472 : big victory! Take back raging tide city!

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Looking down from the sky, the entire raging tide city seemed to be blooming with countless flowers of fire.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

In the blink of an eye, thick smoke and flames rose to the sky.

“Ah!!!!!!!!”

Countless people wailed and howled as they rushed out of their houses and fled to the streets outside.

He looked up at the sky and cursed.

Damn you, Shen lang, aren’t you afraid of harming the heavens? ”

We are all ordinary civilians. Even if we are businessmen, even if we have betrayed the Jin family, even if we have encroached on the Jin family’s interests, even if we have taken over the Jin family’s millions of acres of fertile land, we are still civilians.

If you have the ability, go kill Yan nanfei, go to the Yan capital.

What kind of skill do you have to kill us merchants like this?

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At this moment, Yan nanfei’s entire body turned cold as he looked up at the sky.

“Shoot, shoot them down!” He roared madly.

The Army under his command raised their heads and shot wildly. Even the giant crossbows were shooting at the sky.

However, it was all in vain.

I knew it. I knew that Shen lang was up to something. Yan nanfei’s entire body trembled, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

God damn Shen lang, can’t you fight me fair and square? When we were on the surface of the sea, your cannon started to bombard me from two miles away, and I, Yan nanfei, could only take the beating passively. now that I’ve finally mastered a powerful force, your battleship can’t land. In the end, you attacked me from the sky.

This situation was even more hopeless. In the previous battle on the sea, Yan nanfei was still able to charge forward and fight a couple of times. Now, Shen Lang’s Army was flying at an altitude of 1000 to 2000 meters, and they could not be seen at all.

Shen lang, you’re really amazing. You have so many tricks up your sleeve that you’ve even brought someone to the heavens.

Marshal, this isn’t strange at all. It’s just a large sky lantern. It can’t be considered a miracle. A scholar beside him sneered.

Yan nanfei couldn’t take it anymore and directly pulled out his battle blade to hack him to death.

‘Bastards, you scholars only know how to speak empty words. You only know how to stand there and talk without pain.’ If you say it’s not strange, why don’t you come out yourself?

Following that, Yan nanfei could only pray and hope that the attacks from the sky would stop here.

After all, what he had just thrown down seemed to be a kind of oil. Whether it was fish oil or tung oil, there was a limit to it. He, Yan nanfei, had been in charge of raging tide city for so long, but he had only saved up a few hundred thousand catties of fish oil. Shen lang came from the Western world, so there was no reason for him to bring so much oil.

Although the first round of air attacks was shocking, the casualties weren’t very high. Although the entire raging tide city was on fire, at least the big castle was still in good condition, and there weren’t many places on fire.

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After the 100 hot air balloons dropped the kerosene buckets, they directly floated over raging tide city and came to the sky above the sea in the West.

“Descend, descend!”

The Amazon Warriors controlling the hot air balloon began to reduce the flames, and the hot air balloon continued to float to the West while slowly landing.

At that moment, Shen Lang’s fleet had more than 1000 ships. There were a few hundred to the East of raging tide city, a few hundred to the South, and a few hundred to the West.

As soon as the hot air balloons landed, a ship immediately went to receive them. The hot air balloon couldn’t be completely deflated, and it couldn’t float on the sea, or it would be difficult to clean up. It would be best to let it land more than ten meters from the sea, and then the ship would catch it with a rope and gradually pull it down.

“Continue loading!” Then, he filled the basket with a dozen barrels of crude oil.

Half an hour later, all the hot air balloons had successfully landed and were suspended above the sea. They were all loaded.

At this time, if the wind changed, they would immediately rise into the sky. If the wind direction did not change, the ships would drag the hot air balloons back to the eastern sea area and continue to use the wind to carry out the next wave of air strikes.

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“Put out the fire, put out the fire!”

Following Yan nanfei’s order, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city all joined in the fight.

With great difficulty, the flames that filled the city were finally extinguished. The casualties and the destruction of houses were not even counted in time.

the casualties should be around a thousand. There should be hundreds of houses that were completely burned down, and more than a thousand that were destroyed! The aide reported, trembling.

