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Chapter 567: Breaking Out
🕑 Added 2024-04-14 05:54:30 +0000 UTCImmortal Path Space : Table of Content/Chapter List
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Two days later, as customary, the Demon Clan launched a fierce attack on King's City. The city remained fortified as ever, and they managed to slay numerous Demonic Beasts from behind the protective formation.
Half a day later, the Demon Clan finally withdrew, signaling the time for the customary looting of Demonic Beast corpses.
In the past, whenever Wang Hong appeared in a particular direction, the Demon Clan deliberately avoided it.
Beneath the western walls of King's City, over a thousand Demonic Beasts were feverishly moving corpses.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the entire western wall collapsed, revealing fully armed Human Clan troops waiting behind it.
After enduring the siege for so long, they had never seen such a formation before and were terrified, turning to flee.
Wen Lan stood before the East Zhou army, quietly watching as the wall crumbled. Even before the dust settled, he wielded a long spear, bellowing as he charged towards the city.
"East Zhou army! Attack!"
Leading the charge, the East Zhou army surged forward. The backbone of the East Zhou forces were the first to follow Wang Hong, possessing strength, extensive training, and battle experience.
The first row consisted entirely of third-tier martial artists, each wielding a large shield and a broadsword, advancing in perfect formation like a solid wall, swiftly moving forward.
The second and third rows were a mix of second and third-tier martial artists, each brandishing a long spear, extending beyond the shields of the first row.
These three rows of soldiers represented the elite of the East Zhou army, forming a spiked wall at the front.
Behind them, the fourth and fifth rows consisted of Cultivators, the strongest Golden Core Cultivators in the East Zhou army. These two rows of Golden Core Cultivators had one dedicated to offense and one to defense.
Following these five elite rows were the remaining ordinary soldiers, all fully armed with long spears, arranged neatly in formation.
Behind them were the common citizens of the city who, after nearly two years of training, had acquired at least the strength of first-tier martial artists. Each of them had received a weapon before departure, giving them a fighting chance even against Demonic Beasts.
The Demon Subduing Army, the largest in number, was divided into two groups, flanking the ordinary citizens.
In the rear, the Renaissance Army provided cover.
Over a hundred combat-ready Flying Boats hovered in the sky, with only a few frail individuals on board.
In fact, there were very few weak individuals among the citizens of the Great Chu Immortal Nation. These Flying Boats only carried infants and elderly individuals who had difficulty moving.
The Imperial Dragon Army was smaller in number but consisted entirely of elites. The weakest among them were second-tier martial artists or Foundation Building Cultivators.
These second-tier martial artists and Foundation Building Cultivators rode on the combat-ready Flying Boats, engaging in combat while the remaining third-tier martial artists and Golden Core Cultivators flew alongside the Flying Boats.
At this moment, the entire Great Chu Immortal Nation had united as one, surging towards the city's outskirts.
The Demon Clan's attack this time numbered over ten million, but Wang Hong's forces had already wiped out two routes before the siege, resulting in the loss of one to two million demons, including several fourth-tier and numerous third-tier lives.
Then, during the year-long siege of King's City, they suffered further losses in the millions. Now, outside King's City, the total number of Demon Clan members was less than ten million.
These ten million Demonic Beasts were scattered around the city, and now, as they broke out from the western side, if they moved swiftly enough, they would only have to contend with over two million Demonic Beasts on the west side.
The Demon Clan's organization and discipline were already far worse than those of the Great Chu Immortal Nation. It wasn't until the vanguard had already penetrated the Beast Tide that they realized it, attempting to organize the Demonic Beasts for a counterattack.
Countless Demonic Beasts surged like a tidal wave toward the Great Chu Immortal Nation's army, crashing against them like waves against a reef, sending forth a shower of blood.
The Beast Tide rolled forward in waves, constantly surging and retreating, then surging again.
In contrast to the two million low-tier Demonic Beasts, the Great Chu Immortal Nation had a force of a million, with at least six hundred thousand elite soldiers among them.
Therefore, despite the continuous counterattacks from the Beast Tide, the army continued to advance steadily.
Usually, there were two fourth-tier Demonic Beasts guarding the west side of King's City. However, when they saw Wang Hong flying at the forefront and sensed the presence of three other Nascent Soul auras within the group, they wisely refrained from approaching and instead commanded countless Demonic Beasts to intercept.
As a result, the Great Chu Immortal Nation's forces successfully pierced through the Beast Tide from outside the city, with the vanguard already breaking free from the Beast Tide's range.
At this point, the Demonic Beasts from the south and north sides also realized the situation and began attacking from the flanks, unable to intercept the front but able to attack the Great Chu Immortal Nation's forces from the sides and rear.
As a result, facing the ferocious onslaught of the Demon Clan, the Renaissance Army faced increased pressure.
Fortunately, the Renaissance Army was composed of elites, and their dense formation made it difficult for the Demon Clan to break through.
After all, no matter how numerous the Demonic Beasts were, within the limited battlefield, only a few could engage in direct attacks.
As the commander of the Renaissance Army, Jia Liang floated in mid-air, specifically targeting third-tier Demonic Beasts in the Beast Tide to relieve the pressure on the troops below.
At this moment, the nine fourth-tier Demonic Beasts that had surrounded King's City during the year-long siege had gathered.
Seeing Jia Liang still freely slaughtering third-tier Demonic Beasts, they grew angry. Third-tier Demonic Beasts were not easy prey; they were relatively scarce.
The nine fourth-tier Demonic Beasts quickly exchanged glances and then attacked Jia Liang together.
To everyone's surprise, Jia Liang showed no fear. He radiated thunderlight from his body and flew directly toward the center of the nine Demonic Beasts.
At that moment, centered around him, countless bolts of lightning rapidly spread out, covering a large area in an instant, enveloping the nine fourth-tier Demonic Beasts.
However, the lone fourth-tier Mid-tier Demonic Beast suddenly escaped at that instant, leaving only eight trapped.
Over the past year, as the most talented combat Cultivator among the high-ranking members of the Great Chu Immortal Nation, Jia Liang had received abundant resources from Wang Hong, leading to a rapid improvement in his cultivation level.
He had consumed a total of ten bottles of Profound Spirit Elixir, resulting in a significant boost to his innate talent.
According to Wang Hong's previous experience, ten bottles of Profound Spirit Elixir could raise a person's innate talent by two tiers. Since Jia Liang originally possessed Double Spiritual Roots, if we followed the previous calculations, his talent should now be higher than a Single Element Spiritual Root.
Without a basis for comparison, no one could say for sure what Jia Liang's innate talent was.
With the improvement in his innate talent and the addition of some fourth-tier pills, his cultivation level was now close to advancing to the Mid-stage of Nascent Soul.
After his cultivation level had increased, the power of this move had greatly enhanced as well.
Within the Thunder Sea's coverage area, all low-tier Demonic Beasts instantly turned into ashes. Even second and third-tier Demonic Beasts within the Thunder Sea could only hold on for a little longer.
After a moment, the lightning dissipated, and the eight Demonic Beasts emitted a smoky, burnt odor. Finally, as the lightning subsided, the eight Demonic Beasts let out a sigh of relief. However, a streak of black light flashed by, and one of the fourth-tier Demonic Beasts lost its head.
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