CHAPTER 382 DILEMMA

As a deafening roar reverberated in the air, a colossal dragon flew out of the crevice. Its giant body

glistened with dazzling thunder light, and its three huge heads were swinging. The four gigantic wings

behind its heads even impeded the sunlight. Its body was as large as a mountain. Bolts of thunder kept

spurting out of its two tails. The formidable aura around it rattled the spectators to the core.

Those soldiers in the Loyal Dragon Pass almost bounced out of their skin as facing the colossal

dragon's appearance. The poor-spirited ones among them could not even help but begin shaking like a

leaf.

The spot where the Timber Deity Empire's army encamped was near to the Loyal Dragon Pass, so they

also caught a glimpse of the colossal dragon. Their jaws almost fell to the ground as seeing the rude

awakening picture.

That giant creature was Lance's spirit-manipulated beast, a six-star Thunder Blustering Dragon. It

ranked top ten on the Spiritual Beast List of the Wild Spirit Land, no matter in strength or quality. The

Thunder Blustering Dragon was strong as an eagle and out of the ordinary kind of spiritual dragon

among the thunder series. What could be on a par with Lance's Thunder Blustering Dragon in the Holy

Dragon Empire were only the two spirit-manipulated beasts of Bryant's and Marcia's.

Lance self-possessed as the breast of a lake when the loud wind was laid jumped into the air. With a

gleam of his spiritual power, he had ridden on the Thunder Blustering Dragon. As it was waving its

wings, a sand storm swept over the Loyal Dragon Pass.

In a flickering of an eye, the Thunder Blustering Dragon had brimmed over up into the sky and ebbed

away.

It was already night when Lance came back to the Frozen River Pass.

"Father!" As promptly as perceiving Lance made an appearance, Isis came to catch sight of him.

"How about the Wild Heaven Pass right now?" Lance inquired.

"We have lost ten thousand of our men. By good luck, Commander Ron already kept at arm's length Content held by .

the enemy ambush and expelled them out of the Wild Heaven Pass!" Isis answered with a somber

look.

"It's still too shortly to make conclusions!" Lance declared.

"Father, do you mean we should allocate some reinforcements to the Wild Heaven Pass?" Isis' brows

knitted together.

"No, we can't do that. Ten thousand soldiers of the Crimson Dragon Group have been assigned to the

Loyal Dragon Pass from the Frozen River Pass. There are only twenty thousand soldiers in the Frozen

River Pass right now. If we sent reinforcements to the Wild Heaven Pass, the Frozen River Pass would

be on jeopardy then." Lance face looked sullen and then proceeded, "It's our rival's swindle. Now that

the Timber Deity Empire has a substantial upper hand over us in the aspect of army forces, they bring

into service that to draw away our army forces. It is a conundrum that the thirty thousand soldiers of

Timber Deity Empire besieged the Loyal Dragon Pass. What they undoubtedly have an inclination for is

the Wild Heaven Pass. Princess Alyssa is absolutely out of the ordinary!"

"What should we do now, father? We will lose the Wild Heaven Pass if we don't assign any

reinforcements to them!" Isis could not help but be in a state of nerves like a cat on a hot tin roof. Once

upon losing the Wild Heaven Pass, an entrance to the Holy Dragon Empire would be freed by their

rival.

"I have dispatched a message to the headquarters along the way. The Elite Regiment of our spirit

manipulators will send over some of their members within no time," Lance declared.

"The Elite Regiment! Do you genuinely mean it, father?" Isis was hit like a ton of bricks.

Almost everyone in the Crimson Dragon Group was apprehensive that the Elite Regiment was their

most incomprehensible squad, which consisted of royal spirit manipulators at or above the eighth grade

of the Earthly Stage. The head of the Elite Regiment even reached the Supernal Stage.

There were at most hundreds of Supernal Stage spirit manipulators in the whole Holy Dragon Empire.

Most of them came from the dominant clans of the royal family. In the four major military groups of the

Holy Dragon Empire, there were also an insignificant number of Supernal Stage spirit manipulators.

The Crimson Dragon Group, for example, had three to four Supernal Stage spirit manipulators, and

they would come to lock antlers only under the most dangerous circumstance.

The Elite Regiment led by a Supernal Stage spirit manipulator, of course, was extraordinarily strong as

an ox and back-breaking.

