Longzang

Chapter 418 War Between Two Races
In a massive city of witches thousands of miles away, a pale-skinned witch reclines on a couch, staring blankly at the dome.

A wizard hurriedly approached and said, "Lord Frostwhisper, news has just arrived that the human race has launched a surprise attack, and Rainmaple City has now fallen."

The pale-skinned sorcerer took a long time to move his head before asking, "When did this happen?"

"Two days ago."

The shaman on the couch paused for a moment before slowly saying, "Who has gone over now?"

"Lord Feilu and Lord Huang have already led their troops there."

"Oh, Flying Deer is quite nice, then don't bother me."

"Lord Hongye means that you are needed to go and take charge."

Shuangyu slightly raised her upper body and asked, "How many human troops have come?"

"According to reports from soldiers who escaped from the front lines, their people are everywhere, perhaps as many as 100,000."

The pale sorcerer had already closed his eyes: "Only 100,000, not 500,000. Flying Deer has 100,000 troops of her own; she's not useless."

The sorcerer below wanted to speak, but was instantly sent out of the hall.

At the front lines, squads of Wu tribe soldiers were arriving from all directions, heading towards the recently fallen Rain Maple City. Atop a small hill, several high shamans stood watching the squads of Wu tribe warriors march past below.

A high priest in the center, wearing a wooden mask and with two short horns on his head, said, "We are too slow!"

A high shaman beside him said, "We'll reach Rain Maple City tomorrow; the other tribes will be even slower. The humans might fight us there. But I never imagined Rain Maple City would be breached by the humans in less than a day!"

The Grand Shaman said, "Lord Frostwhisper probably won't be coming now. Be careful, everyone. It's said that many powerful human warriors have come this time. After arriving in Rainmaple City tomorrow, build the altar first."

The high priests were somewhat skeptical. Building an altar was extremely costly and would take at least three days; why be so cautious with only a few tens of thousands of humans?
Another army of witches was marching in the distance, unaware that a small figure was standing on a distant mountain peak, observing the camp.

Meanwhile, Wei Yuan's figure was barely visible as he flew at high speed, scanning the surrounding terrain. He quickly spotted a marching Wu tribe army, and after observing them silently for a moment, the data of this Wu army was marked in the image.

Half a day later, Wei Yuan returned to Wucheng, and Fei Diao and the cat also came back. The two spirit beasts told Wei Yuan about the number of Wu soldiers they had seen and their route of march.

It is now the third day since Wei Yuan captured Wucheng. On the battlefield map, six groups of Wu army, totaling nearly 300,000, have appeared within a 500-mile radius of Wucheng.

The Witch Clan reacted swiftly, deploying elite troops. Their ability to mobilize hundreds of thousands of reinforcements in less than three days led Wei Yuan to reassess the strength of the Rain Kingdom.

However, upon seeing the several different routes of the witch army approaching from different directions on the map, Wei Yuan activated his divine sense and within a moment, possible marching routes appeared in front of each of the witch armies.

Seeing the distance and speed differences between the various routes, Wei Yuan made a decisive decision: leave only a few people to guard Wucheng, while the main force went out in full force.

The 30,000-strong army was divided into two routes: 20,000 cavalry and infantry to deal with the witch army on the far left, while 10,000 cavalry, led by Wei Yuan, charged straight at the adjacent witch army.

Half a day later, a major battle broke out. Wei Yuan personally led 10,000 iron cavalry in a surprise attack on 30,000 shaman infantry. By this time, the cavalry had replenished their ammunition and quickly overwhelmed the enemy with extremely fierce firepower. Wei Yuan, on the other hand, fought two shamans at once, wounding them.

The great battle began first, and the two armies of the witches on the far left and in the middle began to move towards the battlefield.

However, the 40,000 witch soldiers on the far left flank immediately clashed with Wei Yuan's 20,000 cavalry and infantry, suffering heavy casualties under the fierce firepower. Shortly after this battle began, Wei Yuan, who had already defeated his opponents, led his cavalry to arrive, attacking from both sides and annihilating this witch army.

Among the 50,000 witch troops in the central route, there were 10,000 lizard riders who broke away from the main force to act independently in order to provide support to the other troops as quickly as possible.

However, the central witch army was quite far from the left flank. By the time the lizard knights finally arrived at the battlefield, Wei Yuan had already defeated the flank witch army and was surrounding and slaughtering the remaining soldiers.

When the enemy cavalry charged in, Wei Yuan personally led three thousand iron cavalry to intercept them, fighting ten thousand lizard knights to a standstill, while the rest of the troops wiped out the fleeing witch army.

Seeing the situation was dire, the lizard riders tried to escape, but were relentlessly pursued by the Azure Cavalry. The seven thousand cavalry, now free to attack, directly outflanked the lizard riders and devoured them all.

Wei Yuan separated the cavalry and infantry again, advancing to the left and right. After personally scouting the movements of the central witch army, he led his troops in a surprise attack. The infantry met the attack head-on, while the cavalry flanked the rear. Under the combined firepower from all sides, the central witch army suffered another crushing defeat.

