Chapter 877: Escape Through Smoke and Fire
Empress Yin and the Priest chased after Kuo Zhong and Xu Zhiling, and there were also a dense wave of Mongolian cavaliers around them. No matter how strong Kuo Zhong and Xu Zhiling were, it was impossible for them to seize the horses and flee the camp successfully.
But Happy’s action created a chance for them. Without another word, the duo jumped over the group of dumbfounded Mongolians, s.n.a.t.c.hed some horses, and fled. They did not give Empress Yin or the Priest the chance to chase after them.
“Haha! Awesome!”
“Brother Happy, hurry up and come out!”
Right when Xu Zhiling and Kuo Zhong successfully rushed out of the camp, they could help but shout at the top of their lungs.
But before their voices faded away, a loud bang shot up, and the Mongolian logistics camp instantly exploded. Countless surprised and enraged shouts shot to the sky.
“b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”
“This cunning Chinese!”
“Catch him! Don’t let him escape!”
“Get rid of the fire! Get water and get rid of the fire!”
The duo turned their heads around and looked, and they saw a thick wave of black smoke rise from the center of the camp, where the yurt containing the supplies was. The flaming sparks caused even them, who rushed out of the camp, to be able to sense the heat from within.
Smoke rolled up the sky.
One-third of the entire camp was enveloped by thick smoke. When they saw the momentum of the flames, they knew that the entire yurt should have been lit up in flames by that Thunderous Fire Scale Bullet.
The Mongolian soldiers moved around in panic like headless chickens in search of water, but unfortunately for them, they were on the plains. There was no way for them to find water.
“Good job!” Kuo Zhong’s face was flushed red with excitement. “Haha! I knew that boy will definitely do this!”
But Xu Zhiling did not look so good. There was only unease and anxiety on his face. “It’s naturally good that he managed to complete his mission… But burning the Mongolian army’s supplies right in front of Empress Yin…? The evil cult will definitely fly off into rage. Brother Happy might have an even harder time running away from Empress Yin’s claws now.”
Kuo Zhong cackled and said, “Don’t worry, that boy has Nine Yang Divine Skill’s body fortification and s.h.i.+fting Stars. He’s like a c.o.c.kroach that will never die. Empress Yin might not be able to catch him. The evil cult might even end up suffering a loss this time and let Happy learn Empress Yin and the Priest’s martial arts in secret.”
Xu Zhiling said nothing, but his expression froze.
But Xu Zhiling will absolutely not be able to expect that Kuo Zhong will actually have what he said come true.
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Once Empress Yin got close to him, Happy resolutely jumped to the centermost yurt, and with his fastest speed, he made Thunderous Fire Scale Bullet explode.
Thunderous Fire Scale Bullet was a firepowder that contained a great explosive force, and it was highly flammable as well.
Once it exploded, a dense wave of flames quickly surrounded a circular area that was 164 feet. Multiple yurts were instantly lit up in flames. The supplies burst into flames, and they immediately became fuel for the fire.
Whatever the flames touched, they burned it.
This was the power of methane!
Even Empress Yin did not expect that Happy will do something this extreme. Even when he was surrounded, he still dared to risk his life, and he was now surrounded by a sea of fire.
“d.a.m.n it! Once I catch you, I will make you suffer a fate worse than death!” Empress Yin gritted her teeth and fixed her stare on Happy, who stood in the sea of fire and smoke.
“Get water!
“Get rid of the fire!
“Where are you going?! Don’t move! Surround the fire!” Demon General Zhao Deyan was livid. He continuously had people save the food supplies and get water to extinguish the fire.
Unfortunately, there was too little water in the camp, and it was impossible for that bit of water to extinguish fire caused by methane.
When the flames at one side became weaker, the flames from the other sides will immediately burn to that side, and their efforts to extinguish the fire did not work at all.
In the end, he can only order his men to surround the burning site and not allow Happy to get out.
However, with Nine Yang Divine Skill protecting him, high heat was not a threat to Happy. As for the smoke getting into his eyes? While it was unpleasant, as long as he shut his eyes and used his spiritual senses to examine the area, he will still be safe!
Instead, Empress Yin, Demon General, the Priest, and the rest had their faces red with rage while they were separated from Happy because of the fire. They shouted nonstop, but even so, they still cannot get into the sea of fire.
Happy immediately held his breath and patiently stationed himself in the hot sea of fire while he paid attention to his surroundings without panicking in the slightest.
Smoke rolled about in waves, and the flames crackled as they burned.
A red protective layer appeared around Happy to absorb the fire.
Happy ignored the thick smoke enveloping him and turning him black. He just stood on a pile of supplies that had not started burning yet and silently watched the situation outside.
“Cough! Cough! Cough!”
Tumbling smoke swiftly spread out of the camp in the plains.
A violent breeze blew through, and the black smoke spread through the entire camp. Most of the warriors inhaled too much smoke, and they could not stop crying. The people who were especially close to the flames had their eyes half shut, and their field of vision shrank to an incredibly small area.
Besides, the supplies were still burning, and it was getting hotter while the smoke grew thicker.
“Cough… Hack, wheeze… Get water…”
“The-There’s no water anymore! Cough cough! General, all the water in the camp has already been used on the fire—cough! But we still can’t control it—”
“What the heck?!”
“General—cough, let our people go. If this continues, we’ll die because of the smoke.”
The powerful flames refused to become weaker even when they reached the sky. Thick smoke came tumbling down on the people, and nothing can be seen within a circular area of 328 feet.
Many people inhaled so much smoke that they had practically lost their fighting strength!
“Nonsense!”
Empress Yin naturally did not care about whether these people lived or died. When she heard that they wanted to withdraw, she broke the neck of that 100-man commander without another word.
“Whoever dares to leave your post will suffer through the same fate.”
At any other moment, tyrannical methods might work.
But there was smoke all around the place, and it was noisy. There weren’t a lot of people who can actually see. As thick smoke quickly spread out into the area, many people ran out of the camp, and the horses were also useless. They were so terrified by the flames that they ran all over the place and crashed into everyone everywhere. Those who had smoke get into their eyes did not even look into which direction they headed. As if they had been possessed, they descended into chaos, which quickly spread through the entire camp.
Demon General saw that the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
“Retreat!”
A large group of Mongolian soldiers looked as if they had been forgiven of a great sin. All of them ran while shoving into each other, and they were covered in soot, making them look like laborers who just crawled out of caves.
In the end, even Empress Yin, Demon General, and the Priest could not continue staying near the place, because they could not breathe. They retreated.
When they retreated, there was no longer any way they can keep their eyes on where Happy was.
“Hmph!”
He had been waiting and enduring all this smoke for so long, and it was all for this moment.
He tapped against the ground and quickly shot out of the thick smoke from the sea of fire to flee in the opposite direction. He ran about in the thick smoke and mingled around a group of Mongolian cavaliers who covered their faces while they fled, coughing as he escaped.
Once he left the crowd, Happy said nothing else and searched for a remote area to summon his Hoof Shadow. He activated his skill to fuse with his horse and made his horse gallop forth madly.
Even if the Mongolian cavaliers around him managed to tell that the person who was as black as ink was Happy, they did not have the strength to deal with him even if they wanted to right now.
“He’s—cough—here—”
“After him!”
“Quick! After him!”
As shouts rang through the air, a continuous stream of Mongolian cavaliers snapped awake from their panic.
Unfortunately, most of their war horses had already either died inside because of the hitching posts stopping them from running away or will not listen to their commands. When they fired their arrows, they will also have dozens of their own people die. In the end, the large group of Mongolians can only watch as Happy quickly rode on his horse and vanished from the horizon.