Chapter 443 – Throwing the Bomb
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: TN and DeAndreR
"Master!" De Rong exclaimed, facing his own Master, he had a grave and stern expression.
Yet, Sima Xiao whose head was deep in his food exposed a smile, raised the pastry in his hand and said: "Do you want some snacks?"
De Rong frowned, and said with annoyance: "Are these desserts meant for men to indulge in?"
Sima Xiao was not angry, and replied with a chuckle: "De Rong, you do not know how to enjoy."
De Rong remained unmoved and replied coldly: "This subordinate is busy with military affairs, if Master has nothing, this subordinate will leave."
"Hey hey hey, In any case I am the Master, will you die giving me some face." Sima Xiao said unhappily.
De Rong acted as he did not hear it, standing coldly there like a statue.
De Rong had an ugly appearance, he was 56 years old, his life of trying to achieve his dreams for a long time had made him age prematurely, bitterness concentrated between his brows, adding the grave and stern aura he was giving off, gave off a bigoted, stubborn and arrogant impression.
Sima Xiao placed the pastries down: "If I don"t ask you to come, I won"t even see your shadow at all. How"s Xiao Yu doing?"
Hearing that name, Rong De"s cold and stern face became more gentle: "She is much better now, she is stronger. In the past half year, she has not become sick. I have not thanked you yet."
Xiao Yu was his daughter, she contracted a strange disease and her situation was extremely tense. If not for Sima Xiao, her life would have been gone.
SIma Xiao waved his hand: "Don"t need to thank me. I saved your daughter for you to give me your strength, no one owes anyone anything. I do not like to talk about favors, it will be more realistic if everyone talked about benefits."
Rong De"s arrogant face nodded: "that"s true."
"Look at this video." Sima Xiao finished his last pastry, dropping the crumbs, he stood up.
A video lit up in front of him.
"This video is the entire process of the destruction of Vibrating Mountain Army." Qiu Zhi Jun said calmly: "Because it is a matter involving the battle of an army, we think you are more professional, so we would like to hear your thoughts."
Rong De"s gaze was instantly locked onto the video, and slowly, his expression turned dull and serious.
The video quickly ended.
De Rong was at a loss for words, the video kept replaying in his mind, causing him to look like a puppet standing in place, not moving at all.
Only after a long while did he gradually regain his senses.
"What about it? Evaluate it a bit." Sima Xiao"s leisurely voice came into his ears
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"Very strong!" De Rong clenched his fist unconsciously, his expression sinister and relaxed his hand only after a while. His expression became much better, and he said: "they are stronger than us."
"I think so too." Sima Xiao seemed to have antic.i.p.ated that answer, his face did not fluctuate a bit, but raised his eyebrow: "Come, explain it to me."
"The other party"s military leader is extremely powerful!" Rong De had already calmed down, and said: "The charge of the Lupus Army is most probably a unique grade."
"Unique?" the smile on Sima Xiao"s face disappeared.
"Yes." Rong De"s face surfaced some mad look: "Lupus Army, compared to ours, is actually still lacking. And the might of the charge is obviously of a much higher standard than their army. That only leaves one possibility, it is on the commander of the other party. Unique, most probably is a unique grade."
"What about the other army?" Qiu Zhi Jun asked.
Rong De replied solemnly: "An expert leading recruits, the standard of the arrangement is very high, the rhythm not too bad. Other than that, I could not really tell."
"If you have to fight against Lupus army, how certain are you that you can win?" Sima Xiao looked at Rong De in a serious manner.
Rong De did not ask why, after thinking: "How many men do I get?"
"How many men do you need?" Sima Xiao returned with another question.
"500 against 500, I will lose. Give me 1000 men, chances of victory 30%. 2000 men, 50%. 5000 men, I will definitely win." Rong De replied.
Sima Xiao revealed a surprise look: "Other famous leaders, all fight with fewer numbers, why do you not have the resolve, and ask for so many men?"
Rong De glanced at Sima Xiao with disdain: "You don"t understand! If I am not wrong, the other party"s commander"s unique grade technique is only his charge, and the overall efficiency is not high. THey are like a blade that is sharp enough. But they only have so many people, their rear is not strong enough. To be able to handle such an opponent, we need to attrite them."
"We do not have 5000 people." Sima Xiao waved his hand.
Rong De replied coldly: "I know, so we cannot fight."
