Chapter 325: Chased down
The Demonic Wolf riders hated Dongfang Zhan to death since this fellow killed many of their War Hounds warriors. Even in that situation just now, he still killed three-four thousand Demonic Wolf Cavalry!
"Tear him to shreds!"
The Demonic Wolf riders wanted their Demonic Wolves to rip Dongfang Zhan"s corpse to shreds to vent their anger.
"Enough, stop!" The Fang King coldly shouted, "The War Hounds respect true warriors and a warrior needs to be treated like a warrior. Even if they are our enemies, we still need to properly preserve their corpses. Once the fight is over, we"ll bury him in the Southern Summer land with my family"s highest honours."
"Yes!"
The Fang King had a supreme position in the War Hounds Tribe, there was no one that dared disobey his orders.
The slaughter on the battlefield subsided as the Southern Summer"s frontline army was completely defeated. There were several tens of thousands of people running away from this battle that could no longer be saved.
The War Hounds did not keep any prisoners. Of the six hundred thousand troops on the great wall, around four-five hundred thousand of them had died and the remainder had run away. The War Hounds army had lost two-three hundred thousand people, but they were from the united army and the main force of the Demonic Wolf Cavalry were preserved.
"First organize teams to chase down the Southern Summer soldiers that escaped!" The Fang King did not want to easily let any Southern Summer soldiers escape, "The others will repair and clean up the battlefield. Prepare as fast as you can to continue fighting."
The Southern Summer citizens had received endless victory reports that they never would have thought that such a sad event would happen in a single night. After the frontline fortress was broken through, there was no other barriers to Imperial City. If this terrifying army was to continue forward, they would be able to attack an Imperial City that was not prepared at all.
The two hundred thousand cavalry had already been sent to Cang State, it was impossible for them to return in just a few days. With the five hundred thousand soldiers of Imperial City, although they had over a thousand royal griffin knights and the Three Great Clans" elite troops, faced with the War Hounds army"s sudden attack, it would be hard to resist.
The Fang King sent out several thousand people to chase down soldiers and then began to reorganize his army. This battle had consumed quite a bit of resources and they couldn"t attack Imperial City right now.
But there was enough time.
The two days worth of time would not change anything, the Calm Martial Ruler and the two hundred thousand cavalry cannot come back in time. The Fang King was not afraid of a sneak attack from the Southern Summer Country. At minimum five days, at most ten days, when the Fang King took Imperial City, it would be no use even if the Calm Martial Ruler and the four hundred thousand cavalry rushed back from Cang State.
"Big brother!"
Malim brought w.a.n.g Tianlong as he jumped over the ruins, landing like two illusory figures in front of the Fang King. Malim"s armour was shattered at this moment and he looked like he suffered serious injuries.
"Malim, your performance has made me very disappointed!" The Fang King seemed to be filled with anger, "I wanted you to capture the fortress from within, but you couldn"t complete this job! Because of your failures, the War Hounds army lost over a hundred thousand warriors and even three thousand Demonic Wolf Cavalry!"
Malim had a face of shame, "The Southern Summer King wanted to perish together with me. Although I dodged his attacks by luck, I suffered quite a bit of injuries. I had to stabilize my condition because of this, so I couldn"t complete the mission on time. I ask for big brother"s forgiveness!"
The Fang King knit his brows, "I don"t need your excuses, what I want are results. Since you failed your mission, you will be punished!"
Malim steeled his heart and pulled out his black blade, suddenly slashing at his left arm.
w.a.n.g Tianlong was shocked. It was only a single mistake and he was being punished with losing an arm?
Dang!
A golden drum blocked the black blade.
The Fang King coldly said, "You killing the Southern Summer King is considered a great merit, so you will remember this error. The war is not over yet and you still need this left arm, waiting until the battle is over to cut it off is not too late!"
"Yes!"
"Where"s Chu Tian? Why can"t I see his corpse!" w.a.n.g Tianlong said, "That person can block a million soldiers by himself, we"ll see no end of troubles if we let him go!"
