Chapter 454: Attacking the Mountain! The Might of the Soldier Lord

In the barbarian jungle, a team of over ten thousand people climbed a mountain peak.

On the top of the peak, by the cliff, Bo'erhu, wearing a full set of battle armor, gazed into the distance.

"Your Majesty, should we let everyone climb down the cliff before dark?"

A subordinate came behind Bo'erhu and asked.

This mountain peak was over a hundred meters high. Although one side of the cliff wall was covered in vines, and one could grab these vines to go down, it was still very dangerous.

Even people who had lived in the wilderness for years could fall from the cliff wall if they were not careful.

Only the personal guard army under Bo'erhu, all of whom were warriors, could choose such a dangerous path as a marching route.

"No need."

Bo'erhu turned around. "Pass the order down: the entire army is to establish defensive works relying on this mountain peak and set up defensive formations."

"Your Majesty?"

The subordinate looked surprised, not understanding why Bo'erhu would issue such an order.

But meeting those eyes that were like stars, he subconsciously chose to obey:

"Yes!"

Soon, Bo'erhu's order spread throughout the entire army, immediately triggering a commotion.

Over a dozen high-level generals in the personal guard army came over at the first opportunity.

This personal guard army belonging to the Northern Barbarian King was composed of elites from eleven tribes.

Every time Bo'erhu conquered a tribe, he would select a powerful Badu expert from it, letting them lead a team of elites to join his personal guard army.

Eleven tribes, excluding Bo'erhu's original Wuri tribe, had a total of ten powerful Badu experts join this personal guard army!

And as one of the four great powerful tribes, the Wuri tribe's support for Bo'erhu was naturally the greatest; not only did they send four powerful Badu experts to follow him, but they also sent a powerful Tiandu expert to assist him!

The Wuri tribe previously had a total of two powerful Tiandu experts, one Grandmaster and one top-tier True Person.

The tribe leader was a Grandmaster, and the Great Elder was a top-tier True Person.

Once Bo'erhu decided to unify the Northern Barbarians, the Great Elder of the Wuri tribe had been following by his side.

Therefore, this personal guard army of Bo'erhu had a total of two great Tiandu experts, fourteen powerful Badu experts, and over a hundred Tudu warriors at the expert level!

Such a force was enough to destroy any one of the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes except for the four great powerful tribes!

At this moment, the Great Elder of the Wuri tribe, Wuri Wuri Tianji, and the remaining fourteen powerful Badu experts had all arrived by Bo'erhu's side.

"Your Majesty, why not continue the march, but instead order to hold firm? Could it be that you have given up on going to the rescue?!"

A powerful Badu expert who looked very young was the first to question, his expression very agitated.

His name was Puciwa, and he was the youngest Martial Arts Master of the Dream Lion tribe.

After the Dream Lion tribe decided to pledge allegiance to Bo'erhu, he had voluntarily requested to join the personal guard army, following the Northern Barbarian King.

When the Dream Lion tribe headquarters was attacked, Bo'erhu decided to go to the rescue at the first opportunity and ordered the remaining tribes to send troops to rescue as well. Puciwa was so excited that he trembled all over!

He felt that he had followed the right person; Bo'erhu was worthy of being the King he was willing to die for!

As a result, Bo'erhu suddenly stopped now to hold firm in place, which made Puciwa feel that he had been betrayed, so he disregarded the hierarchy and questioned him as soon as he came up.

"Puciwa!"

Wuri tribe Great Elder Wuri Wuri Tianji's gaze fell severely on Puciwa. "Watch your attitude!"

Puciwa was about to speak, but Bo'erhu raised his hand, signaling everyone not to speak first.

He looked at Puciwa: "Puciwa, I have not decided to give up on going to rescue your tribe."

"Then why did you..."

"Because we are about to encounter the enemy."

"Enemy?"

This made quite a few people on the scene show expressions of surprise.

The Great Lan Dynasty's planning this time was an open conspiracy, clearly placed before Bo'erhu for him to choose:

If he did not go to rescue the Dream Lion tribe, the eleven-tribe alliance that had been established with such difficulty would immediately fall apart, and it would be even more impossible to conquer the remaining six tribes next.

And if Bo'erhu decided to rescue, he would have to mobilize the main forces of the major defense zones.

In this way, loopholes would inevitably appear in the defense zones, and the Great Lan Dynasty could send a small number of elites to pass through the defense zones and execute a decapitation tactic!