Yan nanfei heaved a long sigh of relief. Although this number was shocking, it was still acceptable. Especially his raging tide city Lord’s mansion, which didn’t have many casualties.

However, the next second, he heard a voice, a voice full of fear and trembling.

“Marshal, Marshal, those giant balls are flying over again.”

Yan nanfei ran to the window and looked out. He immediately saw a scene that made him despair.

Just over two hours after the fire, those huge hot air balloons rose into the air again and continued to float over raging tide city.

I, I’m f * cked!

Yan nanfei seemed to be about to explode. He wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly into the sky, tearing all these hot air balloons into pieces.

However, this was just a daydream. He watched as more than 100 hot air balloons once again flew over raging tide city.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Then, countless black dots fell down.

“Bang Bang Bang Bang!”

There was another series of loud explosions and balls of shocking flames exploded out again.

The entire raging tide city once again fell into a sea of fire.

It had only been less than an hour since they had put out the fire in the city.

God damn Shen lang.

The entire raging tide city was once again filled with ghostly wails!

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The following days were destined to be a hell-level nightmare for Yan nanfei and the entire raging tide city.

Shen Lang’s air and fire attacks were endless, and he would attack once every one and a half hours. Sometimes, if he was lucky and the wind direction changed, it would explode in less than two hours.

On the first day, Shen lang launched nine air strikes on raging tide city and threw more than one million kilograms of crude oil.

In the beginning, under Yan nanfei’s call, there were still countless people who went to put out the fire. But later on, the merchants of raging tide city gave up.

Save my ass! Less than an hour after the fire was put out, the next wave of fire came.

The city, which was about 30 square kilometers in size, was baptized by the crazy flames.

Yan nanfei’s castle was extremely sturdy. The city walls were tall and thick, but it could not withstand the attacks from the sky.

Of the more than 10000 barrels of crude oil that were thrown down today, a few hundred of them were burning in the castle.

In the beginning, Yan nanfei was still trying to calculate the number of casualties and losses.

In the end, the statistics were simply not counted, because the number of casualties was getting more and more shocking.

………………

The people of raging tide city needed to rest.

However, Shen Lang’s air raid would not stop. It continued from day to night.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Every two hours or so, the flames of hell would burn wildly.

The merchants in the city completely gave up on resisting and hid in the basement so that the fire would not continue burning.

Even if the city above ground was burned to a crisp, there was enough fresh water and food in the basement, so they could survive.

However, this was destined to be just a fantasy. When the oil burned, it released dozens of poisonous gases, which eventually enveloped the entire raging tide city and drilled into the basement through the holes. The smell of sulfur dioxide was despairing, almost blinding people’s eyes, and almost burning their nasal and throat. Carbon monoxide was even more of a nightmare, causing people to die without a sound.

If he rushed out of the basement at this time, there would be a sky full of flames outside. He would be courting death. If he continued to hide in the basement, all that would come in would be poisonous gas. He would be waiting for death.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Shen Lang’s air-raid and fire-raid did not seem to be tired at all as he continued to attack.

The entire raging tide city was no longer visible. There were flames everywhere, almost all the houses were burning, even the streets and the ground were burning. Thick smoke covered the entire city.

Shen lang stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the hellish scene. It was already daytime, but the raging tide city’s fire made it look like it was daytime. The entire sky was completely dyed red!

“Shen lang, will you attack other cities with fire?” Zhang Chunhua asked.

“I won’t!” Shen lang shook his head.

Zhang Chunhua remained silent.

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Shen Lang’s air raid lasted for three days and three nights. He used less than half of the 7000 tons of crude oil before he stopped.

It was not that Shen lang was soft-hearted, but the entire raging tide city had been burned, and there was nothing left to burn.

Thirty square kilometers of ground had almost been burned into a white land. Ruins and broken walls were everywhere.

Only three castles stood alone in the ruins, forming a triangle.

These three castles originally belonged to Qiu Wu, Qiu Tianwei, and Qiu Yao ‘er. They were really sturdy. Even under such a huge fire, they still stood tall. Especially the large castle in the middle, it was like a turtle shell and was almost unscathed.

