Wu!
A glaring sound was heard and everyone began to move. Scouts flew up in the air and saw another attack by the Heavenly Demons.
Zhao
Hai, Hua Wushang, and Li Xunhua looked at the slowly approaching
Heavenly Demon Army. The Heavenly Demons were still as arrogant as
before.
Behind the three, the Heavenly Flowers Alliance army
prepared to meet the enemy. Then beside the Hundred Flowers Alliance
Army was another smaller army composed of 150 thousand people. All of
them were standing calmly. Although they weren’t strong, their line was
neat and nobody made unnecessary moves.
These were the cultivators
that came with Zhao Hai. After three days of training, they were
looking a bit better than before. Although they were worse than what
Zhao Hai would have wanted, at least they looked more like an army than
the Hundred Flowers Alliance.
Hua Wushang and Li Xunhua looked at
the Freedom Alliance Army and didn’t think that Zhao Hai could turn them
into this after three days of training. This was surprising to them.
At
this time, the Heavenly Demon Army began destroying the formations
arranged by the Hundred Flowers Alliance. As before, the two sides
performed an offense-defense play.
The Hundred Flowers Alliance
Army sent their large artifacts out which removed the large artifacts of
the Heavenly Demon Army. Then the army of Heavenly Demons began to rush
in. Then both sides began to fight.
Zhao Hai also waved his hand
when the Heavenly Demon Army rushed over. This gave the Freedom Alliance
Army a signal to charge. They only had 150 thousand people, but they
were further divided by Zhao Hai into smaller teams. The team leaders
had communication tokens that Zhao Hai could use to transmit his orders.
Although
Hua Wushang had been paying attention to the Hundred Flowers Alliance,
he was also looking at Zhao Hai’s troops. He wanted to see how this weak
army fares against the Heavenly Demons.
Hua Wushang didn’t care
much about the battle between the Hundred Flowers Alliance and the
Heavenly Demon Army. This was because he knew that the enemy wouldn’t go
all out. Therefore, he had the free time to look at the Freedom
Alliance Army.
Li Xunhua was also paying attention to Zhao Hai’s army. At this time, Zhao Hai went with the army and wasn’t with the two.
Before
long, the Freedom Alliance Army came in contact with the Heavenly
Demons. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn’t let his army clash head-on against
the Heavenly Demons, that would be a death wish. Instead, he commanded
his army to spin like a circular saw that kept rubbing against the edge
of the Heavenly Demon Army.
When the troops of the Freedom
Alliance brushed against the Heavenly Demon Army, the outermost part of
the army began to use their dao avatars. Although these dao avatars
didn’t have much form, they still held power in them.
In the first
contact, hundreds of Heavenly Demons were killed while the Freedom
Alliance lost dozens. It was a minor conflict. Naturally, this was the
end. After the Freedom Alliance Army moved away from the enemies, it
made some adjustments before charging over once more. Another hundred
lives were taken away from the Heavenly Demons Army. Naturally, the
price was another dozen or so cultivators.
Battle on such a small
scale couldn’t catch the attention of the entire battlefield. However,
Hua Wushang noticed it. He looked at the Freedom Alliance Army with the
expression of surprise on his face.
He knew the strength of Zhao
Hai’s troops. Even if they showed their dao avatars, Hua Wushang would
still look down on them. This was because most of the dao avatars of
Zhao Hai’s troops were beast avatars. Moreover, it was of the lowest
wood-stage.
But such an unremarkable army was able to clash two
times against the Heavenly Demons and caused a 1 to 10 loss ratio. They
already killed around a thousand Heavenly Demons while they only lost
around a hundred.
Zhao Hai’s troops also attracted the attention
of the Heavenly Demon ARmy. The commander of the Heavenly Demon Army was
used to Hua Wushang’s defensive tactics. The appearance of the Freedom
Alliance was a surprise. Naturally, the commander was able to notice
them.
When he first saw the Freedom Alliance Army releasing their
dao avatars, the commander didn’t care. In his opinion such strength
couldn’t threaten the Heavenly Demon Army.
