128: Use the new skill, Star Rain

Mo Yan squatted down, patted Gun Gun's belly, and chuckled, “No rush. Once Bai JieJie sets up the Formation, we’ll go meet them.”

“Gun Gun, help me gnaw off some of this obsidian. We’ll need it later.”

“Gulu, leave it to Gun Gun!” Gun Gun responded happily. His round body agilely turned, his backside facing Mo Yan, and with a kick of his short legs, he pounced onto a large exposed obsidian Ore body nearby.

Crunch, crunch!

Crisp gnawing sounds immediately echoed within the mine shaft.

Gun Gun’s small mouth seemed indestructible. The hard obsidian, under his teeth, was like crispy biscuits, easily bitten off piece by piece.

Black stone chips flew everywhere as he ate with great relish, his eyes narrowed into two slits.

Soon, a small pile of obsidian blocks of varying sizes accumulated in front of him.

Mo Yan then collected all of them into his talent space.

Soon, the Soldier sent to notify Zhang Hu jogged back to report.

“Sir, Captain Zhang Hu has received the order and is leading two hundred Spearmen and one hundred Archers to rush over.”

Mo Yan: “Have them conceal themselves in the outer perimeter and await my command.”

“Yes, Sir!” The Soldier acknowledged the order and withdrew.

.......

Approximately half an hour later, Bai Lingyue’s graceful figure floated in from another direction of the lava cave.

A few beads of fine sweat dotted her forehead, clearly indicating that setting up the Formation had consumed a good deal of her Mental Energy.

“Sir, the Xuanbing Array has been set up.” Bai Lingyue arrived before Mo Yan.

“The Formation’s range covers the entire cave entrance area. Once activated, it’s enough to lower the temperature there by more than thirty percent.”

“Flame Demons active within it will have their strength suppressed by at least twenty to thirty percent.”

Mo Yan noticed her expression: “You’ve worked hard. Do you need to recover your Mental Energy before we proceed?”

Bai Lingyue raised her hand to brush aside the strands of hair falling across her face: “Sir, there is no need to worry. This amount of consumption is nothing to your subordinate.”

“However, Sir, while the Xuanbing Array can weaken them, the Flame Demons are numerous, and the Flame Demon Leader is even more troublesome. I fear it will be a bitter battle.”

“No matter. If they come out, we’ll focus our fire on them.” Mo Yan’s gaze was sharp. He then waved to Gun Gun, “Gun Gun, let’s go. We’re going to fight the bad guys.”

He was full of confidence in his abilities. The equipment and skills he drew yesterday should come in handy now.

Upon hearing this, Gun Gun immediately dropped the Ore in his mouth and scurried to Mo Yan’s feet, looking up with his small head.

“Let’s smash them flat!”

The little fellow waved a bamboo stick, looking eager to try.

The two people and one bear soon arrived at the hidden lava cave entrance, the Flame Demon’s lair, that Wang Wu had spoken of.

The fissure was hidden behind a large scorched rock wall, making it difficult to discover unless deliberately sought out.

Mo Yan surveyed the surroundings, confirming that Zhang Hu’s troops were properly concealed behind the surrounding rocks.

The Archers occupied the high ground, while the Spearmen were distributed on both sides, forming a semi-encircling Formation.

“Spiritual Moon, once this Xuanbing Array is activated, will you need to maintain it with your full power?” Mo Yan asked.

Bai Lingyue shook her head, explaining, “Sir, rest assured. ice source stones have been placed at all the Formation cores as energy sources.”

“Once activated, it will operate on its own, without requiring your subordinate to continuously infuse Qi, unless its power needs to be borrowed for maintenance.”

Mo Yan understood upon hearing this.

He took out the large quantity of obsidian that Gun Gun had gnawed off earlier from his talent space.

With a clattering sound, hundreds of fist-sized, dimly glowing rare obsidian stones were piled by him at the cave entrance.

The pure energy fluctuations were undoubtedly a fatal temptation for those energy-dependent Flame Demons.

Having done all this, Mo Yan’s gaze turned cold: “Zhang Hu, command all Soldiers to prepare! Once the Flame Demons appear, attack with full force, hold nothing back!”

