Considering Dao Lao's reasonable explanation, Dream Jia refrained from continuing to vent her anger at Hao Yun. Thus, with precision, Dream Jia threw another divine light bomb onto the top of a mother ship's deck, coldly saying, "Since that's the case, then I'll take action!"
Having said that, Dream Jia shook her cloak and once again disappeared into the night's haze of smoke. Upon hearing Dream Jia's icy remark, Hao Yun and Dao Lao immediately felt a chilling sensation. They both immediately thought of Dream Jia's retaliatory actions by destroying the Western Bo people's warships previously. In unison, they shouted loudly, "No! Retreat quickly, Dream Jia! Don't act recklessly!"
Exactly! This was typical of Dream Jia's style! When a woman got angry, she was irrational enough, not to mention when you provoked Dream Jia, who loved to resort to physical violence! Especially now, with implications involving the little fox spirit, Eva! In any case, whether Dream Jia was deliberately causing trouble out of jealousy, as long as you didn't let her vent her inexplicable anger, this powder keg would make you suffer!
Consequently, even looking from the direction of Lernata City, you could clearly see in the night sky, far from the Lernata Mountains, mushroom clouds mixed with flames and thick smoke slowly rising into the air. Soon after the appearance of the flames that illuminated the night, thunderous explosions echoed from afar over the skies of Lernata City. Due to the intensity of the explosions that occurred behind enemy lines, soldiers closer to the front lines could still feel the violent shaking of the ground beneath their feet.
"Look! The Western Bo's mother ship has been destroyed!" At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.
Then, more soldiers, their eyes adjusted to the dazzling light produced by the explosions, exclaimed, "Heavens! The Western Bo's mother ship has been destroyed! The Western Bo's mother ship has been destroyed!"
Because the terrain of this grassland was flat and the visibility was extremely open, although the smoke and darkness of the battlefield affected the defenders' sight to some extent, the enormous size of the Western Bo's mother ship allowed the defenders of Lernata City to quickly witness the shocking scene of each massive mother ship, like small mountains, slowly falling to the ground amid the huge explosion of flames.
The power of multiple divine light bombs detonating simultaneously, as well as the energy released after the mother ship was detonated, soon formed a strong energy shockwave centered on the mother ship, overturning all Western Bo troops close to the mother ship and causing serious casualties to many combat units. Although Hao Yun and Dao Lao had already rushed away from the mother ship not far from them before the explosion occurred at full speed, the two unlucky guys still could not escape being lifted off by the shockwave after the explosion. Fortunately, both of them were protected by divine power, so the shockwave from the explosion could not harm them in the slightest. It was just that the sight of the two of them lying on the ground in a very embarrassed manner after being blown away made them look extremely disheveled.
Facing this situation, Hao Yun and Dao Lao could only curse in their hearts. Damn it! Couldn't Dream Jia have waited until we were far away before setting off the bomb? According to her immoral methods, someday she would kill us!
"Hey! Hao Yun! Old Dao! Are you dead or not? If you're not dead, answer me!" Just as Hao Yun and Dao Lao were still cursing Dream Jia while lying on the ground, they heard Dream Jia calling out to them again in their minds. Her voice sounded very cheerful, apparently having completely released the inexplicable anger just now with a series of explosions.
"Dream Jia, are you sure you used divine light bombs? I remember the last explosion was powerful, but it shouldn't be as outrageous as this one! This power is almost comparable to a small nuclear bomb! Ahem ahem!" Hao Yun wiped the dirt off his face and looked at the mushroom cloud still lingering in the night sky, with lingering fear.
"Oh my! I didn't expect the explosion to be so effective. Maybe it's because those mother ships stored a lot of energy? I was too cautious before! I thought these mother ships would be hard to destroy, so I deliberately placed several divine light bombs on each one. Ah! If I had known the explosion would be so effective, I would have used fewer bombs!" Dream Jia said with deep regret.
Dao Lao, after struggling to get up, said, "I'm telling you, Dream Jia, we should communicate more before taking action in the future, and we absolutely cannot create contradictions during action! Otherwise, this old dog's life will sooner or later end up in your hands!"
"No, why are you, an old man who's been living for thousands of years, still acting so sentimental day by day?! I didn't hurt you, did I? Why are you still...!"
"Woo... woo..."
Before Dream Jia could finish scolding Dao Lao, she was interrupted by a series of deafening ship whistles.
"What's going on?! Could it be that our actions have angered the Western Bo people, causing them to launch a larger-scale attack on Lernata City?" Hao Yun's expression condensed, hurriedly covering his ears as he stood up, asking Dao Lao, while also remaining alert to the enemy's movements around him.
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Due to the series of huge explosions just now, the vast grasslands around Hao Yun had already been covered by a thick fog of smoke, dust, and flames, limiting visibility on the scene to an extremely low level. In addition, their unlucky spirit energy pursuit system was now unreliable, leaving Hao Yun and Dao Lao unable to better grasp the changes on the surrounding battlefield for a while. However, based on the system's marking of some surrounding enemy forces, the two quickly discovered that these Western Bo people, who had been stalled due to the destruction of the mother ship, immediately seemed to be reinvigorated after a series of ship whistles, as if they had received some kind of order.
