CHAPTER 442 STARTING TO CRACK THE ARRAY
"Stop attacking! Everybody, fall in!" Rocky bellowed his order, raising his left arm.
The troops of the Crimson Dragon Army halted in their tracks when they heard the order. They
gathered in front of Rocky in an orderly manner from the left, middle and the right directions.
At this precise moment, they were only two or three hundred meters away from the camp of the
defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire.
"This array looks somewhat like the array you taught me last time," Marin said and glanced at Rocky
after surveying the Magic Lotus Array formed by the defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire.
Rocky nodded in response to her. The Magic Lotus Array in display seemed very powerful, with a
combination of both attacking and defending effects. This was quite similar to the Eight Heaven Locks
Array, despite their different principles.
He had no difficulty in figuring out who had arranged the array.
As a name flashed through his mind, his eyes froze for a moment. He then walked towards the array
after passing through the troops of the Crimson Dragon Army who were waiting patiently for his next
order.
"Rocky Bai," Marin called his name in a hushed tone as she realized that he was heading towards their
enemy all alone.
A few spirit manipulators in the Crimson Dragon Army started following him with the intention of
protecting him. But he dissuaded them by saying, "No one needs to follow me." Saying this, he
continued to walk forward until he was only a few meters away from the array.
"Woods," Rocky called out all of a sudden.
A few moments later, a crack suddenly appeared from the array. A slim gentleman-like figure walked
slowly through the crack. As Rocky expected, the person was Woods.
"Commander Bai, it seems that I've underestimated you!" Woods sighed, glancing at Rocky in
astonishment, though outwardly he managed to look calm and steady as always. It seemed that he had
least expected Rocky to destroy the defense lines that he had elaborately arranged, without any
difficulty and in no time. The reason for his delayed appearance at the battlefield was that he had run
across a beautiful spirit manipulator at the Supernal Stage, to whom he was attracted.
Nevertheless, he could not help but respect and admire Rocky. It was not until a while ago that he
realized that on previous occasions Rocky had made the Crimson Dragon army make repeated mock
attacks on them as a preparation for today's real attack. These repeated attacks made the defending
troops of the Timber Deity Empire less and less vigilant. In spite of Woods' reminder to Commander
Wei to make the defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire on full alert, they had been hoodwinked
by the pretended attacks and could not respond in a timely manner.
Also, burning the transport ships was also a part of Rocky's master plan that exactly hit the defending
troops of the Timber Deity Empire. The reason why the Timber Deity Empire chose Hippo Land was to
accelerate the transportation of their food, provisions and troops to the main force. Thus, their main
force would occupy the strategic forts of the Crimson Dragon Army one by one without worrying about
logistics.
Rocky knew exactly how important the transport ships were to the Timber Deity Empire and had taken
advantage of it by igniting them so as to distract the attention of the defending troops at the camp. As a
result, they didn't notice the Crimson Dragon Army had already destroyed their defense lines at a rapid
speed.
In this way, Rocky commenced the operation at somewhere else to distract his enemy, making the
defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire suffer a great loss.
Undoubtedly, the defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire might not have suffered so much loss if
Commander Wei hadn't dispatched troops to fight against the Crimson Dragon Army. By now, the
Crimson Dragon Army had almost reached their camp.
The defending troops of the Timber Deity Empire were in great danger.
"Was this array created by you?" Rocky asked Woods, coming straight to the point.
"No," Woods answered, nodding his head.
"So who created it?" Rocky asked curiously. He knew that the person to create such an array was not
an ordinary one.
"The Magic Lotus Array was created by the Commander in Chief of the troops of our Timber Deity
Empire, Princess Alyssa of Timber Deity Empire," Woods answered frankly.
"She created it?" Rocky was slightly shocked to hear that. He thought, 'Alyssa is really tough to deal holds text © rights.
with. She is so clever that she could create an array that is no inferior to the Eight Heaven Locks Array.
Now I understand why Lance couldn't beat her.'
"You Crimson Dragon Army seems to be superior to us for the moment, but to take back the Hippo
Land, first you have to crack the Magic Lotus Array. But the Magic Lotus Array has never been cracked
since it was created by Princess Alyssa. I can say that this array is flawless!" Woods said. He looked
quite confident in the array.
"Really?" Rocky asked, a faint smile lurking at the corners of his mouth. He seemed to be quite
interested in the challenge because according to him, there was no flawless array or even anything
perfect in the world.
"Commander Bai, if you want to crack the array, please go ahead!" Woods said with curiosity about
Rocky filling his eyes. Therefore, he wanted to know if Rocky was able to crack the Magic Lotus Array,
which had never been cracked before.
"Okay! Please get ready!" Rocky said in a flat tone, stretching his hand to make a gesture.
"Commander Bai, please be ready for the loss of your soldiers." Woods reminded Rocky.
"I'm afraid that you misunderstand me. I will not risk the lives of the soldiers of the Crimson Dragon
Army so easily. So I will test the array by myself," Rocky said seriously. He looked resolute and
domineering at the moment.
Woods was astonished to hear Rocky's words. His face paled as he hadn't expected Rocky to risk his
own life to crack the array. Admiration shone in his eyes and with a laugh, he said, "Such being the
case, please be careful!" Then he walked back into the array through the crack, with his hands tied
behind.
Rocky stepped backwards. At the same time, the Magic Lotus Array, which had been closed tightly,
unfolded again. The people walked in intersected lines, looking like many lotus petals.
Rocky jumped into the Magic Lotus Array, falling on one of the lotus petals made by people.
Immediately, the Magic Lotus Array closed again, and Rocky was overwhelmed.
When she saw Rocky enter the array alone, Marin felt her heart in her mouth. By now, she had almost
recovered and hence she jumped off Rubygon's back. She planned to assist Rocky with the troops.
Simultaneously, a cool and enchanting female floated down from the sky with a silvery spirit-
manipulated beast that looked quite enchanting in the moonlight. Soon, they landed near Marin.
The enchanting female along with the spirit-manipulated beast she was riding became the center of
attraction of the Crimson Dragon Army. Especially, the spirit-manipulated beast looked so graceful that
everyone's eyes were fixed on it.
They were Sabina and her spirit-manipulated beast—Duchess Silver, who had been absent for quite a
while.