HLnovel Chapter 118 : Chapter 118
Chapter 118 : Chapter 118
Chapter 118: A Baleful Aura Sweeps In
At the highest point of the hill, the Divine Elephant Nation had already planted its battle flag.
More than a hundred Divine Elephant Nation soldiers were clearing away the Huaxia Abyss-Suppressing Army corpses strewn across the ground.
Some were even tending to the wounded giant elephants.
Mid Wolf Guard Lü’s death was especially gruesome.
He was the one who had slain two giant elephants and killed three Divine Elephant Nation soldiers.
In the end, a Divine Elephant Nation warrior of the Profound Rank killed him with a single slash, and then he was hacked to pieces by a rain of blades.
The black-robed man gazed in the direction Ma Jun had escaped.
His expression was grave.
A Divine Elephant Nation officer with a headscarf said, “Do not worry. They would not dare do anything, and even if they wanted to, they are powerless.”
“We now have four Martial Artists whose strength is equivalent to their Profound Rank.”
“And right now, aside from us, every nation is in a state of military shortage. They absolutely would not dare send too many Profound Rank or stronger fighters.”
“Otherwise, their own nest would be in danger.”
The black-robed man slowly shook his head. With his palms pressed together, he swayed his head a few times.
“I can sense a baleful aura bearing down on us...”
“It is extremely dangerous!”
Although the headscarfed officer maintained a respectful look on his face,
inwardly, he was full of disdain.
What a load of crap.
He had looked down on the shaman’s plan from the very beginning.
Insisting on waiting until the Huaxia Abyss-Suppressing Army soldiers had gathered together so they could leave none alive.
What was the point of that?
Since they had already run into Huaxia soldiers, that meant this place was the Abyss border between Huaxia and the Divine Elephant Nation!
Friction was inevitable sooner or later.
This was the perfect chance to demonstrate their own hardline stance!
Even if they left no survivors, Huaxia would still find out sooner or later.
If anything, trying to cover it up only made them look guilty, as though they were afraid of the other side.
Given the current state of the world, aside from the Divine Elephant Nation, whose combat power had exploded along with its population boom, every other country was short on troops.
On that point, they were extremely confident.
“This was a premeditated sneak attack.”
“It already violates the Never-Setting Moon Treaty.”
“Huaxia may use that as grounds to tear relations apart with us!”
The black-robed man spoke in an irritated tone.
The headscarfed officer sneered.
“So what if they tear relations apart? Good. We can occupy them!”
“Besides, the Never-Setting Moon Empire is on our side.”
The black-robed man said nothing more, and the headscarfed officer did not care.
He ordered his men to begin setting up camp.
As bizarre as the Divine Elephant Nation was, one had to admit that they possessed many bizarre technologies that Huaxia did not.
For example, they had steel camps that fit inside “pouches”!
After selecting a flat stretch of land, a dozen men of relatively high rank took several square boxes out of their storage spaces.
The boxes began to unfold slowly, expanding and linking together.
In just over ten minutes, they had assembled a temporary steel barracks with eight enormous iron-walled chambers.
The headscarfed officer ordered everyone to set pots over the fire and start making curry.
Meanwhile, he sent people back to notify their garrison base.
He also had them tell the base to send people over to take measurements.
This place was already theirs.
More than an hour later, the headscarfed officer had finished enjoying his lunch of some brown, unidentifiable mixture.
He took out a reclining chair and sat outside the barracks, admiring the dark sky of the Abyss.
Seizing this Vacuum Zone was absolutely no small meritorious service.
Once he returned, he might even be able to compete for the position of City Lord of Balibali City.
Just as he was enjoying the thought, he suddenly noticed a black eagle circling high in the sky.
Although it was very far away, it inexplicably made him feel a trace of danger.
And just then, the cry of a giant elephant rang out across heaven and earth.
The headscarfed officer sprang to his feet and looked into the distance.
