Chapter 516: Chapter 241: Cross-Domain Combat, Commanding Thousands of Troops (Seeking Monthly Pass at Month’s End)_2
Even the heavy armored composite brigade of eight thousand people currently assembled would be far from being a match for the 3rd Corps.
Fortunately, this time, the 23rd Brigade has allies.
"23rd Brigade, 12th Brigade, 13th Brigade, plus a heavy armored division." Xu Zhou looked at the battle plan.
The first two brigades have strength comparable to the 23rd, but the main force for the upcoming battle is clearly that heavy armored division.
"Northeast 1st Heavy Armored Division, code-named 108, under its command is a late-stage Seventh Grade expert, two mid-stage Seventh Grade, several hundred Sixth Grade experts, and the rest are Fifth Grade experts."
"As expected of a division numbered ’1’, such a lineup is enough to sweep through more than half of the Western War Zone."
Of course, the number of experts in the Northeast 1st Heavy Armored Division, at first glance, seems abundant, but don’t forget, Blue Star Martial Artists are not equal to Earth Star Martial Artists at the same realm.
The disparity becomes even more apparent above the Seventh Grade.
Therefore, even though this lineup seems luxurious, it still faces great pressure against the Earth Star 3rd Corps.
Beside him, Zhong Qiang said: "Don’t worry, we’re just going to intercept, not eliminate."
Xu Zhou nodded.
This time, everyone under the First Army’s command has the task of interception.
And the true main attacking force is the Second Army, which will blitz across the 38th Parallel.
"The Beast Race over there has temporarily settled down, the high ranks of the Ten Thousand Clan are all focused on dealing with the Array Base."
Xu Zhou contemplated.
The avatar has also been behaving these days, developing at a rate of fifty thousand kilograms per day.
As the avatar continues to grow, Xu Zhou also senses that his main body is getting closer to the peak of Fifth Grade.
"Once this battle is over, I’ll go back and earnestly develop until I reach the Ninth Grade!" Xu Zhou secretly thought.
...
A quarter of an hour later.
The army reaches the vicinity of the 38th Parallel.
This is a black land, surrounded by mountains, all these black peaks are strangely shaped.
This is the border of Guang Han!
And not far from here, there is a gigantic, terrifying chasm, ten miles wide, with immeasurable depth.
That is the 38th Parallel dividing Guang Han and the Heavenly Gate area.
When the 23rd Brigade arrives near here, they find that the other units have already arrived.
The 12th Brigade, 13th Brigade, and the 108th Heavy Armored Division, combined, total over twenty thousand people, a vast black mass.
When these three troops saw the arrival of the 23rd Brigade, their gazes all turned towards them.
"Is this the 23rd Brigade? Why did they come so late!"
"I heard they were temporarily reorganized from many beaten-down troops, probably spent a lot of time on the road."
"A unit made up of many battered armies? No wonder they’re so slow, so straggling, no sense of time whatsoever."
"They’re all remnant troops, how can you expect them to have any discipline?"
In the Northeast 1st Heavy Armored Division, the mid-stage Seventh Grade division commander, Wang Beiwang, standing at the forefront, was also scrutinizing this 23rd Brigade.
"Huh? Is it him?"
At this moment, Wang Beiwang saw the commander of the 23rd Brigade, and immediately showed a look of surprise.
As a commander with the rank of lieutenant general, he naturally participated in the previous rank awarding ceremony, thus was aware of Xu Zhou’s deeds.
"So he is the commander of the 23rd Brigade... although his comprehension of battle formations is good, it’s a pity his realm is too low, no wonder the general command integrated these remnants into the 23rd Brigade."
Thinking of this, Wang Beiwang immediately said in a loud voice: "23rd Brigade, follow behind the 12th and 13th Brigades to cover the main force from the rear."
"Everyone, follow me across the 38th Parallel!"
With the only late-stage Seventh Grade’s command, the entire army immediately moved.
The grand army swept towards the 38th Parallel.
In the 23rd Brigade, quite a few people were a bit displeased.
"Our grand heavy armored composite brigade, and we’re being told to cover the rear?"
"Do they look down on us?"
"Indeed, it’s really over the top."
But due to Xu Zhou’s previous order, most of these people just muttered to themselves.
Xu Zhou didn’t mind, leading the 23rd Brigade as they crossed the 38th Parallel, heading towards the Heavenly Gate area.
Soon, they arrived above the great chasm.
"All units, stand by!"
Ahead, the army commander Wang Beiwang raised his fist and shouted lowly.
The entire army immediately halted, suspending above the chasm.
As per the previous battle plan, they didn’t intend to directly attack, but to "intercept".