Yan nanfei’s shock turned into despair, and finally, he became determined!

In these three days, he had almost suffered a fatal blow. He could only watch helplessly as the entire raging tide city was reduced to a pile of ruins.

The advisor had suggested to him countless times to lead the Army out of raging tide city and retreat to the village on Leizhou Island. Shen lang could not burn the entire Leizhou Island, as they were all the people of the Jin family.

Yan nanfei had also been extremely tempted by this suggestion, but he eventually gave up.

This was because he knew that once the Army left raging tide city, Shen lang would immediately enter this Castle. By then, he would never be able to return.

Although the fire was terrifying, it couldn’t destroy the turtle-like Castle of raging tide city.

Thus, he gritted his teeth and persevered. The fire couldn’t burn the castle, but the poisonous gas could kill.

Yan nanfei was almost constantly receiving reports of shocking casualties.

Finally, the nightmarish fire attack came to an end.

It was as if the heavens were blessing Yan nanfei as heavy rain poured down.

It was pouring rain!

Countless soldiers rushed out from the tunnels and houses of the castle, howling to the sky. This hellish torture was finally over.

ahehehe ahehe ahehe! Yan nanfei howled towards the sky.

Even the heavens are helping me, Yan nanfei. Shen lang, do you think that this fire can defeat me? Keep dreaming, keep dreaming.

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Shen lang stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the shocking storm!

The remaining flames in raging tide city were all extinguished, and even the thick smoke was quickly suppressed by the heavy rain. The entire raging tide city seemed to have been washed.

Shen lang stuck out his tongue to feel the raindrops. They were indeed sour, the typical acid rain.

After an astonishing fire, there would basically be heavy rain.

This rain was good, otherwise, even his Army would not be able to enter raging tide city, which was covered in poisonous smoke.

All the hot air balloons were put away, even though the cloth was made of special materials and was not afraid of fire or water.

this rain is the time that the heavens have given us to rest. After the rain is over, we will attack the city! “Amazon Army, Nirvana Army, prepare to attack the city!” Shen lang ordered.

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This heavy rain lasted for 12 hours, from dark to dawn!

The next day, the sun rose as usual, and the sky was cloudless again.

When he looked at raging tide city again, there was no longer any smoke, and it was as clear as if it had been washed.

At this moment, Shen lang and Yan nanfei saw it clearly. Raging tide city no longer existed, and almost all the houses had been burned down.

general, all the merchants and their guards in raging tide city, except for a few who escaped, are all dead. The aide reported.

Yan nanfei turned a deaf ear and only nodded his head. At this point, the life and death of these merchants were no longer important.

“How many people are left in our Army?” Yan nanfei asked.

“Sixty thousand!” The aide reported.

“How much?” Yan nanfei was shocked.

“There are still 60000 people left.” The aide said.

Yan nanfei couldn’t help but be overjoyed. There were still so many people left? He originally had one hundred thousand troops, and with the merchants ‘contributions, he had a total of one hundred and twenty thousand troops.

After three days and three nights of Fire, there was still half left? What a pleasant surprise.

The aide said, ” the three castles were big and strong enough. They were all made of stone, so the fire couldn’t spread. All the people died from the smoke.

“Where are the 10000 iron-blooded troops of the yin Yuan Association?” Yan nanfei asked.

“He’s almost intact!” The aide said.

Yan nanfei said, ” this battle is not over yet. Shen lang, your fire attack is very shocking. However, so what? you still can’t burn down my Army and my Castle. You can’t avoid this siege battle no matter what, and you can’t avoid a real confrontation.”

“We still have hope in this battle. We still have a chance of winning. Our trump card Army is still here, our Gu worm arrows are still here!”

“Pass on my order. Abandon the other two castles and gather all the soldiers in the main castle!” Yan nanfei ordered.

“Yes!”

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A few hours later!

The 60,000 surviving troops of Yan nanfei had all swarmed into the huge castle that was as tough as a turtle shell.

The castle was more than 1000 acres in size, but after squeezing in 60000 people, it was completely armed to the teeth. Almost every foot of the city wall was guarded by a few people.