Bo'erhu also had no way to gather the main force troops by his side first and then go to the rescue.

In that case, time would simply not be enough, and the Dream Lion tribe would be destroyed all the same.

He also had no way to abandon the personal guard army under his command and go to the rescue alone.

In that case, his whereabouts would indeed be very difficult to grasp, making it hard for people to intercept and kill him, but without the participation of the personal guard army, the Northern Barbarian side simply could not contend with the Northern Border Army.

This time, the Green Frost Army coming out in full force was forcing Bo'erhu to mobilize everything he could mobilize!

Therefore, from the very beginning, Bo'erhu knew that on the way to the rescue with the personal guard army, he would inevitably encounter the enemy.

The twists and turns of this, some truly smart people among the Northern Barbarians could figure out at the first opportunity.

But the Northern Barbarians, the vast majority, had a simple line of thinking and did not have so many schemes, so these experts on the scene, more than half of them, did not think they would be ambushed.

Bo'erhu explained the reason simply.

"Your Majesty!"

A powerful Badu expert of the Wuri tribe was greatly shocked after hearing this. "Why not tell us earlier? How can you put yourself in danger?"

Bo'erhu shook his head: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The reason I ordered to hold firm here is to rest while the enemy tires, utilizing the terrain advantage, waiting for that decapitation unit to come and attack this mountain peak."

"Your Majesty, what if the opponent does not take the initiative to attack? Just wait for two days, and we might be completely too late to rescue the Dream Lion tribe!"

Puciwa could not help but speak again.

On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly; rescue is like fighting a fire.

Whether the Northern Barbarian King is personally present or not, the morale of the Northern Barbarian side will be worlds apart!

Moreover, this personal guard army is now the most elite force in the entire Northern Barbarian lands.

For these people, let alone arriving two days late, even arriving half a day late could potentially have a great impact on the war situation.

Therefore, Puciwa's worry was reasonable.

Bo'erhu shook his head, his gaze firm:

"At the latest by tomorrow night, the Fire Red Qilin tribe, the Yanxin tribe, and the Qingye tribe, the vanguard troops of the three-tribe coalition, will be able to rendezvous with us. So if the enemy wants to kill me, these two days are the best and also the last opportunity. They will definitely come!"

"The entire army is to rest in place."

Just after climbing over a hillside, Bai Yan issued the order to the Barbarian-Slaying Army.

Subsequently, he summoned over a dozen Dao Foundation stage warriors, including warriors from the Blue Patrol Pavilion and warriors from the Imperial Camp army.

He sent all these people out to scout, thereby determining the location of Bo'erhu's personal guard army.

Today was already July 15th, the seventh day of the Barbarian-Slaying Army venturing deep into the wilderness.

According to the original plan, the Barbarian-Slaying Army only needed to march for eight days to intercept Bo'erhu.

But in reality, for the first seven days, the Barbarian-Slaying Army's daily marching distance was more than the original plan, so they arrived at the predetermined destination a day and a half ahead of the original plan.

According to Bai Yan's speculation, Bo'erhu and his personal guard army, at this time, were no more than fifteen li away from their straight-line distance!

Therefore, Bai Yan sent out Dao Foundation stage warriors as scouts, wanting to determine the orientation of Bo'erhu's personal guard army at the fastest speed.

Over three hours later, Dao Foundation stage warriors returned one after another to report the situation.

Among them, someone brought back the intelligence Bai Yan wanted:

"Camping on a mountain?"

Bai Yan was not surprised upon hearing this, seemingly having expected it long ago.

He led the Barbarian-Slaying Army deep into the wilderness for these seven days, almost every step was within his expectations: marching, resting, replenishing water, surveying terrain, detouring, climbing mountains and crossing ridges... He precisely controlled all the details and the physical condition of the majority of the people, thereby pushing the speed of the Barbarian-Slaying Army to the extreme!

And the Barbarian-Slaying Army also perfectly bypassed all enemies, without a single encounter battle.

Such military command ability could already be called a famous general of a generation!

Bai Yan marked the mountain peak where Bo'erhu's personal guard army was holding firm on a map, thought quietly for a moment, and then summoned all the high-level personnel for a meeting.

"Bo'erhu and his personal guard army are only about eleven li away from us in a straight line."

Bai Yan went straight to the point, pointing at the map in front of him:

"According to my speculation, the vanguard troops of the three-tribe coalition of the Fire Red Qilin tribe, Yanxin tribe, and Qingye tribe should be able to arrive in this area by tomorrow night at the latest. So now Bo'erhu chooses to hold firm here, betting that we will inevitably take the initiative to attack."

