Chapter 87: Five-star mentor apprentice enters and conflicts
On the giant eagle, Li Qing, who already mastered the art of flying, suddenly felt that the speed of the giant eagle was not as fast as he had imagined. At least compared with the speed and lightness of Long Fa and Long Shou, the giant eagle now seemed a little clumsy.
Holding his chin in his hand and thinking for a while, Li Qing suddenly patted the giant eagle, making it stop on a nearby hill.
Then he took out a strand of dragon blood, thought for a moment, and took out ten mysterious light spots from the space in his palm, merged them into it, and placed them next to the giant eagle's mouth.
The giant eagle tilted its head to look at Li Qing, noticed the cheerful cry, and opened its mouth to suck the dragon's blood into its mouth.
After more than ten seconds, the giant eagle suddenly shook all over, then spread its wings and let out a long cry.
The voice was sharp at first, then loud, and finally a little hoarse.
At the same time, the black eagle suddenly began to flap its wings vigorously, and a large number of feathers flew up.
Li Qing cast a flying spell on himself and retreated a hundred meters away. He watched the giant eagle's feathers quickly fall off and it turned into a big turkey. Then its skin cracked and bled, its muscles began to show, its body swelled, and fine scales began to appear on its body surface.
"What an obvious bloodline transformation!"
The giant eagle's transformation was very fast. After its body expanded rapidly, the biggest change was in its head. Not only did it become much larger, but its appearance also became much more ferocious, a bit like the traces of a dragon.
In the later stages of metamorphosis, new feathers begin to grow on the giant eagle's body.
Darker and harder.
After about five minutes, the giant eagle completed its transformation.
With its wings spread, a giant eagle that was obviously more ferocious flew towards him.
Originally, the giant eagle's wingspan was about seven or eight meters, but now it is about eleven or twelve meters. Its body is obviously much larger, and its pair of obviously much thicker eagle claws are covered with many fine dragon scales, shining with a metallic luster.
But what impressed Li Qing the most was that the giant eagle's black pupils were extremely smart, as if they had intelligence.
Now this giant eagle is a real giant eagle, and its strength has increased dramatically.
He flew to Li Qing and stopped, turning to look at him. Li Qing actually saw in its eyes that it wanted him to come up.
As expected, dragon blood is a panacea. It can perfectly integrate with any species without any rejection. The ability of this blood is indeed amazing.
The newly transformed giant eagle had a powerful physique. With a slight flap of its huge wings, it could soar hundreds of meters away. It was already faster than Long Shou and Long Fa.
Fifteen minutes later, Li Qing, who was thousands of meters above the ground, saw two human armies confronting each other in front of a snake city standing between two mountains in front of him.
The larger group on one side was obviously composed of multiple different troops, while the smaller group on the other side was in neat formation, and it was obvious that they were under unified command.
Li Qing flew over without any disguise and was soon discovered by both parties. Before he landed, he received a message from Cao Wenyuan:
"We are on the more numerous side."
The giant eagle landed on the side with more people. Several apprentices came forward and Cao Wenyuan asked:
"Where are your men?"
"It's right behind here, I'll be there in an hour."
Li Qing raised his head and glanced at the opposite side, and asked:
"How did he say?"
Cao Wenyuan said angrily:
"They said our agreement doesn't count. Their rule is winner takes all. Whoever is stronger gets it."
After hearing this, Li Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at the opposite side carefully.
Cao Wenyuan's coalition army consists of eight war lord apprentices, with troops ranging from four to five hundred to over a thousand, for a total of five thousand. Most of them are new recruits and first-level soldiers. The proportion of second- and third-level soldiers is not high, and there are only a few fourth-level soldiers.
The total number of troops on the opposite side was more than 2,000, probably less than half of theirs, but their military composition was obviously stronger than theirs.
Although there were new recruits and first-level soldiers, the proportion was small. The proportion of second- and third-level soldiers was high. There was a small team of fourth-level soldiers, and even a few fifth-level Modao soldiers were seen.
Although they are not as numerous as them, their quality is higher. No wonder they have the guts to come in and try to rob them of their gains.
This city has been besieged by their soldiers for several months. They used the traditional tactic of surrounding but not attacking to cut off food supplies. After defeating the snakemen defenders in the initial field battle, the snakemen have been retreating into the city and have not left until now.
If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely be the winners if the siege continues.
but……
"The winner takes it all. What counts as a winner?"
