Chapter 22: Scared out of his wits

  "BOOM!!!!!!" A deafening explosion shook the sky, two mushroom clouds soared high into the air, countless rocks flew everywhere, each one imbued with immense power, flying wildly and chaotically. In this moment, these wildly flying rocks became deadly weapons, countless unlucky beastman soldiers rushed forward only to fall down, like wheat being harvested.

  Luteba saw this scene and was stunned. When he came to his senses, he hastily shouted: "Withdraw, retreat."

  Although Luteb used his aura to shout, unfortunately he forgot one thing. The two explosions earlier were too earth-shaking, so every soldier in the Beastman troops had temporary hearing loss and couldn't hear their leader's shouts.

  "Damn it, cunning humans." Luteba gazed at his soldiers falling one by one in front of him, his heart bleeding incessantly.

  "Haha, Captain, where did you get that thing from? Damn! This thing is awesome!" Zheng Xiaohu pulled out the two cotton balls stuffed in his ears and exclaimed excitedly. To think that just now, with a light pull, they had taken away over 10,000 beastmen troops, an effect that could only be achieved by a Sword God's full-strength strike!

  Wang Shu's face revealed a sinister smile as he said, "Wasn't it that idiot who just said not to plug your ears? I don't have time for idle chatter with you now, I'm going to continue being ruthless."

  Wang Shu finished speaking and ignored Zheng Xiaohu, who was talking nonsense in front of him. He turned around and beckoned to several soldiers, who carefully carried over several large wooden boxes and gently placed them on the ground, their movements as gentle as if they were handling precious treasures.

  Zheng Xiaohu saw the soldiers carrying several large wooden boxes, a look of puzzlement on his face. He walked up to the boxes and kicked them with his foot a few times, then turned around to smile at Wang Shu: "Battalion Commander, what's inside these boxes?"

  "Captain? Captain?" Zheng Xiaohu didn't hear his captain's response, so he called out a few more times. When he realized that no one was responding behind him, a puzzled expression appeared on his face. He turned around to see Wang Shu and the soldiers retreating far away, each of them crouching on the ground in strange postures.

  Zheng Xiaohu saw his team leader and companions all looking like this, a sly smile appeared on his face: "Team leader, what are you doing? Why are you all lying on the ground?"

  Wang Shu saw that several boxes were not moving, and he hastily waved his hand to order the several thousand-year-old men: "Get up, tie up that bastard for me. Without my order, whoever dares to let him go, I'll kill him."

  "Yes, Captain." Several thousand men had been thinking since just now, although they were not clear why their captain wanted to lift several boxes up, but with their brains, they naturally thought that these boxes must have something to do with the two explosions just now. So when their captain jumped back and lay down, they chose to follow him without hesitation. At this moment, hearing their captain's urgent voice, they were even more certain that those boxes were very dangerous things. If that was the case, then they had just walked through the gates of hell. Now, there was no room for Zheng Xiaotian's nonsense, and naturally, everyone shouted loudly to rush up, and in a short while, they pressed Zheng Xiaotian to the ground and ordered the soldiers to bring ropes to tie him up.

  "Squad leader, the big battle is about to arrive, why are you tying me up?" Zheng Xiaohu cried out in grievance, unaware of what was happening.

  Wang Shu gave Zheng Xiaohu a fierce stare with a look of regret and said, "You little brat, wait till I'm done with my business, then I'll settle the score with you."

  "You, and you, a few of you keep an eye on this idiot. If he talks nonsense again, find me a rag to stuff his stinking mouth." Wang Shu instructed several soldiers with concern.

  "Yes, Captain."

  After Wang Shu finished instructing, he ignored Zheng Xiaohu's loud shouting from behind and walked to several large wooden boxes, beckoning to Leng Xiao Yao.

  The captain gave a salute with an icy smile.

  "Carefree, won't that little guy have any problems after kicking those few kicks?" Wang Shu asked in a low voice. He had personally seen the power of this local medicine, and he knew that whether the vanguard camp could hold on for a day today depended on these treasures exerting their power. If Zheng Xiaohu weren't his favorite general, if it were another soldier, Wang Shu would have directly drawn his sword to kill him.

  Leng Xiao Yao heard Wang Shu ask such a stupid question, and he secretly laughed to himself. However, his face remained stern as he said in a low voice, "Captain, don't worry, as long as nothing has blown up, that means everything is fine, and we can proceed with the plan."

  "Really no problem?" Wang Shu asked again, worried. If the things in those boxes exploded, his vanguard camp with nearly eight thousand soldiers plus himself and others would all be killed. These few boxes of explosives were many times more than what he had set up on both sides of the cliff earlier, and Xiao Yao had said before that if these explosive packs were all gathered together and exploded, they could completely flatten this side of the cliff. This was not something he could afford to be careless about!

