Chapter 00070: The Return of the Great Wind Army
# The Return of the Great Wind Army
Chapter 70
Novel: After the Immortals Disappeared
Chapter 70: The Return of the Great Wind Army
Zeng Feixiong muttered to himself, "Young Master, did that deity just shout the word 'freeze'?"
No one responded.
Zeng Feixiong turned his head, only to find that He Lingchuan had disappeared.
A chill ran down Zeng Feixiong's spine.
Under the leadership of the young master, they had dared to oppose a deity.
Now that the black dragon was on the verge of defeat, wouldn't the deity turn its wrath upon them?
Of course it would.
He had never heard of a deity with a good temper.
Could it be that the young master had fled at the last moment?
Fortunately, Mao Tao quickly spoke up, "The young master jumped down to the city wall. He told me to inform Commander Zeng that if the black dragon is about to be frozen, we should fire the cannons at it!"
Fire the cannons? Zeng Feixiong shuddered, his entire body trembling with realization.
That's right! The deity possessing Nian Songyu wanted to freeze the black dragon to avoid repeated battles.
So, if they fired the cannons at the black dragon and helped it revive, wouldn't that solve the problem?
Without delay, he turned around and shouted, "Brothers, set up the cannons and crossbows! Load the biggest shells and let's take them down!"
The Blackwater City soldiers asked, "Take down who?"
"Both the dragon and the man!" Zeng Feixiong slapped the back of a soldier's head.
"If you don't want to die, hurry up!"
Everyone quickly followed orders.
A pile of cannonballs and several explosive arrows suddenly appeared on the city wall.
Just by looking at the amount of gunpowder in the arrowheads, it was clear that these were no mere decorations.
Even the Great Square Pot seemed to approve of their actions.
Now that the black dragon was barely moving and Nian Songyu was busy chanting, they were the easiest targets.
Just as two nail bullets and a crossbow cart were being loaded, two soldiers suddenly screamed, clutching their chests as they fell off the city wall.
Zeng Feixiong was startled and leaned over to look down, only to see Sun Fuping slowly lowering his staff.
Despite his disheveled appearance, his gaze remained sinister.
Of course, how could they have forgotten the Grand Preceptor? How dare they forget the Grand Preceptor?
Zeng Feixiong had no intention of engaging in a prolonged battle with him.
He ducked his head and shouted, "Fire, quickly!"
After several loud explosions, the half-frozen black dragon shattered into pieces.
The explosive arrows had done their job, piercing through the ice before detonating, causing even more damage than the cannonballs.
Nian Songyu was also hit.
However, the nail bullets couldn't penetrate his barrier, only pushing him back several feet.
The look he gave them sent a chill down the spines of the Blackwater City soldiers.
It clearly said: You'll pay for this.
The reason he didn't attack immediately was because the sound of hoofbeats suddenly came from outside the city, rushing towards them like a storm.
Everyone ran to the other side of the city wall to look, and they were shocked:
A vast army, exuding a murderous aura and marching in perfect formation, with banners fluttering in the wind.
The large character "Zhong" was clearly visible.
It was the Great Wind Army returning to the city.
This was their home ground.
The speed of the Great Wind Army was more than twice as fast as it was outside.
Almost as soon as the sound of hoofbeats began, the army surged into the city like a flowing river.
There was no challenge, no response.
The leading generals simply waved their spears, and hundreds of cavalrymen spurred their horses forward, charging straight at Nian Songyu.
Perhaps the laws within the illusion were far freer than those outside.
The hundreds of cavalrymen began to merge, overlapping each other.
The people on the city wall thought they were seeing double.
But when they rubbed their eyes and looked again, the hundreds of cavalrymen had merged into five riders.
Each rider was clad in heavy armor, their eyes glowing red.
They no longer looked human.
Especially since both the riders and their horses had grown to more than twice their original size.
