Chapter 3082: Heavenly Demons Descend Upon the World!

He Lingchuan did not know how many major battles, how many brutal battles, he had fought; he was thoroughly familiar with the psychology of war.

The Great Wind Army had previously followed the Red General on a forced march across the Panlong Plains; fresh recruits who had just joined could keep up with the high-intensity raid, but once they sat down to rest, they were half-ruined. Worse still, some made it to the end without a sound, and the moment they sat down they did not move again; when others went to shake their shoulders, they discovered they had stopped breathing at some unknown time.

The Shanyu Kingdom's army was far more delicate than the Great Wind Army; they had not fought a hard battle of this level for many years, and simply could not adapt to this intensity and tempo — if they paused to rest even once midway, they would instead collapse from exhaustion.

This was precisely the opportunity He Lingchuan had been waiting for.

After fighting for only a quarter of an hour, Ansha Fort's resistance gave out.

The other side had not expected themselves to crumble this fast either, so they began spreading rumors, using a voice-amplifying divine ability to shout: "The True God has acted; King Fushanlie of Chiyan is dead."

The Chiyan Grand Army heard it, and every one of them was startled.

Fu Shanyue pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, first laughing loudly at the sky three times, then pointing at Ansha Fort's high walls and roaring:

"Do not listen to the defeated general's nonsense; my Father King is hale and hearty! Chiyan officers and soldiers, heed my order — take down these dog thieves, quarter them by five horses!"

His voice spread across the entire battlefield.

The Chiyan Crown Prince stepped forward to refute the rumor, and the army steadied its heart and continued its fierce assault. These past days, Fu Shanyue's performance on the front line had been valiant and outstanding, decisive and responsible, utterly unlike his usual laziness, and so he had won the support of many officers and soldiers.

The War Alliance's high-ranking generals watched the pitch-black night sky, silently urging: "Faster, even faster."

Half a quarter-hour later, the force led by General Menban of Cangyan was the first to break through the human wall. Another dozen or so divine abilities blasted out, destroying the last formation on the city wall.

A faint light flashed, and this section of the city wall collapsed with a thunderous boom.

Ansha Fort's outer defenses were breached!

Cheers thundered beneath the city wall.

Menban waved his arm and shouted: "Charge, all of you charge in!"

This collapse was only the beginning; Ansha Fort could hold out no longer.

But the moment Menban's words fell, the adjutant beside him cried out: "General, look — the sky!"

The sky? Menban's heart gave a sudden thump; he raised his head and looked upward.

Tonight there were no stars and no moon; the night sky was originally pitch-black, but at this moment several streaks of brightness appeared on the vault of heaven, exceptionally eye-catching in the dark.

Meteors!

Although there were only a sparse few, they made everyone's expression change drastically.

Because they knew this was only the beginning.

Sure enough, merely a dozen-odd breaths later, the meteors in the night sky grew more and more numerous, their light brighter and brighter, and before long they reached a peak.

Hundreds upon thousands of meteors streaked across the sky together — what kind of spectacle was this? It was like a furious fireworks display blooming, dazzling and brilliant, unstoppable in its momentum.

Yet such a celestial wonder could not bring the viewers any joy. Those who beheld it felt only a suffocating fear.

The Heavenly Demons descend upon the world! The "Heavenly Demons descend upon the world" that Cangyan had shouted for twenty-odd years had finally arrived.

At this moment half the sky was filled with the magnificent meteor shower; He Lingchuan tilted his head back to watch the heavens, his heart heavy.

Judging by this scale, the Heavenly Demons descending to the lower realm numbered far more than a few thousand; and the meteors rushed toward east, south, west, and north, not headed for just a few directions.

The Lingxu Saint Venerable had already arranged all their destinations.

He Lingchuan withdrew his gaze, and orders were passed down one after another.

The Heavenly Demons' descent arrived as promised, and the War Alliance had long since prepared for tonight.

The battle formations in the army began to shift, and the archers also switched to specially crafted Demon-Breaking Arrows.