Now that Lance even required the best squad of the Crimson Dragon Group to join the fight, it could

also show beyond doubt how precarious their present condition was. Only by such a strong squad's

helping hand could the Crimson Dragon Group have the possibility to turn the tables.

"Besides, the fifty thousand soldiers, which are the reinforcements I already put into position before,

are on the way now. We have to try everything we can to safeguard the three passes. When the Elite

Regiment and reinforcements arrive, it is time we fight back! The crux right now is whether we can take

up cudgels for the Wild Heaven Pass. The Elite Regiment's members normally have their own task to

put the finishing touches to. It will take them at least five days to come here. Our men in the Wild

Heaven Pass have to hold their horses for a few more days," Lance said with a serious face. Time was

the key to this battle, yet what the Crimson Dragon Army was desperate most for now was also time.

If they lost the Wild Heaven Pass, the aftermath was beyond hope. It would go far more above one's

head to fight the Timber Deity Empire if they entered the Holy Dragon Empire's territory through the

Wild Heaven Pass. They would in two shakes of a lamb's tail invade the several cities, including Evian

City, around the border, and numerous guilt-free citizens would die in the cruel war.

Thus, the Crimson Dragon Army would with no lack of confidence to have a dust-up for their life for the

Wild Heaven Pass.

The next day, Lance was presented with the news that the Timber Deity Empire launched intense

attacks at the Loyal Dragon Pass, which was entirely out of his control. He didn't have in the prospect

that the enemy would fight the Loyal Dragon Pass before they got the Wild Heaven Pass. To add salt

into an injury, it was Princess Alyssa who led the Timber Deity Empire's army to bombard the Loyal

Dragon Pass.

Although previously their morale almost reached the low watermark level after Lance routed them, the

Timber Deity Empire's army in the Loyal Dragon Pass regained their confidence under Alyssa's skillful

leadership. With their strong as a lion fighting will, they had almost broken down the twenty thousand

soldiers patrolling in the Loyal Dragon Pass.

The third day, the Wild Heaven Pass and the Loyal Dragon Pass were both on the edge of being blown

their minds. The Crimson Dragon Army had been pushed in a corner.

In the temporary Conference Hall of the Frozen River Pass, Lance wore a solemn expression and

furrowed brows deeply. His eyes were painted with a hint of the heebie-jeebies. He became cognizant

of what a predicament the Crimson Dragon Army was in right now. Both the Wild Heaven Pass and the

Loyal Dragon Pass were in deeply demand of reinforcements, but if Lance assigned soldiers of the

Frozen River Pass to the two passes, the Frozen River Pass would be on jeopardy in any minute.

But if he didn't do so, the Holy Dragon Empire would lose two crucial passes at the same time. The

Timber Deity Empire could easily invade several cities around the Holy Dragon Empire's boundary like

a piece of old tackle.

These days, the Crimson Dragon Army had already been dissipated after engaging in several fights. It

was a hard nut to crack for them to guard a mere pass. How could they maintain both the Wild Heaven

Pass and the Loyal Dragon Pass?

"Father!" Isis wended her way in without signaling.

"Is there any piece of information about the Wild Heaven Pass and the Loyal Dragon Pass?" Lance's

brows knitted together. While he had to blow the lid off that Princess Alyssa was so good that she even

pushed him and the Crimson Dragon Army in a corner.

Although Lance had encountered a lot and dominated for many time, he was already at the end of his

wits as facing the current monkey wrench in the works. Perturbation had almost worn him out, which

was so evident in the increase of his grey hair. Before the reinforcements arrived, the two principal

passes were already on the edge of losing. Yet, he didn't have the slightest idea about how to handle

with that because of the inadequate army forces. All of these were overpowering him and almost

smothered him.

"Nothing new! I'm scared stiff that we would lose the Wild Heaven Pass." Isis shook her head slightly

as a hint of twitchiness flashed in her eyes. Meanwhile, a man's figure clicked into her mind. She

believed that if he was here now, he might have a way to alleviate their up to the minute crisis.

Although she fully understood that getting out of such a quandary was almost close to drawing water

from a stone, she still believed that he could come to someone's rescue. Because she already

witnessed that he turned the impossibility into possibility last time in the Rough Slope.