Chapter 77: The Fire That Burns the Heavens! A Kneeling Mass!

"What do we do? Chief, we can't escape!"

A centaur warrior beside the centaur chief stammered the question.

The centaurs still capable of fighting numbered fewer than three thousand.

But these centaurs were also more or less wounded.

In other words, the centaur warriors who had perished in the canyon numbered well over five thousand.

Centaur warriors had tenacious vitality, and many of them were not actually dead, but even if they survived, without half a year or more of rest and recovery, they could forget about getting back on their feet!

"Surrender first, Chief!"

The Grand Priest of the Centaur Tribe said.

While speaking, the Grand Priest of the Centaur Tribe gave the centaur chief a look.

The centaur chief understood, lowered his weapon, raised both hands, and shouted toward the top of the canyon: "We surrender, we surrender!"

The moment the centaur chief shouted, the surrounding centaur warriors actually breathed a sigh of relief.

Plenty of centaur warriors had long wanted to surrender!

This battle had completely stunned these centaur warriors!

They had never felt so frustrated—completely pinned down, unable to strike back even a little!

The Fox Tribe, that little lamb from before, had actually become so powerful!

These centaur warriors had completely lost their fighting spirit and no longer wished to keep fighting!

Hearing the centaur chief's words, even more centaur warriors raised both hands and shouted surrender one after another!

"Holy Maiden, the Centaur Tribe wishes to surrender. Do we accept?"

At the top of the canyon, a fox-person warrior ran over to report to the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling.

The fox maiden Sister Qing Ling deliberated for a moment, then said: "Everyone stay on guard. We're going down."

Having said that, she said to Mengying: "Sister Mengying, be careful of that Grand Priest of the Centaur Tribe later."

Mengying nodded.

The two women led a great number of fully armed fox-person warriors down.

Behind them came a large contingent of spear-wielding warriors.

On both sides of the canyon, over a thousand archers had already taken position; they had drawn their bows, aiming their arrows at those centaur warriors—any sudden move on their part would be met with a merciless barrage!

Down below, all the centaur warriors had crowded into one spot; they had already laid down their weapons and had not a shred of will to resist!

"Chief, I have a Burst Blaze Flame I happened to obtain. Once released, it will be enough to kill their mages and high-ranking officers. When the time comes, I'll break us out of the encirclement!"

At the very front, the Grand Priest spoke softly to the centaur chief in a special pronunciation.

The Grand Priest was very shrewd and had no intention of turning the tables.

Fighting until now, the centaurs had only some two thousand battered warriors left, while the Fox Tribe had suffered no losses at all—turning the tables was nearly impossible.

So the Grand Priest only planned to take the centaur chief and leave.

Once they returned to the Centaur Tribe, the centaur chief could immediately rally another army of several thousand centaurs and come back in force!

This time the Centaur Tribe had fallen into an ambush; next time, being more careful, the Centaur Tribe might not necessarily lose!

The centaur chief's heart stirred slightly, but his expression did not change in the slightest.

Before long, the centaur chief saw two young women walk to a spot about a hundred meters from him.

"The Fox Tribe is actually led by two young women!"

The centaur chief was slightly startled.

"Chief, let's go, we'll go up to them!"

The Grand Priest said.

So the centaur chief and the Grand Priest walked toward the two young women.

Behind them, the two thousand-plus centaur warriors still thought the two were truly going to surrender!

They did not notice that, behind Mengying and Qing Ling, several temple maidens were quietly praying.

Soon, the centaur chief and the Grand Priest had walked to within ten meters of the two young women.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow shot into the ground at their feet.

"Halt!"

A fox-tribe warrior issued the warning.

"It's time!"

In the Grand Priest's hand, a cloth pouch covered in all manner of complex sigils suddenly appeared.

Then, after pressing a certain symbol on the pouch, he hurled the pouch with all his might toward Mengying and Qing Ling!

"Boom!"

The pouch exploded in an instant, and from within, a crimson flame radiated a dangerous sheen.

Mengying had long been on guard against the Grand Priest. Her staff moved, and a streak of red light shot toward that crimson flame.

But her fire-type magic had absolutely no effect on that crimson flame.

Just as the crimson flame was about to detonate, suddenly, from behind Mengying, another flame burst forth and lunged straight onto that crimson flame.

Mengying watched as that crimson flame was, in almost an instant, snuffed out by the flame that had surged out!

It looked as though it had been… swallowed in one gulp?

Immediately after, that flame that had surged out expanded violently.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the very sky was set ablaze.

High above the entire canyon, dozens of meters up in the sky, flames had ignited!

The sight looked extraordinarily astonishing!

Flames—could actually burn in the sky!

And they had burned across such a vast stretch of heaven!

In an instant, whether the centaurs or the fox-folk, all of them opened their eyes wide!

"A miracle, this is a miracle! The great Lord of Flames has descended a miracle!"

Seeing this sight, several thousand fox-folk warriors leaped and rejoiced!

As for those centaur warriors, each and every one was shaken to the core, the expressions on their faces as though they had lost their own parents.

No one knew who led the way, but one after another the centaur warriors dropped to their knees in worship!

Across the entire canyon, in an instant, a whole stretch of them knelt!