Destiny is ashes

Chapter 473 Raid (23)

Feather arrows covered the sky, and the evil miasma was like clouds and fog. The vanguards of both sides had already engaged in battle.

The big axe of the Cangjiawei cut off the legs of the charging cavalry, but was pierced through the head by several long spears that followed closely. The giant arrows shot out from the crossbow cart hidden in the center of the formation were powerful enough to penetrate the city wall, but the military army, blessed by the martial arts formation, was able to block them with their bodies, and the only price was being knocked away.

There was no shouting or screaming. Although it was clearly the most intense battlefield, the only sounds that could be heard were the clashing of swords and shields, the sound of arrows flying through the air, and the sound of axes chopping gun barrels.

The front lines of both sides have become intertwined. Several times, Dachen Wu's army has broken into the inner circle of the iron cavalry, but another cavalry harassing from the side has approached several times and resolved Wu's offensive.

There are three groups of Chenli military troops, namely the Wasteland Cavalry, Frost Cavalry and Wind-Chasing Cavalry. The Wasteland Cavalry, where Kan Hao is located in the main formation, has the largest number of people and is the one fighting against the military troops. The Wind-Chasing Cavalry is fighting on two fronts and tried to attack the Broken Blade Forest, but was also stopped.

The Frost Cavalry seemed to be dragged around the battlefield. They were hidden in the wind and snow, but it was not certain. This diverted a considerable amount of the Wu army's energy to guard against possible enemies that might suddenly appear.

In the center of the army formation, Xing Mofeng and Kan Hao each condensed their evil spirits and controlled them, suppressing each other and trying to seize control of the earth veins and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As the main generals, their essence is not "powerful warriors", but the center and eye of a huge, changing formation. They have to bear the backlash of the evil spirit of the entire army, but if they have magic weapons, they can use the power of the magic weapons to bear the backlash and then exert abilities far superior to their own strength.

There was no Chen Li, and all the people on Dachen's side were transferred away, so neither side was a complete military force, but in the northern border, such a battle was already terrifying enough.

As long as one side's martial arts formation can seize control of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it will be a definite victory.

In this regard, Xing Mofeng gained the advantage with his sophisticated experience, especially since his army was also equipped with rockets provided by An Jing. Although the warheads were blocked by the shield-bearing soldiers in the cavalry, the high temperature and impact of the explosion tore their upper bodies apart, and the aftermath even overwhelmed a group of soldiers around them.

If it were an army of mortals, these people would surely have died, but for the Wu army, except for a few unlucky guys in front who fainted, the aftermath was nothing more than a fall, and they would be able to reorganize the formation quickly. However, such an advantage was enough for Xing Mofeng to push the line forward step by step, leaving the enemy with a field of corpses while approaching the center of the enemy's giant army where the leader of the giant spirit species was located.

"No, the enemy died too quickly!"

But Xing Mofeng was never a person who would be carried away by advantages. He keenly noticed that the death toll on the Iron Cavalry side was beyond expectations, which was not normal. In order to avoid sudden attacks by strong enemy warriors, all martial arts formations were more defensive than offensive. In the battle between the two sides, before the formation collapsed, an average of four or five people died in a quarter of an hour.

However, the cavalry had left behind hundreds of corpses, which was a heavy loss to the Wu army, especially since those Wu army soldiers looked quite ordinary in strength and did not look like elite troops who had fought in many battles.

"Fall back!"

Without any hesitation, Xing Mofeng raised his hand, and the Wu army immediately stopped advancing and then retreated steadily - seeing this scene, Kan Hao sighed, but there was nothing he could do since the plan failed.

On the ground, the bodies of the dead soldiers suddenly began to twist and burn, turning into balls of gray-black flames. In the flames, doors opened one after another, and a dark blue, thick, phantom-like hand stretched out from the chest of the corpse, followed by another hand...

They quickly solidified and transformed into monsters several feet tall, with green faces and fangs. Behind them rose gray-black demonic flames that looked like ash. Tears of blood dripped from their empty eyes onto the ground, making a corrosive sound.

"...a ghost from the underworld."

Xing Mofeng looked at the monsters crawling out of the corpses. He looked solemn, "Is this what the Taiming Sect's reinforcements are like? Sacrificing souls, calling on ghosts and gods..."

These evil spirits are quite powerful, stronger than the lowest-level 'wandering soul warriors' and 'ghost armored soldiers'. They are the 'permanent ghost army', that is, ghosts that can exist for a long time in the human world. They are not wandering souls or scattered ghosts, but 'regular soldiers of the ghost world' equipped with weapons and armor.

The evil ghosts held simple bone swords and rushed towards the Wu army with roars. As dead things, they were extremely difficult to kill and difficult to be corroded by evil spirits. They could even resist demonic energy. They were one of the main forces to resist the army of demons in the past. But now they have become the enemy. Even if their bodies were pierced by spears and split by swords and axes, this group of fearless monsters would still open their mouths to bite the armor of the Wu army, bursting out dazzling sparks.

