Chapter 452

Several Golden Core-level cultivators acted together, and even though they encountered interception, only thirty-something cultivators were killed.

Such a battle result was pitifully small.

This was because the Three Generals Battalion itself was an established national army, becoming a part of the national defense and enjoying the blessing of national strength. Whenever there was an external attack, it was inevitably reduced by the national defense.

And the soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion had been forming an array, marching in a Long Snake Array, with their military power condensed and integrated into one, thus also possessing a certain defensive capability.

But Liu Er, Zhang Hei, and others were shocked and angry when they saw such losses and shouted loudly.

The scale of the Three Generals Battalion itself was not large, with only three hundred people.

After the first round of the offensive, ten percent were dead. If there were two or three more rounds, the military morale would collapse, and the army would flee.

This army was not the Golden Halberd Army; it had been established not long ago, and its foundation could be considered the lowest among all armies.

As long as the casualties reached about thirty percent, the cultivators would be terrified and flee in all directions.

Describing them as a mob was very appropriate.

"Change the array!"

"Change the array!"

Liu Er and Zhang Hei roared at the same time.

On the other side, Guan Hong gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, had just swallowed an elixir, stabilized his injury, and roughly bandaged his right arm.

His right arm injury was very heavy, almost crippled.

But at this time, the army was under attack, and hearing the spiritual sense transmissions of Liu Er and Zhang Hei, he knew he had to hold on!

Guan Hong mobilized his magic power, cooperated with Liu Er and Zhang Hei, coordinated the surrounding soldiers, and began to change the array.

The Long Snake Array was very appropriate for marching, but when used to deal with a single-digit number of strong enemy elites, the front line appeared long, the head and tail were far apart, and it was difficult to take care of everything.

Fortunately, the three generals had previously undergone special training, which was arduous and exceptional, and they had mainly practiced two sets of battle arrays.

The Long Snake Array was practiced later; the one that spent most of their energy and time was the Triangular Arrow Array.

The soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion felt their scalps tingle and followed the orders to mobilize urgently according to their daily training.

Their reason was still intact, and they knew that if they, these Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment-level cultivators, fled in all directions, they would inevitably be slaughtered by the Golden Core cultivators, with no hope of survival. On the contrary, by forming an array, they could rely on the battle array and national might to protect themselves.

If they were lucky enough to repel the invading Golden Core cultivators, they would still have a share of military merit to earn!

For a time, the long snake turned its head and curled its tail in the mountains, coiling into a ball.

"Quick, quick, attack them!" Chen Lingfeng hurriedly transmitted his thoughts to command.

Changing the array has its own requirements.

Changing the array rashly will create flaws.

Referring to when the White Jade Battalion dealt with Tu Ming, Shuang Jing commanded the battle; when changing the array, he only used the inner-layer elite troops and personal guards to change the array, while the outer layer still maintained the Jade Wall Heavenly Moat Array.

This was to cover up the flaws when changing the array.

But the Three Generals Battalion could not do this.

On one hand, the number of people in the Three Generals Battalion was too small, only about three hundred people, and they could not form two sets of battle arrays inside and outside.

On the other hand, the training volume was insufficient. This defect of the Three Generals Battalion was even greater than that of the Barbarian Demon Battalion! Xu Dali of the Barbarian Demon Battalion at least had his own personal guards and elite troops, but the three generals Liu, Guan, and Zhang were all alone, starting from scratch to build an army.

Fortunately, the enemies they had to face at this time were not as numerous or as strong as those of the Barbarian Demon Battalion.

Wind-Walking Spell — Wind Like Gloom!

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Chen Lingfeng flapped the wings on his back, mobilized his talent, and cast the spell.

For a time, the world was gloomy and lost its color, and the gale rolled, making the soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion unable to open their eyes; some were even unable to stand, their bodies swaying, and they were in danger of being blown away by the gale!

Wu Hen fled to a safe area.

"I'll come too!"

Strangeness Dao — Shadow Threads Entangling the Body!

The edges of Wu Hen's black robe frantically exuded black shadows.

The black shadows surged like a pitch-black tide, clinging to the ground and attacking the soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion.

The soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion were all gathered together, and their shadows were also connected into pieces, which made it very convenient for Wu Hen to attack.

Liu Er shouted loudly; in the gloomy gale, he rode his yellow horse and held the Profound Yellow Sword high!

Military Strategy — Guarding the Land and Consolidating the Foundation.

This was a military strategy inherent in the Profound Yellow Sword; once unleashed, it immediately turned into circles of earth-yellow light, blessing every soldier.

The light circles expanded rapidly, blessing the entire army and forming a strong defense to resist the blowing of the gale, but they could not withstand the shadow tide rushing from the ground.

This is the advantage of the Strangeness Dao.

Wu Hen was not obstructed and made contact with the soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion.

"Caught you." He grinned and let out a chilling, gloomy laugh.

The next moment, the shadows of the soldiers contacted by Wu Hen rebelled one after another, turning into strands of shadow threads that rose from the ground, entangling the legs and upper limbs of their owners and restricting their movements.

For a time, the speed of changing the array slowed down a lot.

Many soldiers fell to the ground, struggling frantically, but they could not break free from the shackles of the shadow threads.

Some people, in their impatience, cast spells or used magic tools to attack the shadows on their bodies.

As a result, along with the destruction of the shadows, corresponding injuries appeared on their physical bodies!

This put people in a dilemma, feeling quite helpless.

"Very good, very good."

Another Golden Core cultivator, named Luo Xiwei, cultivated the earth-element cultivation method "Earth-Penetrating Technique" and was good at digging tunnels.

According to the previous arrangement, he followed up and acted, holding the magic tool Earth Vein Five-Section Staff, and cast an earth-element spell.

For a time, the mountain land changed, rapidly softening and loosening from the solid mountain stone ground, and finally turned into large areas of quicksand.

The soldiers of the Three Generals Battalion were entangled and restrained by the shadow threads and could not move, so they could only watch helplessly as they were swallowed by the quicksand.

The quicksand move was quite vicious.

It would not kill the soldiers immediately, but would let them watch themselves slide into the abyss of death, greatly shaking their fighting spirit and further shaking the entire military morale.

"Hateful." Liu Er was incomparably anxious.

Generals Guan and Zhang were also gritting their teeth.

The weapons in their hands also each had a military strategy, but they were all used for offense.

Now, the Triangular Arrow Array needed the three generals as the core to maintain it; any general rushing out to kill the enemy would inevitably cause the battle array to collapse at one corner, and the flaw revealed would be enough for the remaining Golden Core cultivators to take the opportunity to attack fiercely and kill a large number of soldiers.

The three generals naturally did not want to see this scene; this was their only family foundation.

But the defense of the Triangular Arrow Array itself was not outstanding; if this continued, with continuous blood loss, it would collapse sooner or later.

Zhang Hei was startled and thought of something; he could not help but transmit his voice through divine sense and shouted: "Eldest brother, second brother, isn't this the prophecy poem calculated by the military advisor!"

That prophecy poem —

Horse hooves tread on fallen flowers, wind rises and shadows sink into the sand.

Who can keep the bright moon, and who will bury the smoke and clouds?

The current situation exactly corresponded to the line "wind rises and shadows sink into the sand," which was simply incomparably fitting!

Liu Er and Guan Hong had actually thought of it long ago and transmitted their thoughts one after another, urging Zhang Hei not to talk nonsense.

Now the military morale had been violently shaken, and the three generals were struggling to support it; if all three generals panicked, then this battle situation would completely collapse and could not be saved.

Zhang Hei stopped talking and muttered in his heart, feeling very regretful: "If I had known this, I should have listened more to the military advisor's words."

Ning Zhuo's spiritual sense penetrated the carriage and had already been observing the battlefield; seeing this scene, he felt a strange emotion.

"A prophecy poem I thought of randomly actually matches?"

"How did this happen?"

"It must be a coincidence."

At this moment, he had not guessed that this was actively proposed by the Cave Master of Mo Yuan to use the plan to counter the plan.

This plan was indeed ingenious; even if the three generals Liu, Guan, and Zhang did not spread it, their own hearts had already been shaken because of it!