Shen Lang’s fire had killed more than 100000 people. However, Yan nanfei was right. They could not avoid the siege.

wuwuwuwuwu! the bugle horn of Shen Lang’s fleet sounded. His Army had officially landed.

Close to 8000 Amazon soldiers and 3000 Nirvana soldiers.

“Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!”

These two armies stepped onto the land of raging tide city in an orderly manner. They slowly marched along the burnt streets towards the big Castle.

Half an hour later, the Army arrived at the city gates! A mere 10,000 people couldn’t even be considered to have surrounded them.

The castle was originally pitch black, and after being burned by fire for three days and three nights, it was now pitch black.

Shen lang rode on his Amazon horse and looked at Yan nanfei, who was on the city wall.

“Lord Yan nanfei, how have you been?” Shen lang laughed.

Yan nanfei smiled,”Sir Shen lang, how have you been?” Let’s cut the crap and start the war. How about we attack the city directly?”

At that moment, Shen Lang’s Army stopped 500 meters away from the castle.

Yan nanfei waved his hand, and the 10000 Iron Blood Army soldiers of the yin Yuan Association nocked their arrows and aimed at Shen Lang’s Army.

This was a two-and-a-half-stone super-strong bow, which could shoot 300 meters away. Moreover, they were all equipped with stupa mountain’s level three corpse rotting Gu worm arrows. After an arrow exploded, it could cover an area of more than ten square meters.

Shen lang did not have the antidote or the defensive potion.

Yan nanfei looked at Shen Lang’s attacking Army. There were only 10000 of them. He was confident that he could kill all 10000 of them in one round of shooting. This was because the stupa mountain Gu worm arrow could ignore all defense and armor.

Yan nanfei said slowly, ” Sir Shen lang, this furious tide city is your blood, sweat, and tears. It is your first real battle trophy. Now, it has fallen into my hands. To a certain extent, this can be considered as a Turtledove occupying The Magpie’s Nest. You must be dreaming of taking it back!

“Yes!” Shen lang said.

Yan nanfei said,”where are your big iron cannons?” Why don’t they use it to attack the city?”

“I can’t!” Shen lang said.

Yan nanfei said, ” Sir Shen lang, I have already issued a Military Order. If the raging tide city falls, I will kill myself. I believe it’s the same for you. If you can’t take back raging tide city, you’ll die. Let’s not waste any more time. How about we settle this once and for all?”

“Sure!” Shen lang said.

“Please!” Yan nanfei extended his hand.

He once again invited Shen lang to attack the city. On the surface, he was polite, but in reality, he was extremely anxious. He even wanted to curse.

Chen Lang, hurry up and attack the city. As long as you can get within three hundred meters of my city wall, I’ll definitely annihilate your entire Army.

The 10,000 Iron Blood Army soldiers “eyes were filled with bloodlust. Their hands did not tremble at all as they nocked their arrows. Their hearts were filled with the desire to kill.

Shen lang raised his right hand and said,”ready!”

Yan nanfei was overjoyed. Was Shen lang finally going to attack the city? Come, come, my Gu worm arrows are already killing more than I can bear.

“Advance!” Shen lang ordered.

Immediately, his Army of ten thousand slowly moved forward, almost at the speed of a turtle.

He had just advanced for less than ten meters when he suddenly retreated quickly. This action completely stunned Yan nanfei. What, what did this mean?

What the hell?

Shen Lang’s 10000-strong Army retreated quickly. In the blink of an eye, they were 600 to 700 meters away.

Immediately after, Yan nanfei discovered that more than a hundred huge hot air balloons were floating above his head.

Again? Is there no end to this?

At this moment, Yan nanfei was faced with a difficult choice! Should he order all the troops to retreat and enter the tunnels and secret chambers, or should he continue to hold the city wall?

Without a doubt, once they retreated, Shen Lang’s Army would rush up the city wall in the shortest time possible.

Yan nanfei gritted his teeth and was determined not to retreat!

He had already seen the power of the kerosene barrels, but this castle was made of stone. The fire could not burn it for three days and three nights, so what could this air raid do? Moreover, when a barrel of oil came crashing down, the flames would only spread a few square meters at most.

“Cover your face!” Yan nanfei ordered.