"Really makes me unreconciled." Sima Xiao was extremely not happy: "You go and prepare your army, get ready to move out!"
Rong De replied straightforwardly: "Ok."
Sima Xiao was slightly surprised: "Are you not afraid that you are sending yourself to death?"
Rong De replied honestly: "No difference, anyway my life was already sold to you."
"That"s true." Sima Xiao tapped on his chin: "But I am a person who values my personal a.s.sets, I cannot afford to squander you away…."
"So are we going to war or not?" Rong De was slightly annoyed.
"Of course we will fight." Sima Xiao raised his head, regaining his previous composure.
Rong De turned and left.
Sima Xiao was startled, then shouted from behind: "Hey hey hey, I did not say we are fighting Ursa Major Constellation, our target is…."
Qiu Zhi Jun stood by the side with a helpless look.
Suddenly, his gaze was attracted to the messenger that rushed over, a bad feeling surged in his heart, something big happened.
When he accepted the report, his face changed.
Ursa Major Constellation"s alliance with Honorable Martial Group, the sneak attack on Orion Constellation, had attracted all of the eyes in Heaven"s Road.
Orion Constellation was Leo Constellation"s long ally, their own strength, in the 10 Equatorial Palace Halls, was the top. And the other crucial point was with regards to the position of Orion Constellation.
As Leo Constellation and Orion Constellation"s were very close, they had many Star Doors between the two. If Ursa Major Constellation took over Orion Constellation, that meant, they would have the capability to directly threaten Leo Constellation. With that said, upon taking over Orion Constellation, not only will Honorable Martial Group not lose anything, but they would have created a sharp knife at the back of Leo Constellation.
It seemed that to the people of the powerhouses that were knowledgeable and experienced, Orion Constellation would most probably become the breaking point of the entire military campaign.
All the strategist of every party all calculated the variations of the situation, but, no one expected that the following change, which caused them all to be stupefied.
Ursa Major Constellation had changed Masters!
And the one who obtained the benefits, was someone called Tang Tian.
The name Tang Tian was not foreign to everyone. He was the greenhorn that emerged from the famous battle in Lupus Constellation. But, Lupus Constellation held too low a position in Heaven"s Road, Ecliptic Palaces, Equatorial Palace Halls, Polar Domains, Northern Sky, Southern Sky, Lupus Constellation belonged to the 5th tier constellations, and was also one the of weakest constellation in the five tiers. Adding that Tang Tian did not have the saint treasure of Lupus Constellation, to many people, Tang Tian and his group were a bandit group which held a bit of power.
That small powerhouse, had numerous equivalents in the entire vast Heaven"s Road, and they were unable to step up to the big stage.
Even when Lupus Constellation and Andromeda Constellation formed an alliance, it did not attract too much attention. Andromeda Constellation suffered great losses, a majority of the Star Doors were lost, and they had internal troubles and external aggressions. Furthermore, Andromeda Constellation was a Northern Sky Constellation, a 4th tier constellation. The alliance of Andromeda and Lupus Constellation, to the old timers of Heaven"s Road, was like a small village in a remote and desolated valley allying themselves with a neighbouring small town, which was unrelated to the general situation.
Compared to them, Ursa Major Constellation was undoubtedly a big character, it was a tyrant that had the qualifications to compare with Equatorial Palace Halls Constellations.
The snake swallowing the elephant.
Tang Tian, the small snake, actually swallowed Ursa Major Constellation.
Very quickly, the following information caused everyone to be dumbstruck. The rea.s.signment of the Saint Treasure, the awakening of the Big Dipper, all these, which were like all the pa.s.sed down small folk tales, it was so bizarre.
It was not that a rea.s.signing of the saint treasure had never happened, but it was also rarely seen. But the awakening of the Big Dipper, caused all the strategists who were familiar with the history, to be taken for a shock.
The glory and strength of Ursa Major Constellation in the past could only be found in the records of history. Many records all indicated the time when the ancient Ursa Major Constellation was powerful, there was a widely liked phrase used, "The violent bear that makes people tremble".
And Big Dipper, was the spirit of the violent bear.
As expected, very quickly, the well-informed powerhouses all obtained the latest information, that Ursa Major Constellation"s latest energy concentration was at 12%. That number is not high, and in truth, compared to the old Ursa Major Constellation, it was actually considered lower. Yan Yong Lie"s Ursa Major Constellation had a energy concentration of around 15%.
