Chapter 743 - 300: Sweeping Across Dai Land—Earth Ants, the Times Have Changed (2)
Still blocking the Human Race!
Blocking your grandmother’s leg.
Clearly sending Lord Earth to his death.
"Run!"
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"Attack!"
Seeing the Earth Ant’s offensive completely collapse, the sound of horns roared, and a metallic ramp fell from the Giant Turtle.
One chariot after another drove off the Giant Turtle, turning into a torrent chasing after the Earth Ants, killing all they caught.
"Report to the Alliance Leader, the second wave of Earth Ant blockade has been broken."
On the shell of the Mountain-Moving Turtle stood a high platform.
Lord Zhi Shui looked at the disorganized Earth Ants and spoke to those beside him.
Soon, an attendant took out a Communication Witch Artifact to make contact, and also sent a messenger to the rear.
This was a dual communication method specifically instituted to prevent any accidents with the witch artifact or messenger.
In the rear, an Old Turtle hung in the air, only a thousand feet long, with a palace on its back.
Flying Ships or Flying Birds came swiftly from all directions, landing on the turtle’s back to report the battle situation to the Elders in the hall.
In the hall.
There were six Execution Elders of the Alliance present.
Huo Shan was also waiting in the hall, with Huo Ning sitting on the side as the recording officer, documenting every word and action.
Meanwhile, this position also allowed him to write down any thoughts he had and pass them to Huo Shan.
The Elders present were all Divine Treasure Martial Artists, and everyone was actually aware of the identity and actions of Huo Ning as a Celestial Vein Martial Artist.
But knowing was one thing, pretending not to know was another.
"Dai Land extends 190,000 miles from south to north, and we have already traveled 140,000 miles from south to north. Just a few more thousand miles and we’ll reach the Earth Ant Ancestral Land."
In the hall, Huo Shan looked at the map.
Before the battle began, scouts of the Alliance had already surveyed Dai Land, creating a clear map.
Then Huo Shan looked at the Elders in the hall, "Elders, what do you think about the Earth Ants blocking us twice?"
"I think these Earth Ants blocking us are probably trying to buy time for their Ancestral Land."
Lord Giant Wilderness spoke, "I believe we shouldn’t give the Earth Ants too much time to prepare. We should head straight to their nest; once we flatten their Ancestral Land, the remaining Earth Ants will be of no concern."
"Wait, I think these Earth Ants sending themselves to die isn’t just to block us."
Elder Lord Changhuan also came to Dai Land.
He stroked his beard and said, "I believe these Earth Ants and Ant Slaves look more like they were intentionally sent to their deaths by the Earth Ant Ancestral Land."
"This is already the second wave of blockades, I believe there will be a third and a fourth."
As Elder Lord Changhuan spoke, the Elders in the hall showed signs of contemplation.
"Elder Lord Changhuan, you don’t mean to say the Earth Ants are trying to make us underestimate them through such a means, do you? That seems a bit ridiculous,"
Lord Xia Shan said, "We come with Giant Turtles and warships, defeating the Earth Ants outside our formations; the Earth Ants can’t even touch our Clan Soldiers. This is the rightful might of the Human Race, so where is the underestimation of the Earth Ants?"
Regardless of whether or not the Earth Ants block us, the alliance’s strategy has always been to head straight for the Earth Ant Ancestral Land.
The Earth Ants are organized in a feudal system, with all branches respecting the Ancestral Land.
These branches have populations ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions.
With Blazing Flame leading the coalition of tribes, none of the Earth Ant branches occupying Dai Land are a match.
When the alliance’s army gathered in Dai Land, nine Divine Treasure teams were deployed to attack the Earth Ant tribes of each branch.
The Earth Ant tribal branches, facing the siege of over a hundred Divine Treasure Martial Artists, were almost scared out of their wits.
But Dai Land is vast, and the nine teams only wiped out parts of the southern Earth Ant branches of Dai Land.
Many Earth Ant branches in the northern part of Dai Land received the news and fled toward the Earth Ant Ancestral Land, dragging their families along.
In the recently broken blockade, there were a million Earth Ant Clan Soldiers, and over three million Ant Slaves.
The Earth Ants blocking the alliance army were all Earth Ant martial artists who had retreated into the Earth Ant Ancestral Land in advance.