Immediately, all the guards on the city wall covered their noses and mouths with wet towels, which was relatively effective in stopping the poisonous gas.

“Iron Blood Army, get ready!”

Immediately, the hidden origins society’s 10000 strong iron Blood Army drew their bows even further and aimed at the heavy wave Army. If they dared to enter the range, they would definitely be annihilated.

A level three corpse rotting Gu worm that could kill all living beings.

At this time, the hundreds of huge hot air balloons floated above the castle again. As they floated, they descended.

1500 meters, 1000 meters, 800 meters, 500 meters. This height was already very dangerous!

However, the more than 100 hot air balloons were still descending. They were already at 300 meters.

If they went any lower, they would enter the iron-blooded Army’s shooting range. Their arrows could shoot more than three hundred meters on flat ground, but they could only shoot less than two hundred meters in the air due to the gravity.

The Amazon Warriors in the hot air balloon took a deep breath.

This distance, it’s almost there, almost there!

“Throw!”

“Whoosh!”

Countless black dots fell from the sky.

However, this time, it was not a barrel of kerosene, but a powerful bomb.

Each of the explosive packages weighed about 30 pounds, and half of them were filled with metal shrapnel.

In an instant, the countless explosive packages fell like rain.

There were hundreds and thousands of them. They threw tens of thousands of catties of explosives at once.

It was no wonder that Shen Lang’s Army retreated so quickly. If the explosives landed in his Army, the number of casualties would be shocking.

Yan nanfei’s scalp turned numb. What, what was this?

The next second!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

There were earth-shattering explosions as tens, hundreds, and even thousands of bomb packages exploded one after another.

The deafening sound was like thunder. The power of the explosion was like a hurricane, sweeping through the entire Castle.

More than a few million pieces of shrapnel flew out like a storm.

“Swish, swish, swish Swish Swish!”

Within the castle, countless of Yan nanfei’s guards flew out like grass men.

Corpses flew everywhere!

Within a few dozen meters of the explosion of any bomb or medicine bag, everything was swept away.

The lucky ones were directly blown to pieces, while the unlucky ones were sent flying by the shock waves. Countless shrapnel drilled into their bodies, turning them into a bloody mess. They could neither live nor die.

However,

After all, this was an air raid from a few hundred meters above the ground, and it was difficult to guarantee the accuracy.

Even if there were thousands of explosives, it was too difficult to throw them onto the wall that was six to seven meters wide. The hit rate was less than 5%, and the remaining 90% would either land outside or inside the castle.

This was a massacre, but only 2000 to 3000 people were killed. It was not even one-twentieth of Yan nanfei’s Army. However, it had used up tens of thousands of kilograms of Shen Lang’s explosives. This was not a cost-effective air raid.

However, Shen Lang’s goal was not to kill Yan nanfei’s Army. Instead, he wanted to detonate the Gu poison bug arrows on stupa mountain!

These Gu worm arrows were relatively fragile. After being shot out for a few hundred meters, they would explode, and countless Gu worms would spread out.

Did Shen lang want to kill all 10000 Iron Blood soldiers with the air bomb? This was very difficult.

However, it was very easy for this powerful shockwave to detonate the Gu worm arrows.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Even though the explosion happened dozens of meters away, the powerful shock wave still swept over.

Then, an extremely terrifying scene appeared.

Yin Yuan Association’s 10000 Iron Blood Army soldiers were nocking their arrows. They could only watch as the fragile crystals at the arrowheads suddenly burst.

Then, a strange green color suddenly spread out, instantly covering an area of more than ten square meters. This strange green color was a level three corpse rotting Gu worm. It could ignore any defense and could not differentiate between friend and foe.

In order to prevent Shen lang from getting the defensive potion, Wu Jue did not prepare anything this time.

These countless Gu worms suddenly pounced on the iron Blood Army of the yin Yuan Association.

Then, the real hell would descend.

“Ah!!!!!!!!”

The bodies of the iron Blood Army, the upgraded Nirvana Army, melted one by one, and countless strange bubbles emerged, almost exploding from the inside out.

