Chapter 540: Vanguard Confrontation: Spirit Empire vs. Star Luo Empire

"Quickly, the entire army listen to my order, no resting, immediately rush to Gengxin City."

Upon the vast wilderness, the Star Luo Empire's army was charging at full speed. The person in the lead was none other than Dai Mubai, and by his side were the Bloodthirsty Douluo, as well as the Clear Sky Sect's Seven Elders, the Lieyang Douluo.

They were the vanguard army, and according to Tang San's request, they were rushing to reinforce Gengxin City.

Tang San's military talent might not be anything extraordinary, but he was still better than most people on this backward continent; he still understood the principle that speed is the essence of war.

Moreover, he had also guessed the strategy the Spirit Empire might be employing against Gengxin City, which was to slaughter the city.

After all, Gengxin City was Star Luo's weapon supply depot. War is fought with resources and a comparison of comprehensive national strength, and weapons were a very important part of that. As the saying goes, one man's hero is another man's enemy; the more Gengxin City helped the Star Luo army, the more it deserved to be destroyed in the eyes of the Spirit Empire.

Furthermore, compared to the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo had a very obvious characteristic: their personalities were tough enough, preferring death over submission, so slaughtering the city at the beginning of the war was the best way to intimidate them.

This would cause the vassal states of Star Luo to feel fear, and in order to save their lives, they would have no choice but to surrender to the Spirit Empire early.

To Tang San, the importance of Gengxin City went without saying; it was the place that provided metal for his Tang Sect. Only if that place existed could his Tang Sect continuously produce Hidden Weapons, so it absolutely could not be lost.

It was just a pity that they had already arrived too late. By the time Dai Mubai reached Gengxin City, the flags on the city towers had already been replaced with those of the Spirit Hall.

Not only that, but outside the city gates, corpses were piled high, like the ancient "burial mounds of piled corpses" burial mounds.

Dai Mubai's eyes were splitting with rage, "Bastards, Spirit Empire, you have gone too far!!!"

"You reacted so quickly; Star Luo is truly worthy of being a military empire." Tuoba Xi stood on the city tower, looking down at the people below, "Young man, you must be the current Crown Prince of Star Luo, Dai Mubai."

"Tuoba Xi, you scoundrel, you actually dared to raid our country's Gengxin City and even commit such an act of slaughter that angers both gods and men. Your Spirit Empire deserves to die a hundred times over!" Dai Mubai said angrily, "Entire army, listen to my order, attack the city!"

He had to take back Gengxin City.

He also knew that this was the best opportunity, perhaps even the only opportunity, because the Spirit Empire had launched a surprise attack and their main army had not yet arrived. At this moment, there should only be about a thousand Spirit Masters inside Gengxin City.

Having just gone through a major battle, their soul power was not full either.

The force he brought this time, besides the Bloodthirsty Douluo, the Lieyang Douluo, and the Spirit Masters from Star Luo and the Clear Sky Sect, also included a full thirty thousand vanguard troops, enough to attack the city.

Gengxin City was a fortified city; they absolutely could not give the Spirit Hall's main army the chance to station themselves there. Otherwise, if they defended the city, it would be truly difficult to take it back.

"Kill!!!"

The sound of the army, like a mountain collapse or a tsunami, swept toward Gengxin City.

But responding to them were volleys of crossbow bolts capable of piercing the defenses of a Soul Ancestor. One could see that the city towers were densely packed with people, and every Spirit Master held a Hidden Weapon in their hand.

After Tang San joined Star Luo, he had treated Gengxin City as the place where his Tang Sect produced Hidden Weapons.

The army's Hidden Weapons were produced here every time and then transported to the Star Luo military camp.

But in last night's great battle, these newly produced Hidden Weapons hadn't even had time to be sent out before they became the spoils of war for the Spirit Empire.

"Zhuge Divine Crossbow!" Dai Mubai was startled. This was terrible; this thing was very lethal to ordinary troops, and now the Spirit Hall also held the advantage of the city.

Even if the Spirit Masters' soul power was insufficient, the lethality of this thing was enough to replace ordinary soul skills. With the Zhuge Divine Crossbows present, if they rashly launched a frontal assault, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

"Hehe, Dai Mubai, you really left us quite a few good things. This thing has strong lethality and is simple to use; it's truly quite good," Ci Xue mocked.

Dai Mubai gritted his teeth. He never expected that the secret weapon he had prepared for the future unification of the continent would now become a great killing weapon against their Star Luo army.

Tang Sect Hidden Weapons are divided into two major categories.

One category is the technique-based type, such as Guanyin's Tears, One Thousand and One Nights, Bat Wing Reincarnation, etc. These all belong to technique-based Hidden Weapons. These Hidden Weapon techniques are difficult to practice and require day-and-night bitter training, combined with deep internal energy, to be used.

The other category is the mechanical type, such as the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, Peacock Plume, etc. This type of Hidden Weapon is difficult to forge, but as long as it is made, anyone can use it without needing to practice any arts.

The Zhuge Divine Crossbow is a classic model among mechanical Hidden Weapons and is also the most suitable for an army defending a city. After all, this thing is like a bow and arrow, possessing the same rate of fire and attack range as a bow and arrow.

Its lethality even exceeds that of an ordinary bow and arrow, and it also skips the process of drawing the bow and nocking the arrow, allowing for continuous firing.

The Spirit Empire fired three consecutive volleys, and three waves of the Star Luo army charging forward were already dead.

"Damn it, entire army, halt, retreat!" Dai Mubai hurriedly gave the order; he could not watch his army just throw their lives away like this.

Star Luo's real main army was still in the rear. He had originally wanted to send a batch of vanguard troops to take Gengxin City first, but now the plan had encountered setbacks right from the start.

"Your Highness, do not panic. With this old man here, mere Hidden Weapons are nothing at all," a man dressed in blood-red robes said proudly.

This person was the very hero who helped Dai Mubai obtain the position of Crown Prince, the leader of the Slaughter City Enforcement Team, the Bloodthirsty Douluo.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Hearing a few sounds of bat shrieks, a huge blood-red bat flew up and attacked Gengxin City at high speed.

Under the flapping of his wings, the bolts from the Zhuge Divine Crossbows could not get close to his body at all.

Seeing this, the Citun Douluo also immediately flew off the city tower, "You must be the Bloodthirsty Douluo; let this old man come and test you!"

That Ci Xue appeared here was, of course, also arranged by Hu Liena, specifically using him to deal with the Bloodthirsty Douluo.

After all, she was also a Slaughter God from Slaughter City and had some understanding of this fellow, the Bloodthirsty Douluo. Since she knew he was helping the Star Luo Empire, how could she not make preparations for his presence?

The strongest aspect of the Bloodthirsty Douluo lay in his devouring power.

Being able to swallow the opponent's essence, blood, and soul power in one breath, turning the opponent into a dried corpse, could be described as extremely terrifying.

But it just so happened that the Citun Douluo's entire body, along with his soul power, was filled with potent, highly toxic poison, which was the exact nemesis of the Bloodthirsty Douluo.

The Bloodthirsty Douluo had just opened his bloody mouth, attempting to use his most proficient blood-thirsting soul skill, but he did not expect a pufferfish to block his path, its whole body emitting a scarlet, pungent poisonous gas.

The Bloodthirsty Douluo hurriedly stopped his soul skill. Seeing this, Ci Xue smiled slightly, "Haha, what's wrong, Blood Bat? Go ahead and suck. Let's see if you drain this old man's blood and soul power first, or if you are dissolved into thick liquid by the highly toxic poison on this old man's body first!"

(End of chapter)