254: Rescue arrived in time

Huo Yuan nodded repeatedly: “Yes, I know, thank you, Da Ge.”

After hanging up the communication, Han Huohuo sent another batch of resources to Huo Yuan.

After returning, he became increasingly irritable, and the Time-Space Eye on his forehead began to warn him, as if something bad was about to happen.

Northern Darkness flew over Han Huohuo's head; this little guy was flying better and better. Although it hadn't fully recovered, it could fly very far in one go.

Han Huohuo's heart stirred, and he waved his hand to summon Northern Darkness down.

Northern Darkness landed in front of Han Huohuo, tilting its head and looking at Han Huohuo, wondering what its father wanted it to do.

“Can you fly long distances now?”

“Quack quack…”

“No bragging!”

“Quack quack! Quack quack! Quack quack!”

“Alright, I'll believe you once. Take me to a distant place. I have a premonition that something unfavorable to me might happen there.”

“Quack~”

Han Huohuo's eyelids kept twitching. This was a critical moment, and he absolutely couldn't lose red jade now.

He had to race against time!

He decided to go to the Northwest Desert himself, build a city there, and accelerate the red jade collection process. Relying solely on Huo Yuan would definitely not be fast enough.

He entrusted Tongtian City to Hua Mulan for defense, instructing her: “Any outsider entering the Ten Thousand Mountains, if they harbor any ill intentions, kill them without mercy.”

Hua Mulan said expressionlessly: “You can rest assured.”

Han Huohuo was very relieved. He couldn't say anything else, but Hua Mulan would absolutely not hesitate to kill.

Then he turned to Thor and said: “You accompany me to the distant Desert.”

Thor nodded: “Good!”

Han Huohuo didn't delay. He flipped onto Northern Darkness's back. Northern Darkness spread its wings and took off. Thor had his own wings, spread them, and flew into the sky with Northern Darkness.

When Northern Darkness was at its peak, its flying speed was several times that of Thor, not even on the same magnitude.

But at this time, Northern Darkness's feathers had just grown out, and hadn't even fully grown, so its speed was similar to Thor's. Thor could keep up by flying at full speed.

As a result, after flying only two hundred kilometers, Northern Darkness couldn't hold on anymore. It still insisted on flying, but then suddenly fell, almost scaring Han Huohuo to death.

“No need to rush, let's fly slowly!”

“Quack!”

Northern Darkness was very wronged, but it really couldn't fly anymore, so it could only compromise, rest for a while, and then took off again when it was almost ready.

Thor was actually similar and didn't fly much further than the half-trained Northern Darkness.

Meanwhile, as Han Huohuo was anxiously rushing to the Northwest Desert,

Huo Yuan had already encountered trouble.

He encountered a disciplined and numerous army with muskets and cannons, as well as some huge two-headed ducks spewing venom in the sky, and many glittering giant dragonflies that were extremely fast.

Huo Yuan didn't recognize that this was the Rakshasa Country's army. Knowing he couldn't defeat them, he fought and retreated, all the way back to Hongyu City.

In Han Hai Oasis.

The three Xu Family brothers stood humbly below, facing a burly man with a green face, who was General Taize of the Rakshasa Country.

General Taize's nickname was General Greed, the most avaricious and shameless fellow in the Rakshasa Country. He was the king's brother-in-law, and his actions were always unbridled.

Beside Taize was the arrogant Zhang Jing. This fellow surrendered early and already considered himself superior to other Lords.

In Zhang Jing's eyes, he was a first-class servant, while the Xu Family were merely second-class servants, so he naturally looked down on them.

“Sir!”

“You said there are many red jade mines near their city?” Taize had a thick accent and a rolling tongue, making it difficult to understand without careful listening.

“Yes, sir, I'll take you there right away. There are countless red jade mines around their city.”

“Presumptuous! Sir has traveled over a thousand li and is already tired. What's so important about a petty thief? Why don't you quickly serve Sir to rest first, and we'll depart tomorrow morning.” Zhang Jing angrily rebuked the three Xu Family brothers.

The three brothers dared not retort and quickly arranged for hot water and beautiful blue-blooded girls to serve the great master to rest first.

Huo Yuan, who had retreated to Hongyu City, was uneasy and quickly sent a message to Han Huohuo, explaining the situation.

Han Huohuo was still on Northern Darkness's back, knowing that his premonition was not wrong and that something bad was indeed happening.

“Use the resources I gave you to frantically recruit soldiers. No matter who the enemy is, if they dare to attack Hongyu City, you must hold the city for three days. I will send reinforcements!”

Huo Yuan was overjoyed. He was a bit confused as to how this powerful big shot, thousands of miles away, could help him.

At this moment, General Taize of the Rakshasa Country did not yet know what it meant for him to comfortably sleep for this one night.

The next morning, Taize was already issuing orders in the Oasis, completely disregarding the three Xu Family brothers and reorganizing the army, as if this Oasis now belonged to him.

The three Xu Family brothers' faces were grim, but Taize had brought several thousand troops this time, so they could only hide behind and not utter a sound.

“Let's go!”

Taize rode his huge lizard, with two-headed ducks flying in the sky, and led his army to attack Hongyu City.

In his army, there were also two hundred crude cannons, all carried on the backs of huge lizard beasts, which were also powerful siege weapons, and a large number of Rakshasa musketeers, like a crude mixed force of monstrous beasts and firearms.

Huo Yuan and his brothers were all extremely nervous. They saw the enemy from afar and decided to defend Hongyu City to the death.

The fierce battle began. The three Xu Family brothers sadly realized that all their meager assets were being used by Taize as cannon fodder for the charge.

Yet they dared not resist, fearing that Taize would turn around and kill them.

Now that the Oasis army was also dead, they had even less say.

Taize fought relatively conservatively, slowly probing. Hongyu City relied entirely on the powerful repeating crossbow towers, and with the Gold Man blocking the gaps in the city walls, although Huo Yuan's forces were inferior to the opponent's, he still held out for two days.

Taize was very surprised. This kid is good, seems very tenacious. He's fought like this, and he can still hold on?

The battle continued into the third day. The artillery was too fierce. The city walls no longer just had cracks but had completely collapsed, and three of the cannon towers inside were also smashed.

Hongyu City was like a little widow without clothes, exposed before a lecher.

The three Xu Family brothers' faces were flushed red, and they loudly reminded Taize: “General, smash their crystal, and they will die immediately.”

Taize grinned hideously and commanded his army to charge inside.

Huo Yuan and his brothers' faces were ashen. They knew they were done for. The people of Rakshasa Country were extremely cruel. Being far from Great Qian and too close to Rakshasa Country, they knew these barbarians had no mercy.

Just then, a scream came from the sky.

A large bird, whose feathers hadn't fully grown, fell from the sky, and tumbling down with it was a disheveled young man with a bruised eye and swollen mouth and face, all from the fall.

“Ah!”

“Quack~”

Thud!

Han Huohuo was thrown around, dizzy and disoriented, slowly got up from the ground, and saw a city that was almost blown to smithereens.