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Balls of strange green pus gushed out, and in just a short moment, his entire body had completely turned into pus and blood.

Yan nanfei’s city walls were so densely packed, after each Gu worm arrow exploded, everyone within a dozen square meters would die.

The guards on the city wall were covered in green fog and then disappeared, turning into a pool of blood.

Before the explosion, Yan nanfei had already retreated far away.

Then, he could only watch helplessly as the strange massacre took place. Once again, he was completely helpless.

The 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers of the yinyuan Association were gone just like that? His trump card, the Gu worm arrow, was gone just like that?

This was clearly the secret weapon to kill Shen lang, but it had become a weapon to kill his own people?

Yan nanfei shouted, ” Shen lang, Shen lang, if you have the guts, then fight me face to face. What kind of ability is this? what kind of ability is this? ” If you have the ability, then attack the city from the front!”

“I’ll kill you all, I’ll kill you all!”

Seeing the hot air balloon floating not far above his head, Yan nanfei broke off a piece of rock and threw it at the hot air balloon.

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, the hot air balloon basket was smashed through, leaving a huge hole in it.

Shen lang, Shen lang, attack the city. Why don’t you fight me face to face? ” Yan nanfei roared madly.

“Sure!” Shen lang said calmly.

Then, he suddenly waved his hand!

Twenty Amazon Warriors appeared, carrying a huge object. Even with their immense strength, they were still panting.

This was a cannon, a super cannon with an astonishing caliber. It weighed more than 10000 pounds. Shen lang had only built one, and it took him a lot of effort to transport it from the ship to the raging tide city.

This super cannon stopped 500 meters away from the gate of raging tide city. Then, the most elite artillery team came out and began to assemble the Super cannon. They began to adjust the angle and aimed at the gate.

aiming complete. Requesting permission to fire!

“Fire!” Shen lang ordered.

“Yes!”

“BOOM!”

With a loud bang, the entire ground trembled slightly. The Super cannon had opened fire.

The incomparably huge Cannonball shot out with astonishing might like a Thunderbolt, and it traveled 500 meters in the blink of an eye.

“Bang!” With a loud bang, the Cannonball hit the city wall directly, creating a large hole and sending countless pieces flying everywhere.

“Fire!”

It was followed by the second shot, which was even more shocking. It cut off a corner of the city wall.

However, the target was the city gate, and the first two shots did not hit accurately.

“Fire!”

“BOOM!”

The third shot hit the castle’s Gate. This super solid Cannonball that weighed more than a hundred pounds smashed onto the gate with incomparable ferocity.

With a loud bang, the entire city gate was dented and twisted, but it still didn’t break open. These were not armor-piercing bullets, and the city gate was too strong.

“Change to cannonballs!”

“Fire!”

The fourth cannon shot out and hit the city gate again. This time, it exploded and gave off an extremely shocking light.

It was a flare, and it was filled with explosives and aluminite. It instantly blew a huge hole in the city gate.

“Fire the cannons!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Then, the huge cannon roared wildly.

15 minutes later!

The castle’s incomparably sturdy gate was torn apart.

“Charge!”

“Charge!”

Qiu Yao ‘er and Princess duo la, the two super powerful people, rushed out like lightning.

Countless Amazon and Nirvana Legion soldiers rushed into the castle like a tide.

………………

Kill, kill, kill!

Chou Yao ‘er had once again activated her miracle of invincibility!

It crazily crushed and slaughtered, directly sweeping over, no one could resist it.

She still only had one move, super fan, and two ghost head blades that weighed a few hundred pounds were spinning wildly. Wherever they passed, all the people were crushed into pieces.

They directly killed from the beginning to the end, penetrating any Army.

After the female warriors of the Amazon Army rushed in, they slaughtered their way through.

Yan nanfei’s most powerful hidden faction Iron Blood Army had already been almost completely wiped out by the explosion of the Gu worm arrows. The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers were normal soldiers, but in front of the Amazon Army, they were like sheep.

He charged and killed as he went.

In just half an hour, Yan nanfei’s tens of thousands of troops were completely wiped out.

The huge castle fell into Shen Lang’s hands again!

Shen lang had finally regained control of raging tide city.

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