Outside the great marsh, Zhang Cong, leading his Water Ghost special forces and Leng family's Hunter special forces, had already swept through nearly a hundred small tribes on the periphery.
Lost in the marsh, Zhang Cong found Leng Shan and asked the Leng family's Sky Larks to act as scouts to guide the main force. Thus, the two decided to team up.
Due to the marsh's restrictions on the combat effectiveness of the Leng family's hunting dogs, Leng Shan only brought 8,000 Leng family hunters to act as archers, accompanying Zhang's 50,000 Water Ghosts in clearing the outer areas.
Zhang Cong, wiping the blood from his hands, said to Leng Shan beside him:
"Old Leng, your anesthetic is really effective. A mere scratch can paralyze the lizardmen. Where did you get it?"
Leng Shan, looking at the map returned by the Sky Larks, replied to Zhang Cong:
"This anesthetic is what our Leng family uses to capture large prey. Later, I gave the formula to Nineteen, and he improved it, increasing its potency by at least 30%."
Zhang Cong nodded and said, "Little Nineteen indeed has skills. Look at the first-aid kit he gave us, and the hemostatic powder inside. It can temporarily save the lives of even heavily wounded brothers. In my opinion, Little Nineteen alone is worth an entire army group."
The hemostatic powder developed by Hua Nineteen was already being produced on a large scale by the Shennong tribe.
Ying Xuan and the others brought back the first batch of produced hemostatic powder. Zhang Cong's Water Ghost special forces were the first troops to engage the lizardmen and thus the first to experience casualties and use the hemostatic powder.
Zhang Cong found that the hemostatic powder developed by Hua Nineteen was far superior to the previous ones, reducing bleeding time by half.
Furthermore, soldiers who used the hemostatic powder did not suffer from late-stage infections. Coupled with the new first-aid kit, the survival rate of severely wounded patients had increased by nearly half.
Almost all injured soldiers, as long as they were not killed on the spot or suffered fatal wounds, could be rescued.
Zhang Cong, as if struck by a thought, asked Leng Shan:
"Old Leng, does Old Lin know about this medicine? If this is popularized, how many of our human brothers could be saved from dying?"
Leng Shan was stunned for a moment, then said:
"Old Lin should know. The materials for producing this anesthetic are all approved by Xiao Ming. If this little fatty knows, then Old Lin should also be aware, right?"
Before Zhang Cong could speak, a pressure from a quasi-king was felt from afar, and it was getting closer.
In a short while, Xiao Hanyi and Bai Zhanlong, both injured, rushed over:
"Old Zhang, Old Leng, two quasi-kings are chasing us. Hurry up and deal with them so they don't get away alive."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cong said to the three armored old men beside him: "Fifth Granduncle, Seventh Granduncle, Eighth Granduncle, please lend your strength to rescue them."
These three elders were quasi-kings of the grandfather generation from Zhang Cong's family. In particular, Zhang Cong's Fifth Granduncle was a clan-guarding quasi-king, with strength comparable to Lin Shan.
As descendants of the Gonggong Emperor's bloodline, Zhang Cong's family was not short of masters.
As an ancient lineage, only the Lin family and the Celestial Master's Mansion in the entire Huaxia forces were stronger than Zhang Cong's family.
The remaining families, such as the Ying family and the Leng family, which originated from the Ji surname, were weaker than Zhang Cong's family.
In the past, when Gonggong was defeated by Qingyang Shi, Gonggong's son Julong led his clan into hiding in the abyss, changing their surname to Gong and Hong.
However, a smaller branch of their clan, under Julong's cover, separated from the abyss and changed their surname to Zhang in memory of their ancestor, who was Zhang Cong's ancestor.
Of course, the Zhang surname in Zhang Cong's family was different from that of Zhang Hui, the fifth son of Shaohao, who was skilled in archery.
The three grandfathers from Zhang Cong's family soared into the air, intercepting the two lizardmen quasi-kings pursuing Xiao Hanyi.
The three elders of the Zhang family wielded their Water God Halberds, unleashing powerful, sweeping attacks towards the approaching lizardmen.
The lizardmen drew their spears to block. Relying on their superior physical constitution compared to humans, they chose to confront the three Zhang elders head-on.
It was already a three-on-two battle, and with the Fifth Elder being a clan-guarding quasi-king, the result was that within a few rounds, the heads of the two lizardmen quasi-kings were shattered, leaving them no chance of survival. Sudan Novel Network.
The elders of the Zhang family spat on the headless corpses of the lizardmen and said:
"Damn bastards, daring to bully our Huaxia juniors. Death is too good for you. In our Zhang family, we would have stewed you into soup."
Leng Shan and the other juniors' eyes narrowed: "Holy crap, I didn't realize these old guys from the Zhang family were so hot-tempered. It seems that no old fellows who have survived this long are easy to deal with."
Zhang Cong and Leng Shan had already treated Xiao Hanyi and Bai Zhanlong's injuries. Looking at their battered state, Zhang Cong jokingly said:
"Old Xiao, Old Bai, didn't you two go scouting? How did you end up being chased by these two quasi-kings?"
Xiao Hanyi quickly replied: "Holy crap, I almost forgot! Quickly contact Old Lin and tell him to come over immediately. We found something good."
Leng Shan immediately took out his communicator to contact Lin Zhan.
After Lin Zhan connected, Leng Shan repeated the situation to him.
A short while later, Lin Zhan emerged from the void with Xuan Shang and three others.
"Old Xiao, Old Bai, what treasure did you find that almost cost you both your lives?"
Xiao Hanyi waved a high-grade water-element energy stone to Lin Zhan.
Then, he took out the map and said to everyone:
"It's in this location, named Blackwater Lake. Zhanlong and I, along with four diamond-level scouts, investigated this place and discovered that the lizardmen have stationed no less than 200,000 troops here and have established a fortress.
The original map showed no lizardmen presence here, so we infiltrated and discovered it was a large vein of water-element energy stones, guarded by lizardmen experts. We were then pursued, and those four brothers sacrificed themselves to cover Zhanlong and me."
Zhang Cong, looking at the map, said:
"Blackwater Lake is located in the central region of the great marsh. The area around Blackwater Lake is usually inhabited by many fierce beasts, and the powerful Blackwater Crocodile clan lives there. Therefore, there are no lizardmen tribes in that area. However, within a hundred miles of Blackwater Lake, there are two lizardmen tribes with populations of over 100,000 each.
If we plan to wage war against them, we must select elite troops. Speed is of the essence. We need to capture Blackwater Lake as quickly as possible, mine the energy stones, and also consider intercepting the two large lizardmen tribes."
Lin Zhan looked at the map and smacked his lips, saying:
"Damn it, they dare to bully my brothers right under my nose. No words needed, let's go get them. I'll go back and arrange for people.
Old Zhang, Old Leng, come back with me. Let the Water Ghost special forces head towards the target, and have the two old ancestors, Xuan Qing and Xuan Hao, accompany the troops to prevent the enemy from having any Emperor-level defenders."
With that, Xuan Shang led Lin Zhan and the others to teleport back to the command center at the front line.