Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 412: Overwhelming victory, clearing the Northeast, and the Xiao family’s dominance!

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

“Ah!” “Run away!” “It’s so scary!”

The black army charged, and just a single infiltration was enough to cause the armies of the ten major bandits to flee in defeat.

Not to mention that the basic attributes of the Wutan City defense force are much higher than those of the bandit army, even in terms of equipment, the Wutan City side crushes the top ten bandits.

Every man in the three legions of the city defense army wore the 100-kilogram standard heavy armor produced by the Xiao family's weapon refining workshop. The fighting spirit was input into the armor, and the defense power was even better than the fighting spirit gauze clothes of the fighting master, and it was not much worse than the fighting spirit armor of the great fighting master.

The weapon he was holding was a high-quality standard weapon produced by the Xiao family's weapon refining workshop. It could be sold for 500 gold coins each. By inputting fighting spirit into it, it could even stimulate the release of sword energy, knife energy, etc.

He was riding a fully-armored scaly-horned horse, a first-level magical beast with earth attributes. The single horn on its head could fire a rock spear more than three meters long. It could carry up to two tons, had excellent endurance, and was fast.

In order to build a strong army of his own, Liu Mang went to the Monster Mountain Range and captured a large group of horned horses. He then built a large horse farm, tamed and strengthened the horses with elixirs, and induced breeding. After one year, he had enough horses left over to equip 30,000 troops. Next, he could consider selling the horses.

Such a fully armored, scale-horned horse would be sold for three thousand gold coins in the market and people would rush to buy it.

Armor worth one thousand gold coins, weapons worth five hundred gold coins, a warhorse worth three thousand gold coins, plus five hundred gold coins for support, the cost of building a city defense soldier is 5000 gold coins. You should know that an ordinary first-level magic core is only about 500 gold coins!

In Wutan City, an ordinary family of three that did not have to support a cultivator used to spend an average of only about 100 gold coins a year.

You can imagine how precious five thousand gold coins are.

The 1.5 city defense forces of Wutan City are all equipped in this way. According to market prices, the cost of building these city defense forces alone reached million.

Of course, everything is produced by ourselves, and the cost is actually not that high, but to outsiders, this is the power of 1.5 million.

What is the level of construction of the ten major bandits? The price of each person is probably less than ten gold coins, and there are less than 10,000 elite soldiers with armor, and they are still scattered.

Not to mention the gaps in cultivation, construction, command, morale, experience, will, etc.

If they still can't disperse the bandits in one go, Liu Mang will disband the city defense forces on the spot!

The ten bandits stood in the center of the army and watched the city defense troops chasing after their own army, their eyes full of disbelief.

What does 30,000 fully armored heavy cavalry mean? Even an army of ordinary people without any cultivation is enough to kill tens of thousands of unarmored fighting masters head-on.

Not to mention that he is a fighting master and they are ordinary people.

"No need to look, we are defeated, let's run!" The biggest bandit, a three-star fighting king, took off directly.

"As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Let's go!" With the second big mouth, a two-star Dou Wang also took off.

The third to fifth biggest bandits were all one-star Dou Kings, and they took off and ran away without saying a word.

The remaining five fighting spirits looked at each other in bewilderment. They could not transform their fighting spirit into wings and could only fly for a short period of time, which consumed a lot of energy. They were afraid that they could not outrun Arima's terrifying city defense army.

"Damn it, I really should have spent money to buy a batch of high-end mounts, so I wouldn't be so passive at this moment!" The Sixth Big Mouth turned and ran, his tone full of regret.

The physique of Warcraft is much better than that of humans. As long as the earth-type Warcraft such as the Scaled-Horned Horse does not leave the ground, its endurance can make Dou Ling despair.

Even if they are Dou Ling, without Dou Qi, they will not be much stronger than ordinary people. And can their Dou Qi withstand long-term consumption?

"No, we can't escape like this, we have to divert the trouble to someone else!" said the seventh bandit.

The others turned around and looked at him, waiting for his performance.

"1000 miles away is the Sheng Xiao Sect, a major sect in the northeast. They have a large sect protection formation. We run over there and pretend to hide in Sheng Xiao Sect. Let the damn city defense army cause trouble for Sheng Xiao Sect, and we take the opportunity to escape!"

Several people were surprised: "That's Sheng Xiao Sect, there are two 2-star Dou Wang in it, we will be punished later, right?"

The seventh bandit sneered: "Sheng Xiaozong is not a good thing either. They are also on the list of people to be dealt with in Wutan City. It is a question whether they still exist after this. How can they have time to settle accounts with us!"