The Fang King knit his brows, "What does this mean?"
Malim explained, "There is a human youth, although he does not have any fame, he does have an extraordinary strength."
"Since it"s like this, I"ll give you a chance to make up for your mistakes." The Fang King gave a whistle and a giant blue bird appeared above them, "This is a Thunder Hawk, it has double the speed of the human"s griffin. You will use this beast to chase them, even if you can"t catch them, you can"t let them live.
"Yes!" Malim waved his hand at w.a.n.g Tianlong and the people beside him, "Come with me!"
Malim rode on the Thunder Hawk while the others rode on the vultures. They left the frontline fortress and began to chase after Chu Tian"s group.
These flying beasts were very fast and the War Hounds were originally good trackers. It was very easy for them to find their aura, so it wasn"t hard for them to catch up.
Malim chased for an hour before he sensed their aura, but the other side knew that they were being pursued, so they already split up the party and went in different directions.
"Their auras have dispersed, so we will disperse as well!" Malim ordered the others, "I"ll chase Chu Tian and you can chase the rest."
"Understood!"
Malim and the others split up to chase.
Ten minutes ago, Chu Tian, Gu Qianqiu, Meng Qingwu, and the remaining royal knights were heading for Imperial City. Even with the defeat at the frontline fortress, as long as Imperial City did not fall, there was a chance of making a comeback.
At this time, the little fox was holding the divine eyeball in its paws while looking around. It suddenly gave a few anxious gestures to Chu Tian.
"We"re in for some trouble. The War Hounds have sent out at least several thousand people to chase and there are a few that have caught up to us." Chu Tian said to the others, "Their speed is very quick and we are too big of a target, so it will be hard to escape. We can only split up to move and try our luck, in short we might be able to report back to Imperial City as soon as possible."
Gu Qianqiu gritted his teeth, but they could only do it like this.
"I"ll be in a group with the young miss, you can all take care of yourselves!"
Gu Qianqiu had a severe injury and would not be able to protect Chu Tian if he followed him. It was better to split up the large target and let the War Hounds Tribe unable to find them.
"Separate!"
Everyone dispersed at this moment.
They all started to escape on their own. Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu were together since two people could ride on a single griffin. Meng Qingwu"s cultivation base was not high and Chu Tian had overdrawn his power, so they had to take care of each other. In the end, they did not escape far.
"Ji, ji!"
The little fox restlessly called out. It wanted to warn Chu Tian that the first tracking team had currently locked onto the two of them.
Meng Qingwu found a black spot in the sky which was the impressive vulture mount of the War Hounds Tribe. There were not many of them, only being around twenty of them. They were all War Hounds elites with an average cultivation of the Ill.u.s.trious Soul Realm.
They were the first team of trackers the Fang King sent out. They had found Chu Tian even faster than Malim, so they met them before him. Meng Qingwu"s heart sunk as she saw that the War Hounds had caught up!
The War Hounds" leader loudly shouted, "Kill!"
"Just a few small fishes, the young miss should not be worried!" Chu Tian resisted the pain he felt and took out a Source Energy Submachine Gun from his gourd. He installed a normal energy magazine and took out the Netherworld Sword from his back, "Stand behind me. There will be jolts later on, but you need to hold on tight."
Meng Qingwu"s heart suddenly felt bitter.
This fellow had clearly used all his strength, but he still wanted to protect her. When Meng Qingwu was faced with this critical moment, she could not be of any help at all. Her heart was filled with worry and guilt.
"Young miss, we"re a gra.s.shopper on the end of the rope at this moment, so don"t think too much about it. Our tribulations will be faced together, so no one should think about who should leave first. But speaking of this, I do feel very honoured."
Meng Qingwu did not know whether to laugh or cry, "At this time, what are you feeling honoured about?"
"Because although I wasn"t born on the same year, month, and day as the young miss, I can die on the same year, month, and day. Look at how our destinies are linked with each other, we really are a heaven destined pair!"
"Pei! Who wants to die with you!"