In a few words, the current situation was clearly placed before everyone.

Although Li Fei was not very "knowledgeable about military affairs," he also understood this psychological game between the two main commanders:

Bai Yan could predict the approximate marching route of Bo'erhu and his personal guard army, and this Northern Barbarian King Bo'erhu was likewise not inferior.

The opponent did not know from which direction the Barbarian-Slaying Army would enter the wilderness, but he could inversely speculate when and where the Barbarian-Slaying Army would appear.

Therefore, Bo'erhu chose to stop suddenly at this point in time and find a place to hold firm.

Because the opponent was certain that the Barbarian-Slaying Army was not far from him!

Choosing to hold firm at this time, Bo'erhu left the Barbarian-Slaying Army with only two choices:

Either, abandon this decapitation action and sit and wait for Bo'erhu to rendezvous with the main force.

In that case, Bo'erhu's rescue of the Dream Lion tribe this time would highly likely fail.

Or, just charge over directly, capture that mountain peak, and behead the Northern Barbarian King!

Choosing the former was almost zero risk, and the Barbarian-Slaying Army successfully forced Bo'erhu and his personal guard army to stop, causing them to be delayed by at least two days in arriving at the front line.

In the future, when the Northern Border Army successfully destroys the Dream Lion tribe, the Barbarian-Slaying Army would likewise have a share of the military merit.

If choosing the latter, it naturally goes without saying.

Risk and merit coexist!

"I don't know what you all are thinking, but this commander has already made a decision."

Bai Yan swept across everyone on the scene calmly, saying word by word:

"Having arrived here, this commander is determined to have the Northern Barbarian King's head!"

After experiencing hardships and leading the army to this point, the Northern Barbarian King could almost be said to be close at hand.

Under such circumstances, no main commander could resist the temptation and choose to retreat just like that.

"We were originally here to kill the Northern Barbarian King; now we are only one step away from success, how can we give up?"

As the Army Supervisor, Li Fei was the second to express his stance.

He came to the Northern Border this time precisely to help the Great Lan Dynasty increase its national destiny, thereby striving for the opportunity to refine the supernatural power seed with one hundred percent success using national destiny.

Besides this, only by obtaining sufficient military merit could he gain the upper hand in the game with the Lu family and Xu Jing.

Therefore, no matter what, he would not give up the opportunity to behead the Northern Barbarian King.

Besides, so many people, having spent such great effort, were originally here for decapitation.

Now that they have come, how could there be any reason to retreat?

In an army, the one with the highest status is the main commander, followed by the Army Supervisor.

Because the Army Supervisor represents not only himself but also the imperial power behind him!

Therefore, after Bai Yan and Li Fei expressed their stances one after another, the others also expressed their agreement.

Thus, all the high-level personnel of the Barbarian-Slaying Army quickly reached a consensus:

Continue forward, behead the Northern Barbarian King!

On the nameless mountain peak, over ten thousand Northern Barbarian King personal guard army soldiers began to set up defensive works and formations from the foot of the mountain.

For true experts, ordinary defensive works or natural barriers simply could not count as obstacles.

Therefore, what could truly play a role were formations.

In the personal guard army, there were True Person-level powerful Badu experts, as well as over thirty Tudu mages at the Fu Ti stage.

These people, under the leadership of Wuri tribe Great Elder Wuri Wuri Tianji, a top-tier True Person, began to set up defensive formations.

A total of twelve 6th-grade exotic beasts were placed in twelve directions, surrounding this nameless mountain peak within them.

Northern Barbarian tribes all had the ability to keep exotic beasts. Bo'erhu's personal guard army likewise had "Beast Masters," and over a hundred exotic beasts were kept in the army.

And 6th-grade exotic beasts were already the highest-level exotic beasts in the personal guard army; even the Northern Barbarians, who were skilled in keeping exotic beasts, did not have many tribes that could drive exotic beasts of the upper three grades.

Soon, the prototype of a formation appeared, and massive amounts of blood light gathered into the bodies of the twelve 6th-grade exotic beasts.

These twelve 6th-grade exotic beasts let out earth-shattering howls, and subsequently, their ten-plus-meter-high bodies disintegrated inch by inch, also turning into blood light.

The over a hundred exotic beasts in the personal guard army were likewise the same!

A moment later, the phantoms of the twelve 6th-grade exotic beasts reappeared in place.