Several people nodded: "Okay, let's go to Sheng Xiao Sect!"

The five men left at a very fast speed, leaving behind their younger brothers screaming in agony under the butcher knives of the city defense army.

Two hours later, the five people had to stop to rest. They had consumed too much fighting spirit and would faint if they didn't rest.

But less than two hours later, a rumbling sound was heard in the distance and the ground was shaking slightly.

The few of them had no choice but to cheer up and continue running.

In just a few minutes, a torrent of steel came rushing in from afar, flying sand and rocks along the way. It jumped over the pits and knocked down the trees. The places it passed were trampled tightly by horses' hooves, and a path was made where there was no road.

Fang Jinwu was flying in the air and watching his troops perform so horribly, he took a breath. This kind of army with all members above the level of fighting masters was simply terrifying, under the torrent of steel, even the forests and the earth would tremble.

The battle was over in less than half an hour. Not many of the 100,000 bandits escaped. Most of them were captured and would be sent to mine or build roads in the future.

A small number were killed on the spot or escaped. After all, it was unrealistic to capture all of the 100,000 people who fled separately.

Afterwards, Shen Hong gathered his troops and returned to the city, while Fang Jinwu continued to lead his troops to pursue the five Douling bandits who had escaped.

Dou Ling cannot stay in the air for a long time, and once surrounded by a large army, there is no possibility of escape.

Just five Dou Ling, the army can take them away with one charge.

The five Dou Wang bandits who escaped were handed over to the Xiao family's Dou Wang for disposal.

In addition to the three elders in charge, the Xiao family also has five Dou Wangs, needless to say Luo Shan, a top Dou Wang.

The other three are Liu Mang’s uncles, and one is his cousin.

Xiao Feng, Xiao Huo, and Xiao Shan are Xiao Lin's three brothers, and Xiao Lin is the second oldest. They used to be ordinary fighting masters, but now with the help of Liu Mang, they have become fighting kings.

At the same time, Liu Mang also learned that these three uncles made great efforts to enable him to sit on the position of the head of the Xiao family before his memory was restored.

Xiao Yan, the son of the great elder and Liu Mang's cousin, is forty years old this year and was his biggest competitor for the position of patriarch.

Now he is convinced by Liu Mang, and Liu Mang does not mind training this brother who is second only to himself in the third generation of the Xiao family.

Xiao Feng, Xiao Huo, Xiao Shan, and Xiao Yan all had similar levels of cultivation. They all broke through to the four-star Dou King level with the help of the elixirs sent by Liu Mangfa. With one Dou Ling Pill and one Dou Wang Pill, they directly became four-star Dou Kings.

Luo Shan was ordered by Liu Mang to go out and chase the biggest bandit. After all, the mistress of the Xiao family couldn't just sit there and do nothing.

The other four Douwang bandits were handed over to Xiao Feng, Xiao Huo, Xiao Shan and Xiao Yan.

They all practiced the top-level earth-level skills. Even if they were at the same level, they could beat several powerful bandits, not to mention that they had the advantage of cultivation. It would be shameful if they couldn't win.

Sure enough, the five big bandits were only practicing advanced Xuan-level skills, and the gap between them and the Xiao family was huge. The five of them were dealt with in a short time.

Then, the Five Fighting Kings of the Xiao family followed the traces to chase Fang Jinwu's large army, and finally came to a large basin.

"This is Shengxiao Sect, why are we chasing here?" Xiao Feng frowned.

Xiao Huo spread his hands and said, "Let's divert the trouble to someone else."

The five people continued to move forward, and then they saw the Second Legion of the City Defense Army that was attacking the Shengxiao Sect's protective formation.

Fang Jinwu commanded the army and ordered the scaly-horned horses to release the rock spears.

With a volley of shots, tens of thousands of rock spears flew into the air, making a sharp whistling sound and falling towards the interior of Shengxiao Sect.

A hemispherical curtain of light flashed across the sky, blocking the rock spears that blocked out the sky.

But under the amazing power of the rock gun, the light curtain continued to vibrate.

The rock spear is not an arrow. It is a solid rock spear that is three meters long and weighs dozens of kilograms. Each shot has the power of a siege crossbow.

With tens of thousands of such attacks coming down, even if Shengxiao Sect’s protective formation was very impressive, it could not escape the fate of being breached.

After the sixth round of volleys, the Shengxiao Xuanguang Formation, which was said to be able to block the attacks of Douhuang powerhouses for half a day, was already on the verge of crumbling. With another volley, the formation would be broken.