“Especially the Spearmen, seize the opportunity to use the Overlord Spear that Breaks Formations skill!”

He thought to himself, this was a good chance to see the actual power of this Epic spear technique in real combat.

“Yes, Sir!”

All preparations were complete.

Mo Yan nodded to Bai Lingyue: “Spiritual Moon, you may begin.”

Bai Lingyue gently raised her jade hand, forming several profound seals, and softly chanted ancient incantations.

“Xuanbing Array, activate!”

As soon as her voice fell, the ice source stone Formation cores arranged around the cave entrance suddenly erupted with brilliant ice-blue light!

Buzz—

A chilling cold Qi, visible to the naked eye, surged out from the Formation nodes like a tide, instantly sweeping across the entire cave entrance area.

The temperature in the air plummeted, and the scorching heat waves were forcibly suppressed.

A thin layer of white frost rapidly condensed on the ground and rock walls, crackling softly.

The previously scorched cave entrance instantly transformed into a Domain of ice.

Even Mo Yan felt the chill.

“Roar!”

The moment the Xuanbing Array activated, an angry and agitated roar came from deep within!

Immediately after, heavy footsteps rapidly approached, accompanied by the grating sound of rocks rubbing together.

They’re here!

Mo Yan’s eyes narrowed.

Several figures burning with raging flames rushed out of the cave one after another.

These were precisely the Flame Demons from the previous joint defense encounter!

“Now! Loose arrows!” Mo Yan shouted sternly.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Archers, who had been waiting for a long time, instantly released their bowstrings.

A hundred arrows, gleaming with cold light, poured down like a torrential rain, covering the few Flame Demons charging at the front.

Under the suppression of the Xuanbing Array, these Flame Demons’ flame defenses were weakened.

The arrows easily pierced through the molten rock flowing on the Flame Demons’ bodies, making squelching sounds and bringing forth plumes of black smoke and scorched sparks.

“Roar!”

The injured Flame Demons let out painful roars, the red light in their eyes intensifying. They even ignored the obsidian at the cave entrance, their crimson gazes fixed on the direction from which the arrows came, wishing they could tear the attackers to shreds.

But more Flame Demons continued to surge out of the fissure.

In an instant, a dozen or so Flame Demons had gathered at the cave entrance.

However, the most powerful aura, that of the Flame Demon Leader, had yet to appear, lurking in the shadows like a cunning viper.

“It seems that fellow is quite cautious,” Mo Yan thought to himself.

Seeing this, Bai Lingyue moved her jade hand forward, and a soft blue radiance bloomed from her palm, spreading out like ripples.

“Bishui Art!”

The radiance enveloped the Spearmen in the front row.

The Soldiers felt a refreshing and nourishing Qi surge into their bodies, their spirits lifted, instantly dispelling the agitation and fatigue caused by the Flame Demons’ Evil Qi, and their Battle Intent soared once again.

[Hint: Friendly units receive nourishment from Bishui Art, continuously restoring a small amount of health, dispelling minor negative statuses, for 5 minutes.]

“Kill!”

Zhang Hu led the charge, roaring, and led the Spearmen forward.

Mo Yan observed that Bai Lingyue’s auxiliary effect of Bishui Art was also quite good, a panacea on the battlefield with group healing and negative status dispelling.

“It’s time for me to try out my new skills too.”

With a thought, the Qi within his body began to circulate rapidly.

The star ring on his finger suddenly lit up with brilliant starlight. Under the high concentration of Mental Energy, a terrifying energy fluctuation began to gather, and his casting speed was boosted.

“Tianxing Fire Rain!”

Mo Yan raised his hand and pointed towards the most densely populated area of Flame Demons.

In an instant, the sky above his head seemed to be torn open.

Fist-sized, dark-red meteors, burning with enough heat to melt gold and iron, trailed tens of meters of dazzling tail flames, carrying an aura of destruction, and roared down like a doomsday judgment!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The meteor Fire Rain smashed into the group of Flame Demons, erupting with deafening roars!