At the top of the mountain peak, in front of Wuri Wuri Tianji lay a white bone, which looked like the corpse left behind after a flood dragon died, only it was too "petite," only a few meters long.

This flood dragon bone was Wuri Wuri Tianji's natal magic treasure, having already reached the Heaven grade!

A natal magic treasure that has refined supernatural power is Xuan grade; a natal magic treasure that has completed the refinement of the seventy-two Earth Fiends and refined the Earth Fiend formation style is Earth grade.

Going further up, a natal magic treasure that has completed the refinement of the thirty-six Tiangang and formed the Tiangang Earth Fiend formation style is Heaven grade.

Earth-grade magic treasures are already possessed by top-tier True Persons. If strength levels are divided according to magic treasure grades, top-tier True Persons can be divided into three levels:

Earth Fiend level, Tiangang level, Tiangang Earth Fiend Great Perfection.

Wuri Wuri Tianji is a "Tiangang level" top-tier True Person; although he is not as good as that Great Elder of the Fire Red Qilin tribe, he already belongs to the top-tier experts among top-tier True Persons!

"Your Majesty, the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Formation has been established."

Wuri Wuri Tianji turned around and said to Bo'erhu, who was walking over:

"It is a pity that among the twelve main sacrificial exotic beasts, there is not one of the upper three grades; otherwise, I could make the power of this great formation increase by at least thirty percent!"

Bo'erhu looked at the twelve beast shadows distributed around, saying indifferently:

"No matter, beastified warriors merging into it can likewise enhance the power of the great formation."

Wuri Wuri Tianji was startled, finally understanding why, when there were other formation styles with stronger defensive power to choose from, Bo'erhu chose to establish the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Formation.

Looking at Bo'erhu's cold expression, Wuri Wuri Tianji knew that the other party had completely entered "war mode."

As a general, the heart is hard as iron; all lives are just chips in hand!

"Your Majesty, what kind of unit do you think the Great Lan Dynasty will send over this time?"

Wuri Wuri Tianji asked with some worry.

Bo'erhu laughed, looking at the mountains, rivers, and jungles in the distance, saying heroically:

"To take my life, at least five Tiandu-level experts must come!"

He had previously fought three Tiandu-level experts alone, including a peak top-tier True Person like the Fire Red Qilin tribe Great Elder.

Therefore, to kill him, five Tiandu-level experts was the minimum, and they could not be ordinary ones!

"With the foundation of the Great Lan Dynasty, I worry that there will be more than five Tiandu this time... it might even..."

Wuri Wuri Tianji stopped mid-sentence.

The Great Lan Dynasty had peak experts, and more than one!

Bo'erhu laughed and shook his head upon hearing this:

"Great Elder, you still don't understand the Central Plains dynasty enough."

"Please, Your Majesty, enlighten me."

"Their National Teacher was seriously injured; at this time, if they dare to venture deep into the Northern Barbarian lands, are they not afraid of falling here?"

"The Zhang Xintian Society has produced a Cursed Dao True Person. In the situation where the National Teacher is seriously injured and in seclusion, that God of War must sit in their capital and likewise cannot leave."

"However, don't they still have a Prince who is also a Martial Saint?"

Wuri Wuri Tianji asked.

Bo'erhu laughed: "That Prince is the uncle of the Central Plains Emperor. Over these years, he has almost no real power in his hands, which shows the Central Plains Emperor's fear and precaution against him."

"If he really makes a great contribution, should the Central Plains Emperor reward him afterward? How should he reward him? If he rewards him too heavily, he won't be at ease; if he rewards him too lightly, how can he explain it to a Martial Saint?"

"Moreover, that Prince has been strictly guarded against by others for all these years, so why should he risk his life for others?"

After hearing these words, Wuri Wuri Tianji immediately understood.

Although a Martial Saint is powerful, he is not invincible in the world.

If multiple Northern Barbarian Tiandu experts exhaust everything to use beastification, it is not impossible to have a chance to injure him.

If he were injured at the root, that National Teacher who is still in seclusion would be the outcome!

Therefore, that Martial Saint Prince of the Central Plains indeed has no need to take risks in the Northern Barbarian lands.

"Your Majesty, even so, what if at a critical moment..."

Wuri Wuri Tianji still intended to persuade.

But Bo'erhu suddenly said:

"They are here!"

Wuri Wuri Tianji was shocked and immediately performed supernatural powers to scout into the distance.

Thus, he saw the Barbarian-Slaying Army rushing toward this side!