Zhang Jishan said with a gloomy face:
"He said he wanted to fight with us. Either we fight one-on-one, and each side sends out three people, be it lords or heroes under his command. The winner will win two out of three, and the loser will leave."
"Either we have a corps battle, with each side sending out 100 people, fighting as a group in front of the battle, and the loser leaves."
Li Qingqi said:
"You eight can't find three powerful men?"
Cao Wenyuan shook his head:
"We can't defeat him. He actually has a four-star hero and three three-star heroes, three of which have been upgraded to level five. We only have two three-star heroes. We can't defeat him."
"Well!"
At this time, the other side seemed to see someone coming over here, and a knight in full armor rode over and shouted from afar:
"It seems like you guys are here to help. So, have you considered whether it's a one-on-one fight or a group fight?"
Li Qing only took a glance and knew that this was a hero destined for humanity. He folded his arms and asked:
"Are you Hotch?"
The man laughed and said:
"My Lord is behind me, but I can represent you with full authority. In addition, my Lord asked me to inform you that you have been given a chance. Today you must decide whether it will be a one-on-one duel or a legion battle. If you still want to delay time, you will be considered a failure and my Lord will expel you."
"So arrogant?"
Li Qing turned around and looked at Cao Wenyuan and others in surprise. They also said angrily:
"They were even more arrogant before. As soon as they arrived, they told us to get lost. If we hadn't told the instructor, we would have started a fight."
Li Qing smiled and said:
"They have the right to be arrogant. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame their inferior skills. Do you believe me? If you believe me, I will host this competition next time."
Cao Wenyuan and Zhang Jishan looked at each other and nodded:
"Okay, I'll leave it to you from now on."
The other apprentices followed them and nodded in agreement when they made a decision.
Li Qing nodded, turned to look at the man and said:
"My troops are still behind and will arrive within an hour. In an hour, I will let you choose between a one-on-one duel or a group battle."
The man was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Qing thoughtfully, and suddenly asked:
"Are you Li Qing, the chief under mentor Nie Yang?"
"Yes!"
"So it's you. I heard you did something big. It seems you have some ability. Well, we'll wait for you for an hour. After an hour, I want to see what you are capable of as the chief."
"Then you just wait!"
The knight reined in his horse and turned around. Zhang Jishan asked in a low voice:
"How sure are you?"
"very!"
"???"
Li Qing smiled but did not explain this point. Instead, he began to ask them about some basic information about their city.
It's not that he is arrogant, he just really doesn't think Hodge can beat him.
So what if they are five-star mentors and apprentices? As long as they don’t cheat, they are no match for me.
Although Cao Wenyuan and others were full of doubts, since Li Qing was so confident, they had no choice but to believe him.
Then the group sat together, he asked questions and they answered, and soon they had a clear understanding of the city and their work over the past few months.
When Li Qing learned that although this city had a wizard tower, there was no extraordinary wizard, he stood up in surprise.
"Are you sure you don't have any?"
Cao Wenyuan nodded and said:
"Definitely not. We have been besieging for several months, including a field battle before. We tried to attack the city later, but we never saw any extraordinary wizards take action. The wizard tower was activated during the siege, but the host only relied on the basic ability of the wizard tower to cast war spells. There was no super heroic spell."
Zhang Jishan also nodded and said:
“So we guess that either the extraordinary wizard is injured and unable to fight, or he doesn’t have one.”
"However, there is an extraordinary snake swordsman and two war lizards in the city. One of the lizards was killed by our summons, and the other one was seriously injured. We don't know if it has recovered yet."
“It turned out to be like this…”
Li Qing laughed unexpectedly:
"If that's the case, then this time it's a sure thing."
Without the presence of an extraordinary wizard, the Mage Tower cannot exert its full power. At best, it is equivalent to an enhanced version of a magic tower, and the threat level is greatly reduced.
It can even be said that there is no need to use meteorites to consume the energy of the mage tower, and you can just attack head-on.
After all, with him, there were a total of 6,000 people attacking the city, which was too many cannon fodder.
The main reason why Cao Wenyuan and his men failed to capture the city was that it was not easy to break through the city. He did not have this problem. As long as the city wall was broken, with their strength, it would be a piece of cake to take over the city.
As for the extraordinary snake-man swordsman and the two war lizards, he didn't take them seriously.
Although the war lizards and extraordinary warriors are strong, the threat they pose is more than an order of magnitude lower than that of the extraordinary wizard.
Besides, Cao Wenyuan and his men also have an extraordinary-level fighter, so it won’t be a big problem.
In less than an hour, we saw the approaching army, and the first to arrive were the cavalry.