Menban and the other forces' rhythm of attacking Ansha Fort did not change; the War Alliance dispatched another half of its immortals and great yaos to join in, preparing to cope with an even more ferocious offensive and even more powerful enemies.

Before long, the sky separated into two great clusters of meteor showers; one cluster smashed toward Ansha Fort, the other rushed toward the west.

Needless to say, they went to find that Baoxiang Kingdom reinforcement army.

Faster and faster, brighter and brighter, and closer and closer.

Soon, they landed.

A spectacle that looked earth-shaking, yet it landed in silence.

Everything between heaven and earth seemed to have frozen; even the wind on the battlefield no longer howled.

The meteor shower had only just appeared when the Nine Nether Great Emperor pointed straight ahead, his majestic voice spreading across the entire battlefield: "Take Ansha Fort."

From start to finish, the War Alliance's objective for tonight had not changed; regardless of whether the Heavenly Demons came or not, their own side must first capture Ansha Fort!

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He did not want to wait for the Heavenly Demons to make their dazzling entrance and strike first.

This isn't a turn-based game. Before the Heavenly Demons have even finished donning their flesh vessels, the War Alliance must give them a lesson first.

Ansha Fort's city wall defensive limit had been broken; Menban could open one breach, and the other forces could open a second, a third. In just a dozen-odd breaths, four breaches had been blasted into Ansha Fort's city wall, and the War Alliance's grand army surged in through the collapsed gaps like a tide.

The leaders were all generals whose bodies flashed with crimson light, followed by immortals and great demons.

As soon as they entered the city, they fiercely pushed the front line rapidly inward.

What? You say the garrison of Ansha Fortress wants to fight street battles?

Under the overwhelming cannon fire and divine powers, wherever the Alliance army passed, buildings collapsed one after another, no different from toppled building blocks.

Street battles? They don't exist.

However, not long after, a dazzling light flew out from deep within Ansha Fortress, heading toward the front line.

Those were the heavenly demons.

The heavenly demons descended upon Ansha Fortress, rushing to the battlefield!

They ultimately arrived a step too late; if they had descended before Ansha Fortress's defenses were breached, it would still be uncertain whether the Alliance could have stormed into Ansha Fortress today.

But this was enough to check the Alliance army's rapid advance.

After the first volley of arrow rain passed, Xiao Hanzi raised his head and let out a long cry: "All immortals, hear the order—kill!"

Likewise, behind the Alliance army, light flashed as immortals and great demons took the field.

On the main battlefield front line, where would immortals be lacking?

Meanwhile, on the western side of Ansha Fortress, Hu Min's troops, dispatched to intercept enemy reinforcements, saw meteors strike down and, following the Nine Abysses Great Emperor's orders, retreated toward the main battlefield.

Retreating without chaos—this is an extremely difficult battlefield maneuver, for the meteors falling into the enemy reinforcements were even more spectacular, numbering over two thousand, more than those falling inside Ansha Fortress!

Had it been another nation's army, contemplating having to face over two thousand heavenly demons' assault head-on, their limbs would have stiffened.

Moreover, the war elephants of Baoxiang State were originally one of Beijia's elite troop types; charging in formation, even immortals would have to retreat three leagues.

But what the Nine Abysses Great Emperor sent Hu Min with were the Great Wind Army and the Black Armor Army! Their willpower on the battlefield was steadfast, their spiritual power formidable—hardly any army in the present age could match them.

Hu Min was also a veteran of the Great Wind Army, deeply versed in the essence of the Red General's mobile warfare; with thirty thousand troops, he dragged the enemy into a fighting retreat, though extremely perilous, he still found time to launch a few counterattacks.

When Hu Min's army was still five li from the main battlefield, ahead came several cannon booms, and amidst the rolling smoke and dust, a large force emerged.

Leading them was a general in black helmet and black armor, with only a blood-red cloak fluttering.

Since the start of the Ansha Fortress campaign, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor has finally taken the field in person!