"Clang!"
In the Human Emperor Hall's territory, at the ancient seal, Qin Qiong pushed aside a pile of wreckage. The area was littered with countless white bones, with occasional corpses of intact Blazing Rhinos and Blood Python soldiers.
The seal was shattered. The Ten Elders' organization's million-strong army had once fought a bloody battle here against the two races. It had only been a few days, yet here, apart from the stench, one could see no flowing blood. Even the air was devoid of the sticky scent of blood.
The entire battlefield reeked of decaying corpses!
"General Cen Peng, General Chen Tang!"
Qin Qiong frowned, looking around, his gaze occasionally drifting towards the direction of the Tianyue Imperial Dynasty.
The demise of the Tianyue Imperial Dynasty had sent shockwaves throughout the Human Lands. Tianyue's fall had truly ignited the fearless fighting spirit of the Human Lands.
Empires like Shengyuan, Tianyuan, and the Ten Elders were now all rushing to the front lines of the Cangmu Imperial Dynasty, to fight a decisive battle against the Blazing Rhino and Blood Python armies!
"General Qin Qiong, your Qilin Legion should proceed south!"
Cen Peng's eyes were placid as he spoke softly, "The former territory of Tianyue has been occupied by the Blood Python army. We cannot rule out the possibility that some humans survived the massacre. General Chen Tang and I will lead the Azure Dragon Legion. We bid farewell to you generals!"
"After repelling the ancient wasteland, we shall meet in Chang'an!"
"Take care!"
"Take care!"
...
"General Langcai, look!"
In the territory of the Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army, a soldier suddenly shouted excitedly. Langcai quickly looked and saw a military fortress, faintly visible at the edge of the horizon, rising from the ground about fifty miles ahead.
"General, this city is the southern military fortress of the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty. Beyond this city lies the Great Han Dynasty!"
The soldier yelled excitedly at Langcai, his eyes filled with greed. The army had advanced from the eastern part of the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, moving southwest, and had rarely encountered any humans. Their mouths had been watering for a long time.
"Notify the army, full speed ahead! Take this city for me, and break into the Great Han Dynasty!"
Langcai carelessly threw away the un-fresh blood food he was holding, grinned, and waved his hand, instantly igniting the blood-lust of the army.
...
Gongsun Zan stood on the city wall, gazing at the distant horizon, which was gradually turning blood-red. Wisps of dust churned, and slowly, the shapes of an approaching army began to materialize.
An army stretching as far as the eye could see, with human bodies and wolf heads, all brawny but standing in an awkward posture, hunched over, wielding blood-red nine-ringed sabers, enveloped in a dense aura of blood-lust.
"Hmph!"
Gongsun Zan took two steps back and sat down in his armchair, quietly observing the approaching army.
"Kill!"
About half an hour later, the Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army neared the city, roaring towards the sky, intimidating the scattered Vermilion Bird soldiers on the city walls.
"Hahaha!"
Langcai looked at Gongsun Zan, who was seated on the city wall, and licked his lips. "Such rich blood energy!"
"Halt!"
"Your Human Emperor has abandoned the frontier, what are you still doing here? Are you waiting for me, hahaha, my delicious little treasure, hahaha, I'm here!"
Langcai was overjoyed, his mouth stretched wide, revealing yellowed teeth with lingering traces of flesh and blood.
"Roar!!"
"Roar!!"
The hundred thousand Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf soldiers roared ferociously. Although the defending forces on the city walls were few, they were still more appetizing than the increasingly foul-smelling blood food in their hands, because they were fresh.
The thick scent of human flesh filling the air drove them mad. Their eyes turned scarlet as they gazed at the humans on the city wall, trembling uncontrollably with excitement. Their nine-ringed sabers clanged.
"Hahaha!"
Langcai took a step forward, standing in the void, looking at Gongsun Zan, who remained motionless as if ready to surrender. He couldn't help but laugh heartily.
"Kill!!"
Langcai roared, raising his nine-ringed saber, and charged towards the city wall.
The soldiers below were all red-eyed with eagerness. The Great Yan Imperial Dynasty had abandoned its border defenses, concentrating all its military might in the capital. The army had been marching for a long time, tired and hungry. It was rare to find a few humans in this city; it was a case of many wolves and little meat. To be slow would be futile.
Gongsun Zan watched Langcai charging towards the city and a faint smile appeared on his lips. The Yuan force of the fifth level of the Tongtian realm radiated from him.
"Hmph?"
"Not good!"
Langcai's expression changed drastically. The moment Gongsun Zan's aura was revealed, he was immediately detected. His first instinct was not to continue the attack, but to quickly turn and roar at his army: "Retreat, retreat!"
"Army, retreat!"
"There's an ambush in this city!"
The Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf tribe was cunning and adept at discovering potential dangers. In reality, Langcai hadn't discovered any surrounding ambushes. He had merely glanced at Gongsun Zan and knew this city was not simple. He was extremely calm at this moment, immediately ordering the army to withdraw without any hesitation.
Unfortunately, the ambush was not within the city, but beneath it!
The moment Langcai turned, Gongsun Zan raised his right hand slightly, clenched his fist forward, and the void surged, revealing a long halberd.
He stood up abruptly and struck out with the halberd. A cold light illuminated the void, and a fierce power was unleashed by Gongsun Zan's hand!
"Tongtian Realm Fifth Level!"
Langcai turned his head slightly, his eyes bulging. When had the Human Lands possessed such a powerful individual? When had the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty possessed such a powerful individual? If there was a Tongtian Realm expert, why weren't they at the eastern defense line, but instead waiting for him here?
He hurriedly turned back. The cold light held by the Han man was truly terrifying, its power fierce and impossible to dodge.
"Human?"
Langcai gripped his nine-ringed saber, which exuded a faint blood-red glow, and slashed down, meeting the cold light.
"Bang!" With a sound, Langcai's saber trembled violently. The immense impact force sent him flying back a thousand feet.
Langcai looked at Gongsun Zan, whose face was stern and lips curved into a cold smile. There was extreme mockery in his eyes, and the disdainful gaze was even more infuriating. Even so, he still had no desire to fight; his mind was solely on retreating. How could there be only a few soldiers in the city against such a powerful enemy?
There must be an ambush here!
He could not linger!
Just as he recovered his breath and looked down, he saw tens of thousands of cavalry, kicking up dust, behind his army. Each soldier was engulfed in the blazing Nanming Fire.
On both flanks, two separate ambushes of ten thousand men simultaneously attacked. The entire Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army was surrounded, like a lone wolf trapped.
"Kill!"
Liao Hua charged forward on a Blazing Horse. The entire army was like a sea of fire, surging towards the Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army.
Tens of thousands of soldiers swept through, their horse lances stained blood-red, like a torrent rushing into the Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army.
At this moment, the city gates were also wide open. Ten thousand iron cavalry charged out, rumbling. The four paths of cavalry, like four sharp blades, plunged directly into the Sky Devouring Greedy Wolf army.