Chapter 71: The Magic Crystal Cannon

  Leng Xiao's face revealed a sly smile as he looked at Huang Tao and said, "Does taking the initiative to attack necessarily mean suffering heavy losses?"

  "Ah!" Huang Tao and Feng Tianming, along with ten other team leaders, heard their young master's words and were momentarily stunned, each lost in thought as if trying to grasp the meaning behind Cold Skye's sentence.

  Zheng Xiaohu didn't go into doubt, because he believed that Leng Xiao said this sentence, it must have its own reason. So he carefully checked the map point pointed by Leng Xiao, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. Suddenly, Zheng Xiaohu's mind flashed with inspiration, and he understood the meaning of the sentence Leng Xiao had just said. Because the point chosen by Leng Xiao was very similar to the mountain valley mouth after his vanguard camp was cut off at the beginning, except that there was a flat plain in front of this mountain valley mouth.

  "Xiaoyao, did you think...?" Zheng Xiaohu's face revealed a hint of a sly smile as he asked.

  Leng Xiao Yao gazed at Zheng Xiao Hu's face, seeing the sly smile on his expression, and knew that he had already guessed her thoughts. She nodded slightly in response.

  "Hu Brother, did you know what Young Master meant?" A hint of puzzlement appeared on Feng Tianming's face.

  "Hey, Brother Feng, I'll let you in on a secret. Your young master has an incredibly powerful, heaven-defying weapon."

  "What kind of weapon is that? Is it even more powerful than the magic crystal cannon? (Note: The magic crystal cannon is equivalent to a howitzer on Earth.)" Feng Tianming's face revealed a hint of surprise, and in his impression, it seemed that only the magic crystal cannon had the greatest power on the Maya continent! However, that thing was simply burning money. Although it had an unexpected effect in war, the main problem was that it couldn't be used continuously. After each shot, new magic beast crystals (Note: Magic beast crystals are energy crystals that grow in the brains of third-level magic beasts and are a combination of their essence and energy. Practitioners on the Maya continent can also absorb these crystals.) had to be replenished. Moreover, only fifth-level magic beast crystals could be used, and those were not cheap. Therefore, people generally called the magic crystal cannon the "money-burning cannon," meaning that each shot was equivalent to spending a lifetime's worth of money. So, unless it was absolutely necessary, no one would use the magic crystal cannon.

  Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zifeng both heard Feng Tianming's words, and a faint smile appeared on their faces. The Dogshit Magic Crystal Cannon was nothing more than the power of a full-force strike from the Sword God, and after firing each shot, they had to replenish the magic crystal. And those explosions were continuous, non-stop uses. Compared to that, who do you think has greater power? It's obvious at a glance.

  Upon seeing Zheng Xiaohu's expression, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and he felt that he had asked the wrong question.

  "Huang Dage, can this battle let Xiangyang come out and fight?"

  Huang Tao didn't expect Leng Xiao Yao to suddenly speak up and say such a thing, he was taken aback for a moment, then immediately shook his head and said: "No way, Young Master, on the battlefield, swords and knives have no eyes, what if you get hurt, it would be hard for me to explain to General Yu."

  "Hurt?" Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zi were taken aback by Huang Tao's words, both of their faces revealing a strange expression as they sized up Leng Xiao. The next moment, the two burst out laughing, as if they had heard something extremely amusing.

  Zheng Xiaohu felt several gazes fixed on the two of them, so he retracted the smile from his face and assumed a serious expression as he spoke to Huang Tao: "General Huang, rest assured! Don't be deceived by Xiao Yao's appearance. When it comes to killing people, this guy is more ruthless than anyone else. In the first battle at Tiger Gate, Xiao Yao single-handedly slaughtered over 2,000 beastmen. During the beastmen's night raid, Xiao Yao alone held off an entire gate and killed over 1,000 people. The most astonishing thing was that in the final battle at Tiger Mountain Valley, Xiao Yao exterminated over 7,000 people with just one sword. General, do you think Xiao Yao would get injured?"

  "Huang Tao and others heard Zheng Xiaohu say this, and they all stared at Leng Xuan with wide eyes, each with a shocked expression. Although they had all killed countless enemies on the battlefield, they asked themselves if they could kill three to five hundred people in a battle, perhaps barely managing to do so with the support of their morale. But to be like Leng Xuan and purely fight two thousand people with brute strength? That was absolutely impossible! And what about killing seven thousand people with one sword? How could that be possible?"

  "Little Tiger, you said that the young master killed over 7,000 people with one sword?" Huang Tao asked in surprise, his face filled with astonishment. As a mid-level Sword Saint, he had already sensed when Cold Skye arrived at the base that he hadn't cultivated any Qi, but only felt a sense of danger emanating from him, which he couldn't quite put into words. But he never could have imagined that Cold Skye would have such an achievement, truly, one can't judge a person by their appearance!

  Zheng Xiaohu nodded and said: "If General Huang doesn't believe it, if there's a chance in the future, you can go to the front of Tiger Valley Mountain to take a look, that deep abyss still exists."

  "If I have the chance, I will definitely go and witness the power of Young Master's sword." Huang Tao nodded and said. He believed that Zheng Xiaohu dared not deceive him with lies, let alone his own Young Master had always been tacitly approving, it seemed that this matter was indeed true.

  Xingzi smiled and said: "General Huang, perhaps you don't know that Xiangyao is now called the devil by the Beastman Country."

  Huang Tao heard this and respectfully said to Leng Xiangyang: "Since the young master is going out, why don't I accompany him?"