The reason the Heavenly
Demon Commander paid attention to the Freedom Alliance Army was because
he saw his army being shredded by these weak troops. His battles lately
had been very boring. Hua Wushang and the others were constantly on
defense. So even if he didn’t command the army, the troops would still
know how to attack. He was expecting the Freedom Alliance Army to be
immediately wiped out.
But after two clashes, the Heavenly Demon
Commander was startled. He couldn’t understand what just happened. His
army lost a thousand while the weak army paid a very small price.
Because
of this, the Heavenly Demon Commander paid more attention to the
Freedom Alliance Army. He wanted to know how this small and weak army
was able to do it. At the same time, he issued an order for a hundred
thousand troops to break away from the army and attack the Freedom
Alliance Army.
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but smile when he saw the
army of Heavenly Demons rushing over. To be honest, he didn’t expect the
commander of the other side to react so quickly.
However, Zhao
Hai was already prepared. He was ready ever since he attacked the
Heavenly Demons. He knew that the Heavenly Demons were different from
cultivators. The Heavenly Demons have trained for a long time. In terms
of combat or cooperation, a Heavenly Demon Army was much better than a
Cultivator Army. Therefore, Zhao Hai thought that he would be ignored
until he clashed with the enemy about three or five times. He didn’t
expect the enemy to notice him after two attacks.
Seeing the enemy
getting closer and closer, Zhao Hai immediately waved his hand. The
Freedom Alliance Army quickly retreated. Although they were retreating,
their line wasn’t chaotic.
The Heavenly Demon Army wouldn’t accept
Zhao Hai’s retreat. They kept pursuing them. The two sides began to
distance themselves from the main battlefield. When they reached about
ten li away from the battlefield, the Freedom Alliance Army stopped.
Then they began to get into formation to face the enemy.
Because
they were in pursuit, the Heavenly Demon Army formation was very loose.
Moreover, they were used to being overbearing. They didn’t treat Zhao
Hai’s army seriously. Seeing that Zhao Hai stopped, the Heavenly Demons
didn’t stop to form ranks. Instead, they continued to throw themselves
towards Zhao Hai’s army. The Heavenly Demons were probably thinking that
they would easily tear through the Freedom Alliance Army.
One
side was prepared while the other was being arrogant. When the two sides
clashed, the Heavenly Demon Army immediately suffered losses. Several
hundred of them were killed.
However, both sides had a great
difference in strength. The weakest of the Heavenly Demon Army was at
the core formation stage. Moreover, Heavenly Demons at the core
formation stage were stronger than cultivators on the same level. And
with the majority of the Freedom Alliance Army being spirit forming
cultivators, they naturally suffered losses upon clashing with the
enemy. Although Zhao Hai used battle formations to mitigate some of the
difference in strength, the difference was just too big. Casualties of
the Freedom Alliance Army began to build up.
Naturally, the
Heavenly Demons lost more people. The casualty rate between the two
sides was 1 to 2. But it was slowly reaching a 1 to 1 ratio.
But
no matter what, this result was already astounding. Hua Wushang and the
Heavenly Demon Commander knew the level of Zhao Hai’s army. For such an
army to incur such an even loss ratio came at a surprise to both sides.
The
battles continued and the casualties of the Heavenly Demons were still
increasing. At this time, the rate of loss between the two sides was 1
to 1.5. In other words, for every two Freedom Alliance deaths, they
would take 3 Heavenly Demons with them.
An hour passed by and the
Freedom Alliance Army had lost 20 thousand troops, about 5000 of them
were from the Black Tiger Gang. However, these people didn’t really die
in battle. Using the jade talisman that Zhao Hai gave them, they were
sent back to the Black Tiger Gang when they were about to die.
In
this one hour, nearly half of the 100 thousand troops perished in
battle. That was 50 thousand dead Heavenly Demons. Naturally, these dead
Heavenly Demons were turned into Undead by Zhao Hai.
