Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Chapter 34 Fighting

The one-day ceasefire passed quickly.

The next day at dawn, a loud bugle call rang out in the military camp, and the soldiers began to assemble. Di Hong, who was cultivating in his tent, came out of his cultivation state.

Stepping out of the camp, the kingdom's soldiers had already assembled and were heading towards the battlefield.

After putting on his armor, Di Yang took the sword handed to him by a soldier and came to his side.

"Let's go."

The soldiers led over two horses, and the two brothers mounted them to join Xueye. The army of the Kingdom of Sylves was on the right flank of the main force, while the army of the Kingdom of Barak was on the left flank, and the army of Hagendas was in the vanguard.

With this arrangement, it's clear to anyone with eyes that Xue Ye intends to use the Star Luo Empire to weaken the power of the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom, and at the same time indirectly weaken the power of the Second Prince Xue Yu.

Once the Häagen-Dazs Kingdom suffers a severe blow, they will be unable to support Xueyu, and Xueyu's power will be severely damaged, possibly even losing in the competition with Xueye.

Hundreds of thousands of troops arrived on the battlefield like an overwhelming tide.

Opposite them was the Star Luo Empire's military formation.

Banners fluttered on the battlefield, creating a solemn atmosphere that inspired awe. However, Di Hong felt a surge of excitement; what man wouldn't want to lead a million-strong army on horseback?

Unfortunately, these hundreds of thousands of troops had nothing to do with him; he was more or less like a spectator.

Xue Ye, clad in gleaming silver armor, stood leaning on his sword. Beside him, besides Di Yang and Di Hong, was the Soul Saint of the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Master Corps.

At this moment, the only sounds on the battlefield were the neighing of warhorses and the roars of war beasts. Apart from these, there were no other sounds. All the soldiers held their breath and gripped their weapons tightly, waiting for the bugle call to attack.

Dai Yutian, clad in black armor, also stood on the high platform, gazing at the opposite side. He seemed to want to see through the entire battlefield to the snowy night on the other side, but unfortunately, the two were too far apart. He could not see the snowy night, and the snowy night could not see him either.

He looked up at the sky.

The sky was clear and blue, the sun was shining brightly, and birds flew across the sky.

He withdrew his gaze, drew his longsword, and pointed it forward.

"Attack!" Upon receiving Dai Yutian's order, Xu Zhong immediately issued the military command.

"Woo!!!"

The bugle call to attack sounded, and the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire waved their military flags.

"War beasts, attack!"

"Heavy infantry, advance!"

Upon receiving the order, the heavily armored infantrymen at the forefront, wielding large shields, immediately raised their shields and formed a single column facing the vanguard of the Heavenly Dou Empire's army. Although they were not fast, their momentum was extraordinary, and the entire formation was like an overwhelming force, exuding a strong sense of oppression.

Alongside the heavily armored infantry, dozens of enormous war beasts marched at the forefront.

Di Hong watched the approaching army formation and clenched his fists tightly.

"here we go."

"Don't be nervous." Di Yang patted him to calm him down.

"I'm not nervous, just a little excited."

"Excited?" Di Yang was somewhat taken aback, realizing that his younger brother was actually a warmonger.

At this moment, Xueye nodded to the general beside him.

The general clasped his hands in a salute, then walked to the side and shouted loudly, "Archers, prepare!"

The soldier raised the command flag, and the archers in the army formation immediately drew their bows and nocked their arrows.

Once Xingluo's heavily armored infantry approached, the general issued another order.

"put!"

In an instant, the vanguard seemed to be obscured, and a hail of arrows rained down on the Star Luo Empire's heavy infantry formation.

"defense!"

The commanding Xingluo general immediately gave the order, and all the soldiers raised their shields.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

The arrows struck the shields, sparking a flurry of fire. Ordinary arrows could not penetrate the shields, and this volley of arrows caused virtually no damage to the heavily armored infantry of the Star Luo Empire.

The infantry continued their advance, approaching the Heavenly Dou Empire's camp.

At this moment, the infantry formation in front of the Heavenly Dou Empire also began to move.

Accompanied by the sounds of drums and horns, the heavy infantry formation at the front of the Heavenly Dou began to advance.

Just as the infantry formations of both sides were about to make contact, long spears emerged from within their ranks.

The two sides quickly came into contact, clashed, and began a fierce battle.

"The cavalry on both flanks will encircle and wipe out this heavy infantry."

On both flanks of the Heavenly Battle Army Formation, tens of thousands of cavalrymen charged out, their warhorses trampling the earth and raising clouds of dust.