  "Alright." Leng Xiao Yao nodded, seeing Huang Tao preparing to arrange the troops, and immediately added: "Brother Huang, but before that, there's still something I need to trouble you with."

  "Please give your orders, young master."

  "Brother Huang, is there a deworming stone here?"

  "Got any insect repellent stones? Yeah! Are you kidding me? I'll get someone to bring some over right away." Huang Tao's face showed a weird expression, he didn't understand why his master was asking such a stupid question at this moment. They were in the mountains, so of course they had insect repellent stones, it was a necessity!

  Leng Xiao suddenly asked: "Then is there a blacksmith here?"

  "Blacksmith?" Huang Tao was stunned again.

  Leng Xiao saw Huang Tao's expression and thought that there was no blacksmith in the base, with a hint of disappointment on his face: "No blacksmith, never mind."

  "Yes! Young master, our Tianjun Corps has professional blacksmiths."

  "Is there?" Cold and carefree eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness: "Where is it? Far from here?"

  "Heh heh, young master, the blacksmith is in the mountain's belly. Young master, are you going to forge some kind of weapon? I'll send someone to call the person in charge right away." Huang Tao still thought that Leng Xianyao was going to forge a weapon.

  Leng Xiao Yao's face was filled with joy as he asked: "How many famous blacksmiths are there?"

  "Over 500 people."

  Leng Xiao Yao murmured: "More than 500 people, it seems that's enough."

  After humming a cold tune, he immediately picked up a feather pen on the stone table in the conference room, dipped it in black ink, and quickly drew something on a piece of paper. If an Earthling saw this drawing at this moment, they would definitely recognize it immediately - Leng Xiao was drawing a hand grenade on the globe.

  Huang Tao and others naturally didn't understand what Leng Xiao Yao was drawing, but when they saw their young master's focused expression, they didn't dare to interrupt. However, Zheng Xiao Hu and Xing Zi Xue's faces showed excitement because they remembered that Leng Xiao Yao had once said that the explosion could be improved, its power could be even greater. And considering Leng Xiao Yao's question about the driving worm stone earlier, the two were very sure that what he was drawing on the paper was an even more powerful explosive.

  Leng Xiangyao painted for a while, stopping occasionally to make some changes. After about a dozen breaths or so, Leng Xiangyao finally put down his brush and smiled slightly, saying, "The conditions aren't quite right, but this will do."

  Zheng Xiaohu saw that Leng Xiao had finished drawing, and only then did he walk up to him and ask in a low voice: "Xiao, is this the improved look of the Explosive Model?"

  "Alright." Leng Xiao Yao nodded and handed the paper diagram to Huang Tao, saying: "Huang Ge, trouble you to collect some insect-repelling stones, as many as you can get. And for the things on this diagram, I'll trouble you to urge the blacksmith to make as many as he can, the sooner the better, preferably within these two days."

  "Yes, young master." Huang Tao took the paper map and responded with a hint of puzzlement on his face: "Young master, please forgive me for my impertinence, may I ask a question?"

  Leng Xiao Yao smiled and replied: "Does Brother Huang want to ask what I plan to use these things for?"

  Huang Tao was caught off guard by this question, and a awkward smile appeared on his face as he nodded, having been seen through, it was naturally an embarrassing thing.

  Leng Xiao Yao's face revealed a mysterious smile: "Huang Ge, wait until I've finished making the thing, and you'll understand."

  Leng Xiao Yao finished speaking and suddenly remembered something, so he opened his mouth again: "Right, Huang Da Ge, I still need some people to help me with this. They must be meticulous and obedient."

  "Yes, no problem, Young Master. Do you think it's suitable for me?" Huang Tao's face broke into a smile as he recommended himself, but in fact, he was wondering what his Young Master was going to use these things for.

  "It's okay." Lan Xiang Yao nodded slightly, but seeing that he had nodded, he saw that Feng Tian Ming seemed to want to speak up, so he directly said: "Feng Big Brother, your patience is not enough, you are not qualified."

  Originally wanted to learn from General Ziji's self-recommendation, but after hearing Leng Xiao Yao's words, he suddenly lost his energy and a hint of discontent appeared on his face. Why can General Ziji do it, but not himself?

  Zheng Xiaohu's face revealed a hint of a smile as he said to Feng Tianming, "Feng big brother, I think it's better if you don't go. Otherwise, you'll scare yourself, and even if you don't scare yourself, you'll scare others."

  Feng Tianming heard Zheng Xiaohu's inexplicable words and a hint of confusion appeared on his face: "What does this mean?"

  Huang Tao saw Feng Tianming's determined look and immediately interrupted him, saying: "Tianming, stop talking nonsense. Hurry up and send this blueprint to the mountain belly, and order Tieyi to work overtime to build it."

  "Yes, General." Feng Tianming took the paper map from Huang Tao's hand with a reluctant and unwilling expression, immediately leaving the conference room, still muttering to himself as he walked away.

  Because today is the 14th day of the lunar calendar, which is the Ghost Festival, I will be returning to my hometown later, and I'm worried that I won't be able to update normally at noon, so I'll upload this chapter in advance. There will be another chapter tonight, but it might be a bit late, around 9 pm. To those who have tickets, please vote for me, thank you! Finally, thanks to the six big shots: Pingfan Xiaosheng, Huan Ye, Fang Ba, Ziyouziyin de Laozai Nan, Duanhun Canren, and **1ee for their rewards.