  "Don't worry, Captain, absolutely no problem." Leng Xiao Yao was thinking of laughing but didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he could only hold it in. However, deep down, he had already burst into laughter. It seemed that he needed to prepare some safe explosive packs for himself, after all, these homemade zha medicine packs were not very safe. Unfortunately, time did not permit him to do so. Otherwise, Leng Xiao Yao really didn't want to deal with these uninsured homemade explosive packs.

  Wang Shu saw Leng Xiao Yao's expression, which was trying to laugh but didn't dare to, and his face showed a gloomy look: "If you want to laugh, just laugh! I won't mind, but let me tell you, kid, next time you'll be by my side helping me out. If we're going to die, we'll die together."

  "Yes, team... haha!" Leng Xiao was about to continue pretending, but when he saw Wang Shu's gloomy expression, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Routbath barely managed to gather his scattered troops when he heard the losses counted by his deputy, and his heart couldn't help but bleed. In just a few dozen breaths, his more than 50,000 soldiers had lost nearly 10,000, plus those temporarily unable to fight, the total was already close to 20,000! Good heavens! This time, if he couldn't successfully pursue, how would he face His Highness when he returned?!

  "General, look! The enemy is in the middle of the cliff." A werewolf officer beside Rubarte pointed at the figure exposed on the cliff and shouted. In fact, they didn't know that this was Wang Shu's deliberate intention to let the hidden people and horses appear.

  "Damn it, you cunning humans, I'll make you pay the price." Rutuba's face turned red with anger and cursed. After cursing, Rutuba shouted at several generals in front of him: "Pass my order, take me to kill them on the central cliff, and wipe them out."

  "Yes, General." Several generals responded in unison. They had lost many men and horses just now, and they were also furious in their hearts. They hated that they couldn't immediately wipe out those humans. At this moment, the generals had already given orders, and naturally they all shouted loudly.

  After Luteba finished giving orders, he instructed his deputy officer: "Deputy officer, send a message to the Cow Head People's troops and have them abandon their pursuit. Instead, have them come down from the rear mountain and form an encirclement with us in the front. First, let's annihilate this small group of enemies."

  "Yes, General."

  "Squad leader, the enemy is charging!" a soldier ran up to Wang Shu and reported.

  Wang Shu heard the news from the soldiers and didn't show a single worried expression on his face, instead he showed an excited look and chuckled: "Ahah, finally arrived, I've been waiting for a long time."

  "Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao, where have you gone? Come back quickly and help!" Wang Shu shouted loudly.

  "Coming, coming." Leng Xiao Yao responded with a displeased expression, flashing out from a secluded spot and running towards Wang Shu.

  Wang Shu saw where Leng Xiao Yao was and a hint of puzzlement appeared on his face as he said, "Where are you running off to?"

  Actually, just now Leng Xiao Yao suddenly felt a flow of energy flowing through his body, and he understood that it was the power of the beastman soldier's soul that had been absorbed by him again. To prevent the appearance of the copper light anomaly last time, Leng Xiao Yao could only find a secluded place to absorb it first. However, after he finished absorbing it, before he could enjoy the refreshing feeling, he was interrupted by Wang Shu's call, and naturally felt a bit annoyed. But he couldn't tell others why he went there, so he casually made up an excuse: "I just went to the toilet."

  Wang Shu heard Leng Xiao Yao say this, and a sly smile appeared on his face: "Haha, Xiao Yao, you little brat won't be scared to the point of wetting your pants, will you?"

  "Cut." Leng Xiao Yao gave Wang Shu a cold glance and didn't speak.

  "Squad leader, what's that thing you're holding?" Several centurions looked at Wang Shu carefully taking out a small package wrapped in animal hide from the wooden box, and asked curiously.

  Wang Shu saw his own beloved ones with a curious expression, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Wait and see, you'll know soon. Be careful, don't touch those boxes, or I'll kill you."

  "Squad leader, how far can you throw with your arm strength?" asked Leng Xiao Yao suddenly.

  "How far?" Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand why Leng Xiao Yao would ask this question, but he still chose to believe Leng Xiao Yao, because he knew that Leng Xiao Yao, this ruthless master, absolutely wouldn't ask useless questions at this moment. He measured it out and said: "It should be around three hundred meters, no problem."

  "Three hundred meters?" Coldly asked after nodding his head, then turned to the remaining seven thousand men and asked: "What about you guys?"

  "What about us?" The seven chiliarchs heard the tone of Leng Xiang's inquiry, and each of them felt a twinge of displeasure in their hearts. However, they saw that their own team leader had just answered the questions so honestly, so they chose to respond as well.

  "You said you can all throw two hundred meters away?" Leng Xiao asked again.

  "Yes." The seven centurions nodded in unison.

  "Is that so?" Cold Xiao Yao secretly calculated for a moment, then nodded at Wang Shu.

  "What's so mysterious?" Wang Shu saw Leng Xiao Yao beckoning to him and naturally leaned in closer, putting his ear next to hers.

  "Squad leader, you just wait and see..." Leng Xiao Yao quietly recited the plan he had come up with.

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