from the Celestial Sail Warship.
"Don't just stand there! Check the Spirit Energy Cannon array devices and load new high-grade spirit stones!"
Lu Chen followed the voice and saw a middle-aged man with a square face, shouting commands to his disciples.
This was Gongye Qian from Celestial Sail City.
Not as renowned as Hu Yan Zhuo, but he was also a formidable figure.
According to rumors, Gongye Qian was a descendant of the Gongye family, and one of the three Nascent Soul cultivators of Celestial Sail City, Tian Yezi, was from the Gongye family.
It was clear that although Celestial Sail City had lent the Falling Cloud Sect a Celestial Sail Warship, Gongye Qian was still in command of the vessel.
Sensing someone's gaze, Gongye Qian turned and glanced at Lu Chen.
Recognizing him, Gongye Qian nodded slightly but said nothing.
Everything was understood without words.
Luo Chen continued to focus his attention on the main battlefield.
After the initial shock, Zeng Yilong couldn't help but ask, "Why wasn't such a powerful weapon used during the crucial moments? Why reveal it so openly now?"
Luo Chen casually replied, "In war, courage is key! One strike to gain momentum, then it wanes, and finally, it exhausts. First, we blunt the enemy's sharp edge, then we follow up with strikes from our cultivators, which will surely disrupt the formation of the Demon Wolf army. With our superior numbers, we can then divide and conquer, securing victory with ease."
Zeng Yilong pondered these words, his expression thoughtful.
However, he was unaware that Luo Chen had some insights into large-scale warfare.
In the most crucial battle at the Thunder Accumulation Mountain, the Falling Cloud Sect had taken the initiative by deploying their puppet army first, while the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect displayed the Ten Thousand Sword Killing Array.
During the battle at Fen Xiang Gu, Luo Chen had taken the lead, using the Mountain-Crushing Technique to crush the formation of lower-tier disciples from the Flame Alliance. The purpose was the same.
It was just that now, they had switched to a simpler and more direct approach with the Spirit Energy Cannon.
The battle unfolded as Luo Chen had predicted.
Within a thousand li range, the Spirit Energy Cannons unleashed a devastating barrage.
Following this, within a hundred li range, the cultivators' army activated their talismans, sending them flying through the air.
Accompanying this were the stored-up killing moves of various magical treasures.
At this distance, lower-tier cultivators below the Golden Core stage were unable to control the lethality of their attacks.
However, with such a dense concentration of wolves, as long as they released their attacks, success was guaranteed, regardless of whether they could accurately target the enemy!
The enemies were everywhere!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The intense explosions reverberated through the surging wolf pack.
Blood and flesh flew, and endless mournful howls filled the air.
After two rounds of explosions, the originally surging wolf pack's charge was thoroughly disrupted, and their formation became utterly disorganized.
One strike to gain momentum, then it wanes, and finally, it exhausts.
The third step was the most direct and perilous close-quarters combat.
Under the command of numerous Human Golden Core cultivators, countless cultivators took to the sky, forming arrays and charging towards the disarrayed Demon Wolves.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing rose to the clouds.
Even a cultivator like Luo Chen, who had cultivated the 'Calm the Waves' secret technique, felt his blood boiling, and he had an urge to charge into the fray.
However, he managed to restrain himself.
Zeng Yilong, on the other hand, struggled to hold back, eager to join the fight.
"Hold on, there are plenty of enemies, you won't lack for opportunities to fight," Luo Chen glanced at him and said calmly.
Zeng Yilong nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, as the two of them looked down, the battle on the battlefield had fully commenced.
On the vast Thunder Drum Plain, various lights blossomed, with spiritual power and demonic energy wreaking havoc.
The cultivators skillfully utilized external forces, employing magical artifacts, treasures, and talismans in rapid succession.
The beasts, with their robust bodies and thick skin, charged forward, colliding and crisscrossing the battlefield.
In one-on-one combat, the beasts were no match for cultivators of the same cultivation level.
