Chapter 452: Two Sparrows

The central manor of Screaming Island.

Mailun, the acting patriarch of the Fleming Family, condensed the power of frost and tore the letter in his hand to shreds.

A conspirator's smile hung on his face: "I thought Hesusu would take the initiative, but I didn't expect Wushan Castle to make a move first."

"My lord, what should we do then?" Knight Qiaosi asked.

Mailun came to the window and looked out at the distant sea, "The Wushan Territory has been mobilizing troops for the past two months; most went to Anbian City, and a portion went to Zilei Territory and Jianjiao City. Now, very few remain in Wubei Territory, let alone Jiliu Island."

In his eyes, the entire northern part of Wushan Territory was almost defenseless.

"Arrange a ship, take the Magic Cannon to Luoning's Wubei Port, and blow up the newly built port for me."

"My lord, are we going to land and occupy that area?"

"No need. In a poor place like Wubei Territory, we wouldn't be able to seize anything even if we landed, and we couldn't hold that land for long anyway."

The Black Gold Brotherhood has a vast expanse of land behind them as a buffer, while the north of Wubei Territory is all sea.

Even if he sent people to occupy that land, he could not send many.

Once Luoning returned to his territory, he would definitely send people to attack, and at that time, his men would only be able to retreat.

"Have Viscount Partridge lead the remaining five ships, disguise them well, and sail them all toward Jiliu Island!"

Qiaosi struck his chest heavily, "Yes, my lord!"

Mailun narrowed his eyes; Jiliu Island was an island he had wanted to get his hands on, but it was accidentally granted to Luoning by Bruno as a Baron's fief.

Now, after all this, it was still going to return to his hands.

"Although Laen on the island has probably already been dealt with by Luoning, he had already revealed the combat strength on the island to me; Luoning only arranged for a Knight Squad led by Kalada to garrison it."

Five warships, all carrying Magic Cannons—even Kalada probably couldn't withstand that.

On the other hand, a little later, Andreya also received a letter sent by Hesusu.

"Feilunsi's troops have already arrived at Yueguang City, and Screaming Island is likely taking action too. Lulansi, even if you eventually win the battle in Yueguang Valley, you and your precious grandson will both have to pay a heavy price!"

He summoned the messenger Zhake: "Tell the Black Gold Brotherhood that it is time for them to act!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Recently, he had provided a round of reinforcements to the Black Gold Brotherhood, who had retreated to Black Pine Mountain, and quite a few wild knights and soldiers had been sent over.

Above Black Pine Mountain is Luoning's Zilei Territory; Andreya was still very interested in this land, which was suitable for growing grain and raising horses.

"Hehe, Lulansi, as an old acquaintance of many years, I naturally cannot avoid sending you a grand gift as well!"

Whether it was Screaming Island or the Vila Principality, they did not have the determination and courage of Wushan Castle.

Whether pirates or the Brotherhood, they were organizations that could not be brought into the light; although their scale and numbers had been expanded by them, in the end, they were about the same as a regular army in terms of quantity and quality.

If they really wanted to partition the Wushan Territory, they should have shown the courage of Luoning and Lulansi, braved the infamy of invading a noble's territory, and led the majority of the entire territory's strength to attack; only then would Luoning's arrangements be unable to defend against it.

It was just that they loved using the "adding oil" tactic.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the time set by Luoning and Ruidar for the attack on Yueguang Valley.

At ten in the morning, the two forces converged on the plains outside Yueguang City.

Five Knight Orders, not to mention the ordinary cavalry and infantry, had over six hundred knights who had awakened their Battle Qi Seed, plus seven powerful high-level Transcendents like Luoning and Ruidar; although the allied forces were few in number, their combat power was fierce.

Everyone was clear on the details of the battle with the Witch Soul Clan, so the group discussed how to attack.

On this point, Luoning had long had a plan.

"In the two small towns, Mofisite has left seventy or eighty thousand Witch Soul soldiers to garrison them, not to mention their main base, Yueguang City."

Luoning looked at the sturdy city walls ahead; if ordinary means were used to attack this prosperous city, the difficulty would be very great.

Moreover, the number of enemies inside the city was at least over a hundred thousand, a very huge number.

Once they got bogged down, Luoning and the others would be fine, but the other weaker knights would be in a very difficult spot, and they might even be surrounded and killed by Witch Soul soldiers turned from ordinary people.

Therefore, there were two points Luoning needed to solve: one was to blast open the city walls, and the other was to suppress the number of enemies.

