After Qi Li made his decision, his subordinates immediately sent an order to the master craftsmen in charge of crafting to release the Kingdom Crushing Flood Dragon God in order to seize the opportunity to launch another round of attacks today.
The master craftsmen paled when they received the order. After the messenger left, someone asked in a low voice, "They released it just like that? Didn't they say we'd have to wait for a while? "
Another master craftsman sighed. "We have to use it now. What can we do?"
That master craftsman was a bit flustered. "But we're not ready yet."
"What's there to prepare for? We can only hope that this thing will succeed now. "
About half a summer later, an enormous figure hovered in the air above the Lone Province's defensive fort. Even those standing on the Green Sun Army's side could see it clearly. All the soldiers who saw it exclaimed in astonishment.
This thing was a giant flood dragon that was thousands of meters long. Unlike ordinary flood dragons, it had a strong and short neck and upper body. The lower half of its body dragged a long flood dragon tail. Dense spikes grew from its back and the scales on its body were pure black. Just by looking at its appearance, it was very intimidating.
Chi Junhou stared at this thing with wide eyes. He rubbed his head and said, "Zhang Xuanzheng, everyone, Xuanxiu, can we take down such a big thing?"
Zhang Yu stood on the defensive fort and looked over. He discovered that this thing was somewhat similar to the demonic dragon E Hong. It must've been built with reference to this creature.
Its body was as lofty as a mountain. No matter how powerful this thing was, at least its head gave off enough impact.
Shi Yue asked, "Chi Junhou, has this thing never appeared before?"
Chi Junhou shook his head and said, "Never. It must've suffered a loss just now, so it's used to deal with everyone. However …" He said with certainty, "In Old Chi's opinion, the Lone Province definitely doesn't know how capable this thing is."
Shi Yue said, "Oh? Why does Chi Junhou say that? "
Chi Junhou said, "Heh, isn't it obvious? If the Lone Province knew, they would've followed the fleet behind and directly pushed it over. However, they don't. Doesn't that mean they don't know either?"
Shi Yue couldn't help but nod. What he said made sense.
While they were talking, the giant flood dragon had already moved towards the Green Sun Army. It seemed to be moving very slowly, but in fact, it wasn't slow at all.
Zhang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Shi, why don't you take a few fellow Daoists with you to test the waters?"
Shi Yue nodded, "Yes, Xuan Zheng."
On the Independent State's side, Qi Li was also watching this creation's performance with everyone else. He didn't have high expectations. As long as this thing could tangle with cultivators for a bit, they could think of ways to create more of these creations to do this.
Now that it was wartime, as long as they could keep the last piece of land of the Shuang Continent, it would be worth it no matter what price they had to pay.
As the giant flood dragon approached the Green Sun Army, three of the Green Sun Army's creator-level flood dragons went up to meet it. However, as soon as they got close, they were slapped down by its claws.
Although the creator-level flood dragons were protected by spiritual light, they couldn't block the power transmitted from the giant body and were smashed to pieces by the claws.
The other two flood dragons didn't take it head-on. Instead, they nimbly went around it and shot out a beam of spiritual light. However, when it landed on the giant body protected by a thick layer of light, there was no reaction at all.
Chi Junhou exclaimed, "Good heavens, it's really tough."
When the giant flood dragon got closer, the dozen or so cultivators started attacking. The direct impact of the visualization diagram caused the spiritual light on the flood dragon to ripple, but it still moved forward unwaveringly.
The people of the Independent State were invigorated by this sight. Just when they thought this creation would charge all the way to the Green Sun Army's base like this, the giant flood dragon suddenly shuddered. The light on its body suddenly wavered a few times before dimming.
The cultivators didn't know why, but they naturally didn't hold back. Moreover, there weren't many restrictions when using the visualization diagram to attack the enemy. Powerful spiritual light directly blasted the giant flood dragon's body, while some turned from real to illusory and rushed into its body to destroy it.
After just a few breaths, the giant flood dragon exploded in a burst of light. Then, the flying pieces of flesh and metal scattered on the wasteland. A few pieces of the giant claws smashed a few deep craters in the ground.
The cultivators were a bit surprised. The Frost Continent released this thing with great fanfare. They originally thought it would be very difficult to deal with, but now, it was destroyed so easily by them?
Some cultivators were still staring at the broken limbs, wondering if there were any changes to this thing.
Zhang Yu took a few glances and judged, "This creation pursues a large body, but its foundation is weak. It's not enough to support the spiritual power it stimulates."
The larger the creature, the harder it was to stimulate its own spiritual power. Sometimes, even if it was stimulated, the spiritual power would appear very weak because it lacked a body to support its power.
This creature was obviously created by birth, and its excessive power had caused its own body to collapse.
On the Independent State's side, the Frost Continent's major and the advisors behind Qi Li all had ugly expressions. This creation that everyone placed such high hopes on was gone just like that?
It was actually gone just like that?
