Chapter 375: The Great Battle and Fall of Basha, The Desperate and Resentful Xiang Fuhai

Mo'ao Era 132, May 1st, Nighttime

Counting the past six months, starting from taking the two villages of Jinbi and Longhe, Great Awakening Temple and Jiangxia Town fought three great battles at Hong Pass, Peak Mountain, and Long Zhou, and subsequently fought three more great battles at Zouyang, Qinggu, and Jiuqu against Basha.

In these six great battles, the scale of the participating sides was over 100,000. If other small-scale wars were counted, then in the past six months, the number of battles Great Awakening Temple fought, even if not a hundred, was likely not far off.

Whether it was generals or soldiers, battlefield experience is accumulated slowly battle by battle. From this perspective, Great Awakening Temple's army undoubtedly received the best training in the past six months.

Although some soldiers were supplemented later, the commander Yan Xin, deputy commander Wuchen, a group of monks, hundreds of Frost-Resisting level experts in Qinghepu, and more than 50,000 Earth-Digging Realm soldiers had all fought from Hong Pass to the present.

To say they were a hundred-battle army was no problem at all.

And at this moment, these 50,000 hundred-battle soldiers were standing in the area in front of the army formation.

In front of them were more than 4,000 monks.

Unlike before, they were now wearing thousand-forged battle armor.

It wasn't just these 4,000-plus monks; at this moment, the commander Yan Xin, deputy commander Wuchen, and all the Frost-Resisting level experts in the army were wearing thousand-forged battle armor.

These battle armors naturally had to be credited to Jiangxia Town.

"It took us three or four hours to organize the army. With such a good opportunity, Basha was still unwilling to take the initiative to attack. It seems they are truly determined to defend to the death..."

Yan Xin, standing at the very front, looked at the Basha city gate not far away, his eyes filled with coldness. He turned to Wuchen and said in a low voice: "With the Master taking action, breaking open the Basha city gate is not difficult. What is difficult is killing our way in completely. Junior Brother, after the Master orders the attack on the city, I will lead the vanguard to break the gate, and you lead the rear army to suppress the formation for me."

"Understood, Senior Brother!"

The two only exchanged this one sentence and said nothing more.

The army gathered after nightfall, and it took more than four hours for the formation to be fully laid out. A night in the Frozen Abyss was only ten hours, so this first half of the night was basically over.

If it were individuals or a small number of people without any cold-resisting means, standing for half a night like this would certainly not be sustainable. Fortunately, 160,000 soldiers stood together, and the heat wave formed by the abundant blood energy raised the temperature in the surrounding area, so everyone didn't feel much cold.

As soon as there was movement in Great Awakening Temple's military camp, the defenders in Basha immediately moved. However, they waited in full battle array for a long time but couldn't wait for the enemy's attack. Great Awakening Temple didn't move, so they could only continue to wait.

Time passed second by second, and the already murderous atmosphere became increasingly solemn with the rapid drop in temperature.

Hum...

After about three hours, until there were two hours left before dawn, a hum suddenly came from the sky in front of the army.

All the soldiers looked up sharply, only to find two yellow-robed old monks who had appeared quietly in mid-air at some point.

The old monk on the left was unusually burly; the old monk on the right held a red long spear about a zhang long. The two looked at Basha Town from across the air, their expressions extremely calm, not at all in the posture of attacking the city.

"Greetings to Great Awakening Yan Long Master!"

"Greetings to Great Awakening Jin Gang Master!"

The 160,000-strong army below bowed in unison when they saw the two. There was no need to look at their eyes; just from their voices, one could tell how fanatical they were about these two masters.

"Yan Xin, lead the army to attack the city!"

Master Yan Long did not have a single word of nonsense and directly ordered the attack on the city.

Strictly speaking, the territory of the nine towns in Mo'ao Mountain was actually not small. Even Longgu Town, which had the smallest territory, had 39 village-level camps under its jurisdiction.

The Xu Yang Camp ceded by Jiangxia was territory outside the town; after the fall of the Qinggu Camp, Xiang Fuhai tried to cede land to seek peace, and what he ceded was also land outside the town. From the behavior of these two towns, one could see the attitude of each town toward the village-level camps under its jurisdiction.

Village-level camps were fundamentally unimportant; the town was the foundation of the Jiuzhen.

The army had already arrived at the town gate, and Great Awakening Temple clearly also understood that there was no need for any negotiation with Basha Town, so as soon as the two great masters appeared, they directly ordered the attack on the city.

As soon as Master Yan Long's voice fell, the army here hadn't moved yet, and Master Jin Gang turned into a golden light and flew toward the city gate.