Apparently the number was not strange, but, when Ursa Major Constellation changed Masters, with the eruption of vitality, the energy concentration was only 7%.
The energy concentration was also known as the star power concentration, was the most important criteria to appraise the level of the constellation.
In a short time, the star power concentration recovered to a 12%, which also indicated that Ursa Major Constellation was stabilized, and that it was recovering very quickly. The speed of recovery caused everyone to be stupefied. In just a few days, to jump from 7% to 12%, and even increasing in momentum without any indication of stopping.
According to normal reasoning, any constellation that once again set a new saint treasure, would enter a long period of recovery. Ursa Major Constellation"s unusual phenomenon, caused everyone to once again land on the mysterious Big Dipper.
Ursa Major Constellation, with Big Dipper lit up again, how strong would it become?
Even before people could digest the shocking "Snake swallowing the elephant", the following battle reports once again caused them to be at a loss for words.
Draco Constellations Vibrating Mountain Army had entered the Ursa Major Constellation, and under the attack of Tang Tian subordinates" army, was destroyed.
Lupus Army was equipped with the strongest Andromeda Treasure, and the shockingly huge mechanical army, immediately became the talk of the town. The formation of treasures were uncontrollable, and that had always been the largest obstruction for armies to expand. There was actually an army fully equipped with the same treasure!
When Lupus Army appeared, people finally realized that treasures could also be manufactured by people.
The Fairy Textile Treasures got a huge increase in reputation.
And the large mechanical army equally attracted people"s eyes. The long gone mechanical army had once again stepped onto the battlefield, the gigantic golden figures, were finally not toys, and had become golden fierce beasts on the battlefield.
But the true heavy bomb, only exploded two days later.
Draco Constellation had officially declared that they had joined Ursa Major Constellation.
When the information went out, everyone could no longer remain in their seats.
Everyone all thought of the other large group ent.i.ty, Immortal Martial!
Immortal Martial was formed by two Polar Domain Grade Constellations, acted as a lone power with intelligence capabilities, thus being able to step up to be a powerhouse comparable to the 12 Ecliptic Palaces
When Draco Constellation announced that it was joining Ursa Major Constellation, everyone could not help but to a.s.sociate it with Immortal Martial.
Will it become another Immortal Martial?
If a new powerhouse that was of Immortal Martial grade emerged suddenly, then it would truly be a huge impact to all the powerhouses of Heaven"s Road.
And after that, Andromeda Constellation announced that they were joining Ursa Major Constellation.
All the various powerhouses in Heaven"s Road, were all dumbstruck by the series of bombs.
Chapter 444 – Great Lupus Migration
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: TN and DeAndreR
Discussions were bustling outside, but Tang Tian and the rest did not have the time to be bothered, everyone was busy from dusk to dawn.
Ursa Major Constellations star power concentration had already rose to 13%. Such a concentration, allowed Ursa Major Constellation which had suffered heavy losses, to actually be full of life!
Practically all of the martial artists of Yan Yong Lie"s Ursa Major Constellation were all out. All the n.o.ble and aristocratic families had all thrown themselves into Orion Constellation. The remaining few were martial artists who did not have high fighting abilities, although their realm was not low, but the martial techniques in which they trained, were not for fighting, but for business and living.
They were proficient in handling food, how to cook, how to make fine liquor. Their fighting abilities were practically zero.
Fighting, was usually a specialized few that needed long term improvement and talent to comprehend.
These people were extremely unhappy with Tang Tian being the Master, and expressed rejective att.i.tudes.
Crane very quickly realized he could not employ anyone.
Facing such a situation, Crane suggested to Tang Tian to migrate the martial artists from Lupus Constellation. Tang Tian also thought about it, since the locals of Ursa Major Constellation did not like him, who cared about it, no one else? Didn"t Lupus Constellation have many people?
13% energy concentration, was a figure that Lupus Constellation would never even dream of, the Lupus Martial artists would break their heads to enter.
Without saying further, Tang Tian agreed, and the matter was naturally given to Crane to handle.
Crane casually sent the order to Huo Ma Er, considering the supporting ability of Ursa Major Constellation, he gave the quota of 1 million.
