Chapter 520: Chapter 243: Complete Victory, Pride and Relief! (Seeking Monthly Pass)_2
At this moment, he looked ahead at the Earth Star’s Second Division.
Under his fierce assault just now, the opponent’s defensive array naturally couldn’t hold on and shattered with a bang.
At that moment, the Second Division paused, and then a figure stood above the Second Division.
"Little Fifth Realm, how dare you be so arrogant!"
Xu Zhou looked in the direction of Xu Zhou, his face gloomy as water.
After he saw Xu Zhou’s realm clearly, he was also taken aback. He didn’t expect a mere junior at the peak of the Fifth Realm would dare to chase their Second Division.
If this were to spread, their Second Division would probably become a laughingstock on Earth Star.
After seeing Xu Zhou’s strength clearly, Xu Zhou immediately decided to wipe out these people first and then return to reinforce!
After all... a battle formation hosted by a junior of the Fifth Realm, what does it count for, even an eight-thousand-heavy brigade?
He, Xu Zhou, could destroy it with a flip of his hand!
"Boy, today I’ll let you understand that this Heavenly Gate region is not a place where you Blue Star natives can set foot!"
Xu Zhou’s aura was no longer concealed, and the momentum of the Early Seventh Realm swept away.
Under the blessing of the Ten Thousand Army formation, his momentum rose relentlessly, reaching an extremely terrifying level in the blink of an eye.
Under such pressure, the 23rd Brigade’s army was immediately like facing a raging tsunami, almost unable to breathe.
"Hmph!"
Xu Zhou snorted coldly, instantly dissolving that pressure.
He said indifferently: "Sneaking around to the flanks of this Black Lao Mountain, is this the style of your Earth Star high-grade, all similar to mice?"
Xu Zhou was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily: "What an arrogant junior!"
He didn’t expect a mere Fifth Grade to dare to speak so arrogantly in front of high-grade experts.
Even within their own Earth Star army, no one would dare be so disrespectful to high-grade experts!
"Mere eight thousand people, let’s see how you escape from my grasp today!"
Xu Zhou had already decided to first annihilate these eight thousand people before returning to aid the First Division!
After all, to him, wiping out these eight thousand people in front of him was just a matter of convenience.
As his words fell, Xu Zhou let out a long roar, a sword light shot up into the sky, exuding a majestic heavenly might, covering the eight directions!
This was a sword condensed by the Ten Thousand Army formation, destined to shake the heavens and earth.
Once this sword appeared, even heaven and earth dimmed, and the sun, moon, and stars seemed to be obscured by the brilliance of this sword light!
Swoosh!
The sword light trembled slightly, then shot towards the 23rd Brigade.
"Trickery!"
Xu Zhou sneered, this time not using a sword, but instead, a surge of powerful energy was stirring within him.
"Boom!"
In the next moment, that surge of energy erupted from his body like a volcanic explosion.
This energy was not a single energy but composed of five types of energy, emitting five-colored light, forming a five-colored ring in the air.
Five Elements Ring!
After breaking through the peak of the Fifth Grade, Xu Zhou had a profound understanding of the unification of the Five Elements, hence he could further exert more miraculous Five Elements Divine Technique.
And this Five Elements Ring was his latest ultimate move.
This ring, guided by his own Five Elements, could gather the Five Elements power of heaven and earth, condense it within the ring, and subsequently unleash infinite might.
Now, under the blessing of the 23rd Brigade’s battle formation, endless energy surged into the Five Elements Ring, causing it to inflate like a balloon.
In an instant, it transformed into a giant ring with a diameter of a thousand meters, releasing terrifying might that could shake the heavens and earth.
Even Zhang Yuandong, witnessing that momentum, couldn’t help but look horrified: "Is this... is this really unleashed by the commander? Can a Fifth Grade be this strong???"
It wasn’t that his insight was shallow, it was just that the power before him, even if someone said it was the peak of the Seventh Grade, he’d believe it!
As Zhang Yuandong was filled with astonishment, the Five Elements Ring, having absorbed all energy, flew toward that sword light.
"Boom!"
The moment they collided, that sword light exploded instantly, turning into slow light spots.
Then, the Five Elements Ring continued to slam into the Earth Star’s Second Division with overwhelming force.
"Boom!"
