Chapter 1501: Battle Commence
Zhu Xuze could sense the numbers they were being confronted with through the use of his divine sense.
This was an army of over twenty million consisting of cultivators from the Heavenly Human Tribe, Blood Tribe, and Void Spirit Tribe. There weren’t all that many Heavenly Human Tribe cultivators, only about three million, while the rest were all cultivators from the Blood Tribe and the Void Spirit Tribe.
However, the Heavenly Human Tribe possessed the terrifying quality to make up for its lack of quant.i.ty.
There were eight Heaven Pioneer Stage Great Generals, two hundred and sixty Soul Piercing Stage generals, a hundred thousand Arcane Body Stage powerful beings, and close to three million Spirit Refining Stage soldiers. This was an army that would scare the vast majority of cultivators sh*tless.
The Heavenly Human Tribe was also extremely proficient in unleas.h.i.+ng combination attacks. Three Great Generals who were barely comparable to Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures could combine forces to battle a veteran Dao Integration Stage super mighty figure on equal footing.
Aside from that, the Blood Tribe’s Emperor Yi Deng and Empress Helen, as well as the Void Spirit Tribe’s Emperor Bei Xing had also all appeared in the distance, exuding a terrifying divine might belonging to Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures…
The Kingdom of the Nine States United Army was in a dire situation!
Zhu Xuze knew that retreat was no longer an option. If Nan Chao City was broken, then the Heavenly Human Tribe army would be like wolves allowed into a stable of sheep. The ma.s.sacre taking place at Qiu Guang City would be replicated hundreds of times across all areas of the Kingdom of the Nine States!
They had to defend Nan Chao City with their lives!
All of the cultivators present were also aware of this. They didn’t have any choice. This was going to be the final frontier no matter what.
Zhu Xuze was the general of the Southern Kingdom of the Nine States United Army and led close to a fifth of the Kingdom of the Nine States’ cultivators. The Vermilion Bird Sect had almost deployed all of their forces as well and had suffered extensive casualties. It looked like there were soon going to be more casualties joining that list.
He turned around to all of the soldiers behind him.
There were many cultivators that he was very familiar with here.
Chen Xinran, Zhu Yuanzhou, Ji Yongfang, Mo Hai, Lan Yan, Yang Yuan…
They were all trustworthy and reliable comrades, but it was very likely that they were all going to be buried on this battlefield.
Zhu Xuze took a deep breath. “This next battle could decide the fate of the Kingdom of the Nine States…”
“We’ll protect the Kingdom of the Nine States with our lives!” all of the soldiers yelled in unison.
Tears welled up in Zhu Xuze’s eyes. “The enemy is very powerful, during this battle…”
All the soldiers: “We have no regrets even if we die!”
Battle intent surged into the heavens!
Nan Chao City.
One long-range spell technique formation after another lit up and illuminated the heavens.
Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth surged violently.
Over five million cultivators circulated their vital energy in a frenzy, injecting more and more power into the formations.
Right at this moment, several thousand pillars of white light punctured the heavens before raining down upon Nan Chao City, each of which was powerful enough to raze an entire mountain to the ground!
They unfurled across the sky, replacing the entire heavens. Normal cultivators would definitely be struck by a deep sense of despair upon seeing this. Not taking into account other matters, if these pillars of white light were allowed to fall upon Nan Chao City without any impediment, the second-largest city in the Gem State would be instantly razed to the ground.
However, at this moment, Emperor Chang Sheng’s Dao Integration Stage formation had already been activated.
At the same time, several million cultivators poured forth their vital energy into the spell technique, unleas.h.i.+ng a series of powerful spell techniques that shot up into the heavens to clash with the white pillars of light, upon which a series of resounding booms erupted.
Earth-shattering spell techniques clashed, lighting up the earth within a radius of over a thousand kilometers. Gale-force winds swept violently through the air as destructive light wreaked havoc outside the city.
There were occasionally a few pillars of light that would sneak through to rain down upon the city, but those were all blocked by the Dao Integration Stage formation. At a glance, it looked as if these two armies were quite evenly matched.