When Huo Ma Er and the people received the order, their eyes all turned green in envy, it was 13% star power concentration, which was still rising! What percentage was Lupus Constellation concentration? 1%!
The entire Lupus Constellation went into an uproar.
The Lupus King was truly too powerful, to be obtain such a fertile and luxurious land upon taking action, and he did not forget about their poverty and frustrated living.
13% Star Power concentration, that was practically bathing and immersing in star power. Such a place, was somewhere they never dared to dream about. Even for Huo Ma Er who was a travelling martial artist, her heart could also not contain the excitement.
The conditions to settle in a constellation such as Ursa Major Constellation were extremely demanding. Other than the local martial artists, other martial artists from other places had to pay a high quota for the so called "Fees for using Star Power" if they wanted to stay, This fee, to the poor Lupus Martial artists, was an astronomical sum.
Now that they were suddenly notified that they could enter Ursa Major Constellation to stay, it was like they were struck hard by a giant biscuit.
The entire Lupus Constellation, all the big and small tribes suddenly converged at Huo Ma Er. All the old timers were invigorated, saliva spitting everywhere, they were awfully noisy.
Huo Ma Er also did not expect such a scene, and someone from the back suddenly shouted to compete in fights to fill the quota by the results.
The large scale Great Lupus Constellation Compet.i.tion lifted its curtains just like that.
The time given by Crane was very short, so Huo Ma Er was awfully busy, but her face maintained a happy smile throughout. When the compet.i.tion started, people finally came to a decision.
Looking at the majestic crowd, Huo Ma Er was suddenly felt sour, her eyes turned red.
For who knows how many years, Lupus Constellation was forever the poorest in Heaven"s Road, the most barren living place, the martial artists lived life with barely sufficient food in their stomach, and their lifespans were astonishingly short. Their faces were forever cold and savage, like hungry wolves, not only did they have to brave through nature, they had to fight with each other.
They were Heaven"s Road cheapest cannon fodder, the honor of their deaths were only worth a few hundred star coins.
In front of her, all the faces were revealing antic.i.p.ation for their future lives, the light aura in their eyes was hope.
Although the smile was plastered on her face, she suddenly thought of the first encounter meeting the group of young men, thought about the lives of the Lupus citizens, to be able to change with that one encounter, she felt truly lucky.
The last few mobilized troops from the various tribes that were about to move out, all the reputable and moral clan elders, all of them cleared their throats, and spoke to their tribesmen with their saliva spitting out everywhere.
The cultured and refined Great Clan Elder of the Ice Wolf Tribe spoke sincerely and earnestly: "This fortunate opportunity is never seen before in Lupus Constellation! All of you, are the luckiest people! But, I hope that you all do not forget your mission at hand. Your performance in Ursa Major Constellation, is directly related to the prosperity or decline of our tribe, directly linked to Master Lupus King, and related to our Lupus Race….."
The bad tempered and violent clan elder of Flame Wolf Tribe bellowed: "Brace your skin everyone, this old man will speak the ugly truth, all of you going to Ursa Major Constellation, are not to enjoy, but to suffer! You must all do more than your best there! Such an opportunity, whether or not there is a second time, n.o.body knows! Whoever dares to hold back, I will break their legs…."
The sinister and cunning looking great clan elder of the Black Wolf Tribe spoke without batting an eyelid: "Ursa Major Constellation are foolish people, stupid to no boundaries. To dare to show such faces to our Master, he he, this is our chance."
"What chance Elder?!" Someone shouted from below.
"The chance to kick them out." The black wolf clan elder said: "Think about it, those idiots are watching us from the sidelines, and you all, if you all perform well, work hard and be diligent, be unafraid of dying, when the Lupus King sees it, aiya, still, only the Lupus Race is more dependable! After that? Lupus King will think, there are too few of them, there isn"t enough! At that time, the chance for your brothers and sisters will come!"
The eyes of many of them all lit up, the families of the Lupus citizens were usually very big, who did not have brothers and sisters? And with the recent transportation of food from the Fairy Commerce Alliance that poured into Lupus Constellation continuously, prices of commodities had dropped by a lot, and their lives had changed considerably. The Lupus people"s robust reproductive capabilities immediately burst, and many people had even more brothers and sisters in the two years.
"Do you all know what to do?" The Black Wolf Great Clan Elder said coldly: "Using our energetic improvements, set off to push out those foolish, incapable and lazy people!"
