The old man with white eyebrows let out a piteous scream as Geng Yan crushed the snake's head with his halberd, spewing endless blood and white brain matter!
"Kill!"
"The three routes converge, pressing the Green Ghost Snake army south!"
The eastern, western, and central battlefields instantly united. A vast front line, stretching for a hundred miles and spanning the entire east, west, and central regions, unleashed its might, driving towards the south with fierce bloodshed. Snake heads flowed in rivers of blood, and the air was thick with the unique stench of serpents!
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The encampment of the three million strong army was engulfed in a sea of fire, its over two million tents instantly consumed. The defeated Green Ghost Snake creatures began to flee south, the roars of "kill" growing louder, constantly assaulting the hearts of the fleeing beings!
"The Azure Dragon Palace army has collapsed and fled. Order Zhang Hao and Deng Qiang to lead a million soldiers disguised as refugees, heading south. Bypass the northern gate of the Azure Dragon Palace. Remember to have them travel south while spreading the word, to thoroughly amplify this bloody battle!" Geng Yan put away his halberd and spoke to his副将 (fùjiàng - deputy general).
The collapse of merely three million troops was not enough to shake the vital northern cities below. A spark was needed to further embellish this bloody battle, making it even more tragic and highlighting the might of the Yun Clan's army. Only then could the creatures in the cities along the way feel despair and immense fear!
"Clear the battlefield, tally casualties!"
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"Roar!"
Above the million-strong Blackwater army, a monstrous beast, the Ya Yu, manifested upon the condensed black spear, roaring in the void. Its emanating blood qi shook the heavens and earth!
The entire Nanshui Mountain Range trembled!
The Ya Yu's footsteps did not cease as it roamed within the covered area of the black spear's intent. With every step, the intent of the thousand-zhang black spear grew stronger.
"Again!"
Ge Lian, wielding his spear, roared. Streams of black gas directly drained from one hundred thousand soldiers and infused themselves into the military formation, exuding ferocious intent, shrouding all in black light!
In an instant, endless spear intent vibrated in the void, sweeping in all directions. A crimson thread condensed upon the physical bodies of each Blackwater soldier, shooting straight towards the heavens, merging into the black spear above.
Boom!
The Vermillion Bird, unified with Wen Yuan, manifested a pair of thousand-zhang wings behind Wen Yuan. They shimmered and merged with the twin maces held by Wen Yuan. Wen Yuan, along with the hundred thousand cavalry behind him, burst forth with boundless crimson divine light. These crimson rays ignited flames, engulfing the firmament, all pouring into Wen Yuan's body. His fiery eyes could melt all things in heaven and earth!
"Strong human flesh must be delicious!"
Ge Lian, holding his spear, let out a long cry. The military formation, containing a million soldiers, turned blood-red. The Ya Yu atop the thousand-zhang black spear, its eyes radiating divine light that pierced the heavens, watched as Ge Lian, wielding the spear formed by the military formation's condensed thousand-zhang black spear, smashed directly towards the crimson heavens opposite!
"Kill!!"
The thousand-zhang spear descended with fury, the void instantly shattering like bricks and stones. Lightning that spanned ten thousand miles could not keep pace with the spear's speed!
"I am here, you may try me!"
Wen Yuan roared. The twin maces in his hands bloomed with streaks of crimson flame. With a thunderous crash, the thousand-zhang wings transformed into massive crimson maces, replacing Wen Yuan's weapons. With a high-pitched cry, Wen Yuan's mere seven-foot frame, dragging the enormous thousand-zhang crimson maces, met the tip of the thousand-zhang spear head-on. Instantly, crimson divine light and black divine light erupted, ravaging the firmament!
The two torrents of power surged terrifyingly, annihilating everything. The faces of the hundred thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers turned pale. The million elite Blackwater soldiers all spat blood. Waves of black gas began to dissipate. The torrent transformed into a powerful, unstoppable storm, sweeping through both armies. In an instant, ten thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers turned into bloody mist, and three hundred thousand elite Blackwater soldiers were consumed by the crimson divine fire, turning to ash!
One hundred thousand against a million!
With the lives of ten thousand soldiers, they took away thirty million of the Blackwater elite!
Even so, Wen Yuan watching this was filled with immense sorrow!
"The revenge for ten thousand soldiers, I will have all your lives in payment!"
Wen Yuan roared, his hair blazing with crimson divine fire. He extended both hands, re-grasping the crimson twin maces formed from the Vermillion Bird's wings. Crimson divine fire illuminated the sky, and everywhere was a crimson world. The Nanshui Mountain Range seemed to be refined into a sea of fire. The firmament above the entire Nanshui Mountain Range was scorched, and the terrifying might shook the heavens with cracking sounds!
"Arrogant!"
Ge Lian became even more furious. A million-strong army had failed to sweep away a hundred thousand soldiers. He raised his spear, drawing upon the military formation, and smashed forward again, piercing the void along the way.
"Ah!"
He let out a great roar, the armor on his arms shattering. The blood qi of the seventy thousand soldiers behind him continuously merged into his body. The Ya Yu in the sky roared madly!
Waves of blood qi enveloped Ge Lian. The black spear in the sky instantly split into ten thousand!
Immediately, Wen Yuan looked up and could no longer see the sky. All he saw were thousand-zhang black spears making the void tremble violently!
Witnessing this scene, Wen Yuan gradually became excited. With a hundred thousand troops, he engaged a million-strong army in a bloody battle. Facing the myriad spears of the military formation condensed in the void, he tightly gripped the twin maces manifested from the Vermillion Bird's wings and instantly swung them out!
Black spears were shattered by the crimson twin maces, and streams of black divine light were refined by the crimson divine fire. The remaining two-thirds of the Nanshui Mountain Range completely shattered. Yang Youji led his army to directly withdraw from this battlefield, and the Blackwater soldiers who had been fighting them frantically fled from that terrifying place that resembled an abyss!
Ge Lian!
Wen Yuan!
The two, manipulating their armies' formations, like immortals, ruled heaven and earth. The burning crimson divine fire in the void, the world-ending black soldiers sweeping through the heavens, the armies engaged in bloody combat, and terrifying divine power continuously surged over the remaining few stones!
"Kill!"
Wen Yuan roared. The giant crimson twin maces swept out. The attacks of over a hundred, or even a thousand, black spears could not harm Wen Yuan in the slightest!
"He can contend with a million mighty soldiers!!"
From a great distance, Yang Youji watched Wen Yuan's god-like figure. Ten thousand Vermillion Bird soldiers had intercepted the million-strong Blackwater army. His fearless fighting spirit made Yang Youji feel how terrifying this fierce general from the late Three Kingdoms and early Western Jin periods was!
"Destroy!"
The crimson twin maces traversed the sky. Countless black spears shattered, and black divine light splattered everywhere. Wen Yuan, holding the crimson twin maces, unleashed a full-force strike!
Boom!
The seventy thousand-strong army trembled again. It was unknown how many had perished. Streams of blood mist enveloped them all!
The military formation shattered!
The Ya Yu's phantom dispersed!
"Kill!"