They were the foundation of military morale; once their hearts were in chaos, it immediately affected the power of the entire battle array.

The Golden Core cultivators who acted felt much more relaxed, and the speed at which the soldiers sank into the quicksand became a bit faster.

"Could it be that our army is going to be wiped out today?!" Liu Er could not help but feel despair.

"Since we will be wiped out sooner or later, we might as well go out now and kill to our heart's content!" Zhang Hei gritted his teeth, his eyes showing a fierce light.

Guan Hong had a cold expression: "Since it is difficult to change the situation, we might as well take a risk and charge once."

If they did this, the number of casualties among these soldiers would probably be very large, but the three generals seemed to have no other choice.

"Three generals, do not worry; just watch me display my means." At the critical moment, a young cultivator walked out of the carriage box.

It was Ning Zhuo!

On his right was the Heavy-Armored Blood Ape · Dasheng, and on his left was the Buddha Doctor · Meng Yaoyin.

The mechanical swimming dragon was no longer on Ning Zhuo's waist; Sun Lingtong had already quietly moved away from this army.

Ning Zhuo took out his military advisor's small seal, using his mind for two purposes, urging the small seal while casting spells.

Earth-element — Solidifying Sand and Consolidating Earth!

He was an established military advisor and libationer, enjoying the national defense of the two-note country and the blessing of the Triangular Arrow Array. The battle array itself could increase the offensive power, making his spells very sharp.

Immediately, with Ning Zhuo as the center, a yellow wind was stirred up.

The yellow wind blew, and wherever it went, the flowing water condensed and returned to solid ground.

The Golden Core cultivator Luo Xiwei himself had to contend with national defense, and the actual power of his spells had already been reduced a lot. He had been casting spells to attack for a while, and he himself suffered from the backlash of national might, and his combat power declined rapidly.

On the other hand, Ning Zhuo received the blessing and was like a fish in water.

Between one advance and one retreat, Ning Zhuo's spells actually kept winning, making Luo Xiwei's spells retreat step by step.

A moment later, the ground of the Three Generals Battalion had returned to normal!

"It's that Ning Zhuo!" Chen Lingfeng looked down from a high position, overlooking the battlefield, and after seeing this scene, he felt some resentment.

"Wu Hen chose wrong."

"He attacked the three generals but failed to kill one. Instead of that, he should have concentrated his strength to attack Ning Zhuo."

Luo Xiwei also felt it was a pity: "I was about to succeed! I didn't expect Ning Zhuo to have mastered a spell specifically targeting me; this luck is too good."

He did not know that this was because Ning Zhuo had observed for a moment, learned the principles in his quicksand spell, and then acted in the opposite way, temporarily creating a usage.

"It's him!" Wu Hen saw Ning Zhuo, and his heart stirred.

When he sneaked into the carriage and saw Ning Zhuo for the first time, he had a premonition that this young cultivator would be a trouble.

Now, his premonition had come true!

Wu Hen's five fingers buckled inward fiercely, and countless shadow threads were pulled by him, attacking Ning Zhuo from all directions.

"Protect the military advisor!" Liu Er shouted.

Without a doubt, Ning Zhuo was the key to defense!

Guan Hong was in a farther position, and Zhang Hei had already set off, running towards Ning Zhuo.

Facing thousands of shadow threads, Ning Zhuo remained immovable.

The Buddha Doctor · Meng Yaoyin swung her arm lightly, and the mechanical sickle circled in the air, then stopped lightly and returned to its original position.

Whoosh!

Like the sound of a tide hitting a reef, thousands of shadow threads disintegrated and collapsed completely.

Wu Hen's body shook, his face changed drastically, and blood overflowed from his mouth and nose: "What a powerful Night Rain Demon Soldier!"

The three generals Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were paying attention to this scene, also felt their hearts tremble. Zhang Hei was the closest and even felt his neck go cold.

The three generals were shocked, thinking that their own military advisor actually possessed such powerful Golden Core combat power!

"He seems to be even stronger than me."

"This... who is the main general?" Liu Er felt surprised and at the same time felt a trace of absurdity.