Chapter 225
Chapter 225: The Tiger Roar Army Has Arrived
After hearing his words, how could Zhong Xinghai and the others not understand what Dong Xiao was thinking?
Zhong Xinghai shouted, “Step down!”
Dong Xiao could only shut his mouth.
But in his heart, he remained deeply unconvinced.
Fine!
Since you all think that Tiger Roar Army is stronger than me, then let them go!
After the meeting ended, Zu Yuanji immediately used a special Spirit Treasure to contact Chu Ying, the Commander-in-Chief of the Red Horse Military District.
A month and a half ago, Li Mu had come to the Bloodsea Military District once.
He had even planted a huge Sub-Profound Spirit Tree at the edge of the Forbidden Zone nearest to Bloodpool City.
At that time, Zu Yuanji had asked Li Mu for his opinion.
He had asked whether Li Mu was willing to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Wanren Military District.
Li Mu refused.
If Stage Three had not descended and Hong Liangpeng had not died in battle, Li Mu might have tried it for the sake of reorganizing Linyuan City’s military prestige.
But now, that matter was already done.
Moreover, if he took over as commander-in-chief now, he would truly be overwhelmed.
There were far too many matters to manage.
Rebuilding the military district base alone was enough to give a person a headache.
So Li Mu had even stopped serving as Head Instructor.
An Xing had taken office as the Commander-in-Chief of the Wanren Military District.
Tang Meiying had taken office as Head Instructor.
Li Mu, meanwhile, focused on being the overall commander of his Tiger Roar Army.
It was also precisely because of this that, over the past two months, Li Mu had been almost completely immersed in farming. He had spent a huge amount of time inside Blessed Field Art.
The six Immortal Apes were busy from morning to night every day.
Yaogu had practically become their mount in the Blessing Field.
Ten thousand mu of Blessing Field!
Many times, traveling back and forth truly required riding a horse.
A monkey riding a horse was worth two ordinary workers.
Now, the tools inside the Blessing Field were also extremely complete.
Previously, when Li Mu was gathering medicinal herb seeds, he had accidentally gotten a tree seed mixed in.
After that tree rapidly grew, the Immortal Apes began snapping off branches to build houses.
Li Mu was startled awake!
So they needed houses to sleep in too?
Li Mu had always thought they just liked sleeping in the fields!
At that time, Li Mu remembered it very clearly.
When he voiced that realization, the Immortal Apes all wore helpless expressions.
Yaogu, however, snorted as if in mockery.
What did not having a place to live count for?
If you did not eat feces, he would probably think you did not need to eat at all!
This beast of burden had long since grown used to such a thick-headed master!
So Li Mu dug up that tree.
Then he found several kinds of trees and bamboo with excellent timber and planted them inside. He also gave them some knives, axes, and tools.
The Immortal Apes treated them like priceless treasures.
A few trees gradually multiplied into a small forest.
After that, they used the timber to build several small houses beside the Spiritual Spring channel.
No more, no less.
Three small houses!
Later, Li Mu also noticed that they moved in pairs, always together.
Just as Li Mu expected...
They had fallen in love!
There happened to be three males and three females.
Li Mu was stunned. Did this mean he would not need to spend Triumph Points to buy Immortal Apes in the future?
Should he encourage childbirth?
The news that Bloodpool City was mobilizing the Tiger Roar Army reached Linyuan City.
Very soon, there was a reply.
The Tiger Roar Army was on its way.
Zu Yuanji and the others predicted that even if the Tiger Roar Army hurried over, it would still take at least two days.
After all, nearly two thousand kilometers of road had to be covered by manpower.
Most importantly, traveling through a Forbidden Zone was itself an extremely dangerous act.
Now, when martial artists gathered inside a Forbidden Zone, they would no longer attract large-scale monsters just because their combined aura was too vast, unlike in the previous Abyss.
However, the density and strength of the monsters had both increased.
Traveling through a Forbidden Zone was already dangerous, let alone marching through one on a large scale.
They had to use node-based marching.
That meant scouts would open the way at the very front. If they encountered too many monsters or monsters that were too powerful, the main force would only have several choices: detour, punch through, or return to the original teleportation gate.
After all, the return distance was much greater than the teleportation distance.
If they happened to be in an awkward position that was not within the return range of any teleportation gate, whether ahead or behind them, it would become very dangerous.
But what no one had expected was this.
The message had been sent that afternoon!
Yet the Tiger Roar Army actually arrived at Bloodpool City early the next morning.
However, the one who came was not Li Mu.
It was Song Chuhe and Zhang Zhiwei.
The two were received by someone sent by Zu Yuanji and brought into the conference room of the Military Oversight Headquarters.