However, on the battlefield, the energy fluctuations were immense, and spiritual senses intertwined, causing the human cultivators' spiritual senses, used for precise enemy detection, to be unable to cover the entire battlefield, resulting in a loss of advantage in frontal combat.
Especially!
After two rounds of strikes, the Tier 3 Demon Kings of the Ao Xiao Wolf Courtyard could no longer hold their ground.
With over a dozen roars, the seemingly ordinary beasts among the wolf pack suddenly expanded in size, their bodies swelling to over twenty zhang.
With a leap, they jumped into the rear of the human formation.
Their sharp claws slashed through the air, and with each surge of demonic energy, they could take the lives of a dozen beings.
Seeing this!
The Human Golden Core cultivators' faces contorted with rage, and they could no longer stand by. They unleashed their immense power, dividing the battlefield into smaller skirmishes.
Not only that, but Cheng Yan, who was in charge of the overall battlefield command, borrowed a special magical treasure, extending his spiritual sense to cover the entire battlefield and issuing clear commands.
"Avoid frontal assaults, divide and surround them!"
"Utilize our numerical advantage, disciples of various sects, spread out!"
"Golden Core cultivators, bring the center of the battle to the sky!"
It was clear that with such a significant advantage, Cheng Yan did not want to see heavy casualties.
Otherwise, even if they won in the end, the Falling Cloud Sect would have a hard time explaining it to the other sects.
Luo Chen extended his spiritual sense and searched, but he couldn't pinpoint Cheng Yan's exact location.
He could only sigh, "I didn't expect Cheng Yan to have such command capabilities!"
After his sigh, he thought of his own Luo Tian Sect.
Zhou Yuanli actually had potential in this area, and he had demonstrated it in multiple large-scale battles during the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stages.
Unfortunately, his aptitude was not good, and it would be challenging for him to form a Golden Core in the future.
Without excellent eyesight or a powerful spiritual sense to assist, it would be difficult to oversee the entire battlefield and provide clear commands during large-scale wars.
Of course, if they could obtain treasures or arrays that enhance spiritual sense, perhaps this weakness could be mitigated.
Just as he was sighing, the situation on the battlefield began to change.
This change was clearly following Cheng Yan's commands.
From the initial legion-level frontal combat, it evolved into smaller skirmishes.
Some were one-on-one, while others were multiple-on-one, with the largest groups consisting of several dozen humans and wolves fighting in close quarters.
In an instant, the Thunder Drum Plain was filled with the shadows of humans and wolves.
For the Falling Cloud Sect, it was time to unleash their methods and tilt the scales towards victory.
One after another, the hideous black and deep blue puppets emerged from the storage bags of the Falling Cloud Sect disciples who were standing by in formation.
At first glance, there seemed to be several thousand of them.
Especially the five hundred puppets at the front, which were clearly the Thunder Puppets that had wreaked havoc on the Thunder Accumulation Mountain battlefield!
"That's Brother Qin!" Zeng Yilong exclaimed in a low voice.
Luo Chen looked in the direction he pointed, and indeed, he saw Qin Yuanjiang with a solemn expression standing alongside a woman. They were positioned in the middle of the Falling Cloud Sect's cultivator army, likely his Daoist companion, the daughter of the previous Sect Leader of the Falling Cloud Sect, Ruan Huan'er.
Several unfamiliar Golden Core cultivators from the Falling Cloud Sect stood tall in the sky, waving their hands.
"Move out!"
The next moment, these several thousand puppets transformed into living forces and flew towards the center of the battlefield.
The Falling Cloud Sect's methods didn't end there.
After the puppet army was deployed, the charging of the Heaven Sail Warship was complete.
The voice of Gongye Qianlong resounded, drowning out the sounds of battle and reaching the ears of every cultivator.
"This time, we will not launch a blanket strike."
"With the spiritual sense amplification of the warship array, disperse your spiritual senses and lock onto Tier 2 Demon Beasts. Precision strikes are permitted."
"I grant you the authority to fire at will."