Xing Mofeng had to retreat to the defensive temporarily, which was already a good thing. If he had been greedy for merit and advanced recklessly, the entire front army would have been trapped by this group of evil spirits.

However, Xing Mofeng also realized one thing: if the Frost Riders had been around just now and took advantage of the situation to attack together with the evil spirits, even if he saw through the plan, he would have been in a panic and even left behind a lot of corpses.

But it didn't. This shows that the Frost Knights are not around at all, and the Iron Li people are not fighting on two fronts, but three!

"Linjiang City?" It was useless even if Xing Mofeng saw through it. As Dachen's army retreated, Kan Hao also accumulated strength and launched an attack.

The power of the Wu army formation gathered together, controlling the power of heaven and earth, and Xing Mofeng was ready for battle. However, he was shocked to find that the target of the attack launched by the enemy at the cost of his trump card was not himself, or even the Linjiang City he had just guessed.

But the earth veins.

A thunderclap sounded and exploded under the earth. Along with the loud thunder, the horrifying vibration went towards the distance at an unimaginable speed. At the first moment, Xing Mofeng thought that this was an attack on Linjiang City. He was about to remind An Jing to be careful, but he found that this attack from the ground vein was a response to another military force that was still fighting with the spirit of the sea of ​​trees in the distance, attacking Broken Blade Mountain!
In Linjiang City, An Jing stood at the center of the earth veins. His eyes were closed, but the sword pupil on his forehead was shining, and the civil and military formations were rotating behind him.

The earth veins are a network, just like the big web woven by a spider. The nodes of the earth veins are the places where the grids intersect. With this network, Dachen, who occupies the center of the earth veins, can control the vast territory.

But the earth veins are just like the blood vessels in the human body, and the center is the heart. Any attack on the earth vein network can also rely on this network to directly attack the nodes and the center. If the center is strong enough and can withstand the vibration, but if it is not strong enough, it will cause the heart to stop beating.

The ground vibrations created by the Iron Cavalry essentially create a large number of blood clots in the "ground vein network" of the human body, blocking the ground vein hubs and nodes, forcing the entire network to be paralyzed in a short period of time.

If they succeed, the entire earth veins around Broken Blade Mountain will be ineffective for a period of time...naturally including the seal under Suling Cave.

"Do you think that if you prevent the Wu army from suppressing the earth veins, you can take advantage of the situation and launch a sneak attack?"

The moment he sensed the vibration of the earth veins, An Jing opened his eyes, and the civil and military formations behind him disappeared into the earth veins. The two collided with each other, causing equally violent vibrations, which dispersed all the evil spirits that were too condensed and almost like blood clots, and resolved the earth vein attacks from the martial army one by one.

The reason why An Jing did not join the battle at the first moment was not only because the battle of the military forces was not something that a single warrior could easily participate in, but also because he had to stay in the center to block the enemy's possible sneak attacks on the earth veins.

As long as he is there, the defense of the Broken Blade Mountain spiritual land will be as solid as Mount Tai.

"Sure enough, there are still some magical weapons or something like that as a guardian?"

At this moment, Kan Hao also realized that his attempt had failed. Linjiang City, as the center of the earth veins around Duanren Mountain, is connected to Suling Cave in the distance. If there are magical soldiers guarding there, it will be enough to resolve most of the attacks.

In this case, his conventional tactics will be blocked. This is indeed a tough nut to crack.

"please."

Sighing, Kan Hao turned his head and bowed slightly to the True Demon Messenger beside him. The True Demon Messenger nodded and said, "As expected of a divine destiny, he is as steady as a mountain. It is impossible to defeat him without using some means beyond common sense."

"Let the last troop of Wujun cooperate with Bingchi to attack Linjiang City."

In the distance, in Yujiang City, the sleeping Ice Dragon woke up. The eyes of the hornless, scaleless and spineless monster were empty. Apart from the purest dead silence and indifference, there was only a flash of cold ice-blue light.

Since its birth, it has been devouring the earth energy under Yujiang City. This is not simply to accumulate energy, but also to merge itself with the earth veins around Broken Blade Mountain, using the earth veins as the dragon spine to replace the planned Suling Golden Spine.

Although this meant that Bingchi was tied to the spot and could only breathe with the world and could not move freely, this small error was acceptable as long as the plan could be completed.

At this moment, the Ice Chi let out a long roar and rose into the air. Suddenly, the dark clouds in the sky turned into frosty cold. The wind and snow grew stronger between heaven and earth. Snow clouds fell from the sky. The ice-blue shadow of the Ice Chi dragon flew like a sword, carrying the Frost Riders hidden in the wind and snow, and attacked Linjiang City.

But what greeted it were two missiles.

One is a tactical missile loaded with a large amount of high-explosive ammunition and is extremely powerful.

As for the other one, it was a weather missile that was launched ahead of time, stirring up the wind and snow before Bing Chi could, making the area around Linjiang City cloudless for a hundred miles!
(End of this chapter)