Song Chuhe and Zhang Zhiwei saluted.
“Song Chuhe, deputy commander of the Tiger Roar Army, reporting to the Chief Military Overseer.”
“Zhang Zhiwei, commander’s guard captain of the Tiger Roar Army, reporting to the Chief Military Overseer.”
Seeing that Li Mu had not personally come, Zu Yuanji asked in confusion, “Where is your overall commander?”
Song Chuhe said, “The overall commander had us come ahead first. He still has some troublesome matters to handle.”
“If our vanguard cannot complete the mission, he will come immediately.”
The surrounding commanders-in-chief looked at one another.
Good heavens. That kid Li Mu truly had a big heart.
For such a major matter, he had only sent a deputy commander and a guard captain?
To put it plainly, a guard captain was one of Li Mu’s bodyguards.
He was only responsible for Li Mu’s safety.
Zu Yuanji was so angry his beard nearly twisted crooked.
That brat was being far too overconfident!
What troublesome matter of yours is more important than my war?
More than ten thousand soldiers have died already.
Is your wife about to give birth or something?
However, the Tiger Roar Army’s marching speed still made him offer praise.
“You arrived very quickly! How many people did you bring?”
“Fifteen hundred.”
“No casualties, I hope?”
“None!”
Song Chuhe shook his head.
How could he fail to see that Zu Yuanji was slightly disappointed?
But he did not mind too much.
The Tiger Roar Army had nearly six thousand people in total.
After being stationed at the border for so long, they had long since all undergone full modification through Corpse Dissolution Flower Liquid.
Moreover, since they had all been stationed in Linyuan City a month and a half ago, they were even closer to Li Mu.
In the past, high-quality low-grade pills had been something they needed to work hard to obtain.
Now, they had almost become a daily supply of resources for improvement.
The points they earned through hard training and killing were now being used to exchange for high-grade pills.
While Linyuan City was sealed off and scouting the surrounding regions, the Tiger Roar Army’s efficiency was more than ten times that of ordinary soldiers...
After hearing that there were only fifteen hundred people, Dong Xiao, who had already been unconvinced yesterday, did not show it on his face.
But inwardly, he was somewhat taking pleasure in these major leaders’ misfortune.
Of course, he was laughing at those important leaders.
I, Dong Xiao, could not accomplish this, but you refused to listen to my opinion and insisted that Li Mu’s Tiger Roar Army could do it.
You value Li Mu so highly.
Yet he did not come at all!
He only sent two deputies with a little more than a thousand people to fool you!
When Zu Yuanji heard that there were no casualties, only then did he nod heavily.
“That is good! What is the average cultivation level of the soldiers?”
“The lowest is Eighth Grade. The highest is Profound Rank First Grade,” Song Chuhe said.
Everyone present felt their hearts shake.
This quality was indeed somewhat high.
Dong Xiao did not take it seriously at all. In a low-pressure region, what mattered most was individual combat power.
Cultivation level was secondary instead.
His Wansheng Army was actually not much lower than the Tiger Roar Army!
Had they not still returned in defeat? And his unit had five hundred more people.
He truly could not see where the Tiger Roar Army’s odds of victory lay.
“Mm. You have worked hard after traveling such a long distance. Rest and reorganize first.”
“If you need anything, tell me directly. Give me a time for when you can fight.”
Zu Yuanji said.
Song Chuhe nodded.
“Thank you, Chief Military Overseer!”
“We do indeed need to rest and reorganize. After one o’clock this afternoon, we can fight at any time!”
Zu Yuanji nodded with a smile.
Although this deputy commander was young, he was neither boastful nor timid. He was rather steady and had some bearing of a military talent.
Zu Yuanji smiled and said, “Good. Where are the soldiers?”
“They are in the plaza.” Song Chuhe pointed outside.
Zu Yuanji said to everyone, “Let’s go. We will take a look at the bearing of the Tiger Roar Army!”
The Tiger Roar Army had been transferred here to put out a fire, and they had rushed here through the night in a forced march.
They had to be given sufficient importance.
And having the Military Oversight Commander-in-Chief personally lead the major figures of the various Military Districts to review the troops was already giving the Tiger Roar Army full respect.
Dong Xiao followed behind everyone as they walked out of the fortress, his heart so sour it could curdle.
His Wansheng Army had never received treatment like this.
Why...
But before the resentment in his heart could fully rise...
It was forcibly cut short by the scene before him!
In the plaza outside...
More than a thousand Tiger Roar Army soldiers stood in formation.
At this moment, their formation was slightly loose.
Because they were wiping black blood from their bodies.
And cleaning chunks of flesh off themselves...