He saw dust billowing on the horizon!
Countless Abyss-Suppressing Army soldiers riding warhorses were charging straight toward them.
There were at least seven or eight hundred of them!
“Engage the enemy!!”
The headscarfed officer roared in fury!
He had not expected Huaxia’s Abyss-Suppressing Army to actually dare come charging back. They were simply courting death!
He suddenly shook both arms, and with a bang, the clothes on his body exploded apart!
His slick, rock-hard muscles rapidly swelled.
His entire body expanded by a full circle, and his aura became as terrifying as a Super Saiyan.
The morale of the Divine Elephant Nation soldiers soared, and they charged forward to meet the enemy.
Very soon, the two forces met on the flat ground by the hill.
The two armies collided.
There was not a single word of nonsense.
They began killing immediately!
Huaxia’s Abyss-Suppressing Army soldiers were burning with fury.
Although only seven or eight hundred had come this time, not one of them was below the Fourth Grade.
And whenever Profound Rank or stronger fighters from either side entered battle, the first thing they absolutely did not do was slaughter the low-grade fighters on the other side.
They first sought out the opposing high-grade fighters instead, lest they kill too happily and get ambushed without even knowing how they died.
The Profound Rank fighters on both sides quickly locked onto one another’s auras.
On Huaxia’s side, there were three Profound Rank Martial Artists in military officer uniforms!
That made the headscarfed officer overjoyed.
Because on the Divine Elephant Nation’s side, there were four Profound Rank Martial Artists!
Huaxia’s strongest fighter
was a Profound Rank Third Grade Martial Artist, one of Commander-in-Chief Liang Huajun’s personal confidants!
Liang Huajun called him Mute Man.
This man sought neither rank nor military merit. He had remained utterly devoted at Liang Huajun’s side, carrying out only Liang Huajun’s orders.
He was currently serving as the Commander’s Guard, and had previously been responsible for guarding the Mother Crystal.
Ever since Li Mu first met this man, he had never once heard him speak.
He was a ruthlessly fierce figure.
The moment Mute Man entered the battlefield, he charged straight at the Divine Elephant Nation’s black-robed shaman!
Without question, this black-robed shaman was the strongest Profound Rank fighter on the Divine Elephant Nation’s side.
As for Huaxia’s other two Profound Rank fighters, one was Qin Zhanye, who had only advanced to the Profound Rank a few days earlier.
The other was an Upper Wolf Guard sent over from Linyuan City Military District.
Since one of Pearl Military District’s Profound Rank experts had fallen during the previous military district defense battle, Linyuan City Military District had recommended an Upper Wolf Guard of the Profound Rank to come over.
His name was Xu Wanlin.
Now that Pearl Military District possessed the Mother Crystal of the Living Crystal, it was at precisely the stage where its future potential was immense.
For a Profound Rank fighter to come to Pearl Military District, as long as he established himself, it would be very easy for him to build merit and make a name for himself.
Presumably, whoever had recommended him had that in mind as well.
As for whether his luck was good or bad, that was hard to say.
He had only just arrived, and already he had run into an incident of this magnitude. He had then taken the initiative to volunteer for battle.
At that moment, Qin Zhanye and Xu Wanlin each went up against one of the Divine Elephant Nation’s other two Profound Rank fighters.
The headscarfed officer immediately burst into loud laughter.
As he observed the battlefield, he confirmed that the Huaxia side truly had no aura above the Profound Rank remaining.
All three of their Profound Rank fighters were tied down.
That meant he could go wreak havoc in the lower-grade battlefield!
With a loud shout, he prepared to charge into the low-grade battle zone.
But then he discovered that the eagle that had been circling in the sky suddenly let out a sharp cry!
It plunged straight down like a divine sword descending from the heavens.
In midair, the eagle suddenly transformed into a human figure, and a voice like that of a vicious ghost rang out above his head.
“Heavenly Might!!”