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Chapter 193 [192] Idiot and Bumpkin

The veteran squad leader of the Crimson Armor Army nodded upon hearing about the “Mystic Array Inspection,” saying, “Very well, let’s inspect it then!”

It was clear he simply did not believe that “cleaning up the Spirit Leaf Handle in one day” was possible.

The veteran squad leader handed his token to a subordinate and instructed, “Little He, go and check the situation…”

He paused mid-sentence, then changed his mind, “Forget it, I’ll go myself.”

The veteran squad leader glanced at Cheng Han again, his tone subtly condescending: “Everyone, please wait a moment.”

Cheng Han replied calmly, “No problem.”

The several deputy commanders who had come along all wore subtle expressions, but said nothing.

According to the rules of the Mystic Palace, the Crimson Armor Army outranked the Black Armor Army. A veteran squad leader of the Crimson Armor Army was equivalent to a deputy commander of the Black Armor Army.

Furthermore, since the former were directly under the Mystic Palace, their status was naturally higher, so the deputy commanders couldn't really stand up to them.

The veteran squad leader took the token and strode into a nearby cave, then entered a heavily guarded room and placed the token on top of a circular jade platform.

The surface of the jade platform was engraved with dense mystic patterns, far more numerous than those on magical implements or arrays.

This was clearly an item of a higher grade – a mystic array.

The veteran squad leader reached out and pressed on a jade panel, inputting a stream of mental energy.

“Buzz!”

The mystic array vibrated slightly.

The token shook a few times and floated into the air.

This item was a symbol of the Black Armor Army of Tai’an, containing a transcendent imprint. Using this as a medium, one could communicate with the Divine Tree and obtain relevant information.

In an instant.

The mystic patterns emitted a faint light, and the light and shadows above the round platform shifted, quickly displaying a series of scenes.

These were the moments of the Black Armor Army of Tai’an hunting Void Insects.

All of this was clearly recorded by the Divine Tree.

The mystic array simply selected a portion of it and presented it to the Crimson Armor Army warriors.

For example:

Cheng Han threw out a seed, and the surrounding caves instantly turned a strange fluorescent color.

This made the Void Insects’ movements particularly easy to find.

Even the footprints of the insects crawling on the cave surface were as conspicuous as lights in the dark.

The veteran squad leader’s face showed confusion: “What kind of method is this? I've been in the Crimson Armor Army for nearly sixty years, and I've never seen such a technique.”

No one answered.

The other warriors beside him were all amazed.

Another example:

Due to encountering a large swarm of insects, the team split into two groups.

The veteran squad leader couldn't help but shake his head: “That guy named Cheng Han acts too…”

He stopped speaking midway.

He had wanted to say “acts too rashly,” but he immediately realized that Cheng Han was standing right in front of him.

If Cheng Han was truly reckless, he would not have been able to reach the Spirit Leaf Gate.

The subsequent illusion showed Cheng Han leading less than a hundred warriors, forcefully creating a maze, annihilating most of the Void Insects, and even successfully rescuing another Black Armor Army team.

This set of brilliant tactics caused the veteran squad leader's thoughts to change one hundred and eighty degrees: “This kid really has something.”

Yet another example:

After the Alien God's Dream incident, a giant monster appeared inside the Spirit Leaf Handle.

Cheng Han led thirty warriors and actually killed the giant insect, rescuing a team of warriors who had been swallowed.

The tragic scene of “warriors collapsing all over the ground” moved the veteran squad leader: “This kid is also an excellent leader.”

Several other Crimson Armor Army warriors nodded in agreement.

“This kid is very powerful!”

“Among the 250,000 Crimson Armor Army soldiers under the Mystic Palace, there aren’t many warriors as powerful as him.”

Before long.

The light of the mystic array dimmed.

The illusion ended.

“Pa!”

The token fell back to the center of the round platform.

