Genshin Impact: Demon God of Shura
Chapter 182 Battle of Tianheng Mountain (Part 1)
Just as Luo Xue was organizing the Spartan guards to prepare for the battle, the first enemy appeared from the foot of the mountain road!
"Quick! They're here! Kill them!"
The enemy pointed in the direction of Luo Xue and the others, while shouting to his densely packed comrades behind him.
"Everyone, form defensive formation!"
Luo Xue, who was positioned in the center of the first row of the shield wall, immediately gave the order.
Then, Luo Xue and the Spartans around her crouched down, lowered their center of gravity, and raised their heavy shields and spears to form towering shield walls.
Even when faced with an enemy force several times larger than their own, the soldiers' eyes remained exceptionally resolute.
Aside from the fact that they were stationed at Tianheng Mountain, a strategic location that led directly to Guixiuli, this was also the first time the Spartans had fought against humans.
Previously, the Spartans' combat training targets were ferocious monster hordes in the wild, and they didn't see any other brother units besides their own legion for months on end.
Therefore, the selection method for the Spartan Legion is much simpler and more brutal than that of other legions. They simply send you out into the wild to fight monster lairs.
This simple, brutal, and ruthless method of selecting recruits not only created the Spartan Legion's unparalleled fighting power, but also concealed behind this fighting power a cold, hard report form for recruits, stating a 10% combat casualty rate and a 50% personnel loss rate.
This has resulted in the Spartan Legion consistently having the highest casualty rate among all the Asura Hall Legions during its recruitment selection process.
It can be said that the Spartan Guard Legion led by Luo Xue is composed entirely of elites, including the Knight Commander, who are selected from among the best!
The Ocean Alliance forces currently know absolutely nothing about the Spartan Legion, so the difference in strength became immediately apparent the moment the two sides clashed.
Bang bang bang!
As the dense horde of enemies began to charge the shield wall, their weapons and armor clashed violently with the Spartan heavy shields, producing sharp metallic clangs.
"Brothers, hold the line!"
Even though Luo Xue, who was positioned in front of the shield wall, and the soldiers around her were knocked backward by the enemy just a shield away, she still gritted her teeth and shouted to those behind her.
The two sides were locked in a brief stalemate, which lasted for several minutes.
During this time, many enemies bared their teeth and claws, using their short swords to slash or stab at the Spartans.
However, as soon as the short sword in his hand came into contact with the Spartans' heavy shields, it would begin to chip or break off and deform in a few moments, while the shield surface would only have a few shallow scratches that were almost invisible.
Such a large disparity in performance undoubtedly affected the morale of the soldiers.
As morale declined, the force of their assault on the Spartan shield wall began to wane.
Upon noticing that the force of the enemy's charge against the shield wall was beginning to weaken, Luo Xue decisively shouted:
"Everyone! Shields up! Charge them!"
"ah--!"
Upon hearing this, the Spartan guards in the front row, who could no longer contain their fighting spirit, roared and, with perfect coordination, unleashed a shield slam in unison with their comrades!
The Spartans were already taller than these ragtag troops, and with their superior strength and equipment, none of the ragtag troops who charged the shield wall were spared.
"Attack and defense in tandem! Push forward!"
Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent's shield wall was knocked open, Luo Xue quickly thrust forward with her spear, the tip of which pierced through an enemy wearing plate armor in front of her.
The other Spartans followed suit, drawing their guns and mercilessly reaping the lives of their enemies.
As the first row of Spartans began to retract their spears, the second row of Spartans continued to thrust their spears through the gaps between their comrades' shields, maintaining the relentless rhythm of their attack.
The allied forces were helpless against this and could only passively take the beating.
This is because, in addition to suffering from inferior equipment, they also suffered from the short attack range of their weapons.
Therefore, this was a one-sided massacre with no suspense whatsoever.
More and more corpses fell beneath the Spartans' advancing ranks.
As the battle lines advanced, the area where the Spartans needed to form a shield wall expanded further, and Spartans in the middle and rear rows began to move forward to fill in the gaps and prevent the enemy from breaching the formation through the gaps in the shield wall.
Despite this situation, the Spartans remained calm, because in addition to their sturdy shields and sharp spears, each Spartan was wearing heavy armor weighing at least 45 kilograms.
With this ragtag army that seemed to have been hastily assembled on the battlefield, it was wishful thinking to think they could break through Spartan armor and defenses.
As for the idea of feigning death among the corpses to sneak behind Sparta?
That's practically suicide!
Because the last few dozen Spartans kept finishing off the corpses that their comrades in front had stepped over, stabbing them through the chest with their spears!
"Now! Spartans! Attack!"
After advancing several dozen meters, the enemy's troops rushing to the front lines began to show gaps of several meters between them.
Upon seeing this, Luo Xue immediately issued the order to launch a preemptive strike.
Then, Luo Xue took the lead and instantly knocked away the three enemies rushing towards her with a shield charge!
"Asura is with you! Kill!!"
Seeing that their commander, the Asura General, was leading the charge, the Spartans behind Luo Xue were greatly encouraged. They charged towards the enemies who were catching up with them, their eyes wide open and full of fighting spirit, as if they had been injected with chicken blood!
In terms of sheer presence, the Spartans were miles ahead of their opponents, instantly creating an overwhelming sense of oppression!
"Lord Shura has ordered! Do not spare any survivors! If you must kill, kill them all without leaving a single one alive!"
Luo Xue thrust her spear straight into the body of an enemy she had knocked away, and roared angrily at the Spartans chasing after her on both sides.
At the same time, Luo Xue's words also put tremendous psychological pressure and deterrence on the enemy.
Because they are not like their opponents—the Spartan Guards—who are willing to fight you to the death.
They were sent to test Sparta's strength, not to fight them to the death!
Seeing their comrades who had landed before them or at the same time fall to the merciless spears of the Spartans in less than half an hour of fighting, they began to feel a chill in their hearts.
Just then, Luo Xue's expression hardened, and she threw a sharp spear forward.
Luo Xue's shot pierced through the bodies of two enemies, one in front and one behind, with the tip of the spear protruding through their chests and leaving a trail of blood on the back of the enemy behind her.
Such a brutal and bloody scene further fueled the fear in the hearts of the enemies who followed.
"Run...run! Run! These are ruthless killers!"
Suddenly, someone on the other side shouted in a broken voice, and from the dense crowd that had been rushing toward Luo Xue and her Spartan guards, deserters began to appear and run against the flow!
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