Chapter 149: Greenhouse Flowers
The group immediately entered a battle formation. They launched all sorts of long-range mystic artifacts at the enemy from one thousand zhang away, and waves of Dao spells when they were five hundred zhang away. They moved with urgency but without panic, displaying remarkable discipline.
Unfortunately, this particular Shaman force proved exceptionally strong. They moved rapidly while a blood red shield protected their front. The long-range assault only managed to bring down dozens of ordinary fighters.
The Shaman force came to a sudden stop when they were about a hundred zhang away. Then, five Warlocks[1] chanted a curse at the same time. The youngsters’ skin immediately started turning dark red in color, and those with weak cultivation threw up blood on the spot. The sweet girl especially was throwing up countless rice-sized worms!
Her stomach churned painfully as the blood drained from her face. She could not stop throwing up on the ground.
Gritting his teeth, Cui Yu barked out an order, “Half the guards will cover our retreat! Everyone else, withdraw!”
At the moment, there were still over seventy guards in the group. Most of them immediately stepped forward to bring up the rear. Cui Yu had to pull back the youngest, weakest, and most hopeful before readying himself to give the retreat order.
The thirty guards responsible for bringing the rear stepped forward in unison. They were prepared to fight to the bitter end.
It was at this moment a huge, flaming cauldron appeared in the sky and descended straight toward the Shaman’s formation! It looked almost as big as a small hill and horrifyingly powerful. Without hesitation, the Warlocks immediately broke rank and ran away. Since the Warlocks broke rank, the battle formation could not be maintained, and the fighters scattered in every direction as well.
There was a terrible boom when the flaming cauldron finally made contact with the ground. The flames looked big and bright enough to scorch the sky as well. In reality, the cauldron only managed to leave a small dent on the ground. It was remarkably weak despite being several zhang tall and deadly-looking. Even the one Warlock who was struck squarely by the cauldron only took a small amount of damage.