Chapter 1242: Chapter 1242 - Capítulo 1242: 1227: Blood Lion Army
Capítulo 1242: Chapter 1227: Blood Lion Army
In the military drill grounds ten miles behind Marquis Xingqing’s mansion, a troop of around ten thousand is rapidly assembling.
As this army gathers orderly and without any chaos, the ten thousand strong formation stands proudly in just thirty breaths, exuding murderous intent.
At the forefront of the formation, a blood-red war banner flutters, as if indicating that this troop will crush everything ahead at its command.
With hands behind his back, Marquis Xingqing, Ji Tao, stands proudly on the commander’s platform, glancing sideways at Ye Zhen and asking, “Is this army’s formation magnificent?”
“The formation is neat, the ten thousand are as one, with overwhelming killing intent, definitely a warrior’s legion!” Ye Zhen replied.
“This army, named the Blood Lions Army, has been under my command for eleven years, triumphing in countless battles southward, ranking among the top ten under my command!
It usually has a full complement of over eleven thousand, including nine thousand Vein Forging Realm warriors, two thousand Establishment Realm officers, and a hundred Early Stage of Dao Entrance young generals, with a commander who is a Fifth Stage of Divine Communication Realm warrior!
However, today, the Early Dao Entrance young generals and the commanding officer are all absent. Do you understand what I mean?” Marquis Xingqing abruptly asked Ye Zhen.
Before Ye Zhen could respond, Marquis Xingqing had already begun to sneer coldly, “You’ve used my ten barrels of True Dragon Essence Blood, over a thousand barrels of Ying Dragon Essence Blood, and consumed the resources meant to form a hundred thousand-man army, you must show me your worth, right?”
“Go, if you last a quarter of an hour under the siege of my Blood Lions Army, you pass!”
Ye Zhen was stunned, “Just me, against ten thousand?”
Before Ye Zhen could react further, Marquis Xingqing pointed at Ye Zhen and shouted towards the Blood Lions Army in front of the drill ground, “I give you an exceptionally easy task today, kill him!”
“In a quarter of an hour, kill this person, everyone gets promoted by one rank, with their bonuses doubled! Whoever personally beheads him, without merit will be awarded honors, with merit will have their honor rank elevated by one!”
Ye Zhen was stunned, the orders were completely disproportionate!
The order given to Ye Zhen was to hold out for a quarter-hour, but the order for the Blood Lions Army was to kill Ye Zhen.
Once a military order is issued, it will be executed thoroughly.
One can imagine the level of brutal assault Ye Zhen will endure within this quarter-hour, and to survive, Ye Zhen must strike back.
The Blood Lions Army below has raised their weapons and roared with excitement.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
Three successive shouts, with killing intent soaring to the sky!
“Marquis, they are unparalleled elites, survivors of a hundred battles. If I kill them during the battle, I……”
Before Ye Zhen could finish, Zhao Zhong threw a storage ring to Ye Zhen with a sly smile, “This is Marquis’s preparation for you: five thousand sets of Wind-Fire Crossbows, the most powerful standard crossbows in the Great Zhou Empire next to the strictly controlled Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows, complemented with a hundred thousand sets of Wind-Fire Arrow Cases!”
After speaking, Zhao Zhong made a lightning-fast move, grabbing Ye Zhen by the back of the neck like a chick, flying towards the opposite side of the Blood Lions Army with Ye Zhen.
When they were a ten-mile range away from the Blood Lions Army, Zhao Zhong threw Ye Zhen down.
“Kid, remember, annihilating the Blood Lions Army will demonstrate your utmost value!” Zhao Zhong’s kind yet sinister reminder echoed in Ye Zhen’s mind.
“Annihilate?”
Ye Zhen was dumbfounded!
Just for a military exercise, just to test his strength, he has to annihilate this troop in front of him?
To annihilate this battle-hardened force?
Isn’t this ridiculous?
“Marquis, can’t we change the approach? They are seasoned elites, warriors who have returned from bloody battles; they should not die here!” Ye Zhen swiftly communicated with Marquis Xingqing via divine soul telecommunication.
It’s not that Ye Zhen is too compassionate, being a military leader himself, he knows the weight of the word ‘soldier’ and understands the blood and tears behind a warrior’s legion.
And a seasoned elite force should not perish due to a military exercise!
As for defeating the Blood Lions Army, there is no doubt!
Especially with Ye Zhen’s cultivation advanced!
What’s more, the venue for this military exercise is a place Marquis Xingqing has carefully selected, with dense woods behind Ye Zhen on both sides.
As long as Ye Zhen wishes, if his spiritual power is sufficient, he can summon tens of thousands of tree-man army at any time.
For Ye Zhen’s roar, Marquis Xingqing didn’t even look, only signaling the officer nearby to wave the command banner!
“Kill!”
The Blood Lions Army erupted with a deafening roar, in an instant, ten thousand strong surged towards Ye Zhen like a turbulent flow of blood!
Under the command of a leading general, the Blood Lions Army split into three, closing in on Ye Zhen.
By instinct, Ye Zhen retreated towards the nearby woods.
Ye Zhen is not foolish; he knows very well that in the face of such an army that executes orders with utmost determination, it’s a matter of life and death.
As he stepped into the woods, without hesitation, Ye Zhen planted one foot down, a verdant-colored halo spreading out like a ripple. Opening his mouth, Ye Zhen emitted a call penetrating to the very soul.
Where the green halo passed, countless trees began to awaken from their slumber, laboriously stretching their bodies, slowly rising, and converging towards Ye Zhen.
