Between the dense forests on the opposite side of the Soul Raging River, Zhang Liao had ambushed with a hundred thousand troops. Each Vermillion Bird soldier nocked an arrow, their Yuan energy concentrated on the arrowhead, awaiting the general's command for a volley of arrows.
Zhang Liao and Chen Gong stood in an open area, with a clear view of the Soul Raging River. Above the river, a torrential rain of blood poured down. The river was teeming with ferocious beasts, densely packed and resembling piranhas.
As the blood rain cascaded, the beasts in the river grew more frenzied, seemingly oblivious to the blockade. They lunged towards the soldiers crossing the void, their mouths agape, sharp teeth laced with Yuan energy.
"Quick, behind you, dodge!"
"Slash!"
A sword swept across, cleaving a ferocious beast in two. Its sharp teeth still managed to tear a large chunk of flesh from a soldier's arm.
Lie Fenghou unleashed a powerful saber strike, a river of blood erupting forth, cleaving across the Soul Raging River. The surging beasts were instantly cut down, a spray of blood bisecting the dense mass.
"Charge!"
The army seized this brief opportunity and surged forward, crossing the Soul Raging River. Out of the fifty thousand strong army, over five thousand perished in the river. The turbulent currents, mixed with white bones, flowed downstream.
"Huff... huff..."
Hundreds of thousands of troops stood on the riverbank, gazing at the enraged beasts within the river. They let out a collective sigh of relief, then sheathed their weapons and drew their bows from their backs. Fifty thousand more troops were on the other side, and they couldn't relax yet.
"Let's move!"
Lie Fenghou watched the fifty thousand troops who had crossed the Soul Raging River. Despite some casualties, it was unavoidable. The situation at Blood Mountain Pass was dire; the Soul Raging River had to be crossed!
The remaining fifty thousand troops instantly stepped into the void. As soon as they reached the airspace above the Soul Raging River, the river beasts, stimulated by the previous bloodbath, were even more frenzied and densely packed than before.
Observing the fierce battle raging in the distance at the Soul Raging River, Zhang Liao and Chen Gong nodded slightly. The opportune moment had arrived.
"All soldiers, shoot!"
Zhang Liao roared. With his command, the hundred thousand troops simultaneously released their bowstrings. A sound like ghostly wails filled the air. A strong wind surged through the forest, like a torrent, carrying large branches towards the Soul Raging River!
"Puff puff puff!"
The moment the arrow rain erupted from the forest, layers of Southern Bright Fire ignited!
"Not good, an ambush!"
Two deputy generals of the Sky Fusion realm on the riverbank turned pale, their eyes wide with terror. Even Lie Fenghou in the void trembled. They were now facing not only the onslaught of the river beasts but also a meteor-like barrage of arrows.
"Quick, quick, quick!"
For a moment, the million-strong army froze.
"Slash!"
"Ah!"
The demonic beasts in the river opened their gaping maws and surged into the fifty thousand troops in the void. Bones shattered, flesh was torn apart, and cries of agony erupted. Soldiers of the Blood Sun Dynasty were instantly devoured.
"Kill!"
The hundred thousand Vermillion Bird troops roared furiously, their Yuan energy concentrated on their arms. Three arrows per bow, three arrows per bow, their quivers on their backs emptied at a rapid pace. Sheets of fiery arrow rain rained down!
The terrifying arrow rain, carrying the Southern Bright Fire, seemed like fire dragons, forming a pincer attack with the demonic beasts surging from the river!
However, the Vermillion Bird Legion's arrow rain showed no mercy, engulfing both the ferocious beasts and the soldiers of the Blood Sun Dynasty, blasting them away!
"Shoot!"
"Swish swish swish!"
Like meteors, every arrow was deadly!
Almost before the first wave of arrows arrived, the entire Vermillion Bird Legion, all one hundred thousand troops, had expended their entire supply of arrows!
The Blood Sun Dynasty army in the void found themselves in a desperate situation. Screams echoed, and bodies plummeted from the sky, staining the great river with blood.
The Blood Sun Dynasty army was either pierced by a thousand arrows or completely devoured by the ferocious beasts!
"Retreat!"
"Retreat!"
Lie Fenghou shattered hundreds of demonic beasts with a single saber strike and roared in fury. The Great Han had laid an ambush; Blood Mountain Pass had likely already fallen. He looked at Zhang Liao standing in the void in the distance, knowing he could not cross this river. Retreat was the only option!
"Retreat!"
The two deputy generals of the Sky Fusion realm also shouted. Zhang Liao stood like a god descending, and they would rather cross the Soul Raging River again than linger here.
"Kill!"
After releasing their arrow rain, the hundred thousand troops charged out of the forest. A Vermillion Bird, engulfed in blazing crimson flames, soared through the nine heavens and crashed into the retreating, already-landed army of the Blood Sun Dynasty.
"Die!"
Zhang Liao's hook saber swept across the battlefield, descending like a fiery light into the ten thousand strong army of the Blood Sun Dynasty. With a roar, accompanied by sprays of blood mist, a space ten zhang wide was instantly cleared within the Blood Sun Dynasty army.
"Leave twenty thousand troops to counterattack with me!"
One deputy general of the Sky Fusion realm, seeing his army's helplessness, roared. If this continued, the army would be annihilated.
"I'll help you!!"
"Counterattack!"
Another deputy general deflected the dense arrow rain with his saber, halting his advance. Twenty thousand troops instantly turned back, brandishing their weapons, resisting the bombardment of arrows.
"Hmph!!"
"You dare oppose me!"
Zhang Liao snorted, looking at the two deputy generals of the Sky Fusion realm. He shook his head and took a step, covering a hundred zhang. He unleashed a saber strike, a torrent of blood, and endless cold light!
"Presumptuous!"
The two deputy generals, both at the first layer of the Sky Fusion realm, snorted. Their hands gripped their sabers, one unleashing a fiery wave, the other a chilling frost. A thin layer of ice condensed on their saber blades, one ice, one fire.
Zhang Liao advanced, striking one saber after another, as if not exerting much effort, his hook saber dancing in the void like a practiced routine.
Instantly, three distinct saber lights collided, merging into black, then wisps of crimson Southern Bright Fire erupted. The crimson blood-colored saber light then obscured everything, unleashing fierce impacts that created ripples in the void.
In an instant, thunder rumbled. The blood-colored river, burning with crimson flames, instantly enveloped both deputy generals of the Sky Fusion realm, their brilliant saber light illuminating the void.
An unparalleled saber light swept through the void, shattering thousands of soldiers!
"Bang!"
The two deputy generals of the Sky Fusion realm were instantly cleaved by the saber light, their bodies split in two, blood splattering the void!