Chapter 482: Chapter 225: Nine Yang Star Breaking Finger! Instant Kill! (Request for Monthly Tickets)
On the side of the Blue Star 23rd Division, Zhong Qiang was quickly introducing the strength of the enemy forces.
"The woman in the burgundy robe across the field is named Morty, ranked fourth on Earth Star’s yellow list, extraordinarily powerful."
Zhong Qiang, with a heavy expression, introduced to Xu Zhou: "I didn’t expect Yan Di and Kui Lei to actually summon this person, this is going to be problematic."
Xu Zhou asked, "How long until our reinforcements arrive?"
Zhong Qiang said, "It should take another half an hour, shall we form a defensive formation?"
"Half an hour..." Xu Zhou shook his head slightly.
The army has already mobilized to this point, retreat is not an option.
Zhong Qiang’s suggestion was to form a defensive formation and hold out until reinforcements arrived.
But to Xu Zhou, with the enemy forces gathered over three thousand strong, their assault is bound to be fierce. If the 23rd Division forms a defensive formation, he might be able to hold, but the four thousand warriors of the 23rd Division may not.
So, the only option is to fight!
Xu Zhou immediately ordered, "Maintain the strong attack formation!"
Zhong Qiang’s expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
But he said nothing, quickly returning to his position.
Since Xu Zhou was temporarily appointed as the commander of the entire army, his orders were naturally supreme!
If anything goes wrong, Xu Zhou would naturally bear the greatest responsibility.
With Xu Zhou’s order, the 23rd Division continued to maintain their strong offensive formation.
"Boom!"
Just then, the Earth Star Battle Array at Xiongma Pass suddenly moved, and the grand army began advancing towards the Blue Star Formation!
Seeing this, Xu Zhou immediately manipulated the forest-white great sword above to sweep forward.
The Earth Star Battle Array quickly formed a defensive shield, blocking ahead.
"Clang!"
The forest-white great sword struck the defensive shield, producing a loud noise, and the defensive needle formed by the Earth Star Battle Array quickly cracked open.
But in the next moment, a new defense shield condensed above the Earth Star Battle Array.
"Hmm? Something’s wrong!"
Seeing this, Xu Zhou frowned deeply.
A thirty-hundred-strong formation of Earth Star should not be so fragile, splitting open with just one strike.
Seeing the Earth Star Battle Array rapidly advancing, Xu Zhou’s mind raced as he realized something.
"The enemy wants to engage us in close combat?"
In the battlefield, besides long-range combat, there is another form of fighting, which is close combat!
This type of close combat doesn’t involve the soldiers fighting personally, but rather the formations engaging each other at close quarters.
Generally, the greater the number of people in a formation, the more obvious the advantage in close combat.
The stronger the overall power of the formation, the more obvious the advantage in long-range combat.
The current scene, where the Earth Star Battle Array was willing to sacrifice defensive capability to swiftly approach, seemed to indicate a desire to engage the 23rd Division in close combat.
Yet with fewer numbers than the 23rd Division, why would the Earth Star Battle Array abandon their long-range combat advantage to engage in close combat?
Something is off, immensely off!
Xu Zhou grew even more suspicious, and with a flash of insight, he suddenly shouted: "All troops, fall back thirty miles!"
No matter what your purpose is.
You want close combat, I refuse to give you that chance.
With Xu Zhou’s command, the entire army of the 23rd Division moved, quickly retreating.
"Boom!"
The army mobilized, thousands stepping in unison, causing the ground to tremble slightly.
Seeing the 23rd Division fall back, the Earth Star Battle Array at the front sped up, flying in pursuit.
The overall strength of the 23rd Division was still inferior to that of the Earth Star Battle Array, thus their retreat speed was slower than the enemy’s advance.
The distance between the two shrank rapidly.
When there were only ten miles left between the formations.
Yan Di suddenly threw a compass-like object from the Earth Star Battle Array.
"Buzz!"
The compass-shaped item expanded rapidly, transforming into a thousand-meter wide giant screen, enveloping the 23rd Division.
"Hmph!"
Xu Zhou snorted coldly, raising a finger, and the forest-white giant sword in the sky slashed fiercely towards the giant screen.
The forest-white great sword entered the giant screen, but there was not a sound, as if it was swallowed.
After devouring the sword, the giant screen seemed to follow a trail, instantly moving above Xu Zhou’s head, and then engulfed him within.
All this seemed slow in narration, but in reality, from the appearance of the giant screen to Xu Zhou being engulfed, it happened in a flash.
It happened so quickly that the 23rd Division hadn’t even reacted, seeing their commander vanish into thin air.
Zhong Qiang’s face changed: "Absolute Earth Heaven Communication?"
He knew that Earth Star possessed such a treasure, capable of pulling two individuals into a one-on-one final battle.
This kind of treasure was originally used for high-grade competitions on Earth Star, but later found multiple uses on the Guang Han Battlefield.
Many Blue Star tacticians, who were weaker in power but extremely talented in formation control, perished due to this secret treasure.
Seeing this secret treasure again, Zhong Qiang’s heart sank.
"Damn it, how did I not think that Morty would bring this item!" Zhong Qiang felt an immense guilt.
In truth, it wasn’t entirely his fault, even on Earth Star, this item was an extremely rare treasure, difficult to destroy even by high grades.
On the Guang Han Battlefield, only a few battles had seen the emergence of this treasure.
Zhong Qiang truly did not expect Morty to have acquired such an item.
At this moment, he was exceedingly worried: "Can Brother Xu handle Yan Di with his strength?"
...
In the treasure space.
The figure of Xu Zhou slowly emerged.
He wore a look of confusion on his face, unsure of where this space was.
At this moment, he looked ahead, and not far away stood another figure, none other than Yan Di.