Chapter 515: Things Are Not What They Used to Be: A Single Hammer Blow Stuns All

Footsteps rang out on the battlefield...

Zhou You carried two large hammers on his back; from a distance, he looked like a diligent mouse carrying two oversized loquats.

His puppet Lu Zhigang was still soaking in the vat and could not come out for a short while, so he returned his focus to his original body.

During this period, the winds and clouds had changed suddenly; first, the Ten Thousand Poisons Secret Workshop intervened aggressively, sweeping away the Witch Banners, and later, the Great Witch Qiang Wuchui stepped forward to hunt down Fu Manlun and the Doll Gu.

Suddenly, a massive piece of gossip broke out today: Wu Luoye had defected.

As the number one among the Ten Prodigies and the young generation's most promising candidate to break through to the level of a Great Warrior, he had actually deserted in the face of battle and even stolen an original copy of the Book of Myriad Wonders of Transformation.

Not only that, Wu Luoye held high prestige among the half-blood Witches and took away many rising half-blood Witch stars, including the newly promoted Ten Prodigies member Mu Sigui and others.

The Witch Alliance could be said to be suffering from leaks in the roof while it rained; with the opponent's fresh reinforcements arriving and their own top general defecting, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the warriors seized the opportunity to launch a formal counterattack, causing the Witches to suffer repeated routs.

For a time, on plains and hills, in riverbanks and valleys, there were corpses of dead Witches and fallen Witch Beasts everywhere.

The confrontation at the level of Great Warriors also gradually became clear.

Yanshan had newly advanced to Great Warrior and, wielding the Overlord Spear, was no longer the man he once was; with his entry and participation, the scales of the battlefield tilted toward the warriors, a massive trend rolling forward like a building about to collapse, which could not be turned back by one or two people.

Gaoyang Ruoqiang retreated while fighting under the escort of his companions.

Originally, Zhou You had been secretly following behind, wanting to launch a sneak attack; if his luck were explosive, he might have succeeded.

Unfortunately, Gaoyang Ruoqiang was extremely cautious, and the Witches around him were all elite talents.

Zhou You launched sneak attacks seven or eight times in succession, killing over a dozen Witches, but did not harm Gaoyang Ruoqiang in the slightest.

Later on, this group deliberately set a trap, attempting to counter-kill Zhou You, but it was detected in advance by his interface.

Through these engagements, Zhou You's reputation had spread; the Witches learned of his nickname in Fucheng, "Hungry Tiger," and silently expressed their approval, referring to him as "Hungry Tiger" whenever they mentioned him.

Being recognized by an alien race with a nickname was undoubtedly an honor.

His pursuit of Gaoyang Ruoqiang's group also relieved a lot of pressure for other warriors, and the situation on other battlefields was getting better and better.

"Three Commandants, the Witches ahead have lined up to fight, forming a circle with Witch Beasts for defense and releasing flying insects as scouts; the defense is impenetrable, and the soldiers are currently launching a fierce attack."

On a battlefield, Chen Yang, with a Nine Ox Saber at his waist, was reporting the progress of the attack to several Commandants.

This was the territory of the garrison, which had gathered the remaining forces of several Commandants, one of whom was Chen Yang's foster father, Commandant Chen Lie.

Commandant Chen nodded slightly, "Before sunset, you must break through the gap and surround this group of Witches."

Speed is the essence of war; once it drags on for too long and other Witches arrive, this sure-fire battle of annihilation would inevitably fall through.

Chen Yang cupped his hands and replied, "Foster father, I will go organize a team to charge the formation now."

Suddenly, a scout waved a flag to alert them, "Someone is approaching."

Commandant Chen nodded and said to Chen Yang, "Go take a look. If it's an enemy, kill them; if it's a civilian warrior, incorporate them into the vanguard."

The implication was that civilian warriors without roots would be directly pressed into service to serve in the vanguard, which had the highest casualty rate.

"Understood!"

Chen Yang drew his Nine Ox Saber and stepped forward quickly; this time, he would go out himself.

