Chapter 1689 - 534: Clash—Heavenly Thunder Meets Earthly Fire (Part 4)
Chapter 1689: Chapter 534: Clash—Heavenly Thunder Meets Earthly Fire (Part 4)
Just as the armies from both the east and west sides were only a mile away from the Great Xia Military Tent, a furious shout filled with laughter suddenly resounded throughout the entire area.
Boom...
A black shadow suddenly rose from the main tent area of the Great Xia Military Camp, surging straight up into the sky, expanding and enlarging at several hundred meters high.
"Screech......"
A sharp, piercing cry shook the entire field; the black shadow in mid-air had already transformed into a gigantic black bird.
The bird was shaped like a black eagle, completely pitch black, with feathers resembling sharp blades under the night sky; its body length was over a hundred zhang, but its wingspan, when fully extended, was nearly five hundred zhang, virtually covering the entire Great Xia Camp beneath it, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe it as blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
"This is..."
Qin Feng immediately froze upon seeing this eagle-shaped Cold Beast.
It wasn’t just him; the other Xianyang Levels from Wuchuan were the same.
Only Qin Feng was somewhat different from the others; after all, he had been to Moao River and had some understanding of the Five Luminaries Realm Beast Emperor.
"Beast Emperor... no, it’s a Beast Emperor-level Puppet. Xia Hong has a Beast Emperor-level Puppet; how is this possible... how is this possible..."
Qin Feng quickly reacted, aware that Great Xia having Cold Beast Puppets was no secret in the Southern Slope Territory, but a Beast Emperor-level Puppet, how could this be!
"The whole army..."
"Shut up, only a mere Beast Emperor Puppet; what are you afraid of!"
Qin Feng instinctively wanted to give an order to the Wuchuan army below, CLEARLY hesitant already, but he only got out two words before Cai Qiuhong sharply interrupted him.
Seeing the warning in Cai Qiuhong’s eyes gradually turning into murderous intent, Qin Feng’s heart skipped a beat, quickly bowing his head and loudly ordering the army below: "A few puppets are nothing to fear, the entire army, keep charging!"
The Wuchuan army probably didn’t know Qin Feng’s exact situation, but one must admit, this lord still held high prestige in the soldiers’ hearts below. At his command, the army that had initially slowed down slightly immediately surged forward with renewed vigor, continuing to charge towards the Great Xia Camp area.
Meanwhile, another force inside Aikou City also finally reached the front of the Great Xia Tent, only two hundred meters away.
"The vanguard charges, the center controls the crossbows, the rear shoots arrows, ignore the west side, break through the Jinshan rebel army, take Aikou City!"
As the Jinshan army’s front ranks entered the two hundred meter range of the Great Xia Tent, Xia Hong, standing atop the Black Mystic Eagle Puppet, finally spoke.
"Brothers, we’ve been pent up for so many days, it’s finally time to fight!"
"Military merit, this is all countless military merit, hahaha!"
"Kill, break through the Jinshan rebel army, take Aikou."
"Hiding in the city for so long, finally they come out, eleven thousand troops can’t do anything, the Great Xia’s might, invincible in battle, charge!"
......
The Great Xia Camps that had been peaceful erupted into excited roars once Xia Hong’s order was given. From within dozens of black military tents, countless Xia Army soldiers charged out directly towards the east, their target was clearly the Jinshan army bursting out from Aikou City.
The Xia army was divided into three parts: front, center, and back. The vanguard charged the fastest, already engaged in short-range combat with the Jinshan army; the center had fewer numbers, around two thousand or so, operating twenty Divine Machine Crossbows, advancing eastward while frantically shooting towards the west, where the Wuchuan’s fifty thousand army was located; the rear wielded strong bows and powerful crossbows, shooting skyward, a rain of arrows arcing over to crash into the Jinshan army’s rear ranks.
"Roar..."
Ignore the western Wuchuan army; Xia Hong certainly had something to rely on if he dared to say that.
Just as the front of the Wuchuan army broke into the Great Xia Camp, eight beastly roars capable of splitting gold and stone erupted immediately at the back of the Great Xia Camp, with five black tents suddenly exploding outward, releasing eight powerful Cold Beasts.
When these eight Beast Emperors appeared, their bodies were less than a hundred meters long, but after a few roars, they quickly expanded to over two hundred zhang, like five thick bronze walls directly blocking the front of the Wuchuan army.
Boom...
However, as soon as the eight Beast Emperor Puppets appeared, a massive azure palm suddenly slammed down from above.
The Qingtian palm was terrifying in power, astonishingly sending two Beast Emperor-level Puppets flying in succession.