The movements of the tree-men were quite slow, and within the mere ten breaths it took for the tree-men to be awakened, the main force of the Blood Lions Army was already within three miles distance from Ye Zhen.
“Raise crossbows!”
The commanding general shouted angrily, and more than three thousand Wind-Fire Crossbows identical to those in Ye Zhen’s storage ring simultaneously aimed at Ye Zhen!
“Fire!”
In an instant, over thirty thousand arrows streaked across the sky, leaving behind more than thirty thousand red bright trails, converging on Ye Zhen’s position.
Under such a massive onslaught of arrows, not to mention martial artists of the Establishment Realm, even those at the Ninth Stage Peak of Dao Entrance Realm would likely not dare to face it head-on.
However, Ye Zhen, at this moment, had the urge to take it head-on.
He wanted to test the power of his newly formed Black Dragon Tyrant Body!
In the end, Ye Zhen dismissed this idea!
With a slight movement of his Divine Sense, at Ye Zhen’s command, over a hundred tree-men formed a tree formation in front of him, using their massive bodies to completely shield him.
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
The sound of crossbow bolts breaking through the air echoed like a torrential downpour.
One by one, Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows, wailing sharply, crashed into the bodies of the just-awakened tree-men, exploding with a bang upon impact, creating large holes that caused the tree-men to howl in pain, while green blood flowed from their wounds!
The Spiritual Power within Ye Zhen’s body started rapidly converting to the purest Yimu Spiritual Power.
Green rings spread like ripples, and some of the nearly-dead tree-men, under the support of pure Yimu Spiritual Power, quickly turned danger into safety.
The Little Demon wanted to intervene, but Ye Zhen refused!
This was not the time for the Little Demon to be exposed!
Just now, the Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows from the storage ring that Zhao Zhong gave Ye Zhen had been scattered like flowers among the tree-men rapidly gathering behind Ye Zhen.
“Raise your crossbows!”
“Fire!”
The Blood Lion Army on the flank reached their predetermined position, and another more than thirty thousand Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows poured down like a torrential downpour.
In an instant, within the hundred meters radius in front of Ye Zhen, there were many casualties among the tree-men.
Over a thousand Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows fiercely rained down on Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen instinctively dodged, hesitated for a moment, but didn’t move!
The booming explosion of crossbow arrows echoed continuously, and after the smoke and dust cleared, Ye Zhen’s clothes were nearly gone, making him look like he had just emerged from a smoke hole.
However, on his skin, there wasn’t a single trace of injury, not even a white mark!
“The concentrated shooting of those thousand Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows just now should have easily annihilated an Early Stage of Dao Entrance Realm existence, right?”
Ye Zhen laughed!
The defensive power of this Black Dragon Tyrant Body was even stronger than he imagined!
Under the concentrated rain of over a thousand Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows, Ye Zhen was merely knocked back, yet almost completely unscathed!
When the Blood Lion Army’s arrow barrage from the right wing came down, Ye Zhen had already flashed into the thousands of tree demons behind him.
“Fire!”
Ye Zhen gave the same order!
The five thousand tree demons equipped with Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows simultaneously raised their crossbows, mechanically pulling the triggers!
In an instant, more than fifty thousand arrows covered the central Blood Lion Army!
The commander of the central Blood Lion Army, clearly experienced, had long ordered the army to raise large shields sparkling with Spirit Light!
However, the over fifty thousand powerful Wind-Fire Crossbow Arrows were concentratedly shot at over three thousand people, and when these arrows hit their targets, they’d explode!
The sound of cries resounded in succession!
After a wave of concentrated shooting, at least one-third of the central Blood Lion Army had died in battle, and of the remaining two-thirds, almost everyone was wounded!
The commanders of the Blood Lion Army on the two flanks, seeing this, had their expressions drastically change. The life force of the tree demons was astonishing; unlike humans, if a human’s vital point was hit by an arrow, their combat effectiveness would immediately be more than halved.
But these tree demons, even after being hit by several arrows, could continue fighting.
The Blood Lion Army immediately understood that under such an arrow barrage strategy, they had no advantage!
Moreover, their target was Ye Zhen!
If they continued to grind like this, these tree demons could wipe out their entire Blood Lion Army just by using the Flame Spirit Burst Demon Crossbows for long-range covering fire!
The military flags flashed repeatedly, and the two winged armies simultaneously began charging towards Ye Zhen’s location!
They didn’t have the advantage in ranged combat, so only in close combat could they kill their target!
Ye Zhen, who had served as the Supreme Commander of the Eastern Expedition, almost instinctively reacted. With a thought of his Divine Sense, the green ring underfoot spread, and the ten-thousand-strong tree-man army focused from behind surged past the five thousand tree-men holding Wind-Fire Crossbows, launching a counter-charge against the Blood Lion Army.
Meanwhile, the five thousand crossbow-holding tree-men at the rear had already replaced their arrow boxes, aiming at the direction of the Blood Lion Army, waiting for Ye Zhen’s order to fire.
Seeing this, the three route commanders of the Blood Lion Army simultaneously let out cries of despair!
With tens of thousands of tree-men blocking their way, and in a charging state, the five thousand crossbow-holding tree-men at the rear only needed three to five waves of covering fire to completely annihilate them!
Watching this scenario unfold on the Commander’s Platform, a general, his entire body faintly exuding blood flames and an aura comparable to Zhao Zhong, even his beard was red, had his mighty tiger body shake uncontrollably!
Even the corners of his mouth trembled in pain!
As he trembled, he helplessly and painfully closed his eyes!