"All units, be on alert!"

Wuri Wuri Tianji immediately issued the order, simultaneously activating the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Great Formation.

A blood screen over a hundred meters high stood up, shrouding the entire mountain peak within it.

The phantoms of the twelve exotic beasts continued to expand within the blood screen, ultimately turning into huge bodies over a hundred meters high!

Three li away, everyone in the Barbarian-Slaying Army saw the blood screen in the distance.

Separated by such a distance, they could all perceive the huge oppressive feeling coming from within it!

"It is the Twelve Heavens Blood Fiend Great Formation."

The only top-tier True Person in the team, Mi Han, said in a deep voice, "Using exotic beasts as sacrifices, refining their bodies, extracting their souls.

Those phantoms are beast souls. After sacrificing their physical bodies, supported by the power of the great formation, these beast souls will be immortal and very difficult to deal with!

And Northern Barbarian warriors can take the initiative to beastify. Once beastified, then take the initiative to sacrifice themselves to the great formation, the power of the great formation will continue to increase.

If this great formation is not broken, I am afraid we won't be able to kill the Northern Barbarian King today."

After hearing Mi Han's words, the group of experts on the scene all changed their expressions.

No one would doubt the judgment of a top-tier True Person.

"True Person Mi, is there a way to break it?"

Bai Yan asked.

Mi Han stared fixedly at the blood screen in the distance, seven-colored light flickering in his eyes.

A moment later, his expression was ugly:

"The top-tier True Person presiding over the great formation is using a Heaven-grade magic treasure, and the Tiangang Earth Fiend formation style established by the magic treasure is very compatible with this great formation; I cannot break this formation."

Although he, this former Vice Pavilion Master of the Zhengfa Pavilion, was also "Tiangang level," his strengths did not lie in formations.

Bai Yan was still calm upon hearing this:

"No matter, just watch this commander break this formation!"

His confidence infected everyone, making people feel inexplicably at ease.

"Imperial Camp army, take orders, form the formation!"

Bai Yan's voice resounded through the entire Barbarian-Slaying Army.

From the seventh day, he had handed over all the dirty and tiring work to the three thousand-plus Blue Patrol Pavilion warriors, thereby preserving the physical strength and energy of the three Imperial Camp armies to the greatest extent.

Now, it was time to draw the swords!

Army formations are divided into hundred-man level, thousand-man level, three-thousand-man level, five-thousand-man level, and ten-thousand-man level.

The army formations of the Imperial Camp armies of the major provinces of the Great Lan Dynasty are at most thousand-man level; besides that, there are four ten-thousand-man level army formations.

The three-thousand-man level and five-thousand-man level in between are missing.

It is not that they cannot be refined, but that there is a lack of sufficient resources and manpower.

Maintaining the four ten-thousand-man level army formations has already exhausted most of the resources and manpower, and the remaining "scraps" are only enough to refine thousand-man level army formations.

The army formations of these three thousand six hundred Imperial Camp soldiers in the Barbarian-Slaying Army are likewise only thousand-man level.

Three army formations were quickly established, and three black auras shot into the sky, turning into three hundred-meter-long black dragons, roaring toward the sky!

Bai Yan stepped out, flying into mid-air, and that Martial Dao Domain that looked like it was piled up from a million bones reappeared.

The three black dragon auras were swallowed into the Martial Dao Domain, and subsequently, the Martial Dao Domain shrouded all three thousand six hundred Imperial Camp soldiers within it.

A moment later, a blood-colored giant over three hundred meters high appeared before everyone's eyes!

This giant looked exactly like Bai Yan, wearing blood-colored armor covered in dragon scales.

Powerful and unparalleled aura shot into the sky, shaking the clouds.

Originally, they were three thousand-man level army formations, but at this moment, within Bai Yan's Martial Dao Domain, they were perfectly combined together, turning into a three-thousand-man level army formation!

Bai Yan mainly cultivated the 【Soldier Lord】 supernatural power, and his Martial Dao Domain was likewise mainly based on the Dao of the Soldier. The three thousand six hundred Imperial Camp soldiers in the Barbarian-Slaying Army had long been secretly training with him for a long time, so at this moment, under the command of this "Soldier Lord," the three army formations could undergo a qualitative change.

At this moment, Bai Yan's aura rose step by step, ultimately breaking through a certain boundary!

The blood-fiend giant with astonishing might stepped out, instantly crossing over three li, arriving before the blood screen, and blasted a punch onto it.

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