Dragon Tamer

Chapter 561: 563 Divine Bird people

Chapter 561: Chapter 563 Divine Bird people
 

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“Look, behind their city-state there’s another army, obviously stationed in defense against us,” Zhao ChiShun of the Royal Family said seriously, pointing at a spot behind Absolute Ridge Chengbang.

“Thankfully, we didn’t recklessly charge over, or we would’ve fallen right into their trap,” he added.

“Dragon beasts can only fly low, which makes the Silver Ridge City Wall of Absolute Ridge Chengbang even more challenging to overcome. The people of Absolute Ridge Chengbang seem to have utilized the Thunderwing Mountain Summit’s natural lightning to create an airspace Thunder Realm,” Zhu Minglang said.

That Thunderwing Sky Seed provided Absolute Ridge Chengbang with a perfect defensive environment, deterring even the lord-level dragons from flying high, as the relentless lightning could split the unwary in two.

“This Absolute Ridge Chengbang is no simple matter; they seem to control capabilities that we in the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent have never seen,” Elder Jing Lin remarked.

They turned ordinary soldiers into Gaint Ridge Generals, comparable to dragon beasts.

And they used that Thunderwing Sky Seed to set up an airspace barrier.

No sitting power or ruling class on the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent possesses this kind of ability.

“It’s a pity that we’re short-handed; otherwise, we could send a team up that mountain to have a look. Perhaps we could find a way to disrupt that airspace Thunder Realm,” said Hall Master Wang Beiyu of the Purple Sect Clan.

“You all stay here and wait for the right moment to launch an attack. I’ll go up the mountain and have a look,” Zhu Minglang said.

The people of Absolute Ridge Chengbang were using a variant of Thunderwing to establish a Thunder Realm, an unforeseen move that significantly limited the advance of the Dragon Beast Army. Li Yunzi’s Flying Dragon Battalion could only fight atop the city and state walls; their advantage of agile flight in the air was completely nullified.

“We don’t know if anyone else is guarding up there, and going alone… Just be extra careful,” Wang Beiyu cautioned.

Zhu Minglang had thought these fellows might dispatch an elite team to accompany him, but it turns out they were just wishing him luck.

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhu Minglang reconciled himself to the solo journey, as the Ascending Tribulation of the Azure Phoenix Azure Dragon was imminent. Even if it meant leveling Absolute Ridge Chengbang, Zhu Minglang was determined to scale that mountain!

“Big brother, let us go with you,” Zi Miaozhu offered.

“No need, I’ll go alone. You all stay here and observe the changes quietly. If there’s any danger, I will retreat,” Zhu Minglang assured them.

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After instructing Elder Jing Lin to protect Nan Lingsha, Zi Miaozhu, Hao Ye, and the others, Zhu Minglang set out to climb the summit alone.

The higher he climbed, the more terrifying the lightning strikes became. Every ten steps or so, a sight to behold—bolts of extraordinary lightning split the dark mountainside sky, illuminating it.

Zhu Minglang, even while flying parallel to the ground on his sword, saw the Thunderwing Mountain clothed in towering snow-cedar trees, lush and dense. Every time lightning split the sky, its glow would illuminate the bright cedar foliage, passing the lightning’s brilliance to the leaves, making the whole mountainside sparkle like flint!

Zhu Minglang found the path up the mountain. When he circled to the south, he observed that the battlefield around the Silver Ridge City Wall was even more fiercely contested. The Li Chuan Army, numbering over a hundred thousand, had fully committed to the assault. Evidently, Li Yunzi was not interested in dragging out the fight…

A decisive push; if they were unable to breach the walls of Absolute Ridge Chengbang, launching a second offensive would become incredibly difficult. Insufficient supplies, a harsh environment, and opting to besiege and recover was utterly out of the question.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Just then, the sky above suddenly exploded as two immensely thick bolts of lightning descended from the heavens and shockingly intersected at the mountain’s peak. The lightning that burst forth radiated toward the sea of clouds, resembling furious dragons dancing in violent waves, their lengthy, fearsome bodies dwarfing any ordinary storm’s lightning!

As the sea of clouds spread electrified, the whole sky soon bristled with lightning. Immediately following, countless lightning whips, like the tentacles of a Heavenly Demon, viciously lashed the continuous mountain range!

Around the Silver Ridge City Wall, some dragon beasts attempted to fly high, seeking aerial combat superiority. But with the sudden onslaught of lightning strikes, hundreds of Dragon Sons and Dragon Generals were annihilated in an instant!!

They were already flying low, just not grazing the mountain grounds, but the span of the floating Thunder Realm was so vast that it utterly obliterated the entire vanguard of the Dragon Trainer Army aiming to breach a side of the mountain wall!

The floating Thunder Realm!!

No wonder Absolute Ridge Chengbang was so fearless; they had made thorough preparations. If the Li Chuan Army dared to step foot here, they would all be buried on the upper Isolated Ridge, filling the valley beneath the clouds with hundreds of thousands of corpses!

Zhu Minglang drew a sharp intake of breath upon seeing this unfolding.

Was this secluded city-state truly of another race? How could their control of forces be so divine???

“The Flying Dragon Battalion, the Giant Dragon Army, and the Azure Dragon Group must all fight on the ground. And with the Silver Ridge City Wall as impregnable as a fortress of gold, if we cannot break through the wall, the vast majority of people would die in the ditches beneath it,” Zhu Minglang’s expression grew grim.

Taking the city was proving harder than expected. Especially since the assault point was situated in a basin while the Silver Ridge Chengbang towered high. Upon receiving the Imperial Dynasty’s orders, Li Yunzi fretted, for such a strained assault on a city-state occupying a naturally advantageous position could potentially lead to a mass burial, even if the army’s numbers were tenfold higher.