With a few leaps, he reached the edge of the battlefield and saw a slightly bloated back slowly approaching.

"Stop, hmm, it's you?"

Chen Yang recognized the person on the spot; although they hadn't met for many years, this person was truly hard to forget.

Wang Laohu's rebellious disciple, the young martial master who walked out of Gongliang City, and also a junior whom Commandant Chen occasionally mentioned. Chen Yang had heard his foster father compare him to this person more than once, leaving a deep impression.

Meeting an old acquaintance, Zhou You was carrying two large hammers on his back, yet his gait was extremely light, and he had no companions with him.

"Hmm, I recognize you; you are Commandant Chen's foster son. What a coincidence!"

Zhou You nodded after seeing Chen Yang; if the other party invited him to see Commandant Chen, it would be somewhat awkward.

Commandant Chen and Wang Laohu had a very good relationship, and he himself was Wang Laohu's rebellious disciple; a meeting between the two sides would not be very pleasant.

"If there is nothing else..."

"No, there is something."

Chen Yang said decisively; he still remembered Commandant Chen's order to capture civilian warriors for military service to charge the Witch formation.

Although Zhou You had also broken through to Martial Master, he had become famous earlier and had experience in the military, so he considered his own strength to be superior to the other's.

"You need to come back with me and blast open the Witches' defensive formation."

Upon hearing this, Zhou You glanced at the battlefield not far away, where the Witches were driving Witch Beasts and Gu Insects to defend flawlessly, and the surrounding soldiers were attacking in turns but could never break through the opponent's defense.

He waved his hand, "Why go through so much trouble? You wait here, I'll go take a trip."

Before Chen Yang could speak, "I'm in a hurry to get on my way, so I won't stay to reminisce. I'll leave as soon as I'm done."

As soon as the words fell, the air was stomped into an explosion, a shrill whistling sound rang out, and he disappeared into the horizon, leaving dust behind.

Before Chen Yang could react, Zhou You had already vanished from the spot, dragging a white stream of air as he plunged into the battlefield.

Commandant Chen and several colleagues not far away also saw the anomaly and asked those around them, "What's the situation?"

They saw a figure squeeze into the battlefield, and the soldiers were swaying, like a field of sorghum swept by a gale.

"Hah!"

A sound like a dry thunderstorm rose from the ground and descended from the sky in an instant; from a distance, two black dots were seen falling slowly from mid-air to the ground.

Boom, boom—the two sounds overlapped into one, the ground rumbled and churned, and the vibration spread from afar to everyone's feet.

When the smoke and dust thinned slightly, the gazes of the martial masters pierced into the battlefield, seeing a scene that left them dumbfounded.

Two huge, crater-like depressions appeared in the center of the battlefield, exactly where the defensive formation crowded with Witches had been; now, everything was reduced to ashes and gone.

Bloodstains and severed limbs remained on the edges of the pits, and soldiers stood on the edge, stunned, as if they had not yet reacted.

"Just now, someone used two large hammers to smash the Witches' formation; the two big pits were created because of that."

A Commandant pointed to the end of the horizon, where two black dots rested on a person's shoulders, and he carried them crosswise as he walked further and further away.

Among the martial masters, there was actually such an peerless fierce general? "Foster father, that was Zhou You just now; he... has already left."

Chen Yang panted as he ran over to report to his foster father, Commandant Chen.

Commander Chen was shocked at first, then slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "What a Wang Laohu, a rebellious disciple is still a disciple, you have truly taught a remarkable figure!"

On the horizon, Zhou You carried two large hammers on his shoulders, humming a little tune triumphantly.

Things are different now; back then, with my Qi and blood, I stood like a lackey, and you conscripted me to go up the mountain to attack the stronghold.

Nowadays, I am a dignified Martial Master, not someone you can conscript just because you want to; I can scatter a Shaman formation with a single hammer strike, if you are sensible, we shall live in peace, but if you are not sensible, hehe! After waiting for a moment and seeing no one chasing after him, Zhou You was certain that this group had seen his prowess and dared not provoke him.

(End of this chapter)