Chapter 919

Also, the people inside the cabin who were steering the sandship had not been petrified!

But when these drivers turned around, they saw everyone on the sandship turned to statues, their souls nearly fleeing their bodies in terror.

"Escape quickly!"

The drivers immediately steered the sandship away in haste.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Lixia and Hali chased after them, continuously shooting arrows to kill the sandship drivers.

On the other side, Master Warren had already flown into the sky, desperately fleeing eastward.

General Zack also soared into the sky, frantically flying eastward.

As the General of this vanguard army, General Zack was clearly an Eighth-Rank Sky Knight, capable of flight.

Sky Knights fly slowly over long distances, but their short-range sprint speed is extremely fast.

Yet no speed could match Lucine's.

Before he had flown a single kilometer, Lucine shot him down from the sky with a single arrow.

The energy embedded in the arrow ravaged his body, and General Zack was instantly Suffered Heavy Injuries!

On the other side, after Master Warren had fled over a dozen kilometers, just as he thought he had escaped, he suddenly saw Lucine standing right before him.

What awaited him was Lucine's Saint-Domain-level magic.

"This is bad!"

The moment Master Warren had this thought, he was overwhelmed by Lucine's attack!

"Queen, we found out—they come from the eastern edge of the Endless Desert, the Zi Yun Empire, a great empire with a Saint-Domain. This force is a vanguard army; they set out five days ago, and behind them lies a much larger army, roughly four million strong.

Their plan is to first conquer the former Beastman territories and several major kingdoms, turning them into supply bases, then launch an assault on the Eternal Night Empire. The main force will arrive here in about eight days."

In the sky, countless flying ships floated densely.

Each flying ship was packed with warriors.

The Centaur Chieftain, that fierce female chieftain, flew into the sky and spoke to Meng Ying.

More than two years have passed, and this fierce female chieftain now possesses Eighth-Rank power; the Centaur warriors under her command are especially devastating on the battlefield, with few battle formations able to withstand their charges!

"Eight days? Then we'll wait for them right here!"

Meng Ying said calmly.

Immediately, the flying ships in the sky began setting up camp along the edge of the oasis in the Endless Desert.

These warriors can only unleash their full combat power on the ground.

Meanwhile, General Zack and Master Warren, both severely wounded, knelt on the ground—this pair, one Eighth-Rank, one Ninth-Rank, now looked more broken than each other.

They exchanged a glance and saw shock in each other's eyes.

There were simply too many flying ships in the sky.

The difficulty of crafting flying ships is far greater than that of sandships.

Sandships are actually a clever trick.

Moreover, among these flying ships, there are many large ones.

And the warriors descending from the flying ships include not only humans but also Beastmen—but these Beastmen all wear armor glowing with magical runes, each as massive as a mountain, their aura equally intense.

At least Third Rank or higher.

The key is, these Beastmen are not just one or two.

But many—tens of thousands of them!

Even the most elite legions of theirs would struggle to prevail against such Beastmen warriors.

They simply could not comprehend: when had such a powerful force emerged?

Had the Eternal Night Empire unified the Beastman territories?

But the ever-present flame symbols reminded them: this force was likely the Flame Empire mentioned by the serpent woman earlier!

Flame Empire!

Neither General Zack nor Master Warren had ever heard this name before.

They had no idea when the Flame Empire had appeared.

Recall that ten years ago, the Zi Yun Empire's dedicated cartographic team reached the Beastman territories and several major kingdoms like Xiling.

Ten years ago, both the Beastman territories and kingdoms like Xiling were considered extremely weak by the Zi Yun Empire—practically defenseless.

Yet only ten years have passed, and this Flame Empire has suddenly emerged!

And this miraculous oasis as well!

Even though General Zack and Master Warren were powerful and well-traveled, they were now filled with nothing but questions.

But they would never have the chance to understand any of this.

Because the Centaur Chieftain had arrived.

Even though one was Eighth-Rank and the other Ninth-Rank, to the Centaur Chieftain, they were both the same: enemies!

If they are enemies, there's no need to keep them alive!

Immediately, large numbers of warriors moved out, dragging all of the Zi Yun Empire's original sandships to the outskirts of the oasis.

The drivers on these sandships had already been killed—not a single one escaped.

The statues on the sandships were all thrown by Flame Empire warriors into the distant desert.

Hundreds of thousands of statues covered a region tens of kilometers wide; from high above, they looked like an entire army, spectacular beyond words.

The Flame Empire was now extremely wealthy—even the armor on these statues was not worth collecting.

Yes, the Petrifying Gaze could petrify human clothing, but it could not petrify armor!

Long after this battle ended, this place later became a famous scenic spot, with countless visitors daily, each one awed by the power of the Saint-Domain and the might of the Flame Empire!

The Flame Empire's soldiers completed their camp setup quickly; this time, Meng Ying brought over a million troops, and the tents stretched endlessly across the sky and ground.

Meng Ying still resided aboard her flying ship, beside which several other flying ships guarded her — these were the Queen's Guard ships, each manned by numerous powerful female guards.

"Your Majesty, a magical letter has arrived from Kuibei Province: a massive army to the north seeks passage through our territory!"

At this moment, a female official stepped forward to report.

Meng Ying tore open the magical letter and read it through.

The other side did not know of the Flame Empire; their official letter still referred to the Purple Gold Empire.

Their strength was clearly far greater than that of the Purple Gold Empire, so their tone was correspondingly forceful.

Though they offered some tribute, the letter subtly conveyed this meaning: whether you, the Purple Gold Empire, wish to grant passage or not, you must grant it.