CHAPTER 397 PUT ON A PLAY

The fire tornado didn't last for a lengthy time. However, most of the soldiers Commander Zhou led

gathered closely on one spot. As a result, the fire tornado caused an enormous loss to his army. More

than a thousand soldiers perished, and there were fewer than two thousand members left now.

One more layer of dead bodies covered the ground of the north gate where numerous corpses already

gathered around. The coverage of those corpses even stretched inside the Wild Heaven Pass. The

lifeless bodies, which sprawled along the trace of the fire tornado, had all been scorched black and

were smoking. They still remained the last position that they posed before death. Everything went on

so quick like lightning to them that none of them were even capable to grapple. That was the

formidable and aggressive power of the fire tornado.

When the fire tornado finally ebbed away, Commander Zhou already led the left soldiers to back off

from the Wild Heaven Pass and found the Timber Deity Army outside. Although they had been out of

danger, they nevertheless had glimpses that portrayed terror-stricken as puffing and panting for air. The

tragedy they just experienced was still striking in their heads.

"Commander Zhou, what happened inside?" The two commanders of the Timber Deity Empire had

been curious about the situation inside. Now that Commander Zhou eventually got out, they could not

help but want to know the answer from him. They already knew that he just suffered an ambush, but

they pretended they knew nothing at all. Because the fire sea blocked their way into the pass, they

didn't come to his aid and his army right away. Thus, they put on a false front, perceiving nothing to

evade that ill at ease.

"We got a surprise attack! It sounded that their reinforcements already showed up. The Crimson

Dragon Army pretended to have withdrawn to pull a fast one on us. We fell in their trap and got

hemmed in by them. By good luck, we merely lost some of our men. It's unquestionably a close call."

Commander Zhou was still gasping for air with a pale face. Jitteriness still tormented him as he

remembered the spine chilling sense.

"Where is the fire tornado from? That's really dreadful!" asked one of the two commanders, with a

shocked look. His brain was stuttering for a moment. Every part of him went on hiatus while his

thoughts catch up.

"I don't perceive about that! But I'm beyond doubt it must relate to that guy!" Commander Zhou knitted

brows deeply. The guy he gave reference to, of course, was Rocky.

"What guy?" The two commanders were both caused to be at a stand by Commander Zhou.

"Let's converse about that later. We should go back to our place first. Now that their reinforcements

come, it's harder for us to take down the Wild Heaven Pass." Commander Zhou shook head weakly.

"Hold on! We didn't see any of their reinforcements just then. Maybe this is their trick!"

"That's highly possible. Apart from the fire tornado, we saw nothing extraordinary!"

The two commanders could not help but begin suspecting. All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

"Be my guest! You two can investigate the situation inside if you want. I will never set my foot to hell

again!" Commander Zhou shot a frosty stare at them before he drove his army to go back to their

place.

The two commanders peered at each other with fretfulness expressions. Neither of them preferred to

take the risk that the Crimson Dragon Army's reinforcements might indeed show up. If that were the

situation, entering the pass only meant to commit suicide. Of course, they were not that slow-witted.

Casting a glimmer at the Wild Heaven Pass in front of them, they were hardly resigned to leave away

like this. The fierce fire sea in the city gate barred their way into the pass. It was so close, but they

could not occupy this place.

Both of the commanders deeply sighed before they withdrew.

Silence now filled inside the Wild Heaven Pass. It lingered in the air, thick and heavy, like a blanket.

Everything on the ground where the fire tornado went past was all burned into ashes, except a figure

and a spirit-manipulated beast standing together in the center of the pass. Both of them looked a little

exhausted. As seeing the Timber Deity Army had backed down, the figure finally exhaled a gasp of

relief. His lips curved upwards slightly as he glimpsed at the Dragon Flame Pearl, which had gone back

to his hand.

"The Dragon Flame Pearl is magnificent! I can't believe that I can exert such power of this even though

it's my first time to use it!" Rocky marveled.

Actually, it was not long ago that Rocky found out that the Dragon Flame Pearl not only possessed

formidable firepower but also could manipulate fire by itself. When he hunted in the Myriad Beasts

Ground, Rocky took out the Dragon Flame Pearl and began studying it. He tried to convey a little of his

spiritual power into the pearl, and then out of his expectation; the Dragon Flame Pearl engaged the

bonfire to itself. That was how he found out the hint and started a series of tests on the pearl.

In the outcome, he knew about another function of the Dragon Flame Pearl, fire manipulating. And the

usage was extremely simple. So long as more spiritual power was routed into the Dragon Flame Pearl,

the pearl's fire manipulating would become more powerful.

In order to establish the dreadful fire tornado, Rocky almost consumed up all of his Fire spiritual power

and part of the Holy Dragon Bead's evil spiritual power.

If Commander Zhou didn't withdraw till now, Rocky would have no way to fight against him and his

army at all. It could be said that he put all his eggs in one basket.

At this very juncture, Marin and Dunn led the soldiers to come back as glancing their enemy had

backed off.

"Rocky, what just happened?" As soon as seeing Rocky, Marin could not help but speak out her

confusion. She was also curious as a cat about where the fire tornado was from. And she was beyond

suspicion that the fire tornado was Rocky's work and must regard those fires Rocky asked her to set

up.

Dunn, meanwhile, gawked at Rocky with a perplexed expression.

"Nothing!" Rocky cast a frigid glance at Marin. How was it possible that he would tell them the truth? It

was one of his secrets that he possessed the Dragon Flame Pearl. He then turned to say to Dunn,

"Commander Dunn, can you please close the city gate first?"

Dunn nodded at him before he put on some speed to the north gate.

At the same time, Isis, who defended at the south gate, rode on the Silver Wind to come back her Wild

Heaven Pass since she got a glimmer of the enemy had withdrawn, and the turbulence inside had

withered away. When she peered down from the air, she discovered numerous black corpses were

sprawling around the gap of the north wall. The widespread havoc created by the fire tornado sent a

chill down her spine.

Upon her return, Isis was greeted with Rocky, Marin, and the hundreds of soldiers standing at the

center of the pass. She then ordered Silver Wind to land on the ground. As she hopped down, her

elegant posture lightened the glowing admiration in those soldiers' eyes. Something emanated from

within that rendered her fascinating to them.

"How about the adversary?" Isis wended her way in front of Rocky and Marin and glimmered at the

north gate being closed by Dunn.

"They have withdrawn," Rocky responded as he held his arms across his chest.

Hearing Rocky, Isis sighed out of relief. She could not help but marvel at Rocky's intelligence in mind.

He merely led hundreds of soldiers to repel the Timber Deity Army again.

"It's not the time to have a relax! Their retreat is just momentary. They will doubtless send soldiers to

check out our situation. Deputy Commander in Chief, I require you to assign the two thousand soldiers

from the valley to here. Be swift! We are going to put on a play for the Timber Deity Empire," Rocky

uttered as raising his eyebrow.

"Put on a play? What play?" Isis wore a bewildered look.

"Don't get yourself worked up with that, Isis! He must be the main actor in the play," Marin sneered.

She always found intolerable that Rocky only said part of his plan to intrigue others.

"Nope! You two are the heroines in the play." A calculating smirk crept over the corner of Rocky's lips.