"Extremely accurate. The combat prowess of the human race is indeed far superior to ours."
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "The individual combat strength of the Nether Beast Legion is stronger than the Celestial Legion. They are the preferred choice to block the Celestial cavalry after breaching the city walls. The Asura archers are superior to the Celestial crossbowmen and can be responsible for remote suppression."
"My three ancestors, you should also know how we plan to breach the first Heavenly Pass. I believe we should select 20,000 Nether Beasts of Emperor rank and above to form an assault team responsible for breaching the city walls. Following that, the Asura Spear Legion will hold back and surround the Celestial cavalry, then the Nether Beast Legion will clear the path, and the rest of the legions will advance.
"Furthermore, let's both continue to bring in more troops. The battle will be decided once we break through. As long as we breach the second Heavenly Pass, we can strike directly into the heart of the Celestial territory. That will be our true strategic objective."
Upon hearing Lin Zhan's words, everyone pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement. They each stood up, preparing to report back to the higher-ups behind them.
After Ming Ling left, the Asura King and the Black Robed Ancestor exchanged glances. They then flanked Lin Zhan on either side, "Kid, are you interested in taking a couple more young wives? Look at our Asura clan, they are quite good."
Upon hearing the Asura King's words, the Black Robed Ancestor also wanted to speak, but after careful consideration of the appearance of their Nether Beast clan, he decided against it. Otherwise, the newly forged friendship would be shattered in an instant.
As the three of them walked out of the tent, they saw the War Beast Legion's Steel Armored Tyrant commander and the Vajra Mammoth commander looking reluctantly at the Nether Beasts as they put on the combat armor that had just been removed from them.
The Black Mane Wild Boar clan had lost 8,000 tribesmen. Even the Black Mane Wild Boar Emperor had participated in a self-detonation. After self-detonating at the Emperor level, the entire wall of the first Celestial fortress was instantly destroyed by half.
To trade one Emperor and 8,000 Emperors for a Celestial Heavenly Pass, even a fool would know that this was a worthwhile transaction.
Only 2,000 members of the Black Mane Wild Boar clan remained in the War Beast Legion. Upon receiving the news, the Grand Marshal made a sweeping gesture. Good heavens, the resources provided were enough to cultivate at least three more Emperors from ordinary pigs, let alone wild boars.
Moreover, the Black Mane Wild Boar Emperor, that old scoundrel, was quite cunning. Before participating in the battle, he had directly gone to the Grand Shang Ancestral Court to sign a contract, becoming a guardian war beast of Grand Shang and enjoying the protection of human fortune.
According to the human wartime decree, all soldiers and war beasts of Emperor rank and above who died in battle could be resurrected with priority. This meant that the next time Minister Xiao Zhang went to the tunnel, he could bring all these "second brothers" back.
In other words, the Black Mane Wild Boar clan sacrificed one resurrection opportunity to gain resources for the entire clan to rise. This was a deal so good that anyone who called pigs stupid from now on would be killed.
The Black Mane Wild Boar Emperor's series of brilliant moves directly caused the Steel Armored Tyrant and the Vajra Mammoth clans to have red eyes. Even the Beast Emperors of the two clans personally went to Grand Shang to seek refuge. However, the Grand Shang ancestors, with their high standards, did not take them in.
In the words of old man Cao Yu, "What kind of rank is this? You dare to seek refuge in Grand Shang? Haven't you seen that there's an Ancestral level Behemoth cleaning the toilets here? What are you two insignificant clans doing here?"
Seeing the Behemoth ancestor cleaning the toilets, the two Beast Emperors felt dizzy. Such an existence had fallen to the point of cleaning toilets, so how did that Black Mane Wild Boar elder join?
After some discreet inquiries, the two Beast Emperors realized what a great deal it was. It turned out that the Black Mane Wild Boar Emperor had gone through Minister Zhang, the son-in-law of Grand Shang. This elder was also a ruthless person; he dug up the graves of his father and grandfather and carried eight Emperor-level wild boar tusks to give as a gift to Minister Xiao Zhang.
The two Beast Emperors could only exchange helpless glances. My father and grandfather did not become Emperors, so where would we go to dig graves?
The Eight-Headed Serpent, seeing that his War Beast Legion had finally taken off their self-detonation armor, laughed happily, "Thank the heavens, thank Uncle DJ, we've finally removed this self-detonation armor. Now I won't be a commander without subordinates."
"Hey, you two brothers, why the long faces? Isn't it good to be alive? Why did you have to play the self-detonation game? What's wrong, are you as stupid as that old Black Mane Wild Boar?"
The Steel Armored Tyrant commander put on a mournful expression and said, "Great Commander, I'm miserable. Old Mammoth and the others are doing better. I self-detonated 2,000 of my sons while charging the formation. They're all gone forever. Look at the Black Mane Wild Boars, they can be resurrected and get compensation. Look at me, I'm worse off than that old stupid pig."
The Eight-Headed Serpent was stunned, then looked bewildered. "Our War Beast Legion are all Emperor rank war beasts. When we were first formed, my uncle registered us under Grand Shang's guardian war beasts, so we also enjoy the protection of human fortune. Moreover, my uncle has arranged for us all to be resurrected with priority. Why are you still crying?"
As soon as the Eight-Headed Serpent finished speaking, it was the two commanders' turn to be dumbfounded. "No... then, Great Commander, what was the point of that old wild boar playing this trick? Isn't that like taking off your pants to fart, it's completely unnecessary?"
The Eight-Headed Serpent nodded, with an expression that clearly said "you're just realizing he's an idiot." "Don't talk about me, this matter even confused my uncle. He was presented with eight Emperor-peak tusks. How powerful would they be if forged into weapons? My uncle felt embarrassed not to accept them, so he agreed."
Then, the Eight-Headed Serpent took out the War Beast Legion's tiger tally, made a jade talisman, and handed it to the Steel Armored Tyrant commander. "Have someone take it back to your elder and have him go through the back door with those fellows from the Celestial Master Mansion to bring your sons back from the tunnel in advance. Don't be like that old Black Mane Wild Boar. Use your brain a little more when facing problems."
"Alright, you two brothers can be instructors for now and teach the Nether Beast Legion how to self-detonate. I think the second Heavenly Pass will be much tougher than the first. If there aren't enough people, we definitely won't be able to break through it. I need to go and trick some more of these big idiots into self-detonating together with more Emperors. It's not our children anyway, so I don't care if they die."
Watching the Eight-Headed Serpent's receding figure, the Vajra Mammoth nudged the Steel Armored Tyrant commander and said, "Old Dragon, have you noticed? The Great Commander is becoming more and more cunning. He doesn't even need drafts when he's scheming; the idea comes to him as soon as he thinks about it."
The Steel Armored Tyrant commander nodded, "He's getting more and more like the Grand Marshal."