The Sky Devouring Wolves, a third-tier demonic beast of the Nine Nether Arid Domain, commanded ten thousand li of territory, serving as the vanguard of the Nine Nether Arid Lord. How could they possibly be defeated by such a lowly human race?
Humans!
You shall be our sustenance!
"Boom!"
The remaining three Sky Devouring Wolves attacked simultaneously!
Several figures clashed in the void, back and forth, blood clouds churning!
On the ground, Gan Ning's expression remained as calm as water. He continued to lead his two hundred thousand strong army, nocking and loosing arrows, nocking and loosing arrows, in a relentless cycle.
"Ah!!"
"Watch your back!!"
"No!!"
"Screech!!"
One by one, Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers cried out in terror, falling into pools of blood with expressions of unwilling resignation. Threads of crimson Southern Bright Flame began to spread like wildfire, transforming the entire battlefield into an inferno.
In the void, Zhou Tai swept his spear in all directions. Below, the Han soldiers fought like deities, dominating the battlefield. Su Dan Novel Network.
"Humans!!"
Amidst the Sky Devouring Wolf army, generals at the Heavenly Transformation realm watched with eyes splitting open. What kind of human army was this? A million valiant Sky Devouring Wolves had invaded the human territories of the southwest, crushing all resistance they encountered. Now, what had happened?
They brandished their Bloodthirsty Spears, their might sweeping across the sky, doing their utmost to shield their soldiers from the dense volley of arrows.
Gan Ning stood atop a mound, gazing at the煞气 (sha qi - malevolent energy) swirling in the void and the sky ablaze with fire. His expression remained devoid of emotion. He narrowed his eyes, observing the Heavenly Transformation realm experts parrying the arrow rain, and let out a cold sneer.
He extended his hand. The副将 (fu jiang - deputy general) beside him, understanding instantly, looked at the army and raised his banner high, shouting, "Vermillion Bird Legion!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two hundred thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers roared towards the heavens. Their armor, engulfed in crimson flames, blazed with scarlet light, their battle garments spewing boundless crimson primordial energy.
Instantly, waves of fire surged, as if two hundred thousand flames had converged, rapidly taking form. Their aura was immense, their killing intent so powerful that it instantly dispersed the dense malevolent energy in the void.
"Kill!"
"Roar roar roar!!"
Above the two hundred thousand strong Vermillion Bird Legion, the coalesced Southern Bright Flame resembled a heavenly river of fire, spanning the void. A divine beast, ten thousand zhang tall, with wings spread wide to block out the sun, the Vermillion Bird, blazed with the Southern Bright Flame, its body radiating crimson primordial energy. It erupted forth and stood in the highest heavens!
The Vermillion Bird struck the heavens with lightning, its fierce flames obscuring the sky. Layer upon layer of flames, like heavenly fires from the nine heavens, rained down mercilessly, filling the world with crimson light and rolling heatwaves.
"Shoot!"
The moment the Vermillion Bird Legion's formation took shape, deputy generals, holding their banners, raced through the army, shouting with all their might. The two hundred thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers instantly nocked and loosed their arrows. Each arrow blazed with fierce flames, crimson streams of light coursing along its entire length.
The Vermillion Bird soldiers narrowed their eyes, their aim locked onto the Sky Devouring Wolf army, which had momentarily caught its breath under the protection of the Heavenly Transformation realm Sky Devouring Wolf generals. In an instant, streaks of crimson, like divine lightning from the nine heavens, swept across the sky.
The primal energy of the two hundred thousand Vermillion Bird Legion soldiers constantly condensed onto their bows and arrows. In the void, the ten-thousand-zhang Vermillion Bird let out a high-pitched cry, its wings flapping, setting the sky ablaze!
"Boom!!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~"
The Vermillion Bird spread its wings. The two hundred thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers, as one, instantly released their bowstrings. In that moment, countless arrows, like a crimson fiery carpet, tore through the void and the layers of bloody mist. The arrows, crossing above the Vermillion Bird divine beast, like fiery feathers shot forth from its spread wings, instantly rained down densely upon the Sky Devouring Wolf army.
The crimson streams of light, obscuring the sun and moon, spanned the battlefield in an instant. The tearing of the crimson streams of light startled the three experts at the Heaven Penetrating realm who were battling Zhou Tai in the distance, their eyes bulging.
"Not good!!"
"It's a military formation!!"
"It's a human army's military formation!!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers, still fending off the arrow rain, were instantly drawn by the howling wind in the void. They couldn't help but glance towards the direction of the arrows. In that instant, their pupils contracted sharply. They gazed at the dense arrow rain, burning with raging flames, at the crimson streams of light, unable to discern the arrows themselves. Even the deadly arrowheads were unclear.
