Chapter 232

Nangong Tianxia even took the lead, wielding the Heaven-Splitting God-Slaying spear, thrusting left and right, actually handling the three demons' siege with ease.

His spear technique flowed like water, natural and smooth, each strike hitting the three's weak points precisely.

For a moment, the battlefield rang with the clash of metal.

Nangong Tianxia and the Leize Dragon Cavalry swept across the battlefield like a whirlwind, actually tearing open the blockade of the three demons and the Iron Pagoda, charging toward the battlefield's center.

At this moment, the Soul-Hooking Army at the battlefield's center had already collapsed, morale low, casualties heavy.

However, at the very moment they were about to give up resistance, Nangong Tianxia's figure appeared before them like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

His arrival seemed to inject a shot of adrenaline into the Soul-Hooking Army, rekindling the spark of hope in the soldiers' eyes.

Nangong Tianxia brandished the Heaven-Splitting God-Slaying spear, charging left and right within the enemy formation as if entering an uninhabited land.

Behind him, the Leize Dragon Cavalry was likewise irresistible, cutting a bloody path all the way.

Under their leadership, the remnants of the Soul-Hooking Army also displayed the proper bearing of Dao Soldiers.

They quickly reorganized their formation and began an orderly retreat outward, heading toward the Great Qian army.

Yet how could the Bull Demon King and the other two forces let them off so easily?

They swiftly adjusted their formation and launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Nangong Tianxia.

Although Nangong Tianxia and the Leize Dragon Cavalry were incomparably brave, they gradually felt overwhelmed.

Each charge required a heavy price.

In the fierce battle, Nangong Tianxia suffered multiple wounds, his armor stained red with blood.

Yet he showed no intention of retreating, still holding the front line to buy time for the remnants of the Soul-Hooking Army to withdraw.

At this moment, Meng Zhang, positioned behind the Yellow Turban army, gazed at the disheveled fleeing force in the distance—Nangong Tianxia and the Leize Dragon Cavalry he led, along with the remnants of the Soul-Hooking Army.

Their former mighty bearing had vanished, leaving only exhaustion and panic.

Meng Zhang narrowed his eyes; all his preparations were for this very moment!

"Pass the order: the entire army advances!"

Meng Zhang's voice was cold and firm, like a winter wind piercing the heart.

Hearing this, the Yellow Turban army behind him instantly surged like boiling water, morale high, ready to move.

With Meng Zhang's command, the Yellow Turban army surged like a flood of beasts toward the Great Qian army.

Their steps were uniform, their momentum like a rainbow, as if they would devour every enemy blocking their path.

At this moment, the Great Qian army, exhausted from successive battles, seemed somewhat unprepared for the Yellow Turban's fierce assault.

Nangong Tianxia's defeat and flight further demoralized the Great Qian troops, plunging the army into extreme peril.

Yet the Great Qian soldiers did not give up resistance.

They gripped their weapons, clenched their teeth, and engaged the Yellow Turban army in a death struggle.

Each collision, each slash, was accompanied by flying flesh and blood and the loss of life.

Meng Zhang stood on the high ground, looking down upon the battlefield below.

He continuously issued orders, driving the various units of the Yellow Turban army to quicken their attack tempo, hoping to crush the Great Qian army in one fell swoop.

"Ding! Meng Zhang's skill Heaven's Sovereign activates!"

Heaven's Sovereign: the four celestial spirits, with the Azure Dragon of the East as supreme, commanding wind, clouds, thunder and lightning; with dragon's might to command heaven, with dragon's wisdom to lead the army—this is the Azure Dragon's Commander-in-Chief skill.

Effect One: Azure Dragon descends, dragon's might vast, enemy troops shaken, morale greatly reduced. Azure Dragon's wisdom raises our entire army's intellect, leaving no strategy hidden. Enemy army morale greatly lowered, and their intellect reduced by 1-3 points; meanwhile, our troops' intellect increases by 1 point, strategy success rate rises.

Effect Two: Dragon's stratagem sets the army; the Azure Dragon's plan sees the first move, its military strategy unbreakable. When serving as Deputy Commander, it raises one's own and the Chief Commander's intellect and Commander-in-Chief value each by 1 point; when as Chief Commander, it raises one's own intellect and Commander-in-Chief value each by 2 points; when as army Commander-in-Chief, it raises the intellect and Commander-in-Chief value of all troops under command by 1 point, and for every additional 200,000 soldiers, it grants an extra 1 point to one's own intellect and Commander-in-Chief value (maximum extra 3 points).

Effect Three: The Azure Dragon's soul resonates with heaven and earth, sensing changes in heaven and earth to respond to all troops. When on an eastern battlefield, our entire army gains the ability to counter strategies; when subjected to enemy strategy attacks, our forces have a certain probability to automatically launch a strategy counter, triggering various fortune events.

Effect Four: The Azure Dragon's pulse contains boundless wisdom and power. When activated, the intellect and learning ability of our entire army's soldiers greatly increase, enabling faster grasp of new tactics and strategies.

Effect Five: Eastern Spirit, Suppressing the Eastern Extremity; when in the east, it suppresses the enemy's Commander-in-Chief and Lord techniques, aside from the martial power enhancement effect, other weather and fortune-type effects.

Currently Meng Zhang serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Luozhou Yellow Turban army and as Chief Commander, with base Commander-in-Chief 104 and base intellect 98; Heaven's Sovereign Effect Two activates, Chief Commander's intellect and Commander-in-Chief +2; the current Commander-in-Chief's Yellow Turban army numbers 370,000, intellect and Commander-in-Chief extra +1; Meng Zhang's intellect now rises to 101, Commander-in-Chief value to 107!

Under Meng Zhang's personal direction on the field, the Yellow Turban army's offensive grew ever fiercer, like waves one higher than the next surging toward the Great Qian army's defenses.

Their shouts shook the heavens, as if they wished to devour the entire world.

At this moment, the Yellow Turban army's Commander-in-Chief Meng Zhang, clad in a yellow robe, stood on the battlefield's high ground, his eyes like a hawk's, sharply scanning the battlefield below.

Under his gaze, the Great Qian army's lines continually gave way under the Yellow Turban army's torrent-like assault, the situation becoming perilously critical.

As Meng Zhang, whose base Commander-in-Chief is 104, he was naturally skilled at employing various tactics and strategies.

Now, after activating the skill, facing the Great Qian army's defenses, he already had a plan in mind.

Following his order, the Yellow Turban army adopted a wave-like offensive, one wave after another, continuous like sea waves, leaving the Great Qian army overwhelmed.

Under his command, the Yellow Turban army surged like an untamed wild horse, wildly charging the Great Qian army's defenses.

Shouts shook the heavens, their weapons flashing cold light; each impact made the Great Qian soldiers tremble with fear.

Under the Yellow Turban army's fierce assault, the Great Qian army's defenses gradually collapsed, lost positions increasing.

Meanwhile, the Yellow Turban army in front, after breaking through the Great Qian army's defenses, quickly undertook a divide-and-encircle maneuver, splitting the Great Qian army into several sections and then eliminating them one by one.

This tactic plunged the Great Qian army into extreme passivity; they could not mount an effective counterattack, only passively responding to the Yellow Turban army's assault.

Under Meng Zhang's skillful command, the Yellow Turban army was like a ferocious beast opening its bloody maw, devouring the Great Qian army bit by bit.

Although the Great Qian army bravely resisted under the command of Yin Yuanxun and Chou Longteng, their resistance appeared feeble and pallid before the Yellow Turban army's torrent-like assault.

(End of chapter)