One of Sheng Xiao's two pillars, Iron Hand Wang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "How is this possible? The power of the Scaled Horned Horse should only be able to trigger the Rock Lance 4 times in a short period of time, and it will take several days to recover before it can be used again. It has already triggered 6 times, how come there is still power left!"

The other person in Sheng Xiao's twin pillars, Chun Yu Jian, Leng Huiping sighed: "I heard that Xiao Zhan, the head of the Xiao family, is a high-level alchemist. Maybe he used some elixir on the scaly-horned horse."

Her guess was correct. The scaly-horned horse had the ability to continuously obtain power from the earth. Liu Mang developed a elixir that greatly enhanced this property, increasing the scaly-horned horse's endurance several times.

The rock gun, which could only be fired 4 times in a short period of time, can now be fired 16 times, and the cooling recovery time is also greatly reduced.

Today's scaly-horned horse can be said to be a second-level magical beast.

Of course, if you don't keep your feet on the ground, everything will return to its original state.

Wang Feng looked at the army that was beginning to gather rock spears, held Leng Huiping's hand and said, "When the formation is broken, we will escape immediately. These disciples can't delay us for long. As long as we are alive, Sheng Xiao Sect will not be destroyed!"

Leng Huiping also nodded: "I have transferred all the important treasures and valuables in the sect into the storage ring. There is not enough space so I can only choose the most important ones, but it is enough for us to make a comeback."

The next moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and thousands of rock spears covered the sky and fell down. The Shengxiao Xuanguan Formation was broken with a loud bang, and a large number of rock spears fell down, piercing through a large number of Shengxiao Sect disciples who had no time to react.

"Ah!" "Ah!" "I don't want to die!" "Run!"

"Don't run away!" A Dou Ling elder of Sheng Xiao Sect smashed a fleeing disciple to pieces with one palm and said angrily: "Kill them and show the might of Sheng Xiao Sect!" The disciples had to charge towards the Second Legion, while the Dou Ling elder quietly fell behind everyone, then turned around and ran away.

As he ran, he looked towards the place where the clan leader had stood before, but the person had disappeared.

He cursed inwardly: "You bastards, you run so fast!" After saying that, he ran even faster.

In the sky, Fang Jinwu raised his right hand and then dropped it heavily.

Along with his movements, intensive rock spears were fired again, but this time they were not projectiles, but flat shots at the attacking disciples of Sheng Xiao Sect.

It certainly cannot be that tens of thousands of people fire at the same time. Only the front row can fire. After all, this is not a game. There is team damage. The horizontal firing of the back row will of course hit the comrades in the front row.

However, even with only a few hundred rock spears, they still managed to tear a hole in Sheng Xiao Sect's vanguard.

"charge!"

While the enemy's formation had not yet closed, Fang Jinwu directly ordered a charge.

A distance of several hundred meters is enough for the scaly-horned horse to accelerate to its peak speed, about 150 kilometers per hour. The weight of the armored horse and rider is nearly 1.5 tons, and it rushes like a tank!
Although the rock spear is quite powerful, comparable to a siege crossbow, if we really compare the attack power, the charge impact is obviously much stronger than the rock spear.

The rock spears were no longer a big threat to the fighting masters who had the fighting qi gauze clothing for defense, but facing the charging cavalry who were also covered in fighting qi, their defense was completely meaningless.

The black steel torrent instantly overwhelmed Sheng Xiao Zong's attack, and rushed into Sheng Xiao Zong's mountain gate with unstoppable force, leaving blood, flesh and bones all along the way.

Faced with such an army, even the Dou Ling could not muster any will to resist and only wanted to escape, resulting in the one-sided massacre of the Sheng Xiao Sect's disciples.

At this point, the Shengxiao Sect can basically be declared destroyed.

On the other side, Wang Feng and Leng Huiping were already hundreds of miles away from Shengxiao Sect. They estimated that the army could not see them, so they were planning to take off and escape quickly.

However, the next moment, they saw five men and women exuding powerful aura appear before them.

A beautiful young woman was sitting on a big rock gnawing on a roast chicken, blocking their way. Four middle-aged and elderly men were standing, squatting or leaning on all sides, surrounding them.

"Where do you two want to go?" Xiao Feng, as the oldest person present, spoke up.

Originally, the commander should have been Luo Shan, the mistress of the Xiao family who had the highest cultivation level and status present, but she knew nothing about football, so Xiao Feng had to take temporary command.

Wang Feng and Leng Huiping sensed the powerful aura of the five people, and cold sweat wet their backs.

So strong, so scary! All five of them!
Although the difference in cultivation level is not too big, the highest martial arts inheritance of Shengxiao Sect is only at the advanced Xuan level, and there is not even a Di level fighting skill.