He was burly by nature, more than two meters tall, and the knotted muscles all over his body bulged, making him swell by another 30-40%. Like a golden giant, he slammed into the cast-iron city gate on the north side of Basha Town, which was nine meters wide and fifteen meters high.

Bang!

The huge city gate shook violently. The shockwave from the force of seven jun not only shook the city wall but even the earth below was hard-hit, and the entire Basha city shook continuously, just like a violent earthquake.

Hundreds of defending soldiers directly above the city gate were shaken into the sky by the shockwave. Some who were unlucky enough to be standing directly above the impact area were Earth-Digging Realm soldiers who bled from their seven orifices and lost their lives.

That huge city gate, not knowing its thickness, was blasted with a hole about half a meter in diameter by Master Jin Gang's impact.

Through the hole, Master Jin Gang saw the thousands of defending soldiers behind the city gate who were using chains and iron piles to hold it up. A flash of blood appeared in his eyes, and he suddenly exerted force with both hands, slamming into the city gate again.

"Old monster, stop!"

But this time, he wasn't so smooth.

Whoosh...

The angry shout came from above the city gate. Before Master Jin Gang's fists could land on the city gate, a fierce silver light that pulled the airflow in the two or three-li area suddenly fell from the high sky, slashing directly at his skull.

Inside the silver light was a silver Pan-Chi patterned long staff about a zhang long. The fierce staff wind from top to bottom had already emptied the surrounding airflow, and the powerful staff momentum was like a collapsing mountain, reaching the top of Master Jin Gang's head in an instant.

Master Jin Gang only raised his brows slightly and did nothing.

Bang...

Clang...

The moment the long staff hit the top of his head and made a sound of metal clashing, Master Jin Gang's fist also slammed into the city gate again. A huge roar sounded at the same time, and the hole that had only broken open half a meter expanded by another 30%.

"Old thief, get out of here!"

Xiang Fanyun had already experienced Master Jin Gang's physique at the Jiuqu Camp, so seeing that his long staff failed to avoid the opponent, he was not surprised, but took the opportunity to turn the long staff and sweep Master Jin Gang away, driving him away from the city gate area.

Whoosh...

But the moment he swept Master Jin Gang away, a giant flame dragon suddenly descended from the sky. Xiang Fanyun did not divide his attention to block it, but continued to swing his staff at Master Jin Gang, entangling him tightly.

Clang...

Before the long spear inside the giant flame dragon could land on Xiang Fanyun's head, it was swept away by another long staff flying out from the city.

The person who came was Xiang Fanyun's elder brother, Basha Lord, Xiang Fuhai.

"The two masters should be very clear in their hearts that the Manifestation-level experts of the eight towns are all staring from the side at this moment. Even if you really break through my Basha city today, Great Awakening Temple won't get any good results in the end. Why..."

Xiang Fuhai was still trying to persuade the two.

But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Master Yan Long who rushed up.

"So what? A bunch of cowardly rats, this Master has never taken them seriously!"

Whoosh... Boom...

The flames brought by the red long spear were incomparably intense, instantly burning the airflow along the way, and stabbed directly at Xiang Fuhai's chest.

"Two old lunatics, then let's see how capable you really are!"

With no result from the negotiation, Xiang Fuhai, whose last hope in his heart was shattered, also got a temper. With a roar, he wound the long staff behind him for half a circle to store power, and swept it horizontally at Master Yan Long.

Four Manifestation-level experts started fighting in the air above the city gate first.

It sounds slow, but the four of them actually fought in an instant.

"Vanguard, follow me to attack the city!"

With Yan Xin's order, the 60,000-strong vanguard rushed toward the city gate first.

"Kill!"

"Kill..."

"Charge!"

This 60,000-strong vanguard included more than 4,000 Zen monks and hundreds of Frost-Resisting level experts. They had the highest cultivation, so they naturally rushed to the front and soon reached a distance of less than two hundred meters from the city gate.

"Shoot arrows!"

"Shoot arrows!"

"All troops, shoot arrows!"

The defending soldiers in the city would naturally not sit idly by and watch the enemy army rush over. Xiang Tianlin and a group of military commanders immediately roared and ordered to shoot arrows. Countless soldiers set up strong bows from the gaps above the city wall and shot arrows wildly at the bottom.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Countless sharp arrows shot from above the city gate, instantly forming a silver arrow curtain, covering the soldiers of the attacking side like a black cloud pressing down.

The gaps above the city gate were limited, and it was impossible for all soldiers to shoot arrows, so those who could be assigned to the gap positions were either Frost-Resisting level experts or Earth-Digging Realm limits. Coupled with the fact that they were defending the town tonight, Basha clearly took out all its bottom-of-the-box things. At this moment, 90% of the arrows shot were made of white silver.

Theoretically, the Frost-Resisting level experts rushing in the front row of Great Awakening Temple absolutely couldn't withstand it!