The veteran squad leader remembered something and turned to instruct, “Little He, check how many Void Insects the Black Armor Army of Tai’an killed.”

“Yes!”

A warrior responded, pressed on the mystic array's sensing plate for a moment, and reported a number: “Nine thousand six hundred and fifty Void Insects.”

Although the veteran squad leader had expected the number to be high, this number still greatly surprised him: “So many?!”

The other warriors also clicked their tongues in amazement.

“These warriors from Tai’an have probably cleaned up more than ninety-five percent of the insects in the Spirit Leaf Handle.”

“In the past, cleaning missions in various small spirit realms took several days, and usually only five or six thousand Void Insects were killed. These people are extraordinarily capable.”

The veteran squad leader waved his hand and ordered, “Report to headquarters ‘Crimson Flame Mountain,’ Tai’an did too well this time, it will definitely alarm headquarters.”

“Yes!”

*

After the results were confirmed, Cheng Han and his group's treatment immediately changed.

The veteran squad leader appeared quite enthusiastic: “Sergeant Cheng, you probably haven’t had a proper meal in a while, have you?

“It’s lunchtime right now, the Crimson Armor Army has a garrison nearby, I’ll have someone take you to the garrison cafeteria for lunch, shall I?”

Cheng Han readily agreed: “Thank you for your trouble.”

Since they could have a good meal, who would want to eat dry rations?

The veteran squad leader called over a warrior and gave a few instructions.

Soon.

A large group of Black Armor Army warriors passed through the Spirit Leaf Gate, following the other party to the garrison.

Many warriors curiously looked at the scenery inside the spirit branch, while whispering to each other.

“I heard that in the past, after completing cleaning missions, most people couldn’t even enter the Spirit Leaf Gate and were sent back directly.”

“This time, the Crimson Armor Army actually let us in and even let us eat at the garrison, that’s really rare.”

“Our Tai’an small spirit realm completed the mission in just one day and killed so many Void Insects, this is the treatment earned by strength!”

The structure of the spirit branch was very different from that of the Spirit Leaf Handle.

The very center of the former was distributed with more than a dozen giant pipelines, called – Heavenly Paths.

The reason for such an exaggerated name was because each pipeline was over eight thousand kilometers long and over two kilometers in diameter.

They ran through the entire spirit branch, all the way to a thicker branch of the Divine Tree.

Due to this unique structure, the Heavenly Paths naturally became the main artery of logistics transportation.

And one of the main responsibilities of the Crimson Armor Army was to maintain the Heavenly Paths and clean up the abnormal creatures born within.

Cheng Han and the others were walking in a Heavenly Path when they happened to see a long train of cargo airships approaching from a distance, flying past in neat formations.

Each airship was over one hundred and fifty meters long, and when they flew over everyone’s heads, the visual pressure was quite strong.

A group of warriors unconsciously slowed down, looking up and watching the airships fly away, their faces more or less showing a hint of shock.

A Crimson Armor Army warrior leading the way said with a smile: “The scale of this transport team is very small, there’s really nothing to see.

“If a spirit leaf is fully grown, and the Mystic Palace orders a large-scale immigration, then you can see a huge formation composed of thousands of airships, that scene is truly spectacular.”

Cheng Han listened with longing.

A thousand large airships carrying out transport missions together, even in another space-time, such a grand scene would not have appeared, right?

A few seconds later.

Cheng Han suddenly felt something.

The magical power of the True Flame Remnant Seal allowed him to clearly sense that the power of light was fading, while the power of the dark light was rapidly strengthening.

But the problem was, it was noon now!

This was an extremely abnormal phenomenon.

Cheng Han silently sighed, murmuring in his heart: “The rhythm of the Alien God’s awakening is getting faster and faster.”

A few breaths later.

Everyone noticed something was wrong.

The originally bright passage had obviously darkened a lot.

A few seconds later.

The light completely faded.

Night enveloped this Heavenly Path.

It also enveloped this world.