The five members of the Xiao family all practiced the top-level earth-level techniques.

The difference in the level of martial arts brings about a huge difference in the quality and quantity of fighting spirit. A person who practices low-level earth-level martial arts can fight 3 to 5 people of the same level who practice high-level mysterious-level martial arts at the same time.

Not to mention the advanced Earth-level fighting the advanced Profound-level.

Even though their cultivation levels were the same, the basic attributes of the five members of the Xiao family were far higher than those of Wang Feng and Leng Huiping.

This is obviously impossible to fight!
"Are you five from the Xiao family?" Wang Feng asked in a hoarse voice.

The five people nodded: "That's right."

Leng Huiping sighed: "We deserved to lose to five such powerful Dou Wangs."

She knew she had lost before the fight even started. The huge difference in momentum was enough to make them realize the gap. Any one of the opponents could beat the two of them together.

"We surrender!" Wang Feng and Leng Huiping looked at each other and raised their hands.

Xiao Feng narrowed his eyes and chuckled. Xiao Huo, Xiao Shan and Xiao Yan also laughed. Only Luo Shan didn't know what they were laughing at and continued to eat her roast chicken.

Wang Feng and Leng Huiping immediately realized the danger and prepared to fight to the death.

But with four shouts of "Mighty Blades!" "Sun Flame Devouring!" "Dead Trees Covering the Sky!" and "Earth Tongue Tornado!", the two men were instantly reduced to pieces.

Xiao Feng took a storage ring into his palm, and Shengxiao Sect was completely destroyed. The Douling Elder who had escaped before was quietly killed by them.

The five Douling bandits who tried to divert the blame and escape have disappeared and cannot be found.

But there are only five Dou Lings. Their lair has been wiped out. They are alone and have no right to be taken seriously by the Xiao family. If they run away, they run away. Just issue a wanted notice and that's it. There is no need to find them and kill them.

But since the army is here, we might as well take them on a tour around the Northeast.

Liu Mang, who was secretly looking after his wife, showed up immediately and asked the five of them and Fang Jinwu to lead the Second Legion to suppress the bandits in the Northeast, visit all 15 cities, and deal with the powerful enemies that they could not deal with.

The major cities will provide supplies, and all they have to do is fight.

Each of the six Dou Wangs holds a high-level storage ring, so they can bring back as much spoils as possible. The same goes for logistical supplies, so there is no need to worry at all.

There are not many fighting kings left in the northeastern border of the empire, and even if they are combined, they cannot defeat the five people of the Xiao family. He can let them go to fight without worry.

The Northeast border is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the places are not under official control. These places are either inhabited by monsters or occupied by evil forces, posing a great threat to people's lives and travel. It also leads to the fact that there are only 15 large cities in such a large area of ​​Northeast China, and more than half of the people live in these 15 cities.

But now the times have changed. The Xiao family led the army of Wutan City to fight everywhere, wiping out the evil forces and monster groups that had been entrenched in the Northeast for a long time, returning the bright and peaceful world to the people, and enforcing justice.

For a whole year, the defense forces of Wutan City took turns sending out the three legions to fight, and they never stopped even on snowy days.

Such an arduous battle resulted in most of the Northeast falling under the rule of the empire.

The strength of the Xiao family shocked the entire empire. The three legions became stronger and stronger, and the number of Xiao family masters increased. As of today, the three legions of the city defense army are almost all full of great fighting masters!
I estimate that in one or two years, it will not be a dream for all members of the three legions to be at the level of Grand Master or above.

Moreover, the reputation of the eight Dou Kings of the Xiao family has been widely spread and known to the world. In the history of the empire, only the royal family in the founding period and the Yunlan Sect in its heyday can surpass the eight Dou Kings in one family.

Of course, this does not include the snake people.

Although the Snake People are also in the Gama Empire, in the Tagor Desert, they have never been included in the history of the empire, so they are not counted.

The royal family of the Jia Ma Empire back then was also a Dou Zong family. When the country was founded, the royal family had two Dou Zongs, four Dou Huangs, and dozens of Dou Wangs. It was once glorious.

But now the royal family is in decline, with only Jia Xingtian as the Douhuang to hold up the situation, and two Douwangs of the royal family below him, that’s all.

The Yunlan Sect was quite powerful in those days. Yun Potian traveled through Zhongzhou with the cultivation level of a Dou Zun and left a great reputation.

After that, he couldn't make it in Zhongzhou, so he fled to the Jiama Empire and established the Yunlan Sect. At that time, the power of the Yunlan Sect was comparable to that of the Zhongzhou Sifang Pavilion today.