But in reality, the expressions of Xiang Tianlin and the other commanders on the city wall, including the Basha soldiers who were shooting arrows, remained solemn.

"Release the Zen Gold Powder, all troops follow me to recite the Six Paths Vajra Mantra!"

Bang... Bang... Bang... Bang...

As Yan Xin's angry roar sounded, the monks behind him immediately took out golden pills and smashed them on the ground. The pills burst into groups of golden mist, instantly covering the army square.

"Ah... Wa... Xia... Sa... Ma... Ha..."

After the three mantras ended, the 50,000-plus soldiers of Great Awakening Temple's vanguard, who were rushing toward the city gate, all had golden light erupting from their bodies. They seemed to feel the enhancement of their physique, and their emotions became excited, directly ignoring the iron arrows flying toward them and continuing to sprint.

Clang... Clang...

The silver arrow curtain was all blocked!

"With the Master's divine power, the Vajra is impenetrable. Brothers, follow me to charge!"

"Break through Basha City!"

"Bows and crossbows are useless against us, kill!"

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If one observes the battlefield carefully, it can be seen that not all bows and crossbows are useless. A very small number of terrifying arrows can still pierce the bodies of those Earth-Digging Realm soldiers, and another part of the arrows, although failing to pierce the bodies of those soldiers, can also knock them down with force, delaying their sprinting speed.

But these, in the end, are only a minority and cannot affect the overall situation.

"Fellow Junior Brothers, all Frost-Resisting level experts, attack the city wall and find an opportunity to break the gate!"

Yan Xin led more than 4,000 Zen monks and Frost-Resisting level experts from Qinghepu and soon rushed to the bottom of the city gate. He roared loudly, kicked the ground, and was the first to jump onto the city wall.

Although Frost-Resisting level experts do not have the ability to fly, jumping onto a city wall more than ten meters high is not a problem.

Bang...

Yan Xin, covered in golden light, leaped onto the city wall and was instantly drowned by arrows.

However, just now, even those Earth-Digging Realm soldiers could rely on the Six Paths Vajra Mantra to block the arrows shot by Frost-Resisting level experts.

Let alone him, whose basic strength exceeded fifty manes?

Clang... Clang...

Countless arrows hit him and fell directly. Not to mention piercing his body, there were not many that even left white marks on his skin membrane.

"Ah..."

Yan Xin would naturally not sit idly by and let everyone continue to shoot arrows. He waved his red Zen staff violently, swung a wave of fire, smashed down countless iron arrows, a ferocious smile appeared on his face, and he rushed into the crowd directly.

"Follow me to rush down and help the army break open the city gate!"

It wasn't just Yan Xin who jumped onto the city wall.

More than 4,000 white-robed monks, all covered in golden light, jumped up at this moment. The golden light on the 300-plus formal monks in the front row was clearly much more intense than those behind. Hearing Yan Xin's instruction, they immediately killed toward the edge of the south city wall.

The width of the Basha city wall is about twenty meters, so after jumping up, they have to continue south to get off the city wall. Yan Xin clearly saw that there were many people in the city holding the city gate with force, so he wanted to lead people to kill their way to the bottom of the city wall first to help those outside break open the city gate.

"Frost-Resisting level experts, follow me to block them. Others continue to guard, guarding against the enemy army climbing up the city wall."

Xiang Tianlin would naturally not let Great Awakening Temple have its way. Once the city gate barrier was broken, Basha would lose more than half. His father and second uncle were still fighting for their lives in the sky to stop the two great masters, so next, they had to rely on themselves.

"Even if we die, we can't let them go down. Brothers, fight!"

"Never let the demon temple occupy my town, kill!"

"Guard the city wall!"

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Being one of the Jiuzhen, Basha people's bloodiness was fully unleashed, and the cohesion they erupted was also unusually astonishing. Xiang Tianlin went up first, and Xiang Tiancheng, the Xiang clan disciples, and the remaining 3,000-plus Frost-Resisting level experts in Basha all followed.

The entire city wall was filled with shouts of killing.

The hole Master Jin Gang blasted in the city gate at the beginning of the battle was less than one meter in diameter, accommodating at most two people at a time. Relying on the impenetrable effect of the Six Paths Vajra Mantra, although Great Awakening Temple kept rushing in, the efficiency was too slow in the end.

Moreover, once they entered, they would immediately face the suppression of the city-guarding soldiers. No matter how strong the effect of the Six Paths Vajra Curse was, it couldn't withstand the Ba Shang garrison's strategy of waiting for the exhausted enemy, so they were fundamentally unable to occupy the interior of the city gate.

Of course, only a small part poured in from the big hole in the city gate. The vast majority of the soldiers were climbing up the city wall with the help of weapons.