Seeing the Western Bo people around them moving again, the first reaction in Hao Yun's mind was—destroying the enemy's mother ship did not stop the Western Bo people's attack; instead, it might have completely angered the Western Bo army. Dao Lao once again picked up the light-transformed demon-slaying staff, while nudging Hao Yun with his elbow, loudly reminding him, "Hao Yun! Don't just stand there dumbfounded! Hurry up and get ready for battle! Dream Jia, you stay in the air first, don't let the enemy find you! We'll continue to attract firepower later, and when you see the opportunity, give them another round of airstrikes!"
Dao Lao allocated the tasks and swiftly moved with Hao Yun under the cover of smoke to position themselves beneath a destroyed fighter jet. This allowed them to observe the enemy's movements from a relatively concealed spot and prepare for another round of assault.
At that moment, the Xibo troops at the forefront of the battlefield had already turned around and charged towards the location where Hao Yun and Dao Lao had just fought.
"Here they come!"
Watching the Xibo troops retreating from the front lines and charging towards their hiding place, Hao Yun and Dao Lao tightened their grip on their photon weapons, ready to fight at a moment's notice.
However, what surprised them was that the Xibo troops did not immediately attack them upon entering the range of the wreckage where Hao Yun and Dao Lao were hiding. Instead, they kept their weapons raised and continued running forward without swinging their upper bodies much, using their three legs to sprint forward quickly.
Could it be that these Xibo troops haven't noticed our hiding spot? Hao Yun and Dao Lao wondered. But even so, they dared not be careless, knowing that once the Xibo troops reached their hiding area and searched it thoroughly, they would soon discover their whereabouts.
"Hey! Don't move! It seems like they're retreating! They don't want to attack you!" Suddenly, Dream Jia's voice came through the system channel.
Dream Jia was right. Just as she finished speaking, the retreating Xibo troops surged past the wreckage where Hao Yun and Dao Lao were hiding, heading towards the rear Xibo troops who were also shrinking their formation. After regrouping with the Xibo troops positioned behind the enemy lines, these troops swarmed around various large mechanized combat formations and started moving towards the nearest intact mothership that hadn't been destroyed in the recent explosion. It seemed that these Xibo troops were indeed preparing to retreat!
According to the information relayed from high altitude by Dream Jia, not only the Xibo troops in the area around the mothership attacked by Hao Yun's team were withdrawing from the battlefield, but also all the Xibo troops surrounding the Lena Mountains were retreating from the combat zone. Meanwhile, many Xibo infantry and mechanized combat units were using the portals opened beneath the mothership to leave. The remaining Xibo troops gathered around the mothership to protect it from any potential attacks by unknown forces.
Watching the Xibo troops retreating towards the rear of the battlefield, Dream Jia finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Phew! It looks like our plan worked! The Xibo people are retreating! Although from the current situation, it seems they only want to withdraw part of their forces and leave the rest to form a defensive line further away from the Lena Mountains. But this should temporarily relieve the siege of Lena Tower!"
"That's good to hear!" Hao Yun and Dao Lao also sighed in relief upon hearing this, feeling fortunate that they were able to repel such a large Xibo army so smoothly and even easily.
However, at the same time, Hao Yun's team had to admit that although their operation had gone very smoothly this time, it was indeed a more difficult task than climbing to heaven to bomb the Xibo mothership, which was so important that it was almost impossible to do so. This should also be one of the important reasons why the Xibo people were almost unprepared at the beginning of their actions. After all, they could not have expected that in a world with no flying ability at all, they could still use air raids to strike their important combat units.
"Hey! Since those Xibo troops are ignoring you, let's hurry up and retreat! Otherwise, when the Lena Tower garrison reacts later, we'll be in trouble!" Watching the retreating Xibo troops, Dream Jia flew back to Hao Yun and Dao Lao's side, suggesting as she went.
Although the three of them stood so openly on the battlefield, the Xibo troops passing by them still didn't seem to notice them at all, and each one rushed forward urgently as if there were more important things to do than attacking Hao Yun's team. At this moment, the three of them once again heard the sound of gunfire from the distant front line. Obviously, the garrison of Lena Tower had begun a pursuit of these Xibo troops after discovering their retreat. Seeing this situation, Hao Yun's team naturally dared not delay any longer. Therefore, Dream Jia immediately signaled for Hao Yun and Dao Lao to hurry up and hold on to her two long legs, then she suddenly jumped up and carried the two people back into the night sky.
As Hao Yun's team expected, as an old opponent with years of battles, the garrison of Lena Tower naturally discovered the signs of the Xibo people's retreat for the first time. Although they did not know what happened in the enemy's rear position, they had no reason to miss this opportunity to attack the fallen dog. As a result, while the Lena Tower's garrison began to pursue the retreating Xibo people on the battlefield all night, each of them looked vivid and lively, showing no signs of fatigue at all. Many officers and soldiers even complained that if the sun had risen too early, they would have been forced to stop their pursuit of the enemy. Otherwise, they would never stop until the last enemy was killed!