Chapter 146: Dominator’s fist

Su Menqi decided to make some modifications to Long Tao's plan. Instead of distributing her troop to all the uninhabited regions. She decided to conquer some particular areas. These were the ones the army needed to pass through.

" We will be leaving tonight. Send the spies into these regions. They need to survey the whole area wand report before the sun dawns."

She decided the troops into smaller sections and positioned them in the order of 2-4-2-4 formations. " Follow this pattern while entering these zones.".

The first four groups were the confronters/tanks. They would be the ones bearing the maximum impact, while the six groups behind would be attacking. The remaining two groups were for support.

"The aim is quite simple. We need to take control of these areas and then set up our base in here. The group in charge of scouting is to divide themselves into two parts. One will be assisting us, while the other one will be responsible for keeping tabs on the surrounding area. We can't have enemy troops from other battlefields come rushing in."

" The areas will be divided into three segments. The first one should be conquered by tonight. The other two will be taken care of by tomorrow. There is no room for error."

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The soldiers were preparing their weapons and supplies. The mission this time was a dangerous one. There was no news from the support troops of the Jiao country. The army settle din here was divided into two parts. 

In case of any mishaps, the causality will be catastrophic. 

" Send an envoy to Tamar. Tell the generals that we will be withdrawing if the support troops don't arrive within three days." The commanders were shocked to hear this. It would be a colossal loss for the Jiao country.

" The upper echelon wouldn't be happy to hear these words, ma'am."

" Tell the upper echelon; I don't care about their moods or preference. My soldiers are dying in here. Three days is all they get."

" If the support doesn't arrive, we will retreat right back to Tamar."

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The forest regions-

" You are different from the last time we met. Your power has grown exponentially. Even the loss my country has to incur due to you was colossal."

" I am relieved to see you alive after I brought the whole cave down on you.". Long Tao spoke in a mocking tone.

" I am gratified to you for your services. If it weren't for your actions aimed at killing me, I wouldn't have a break-through from my previous realm."

" Is the Slytherin dead?" Long Tao asked in a curious tone.

"We can catch up after I defeat you. I need to torture your secrets out before I kill you."The Blood general decided to bright out his weapon.

The weapon had a unique design, which surprised Long Tao. It was a staff with a curved blade on its end.

" This is called a Naginata. It's an honor for you to get cut by this." The Blood general rushed towards Long Tao, waving his weapon. Long Tao raised his sword to block the attack. 

The swords clashed with each other, and the impact blasted Long Tao quite far away. 

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The Crimson lord world-

" I am not able to match him in power. What is his current realm." Long Tao felt the impact of the last confrontation. His internal organs shook due to the previous attack.

" The power emitted by him is around the seventh level of Qi general." Long Tao didn't expect the Blood general to have broken through the previous realm. " You need to use the full potential of your body to confront him."

Long Tao went with the Keeper's advice and released his full power.

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" You manage to amaze me, just like last time." As the dust settled, Long Tao's figure came into view. He had some bruises on his body, and a little amount of blood was spilling from his mouth. 

Long Tao changed his stance, and the aura around him changed. The Blood general was alerted by this event. He waived his naginata at Long Tao.

Long Tao managed to hold his ground during this clash. Soon enough, a stalemate was reached. Long Tao was able to confront his opponent. 

" Interesting." The Blood general began to apply Qi into his attacks. Long Tao took the same decision. He was currently using one of the quasi-king weapons he managed to get from the Heave-cleaver sect's inheritance. 

The problem with Long Tao was his realm. Although his aura reserve was quite good, the amount of power exerted couldn't showcase the prime power output of the weapon.

" A quasi-king artifact. You seem to possess quite an artillery. Too bad, your realm doesn't allow you to showcase its true power." The naginata came crashing down on Long Tao's sword, and his feet began to bury itself into the ground. 

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Crimson lord world-

" His aura changed. He is in the eight-level of Qi general. The aura is similar to Blood tempering art. Our conjecture might be true."

Long Tao decided to use his trump cards now. He needs to eliminate this enemy and take the next part of Blood tempering art from him.

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Long Tao's body began to emit a glow as he murmured. " release." His power output increased almost instantly. Not only did he overpowered the naginata, but he managed to land an attack on the blood general. 

The impact was powerful enough to push him backward. " 2nd level Qi general." According to the reports, Long Tao broke through the QI general level some time ago. He managed to have a break-through once again. What sort of monstrous speed was this?

" You practice the Blood Tempering art, don't you." The Blood general was instantly petrified at his spot. How did this kid know about the mantra?

" I will take your silence as an acknowledgment of my words. All the more reason to kill you." Long Tao's blood began to glow as the aura was released.

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The Blood general was too familiar with this aura. Wasn't it the same as the art he practiced. How can Long Tao have the same aura. What was this technique?

" from the look on your face, although you recognize the aura, you haven't seen this technique before." LonG tao raised his saber, " It is called 'Berserker.' 

Long Tao rushed towards the Blood general, releasing his saber and sword intent. The Blood general wasn't instantly thrown into a disadvantage. The saber managed to cut through the armor and penetrate the Blood general's skin.

The naginata came slashing towards Long Tao's figure, but he dodged and retreated. A grievous injury was present on the Blood-general's body. But what happened next surprised Long Tao.

The injury began to self-heal. " How could this be."

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The Crimson lord world-

" This seems to be a bloodline technique. It must be the gain from the next part of Blood Tempering art."

" how do we counter this ability?" 

" The best way is to use an attack which will decimate him instantly, leaving no time for the heal."Long Tao got an idea from This. It seemed like he needed to use that.

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The outer world-

" Initially, I was excited to fight against you. But it seems that the situation has changed. You managed to gain an ability from Blood-Tempering art. I need to finish you off instantly." 

The blood general's face was pale due to the last attack. Although his wound regenerated, his blood essence was used to heal the injury. It was the unique technique he gained from the mantra he practiced. It was called ' Re-generation.'

Long tao took a fist stance. ' Demonize.' His figure began to change into that of a beast. The Blood-general watched him with horror in his eyes. 

" This technique was created by me with all the knowledge I managed to gather within my training period. I named it The Dominator's fist. You shall have the win if you can bear the impact."

A massive blast of energy rushed towards the Blood-general. He tried to use all his strength and technique to guard against it, but the power was too big to bear. His figure was decimated. 

Long Tao couldn't stand due to the lack of power and fell. His body was deformed and poorly mutilated. An aura shrouded around him and absorbed him into thin air.