Chapter 301: Collision

In the south of the realm, a Western Jin army had already deployed its formation. Their military appearance was orderly and imposing, standing in opposition to a force on the opposite side that was only half their size.

Several generals and captains stood in the center of the formation, gazing into the distance at the ragged-looking troops opposite them, their expressions varied. One captain couldn't help but say, "General Xu, is this the Azure Void garrison that has repelled the Shaman tribe several times? Are they really not just a bunch of beggars?"

The general surnamed Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly, "Wei Yuan doesn't think much of us!"

Between the two opposing armies, the Western Jin army led by the general surnamed Xu was neatly arrayed, numbering a full fifteen thousand men, complete with infantry and archers, and also several hundred mobile cavalry. The main force of this army consisted of the direct subordinates who had always followed him; only five thousand were local troops transferred from the military ramparts.

In contrast, the force that had marched out from within the realm opposite them numbered only eight thousand. Each one was dressed in tatters, and the weapons they held were a motley collection; many were carrying steel rods with long blades tied to one end, and they also had steel rods hanging from their waists.

Their formation was arranged in three rows. On one side stood a group of archers in red clothes and red armor; looking at their numbers, there were about seven or eight hundred of them, which was particularly eye-catching. This group of archers stood in a scattered manner, and although it was a loose formation, many of them stood in a slouching posture; one look at their military discipline showed it was not very good.

Other armies would try every possible way to make their archers less conspicuous, but Azure Void did the exact opposite, and no one knew what madness had taken hold of their Regional Commander.

Wei Yuan stood in the center of the army, also feeling quite helpless about the appearance of this force under his command. What is most lacking in the realm now is not food, but textiles. When the residents' clothes are torn, there is simply no replacement, and they can only mend them. Now, within the realm, there is only coarse hemp cloth made from natural hemp grass and tree bark; the clothes made from it are not much better than fishing nets.

In fact, this force consisted of veterans within the realm, and basically, all of them had experienced several major battles. Although their absolute strength was not high, they were rich in experience, and their fighting spirit was extremely firm. These people once had a precedent of fighting to the death in a bloodbath even after suffering battle losses exceeding sixty percent. Now, they had been fully re-equipped with new spears and new armor, and their combat power had improved once again.

Under the "Momentary Shacha Shacha Zhongsheng," they were scythes harvesting lives.

In the Western Jin army, the general surnamed Xu reached out to feel the surroundings: "It is still more comfortable in the Human Pure Domain. Standing here is better than Quliu Town; at least the body is dry, and one won't be like being soaked in water all day long. We are currently fighting in the opponent's realm, but perhaps they have forgotten that we are also human, and the Human Pure Domain provides the same enhancement to us."

"If this battle cannot be won, I, Xu Li, can just lay down my armor and return to the fields!"

Wei Yuan and Cui Yu watched the Western Jin army, and Wei Yuan suddenly said, "Daring to penetrate deep into our realm to fight, they seem to not have taken the power of the realm into their eyes!"

Cui Yu said, "The Human Pure Domain is the same for all of us; he probably thinks so."

Wei Yuan exhaled lightly. The Human Pure Domain is the same, but the "Momentary Shacha Shacha Zhongsheng" is not, and the "Heaven and Earth Madman" also has a doubled effect in the realm. Ordinary realm stones do not have these functions, but what stands here is the Immortal Stone, Azure Void.

Amidst the sound of horns, the Western Jin army stepped forward. The archers bent their bows and nocked arrows, and a rain of thousands of arrows tore through the long sky, flying toward that extremely eye-catching target in front.

There was no help for it; the opponent's archers were truly too conspicuous. In this green world, that patch of red could be seen even by a blind person.

This Western Jin army brought three thousand archers, each one well-trained. This wave of arrow rain was both accurate and ruthless, covering the opponent's entire archer unit.

In the Azure Void archer unit, one person stared at the incoming arrow rain and loudly counted down: "Three, two, one!"

In an instant, all the archers felt themselves burning up. Countless powers surged in from the void and also appeared out of thin air from within their bodies. Their field of vision was further, their reactions were faster, and the incoming arrow rain seemed to have slowed down by three beats!