"WUUUU!" The young people were worked up.
"Move out!"
The huge group flooded towards the hope like a flood.
Adrian had a complicated look, looking at the jail cell.
Tang Tian actually allowed him to interrogate the captives..
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Adrian thought of himself as someone who had seen the world, was resourceful with the world, but he realized, he could not keep up with Tang Tian"s reasoning and rhythm. To be mixed with Tang Tian and to be disguised as his a.s.sistant, captives who were caught, should remain as captives, but now he had to examine the new captives….
What was wrong with that guy"s head?
Plots were not meant to be played this way ok? If you want to force me to cross sides, at least talk to me, and ease my restrictions! I am a captive, how can you be so bold and confident to let me interrogate the captives?
Adrian completely did not know how to describe his own feelings.
He raised his head and looked up to the sky, lost in thought. After half a day, he lowered his head and quietly headed into the jail cell.
After an hour, he walked out.
Inside the dilapidated Ursa Major Constellation Palace, Tang Tian and a few others were studying the spirit generals of Clan Union. Ling Xu was alone facing the four spirit generals, the scene was very lively.
"Interesting." Tang Tian looked as though he was watching a fun scene, with light in his eyes: "Their fighting ability is very strong, completely different from a spirit general who is so blurry, they are very active and have killing intent."
"Yes, in terms of fighting ability, they are very strong. Their instincts while fighting are extremely vicious." Crane had a look of extreme disgust.
"My turn to test them!" Tang Tian leaped up.
"Mr. Hunter is here." Crane glanced at the figure that walked over, and reminded Tang Tian.
"Eh, what is he doing here?" Tang Tian was confused.
Crane looked at Adrian who heard Tang Tian, and became sluggish, reminded helplessly: "Didn"t you let him go to interrogate w.a.n.g Ye?"
"Oh oh oh, I remember it now! Tang Tian smacked his forehead, and said happily: "I feel that although he is not as smart as me, but he should be able to handle w.a.n.g Ye or exploit out something."
Crane: "….."
He noticed Adrian"s footsteps becoming sluggish again, and could not help but sympathize with him.
Adrian walked over expressionlessly.
Crane who was kind initiated: "I wonder what did Mr. Hunter harvest?"
Adrian replied expressionlessly: "The movements against Ursa Major Constellation, were orchestrated by someone called Sima Xiao. Sima Xiao is Clan Union"s youngest clan elder who has authority, his execution style is extremely hard to fathom, and holds a strong influence in Clan Union. All these spirit generals are hailed as Union Generals. They have appeared from a long time ago, but the higher ups of clan union did not concentrate on it, until the secret push by Sima Xiao. They finally researched out a consecutive devouring method. That was how the strength of the union generals started to rise substantially."
Crane was surprised: "Could the Clan Union be attempting to take over Ursa Major Constellation?"
Adrian: "Not totally, the orders received by w.a.n.g Ye, the relative information is more against you. For example, they gathered information about you, and are observing the strength of your army. w.a.n.g Ye"s other task, is regarding the infiltration of Draco Constellation. But from the looks of it, they did not have any intention of taking Draco Constellation, excluding like the intention of Ursa Major Constellation. That point is very weird, until now, Clan Union, which is formed by small families, does not have a good living environment. To them, a high grade constellation is extremely important.
"Could they have already found a new target?" Crane thought.
"We are unsure as of now." Adrian said: "These few union generals might not be the strongest union generals the Clan Union has."
Suddenly, the [Triangle Sound] on Crane"s wrist moved gently, [Triangle Sound] was made up of many triangles, and was a frequently used treasure by Triangulum Constellation, a long distance communication device.
Huo Ma Er had already moved, he had to prepare, the settling of so many people was a relatively complicated matter.
Crane stood up, he nodded his head to Adrian: "I have a few matters to attend to and will make a move first."
Finished, he leaped up, like a free and easy big black crane, he disappeared.
Tang Tian who was unable to hold back any further, he "wu" out, rushed to the field, took over two union generals from Ling Xu and started to fight.
The wind blew up the leaves from Adrian"s side, causing him to be stunned.
The person in front of him had disappeared.
No one forced him to go to the prison cell, no one had any reaction to his interrogation results, no one said if he was going to live or die next, no one said anything about him following that.
It was as if he was forgotten.
No one bothered with him….