Chapter 1799 - 1798: Anti-Aircraft Cannon

"This Demon Beast tide came as if out of nowhere, without the slightest warning. When I went to check, there was no one inside controlling it, so I got a bit puzzled—what on earth is going on."

Geng Bucuo followed behind Tang Rao; whenever Tang Rao went to inspect the disaster, he would walk in the rear and give supplementary explanations on the situation.

"As for their strength, I'm not sure yet. I can't see through the power on them."

What "can't see through" meant, Tang Rao understood better than anyone.

It meant that the strength of any random Demon Beast in there was higher than Geng Bucuo's. No wonder that anyone who got swept into it ended up with not a single survivor left on the spot once the Demon Beast tide moved on.

"If we don't meddle in this, then it has nothing to do with us at all. But if we do meddle, we have to see it through to the end, and it might be a thankless task on top of that. So tell me, do we do it or not?"

Tang Rao placed the right to decide in Geng Bucuo's hands.

Given such a huge authority, how would Geng Bucuo dare use it? One misstep leads to every step being wrong; as for how to act, Tang Rao had surely already made up his mind in his heart.

"Boss, aren't you putting me on the spot? A matter this big isn't something I can just decide. It concerns the interests of the entire Kao Shan Sect; forgive me, but I don't dare to make a rash conclusion."

Geng Bucuo refused this chance to show off. Compared to displaying his abilities, he still felt that the interests of the whole Kao Shan Sect were more important.

"Lao Geng, it's been so many years; no wonder Cha Xiangzi has always been ahead of you. This cowardly temperament of yours, I'm afraid you'll never change it in this lifetime."

To directly call a man cowardly to his face—aside from Tang Rao, who else could do something so hurtful to a person's pride? No one.

Fortunately, the one saying it was Tang Rao, who could always convince him from the bottom of his heart. If it had been someone else, who knows what Geng Bucuo might have done to them.

"Working by Boss's side like this isn't called being cowardly, it's called being meticulous. It's precisely because I'm meticulous that I've spared you so much trouble, haven't I?"

You couldn't really blame Geng Bucuo for talking like this. Doing things under Tang Rao, just the fact that Tang Rao would personally hand matters over to them meant they were being affirmed and recognized by him. If he messed something up, it would be Tang Rao who lost face. After that, who would be willing to entrust matters to these unreliable people?

And this time, what Tang Rao had handed him was anything but a small matter.

"Cut the flattery, don't waste it on me, I don't want to hear it. Let's go, we'll go out together and see just how powerful this so-called Demon Beast tide really is."

Tang Rao leaped up in one bound and landed directly on top of Zijing City's main gate.

The top of the gate rose straight into the clouds, but even looking down from within the clouds, the spectacular sight brought by the Demon Beast tide below was something Tang Rao had never seen even in his dreams.

He pulled out a telescope. The image in the telescope wasn't much clearer than what he could see with his naked eyes looking down, but he did it partly to show off and partly purely because he liked it.

Demon Beasts kept surging out one wave after another, as if they were growing outward, leaving not the slightest room for things to ease up. There hadn't originally been a road on that mountain, but because of the Demon Beasts' appearance, a path had been forcibly trampled out.

"At my command, immediately deploy the archers, and bring some people who know how to use guns. If this Demon Beast tide still doesn't stop, we'll have to think of something."

As for what they could think of, for the moment Tang Rao hadn't come up with anything yet.

Just as the order was passed down, a series of disciplined shouts came from within Zijing City: "Archers in position."

"Divine Gun Team in position."

"Divine Beast Mounted Archery Team in position!"

Tang Rao had only wanted people with the relevant specialties to come out; he hadn't expected that Kao Shan Sect now actually had such professional units already.

"Boss, these were all thought up by Young Master Xiao Bai, and we trained these people according to his requirements. They should fit your expectations pretty well, right?"

These few units had never been mobilized before. If it weren't for how special the situation was now, they still hadn't planned on deploying them.

"Xiao Bai? That brat really does have a bit of a boss's bearing. I'm already thinking of having him inherit my legacy."

In terms of experience, Tang Xiaobai might not be Tang Rao's match, but in terms of ability, Tang Xiaobai dared to let his mind run wild at such a young age. Just that alone put him far ahead of Tang Rao.

"Help us, open the gate, only Zijing City can save our lives! We're begging the masters of Kao Shan Sect, we don't want to die yet!"

As soon as Kao Shan Sect opened the gate, a crowd of people outside surged straight toward where Tang Rao and the others were.

At a time like this, no one cared who you were.

Leader or not, a righteous man or not, or even a child who didn't yet understand anything—those standing outside didn't spare a thought for how Tang Rao's side might feel.

It wasn't as if he didn't want to bring everyone outside in, but if they stepped aside, the lives of the people behind them would all be affected.

"I know you don't want to die either, but I can't even protect myself; there's no way I can save you."

The woman who had begged Tang Rao to save her life was swept away by the Demon Beast tide. The last words she'd left before she was taken were still asking Tang Rao to save her. Unfortunately, even if he wanted to save her now, it was already too late.

"Boss, there are plenty more situations like that. You don't have to let small things like this get to you. Look over there—doesn't that look like the second wave of the Demon Beast tide coming?"

Geng Bucuo pointed at a thin black line on the horizon. As time went on, that thin line became thicker and thicker, and later they could actually see the Demon Beasts making up that black line quite clearly.

"It's not 'looks like,' it is. Did the heavens change today or something? Why are Demon Beasts coming like they're free? If this keeps up, even I'm about to be overwhelmed."

Tang Rao threw a punch and knocked a Demon Beast to the ground, but unfortunately he only had two hands. For every one he hit, there were always a few that slipped through the net. Relying on his strength alone to beat down all the Demon Beasts was simply impossible.

"Boss, Young Master Xiao Bai gave us a blueprint some time ago. He said if we could build what was on it, it would definitely become a legend that shook the whole North Island. He also said that thing had tremendous destructive power, and that when we used it we had to stay far away, otherwise we might hurt ourselves. How about I haul that big guy out and we give it a try?"

Something that powerful—could it be that Tang Xiaobai had gotten tired of studying all those abstruse things every day and wanted to take a break, so he whipped up something simple to make Tang Rao happy?

"An anti-aircraft gun? That little genius Tang Xiaobai actually thought of developing an anti-aircraft gun. The blueprint was definitely from his godfather; he's just in charge of putting it into practice and seeing whether a large-scale weapon of mass destruction actually works."

To this day, Tang Rao still couldn't figure it out. You say kids have strong curiosity, fine, but with someone like Tang Xiaobai, his curiosity might be a bit too strong.