It had to be known that at least a quarter of the annual taxes of the two states were filled into the two legislative institutes, and the majority of it was distributed by the Independent State's legislative institute.
And now, the greatest achievement they brought out didn't have any effect at all. It didn't even last for a moment. This wasn't even as useful as a few dozen warships. A major in the army said angrily, "Guo Du!"
Qi Li was very calm. He gave an order and ran out from the deputy commander. After a long time, he turned back and said, "General, I've asked."
Qi Li said, "What did the legislative institute say?"
The deputy commander said quietly, "The explanation from the legislative institute is that this thing was created to protect the fleet together with another kind of creation, the flood dragon, and not to attack. But now, they have no choice but to bring it out to deal with the cultivators on the other side. Perhaps the damage that the godly flood dragon endured in a short period of time exceeded its limit, so …"
Qi Li said, "Alright, that's it then."
The military major who spoke earlier said indignantly, "General, we're just going to let them go like this?"
Qi Li glanced at him and said, "Then what do you want?"
He knew very well that the Independent State wasn't like the Mi State that directly faced the Azure Sun. There were many internal problems, and the large sum of money that was allocated every year didn't necessarily fall into the hands of the legislative institute, so it was meaningless to criticize the legislative institute at this time.
The deputy commander said, "General, what should we do when we come down?"
Qi Li said, "Since we can't deal with those cultivators, then there's no need to take the risk. I won't send out the limited number of warships anymore. Next, we'll wait here for the Qing State fleet to come for the decisive battle."
The deputy commander was a bit worried and said, "But if General doesn't come out to defend and just watch the Qing State army build the barrier, I'm afraid many people in the state will criticize."
Qi Li said indifferently, "Then let them say it. If the Youfu State can't stop them, then I'll withdraw and let those people who are all talk and no action take this position."
In the following days, the Shuang State side didn't launch a decent attack. At most, they only sent some creators and armored soldiers to harass them.
Although they also tried to use armored soldiers to carry mystic soldiers forward, most of them were intercepted halfway. Even if a few of them caused explosions in the Azure Sun frontline, it didn't have much effect on the military base built underground.
About twenty days later, as the frontline gradually advanced, the first fleet of two thousand five hundred warships of the Green Sun Army arrived.
After Qi Li received the report, he saw a row of silver lines appear in the southeast and ordered the deputy commander, "Pass on the order that the Azure Sun fleet has arrived. Get ready, we're also setting off."
The deputy commander saluted and hurriedly went to pass on the order.
With the full support of the Youfu State, he was now able to deploy the Independent State's military forces to the greatest extent.
Now, he barely managed to gather a fleet of 1,200 warships and 600 transport flying ships.
There were 300 flying ships in this fleet that were converted from the private flying ships of the nobles of the Shuang State.
Moreover, he also learned the lesson of the battle of Mi Province and didn't plan to confront the Azure Sun fleet head-on. Instead, he planned to take this fleet out of the Independent State before the Azure Sun army arrived and patrol outside as a deterrent to contain the Azure Sun Army's forces as much as possible.
For this battle, the Independent State mobilized all of its reserves. Most of the mystic weapons carried by the fleet were sealed in secret boxes to facilitate long-term stationing in the wild.
Two summers later, a huge Shuang State fleet rose from the Independent State City. However, they didn't go to the battlefield but went out from the rear of the Independent State City toward the vast wilderness.
Zhang Yu also saw this scene. His eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at Shi Yue. The latter nodded, and after a while, several cultivators leaped into the air and followed after them.
Qi Li was currently sitting in the main ship and reading the news reported from various places.
Before the Azure Sun fleet destroyed him, the Independent State was safe. The Independent State's existence was also dependent on how long he existed outside.
However, there was still a crucial problem here. If he didn't find a way to avoid or resolve it, this plan would likely fail.
After the fleet traveled a distance, the deputy commander reported, "General, the sentry tower sent a message just now. As expected, there are cultivators following behind us."
Qi Li said, "Send armored soldiers and precious dragons to meet them in battle. Don't aim to injure the enemy, just pin them down. Have Wang Sima's fleet stay behind and use mystic weapons to cover the rear. We'll leave this place at full speed."
However, at this moment, another soldier came to report, "General, there are about 50 flying ships that can't keep up with the fleet …"
Qi Li asked solemnly, "What happened?"
The soldier said in a low voice, "I've already ordered people to check. These flying ships are already old and should've been cut down 10 years ago, but for some reason, they're still in the military fleet. When I sent people to check, no one reported this, so we didn't travel far before …"
Qi Li sighed. This kind of problem again.
However, he knew that this kind of thing couldn't be avoided in the current Independent State. Moreover, there would definitely be more problems with flying ships in the following journey, but what could he do?
He looked outside. The light of the setting sun shone on the surrounding flying ships and dyed them with a layer of blood-red light. Perhaps they were the last afterglow of the Shuang State.
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