This was the result of the "Momentary Shacha Shacha Zhongsheng" superimposed with the "Heaven and Earth Madman." A group of Cui family disciples in the archer unit had already experienced this feeling of power in advance, but their battlefield experience was almost zero. At this moment, they all stared fixedly at the arrow rain in the sky, preparing to dodge or parry. As for the veterans in the unit who had participated in many battles, they were exceptionally calm, returning two arrows to the opposite side first, and only then brushing aside or dodging the falling arrow rain.

The archer captain issued orders in succession, and the archer unit launched a round of five-shot rapid-fire counterattacks before the second wave of arrow rain arrived!

The Cui family disciples were in a flurry of confusion, but the strict training from Cui Yu during this period still had an effect. They barely kept up with the veterans' rhythm and fired all five arrows.

The second wave of arrow rain fell, and more than a dozen screams rang out in the formation. Some Cui family disciples still panicked, dodging everywhere when the arrow rain was overhead, and as a result, they were hit, and casualties appeared. Two unlucky fellows were directly pierced through their helmets by heavy arrows and died on the spot.

The archer veterans and Cui family disciples in this battle were matched in a one-to-one ratio. The death of two Cui family disciples did not affect the veterans in the slightest. They were calm in their demeanor, launched another round of five-shot rapid-fire, and then dealt with the third wave of arrow rain without haste.

After three waves of arrow rain, the Western Jin vanguard infantry had already approached the enemy army, but there was no archer cover. When the captains looked back, they discovered that their own archer unit was in a mess, with five or six hundred people already fallen, and even a captain of the Dao Foundation Realm had been hit by several arrows, standing straight there and dying.

Suddenly, continuous thunder rang out in front of the formation, and large swaths of smoke and dust kept flying up. The Western Jin soldiers in the front row were mowed down in swathes like wheat.

A moment later, outside the realm, Xu Li looked somewhat blankly at the routed soldiers returning to his side one by one. Of the fifteen thousand who came, only six thousand remained now, and there might be a few thousand who got separated during the retreat, so they could barely scrape together ten thousand.

A crushing defeat, a swift defeat, and he still didn't know how they were defeated.

At this moment, Xu Li only remembered the final moment when his most elite warriors successfully broke through the interception of the enemy's mysterious weapons and rushed to the front of the opponent's formation.

However, at that very instant, those Azure Void warriors were like gods and demons possessed. The warriors who rushed up in the first row were almost instantly slaughtered, and it was also at that moment that morale collapsed, and the army retreated in defeat.

Fortunately, the opponent did not pursue.

At this time, Wei Yuan had already arrived at the east of the realm. Here, thirty thousand youths were waiting in full battle array.

They wore shining breastplates, held long spears shaped like steel pipes, and had five short sticks wrapped in oil paper hanging behind their waists.

The earth shook. On the distant horizon, countless iron cavalry wearing light gray battle armor appeared, slowly approaching. In the center of the cavalry unit, a large flag fluttered in the wind; the character "Yue" on the large flag was as heavy as a mountain. This was the iron cavalry that Yue Jinshan relied on to roam the Northern Territory!

Both sides had military aura filling the sky.

The world-renowned Northern Territory iron cavalry's military aura was like a pale gray mountain range, reaching several dozen zhang high, slowly advancing, its momentum like a mountain!

On the realm side, wisps of black aura rose, making the surrounding world much dimmer, looking as if it were not in the human world.

In the southwest direction, nearly a thousand warriors in red clothes and red armor arrived at a run in a scattered battle formation; they were the archers who had just finished fighting in the south and were urgently transferred to the east.

In the center of the Northern Territory iron cavalry, a general with a murderous look in his eyes looked coldly at the military formation in the distance, nodded slightly, and said, "Not bad, the military aura is still decent. It's just that in front of me, Luo Bingtian, you only deploy five rows of military formations; are you afraid you won't die fast enough?"

A general with a ferocious face beside him also said, "Commander Yue gave us ten thousand cavalry; is it too much of a high opinion of them? If you ask me, five thousand is too many, and three thousand is also too many."

Beside Wei Yuan, Cui Yu was also somewhat uneasy and said, "Are five rows too few? We still have troops; let's add a few more rows of long spears! Opposite is ten thousand Northern Territory iron cavalry; we can't stop them without fifty thousand people!"

Wei Yuan said indifferently, "All the steel and gunpowder for this month are here. Rest assured, we won't lose."

Cui Yu, however, could not set his mind at ease no matter what. He had also read all the materials written by Xu Wenwu. But could the things written by such an ignorant fellow be trusted?