When dozens of fifth-level elite imperial cavalrymen lined up in a row and appeared in their sight, everyone's face changed.
"So many fifth-level cavalry?"
Cao Wenyuan couldn't hide the shock in his eyes. He and Zhang Jishan looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.
With so many of them, they only had a few fourth-tier soldiers, but Li Qing actually had a complete fifth-tier elite equipment unit. This was too outrageous and completely beyond their imagination.
However, when the infantry behind the cavalry slowly approached and a well-equipped heavy infantry, the Dragon Scale Heavy Infantry, appeared in their sight, they were all so shocked that they couldn't help but open their mouths.
"This is too outrageous. How can there be so many troops above level 4?"
“Who knows, but there are indeed so many facts.”
"But don't you think this is a good thing? His Excellency Li Qing is the chief and is not in competition with us. The one who is worried now is not us, but a certain arrogant person."
Everyone was stunned, and someone immediately laughed:
"Indeed, we don't have to fight for the top spot. No matter how strong they are, it has nothing to do with us."
Their voices were not loud, but not small either. Li Qing could vaguely hear some of them. When he looked over, an apprentice happened to look over. They exchanged glances and a hint of flattery appeared on the apprentice's face.
Li Qing also nodded in response, with no expression on his face, but he felt very happy in his heart.
At the same time, in the Hodge military camp a thousand meters away, Hodge also received news of the arrival of Li Qing's troops, but the distance was too far, and he didn't know how many troops had come and how elite they were.
"Let's go and see how powerful this so-called chief is."
Several of his men followed him and said with a smile:
"What a bullshit chief! When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king. The real strong ones are all under the two five-star mentors. What level can a chief with a two-star mentor have? Look at how my boss swept through them with overwhelming force."
"One person will challenge a mentor's nine apprentices and show them what an elite is."
Hodges smiled brightly when he heard his subordinates flatter him, and stretched out his hand and said:
"Don't be so absolute. It's possible for ordinary tutors to produce talented people. Aren't there always a few outstanding people in every class?"
"Tsk, weren't those outstanding students in the past also qualified to be students under two five-star mentors? They just didn't have vacancies so they had to be students under four-star mentors."
Hotch smiled and didn't respond.
This was also his idea. It had been proven in the past that the combination of natural talent and excellent mentors, a huge amount of resources, could basically determine the future of a war lord apprentice.
Maybe occasionally there will be a few apprentices under ordinary mentors who can make a name for themselves, but this is extremely rare. Sometimes you may not see even one in several classes. There is no need to worry at all.
A group of people slowly came to the center of the two armies and gradually could see the situation on the opposite side.
Hodge stood in the center with his hands behind his back, surrounded men. Looking up, the smile on his face suddenly froze, revealing a hint of surprise.
Then the laughter of the men behind them gradually became smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared, followed by a sound of gasps.
“This… How is this possible?”
A group of super elite knights and elite armored cavalry with their horses all wearing dragon scale armor lined up in a row. More than two hundred fourth-tier heavy infantrymen formed a formation, with the dragon scale heavy infantrymen and Modao soldiers in the middle. The archers were solemn and silent, with flags fluttering The invisible pressure made them speechless.
Everyone could hardly believe their eyes, and their previous confidence had disappeared without a trace.
At this time, Li Qing, under the protection of Long Shou and Long Fa, and surrounded by Cao Wenyuan and others, also approached the center of the two armies and stood less than fifty meters away.
Hodge's eyes instantly found Li Qing, who was surrounded by the crowd. He clasped his hands together and bowed formally, saying in a deep voice:
"Master Xiao Zhenqian's apprentice, Hodge!"
Li Qing also clasped his fists and saluted in return:
"Mentor Nie Yang's apprentice Li Qing!"
"I heard that Chief Li Qing did something big some time ago. I thought it was an exaggeration, but after seeing it today, I find that it is indeed as good as the rumors say."
Li Qing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"It's just a lucky break, not worth mentioning!"
Hodge opened his mouth, feeling speechless.
I like to show off, but this guy is even better at it than me.
At this time, several of his men stayed behind Hodge in silence. Pretending to be cool in front of someone weaker than oneself is called pretending, and pretending to be cool in front of someone stronger than oneself is stupid. But they are not stupid.
The scene fell into silence for a moment.
Cao Wenyuan and the others all had smiles on their faces at this moment. They felt so happy when they saw those people who had been pretending to be cool in front of them in the past few days now acting like quails.
