The mantis men jumped into the dark forest. Their extra mantis arms were even more effective among the trees in the sky.

Because they can use the claws exposed after putting away the machete to grab the branches, just like gibbons, they can easily run through the seemingly forest.

Meng Fei was carried on Luo An's back like a baby, watching the countless strange-looking branches and dense leaves passing quickly in his field of vision, as if he was constantly swinging along the way.

His thoughts were bouncing up and down just like the way he was traveling.

For half an hour, the mantis men led by Luo An ran "in the trees" like this, until they arrived at Hukou Pass at dawn.

It was the dawn of the fifth day in the time spiral. Just as Luo An was taking He Ma through the Hukou Pass, the Qingmang Emperor Li Shibai was leading a personal expedition, and the army finally arrived at the enemy's doorstep.

Facing the west, the sun behind him splashed across the sky like a bucket of gray, glowing bright yellow paint.

In front of it is a huge mountain pass, like two black fighting beasts rushing towards each other crazily, but there is a saddle-shaped gap in the middle.

If this mountain pass belongs to him, he will build a magnificent pass here that only one man can pass and no one can open it.

The down-and-out mantis man just built a simple pass with wood and stones.

The Death God Empire was extremely powerful at its peak, and its architectural skills were inferior to those of the Green Mang Kingdom, which is now at its peak.

But the Death God Empire is composed of many tribes that share the belief in Death. The Mantis tribe is a typical fighting tribe and is not good at architecture.

When the empire fell apart, the fighting tribes did not lose all in the battle with foreign enemies, but they killed and plundered other tribes affiliated with the empire in order to gain life.

Finally, they crossed the mountains, settled on the southern border of Qingmang, and re-established the Mantis Kingdom.

Now that Li Shibai thinks about it, this is a conspiracy. The mantis people have grasped the kindness of the Green Mang Goddess and know that the goddess will not take the initiative to eliminate them.

The gods of the Western Continent and the Central Continent did not dare to approach Qingmang's sphere of influence. Therefore, the mantis people and the undead souls of the God of Death were able to survive in this gap.

For this country, the goddess has not approved his war of genocide. Has the kindness of God become the biggest obstacle to his expansion of territory?

Fortunately, although a full seven years have passed, his army is finally arrayed here neatly. The enemy is already within the range of the artillery shells.

"Sacrifice the flag!"

He solemnly ordered. Now he no longer needed to remain silent for fear of being discovered by the enemy.

The mantis men are watching from the top of the city, let them tremble! The more scared they are, the smoother the sneak attack of the hyena cavalry behind them will be.

Several muscular men pulled over a young man who was wearing prison uniform and almost collapsed on the ground, with feces and urine gushing out.

"Please! Spare me! Spare me!"

He had cried until he was almost hoarse, but he still kept shouting. But no matter whether he screamed or screamed, or whether he was paralyzed and unable to walk, he was still pressed on the guillotine in the end.

This is a child of a well-known family, but at this time, with the anger of the people across the country, no matter how prominent the family is, they cannot save his life.

Guarding the Southern Pass of the Kingdom of God was an easy and gilded position. But when the Mantis attacked, he abandoned the pass and fled, resulting in the massacre of tens of thousands of people in Rong County. Who could protect him?

So the only value he had left was the sacrificial flag. The executioner chopped it off with one knife, staining the flag red with blood.

Li Shibai looked at the worthless head and slowly held up the red flag that was already stained with blood in his hand.

This kid from an aristocratic family was actually his chosen one. He was young and energetic, domineering, addicted to alcohol, but as timid as a mouse.

Then he secretly sent some people to deliberately infiltrate the border for many years to provoke the Mantis people.

Sure enough, the enraged mantis men came, and the border guard fled first. The defenders collapsed, and tens of thousands of people in the city were massacred.

It is said that these tens of thousands of people became the sacrifices of the Mantis people to the God of Death, and Li Shibai had a large share of the credit for this.

If the Qingmang Goddess knew these details, she would definitely give him a thunderbolt. But the Goddess would never know.

The goddess almost never interferes in worldly affairs. She would not even think about, let alone ask, who should be appointed as the border guard.

Those who were sent to provoke the Mantis Mantis were his secretly trained warriors. They would not admit it, and the goddess had no way of knowing.

Li Shibai believed that he had a clear conscience. Everything he did was for the Kingdom of God and also for the goddess.

The wider the territory, the more believers it can support, and the more order there is to support the goddess.

Was he at fault? He was not! Even if he was wiped out as a result, he would never have any regrets.

"attack!"

He waved the flag in his hand vigorously, and the flag was lit like a ball of fire.

The shells soared into the sky like a group of bolides, drawing many graceful arcs in the air and flying accurately toward the enemy's fortress.

These cannonballs are made of clay and are spherical clay pots about the size of a washbasin.

The cannonball was stuffed with a mixture of oil-soaked cotton wool, sulfur, and saltpeter. There were holes on the surface of the cannonball, and a "wick" composed of oil-absorbing cotton gauze protruded from the inside.

Light the wick, then place the cannonball on the huge trebuchet. Everyone works together to turn the capstan, increase the trebuchet's power to the limit, and then trigger the mechanism.

After the mechanism was triggered, the long arm of the trebuchet straightened instantly, flipped upward, and then hit the gear lever in front. The cannonball was ejected with a bang.

Under such a rain-like attack, Hukou Pass burst into flames.

Li Shibai looked at the results of the first wave of attacks with satisfaction.

Whether it is a complex trebuchet or a cannonball, it requires the cooperation of professional designers, craftsmen, potters and alchemists. It is simply impossible for a barbaric tribe like the Mantis to master it by relying solely on their natural talents.

At this distance, they had no weapons to fight back. They could either be beaten passively or go out of the city to fight.

"They are coming, prepare to defend!"

The forward security officer suddenly shouted.

This shout was repeated over and over again, and soon spread throughout the entire military formation. Under the control of the commander, the army formation immediately changed to a certain extent.

The originally connected Qingmang Army turned into a square formation. Many wide and thick shields were lifted up, like fish scales shining in the sun.

There were many strange bird calls coming from the sky, along with many black spots flying like birds.

These are not real bird calls, but a kind of whistle that the mantis people use to communicate with each other in the air. Those flying black spots are not real black spots, but mantis people.

It's a bit strange that those mantis people can actually fly!
Chapter completed!