Facing the Earth Ant blockade, the alliance army didn’t even need to use full force; just using the Witch Cannons scattered them and left them in disarray.
The entire blockade action was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, utterly ineffective.
On the alliance army’s side, there were almost too many captured Earth Ants and Ant Slaves to hold.
Elder Lord Changhuan continued, "I fear the Earth Ants might have some strange Witchcraft Secret Technique."
In the hall, Huo Chang, who had been listening to the Elders’ exchange, showed a pensive expression.
He had stayed in Dai Land for many years, aware of the Earth Ants’ strength.
Otherwise, the Earth Ants wouldn’t have been able to keep the Dai Land Human Race under captivity for so many years.
This time, the alliance army sweeping through Yongyi wasn’t because the Earth Ants were too weak, but because Blazing Flame’s Human Race Alliance was too powerful.
As the Earth Ants clung to the past, Blazing Flame was advancing rapidly.
Unless one experienced it personally, it would be hard to believe the transformation of Blazing Flame.
During the first time he came to Dai Land, Blazing Flame had to sneak around, afraid of being discovered by the Earth Ants.
The reason the Earth Ants are so severely defeated is because they couldn’t keep up with Blazing Flame’s era.
Huo Chang thought for a moment, then wrote a few sentences on paper. Huo Shan glanced sideways and saw everything clearly.
"Elder Lord Changhuan makes a good point; since the Earth Ants have collapsed, we shouldn’t just command from the rear. Let’s all go to the front battlefield and have a look."
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On the front battlefield.
The wheels of the chariots whistled as they rolled over the wasteland, and the figures standing on the chariots easily thrust their spears, sending Earth Ants flying and then crashing heavily to the ground.
"Four-legged Earth Ants are nothing, kill, kill!"
As the chariots passed, they left streaks of blood in their tracks.
Millions of Earth Ants and Ant Slaves blocking the way were like snowflakes under the harsh sun, vanishing in the thousands of miles long battlefield in a short time.
These blocking Earth Ants even failed to touch the Old Turtle’s legs before they collapsed.
With Old Turtles to carry them, the alliance army didn’t need to set up camps; they just rested on the turtle’s back when tired.
Then, as Elder Lord Changhuan mentioned, they encountered the third and fourth wave of blockades.
With each arranged blockade, the number of Earth Ant martial artists increased.
Yet still, they couldn’t get close to the alliance army, being bombarded to pieces by the witch cannons of the hovering warships.
Along the way, the army used only one tactic: witch cannon bombardment followed by a charge from the Clan Soldiers.
Then, the blocking Earth Ants completely scattered and fled.
A Tier Four Earth Ant barely managed to gather a force when cannonballs rained down like a storm before it could charge at the Mountain-Moving Turtle.
The patrolling warships protected the Mountain-Moving Turtle, and the Divine Treasure and Celestial Vein Martial Artists piloting the Flying Ships and Birds protected the warship.
Land and sky united, leaving no gap for the Earth Ants to attack.
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Northeast of Dai.
In the midst of a stretch of earth-colored rolling hills, the fierce wind swept up clouds of dust and ash, obstructing the vision of living beings.
This was the location of the Earth Ant Ancestral Land.
Among the earth-colored hills, every now and then one could see the rise and fall of pavilions and grand halls.
But now, these pavilions and grand halls had lost their former bustle, and the Earth Ants moving inside were all rushing hurriedly.
Deep in the hills, in an area like a desert in its earthy hue, a towering figure several hundred feet tall, entirely yellow, and with Earth Element Power surging from its body, let out a hoarse, fierce roar.
"Useless, you can’t even die properly, what’s the use of you?"
Among the swirling sand and soil, Tier Four Earth Ants prostrated themselves on the ground.
"Ancestor, the Human Race’s attack methods have changed; we can’t even get close to them, there’s no way to use our Bloodline Secret Arts!"
"The children of our tribe have already lost millions, and haven’t even touched the Human Race. These humans rely on Giant Beasts and Witch Artifacts, killing our people from dozens of miles away!"
"Ancestor, we really can’t attack them!"
The Tier Four Earth Ants lying on the ground trembled, but what they said wasn’t entirely accurate.
If these Tier Fours took action, they could indeed attack the Human Race from a distance.
But every time one of them appeared, dozens of Human Divine Treasures appeared to gang up on them.
How can we fight like this?
