Over these three months, though Wolf Cavalry Hall’s membership remained at a thousand with no expansion, their strength had improved tremendously—their cultivation uniformly at peak Martial Master!
Sect Leader Jun had truly invested heavily, taking all the Natural Spirit Stones mined from the vein and giving them all to boost their cultivation.
He himself could advance two ranks in the Martial Ancestor realm within a few days using Spirit Stones for cultivation.
Wolf Cavalry Hall members were merely at the Martial Master level, and with various resources supplied without restraint, breaking through was simply too easy!
The cavalry carefully crafted by Tao Yuan had previously been beaten without any ability to fight back. Now with Wolf Cavalry Hall’s overall strength raised by a full major tier, battling the White Tiger Legion’s fifty thousand iron cavalry was naturally even more effortless!
This time.
When Zhong Yi led everyone charging in, they were like an unstoppable sharp blade, killing wherever they went, giving their opponents no chance to survive!
One round.
The iron cavalry who had intended to surround the wolf cavalry lost three to four thousand men!
During this time, they’d counterattacked as well, but Wolf Cavalry Hall members were all covered in manifested armor, armed to the teeth—they were completely mobile copper walls and iron fortresses.
“Kill!”
Zhong Yi roared again.
Awoo!
Awoo!
The Hurricane Wolves fully displayed their speed.
On the battlefield of Qingyang City, they formed human-character formations one moment and horizontal-line formations the next—extremely ostentatious!
“Pfft—”
An iron cavalryman was pierced through the chest by the Overlord Spear, then flung from his war horse. As soon as he hit the ground, the Hurricane Wolves following behind trampled him frantically.
Kill!
Kill!
Wolf Cavalry Hall members roared furiously, their Overlord Spears swinging wildly, flinging cavalrymen from their horses one after another.
At this moment.
On the battlefield, lives were completely worthless.
After several more rounds, the tens of thousands of iron cavalry had their formation completely disrupted by the wolf cavalry, fear showing in everyone’s eyes.
These Iron Bones Sect disciples riding Hurricane Wolves and wearing armor were simply demons who’d walked out of hell!
Even more tragic.
Not only did they have to face Wolf Cavalry Hall, but also Xiao Zuiji standing in the watchtower, because this fellow’s every shot took a life—his bullets never missed!
Of course.
Li Shangtian, standing in another watchtower, was also shooting frequently. Though his skills were still quite poor, at least he no longer injured his own people.
White Ruihu’s expression was extremely ugly.
The wolf cavalry’s strength was too formidable—his own iron cavalry were being beaten without any ability to fight back!
Swish!
A battle flag waved.
Fifty thousand infantry from the rear surged forward.
Facing this kind of wolf cavalry, the best method was to rely on superior numbers to suppress them, then wear them down to exhaustion!
“All disciples, listen to this order.”
Standing on the city tower, Jun Changxiao called out: “Exit the city to meet the enemy!”
“Yes!”
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei used Cloud-Treading Step to leap from the city tower, eager to charge toward the combat zone.
The two had wanted to fight for a long time.
Unfortunately, the Sect Leader had never given the order, so they could only watch helplessly as Zhong Yi led members in the slaughter below!
Now that they were permitted to fight, they were immediately like… mad dogs off the leash!
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Long Ziyang, Yang Yuhua, Sima Zhongda, Cui Bujian, and others also charged in.
In an instant, nearly two thousand Iron Bones Sect disciples all entered the battlefield.
When they fully released their cultivation, Zhangsun Fanghua cried out in disbelief: “All peak Martial Masters!”
Leng Xingyue stared wide-eyed: “Is this a Seventh-Rank sect?”
“My apologies.”
Standing nearby, Jun Changxiao said seriously: “My Iron Bones Sect is now Sixth-Rank, not Seventh-Rank.”
“…”
Leng Xingyue’s lips twitched.
Even a Sixth-Rank sect couldn’t possibly have over two thousand peak Martial Masters!
Moreover, those disciples who’d charged into the enemy ranks and were slaughtering frantically all had cultivation at Rank 6 or 7 Martial Ancestor!
If she knew how many Natural Spirit Stones Iron Bones Sect’s members had consumed over these ninety days, she would definitely understand why they had such powerful realms.
…
Pfft!
Pfft!
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei relied on their speed to charge first into the enemy troops, their Cold Edge Swords flashing with light as soldiers fell one after another!
These were truly mad dogs!
Biting whoever they saw, showing no mercy!
Yang Yuhua, the number two meat shield, charged in with his Adamantine Shield like a bulldozer, directly dragging dozens of soldiers along as he ran wildly!
Long Ziyang charged in with his Overlord Spear in hand.
First came a cold gleam, then the spear shot forth like a dragon, mercilessly harvesting the surrounding soldiers!