"In this battle, Sofia and I will take the lead; Ruidar and Grandfather, you are responsible for the second wave of the charge."

Lulansi frowned slightly, "What are you planning to do?"

He would rather charge himself than let Luoning take the risk.

"Don't worry, Grandfather, I am only feigning an attack; the main reliance is on Sofia."

"Oh?"

Lulansi looked at Sofia.

The latter smiled slightly and said, "The key to the attack lies in my Forbidden Magic."

Sofia explained the entire plan she and Luoning had discussed, and the others felt more at ease.

The so-called Forbidden Magic refers to spells used by a Legendary Archmage; this was the key self-preservation ability for Sofia.

The confidence she had when she entered the Golden Feather Palace alone back then also stemmed from it.

On the other hand, inside the walls of Yueguang Valley, countless Witch Soul Knights and Witch Soul soldiers were already standing full; this was the human wave tactic.

Besides that, Magic Archers and Magic Cannons were also in position.

On a high mountain in the distance, Hesusu couldn't help but grin as he watched this scale of battle.

"Huonasang has already been promoted by you to a Silver Moon Knight; with him leading so many Witch Soul Knights and soldiers to guard the city gate, with just that small number of people Lulansi and Luoning have, they probably won't even be able to get up the city wall."

Mofisite let out a sinister laugh; for him, winning was best, and if he lost, he would just run away, change locations, and develop again.

Therefore, whether this war was won or lost was not that important to him, as long as he could create a situation of chaos and war.

Time passed slowly; Luoning and his party ate their dry rations, drank their water, and arrived at a place about six hundred meters from the city wall.

Ruidar, Lulansi, and the others stood in the front row to prevent the opponent from using Magic Cannons.

Luoning looked toward the top of the city wall; he saw Witch Soul Knights, and upon sensing them, their strength did not seem weak.

"I'll leave it to you later, Sofia."

"Go ahead without worry!"

Suofeiya said, "Leave this to me!"

Luoning took a deep breath, Battle Qi Armor covered his entire body, and Wind Wings lit up behind his back.

Swoosh!

He charged directly into the sky, flying toward Yueguang City.

"Fire arrows!"

On the city wall, Huonasang held his long sword high and roared.

Instantly, the Magic Archers in the city drew their bows and nocked their arrows, all firing toward Luoning.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Hundreds of Magic Arrows shot densely toward the area where Luoning was, their speed so fast that they caused the air to frictionally produce explosive sounds.

Luoning was flying at a height of less than three hundred meters; although he was within the range of the Magic Arrows, he was already at the edge of their maximum distance.

He erected the Sighing Wall to block all the arrows in front of him, which immediately caused a non-stop clattering sound.

However, not a single Magic Arrow could penetrate the Level 6 Magic Sighing Wall, and they were completely unable to harm Luoning.

"Come on, let me show you my spell!"

Luoning began to cast a spell.

Sensing the changes in the Elemental Power between heaven and earth, Huonasang on the city wall ordered again: "All Magic Cannons, bombard him for me!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Magic Cannons roared, merging into a continuous sound like rolling thunder.

Luoning revealed a smile; while stopping his spellcasting, he immediately increased his altitude to dodge the Magic Cannon attacks.

At this moment, hearing the noise, Suofeiya used her Mental Power to manipulate a Magic Scroll, spreading it out before her and aiming it at the city wall hundreds of meters away.

Luoning's feint was to attract the attention of the Witch Soul Knights above, leaving them no time to defend against Suofeiya's attack.

One could see that she held a pale blue pendant in her right hand.

As her Mental Power permeated it, violent energy began to surge out from the ice-blue pendant and into Suofeiya's body.

This was to transmit sufficient Magic Power to her.

Suofeiya raised her left hand and pressed it onto the floating Spell Scroll.

Hum~

All the fire elements between heaven and earth swept toward the Spell Scroll at this moment; the dense fire elements were so visible that even ordinary people could clearly see them.

Suofeiya parted her red lips slightly and whispered, "Forbidden Magic, Dragon Breath Art!"

Boom!

A terrifying pressure descended, and even Lulansi, who had experienced many vicissitudes and seen all kinds of scenes, changed color because of it.

With the pressure of the Legendary level, everyone felt as if they were a lone boat caught in a whirlpool in the middle of the ocean, ready to be torn to pieces at any moment!

Whoosh~

Crimson flames broke free from the scroll, forming a raging firestorm that also resembled the dragon breath exhaled by a Legendary dragon, crossing the six-hundred-meter distance in a split second and fiercely bombarding the city wall! (End of this chapter)