Really, Chu Tian, he was still in a mood to crack jokes. However, being teased by Chu Tian like this, the fear in Meng Qingwu"s heart was reduced by quite a bit.
"They"re coming!"
The airborne War Hounds soldiers quickly dived down and they began to shoot arrows at them. A dense rain of arrows fell down and there really were too many of them. It wasn"t hard for Chu Tian to protect himself and he could even protect the young miss, but the problem was that most of the arrows shot by the War Hounds soldiers were aimed at the griffin.
This griffin was so big, how could he protect every part of it?
Chu Tian locked onto the arrows with his Divine Sense and used the Netherworld Sword to send out sword qi to cut down the arrows, protecting the griffin with perfect accuracy. Once this griffin was killed, the two of them would not have a transport vehicle and how could they return to Imperial City?
Chu Tian did not have much spirit energy and now needed to protect this mount from all these War Hounds experts, clearly tackling too many problems at once. The War Hounds captain noticed this flaw and while Chu Tian was protecting the griffin, he suddenly shot an incomparably strong arrow at Chu Tian"s stomach.
"This is bad!"
Chu Tian"s Divine Sense could catch this attack, but this person was an archery expert. If Chu Tian were to evade this arrow, it would fly past him and hit the griffin. If he did not avoid this arrow, this arrow would be dangerous to him.
It was at this critical moment.
Meng Qingwu suddenly jumped out and used her body to block this arrow for Chu Tian. That arrow containing spirit energy hit Meng Qingwu"s right leg with a wild strength that pierce through the Starlight Immortal Body and deeply embedding itself into Meng Qingwu"s thigh. Meng Qingwu felt everything turn black in front of her and almost fell off the back of the griffin.
"Young miss!" Chu Tian tightly hugged Meng Qingwu.
Meng Qingwu shouted, "Be careful!"
The War Hounds expert seized this chance to charge forward with a long spear. That spear glow condensed a large amount of spirit energy, meaning that this person was an expert in at least the peak 6th Awakened Soul Layer. If it was a fair fight, Chu Tian would not even put him in his eyes, but it was currently beyond his grasp.
But that did not mean that Chu Tian was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!
Chu Tian"s left hand suddenly raised the submachine gun and he pulled the trigger, sending large amounts of light bullets into the sky. The War Hounds had clearly never seen Source Energy Weapons before and the several dozen light bullets all hit their mark. A few hit the vulture and a few hit the War Hounds expert. This high temperature was enough to even melt iron, so the vulture was instantly fatally wounded and the War Hounds captain fell from the back of his mount.
Chu Tian was trying to approach the other War Hounds pursuers and shoot from close range.
With a few pitiful cries, another two vultures fell from several hundred meters up in the sky.
The War Hounds warriors had all put down their bows, drawing out their weapons as they approached with no fear. Chu Tian"s Source Energy Submachine Gun"s energy had been exhausted and he did not have time to replace the magazine, so he could only send out a streak of sword qi to force back two of them. Another War Hound already reached the griffin and ruthlessly pierced his spear into the griffin"s abdomen, opening a terrifying wound.
"Ao!"
The griffin cried out as it lost balance, almost throwing Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu off.
"d.a.m.n!"
Meng Qingwu took the submachine gun from Chu Tian and installed a new magazine inside. Those energy b.a.l.l.s with terrifying strength could easily break through armour, instantly leaving several melted holes on the bodies of the War Hounds experts.
"Young miss, good move!"
There were still several of the War Hounds airborne soldiers, there really were too many of them. They had come to an tacit agreement to attack from afar. Not to mention Chu Tian"s drained power, even in a normal circ.u.mstance, this kind of airborne battle was already hard enough to deal with.
Sou!
A blade quickly entered into the griffin"s neck and this injured griffin could not hold on any longer. Its body suddenly turned over and it fell from the high alt.i.tudes.
"This is bad!"
The two of them were thrown into the air and they lost their center of gravity, while also beginning to crash down. When they lost their mount, the two of them no longer had a way of moving through the air. The airborne War Hounds soldiers surrounded them and tried to tear them to pieces.