Behind the military formation, Zhang Sheng, Ji Liuli, and True Person Chuhe watched the battlefield from afar. The old Daoist's momentum was fully unleashed, fully revealing the momentum of a Dharma Form True Person, but he had no intention of entering the battle for the time being.

In the sky behind the Northern Territory iron cavalry, a group of generals also stood, their atmosphere stern. Below them were another twenty thousand iron cavalry, but they all remained motionless.

In the center of the group of generals, Yue Jinshan stood out of thin air, his eyes seemingly open and closed, with only a long blade at his waist. Now the battlefield situation was already clear: ten thousand world-renowned Northern Territory heavy armored cavalry versus thirty thousand light infantry, one thousand archers, and one thousand knights of the Azure Void realm.

Anyone who knew even a little about military affairs knew that the realm would undoubtedly be defeated.

In the fierce wind, Luo Bingtian slowly lowered his visor, pointed forward, and a cold voice rang in the ears of every knight: "Leave none alive!"

The light gray tide immediately began to surge, the earth trembled and moaned under the iron hooves, and the full ten thousand iron cavalry, armored and with Body Forging completed, began to charge.

The gray mountain range suddenly rose, and the military aura surged toward the opponent like a raging tide, instantly striking the deep black aura and causing it to scatter and drift. Military aura is the most intuitive manifestation of the combat power of both sides. From the perspective of strength comparison, although the realm had more people, their combat power was much weaker.

The red-clothed archers immediately began to shoot, and waves of arrow rain fell toward the Northern Territory iron cavalry. However, the knights just lowered their bodies and accelerated their charge. The power of the heavy arrows was greatly weakened in the military aura, and even if they hit, many were deflected by the heavy armor. After one round of arrow rain, only a dozen or so knights fell from their horses.

The archer captain was very anxious. With a shout, all the archers fought for their lives and began a rapid-fire of twelve shots!

Behind the military formation, hundreds of cultivators sat cross-legged around three long magic arrays. Steel cylinders were placed on the magic arrays, constantly accelerating, and thrown toward the battlefield dozens of miles away. The huge steel cylinders arrived just at the right time, flying over the battlefield just as the iron cavalry was about to reach the center!

Several spear glows and blade auras rose in the cavalry unit, slashing at the steel cylinders, instantly cutting one of them into pieces and scattering a patch of gray-white powder. But the other two steel cylinders exploded in mid-air the moment they were touched by the blade aura. Two earth-shattering thunders suddenly rang out above the cavalry unit, two huge fireballs appeared out of thin air, countless deadly fragments splashed down like rain, and the gang wind blew hundreds of iron cavalry below into a mess!

The strike came so suddenly that the several generals charging with the team were caught off guard. Seeing another three steel cylinders whistling over, this time swathes of blade auras and spear glows met them, slashing them to pieces hundreds of zhang away. However, at this time, the charging cavalry unit had inevitably fallen into chaos, and hundreds of cavalry had already fallen during the two explosions just now, half of whom never climbed up again.

The steel cylinders kept flying over, and the generals of the cavalry unit were already going all out, not daring to let a single one explode again. A single steel cylinder was loaded with two thousand catties of new-style explosives, and even a late-stage Dao Foundation cultivator would be seriously injured if they were close.

Although there was some chaos, the vast majority of the iron cavalry were unaffected and continued to charge, reaching within a hundred zhang in the blink of an eye.

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At this moment, black fire ignited on all the youths, and the military aura suddenly rose high, connecting heaven and earth! Under the "Momentary Shacha Shacha Zhongsheng," their power surged, their minds were like lightning, their eyesight increased manifold, and the iron cavalry flying toward them also became slow.

Most importantly, they would not be afraid.

A roaring sound suddenly rang out, and a patch of white smoke appeared in front of the Azure Void formation, continuously forming a wall of smoke.

The row of knights charging at the very front suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall and fell from their horses with their heads tilted back. Some flew out directly, with a long fountain of blood spraying from behind them. But the other knights turned a blind eye to this, their eyes only on the five thin rows of military formations that were as fragile as eggshells, just dozens of zhang away!

Dozens of zhang, for the world-renowned Northern Territory iron cavalry, was only a distance of a few breaths.

The first row of youths flew back immediately after a round of volley fire. They had not yet fully settled into position when the second row of youths had already finished firing and continued backward; next were the third row and the fourth row!