As for when to start intercepting, it naturally would be when the main force of the Second Army penetrates into the Heavenly Gate, and the Earth Star 3rd Corps prepares to support.
It is at that moment that they are to take action.
Xu Zhou looked down, seeing the bottomless chasm below, shrouded in mist, obscuring what lay beneath.
"This chasm divides the Moon in two..."
Beside him, Zhong Qiang lamented: "And it is also the boundary line of the Two Worlds, stepping over this boundary line signifies entering the plane where Earth Star is located."
In other words, stepping over this line is akin to traversing a cosmic barrier!
Though it seems fascinating, in truth, it conceals a tremendously terrifying matter.
Zhong Qiang said: "Someone has proposed three questions, how did this boundary line appear?"
"Why did it appear?"
"Will it continue to expand?"
Zhong Qiang sighed: "These three questions are also three mountains weighing on everyone’s hearts, making it almost impossible to breathe."
Xu Zhou’s expression moved slightly: "Continue to expand?"
Zhong Qiang explained: "The reason for this doubt is due to research indicating that this enormous chasm, called the ’38th Parallel’, has shown signs of expansion."
"For example, hundreds of years ago, its width was 5 miles, and decades ago, it reached 10 miles, and now this chasm has reached a width of 13 miles."
"This barrier keeps expanding, which can’t help but alert people."
Hearing this, Xu Zhou also nodded slightly.
This barrier connecting the realm where Earth Star and Blue Star are located caused the war between the Two Worlds.
Now that this barrier keeps expanding, who knows what will happen in the future?
However, at this moment, Xu Zhou speculated that this barrier is highly likely created by the Dark Realm.
Just that after creating this passage, the Dark Realm found that descending into the Blue Star plane would suppress their realm, so they planned to carve another passage.
Which is the aforementioned [Dark Spirit Cross-border Array].
This array, combined with the Two Worlds passage, would allow the Dark Realm to bypass realm suppression and directly descend into this realm.
"Time waits for no one." Xu Zhou sighed in his heart.
He knew that the array in the Southern Battlefield is the most serious issue.
However, for those Ninth Grade experts to destroy the array with peace of mind, what he can do now is to powerfully suppress the Earth Star Martial Artists to prevent their high grades from interfering on his side.
...
Half an hour passed.
Suddenly, Wang Beiwang abruptly opened his eyes and shouted: "Commence action! Form strong attack battle array, disembark!"
"Yes!"
The 12th Brigade, 13th Brigade, and the 108th Heavy Armored Division responded to the command and formed strong attack battle arrays one after another.
The 23rd Brigade was no exception, quickly forming their formation.
Soon, Xu Zhou sensed a vast ocean-like energy pouring into his body.
His momentum soared dramatically.
"Is this the power of an eight-thousand-strong heavy armored composite brigade?"
Xu Zhou couldn’t help but exclaim, if he punched out now, he might really be able to smash a high-grade to death!
"The heavy armored brigade is indeed somewhat unique, with my current realm, it seems I still cannot fully control it." Xu Zhou sensed.
Soon discovered that he couldn’t tap into the full potential of this battle array’s power.
Of course, this limit is only relative.
Thanks to his control over Heaven and Earth Energy, the battle array energy Xu Zhou could control was already extremely robust.
Even a Sixth-grade Peak Strong Person may not be able to exert greater power in controlling this array.
"Disembark!"
Under Xu Zhou’s control, the 23rd Brigade quickly moved, flying towards the other side of the chasm.
"Buzz!"
It felt as if they pierced through a world membrane, and then everyone discovered that the world before them had changed abruptly.
Ahead was a vast primeval forest.
And in the sky, there was an enormous earth-colored planet, huge beyond belief, with its seven continents and four oceans clearly outlined.
This was indeed Earth Star!
"Finally arrived at the Otherworld."
Xu Zhou glanced around, seeing that all eight thousand soldiers of the 23rd Brigade had also arrived, maintaining their strong attack formation, their presence thunderous.
At this moment, the other units had already surged forward, sounding the horn for a strong attack.
And such a magnificent formation naturally immediately attracted the attention of the Earth Star 3rd Corps stationed along the Black Lao Mountain line.
"How audacious!"
When the Earth Star 3rd Corps saw this scene, they were all astonished.
Never had they imagined that Blue Star Martial Artists would dare step over the 38th Parallel and launch an attack on them.
"Enemy attack!"
Countless figures flew into the sky from the Black Lao Mountain camp.
In the blink of an eye, the sky was filled with a dense mass of figures.
The great battle was on the verge of breaking out!