CHAPTER 362 A SURPRISE STRIKE

"Commander Zuo was killed!" "Commander Zuo is dead!" Panic-stricken, all the soldiers and spirit

manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire looked at the head of Commander Zuo that was lying on the

ground. They were trembling with fear because Rocky seemed to have satanic power. It was obvious

that the morale of the troops of the Timber Deity began to slump.

On the other side, the troops led by Rocky had dancing hearts as their morale rose rapidly when they

found that Rocky had fulfilled the decapitation task, despite the fact that there were only less than five

hundred people left.

Soon after the decapitation, a large number of troops of the Timber Deity Empire had no energy nor

urge to continue fighting the battle. They discarded their shields and armors and kept running like

sheep as they fled away. Only a few stubborn spirit manipulators didn't give up, and fought bravely until

they were all killed by Rocky's troops.

A while later, Rocky was surrounded by hundreds of overjoyed people who were dancing and chanting

joyful melodies. Their cheers were so loud that they sounded like thunder. They were also playing

football with commander Zuo's head instead of a ball.

"Attention, everybody! It's not time to celebrate yet. I want you to divide yourselves into two groups, and

then burn the two camps of the Timber Deity Empire in the east of the Rough Slope," Rocky ordered.

Despite Rocky's joy, he could still think straight. He looked calm and serious.

The soldiers and spirit manipulators immediately left to carry out his order.

Rocky walked to the bloody head of Commander Zuo, which was already covered in dust and sand. He

picked it up by its messy hair, and disappeared on the spot.

Meanwhile, the troops of the northeast military army led by Marin were attacked by two camps of

troops of the Timber Deity Empire at the same time, and they were about to break down. They kept

stepping backward, and their casualties were increasing, regardless of their use of the Eight Heaven

Locks Array taught by Rocky. However, due to the huge gap between the forces of the two parties, the

Eight Heaven Locks Array could only block the enemy for a while before they could break through it.

After all, Marin was not very familiar with the array, so she could not take full advantage of it. So, it was

mainly Marin's misuse of the array that made it easily broken because if the array was organized by

Rocky himself, the troops of the Timber Deity Empire would not be able to break through it even with

twice their forces.

By now, the northeast military army was badly besieged at a distance from the predetermined route for

retreat. Therefore, they had to break out by force so as to retreat to the grove on the right rear of their This material belongs to .

camp according to Rocky's plan.

However, the current situation was more dangerous than they had imagined. It was almost impossible

for the northeast military army to fight their way out of the siege, even if at a considerable cost.

"Commander Marin, you'd better surrender. You can never hold up till tonight with that little force you

have left." Commander Zhou from the Timber Deity Empire shouted to Marin after passing through the

crowd and being escorted by several spirit manipulators. Meanwhile, Marin was fighting dauntlessly in

the front of the northeast military troops.

"Hem!" she snorted at Commander Zhou, with a cold and disdainful glance.

"Go!" Commander Zhou waved his hand at his soldiers after getting angered by Marin's refusal to give

up. In an instant, thousands of soldiers and spirit manipulators rushed to the northeast military troops

from all directions, just like a flood.

Upon seeing this frightful scene, Marin became panicked. She didn't know whether Rocky could

manage to kill the other commander of the Timber Deity Empire or not, but she did know that the

northeast military army could no longer hold up. They just had to fight their way out of the siege and

retreat as planned.

After hesitating for some moments, Marin decided to show her ace in the hole. She made a crack in the

air, and a giant dragon immediately came out of the crack. When it spread its wings, a gust of heavy

wind came through like terrifying waves.

"Jesus! That's a dragon!" the troops of the Timber Deity Empire exclaimed in astonishment.

Regarded as a higher species among spirit-manipulated beasts, dragons could only be manipulated by

the royal spirit manipulators of the Holy Dragon Empire. Since there were not many royal spirit

manipulators, and since not every royal spirit manipulator had such a spirit-manipulated beast as a

dragon, seeing a dragon in such a small scale battle was something that had never happened before.

Also, dragons rarely appeared in the front line, so this was such an unpleasant surprise for the Timber

Deity Empire.

The dragon that came out of the crack was Verdanim, Marin's spirit-manipulated beast. Marin had no

other choice but to call Verdanim to fight even though it had just recovered from serious injuries. Now

that the northeast military army was in an extremely difficult situation, Verdanim's health was no longer

her priority.

The sudden appearance of Verdanim that kept flying in the air successfully shocked the troops of the

Timber Deity Empire. Once it waved a wing, several dozen soldiers were thrown away and fell on the

ground. The imposing manner of Verdanim immediately energized the northeast military troops.

"Break out!" Marin shouted enthusiastically as she was led by Verdanim, whose body was as big as a

tank. She and the remaining people in the troop, who were less than four thousand, tried to break out

towards the predetermined route for retreat.

Sadly though, when they were about to successfully break out, a string of wood rattan appeared out of

nowhere from the ground. It flew to Verdanim and bound its left leg. As the wood rattan pulled hard,

Verdanim lost its balance and fell on the ground. At that moment, numerous strings of wood rattan with

varying sizes appeared from the ground. Together, they bound Verdanim tight.

Verdanim struggled to get rid of the grip of the wood rattan with all its might but it still failed. The wood

rattan was just as stout as reinforcing steel bars.

"Verdanim!" Marin called her spirit-manipulated beast's name with a worried voice. She was about to

move forward to help it when Commander Zhou from the Timber Deity Empire got in her way the same

way a ghost would.

Marin glared at the man in front of her eyes, and tried to use her dragon spiritual power at the second

grade of the Heavenly Stage. When her eyes turned colder, the dragon mark on her arm showed itself.

Immediately, a dragon together with water roared past between her two hands, and rushed towards

Commander Zhou.

Commander Zhou didn't seem to be scared at all. His reaction was to exert his power at the third grade

of the Heavenly Stage. He drew a circle in the air and a spiritual ball immediately took shape. It then

moved towards Marin's dragon. When it met the dragon, the collision resulted in a very loud sound and

various dazzling sparkles.

The two figures instantly began fighting. Unfortunately, Marin's power was indeed inferior to

Commander Zhou's to the extent that she was no longer able to defend herself.

While Verdanim was bound tight by the wood rattan and Marin was fighting against Commander Zhou,

the troops of the Timber Deity Empire took the chance to attack the northeast military army. As a result,

the northeast military army kept losing ground. It looked like it was a matter of time before they were

doomed.

When they were no longer able to fight and defend themselves, a black figure suddenly appeared at

the back of the troops of the Timber Deity Empire. Every soldier from the Timber Deity Empire who

appeared by his side whined or screamed in pain. Once the figure approached Verdanim, who was

bound by numerous strings of wood rattan that came from the underground, a dragon mark on his left

arm showed itself. Red spiritual flames rose from the dragon mark and rushed at the wood rattan

around Verdanim's body.

With a loud sound, the wood rattan was burnt by the spiritual flames. It looked badly hurt to the extent

that it retracted to the ground and quickly disappeared.

As soon as Verdanim got rid of the wood rattan, it shouted to the figure in a way that showed that it was

extremely happy to have seen its master. Then it stood up, stamped its right foot on the ground, and a

big crack appeared on the ground. A weird spirit-manipulated beast that was as big as a tree came out

of the crack. It didn't have any limb or head. There was only a ferocious eye on its trunk-shaped body

that was twined by numerous strings of wood rattan, which kept wriggling and contracting. According to

its power, it should be a four-star third grade spirit-manipulated beast.