The high-pitched cries, like rolling thunder, emanated from the dense arrow rain. Tiny Vermillion Bird divine beasts formed upon the arrows, their eyes gleaming with cold light, their sharp beaks like shining blades tearing through the void!
"Hmm!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf commander, blocking Zhou Tai's spear with his own, felt a sudden tightening in his heart. He watched the arrow rain storming through the heavens. As the Vermillion Birds spread their wings, even with his Heaven Penetrating realm cultivation, he felt a suffocating sense of his own mortality.
The power of this sharpness, the condensed qi and blood, and primordial energy of two hundred thousand soldiers, was terrifying. His hands, gripping the Bloodthirsty Spear, began to sweat. The two deputy generals beside him, at the first level of the Heaven Penetrating realm, stood frozen, their eyes wide with shock!
"Quick!"
"Retreat!"
"Quickly retreat!!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf commander instantly snapped back to his senses. Such a powerful arrow rain was enough to tear apart any warrior below the Heaven Penetrating realm. His soldiers, hundreds of thousands of valiant Sky Devouring Wolves, could not be lost.
He roared with all his might. The two deputy generals beside him trembled, about to step forward, when Zhou Tai, wielding his spear, his chilling light surging, blocked them all!
He raised his spear high, thrusting it forth. The spear shaft whipped out like a long lash!
"Whoosh!!"
The spear was like a dragon!
A chilling gleam arrived instantly. Before one of the deputy generals could even react, the spear shaft smashed directly into the deputy general's head. The deputy general merely felt a chill at the back of his head; before he could even feel fear, his head exploded!
His head burst, spewing a mist of blood. His headless body took another step before falling powerlessly, blood splattering everywhere!
"You dare to be distracted while fighting me? Execution without mercy!!"
Zhou Tai roared, his eyes emitting a faint red glow. Waves of killing intent coiled around his brow.
"You!!"
"Take your life!!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf commander's emerald-green hair flew wildly. The scarlet hue in his eyes deepened. Of the four Heaven Penetrating realm experts, two had now fallen!
Two Heaven Penetrating realm Sky Devouring Wolf warriors!!
This was a significant loss for the Sky Devouring Wolf clan!!
"Kill!"
The Sky Devouring Wolf commander, consumed by rage, forgot about the battle below. He stopped in his tracks and once again charged towards Zhou Tai.
The moment he stopped and turned to attack Zhou Tai, the dense crimson arrow rain, burning with the Southern Bright Flame, instantly arrived. Streaks of flame shot towards the heavens, their sharpness enough to shock the nine heavens, as the arrows swarmed forward.
"Defense!!"
Over a dozen Heavenly Transformation realm deputy generals roared, each standing at the forefront of the army. They intended to use their Heavenly Transformation realm power to minimize the casualties of the army as much as possible.
"Clang!!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The bloody red Bloodthirsty Spears swept across the crimson arrow rain. Each sweep shattered thousands of arrows, but the density and sheer number of arrows were so vast they obscured the sky. Countless arrows flew over their heads and plunged fiercely into the army behind them.
"Defense!!"
Countless Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers screamed frantically. The dense arrow rain ignited layers of flames. The moment it touched the Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers' fur, it instantly erupted into scorching fire. Those sharp arrows, like beaks, bypassed the Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers' Bloodthirsty Spears, and dozens pierced directly into their chests.
In the void, it seemed like an endless stream of crimson light had blotted out the sun and moon. Every flap of the ten-thousand-zhang Vermillion Bird divine beast's wings brought forth countless arrows. Puffs of blood mist splattered in the void.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Ah!!"
"Pfft!!"
"What kind of fire is this? This fire... this fire can crack our fur!"
"Not good, watch your back!"
"Ah! This fire, save me quickly!"
......
The battlefield, which had just calmed down, with the flames almost extinguished, was once again covered by the crimson arrow rain within a few breaths. The entire battlefield instantly transformed into a crimson ocean, filled with desperate screams echoing through the void. Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers, their eyes wide, were consumed by the fierce flames.
The arrows, each incredibly powerful and piercing, pinned some Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers to the ground. Some were not yet dead but could not break free from the arrows' hold. The arrows, embedded in the ground, still emitted high-pitched cries. Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers writhed in agony, their faces filled with terror as they watched the encroaching Southern Bright Flame.
