512: Ghoul

Grayish-white smoke and dust continuously rose, like a long Dragon passing through the Dark Dense Forest.

Through the smoke and dust, two well-equipped thousand-man teams could be seen, maintaining a dense formation, moving swiftly through the forest like ghosts.

The magical Aura on their bodies intertwined, and faint blue light occasionally flashed within the entire team.

Battle Formation, Rapid Advance!

Similar to the Arrowhead and Focus formations used by Kaga Kyoichiro, it was one of the variations of a Battle Formation.

However, Arrowhead and Focus were suitable for offense and defense, while Rapid Advance was used for travel.

When a thousand-man team assembled and used it, they could burst out with a speed equivalent to a Six-revolution professional running at full strength, except for the inability to fly.

Moreover, the movement during the march would be reduced to an almost imperceptible degree.

This resulted in the peculiar situation where a long serpentine trail of smoke twisted through the air above the forest, while the forest itself remained eerily silent.

“Attention, all!”

“Raise your vigilance!”

Just then, a low voice abruptly entered the ears of all the soldiers.

In an instant, the two thousand-man teams slowed their advance slightly, and the soldiers, who had already trained the various formation changes of the Battle Formation into instinct, subtly altered their positions without a sound.

This caused the blue light that constantly flickered within the two thousand-man teams to dim considerably, but at the same time, a murderous Aura emanated from the team.

At the same time.

As the soldiers completed their formation change, the commanders of the two thousand-man teams gathered together.

These two thousand-man teams were the fifth and fourth thousand-man teams of the Flourishing Flower Legion, led by Tokugawa Mitsutomo, a level 200 warrior, and Akitake Hideyoshi, a level 205 mage, respectively.

“The battle in the valley is over!”

“Kaga Kyoichiro has probably met with misfortune!”

As they advanced, Tokugawa Mitsutomo sensed the magical fluctuations that had already subsided not far away, and said with a somewhat solemn tone.

As a Seven-Turn Professional, his perception was already sufficient to cover several miles away, so he could clearly sense that in less than a minute, a large number of magical fluctuations had disappeared, with only three remaining in place.

There was no need to guess that those vanished magical fluctuations belonged to Kaga Kyoichiro and his hundred-man team.

Upon hearing this, Akitake Hideyoshi, who was beside him, also nodded with a solemn expression.

His strength was even greater than Tokugawa Mitsutomo's, so he had detected the movement in the distance earlier than the other party.

“Wang Chen, this guy is truly a Prodigy!”

“In such a short time, he annihilated a hundred-man team that had activated a Battle Formation. I now understand why Legion Commander values him so much and sent our two thousand-man teams here.”

“With such combat power at Rank 4, if he grows up, he will definitely be a pillar of the Dragon Country in the future, and a great threat to our Sakura Country!”

“Heavenly Dao is unjust!”

Akitake Hideyoshi spoke, his tone mixed with a hint of complexity:

“Why is such a Prodigy a Dragon Country person and not from our Sakura Country?”

“Indeed!”

Hearing Akitake Hideyoshi's words, Tokugawa Mitsutomo nodded in agreement, saying:

“Since the will of the heavens revived seven hundred years ago, almost every generation in the Dragon Country has seen the emergence of top-tier Prodigies, causing its national power to flourish.”

“This Wang Chen is also the most outstanding among these Prodigies.”

“If he had been born in our Sakura Country, he could probably have directly elevated our national destiny by a large step, making us a top strong nation on Blue Star.”

“However…”

Tokugawa Mitsutomo paused, his expression turning cruel and violent:

“Their Prodigy is my enemy!”

“Killing Wang Chen will also be greatly beneficial to us!”

“I can’t wait to taste what the blood of this global number one Prodigy is like!”

After speaking, Tokugawa Mitsutomo licked his lips, his face flushed with excitement.

“Well said.”

Akitake Hideyoshi nodded, then said with a sinister grin:

“Wang Chen is still there, either injured or waiting for us.”

“When we enter that open valley area later, we will simultaneously activate the Focus variation of the Battle Formation and launch our strongest attack to kill Wang Chen.”

“At that time, you can cut off a part of his body and keep it to savor slowly when you return.”

“Then I thank you!”

Tokugawa Mitsutomo looked at Akitake Hideyoshi gratefully, his excitement turning into a vigorous appetite.

He had a nickname in the Flourishing Flower Legion: Ghoul.

He usually enjoyed gnawing on the flesh and blood of powerful enemies and those with extraordinary talent, believing that it could increase his own strength.

Wang Chen, on his hunting list, could be said to be at the very top, alongside those terrifying Nine Revolution and above powerhouses, who were beyond his reach.

But now, he had this opportunity.

Just thinking about it, Tokugawa Mitsutomo's mouth began to water.

…

…

In the shattered valley.

Wang Chen sat on Tuantuan's tiger paws, quietly waiting for the two thousand-man teams from Sakura Country to arrive.

“Hmm?”

Just then, he suddenly let out a surprised sound and stood up directly from Tuantuan's paws.

“The speed has slowed down?”

“And a murderous Aura has appeared in their Battle Formation. It seems they plan to attack me the moment they see me.”

Wang Chen instantly guessed the reason for the change in Aura of the two thousand-man teams in the distance.

The commanders of these two thousand-man teams were clearly playing it safe, not intending to give him any chance.

“Tuantuan, you go back to the Beast Pet Space first.”

Dismissing his summon of Tuantuan, Wang Chen directly jumped onto Ice Purity's back.

Since these two thousand-man teams didn't intend to give him a chance, he naturally didn't want to take risks.

He would wait for the other party to show their heads and see what was happening, then immediately have Ice Purity take him to escape.

Sitting on Ice Purity's back, Wang Chen waited quietly.

Soon.

At the edge of the valley, among the sparse trees, figures rushed out.

Leading them were two middle-aged men with profound Auras and extremely sinister expressions, clearly the commanders of these two thousand-man teams.

“Tokugawa Mitsutomo and Akitake Hideyoshi?”

“The Flourishing Flower Legion certainly thinks highly of me, sending out two high-ranking thousand-man teams.”

Upon seeing the two men's appearances, Wang Chen instantly found their corresponding identity information in the data he had obtained from Senior Lin Chunzhi.

Commander of the Fifth Thousand-man Team, Tokugawa Mitsutomo, a level 200 Seven-Turn warrior.

Commander of the Fourth Thousand-man Team, Akitake Hideyoshi, a level 205 Seven-Turn mage.

The strength of both men and their thousand-man teams was a notch stronger than Inao Kazuhisa, whom he had encountered before.

“You came so quickly, are you here to collect the bodies of these guys?”

“But unfortunately, I might have been a bit heavy-handed just now, so you'll probably have to shovel up the dirt from the ground too.”

Patting Ice Purity's scales, making her ascend higher, Wang Chen looked indifferently at the two imposing thousand-man teams opposite him.