As the Holy Elder gave the command, the heavy checkpoints ahead were gradually cleared. Zhou Yuji swept his gaze over the crowd, raised his Tiger Head Chisel Gold Spear, and pointed forward. The vanguard of the Kui Niu Legion, their eyes sharp as knives, holding golden spears, marched past the southern gate of the capital of the Cangmu Dynasty.
The mighty aura of each soldier erupted without reservation. The Divine Mansion realm energy, which was like ants to humans, brought immense shock to the rulers of the various dynasties.
Ten thousand soldiers in the Divine Mansion realm in the vanguard!
The great dynasties spent half their treasury almost every year to equip a million soldiers in the Return to Origin realm.
Ten thousand!
Ten thousand soldiers in the Divine Mansion realm – the consumption was immense!
After the vanguard of the Kui Niu Legion passed, the main army gradually came into view. The top figures on the city wall broke out in cold sweat, their faces pale, their backs hunched as if they could not dare to breathe deeply.
Qi Jiguang, Li Wenzhong, and Wang Baobao, the energy of these three Heavenly Connection realm powerhouses, pressed down upon the city wall. At this moment, the thick and sturdy city wall cracked.
"Great Han!!"
The Holy Elder, his face pale, looked at Qi Jiguang, Li Wenzhong, and the others. This dynasty, which had miraculously risen from the southwestern sea, now, in less than half a year, even with the combined might of the Weiyang Dynasty, they would likely be no match.
...
The southern border fortress of the Great Yan Dynasty!
"Kill!"
Liao Hua, looking at the distant battlefield with swirling dust, wielding his Three-Pronged Halberd and riding his Blazing Horse, roared, "Vermillion Bird Legion, charge!"
Under Liao Hua's command, fifty thousand troops penetrated towards the northwest, traversing a thousand li, completing Gongsun Zan's strategic plan and successfully encircling the Wolf Talent army beneath the city walls.
"Boom!!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf Army, already battered by cavalry from three sides, was now swept by a torrent. Fifty thousand cavalry, wielding horse lances, raised them high. One charge resulted in rolling seas of blood; some were impaled and torn apart in the void; some were directly blasted hundreds of meters away by the Blazing Horses; some were directly trampled into the mud.
"Screech!!"
The four armies charged relentlessly, sweeping across the battlefield. In less than a moment, the battlefield, which was originally filled with blood and malevolent energy, was engulfed in flames, a sea of fire stretching to the horizon!
Countless Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers were terrified. The armies before them were like celestial soldiers and heavenly generals, far beyond what the humans of the southwestern region could possess!
"Humans!"
"Kill!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers raised their nine-ringed sabers and struck at the cavalry. Before they could even take a few steps, the horse lances pierced them directly, splattering blood. Without formations and effective countermeasures against cavalry, how could they resist cavalry that traversed a thousand li!
"Ah!!"
In the void, Lang Cai's body was blasted hundreds of zhang, barely stopping. Seeing the battlefield engulfed by the Vermillion Bird Legion's cavalry, he roared.
The Sky Devouring Wolf tribe, having fought humans for a million years, had never suffered such a great defeat!
Ten thousand!!
A full ten thousand elite warriors of the Sky Devouring Wolf tribe, the best of the best!
Yet now, they were no match for this mysterious human army!
A Heavenly Connection realm human powerhouse!
There had not been such a strong person in human territory for ten thousand years. Why were they here? Why were they waiting for him specifically?
"Roar!!"
Lang Cai's eyes showed a hint of hesitation as he looked at the scattered soldiers on the battlefield and at Gongsun Zan in the void, his face cold.
Should he retreat?
Or flee?
He could fight his way out if he escaped alone!
Run!
Lang Cai quickly turned around, no longer caring about the army below. With one step, blood light streaked across a thousand li.
"Humph!"
"Where do you think you're going?"
Gongsun Zan swept his halberd horizontally, its cold light flashing across a thousand li, instantly catching up to Lang Cai.
"You!!"
"Ah!!"
Lang Cai was instantly enraged. The last shred of reason in his eyes vanished. His face turned ashen. Why would he not let go?
He swung his nine-ringed saber through the void, a hundreds-of-zhang blood-red saber aura slashing out, directly shattering the halberd light that spanned a thousand li!
"Human!"
His right hand gripping the nine-ringed saber cracked with bloodstains. How could a human possess such a powerful warrior? The fifth layer of the Heavenly Connection realm, even if he was on par with him, would be at a slight disadvantage.
"Human, die!"
Lang Cai unleashed a saber strike. Within the blood-red sea, layers of human heads and skulls appeared. The blood-red light swept by, as if accompanied by the wails of thousands!
Gongsun Zan gradually closed the distance between them. Seeing the phenomenon of the blood-red saber light, his killing intent surged. How many humans had to be killed to cultivate such saber intent?
Ancient barren beasts deserved to die!
He swung his halberd down horizontally. The halberd light did not stop, and another surge of halberd light shot out. In the span of a breath, he unleashed three consecutive moves – slash, thrust, and pick – striking at Lang Cai.
...
On the city wall of the Cangmu Dynasty's capital, the figures on the wall could not help but heave a sigh of relief as the Great Han's Kui Niu Legion gradually departed. The Holy Elder's expression was significantly more relaxed. With such a powerful army, the old lands of Tianyue would be safe. It was likely that Tianyue would return to human hands before long.
"Border emergency report!"
"Border emergency report!"
"Border emergency report!"
At that moment, urgent voices came from the sky. A middle-aged man in armor, riding a spiritual steed of the Spiritual Venerable realm, his face ashen, roared with all his might from a great distance away from the Cangmu Dynasty's capital.
"Is that?"
"Not good, it's our Hundred Battles Marquis!"
Emperor Sheng Yuan, Ying Zhong, broke out in a cold sweat, his face pale. The Hundred Battles Marquis led the army of the Sheng Yuan Dynasty to garrison the northern defense line of the Cangmu Dynasty. If he had come here, it meant something had happened in the north.
As soon as Ying Zhong finished speaking, the city wall fell into a terrifying silence, everyone staring at the approaching Hundred Battles Marquis.
"Reporting to the Holy Elder and the Emperor!"
"Three hundred li from the northern border, a large army of Blazing Rhinos and Blood Pythons has been discovered, numbering a million!"
Before the Hundred Battles Marquis could even finish his salute, the emergency report was blurted out.
"Hoo... Hoo..."
The battle that would determine the fate of several great dynasties had finally arrived. The Holy Elder glanced at the eastern sky, where dust was still faintly rising, and then turned his head, his face cold. "My lords, are you willing to join this old man in defending the front lines?"
"I am willing!"
"I am willing!"
"I am willing!"
...
"Good!"
"Good, good!"
"Humans will win!"
"Humans will win!"
The Holy Elder looked at the top powerhouses of the various dynasties. Only now did he truly understand the significance of the role of the Ten Elders.
"The ancient barren lands do not teach civilization and have plundered ten thousand li of our human territory. If this battle is not decided, we are unworthy of being lords of our dynasties!"
"Holy Elder, give the order!"
Ying Zhong stepped forward, his face flushed red. If Cangmu Dynasty was gone, how could his Sheng Yuan stand in the southwestern region? They were as inseparable as lips and teeth!
"Good!"
"My lords, follow this old man north to resist the ancient barren lands!"
"Battle!"
"Battle!"
"Battle!"
...
As soon as the Holy Elder finished speaking, the entire capital, billions of warriors, roared to the sky!