But Li Yunzi had no other choice.

The Imperial Dynasty aimed to weaken her authority and take Li Chuan into its fold, influenced by the World Dragon Gate.

Li Yunzi had to either breach the city to secure an absolute stance in Li Chuan or face the loss of her ruling power to the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent…

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“This Thunder Realm is too terrifying, the Dragon Beast Army is as good as crippled, we need to make it disappear as soon as possible.” Zhu Minglang was also clear about what he needed to do.

Once the thunder and lightning had calmed down a bit, Zhu Minglang continued climbing the mountain.

The summit wasn’t too steep, and Zhu Minglang saw a large expanse of barren fir trees. They stood dry and withered atop the somewhat rugged peak, which was shaped like a horn and rose abruptly from this area at the top.

Their composition differed from the rest of the mountain; they were made of dark purple rocks and interspersed with many dark purple iron ores. At a glance, one could see these dark purple iron ores exposed outside the summit, as if the interior of the horn-like peak was completely made of this iron ore!

Zhu Minglang passed through the barren snow-cedar forest and was about to approach that horn-shaped summit when the Heavenly Slaughter Dragon let out a warning cry.

Zhu Minglang quickly concealed his presence and used the Charm Shadow Clothes to move stealthily.

At the junction of the horn summit and the mountaintop, a colorfully striped tent appeared in Zhu Minglang’s field of vision, inside which sat several robust men who , despite the chill of early spring, were naked. There was also a group of people donning feather gowns. They even wore bird face masks, revealing only their eyes and noses, their hair unkempt and wild.

The naked robust men were easier to identify—they were soldiers from the Absolute Ridge Chengbang, and by the brown ridge patterns on their skin, it was evident they possessed the ability to transform into Giant Ridge Generals, and their ranks weren’t low either.

As for those masked witchdoctors in feather gowns, Zhu Minglang had a vague impression of them, feeling like he had seen them somewhere before.

“Hidden Fog Island Tribe?” Zhu Minglang suddenly remembered something!

Li Yunzi had mentioned that tribe from Hidden Fog Island, capable of controlling powerful and terrifying flocks of birds like the fog wild eagle, the Poisonous Demon Bird, and the Hail Bee Dragon… They consider themselves the Divine Bird people!

Back then, in front of Li Yunzi, there were some sketchbooks with simple outlines of the appearance of the Giant Ridge Generals and the general attire of the Hidden Fog Island Tribe. Zhu Minglang had glanced at them briefly.

“Has Absolute Ridge Chengbang already colluded with Hidden Fog Island??” Zhu Minglang was shocked.

If Li Yunzi saw them as a threat, then they must possess terrifying power; the Divine Bird people of Hidden Fog Island were definitely on the same level as the threats posed by the Absolute Ridge Chengbang.

To suppress Absolute Ridge Chengbang alone, Li Chuan had to give their all, not to mention the additional Divine Bird people from Hidden Fog Island. Their alliance meant that the entire Li Chuan Continent might fall into a huge crisis!

This matter was probably even unknown to Li Yunzi.

Absolute Ridge Chengbang was in the north at Upper Isolated Ridge, whereas Hidden Fog Island was in the Void Sea Area to the southeast of Li Chuan, separated by the vast Li Chuan Continent. If not for the emergence of the World Dragon Gate, they might not even be aware of each other’s existence.

How could they have ended up colluding?

“Mosquito Dragons…”

“Could it be that those Mosquito Dragons aren’t wild.”

“Mosquito Dragons have been hovering near the army, forcing the Li Chuan Army to not send out scouts or advance teams, causing the entire army to cross the river by feeling for stones, even cutting off the logistics supply, forcing Li Chuan to mount an attack on the city in one fell swoop.”

“Damn it!”

“If the Mosquito Dragons are indeed being controlled by those Divine Bird people from Hidden Fog Island, then our Sudden Attack Team’s position might as well have been exposed!”

Zhu Minglang thought with extreme horror!

Suddenly, he remembered the four words Li Xinghua had said to him—”a lost game”!

This battle was doomed to this outcome from the moment it began!

At this moment, Zhu Minglang also realized why Li Yunzi was feeling so anxious. The moment she received the command from the Royal Family, she knew this expedition was more likely to fail than succeed.

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“Those foolish Li Chuan commoners, they think we don’t know their whereabouts and intentions just because they hide in the mountainside?”

“Heh, they want to stab Absolute Ridge Chengbang in the back during the heat of the battle, unaware that the moment they come down the mountain, the Mosquito Dragons sleeping on the mountain path will devour them completely!”

“I really want to see that beautiful sight for myself. I love the image of flesh and blood parting, but unfortunately, the Hall Master wants us to stay here. Those people from Li Chuan must be panicked, they must think we have the aid of gods, hahaha!”

“How is this Thunder Realm set up? Can you teach us?” asked the naked and buff military general.

“Of course, you trade us your Giant Illusion Technique,” laughed the person in the feather gown.

Both men chuckled together, but neither revealed their tribe’s secret arts. After all, it related to the rise and fall of their tribes; an alliance didn’t mean revealing everything.

Zhu Minglang, while wearing the Charming Shadow Clothes, listened to these people’s conversation.

“Alas, when we established the Sect Palace, it was simply to better control Li Chuan and welcome the arrival of the World Dragon Gate. Little did we know the Supreme Court would come out of nowhere, and the Orderer that came with them flattened the Sect Palace… Our plans were disrupted,” said the shirtless leader of Absolute Ridge Chengbang.