Seeing that the Tian Dou Empire's cavalry had launched an attack, Dai Yutian also ordered the Xing Luo Empire's cavalry to attack.

The moment the two armies clashed, the heavy infantry of the Heavenly Dou Empire were suppressed. The massive war beasts broke through their lines as soon as they engaged, and the heavy infantry of the Star Luo Empire immediately began to divide them up.

The cavalry flanking the Heavenly Dou Empire were also intercepted by the Star Luo Empire's cavalry.

"Send out the war beasts immediately!" Xue Ye ordered immediately. They had already fallen into a disadvantageous position as soon as they started fighting, and they had to turn the tide.

Di Hong felt that something was not right, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He looked around but really couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Taking advantage of the favorable situation for Xingluo, Dai Yutian ordered the heavy cavalry and horse archers to attack, while the light infantry also launched an attack. Xue Ye and he issued their orders at almost the same time.

The two armies clashed fiercely, turning the entire battlefield into a meat grinder, but so far neither side has deployed Soul Masters for combat.

On the side of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Scaled Armor Army and Heavy Cavalry of the Kingdom of Silves, as well as the Royal Knights and Soul Masters of the central army of Heaven Dou, have not yet launched an attack. The same is true for the Star Luo Empire; their elite Tiger Legion has not yet launched an attack.

Just like the Royal Knights, no Soul Masters from Xingluo were mobilized for the Tiger Legion.

The Soul Masters dispatched by the vassal kingdoms did not engage in combat in the central battlefield; their main battleground was the outer perimeter, as fighting there would easily affect ordinary soldiers.

Di Hong looked towards the outer edge of the battlefield, where soul masters were fighting, and he could clearly see all kinds of soul power.

Listening to the messenger's report, Xueye's face remained expressionless. The situation had stabilized, and both sides were now in a state of equilibrium. It was now a matter of who had more perseverance and could hold on longer.

"Let the Scaled Armor Army move out." Feeling that the time was right, Xueye looked at Diyang.

“Alright.” Di Yang did not refuse and relayed the order to the kingdom’s general beside him.

Before long, thousands of scaled beasts charged out from the central army formation. They did not shout battle cries, but launched their attack in silence. Although the scaled beasts looked rather clumsy, they were actually quite fast, even comparable to the Heavenly Soul Horses.

After the Scaled Armor Army charged into the chaotic battlefield, it was a one-sided massacre. The Star Luo soldiers' weapons could not cause any harm to them when they slashed or stabbed them; they only produced some sparks from the friction.

But when the scaled beast slammed into them, it sent them flying.

The thousand-strong armored army rampaged across the battlefield as if it were empty, and among them were ten Soul Masters. Although their levels were not high, they were enough to deal with ordinary soldiers.

"The Scaled Army of the Kingdom of Silves has finally arrived." Dai Yutian's lips curled up.

"Tiger Guard Army, strike!"

He was waiting for the Scaled Armor Army to be mobilized; the Tiger Guard Army, as the name suggests, was a force to be reckoned with.

They were a legion riding tigers. Although the tigers they rode were not spirit beasts, they were much stronger and taller than ordinary tigers. They were also clad in heavy armor.

The roars of tigers carried on the wind to people's ears.

Thousands of Xingluo soldiers riding fierce tigers charged straight in.

Chapter 35 Dai Yutian's Unwillingness

The battle on the Lima Plain was exceptionally fierce. The two sides fought from dawn until noon, leaving the battlefield littered with corpses and rivers of blood. But the melee between the two sides did not end.

Xueye mobilized all its forces except for the Royal Knights and the Soul Saint. Dai Yutian was similarly mobilized, and now he only had the Fierce Tiger Legion of less than 10,000 men and a Soul Saint-level Soul Master by his side.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate on the battlefield, with neither side's soldiers retreating an inch.

Di Hong leaped into the air, unfurling a pair of fiery red wings on his back.

Looking down at the entire battlefield, he felt that something was not quite right, as if something was missing.

Back on the high platform, he leaned close to Di Yang's ear and whispered something.

Di Yang frowned slightly after hearing this.

"What's wrong?" Xueye asked.

Di Yang clasped his hands and said, "Your Highness, my fourth brother said he feels that something is not quite right."

"Something's wrong?"

"Elaborate."

He looked at Di Hong on the snowy night.

Shaking his head, Di Hong said helplessly, "I can't see what's wrong either. The Star Luo Empire has mobilized almost all of its forces, but I just feel like Dai Yutian is planning something."

His reminder made Xueye fall into thought.