Douluo Dalu 3: The Legend of the Dragon King

Chapter 1797: Dire Crisis

Right at this moment, Dong Zi'an sensed something and cast his gaze toward a certain direction, upon which he caught sight of two figures flying rapidly toward him.

He was already prepared for this, and he patted the Fierce Wolf mecha beneath him, upon which it swiveled around and flew toward the two approaching figures.

"Dong Zi'an! What the hell are you doing? Who gave you the authorization to prepare for a retreat?" Even before Yu Guanzhi had arrived, his enraged voice was already clearly audible.

In the next instant, he and Chen Xinjie arrived before Dong Zi'an.

"What are you talking about, Commander? When did I say I was going to retreat?" Dong Zi'an said with a surprised expression.

"What did you say? If you're not retreating, then what are your men doing?" Yu Guanzhi roared in a furious voice as he pointed in the direction of the Western Legion.

Dong Zi'an put on a pained expression, and sighed, "Commander, you can see that there's no way for us to oppose this Blood River Godslayer Array. However, rest assured, our Western Legion has no intention of deserting the battlefield; we're merely preparing to retreat as we fight. Otherwise, if we stubbornly stand our ground, we'll just be swallowed up by the array. Of course, if Eternal Heaven can be ready before the array reaches us, then we'll immediately return to the encampment. Not a single soldier from our Western Legion will desert this battlefield; that is our duty as soldiers."

"F*ck off! The Blood God Legion is still at least a night away from reaching your legion; even if you're going to retreat as you fight, you can only do that after you receive the order from me. Without my orders, who allowed you to retreat out of your encampment?" Yu Guanzhi interrogated.

For some reason, Dong Zi'an was struck by a sense of pleasure at the sight of Dong Zi'an's enraged display. "Commander, let's lay all the cards on the table. Are Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect targeting us and the Spirit Pagod by refusing to use Eternal Heaven? I'm sure you know better than I do whether that's the case. Right now, only Eternal Heaven can break open that array, yet you're allowing them to stall for time. Are the lives of my brothers worthless in your eyes? I'm not going to retreat, but you can tell the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy that we'll bow out of this battle if they don't deploy Eternal Heaven."

"You..." Yu Guanzhi was so enraged that he didn't even know what to say anymore.

"I can assure you that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect aren't intentionally stalling for time," Chen Xinjie said.

Dong Zi'an turned toward him with a derisive look. "You're assuring me? If it weren't for you, Eternal Heaven would still be under the federation's control, and none of this would even be happening!"

Chen Xinjie's expression darkened slightly upon hearing this, and an extremely fearsome aura erupted out of his body like violent waves, causing the surrounding sky to warp and twist. 

Dong Zi'an's face paled slightly, and he realized that he had stepped out of line. Furthermore, this was the first time that he was facing the aura of a quasigod.

He was also a Limit Douluo, but he had only just reached the cusp of the demigod level and was still very far away from becoming a quasigod.

Chen Xinjie was already a very old man; how could he still possess such a formidable aura?

Just as these thoughts were running through his mind, a violent explosion suddenly rang out nearby. Immediately thereafter, a blazing ball of fire erupted out of the Western Legion's encampment, which had just been vacated.

All of a sudden, a massive opening was blasted into the Western Legion's defensive line.

"What's going on?" Dong Zi'an was stunned to see this.

"What happened? What's happening in the encampment? What happened to the people left behind to look after the encampment?" he asked urgently as he picked up his soul communicator.

Right at this moment, a series of figures rushed into the encampment from the opening in the defensive line before going on a reckless spree of destruction.

They were led by a giant cow-like creature that was over 100 meters in length with a pair of massive sharp horns on its head. The horns were around 50 meters in length, and even the alloy walls were unable to put up any meaningful resistance against the gigantic creature.

Dong Zi'an's heart instantly sank into a glacial pit upon seeing this, and his mind went completely blank.

How did this happen? Didn't they still have several hours before the Blood River Godslayer Array was projected to arrive?

All of a sudden, he realized that he had made a fatal error. His selfishness and cynicism had blinded him from a very important fact, which was that the Blood River Godslayer Array was completely sealed off from them, but it could be opened up at any time for the abyssal army. 

He didn't know these abyssal creatures avoided the detection of all of the surveillance soul tools to infiltrate the Western Legion's encampment, but it was clear that this surprise attack had been planned in advance, and it was specifically targeting him.

Yu Guanzhi and Chen Xinjie were also astonished to see this. If it weren't for the drastic turn in Dong Zi'an's expression, they would even be suspecting him of betraying the federation.

"F*ck! Return to the encampment right away to oppose the abyssal creatures! Hurry!" Dong Zi'an roared as an opening appeared on his Fierce Wolf mecha, which he immediately leaped into. The mecha then shot forth as a streak of piercing light directly toward the Western Legion's encampment.

Regardless of whether Dong Zi'an was selfish or not, he was a true soldier, and the fact that he had climbed all the way to this point from the bottom was a clear testament to his power, as well as his pride and determination.

It was true that he hadn't actually intended to retreat, but it was too late to regret the decision.All he could do now was give everything he had to limit the consequences of his grave error.

Thus, Dong Zi'an rushed straight toward the encampment like a madman, and at this point, the Western Legion was in complete disarray.

Among the group of powerful beings from the Spirit Pagoda that were also feigning retreat, Qiangu Dongfeng was looking on with a horrified expression.

Was this a coincidence? How could there be such an unfortunate coincidence?

He was the one who had proposed feigning retreat, and Dong Zi'an had heeded his suggestion, but right after they had vacated the encampment, the abyssal army arrived. Wasn't the timing a little too ridiculous for this to be a coincidence?

Qiangu Dongfeng's first thought was that there had to be a rat. There had to be someone from the Holy Spirit Cult who had infiltrated the Western Legion or the Spirit Pagoda!

Just like Dong Zi'an, regardless of how selfish he was, he didn't want the continent to be destroyed!

Who was it? Who was the rat? He turned toward the people beside him with a vicious gaze, but didn't discover anything. Everyone else was currently looking back at him, and he yelled, "Let's go and face the enemy together with the Western Legion!"

He had no other choice. At a time like this, the only option was to fight, even if it meant risking his life.

He raised up his only arm to summon his Coiling Dragon Staff, then led the way toward the opening in the defensive line.

A dragon's roar rang out beside him, and Gu Yuena appeared with her Silver Dragon Spear in her grasp as she released her suit of four-word battle armor.

As she released her incredibly beautiful suit of silver battle armor, she couldn't help but cast her gaze toward the distance, in the direction where he was.

Wulin, the name of my four-word battle armor is Silver Dragon Dancing Qilin; I am Silver Dragon Dancing Qilin Gu Yuena!  [1]

As expected of an elite legion, even in the face of such a drastic turn of events, the Western Legion was able to quickly rally itself, and the mecha squadrons were the first to fly toward the opening in the defensive line. The entire legion quickly returned, led by Dong Zi'an, and the speed of his divine-grade mecha allowed him to virtually instantly reach the opening.

[1] [Quick reminder that Wulin's name translates directly to Dancing Qilin, so essentially, the name of her battle armor is Silver Dragon Wulin.]