The death of
these 50 thousand Heavenly Demons enraged the army commander. Since the
start of the invasion, he has never lost this many troops. Moreover, it
has always been the cultivators who suffered more. When was the last
time the Heavenly Demons lost more troops than the cultivators? This was
a shame, a huge humiliation!
Because of this thought, the
Heavenly Demon Commander sent out another 200 thousand troop army to
deal with Zhao Hai and the others. At the same time, large artifacts of
the Heavenly Demon Army began to attack the large artifacts of the
Hundred Flowers Valley.
Moreover, immortal experts began appearing
from the Heavenly Demon Army. Although they didn’t make a move, the
threat that they were spreading out was obvious. Immortal experts from
the Hundred Flowers Alliance also came out. Immediately, the atmosphere
of the battlefield became serious.
At this time, Hua Wushang no
longer dared to be distracted by Zhao Hai’s situation. His attention was
fully centered on the opposing Heavenly Demon Army. hua Wushang didn’t
expect the Freedom Alliance Army to cause such a huge change in the
battlefield. They were not only able to kill 50 thousand Heavenly
Demons, they also caused the Heavenly Demons Commander to be enraged and
mount a large-scale attack. This caught Hua Wushang off-guard.
When
he saw the development of the Heavenly Demon Army, he immediately
ordered his troops to retreat. At the same time, he started to make a
move. This time, he didn’t use the Heavenly Demon Seven Killing Blades.
Although the technique was very powerful, it was more suitable for
small-scale battles. Even if he was outnumbered, Zhao Hai can use the
Cosmic Stars Technique along with the Heavenly Demon Seven Killing
Blades. But in battles involving hundreds of thousands of people, using
the Heavenly Demon Seven Killing Blades wasn’t appropriate.
What
Zhao Hai was planning to use was the thousand-hands Guanyin. Although
the Thousand-hands Guanyin sounds like a Buddhist Technique and seemed
to be defensive in nature, its strength was very huge. Most importantly,
it had the widest scope among Zhao Hai’s techniques.
The
Thousand-hand Guanyin was a combination of different dao avatars that
Zhao Hai accumulated. Throughout his cultivation journey, Zhao Hai had
accumulated multiple techniques. When using the Thousand-hand Guanyin,
Zhao Hai could release all kinds of techniques at the same time. It can
be said that Zhao Hai could use hundreds of techniques simultaneously.
Moreover, each technique would hold great strength. Then once all of
these attacks were concentrated, it could perform a wide-scale track. If
this method was used in a solo battle, it would be easily broken. But
if it was used in a battlefield, it could easily reach the back end of
the army. It was enough to stop the opponent’s army.
With Zhao
Hai’s order, the Freedom Alliance Army immediately retreated. The
Heavenly Demons who fought against them didn’t give up despite losing
half of their numbers. Instead, seeing their enemy retreating and
reinforcements coming over, they charged forwards. It was as if they
were sharks that sensed blood in the water.
At this time, Zhao Hai
stood in front of the enemy. Then suddenly, a huge thousand-armed dao
avatar appeared behind him. The Thousand-hand Guanyin opened its eyes as
its arms began to form seals. Then multiple different techniques began
to form on these arms.
The energy coming from the Thousand-hand
Guanyin kept increasing. Before long, the qi turned into various beasts
and ghosts. Then a huge attack rushed towards the incoming Heavenly
Demon Army.
The Heavenly Demon Army stared. Those at the frontlines immediately stopped. This caused those at the back to stop as well.
The
energy that Zhao Hai released wasn’t weak. Moreover, there weren’t a
lot of transcending tribulation experts in the Heavenly Demon Army. Most
of them were at the nascent soul and core formation stage. If they
wanted to block Zhao Hai’s attack, they needed to brace themselves.
Therefore, they all stopped.
Zhao Hai used his Thousand-hand
Guanyin to block the 50 thousand Heavenly Demon Army while he retreated.
At this moment, the Freedom Alliance Army had already returned to the
rear of the Hundred Flowers Alliance.