Even disciples who seemed to be just filling numbers in Iron Bones Sect, like Sima Zhongda and Cui Bujian, displayed terrifying killing power after entering the enemy ranks!
The fifty thousand infantry who’d intended to encircle and annihilate the wolf cavalry were immediately held down by the charging two thousand-plus Iron Bones Sect disciples!
Bang!
Bang!
The light of the Severing Strike flashed, Mountain-Shattering Earth-Splitting Fist roared.
Various brilliant energies erupted simultaneously—the scene was truly spectacular!
White Tiger Legion soldiers were like grass being mowed down row after row before the fierce Iron Bones Sect disciples!
White Ruihu’s expression changed again and again, becoming increasingly ugly. Finally, he waved his battle flag again, and another fifty thousand infantry charged forward.
You have strong power!
This general will use human wave tactics to achieve complete crushing victory!
“Sect Leader.”
Xue Rengui said with furrowed brows: “This is somewhat ominous.”
Iron Bones Sect was ultimately weak and few, finding it difficult to contend with hundreds of thousands of troops.
Jun Changxiao said: “Have them all withdraw.”
“Swish!”
The battle flag waved.
Zhong Yi received the instruction and immediately shouted: “Withdraw!”
Swish! Swish!
Wolf Cavalry Hall members showed no attachment to battle, riding their Hurricane Wolves back toward the city.
Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and the others, after killing many soldiers, returned to Qingyang City with lingering desire for more combat.
Soon.
Only White Tiger Legion soldiers remained on the battlefield.
Judging from the bodies strewn on the ground, over twenty thousand had died in battle in a short time.
On Iron Bones Sect’s side, because of their formidable strength and excellent protective equipment, not a single disciple had perished.
Of course.
Some were injured.
After all, charging into the crowd, if one wasn’t careful, they’d be bombarded by dozens of people. Over time, even they couldn’t withstand it!
“Dammit.”
Yang Yuhua, back in the city, grimaced: “That really hurt!”
The clothes on his back were completely torn, revealing the soft silk armor underneath covered with traces left by various weapons and martial technique attacks.
“Whew!”
Sima Zhongda gasped heavily: “Good thing the Sect Leader had us withdraw in time. Otherwise, if we’d been completely surrounded, even if we weren’t killed by bombardment, we’d be exhausted to death.”
Zhangsun Fanghua said flatly: “Sect Leader Jun, though your disciples’ strength is decent, wanting to defend Qingyang City is definitely hopeless.”
This was absolutely not underestimating Iron Bones Sect, but speaking factually.
Several thousand disciples, even if they all had peak Martial Master cultivation, still had limits—how could they contend with three hundred thousand troops!
Xie Guangkun also felt somewhat worried.
Iron Bones Sect disciples had charged and killed for one round and were already quite exhausted. If Sect Leader Jun had no backup plan, how would they engage the enemy army next!
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.”
Jun Changxiao said with complete confidence: “The good show has only just begun.”
Xiao Zuiji leaped down from the watchtower, then used Cloud-Treading Step to head toward the rear. After several rises and falls, he stopped on a hillside outside the city, pulled away weeds, and revealed the field artillery that had been prepared earlier.
Click, click, click!
He operated the directional wheel. The cannon barrel rotated, finally pointing toward the East Gate area, and he transmitted: “Sect Leader, calibration complete.”
Jun Changxiao said nothing, his gaze continuously locked on the area outside the city.
“Clop, clop, clop!”
One hundred thousand White Tiger troops marched forward, siege engines leading the way.
Facing such a formation, without sufficient military strength, it was truly difficult to engage them in frontal combat.
“Swish!”
A general raised his battle flag and roared: “Attack the city!”
“Open fire!”
Just then, Jun Changxiao transmitted.
Xiao Zuiji, standing before the field artillery, directly pressed the button. The cannon barrel immediately spewed flames and billowing smoke rose.
Boom—
The thunderous sound transmitted forth.
Qingyang City’s walls immediately trembled from the shaking, and the buildings inside the city shook with creaking sounds!
Zhangsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue’s expressions changed.
At the same time, an object trailing streams of light appeared in their field of vision, then traced a beautiful arc and fell into the midst of Zhenyang Commandery’s great army preparing to attack the city.
BOOM!
The battlefield erupted with a thunderous sound, instantly producing an explosion that formed an extremely powerful shockwave!
Whoosh, whoosh—
Fierce winds rose suddenly, thick fog appeared.
The Wondrous Flower Palace elders and disciples all widened their eyes, some people’s ears even ringing with buzzing sounds from the shock.
White Ruihu suffered worse, because he was close to the explosion point. He was directly thrown from his war horse by the blast wave, then fell disgracefully to the ground.
His eyes filled with terror: “What… what is this!”
This is cannon.
Artillery—cannon!