Now, thousands of years have passed, and the Yunlan Sect has become weaker and weaker with each generation. When it was passed to Yunshan, he even needed the help of the Soul Palace to break through to the Dou Zong level.

Perhaps Yunshan had the same mentality as Yue Buqun. He was obsessed with reviving the Yunlan Sect and ended up hurting others and himself.

It is said that when Yunshan was young and wandering in the Jiama Empire, he was a good man who loved to practice self-cultivation, distinguish right from wrong, and be reasonable, and he had a good reputation throughout the empire.

By the time Xiao Yan went to Yunlan Sect, his personality had changed so much that even Yun Yun didn't recognize him.

Liu Mang didn't believe that this had no influence from the Soul Palace.

I have gone off topic. In short, with the strength shown by the Xiao family at present, it is already a top family in the empire. In addition, everyone speculates that Xiao Zhan, the patriarch, must have broken through to the Douhuang level. He is also an alchemist. The strength of the Xiao family has surpassed the surface strength of the royal family and the Yunlan Sect, and can be called the strongest force in the empire!
At the same time, the Xiao family's Fighter's Pill, Fighter's Master Pill and tamed scaly-horned horse were famous all over the world, and many forces were trying to purchase them indirectly.

At the same time, Nalan Jie, the head of the Nalan family in the imperial capital, was unanimously praised. It was said that he had excellent vision and had married such a powerful relative as the Xiao family. It was obvious that he wanted to contact the Xiao family through the Nalan family and get some discounts or something.

Nalan Jie was embarrassed. You know, he agreed to the marriage for the sake of his sworn brother Xiao Lin, with the purpose of supporting the Xiao family after Xiao Lin's death.

Unexpectedly, I would become the one being supported.

But he was more happy in his heart. The Xiao family was powerful. Considering the relationship between the Nalan family and the Xiao family, it wouldn't be too much for them to have a piece of the pie, or to get some discounts, right?
"Hey~ Uncle Nalan, that's not true. The armored scaly-horned horses are in short supply on the market at 4000 gold coins each. But in my Xiao family, the cost is only 2000 gold coins. So, uncle will pick up the goods at the cost price, and you can decide how much to sell them for later!"

Liu Mang's chest was pounding.

Nalan Jie was overjoyed, but he also knew that a win-win situation would last long, so he quickly said, "No, no, my dear nephew, relationships are relationships, business is business, how can I let you make no money at all! So, the cost of the horned horse is 2000 gold coins, and I will pick it up from the Xiao family at a price of 2500. The Xiao family must make a little profit in order to convince you!"

Liu Mang fell into deep thought. I have already earned 2000 gold coins by giving you 1800 gold coins, and you took the initiative to add 500. Uncle is so generous!

He tried to be polite, but Nalan Jie was firm in his attitude, so he had no choice but to earn 2300 yuan with tears in his eyes.

The Nalan family is a large family in the imperial capital, but they do not have much liquid funds. However, this time he came with advance payments from many forces in the imperial capital and took away a total of 10,000 scale-horned horses.

This thing definitely can't be used as a war horse when it arrives in the imperial capital. How much money can the Nalan family make if they do that?

Nalan Jie was planning to sell this thing as a luxury car!

Nalan Jie felt that the 4000 gold coins mentioned by Liu Mang were still too little. Such an excellent mount with high appearance, high combat power, fast running speed and good endurance, which only consumed one bundle of grass for 800 kilometers, would be a face-saving thing wherever it was placed.

Only the Xiao family, who are wealthy enough, would be willing to use this thing as a war horse.

Nalan Jie decided to lie about the price, saying that he picked up the goods from the Xiao family for 6000 gold coins and sold them to major forces with which he had good relations. In other words, he gave an advance payment of 7000 gold coins per horse. He would sell it to other forces for !
Anyway, he has signed an exclusive agency agreement with the Xiao family and has a good relationship with them, so he is not afraid of being exposed.

Nalan Jie is now a five-star Dou Wang. As the Lionheart Marshal of the Gama Empire, the Dou King is a member of the privileged class of the empire. He also brings a large army with him when he travels.

Ten thousand scaly-horned horses certainly cannot be transported back by air, but fortunately they are a means of transportation, so the troops can ride them back and test their performance along the way.

The journey to the imperial capital was tens of thousands of miles away, and the large army could not march too fast. It took Nalan Jie more than a month to return to the imperial capital.

But when he returned to the imperial capital, he found out that Xiao Zhan had been crowned king!
(End of this chapter)