"Hum~~~"
"Bang bang bang bang~~"
Suddenly, in the void, it seemed as if millions of arrows were merging. They resembled arrows from ancient Chinese siege crossbows. Streams of crimson divine light flowed. A hundred-zhang Vermillion Bird stepped on the arrows, its beak tearing through the void!
"Boom!!"
A massive arrow swept through, shattering all the Sky Devouring Wolf Heavenly Transformation realm deputy generals into pieces. Blooms of blood mist exploded in front of them. In a single strike, all the Sky Devouring Wolf Heavenly Transformation realm deputy generals were annihilated!
"Shoot!"
Gan Ning continued to issue his command!
"Bang bang bang!"
"Whoosh whoosh!!"
The faces of the two hundred thousand Vermillion Bird Legion soldiers gradually turned pale. The arms gripping the bowstrings began to tremble slightly. They continued to shoot arrows without pause, and it wasn't just ordinary shooting; each shot was a considerable drain on them.
But they gritted their teeth, their eyes filled with fighting spirit. Even though their primordial energy was depleted and their arms ached, they continued to execute the commander's order, frantically taking out arrows, nocking them, and loosing them!
Moments later, their quivers were empty!
Dying screams echoed across the battlefield. Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers were pierced through by the crimson arrow rain. Puffs of blood exploded within the army. Their bodies were covered in dense crimson arrows, their forms torn apart, entirely consumed by the Southern Bright Flame.
The remaining Sky Devouring Wolf soldiers let out mournful cries, their faces filled with unwillingness. They were all warriors of their clan, who had wreaked havoc everywhere. Since entering the southwest domain, they had destroyed the Great Yan Dynasty in mere days, advancing unopposed. How could they fall in such a place, and not even know what force the local humans were?
This battle was truly frustrating, even shameful!!
They fell into the sea of fire so ignominiously, without even a chance to fight back!
In the void, the Sky Devouring Wolf commander and deputy generals, each gripping their Bloodthirsty Spears, unleashed streaks of bloody red spear light across the sky!
Zhou Tai, holding his spear, wore a faint sneer. Looking at a fifth-level Heaven Penetrating realm expert and a first-level Heaven Penetrating realm expert, his eyes betrayed contempt. Such low combat power was no match for his single hand!
His spear suddenly flashed with chilling light!
"Boom!"
At this moment, the spear lights of the two Heaven Penetrating realm Sky Devouring Wolf experts arrived beside Zhou Tai. Instantly, a bloody sea churned, the spear light sharp and fierce. This combined attack, the two Heaven Penetrating realm experts were extremely satisfied, their expressions relaxed. Such a strike was enough to kill Zhou Tai, who was at the fifth level!
"Fight!"
Zhou Tai roared. His battle armor shed completely, hanging at his waist. His rugged body, like a coiled dragon, bore scars that shone with a faint red light!
"Fight!"
Zhou Tai roared again. The spear light around him shattered. The scars coiled around Zhou Tai's body now revealed a blood-like liquid. Suddenly, his muscles exploded, containing immense primordial energy. Veins bulged, and all his primordial energy converged onto the spear in his hand!
"Fight!"
With a final roar, the spear swept out. At this moment, Zhou Tai was like a god, his eyes scanning all directions. The spear swept out, its sharpness bloody!
"Boom!"
A powerful light completely engulfed the two Sky Devouring Wolves, accompanied by splattering blood mist and two flying heads!
Countless fragments of flesh and stone fell mercilessly!
Zhou Tai, holding his spear, stood in the void like a deity!
He had annihilated four Heaven Penetrating realm experts in one battle!
For a time, the Northern Nether army was washed by green streams of light several times until the Azure Dragon Legion had fired all its arrows. All that remained for the Northern Nether army was endless death and sorrow. The army's location was filled with corpses and rivers of blood.
Gan Ning raised his head slightly, looking at the black figure standing proudly in the void, and smiled, "General Youping, you are no less than Xu Chu of Wei or Zhao Yun of Shu!"
He slowly lowered his head, mounted his horse, and looked at the battlefield ablaze with fire in the distance. He slowly drew the twin axes from his waist and shouted, "Vermillion Bird Legion, charge!"
"Kill!!"
The two hundred thousand strong Vermillion Bird army, some mounting horses, some holding spears upright!
"Rumble!"
The entire heavens and earth exploded like thunder, dust and smoke surging!
......
The two hundred thousand strong army completely extinguished the sea of fire. As the dust dispersed and smoke billowed, the entire land was scorched earth. Only dense arrows, emitting a faint crimson glow, remained. Everything else had turned to ash!
"Vermillion Bird Legion!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Proceed towards the direction of the Great Yan Dynasty's capital in the east!"