However, they knew that the true storm had yet to arrive!
Sure enough, a series of crimson-robed warriors began to appear over the horizon. There were over ten million of them, and they flooded toward Nan Chao City like a swarm of locusts. Their crimson robes blended into the crimson ground, and they continued on toward the city in a bid to deliver death and despair.
The Blood Tribe army was here!
An indescribable sense of oppression began to appear.
Not only that, but a dense pack of black shadows began to appear in the air.
All of the cultivators felt as if the air before them was twisted. Living beings of indeterminate form and shape cackled insanely, and some of them were even singing and dancing, striking depravity, insanity, and a myriad of negative emotions into the onlooker’s heart.
The Void Spirit Tribe army was also here. Most of them could fly, so they dominated the sky.
Above them was the Heavenly Human Tribe army, all of whom were enshrouded by divine light. They were like G.o.ds delivering heavenly judgment with cold, emotionless certainty.
All of the cultivators felt as if the entire heaven and earth was their enemy!
Spell techniques were still clas.h.i.+ng, sending terrifying shockwaves surging through the air.
This time, not only was the Heavenly Human Tribe attacking, the Blood Tribe on the ground below and the Void Spirit Tribe in the air had also sprung into action! Violent, crimson energy surged, and mysterious, inky-black spell techniques rained down like a torrential storm…
The Kingdom of the Nine States United Army was instantly forced onto the back foot as their Dao Integration Stage formation was struck by a relentless barrage of attacks.
Right at this moment, a thousand inky-black cannons suddenly appeared on the city wall.
These were weapons supplied by the Four Nine Immortal Sect’s Purple Star Pavilion, the Ionic Crumbling Cannons!
Golden light converged within the barrels of the cannons, following which earthshattering booms erupted.
“Boom boom boom boom…!”
Golden, spherical energy blasts pierced through s.p.a.ce and instantly struck the Heavenly Human Tribe army.
The Heavenly Human Tribe seemed to have never seen cannons like this, and their expressions s.h.i.+fted drastically as they tried to evade the cannon blasts.
However, the cannon blasts were traveling far too quickly for them to evade.
The golden cannon blasts crashed into the Heavenly Human Tribe army and exploded violently.
Peculiar light erupted forth, and a ma.s.sive quant.i.ty of microscopic ionic particles began to expand and rotate at high speed, making the s.p.a.ce around them crumble and collapse!
The s.p.a.ce within a radius of over a kilometer that had been intact a moment ago suddenly began to twist and warp before collapsing, as if a ma.s.sive section of s.p.a.ce had just gone missing!
Destructive spatial power instantly descended!
Just one cannon blast was enough to reduce several dozen Heavenly Human Tribe powerful beings into mincemeat. There were a thousand cannons lined up, so a thousand of those cannon blasts had been unleashed at once!
Over fifty thousand Heavenly Human Tribe cultivators perished in a salvo lasting less than ten seconds.
The cultivators’ expressions remained unchanged, as if they were already accustomed to seeing the power of the Ionic Crumbling Cannons, and all of them expertly commenced the recharging process in preparation for another salvo.
However, the Heavenly Human Tribe, Blood Tribe, and Void Spirit Tribe armies were not going to wait for them to recharge the cannons. Countless spell techniques instantly rained down upon Nan Chao City again.
Even though the cultivators were able to kill many enemies using the long-range attacks unleashed by their formation, the main formation that was protecting Nan Chao City was slowly becoming unstable from the relentless barrage of attacks raining down upon it.
This was the combined attack of twenty million enemies! Emperor Chang Sheng’s Dao Integration Stage protective formation was not going to last very long at all.
Right at this moment, a series of terrifying auras appeared in the air.
Eight Heaven Pioneer Stage Great Generals stood in mid-air in front of Nan Chao City. They were looking down at the city below with cold, golden eyes.
One of the dual sword-wielding Great Generals spoke emotionlessly, as if he was announcing the fate of his enemies, “Trash of the Tai Chu Continent, it’s time for you to be erased from history.”