Chapter 708: The Heartthrob in the Ruins

"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat——!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Tongues of fire spat forth as machine guns and artillery on the Great Xia defense line poured out a rain of bullets, smashing toward that green storm.

Upon contact with the mutated vines, those shells failed to spark even a flicker before being absorbed and assimilated by the mutated vines.

"Useless… completely useless…" Chief of Staff Zhang He collapsed limply to the ground, staring straight ahead with blank eyes. "Even artillery can't harm them in the slightest… That person in the sky is dead for sure!"

The giant Dragon was about to be swallowed by the green tsunami.

Above the firmament, facing the vine meat grinder.

Zhou Huai did not open his mouth to command.

"Roar——!!!"

Magic Dragon Xiao Hei's golden vertical pupils constricted as it opened its huge mouth.

Its chest expanded, and the surrounding air was sucked dry, forming a vortex of airflow.

"Whoosh————!!!"

The black Abyssal Dragon Breath spewed out from Xiao Hei's mouth.

A black waterfall descended from the sky.

The moment the black Abyssal Dragon Breath made contact with the green leaves and vines.

The green leaves and vines vanished without a sound.

The mutated vegetation vaporized and dissipated upon touching the abyssal demonic flames.

The black waterfall of Abyssal Dragon Breath plunged into the Devil's Forest ahead.

"Rumble rumble rumble——!"

A circle of black shockwave, centered on the landing point of the Dragon Breath, spread out in all directions.

The earth split apart, and airflow rolled.

In the blink of an eye.

As the pillar of black light converged, the sky returned to brightness once more.

A breeze blew past.

In front of the defense line… it was empty.

That Devil's Forest, which originally occupied a range of one or two kilometers.

Had already turned into a patch of scorched earth.

Weeds and mud ceased to exist, leaving only a black sinkhole tens of meters deep, with black smoke rising from the bottom of the pit.

The Great Xia soldiers present widened their mouths in shock.

"Clack."

The rifle in someone's hand dropped to the ground.

"Swallow… swallow…"

Across the entire position, only the sound of swallowing saliva remained.

"Th-this fucking thing, am I dreaming, or did I see it wrong?!"

A company commander slapped himself across the face, his cheeks turning red. "A one-or-two-kilometer Devil's Forest… j-just like that, it's gone?!"

"Th-this Dragon Breath is too powerful! Not even residue is left!"

"Good heavens! Our Third Legion threw in so many lives and couldn't even cut off a single vine… It used just a mouthful of spit?!"

"What level of exotic beast is this anyway?! S-rank? SS-rank? Or… the legendary Divine Rank?!"

The soldiers looked up at the black Dragon in the sky, their legs trembling.

Chief of Staff Zhang He tremblingly grabbed Li Zhenyuan's arm, tears and snot streaming down. "Le-Legion Commander… This Dragon… No! The man riding the Dragon, if he wants to kill us, it would only take half a second!"

Li Zhenyuan's lips turned pale.

"Don't panic… Everyone don't panic!" Li Zhenyuan straightened his back, his voice trembling.

He raised his head, looking at the shirtless, blonde-haired, blue-eyed figure in mid-air, and shouted loudly:

"Dare I ask Your Excellency… exactly which sacred being you are?!"

The violent wind tore across the high altitude without obstruction.

Controlling the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Arthur, Zhou Huai condescendingly overlooked the scarred and shaken Great Xia defense line below. Facing Li Zhenyuan's sharp question that was almost cracking in pitch, not a ripple stirred in his azure-blue eyes as he merely smiled.

"Me?"

Arthur's exotic, low, and magnetic voice echoed over the entire defense line under the magical augmentation of the Quasi-God Level Abyssal Magic Dragon, "Naturally, I'm someone here to help you solve your trouble."

Without waiting for the Great Xia soldiers below to recover from those words, Zhou Huai unceremoniously issued an eviction order: "Take your men and evacuate this area as far away as possible as soon as possible. The upcoming battle is not something you can get mixed up in!"

As his voice fell, he didn't even bother to take another look, directly patting the obsidian scales of the Abyssal Magic Dragon beneath him gently.

"Roar——!"

Xiao Hei very cooperatively let out a high-pitched Dragon roar, its huge wings flapping hard to whip up a terrifying hurricane that almost uprooted the tents. Its massive body rose higher again, withdrawing some of that suffocating Dragon might, yet it still pressed down on everyone's heads.

In front of the defense line, Li Zhenyuan was blown back two steps by the violent wind. Staring at the terrifying giant Dragon in mid-air and looking again at the several kilometers of the Devil's Forest ahead that had been completely wiped flat and turned into scorched earth by a single breath of Dragon Breath, his forehead was already covered in cold sweat.

"Legion Commander… Should we… retreat?" Chief of Staff Zhang He swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"Retreat!"

Li Zhenyuan was an old veteran seasoned by many battles after all. After only a brief trade-off, he decisively made a decision. He knew that regardless of what background the man with the Free Federation face in the sky had, his strike just now indeed saved the lives of the entire Third Legion.

Furthermore, with that level of power, staying here served no purpose other than being cannon fodder.

Li Zhenyuan turned his head and gave a hurried order in a low voice to Chief of Staff Zhang He: "Immediately order the entire army to cover each other and retreat fifty miles back! At the same time, immediately connect to the highest encrypted channel of the military department and report the footage and news here without missing a single word!"

"A mysterious powerhouse from the Free Federation actually riding an epic-grade dark Abyssal Magic Dragon appeared in our country's hinterland; this matter is of great importance!"

"Although the other party said they came to help solve the trouble, the heart to prevent others cannot be dispensed with; we must absolutely not lower our guard!"

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Zhang He woke up as if from a dream, scrambling and crawling toward the communication vehicle.

High above in the sky, Zhou Huai relied on the Abyssal Magic Dragon's abnormal hearing to hear Li Zhenyuan's whispers clearly. Not only was he not angry, but he instead secretly admired this Great Xia general's vigilance and decisiveness. With such a commander in the Great Xia military, he could also save himself a lot of future worries.

Seeing that the large army below began to break camp and retreat in an orderly manner, Zhou Huai finally withdrew his mind completely.

"Let's go, Xiao Hei, and meet the old monster in this forest."

"Whoosh—— Whoosh——"

The over-sixty-meter-long Abyssal Magic Dragon slowly glided under the overcast firmament, flying toward the depths of that bottomless dark green rainforest.

A bizarre scene appeared.

The mutated vegetation that had dared to crazily counterattack and was bloodthirsty in the face of the Great Xia army's frantic bombing earlier retreated at this moment. Completely awed in spirit by Xiao Hei's world-destroying Abyssal Dragon Breath, not only did they not crazily launch attacks toward high altitude like before, but instead retreated to both sides like a tide.

Wherever the Abyssal Magic Dragon's massive shadow passed, those towering trees hundreds of meters high actually emitted tooth-aching cracking sounds, forcefully bending their thick trunks. Those bloodthirsty vines covered in barbs shrank back into the depths of the soil with a swish, trembling in fear.