The basic strength of the Earth-Digging Realm was over 10,000 jin. Although they couldn't jump up directly like Frost-Resisting level experts, climbing a city wall more than ten meters high with the help of weapons and strength was easy.

However, the premise was that there were no defenders above.

Xiang Tianlin had just ordered all the Earth-Digging Realm soldiers above the city wall to guard against the enemy army climbing up the city wall when he blocked Yan Xin and the group of monks. So at this moment, both sides couldn't find the other's loopholes. One side attacked, the other side defended, and they could only rely on a ruthless spirit of not fearing death.

As the 60,000-strong vanguard arrived at the bottom of the city wall, Great Awakening Temple deputy commander Wuchen also arrived at the foot of the city wall with 100,000 rear troops.

Seeing that only less than 10,000 of the vanguard rushed onto the city wall, and more than 30,000 were still rushing below, Wuchen frowned, slashed away an iron arrow with his sword, and coldly ordered the three bald monks behind him: "Jin He, Hei Yuan, Ju Shan, each of you lead 20,000 people, bypass the city gate, and find places where the enemy's defense is empty on both sides to climb the wall!"

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

After the three behind him agreed, they quickly led 20,000 troops, bypassed from both sides of the city gate, and looked for places where the defense was empty to climb the wall.

The city wall was 15 kilometers long. Their focus was naturally to break through the city gate, but at this moment, the Basha defenders were all concentrated in the city gate area. Yan Xin and the others hadn't broken through the joints for so long, which showed how intense Basha's resistance was.

Since that was the case, they had to think of other ways.

"Divide the troops, watch those three armies, don't let them get on the wall!"

The Basha commanders on the city wall had already discovered Wuchen's intention and immediately shouted to signal their side to divide the troops to watch.

Fighting until now, it could actually be seen that although Basha had fewer Frost-Resisting level experts than Great Awakening Temple, the overall number of defenders was higher than Great Awakening Temple.

They had more people and were the defending side from a high position. If it were a normal battle, it would never have been like this. The key was that they suffered from the Vajra Mantra.

The enemy's impenetrable physique was simply too heaven-defying.

In less than an hour, relying on the hole Master Jin Gang made in the city gate, a large number of Earth-Digging Realm soldiers actually killed their way into the city gate. There were at least one or two thousand of them, and as people kept rushing in from the rear, more than 100 meters of the area inside the city gate was occupied by Great Awakening Temple.

Bang...

At the south end of the city wall, Yan Xin waved his hands violently, staff-killed a Basha Frost-Resisting level expert with more than 20 manes, looked at the edge of the city wall close at hand, and jumped down without hesitation.

"Follow me to jump off the city wall, the time to break the city is now!"

One after another, white-robed monks followed behind him, exerting force to jump toward the bottom of the city wall. A large group of gray-robed monks followed and jumped down.

"The city wall can't be held, we can't block them, they all jumped down."

"We shouldn't have divided the troops, we shouldn't have divided the troops!"

"If we don't divide the troops, let those 60,000 Earth-Digging Realm soldiers come in from other places, the city gate will be broken in the end anyway!"

"What are you panicking about? As long as the city gate is not broken, it's fine. Tiancheng, Tiande, you lead people to continue to suppress the enemy on the city wall. The rest, follow me down to guard the city gate!"

Xiang Tianlin stopped everyone's words with one sentence. Seeing that two or three thousand monks had jumped off the city wall, he immediately led a group of people and jumped down.

Wuchen's 60,000-plus people were just to lure them to divide the troops to guard, and the intention was to divide the strength of the defenders above the city gate. He had seen it long ago.

The problem was that seeing it was useless; he couldn't ignore it.

"The key is still the city gate. As long as we keep the city gate from being lost, it's fine!"

Xiang Tianlin led everyone to jump off the city wall. Seeing the scene behind the city gate, his pupils contracted sharply. Not daring to hesitate, he drew his knife and went up.

The more than 200 meters behind the city gate were all occupied by the enemy army, and they had begun to impact the gate-controlling defenders on both sides of the city gate.

There were five thick chains with a diameter of three meters on both sides of the city gate, and countless small iron chains were divided from both sides of the chains. Nearly 30,000 soldiers were not engaged in fighting at this moment, but were gritting their teeth and holding onto those small iron chains, wrestling with the enemy army that was trying to ram the gate outside the city.

The two city gates of Basha City could be opened inward or outward.

At this moment, the enemy army was ramming inward, and the design of the five thick chains was to jam the two city gates so they wouldn't open.

Many gate-controlling defenders had already been crushed, and if the enemy army continued to impact, the chains would lose their strength, and the city gate would open directly. ===== CHAPTER 376 =====