Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy Nine – Bodhisattva’s Raging Lotus (2/2)
When Ma Fan saw the other side’s combat xiu withdraw from their battles, he knew the other had discovered his intentions. However, he had expected this. He used Lei Peng’s charge to push into the other’s troops in order to force them into a battle of attrition. As long as the other side’s battle general was not stupid, he believed the other would eventually respond to this tactic.
Would a battle general from Xuan Kong Temple be stupid? He did not believe it.
However, he was slightly shocked at the other’s quick response. He knew that the true battle had just begun. The greenhorns of Black Turtle Camp had started to adjust to the rhythm of the battlefield. After this, they would be able to tolerate more pressure and their morale would not crumble so easily.
“They are going to charge. It should be the Bodhisattva’s Raging Lotus!” Nian Lu’s eyes narrowed as he panted lightly. He had been fighting intensely with a jindan just now.
Ma Fan nodded. He also recognized it. Ever since they had learned they would fight against Xuan Kong Temple, they had collected intelligence on the battle tactics of Xuan Kong Temple. Naturally, Ma Fan had read them.
He licked his lips and a cold light flashed through his eyes.
“Have everyone prepare. I hadn’t thought that this great gift would be for them. They are really lucky!”
Nian Lu snickered and went back to prepare.
Black Turtle Camp quickly formed a circular formation that looked just the same as the average defensive formation.
“Pay attention! All of you, pay attention!”
“Listen! Do not panic! Just do what we usually practice!”
“Don’t look at them, they are trying to scare you, there’s nothing big, didn’t we just kill a hundred of them just now?”
Every experienced combat xiu was trying to raise the morale of their fellows. They had only ever practiced this battle formation in training and had never used it in real battle.
This battle formation was something that Ma Fan had spent great time and effort to create. His initial goal was to be able to stop the three section wave killing charge of Vermillion Bird Camp. Even though it could theoretically stop it, because he never used it outside of practice, Ma Fan was not very confident.
However, since the other was using an offensive formation, then this battle formation was the most suited to be used against it.
All of this is for you!
Ma Fan stared hard at the other side. His expression when he licked his lips was like a wolf in the middle of a hunt! He was slightly anxious but his expression revealed he was more excited!
At this moment, the other moved!
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In the sky, thousands of lines of fire appeared like a storm of fire!
The howls rumbled and the Cloud Sea shook!
The snakes of fire wrapped around the arms of every Xuan Kong Temple combat xiu suddenly grew multiple times. What was most shocking were those jindan xiuzhe. Their right arms were completely enveloped under the burning flames. The color of their fire was deeper than normal combat xiu and the sound caused by their flames was not loud, but extremely deep and stunning to the mind.
They accelerated, accelerated, accelerated!
The roar increased. The terrifying wave of air was like a huge axe that cleaved apart the Cloud Sea under them, forming an stunning sight as the fire cut an expanding wave through the Cloud Sea!
The jindan xiuzhe at the very front had a completely red face. A long tail streaked off the flames on his arms!
His pupils suddenly contracted as he shouted angrily, “Rage!”
His right fist that was pulled behind his body punched forward with all of his power!
“Rage!”
The combat xiu behind him shouted and punched in unison!
Almost a thousand fiery red fist energies left their hands. Like fire dragons charging out of the cage, they howled and leapt forward!
The closer to the rear the fist energies were, the faster the energies were. Starting from the last fiery fist energy, they continued to collide into the flames ahead of them and then into the ones further ahead.
The layers of collisions formed a bigger and bigger fiery fist energy. It was like a flame monster that continuously cannibalized its fellows to grow larger!
In a flash, the fiery fist energies formed into one enormous fireball!
The surface of the fire ball constantly shifted. It was possible to faintly discern an enormous figure that was trailing a long tail of flame.
Inside the ball of fire, the enormous figure grew clearer. Its features sharpened, the flames on the surface melting like ice. A furious face appeared in front of everyone’s eyes!
There seemed to be an invisible hand that was sculpting these scorching flames!
Bam!
Like the crack of glass, the flames outside the ball of fire dispersed to sparks and dissipated in the wind.
Among the spray of sparks, an angrily bodhisattva thirty zhang tall shot into the air. His right hand was holding a bright red fire lotus that was multiple times larger than his body. Like a meteor, it shot towards Black Turtle Camp that had shrunk into a circle!
In this moment, the sky seemed to turn red from the burning flames.
The Cloud Sea underneath their feet drastically crumbled.
The angry eyes of the flame lotus bodhisattva were indifferent as though he was staring down at ants.
Ma Fan did not dare to breathe. He started hard at the charging fire lotus bodhisattva, a crazy expression rising in his eyes.
Suddenly, his pupils expanded. His flying sword which had already been raised sliced down with all his might.
“Kill!”
Translator Ramblings: Giant person of fire!