The Crimson Armor Army warrior leading the way couldn’t help but sigh: “The reversal of day and night, it seems that the Alien God is really about to awaken.”

Cheng Han was slightly surprised: “How do you know it’s the Alien God?”

He had thought that the imminent awakening of the Alien God was a little-known secret, but he didn’t expect that an ordinary Crimson Armor Army warrior knew it so clearly.

The other party glanced at him and replied: “The Mystic Palace notified everyone yesterday, every warrior of the Crimson Armor Army knows.”

Cheng Han suddenly understood.

He mocked himself in his heart: The Tai’an small spirit realm is indeed a small rural place, the news is too slow.

The Crimson Armor Army warrior took out a flashlight-like magical implement and pressed it with a “click.”

“Poof!”

A ball of white light shot into the sky, floating hundreds of meters high.

The area within a two-kilometer radius was illuminated.

This person put away the magical implement and explained: “This is a ‘Bright Light Lamp,’ a lighting magical implement dedicated to night patrols.”

A group of Black Armor Army warriors were all speechless.

The Crimson Armor Army’s equipment was so complete, with such practical small magical implements for everyone, but the Tai’an Black Armor Army had never even seen them.

So unfair!

Although the Crimson Armor Army warrior didn’t say anything, judging from the subtle expression on his face, he must have been harboring a strong sense of superiority.

This was normal.

It was like city people seeing country bumpkins who had never seen the world, inevitably having this kind of thought.

At this time.

A sudden change occurred.

In the airship formation that had flown one kilometer away, one of the airships suddenly made a “hissing” sound, and its altitude began to slowly decrease.

The Crimson Armor Army warrior was stunned for a moment, and his face changed drastically: “Most likely the day and night reversal, a ‘Ghost Night Owl’ has appeared over there, this kind of monster often attacks airships.”

This person immediately turned around and shouted anxiously: “Everyone, please help deal with the Ghost Night Owl, rescue…”

Before he could finish speaking.

He was interrupted by an extremely sharp screeching sound.

“Whoosh～”

A streak of red light rapidly shot out.

This was actually a short spear emitting a faint red light.

And beside it, Cheng Han was posing in a throwing stance, the right arm he had swung out not yet retracted.

Obviously.

This attack came from him.

Under everyone’s gaze.

The short spear instantly crossed a kilometer distance, approaching the descending airship.

In the illumination of the red light, it could be vaguely seen that a dark shadow, flapping a pair of wings, was flying close to the airship’s gasbag.

This was undoubtedly the Ghost Night Owl.

This thing noticed that the target of the short spear was itself, and quickly flew to the other side, trying to dodge the attack.

The Crimson Armor Army warrior watched this scene and shook his head slightly.

The distance of this attack was far enough, but the accuracy was really not good.

In addition, the short spear’s surface emitted a red light, so the monster discovered it from a long distance away.

Too stupid!

The next instant.

Something surprising happened.

The short spear suddenly exploded into a large cloud of red light spots, looking extremely gorgeous, like a firework blooming in the night sky.

Dozens of meters away.

A dark shadow quietly appeared, silently shooting towards the Ghost Night Owl.

It was another short spear.

“Bang!”

The short spear accurately hit the monster’s chest and abdomen, making a loud explosion.

Every warrior could hear that this was a highly destructive implosion technique.

The Ghost Night Owl weakly flapped its wings and fell straight down.

All of the above happened in just a short moment.

At this moment.

Cheng Han leisurely lowered his right hand, his tone filled with contempt: “A simple illusion easily deceived the Ghost Night Owl, this thing is too stupid.”

The Crimson Armor Army warrior stared blankly at this scene, suddenly feeling that he was the clown.

Easily killing a troublesome Ghost Night Owl from a super-long distance of one kilometer, such experts were rare even in the Crimson Armor Army, yet he had been laughing at him in his heart.

Who was the idiot?

Who was the bumpkin?