"Now, find your targets!"
Accompanying the voices of agreement, the cultivators on the warship began searching for enemies, and the cannon muzzles of the Spirit Energy Cannons continuously rotated.
Click! Click! Click!
Boom!
As a Celestial Sail City disciple activated the Spirit Energy Cannon, a red orb of light suddenly shot out.
A Tier 2 Demon Wolf, currently engaged in fierce combat with a cultivator, was instantly blasted into a bloody mess.
Even the experienced Foundation Establishment True Cultivator who had been dominating the battle couldn't help but be stunned.
He looked up at the Heaven Sail Warship and saw countless orbs of light flashing and covering the battlefield, precisely striking each Tier 2 Demon Wolf.
This time, Luo Chen couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment.
The Spirit Energy Cannon was so flexible? It could launch devastating area-of-effect strikes and accurately target individual enemies.
As long as the front line held firm, this Heaven Sail Warship would become a slaughtering blade, madly butchering enemies.
The Thunder Drum Plain had become a massive slaughterhouse!
Suddenly, Luo Chen's heart stirred, and he pulled Zeng Yilong.
"Let's go!"
"I've picked a few enemies for you to test your skills!"
He spoke directly without using divine sense communication.
Zeng Yilong nodded excitedly, his Dragon Wings unfolded behind him, and he had already leaped off the warship.
On the warship, Gongye Qian glanced at Luo Chen but didn't interfere.
It was normal for the other party to train their disciples, and the eight High Lords of the Nascent Soul Stage did it, so naturally, they could too.
Moreover, with additional forces to withstand the pressure on the battlefield, they could also expand their achievements.
...
After leaving the warship, Luo Chen scanned the area with his divine sense and quickly found a suitable opponent.
It was a Tier 2 Late-stage Demon Wolf! Its ferocious aura had already killed three Foundation Establishment early-stage human cultivators, and the number of Qi Condensation cultivators who died at its hands was countless.
"This is the one."
"Little Dragon, I order you to take it down within fifty breaths."
Zeng Yilong's eyes lit up, and he licked his lips, revealing a bloodthirsty look.
"Yes, sir!"
In the next instant, the Dragon Wings expanded, and the Nine-Ten Thousand Miles technique was activated, transforming into a blood-red light that rushed towards the massive Demon Wolf.
As the enemy approached, the Demon Wolf showed no fear and pounced back.
During this process, it didn't sense Luo Chen's presence at all.
The hidden array engraved on his body made Luo Chen seem ordinary, even on the battlefield, without revealing any trace of his Golden Core power.
Especially since he had chosen a battlefield on the outskirts of the Thunder Drum Plain, avoiding the most intense combat zone.
At this moment, Luo Chen watched Zeng Yilong wielding a treasure-level long sword and slashing wildly, while also dividing his divine sense to observe the battlefield and the Heaven Sail Warship in two directions.
This was the epitome of multitasking.
On the front battlefield, with the support of puppets and the Spirit Energy Cannon, the cultivators' victory was already apparent.
It wouldn't be long before they could completely expand their advantage and achieve an overwhelming victory.
With this situation, the Savage Wolf Sovereign's side naturally wouldn't sit idly by.
A Tier 3 Late-stage Demon King finally joined the battle.
One golden and one black, two demonic clouds, roared towards them.
Just then, from the rear of the battlefield, Ling Huo Jie's calm voice was heard.
"Swordsmanship Hall, move out!"
The next moment, a bold voice suddenly thundered.
W
A crimson hurricane that filled the sky rose, enveloping a human figure and rushing towards the golden demonic cloud.
Not only that.
Two more figures stepped out from the crowd.
"Night Xiang, it's an honor for Jin to fight alongside you."
"Haha, why say such things? It's just killing a beast."
Amidst their casual conversation, Night Xiang, the elder of the Divine Talisman Sect, and Jin Bubuque of the Five Elements Divine Sect, strode towards the Black Wolf King.
(End of Chapter)
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