Riding these horses was like riding giant elephants, and the tips of their spears and halberds gleamed with a dark light.
Their attack method was straightforward and unadorned.
Relying on their immense strength, they simply charged at Nian Songyu with their weapons.
Each thrust of their spears was filled with such force that even the people on the city wall felt a chill run down their spines.
Could they dodge such an attack?
Nian Songyu didn't dodge.
He raised his sword and charged forward.
At that moment, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from outside the city: "Chuan'er!"
"Chuan'er" wasn't on the city wall, but Zeng Feixiong heard it.
He turned around in surprise and said, "It's the Prefect!"
Everyone leaned over the city wall to look down.
He Chunhua was actually standing at the South Second Gate!
Now, Panlong City had three layers of gates.
Nian Songyu and the black dragon were fighting inside the city, while Prefect He had appeared at the outer second gate, separated from the battlefield by another layer of gates, making it relatively safe.
He had about a dozen personal guards with him, all waving to their comrades on the city wall.
Everyone was overjoyed and quickly threw down rope ladders for them to climb up.
As soon as He Chunhua came up, Zeng Feixiong rushed over to greet him: "Prefect, are you alright? We heard about Grand Preceptor Sun's schemes!"
"I'm not dead."
He Chunhua looked around anxiously.
"Where's Chuan'er?"
"The young master jumped down from the city wall. He said he had something to do."
Zeng Feixiong pointed towards the south of the city.
He Chunhua let out a long sigh of relief: "That's good."
His son wasn't dead, and it sounded like he was fine.
That was good.
"How did you escape? Why are there only a few of you left?" Zeng Feixiong was still puzzled.
"And what about the Great Wind Army?"
"It's a long story. After entering the well, dozens of people went missing and haven't regrouped yet."
He Chunhua observed the battlefield and frowned.
"Nian Songyu is actually this powerful?"
Facing the enhanced Great Wind Army, Nian Songyu's strength was far beyond what he had expected.
With such a talent, why hadn't the royal court sent him to Woling Pass to fight the rebels?
"That's not Nian Songyu anymore!" Zeng Feixiong quickly explained.
"Grand Preceptor Sun summoned a deity to descend and possess Nian Songyu, which is why he's so powerful now. So, it's actually the deity fighting the black dragon. We can't intervene."
Mao Tao squeezed in to add, "The deity first tried to possess the young master, but it failed. That's why it chose Nian Songyu!"
He Chunhua's expression changed drastically: "What? Such a thing happened! Where's Sun Fuping?"
"He's right there—" Zeng Feixiong pointed to the ruins below, then suddenly exclaimed, "He was there just now."
The ruins were empty.
Grand Preceptor Sun had also disappeared.
Now, the city was filled with the clash of swords, and the battle was evenly matched, with Nian Songyu slightly gaining the upper hand.
If any human on the city wall jumped down now, they would likely be turned into mincemeat.
He Chunhua's expression shifted from hesitation to determination.
He gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Let's go. We'll descend from the side!"
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Half an incense stick's time earlier.
The enhanced Nian Songyu quickly realized that these silent cavalrymen were not easy to deal with.
No matter how powerful the deity was, the vessel it possessed was not up to par, directly limiting the extent of its power.
After blocking three attacks, Nian Songyu felt a sense of exhaustion, his right hand's tiger mouth split open, trembling so much he couldn't lift it.
This was not good.
Before the battle had even lasted long, he already felt a long-forgotten sense of fatigue.
The worst part was that the black dragon had revived once again.
After being damaged by the explosive arrows, the black dragon's revival speed should have been slower than before.
However, as the tens of thousands of Great Wind Army soldiers charged towards it, they suddenly turned into red light and poured into its wounds.
Nian Songyu's expression finally changed.
Taking advantage of a moment when he forced back the enemies with a ground-splitting slash, he leaped to Sun Fuping's side: "Why are you here, while the sacrificial formation is activated outside?"
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