"You think you can overturn the heavens with just these few Beast Emperor-level puppets!"
"Whether it can overturn the heavens, Landgrave Cai, see for yourself."
Atop the Black Mystic Eagle, Xia Hong, while inwardly alarmed by Cai Qianshan’s power, naturally wouldn’t show it at this moment. With a cold smile, he waved his hand fiercely, releasing four strong lights from his sleeve.
"Roar..."
Four Beast Emperors appeared again, filling the gaps blasted out by Cai Qianshan, with two directly rushing towards Cai Qianshan, persistently tangling with him.
"Qiuhong, Qiuhu, Yuhe, Qingfeng... take everyone, entangle these puppets, open a path, let the Wuchuan army charge at the Xia army!"
A Landgrave is, after all, a Landgrave. Even when Cai Qianshan was entangled by two Beast Emperor-level Puppets, he showed no fear, but rather sneered, daringly landing in the midst of the twelve Beast Emperor Puppets, once again drawing two Beast Emperors into battle.
Then, at his command, Cai Qiuhong and others from the sky charged down, eight Tribulation Body Realm experts along with over a hundred Xianyang Levels swiftly worked to entangle the eight Beast Emperors.
No, the ones entangling the Beast Emperors were the eight Tribulation Bodies, with the remaining over a hundred Xianyang Levels forming a battle array with them, pulling the eight Beast Emperor Puppets apart and soon clearing several paths between them.
Those paths were naturally cleared for the Wuchuan army.
With Cai Qianshan and Cai Qiu and other Tribulation Body and Xianyang’s assistance, the twelve Beast Emperor-level Puppets were indeed held in this way. Seeing a way open before them, the Wuchuan army immediately increased their speed, continuing their charge towards the Xia army’s rear ranks.
"Continue charging, ignore the western army; if we break through the Jinshan army, we win!"
General Yuwen Yong of the Right Route Army’s Second Camp was leading the charge at the forefront, glancing back and noticing the Wuchuan army about to make contact with their rear. His pupils narrowed, and he swung his great saber, slicing through two Jinshan soldiers before him with a roar, charging forward over a dozen meters.
"Brothers, the lord’s puppets are guarding the rear, nothing to fear!"
"The Jinshan army is nothing but waste, they can’t stop us!"
"Charge forward, they cannot hold us back, hahaha..."
Yuwen Yong’s rousing shout injected a shot of adrenaline into the Xia’s front army. As they charged, they shouted repeatedly, and in less than a hundred breaths of time, the Xia army truly broke a wide gap through the Jinshan army, penetrating three to four hundred meters led by Yuwen Yong, Hou Quan, and several Xianyang Levels.
......
Clang!
"Breaking through the Jinshan army means they win, what does that mean?"
Up in the sky, Qin Feng parried a crossbow arrow aimed at his face with a sword slash, turning to look at the still fiercely charging Xia’s vanguard, his pupils filled with bewilderment and confusion.
Suddenly, it was as if he noticed something, lowering his gaze towards the Xia army’s formation to the east, studying it closely, and his expression changed drastically.
"No, the numbers of the Xia army are off, there are at most twenty thousand here..."
Yuwen Dao’s Right Route Army had a total of forty thousand.
Missing half!
What is going on?
Boom...
Just as confusion surged in Qin Feng’s mind, a thundering noise suddenly came from the direction of Aikou City.
Was that...the city gate of Aikou City?
The city gate had collapsed!
Qin Feng’s pupils trembled ceaselessly; he had already seen the terrifying figure of the Beast Emperor behind the city gate.
Of course, it wasn’t just the Beast Emperor; crucially, beneath this Beast Emperor were thousands of soldiers clad in golden battle armor.
A figure suddenly soared from near the Aikou City gate.
"The whole army, hear my order! Charge at the Jinshan army’s rear!"
With that figure’s command, countless soldiers clad in Lei Kui Golden Armor charged out of the collapsed city gate like tigers uncaged, striking directly at the Jinshan army’s rear ranks.
The Jinshan army was at this time deeply engaged with the Xia army to the west, how could they concern themselves with what was behind Aikou City?
It was only after more than ten moments after Yuwen Dao gave the order that some in the Jinshan army began to realize someone was attacking from behind.
"Tunnels, the Xia army dug tunnels, they broke in directly from behind Aikou City, Lord, hurry, lead the troops to turn around, we can’t lose Aikou, we can’t lose Aikou, ah!"
A tattered figure flew out from within Aikou City, swiftly to the sky above the Jinshan army, shouting hoarsely, evidently speaking to the Jinshan Lord Shangguan Yang.