The colossal Five Elements Ring fell, like a star crashing down, destroying everything.
Under that terrifying crush, Xu Zhou was directly blasted apart, dead beyond death.
Subsequently, the Ten Thousand Army formations below were not spared, exploding into clouds of blood mist.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of people met a tragic end!
And after the Five Elements Ring crushed a large swath of people, its momentum continued to smack towards the ground.
"Boom!"
The Five Elements Ring smashed into the ground, instantly resembling a massive earthquake, causing peaks along the path to explode one after another, quaking the earth and demolishing mountains, shaking heaven and earth.
Even the main battlefield hundreds of miles away was clearly visible.
Wang Beiwang stood on the battle formation composed by the 108th Division, looking towards the flank direction of Black Lao Mountain, showing a surprised expression: "Is this the doing of the 23rd Brigade?"
As a late-stage Seventh Grade expert, his spiritual power was vast like an ocean, allowing him to explore the battlefield’s flank direction.
Thus, he also witnessed the strike executed by Xu Zhou.
Although he could achieve such an attack, Xu Zhou, with only a Fifth Grade cultivation, could unleash such power still shocked him.
"It seems the 23rd Brigade doesn’t need my assistance anymore."
Wang Beiwang felt somewhat conflicted in his heart, realizing he had misjudged before.
...
With the appearance of the Five Elements Ring, the conclusion of this battle was almost foregone.
More than ten minutes later.
The battlefields on both the front and flank had ended.
The result was without a doubt, Blue Star had a great victory!
In fact, during the recent battle, the 108th Division also lost some soldiers.
In contrast to the 23rd Brigade, not a single soldier was lost.
More importantly, the battle between the 23rd Brigade and the Second Division was extremely brief, taking just a few minutes to nearly wipe out everyone on the opposite side!
At this moment, as the 108th Division and 23rd Brigade joined forces.
Each person in the 23rd Brigade was clenching their fists, with excitement on their faces.
What shocked Wang Beiwang was that within the 23rd Brigade, regardless of whether they were colonels, lieutenant colonels, or ordinary soldiers, everyone looked at Xu Zhou with nothing but respect in their eyes.
"The military morale of the 23rd Brigade has been completely unified."
Wang Beiwang couldn’t help but feel emotional seeing this scene.
Why did he previously not recognize the combat power of the 23rd Brigade?
Because he could see at a glance that the military morale of this unit was scattered.
This was normal, as it was a unit composed of multiple remnants, with their former structure broken up, having gone through a terrible defeat, how could the morale not be scattered?
But now, it was different.
This unit composed of several remnants was now unified once again.
The 23rd Brigade as a whole had surpassed that previous hurdle; at this moment, in everyone’s mind, there was a new commander.
That was Xu Zhou!
"With unified morale and a commander like this, the 23rd Brigade is destined to become renowned in the future."
As the thought crossed Wang Beiwang’s mind, he immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "Major General Xu, with the victory in this battle, your 23rd Brigade deserves high merit; I will report this truthfully to the Military Department afterward."
After winning a battle, whoever holds the greatest authority reaps the largest share of merits.
This also applies within the army.
Just like in this battle, per the Military Department’s deployment, the 108th Division was the main force, and the other three brigades were affiliates.
Therefore, when calculating credit after the fact, the 108th Division would receive the largest share of glory.
But now, with Wang Beiwang’s words, it’s equivalent to handing over this merit.
This was also his apology for the previous slight and one of his gestures of goodwill towards Xu Zhou.
Seeing this scene, every soldier of the 23rd Brigade couldn’t help but stand tall, and subsequently, their gazes towards Xu Zhou became even more reverent.
In this battle, they were once underestimated by other units.
But now, under Xu Zhou’s leadership.
They had finally regained their pride!
Look, even the famous commander of the Northeast 1st Heavy Armored Division held such an attitude towards their commander.
Every member of the 23rd Brigade felt honored.
At this moment, Xu Zhou merely smiled slightly and said: "Commander Wang is too kind; we can talk about these things later, for now, shouldn’t we pursue the Earth Star 3rd Corps?"
After all, the 12th and 13th Brigades are still in pursuit, aren’t they?
Unexpectedly, Wang Beiwang shook his head and said: "No need, we’ll just guard here."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhou couldn’t help but be surprised.