Half an hour later, 8 soldiers stood in the desert with 8 mechanostrider and 4 homemade simple wooden carts.
The leader was a handsome young man riding on one of the mechanostriders. A black and red dragon half the height of a human stood beside him.
The 7 soldiers behind the young man looked unto him with respect.
Staring at the black and red dragon, they couldn't hide their curiosity as they guessed about its origin.
"So, this is a dragon from the legendary dragon race. It's a lot smaller than the stories told." Lu Chong said.
"Yet it looks so domineering." Huang Sai countered.
"His lordship is really amazing. He can even subdue the dragon race." Hui Teng remained fanatical.
"There's no reason to be so stern. The lord isn't that strict." Bai Yung said to the new comers, Sun Can and Qin We.
"Except during the retrieval of the loots, of course! Leave immediately and don't try to peek!" His voice was a bit stern as he advised them.
"Understood!" Sun Can and Qin We answered, a bit nervous at the end.
Riding his mechanostrider towards Zhou Zhou, Man Nao reported.
"My lord, this is the territory of the scarlet lord." He said respectfully.
Zhou Zhou nodded and looked into the distance.
A simple and crude territory stood a kilometer away.
He could vaguely see a few buildings with different styles.
About 200 desert fog lizards were densely packed around these buildings, just as Man Nao had reported.
"This desert fog lizard leader's territory doesn't have a novice lord protection barrier. There's no need for a sneak attack."
Zhou Zhou pondered.
Then, he turned to look at the 3 soldiers in charge of today's battle.
"Are you 3 ready?"
"Yes!" Bai Yung, Lu Chong and Huang Sai roared in unison, their voices shaking the clouds.
It even alarmed the distant desert fog lizard territory.
The desert fog lizards seemed to have smelled something bad and crawled over with hostility.
Zhou Zhou did not mind.
He had wanted to attack head-on anyway.
"Then I won't waste my breath! You've slaughtered these reptiles countless times. You should be confident that they are not your match!"
"Charge… And make their promotion energy yours!"
Zhou Zhou said.
"Kill!!!"
…
The 3 soldiers roared and rode out in their mechanostrider.
Man Nao, Hui Teng, Sun Can, Qin We and Nezario remained beside Zhou Zhou.
But not for long.
"Hui Teng, Man Nao, be ready to assist them if it becomes dangerous. And make sure you don't attack the fog lizards with intent to kill, it would divide the promotion energy between you all."
Zhou Zhou instructed.
"Yes, my lord," Hui Teng and Man Nao answered before heading towards the peripheral of the battlefield.
As for Sun Can and Qin We, they remained beside Zhou Zhou.
Surprisingly, they still had their lives and their promotion energy.
'Don't want to be in a situation where the promotion energy of black iron-tier fog monsters is no longer needful for my soldiers above the Green bronze-tier and it end up going wasted.'
Zhou Zhou thought.
He jumped down from the mechanostrider and patted Nezario's head.
Nezario had doubled in size in less than two days to his surprise. He wondered what Nezario would be like when it reached its peak.
"Watch the battle carefully. You'll show me your strength when their leader emerges." Zhou Zhou said.
Nezario nodded excitedly and expectantly.
However, its body still emitted wisps of red steam that smelled of sulfur.
In the distance, Bai Yung, Lu Chong and Huang Sai had already encountered the desert fog lizards acting as the first line of defense.
These desert fog lizards were crushed by the 3 Green bronze-tier soldiers and died without knowing how they died.
At the same time, the desert fog lizards deep in their territory looked at the three soldiers rushing over from afar and were instantly stunned.
However, they were bloodthirsty by nature and did not know what fear was.
Hence, they stuck out their tongues and glared at the charging trio.
At this moment, in the center of the territory.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
In a wooden house with a savage and bloody style, a desert fog lizard that was three to four meters tall and more than 10 meters long slowly crawled out.
It looked at the trio rushing over from afar and was suddenly furious.
"Roar!!!"
What an angry roar!
All the desert fog lizards, which seemed to have received an order, waved their limbs and charged fearlessly at Bai Yung, Lu Chong and Huang Sai.
In the distance, Zhou Zhou smiled as he looked at the desert fog lizard leader.
A text notification appeared.
[Monster Name: Desert fog lizard leader – Xiene Danzch (scarlet lord)]
[Strength Level: Green bronze-tier elementary grade]
[Monster Description: One of the three scarlet lords of the blazing sun desert]
[Loots: 10 units of Green bronze-tier mist core, Green bronze-tier elementary grade (100 units of desert fog lizard leader's flesh, 1 sand trap technique skill book, 3 sword shield soldier recruitment book), 100kg of water bags, 5 gradeless sword shield soldier class change certificate, 1 black iron-tier elementary grade alchemy potion formula "blood eye", 1 White silver-tier elementary grade scarlet lord talent sphere.]
There were many loots that could be dropped.
Among these loots, the one that attracted Zhou Zhou the most was undoubtedly the last one.
When he saw it at first, he was stunned and in disbelief.
Scarlet lord talent sphere?
The scarlet lord also had a lord talent?
At the same time, Nezario, which was originally beside him, was nowhere to be seen.
…
In the distance, the main forces of both sides quickly collided.
An intense battle was about to break out... Or so they thought.
Limbs, heads, tails, blood, bones and every part of the desert fog lizards flew into the air.
It was horrible scene.
The trio breezed through the ranks of the desert fog lizards with the aid of their mechanostrider.
Their advancement was like a sea getting split apart by a huge sword. No living thing was spared.
Blood and corpses littered the ground as the huge amount of desert fog lizards alive begin to reduce at a visible pace.
The roars and tremors which were common in the beginning of the massacre were gradually fading.
It was apocalypse for the reptiles.
…
Desert fog lizard territory.
Seeing the massacre of its forces, the desert fog lizard leader roared before stomping on the gravel under its feet.
A few hundred meters away.
Bai Yung, Lu Chong and Huang Sai who were about to conclude their battle suddenly realized that the desert under their feet was quickly sinking into a huge pit two to four meters deep.
"Retreat!" Bai Yung uttered as he quickly maneuvered his mechanostrider out of the range of the sinking pit.
"What a bastard!" Huang Sai chuckled as he followed after Bai Yung.
"It's lucky the dragon is the one dealing with it, I would've turned its body into a hollow vessel!" Lu Chong grumbled as he escaped the range of the desert fog lizard lord
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