Chapter 689 - 278: When We Fight, We Always Gang Up!
The commotion caused by the Xiangliu was huge, and it was detected by the Martial Artists on Breakthrough Island before it even approached.
Chirp chirp!
In mid-air, a Martial Artist riding a Flying Bird let out a sharp cry, alerting the people on the island.
At the same time, smoke bullets were fired in front of the Xiangliu, creating a large mist over the Wetland.
"How dare these ants provoke me!"
On the east side of the island, the nine heads of the Xiangliu roared angrily, sending water vapor sweeping across the sky like heavenly maidens scattering flowers.
It was as if the Celestial Spirit had reversed, with rain falling from the ground to the sky.
In the sky, silhouettes raced through the air, continuously launching attacks downward.
The strength of the attacks was not great, all only Tier Three.
Even if the Xiangliu was injured now, this level of energy couldn’t harm it.
Moreover, these attacks either couldn’t reach or were dissolved by the aura released by the Xiangliu before they even landed.
The Tier Three Human Race ants attacking from the sky was too much of an insult.
Dozens of silhouettes, each in a different direction, at various heights, with a direct distance of about ten to twenty miles from the Xiangliu, were just provoking from afar.
Everyone knew they couldn’t hit the Xiangliu, and they understood not to get close, but they continued to provoke from outside.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The water droplets unleashed by the Xiangliu swept in all directions, impacting within a twenty-mile radius.
The dozen or so silhouettes harassing the Xiangliu fell from high altitude, their fates unknown.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At this moment, the few Witch Cannons stationed on the heights of the island thundered.
Flames exploded on the water’s surface, and the Xiangliu gently swung its tail, wrapping itself in a cloud-like water vapor, causing the fire cannon shots to extinguish with a poof on the cloud water vapor.
Woo! Woo!
The piercing horn sounded, the Witch Cannons roared again, some shells dissipating on the cloud water vapor around the Xiangliu, while others caused large waves near the Xiangliu, disturbing the surrounding aura with their explosive energy waves.
Originally, there were about three thousand people on the five-mile small island, with a third being Witches and Witch Followers, two Divine Treasure Realm Martial Artists, and around a hundred Celestial Vein Ninth Layer practitioners.
As an island located 1,800 miles deep in the Wetland, it was naturally well-protected.
According to the plan, this place was not only a breakthrough site but also an outpost for the Great Marsh Camp.
There are dozens of such outposts, spread along the north-south line of the Eastern Marsh, primarily to guard against the sudden appearance of the Xiangliu and prepare for the subsequent main camp.
A small Tier Five Array and an escape route were set up on the island.
"The Grand Array will drain the Source Power!"
One of the two Divine Treasure Martial Artists stationed here, Huo Zhu, shouted loudly at Jianng Yu, who was in a breakthrough.
"Uncle, Ayu..."
Yan Zeng was pacing anxiously; it was the critical moment for Jianng Yu’s breakthrough, with blood and energy pouring into his body like a torrential flood, impossible to hold back.
Suddenly, he decisively directed the water vapor from the Witch Array toward Jianng Yu, who was breaking through.
Boom!
Jianng Yu’s body trembled violently, with the Divine Treasure location cracking, causing him to faint on the spot.
Yan Zeng, forcibly controlling the Array, had his aura rapidly surge, bringing him from the Tier Three Peak straight into Tier Four.
He chanted incantations, and a mass of Earth Element Witch Power enveloped him, carrying him into the center of the Witch Array, where he grabbed the heavily injured and unconscious Jianng Yu, staggering outward.
Due to the hasty acceleration of the Array’s operation, the Water Element Source Power in the area fluctuated, battering Yan Zeng.
Having just carried Jianng Yu out of the Witch Array, the rapidly elevated vitality began to destabilize, with large amounts of blood gushing from Yan Zeng’s mouth.
"Brother Zeng."
"Brother Zeng!"
Yan Zeng’s surging vitality began collapsing like a cliff, causing him to fall headfirst onto the Flying Ship, his hair turning completely white, and his face withered.
Without a moment’s delay, clan members carried Yan Zeng and Jianng Yu underground.
Finally, a water-blue Grand Array rose from the island.
The Primordial Vein used for the preceding breakthrough had its Source Power ruthlessly extracted, merging into a turtle shell-like Array.
But this Array could not withstand the Xiangliu’s incoming assault and could only hold momentarily.
Huo Zhu already recognized it was the Xiangliu.
"Uncle, the main camp has been notified."
After arranging the clan members, the other Divine Treasure Martial Artist, Yan Zhu, approached Huo Zhu.
"Okay, you take the people and retreat, remember to spread out."
Huo Zhu immediately instructed; below the island was a cavern with dozens of turtle shell submarines, prepared for retreat.
"Uncle, let’s go together."
Roar!
Before the two could finish speaking, the Xiangliu launched an attack on the Grand Array from outside the island.
Rising from the water, the Xiangliu’s nine enormous heads waved in the air, gathering water vapor atop its head.
All nine heads opened their mouths simultaneously, summoning the water from all around to form massive pillars, rising and condensing into a thousand-zhang long river, crashing toward the island’s Grand Array.
Crack! Crack!
After just a few breaths, the water-blue turtle shell Grand Array on the island was struck as if hit by lightning, revealing cracks.
Then, the blue Grand Array burst into a dazzling water light, with the cracks disappearing, restoring the entire Array.
Roar!
The Xiangliu, enraged, opened its nine mouths, coalescing dark water arrows.
The rain of water arrows assaulted the blue Grand Array, causing it to tremble violently, and in a blink, the speed of repair couldn’t match the destructive speed of the water arrow rain, collapsing with a crash.