The youths moved as swiftly as ghosts. When the fifth row of warriors stood back in the fifth row, the youths who were originally in the first row had already started aiming again. The youths in the rear took off the oil-paper short sticks from their waists, inserted them into the gun barrels, used Dao power to suck them to the very bottom, and then started aiming again. The whole process was so fast that it was almost impossible to see clearly.

A knight finally rushed to the front of the formation, and the tip of his cavalry spear had already touched the chest of a youth!

But the youth's face was calm, concentrating on aiming his gun. While the long spear pierced through his own body, he fired a shot, shattering the horse's head.

The knight flew out from the horse's back, with the youth still picked on the long spear, flying out more than a dozen zhang like riding the clouds and mist, crashing to the ground, smashing two youths in the back row to death. The body wrapped in heavy steel armor slid out for nearly twenty zhang on the ground before stopping.

His body had already deformed under the huge impact, blood kept gushing from his mouth and nose, and for the first time, there was terror in his eyes.

He still remembered that when he fell, those two youths only glanced at him with the corners of their eyes, and then continued to concentrate on reloading, and until the moment before death, their movements did not tremble, nor did they deform. Are these people or ghosts?

When he died, he still didn't know that he was the Northern Territory knight with the most achievements in this battle.

Amidst the continuous roaring sounds, the smoke on the battlefield dissipated rapidly, and swathes of knights fell. The corpses of people and horses kept rushing forward under inertia, dragging long marks on the ground.

Luo Bingtian kicked away the horse corpse pressing on his body with force. Everywhere he looked, there were corpses.

His eyes were bloodshot, he let out a beast-like howl, and pulled out his long blade to continue charging forward! There were not even Dao Foundation cultivators among those people opposite; Luo Bingtian wanted to kill them all to avenge his fallen brothers!

A strong light bloomed on his big blade, and a terrifying ten-zhang blade aura took shape, but at this moment, a soft and bright blade light appeared, entangling the big blade.

This blade light looked weak, but in reality, every strike was exceptionally heavy and omnipresent. Luo Bingtian fell into a bitter battle in the blink of an eye. He was nearly crazy, but he could do nothing to the young girl in front of him who was dragging a long blade and jumping around.

The battlefield had already quieted down, and the lingering gunpowder smoke was gradually blown away by the wind. In front of the Azure Void military formation, countless human and horse corpses were piled together, like hell.

Ten thousand iron cavalry, people and horses all shattered.

In a few breaths of time, the youths who did not know fear fired all five spare rounds they carried, firing a total of eighteen thousand shots.

In the Northern Territory army, Yue Jinshan suddenly gripped the hilt of his blade, and a murderous aura soared into the sky, dispersing the dark clouds overhead and letting down a patch of heavenly light!

Wei Yuan's heart tightened; the thing he was most worried about still happened: Yue Jinshan was angry from embarrassment and wanted to enter the battle himself.

Wei Yuan raised his spear and spurred his horse, calmly exiting the formation, with a dim light like dusk condensed on the tip of the spear.

No matter how strong Yue Jinshan was, he might not be stronger than the cloth-clad swordsman Xu Shiba. Now the Azure Void pool water had accumulated sufficiently; no matter whether his blade could kill himself or not, this spear would at least extinguish two hundred years of his lifespan! After that, it would depend on how firm his Dharma Form was and how much foundation he could retain under Zhang Sheng's sword array.

At this moment, an aura broke through the air from the southwest, locking onto Yue Jinshan from hundreds of miles away! A sweet and soft voice rang in his ears: "Old Yue, bullying the small with the big is a bit meaningless."

The veins on the back of Yue Jinshan's hand jumped, but he still slowly loosened his hand gripping the blade. He looked deeply at the battlefield again, turned around, and left.

On the battlefield, thirty thousand youths still stood, and the military formation remained orderly. In front of them, the gray mountain range collapsed with a crash, and the military aura dissipated.

This was a collision of two eras, and also a collision of two worlds.

Quliu Town, Xu family side courtyard.

A human face appeared on the trunk of an old tree, looking at the red-clothed woman sitting by the window. The smile on the old face was indescribably flattering, and it said, "Senior, you are reading the storybook yourself!"

PS: Big chapter, asking for monthly tickets. I won't split it up to post; if you don't risk the child, you won't catch the wolf. Give more sweets at the beginning of the month, so I can roll the tickets and run away at the end of the month.

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