When Fei Lu led his 100,000-strong main force to the outskirts of Yufeng City and began constructing the altar, he received news that his three right-wing forces had all been routed.

Feilu's eyes blazed with fury. She immediately dispatched troops to scout the city, only to find it completely deserted. The small troop that had been feigning defense had also fled. All the altar she had spent most of the day repairing had been for nothing.

At this time, the main force of the Wu army was still intact; Feilu's 100,000 and Huang's 80,000 were both unharmed. They immediately combined their forces and simultaneously dispatched a large number of scouts to search for Wei Yuan's location. However, apart from the battlefields of the three major battles, no trace of the army's movements could be found. All the remaining traces indicated that the human forces had been dispersed into multiple small units. The high shamans also learned from the gathered defeated soldiers that the human forces only numbered 30,000 in total.

When this intelligence was sent back, both Fei Lu and Huang, the two great shamans, felt a deep headache.

This means that the original plan to launch a surprise attack on the Azure Nether Realm and force the human race to withdraw is no longer feasible. There are at least tens of thousands of troops still in the Azure Nether Realm, and the Witch Clan's forces are simply no match for them.

After pondering for a long time, Fei Lu said, "The human race has been in my Witch Domain for a long time, and we will have to go back to replenish our military strength sooner or later. Since they have split into small teams, we will also divide our forces to search and pursue them, but we should not stray too far from each other and should keep in constant contact. In addition, since we have suffered a defeat in the first battle, we will have to send more troops from the rear. Also, we need to inform Lord Shuangyu that he will probably have to come again."

Over the next few days, both sides split into multiple small groups and began hunting each other.

However, the human race's movements are extremely elusive. They consist entirely of cavalry or mounted infantry. Once they discover that the witch army is too powerful, they will immediately retreat. But the witch army, which is often isolated, will suddenly be surrounded by several small human units. After encircling them, they will become a large army of tens of thousands of people. After annihilating the enemy, they will disperse and disappear again.

On the map of the vast land, multiple troops are moving simultaneously at any given moment. Each appearing Wu tribe troop has a specialist analyzing their possible next move.

Wei Yuan's troops were not evenly distributed; some were larger than others, and some moved quickly while others moved slowly.

At this moment, all those with military talent were working at full capacity, and some who were originally assigned to other tasks also joined in. For the first few days, they were somewhat disciplined, focusing on concentrating their forces to strike small enemy units when the opportunity arose.

But after several days of fighting, the proposed solutions became increasingly proactive, even unpredictable.

They would use small, fast-moving units to lure and maneuver the enemy, causing several witch tribe units that were originally advancing side-by-side to separate, suddenly exposing the central unit, which would then be surrounded and wiped out. Even as they were being destroyed, that central unit wouldn't have realized where its allies had suddenly gone.

After several battles, ordinary people became even bolder.

They deliberately attacked the Wu tribe forces with a strong army, and when several nearby Wu tribe forces came closer, they counter-encircled them with even stronger forces, and finally took them down in one fell swoop.

Then there was another elusive maneuver. After a complex series of movements and battles, several Wei Yuan troops happened to form an encirclement, and several Wu Clan troops happened to slip into this encirclement. Thus, everything became perfectly logical.

A few days later, many of Qingming's troops had run out of ammunition. Meanwhile, several supply convoys, which had departed from Qingming a few days earlier, bypassed the Wuzu's interception forces and reached the edge of the battlefield. At that moment, one or more Qingming troops would arrive, resupply, and return to the fight.

Thus, the 30,000 Qingming Army and the ten-times-sized Wu Clan army continued to maneuver, playing hide-and-seek across the vast battlefield spanning a thousand miles. During this time, the Wu Clan's Great Witches attempted to track the Qingming troops on their own, but after two of them were ambushed and killed by the equally elusive Wei Yuan, no Great Witch dared to act alone again, and even when two Great Witches traveled together, they dared not leave the protection of the army's aura.

On the ninth day of the battle, a pale-skinned, twelve-foot-tall witch descended from the sky and blocked Wei Yuan's path.

The moment he saw Wei Yuan, his eyes blazed with a blood-red flame, and he said slowly, "You're still so young, it's a shame to die like this."

Wei Yuan said, "I heard that Hongye is highly respected among the Wu tribe. Now it seems that this is truly unbelievable."

A flame instantly ignited in Shuangyu's eyes, and she coldly said, "Slandering Hongye will only make your death more painful!"

Wei Yuan said, "As a Netherworld Witch, how dare you fight me?"

"This is a war between two races."

Wei Yuan said no more, staring at Shuang Yu, his aura gradually rising.

Shuangyu sneered and said, "Let your two companions come out. There's no need to hide. You can all come at me together."

Both the cat and the flying ferret no longer concealed their presence, gathering their strength to the peak, so that they could unleash their maximum combat power.

Shuangyu slowly moved his neck, his movements stiff like a zombie, his joints cracking as he slowly raised his hand.

Suddenly, the ferret's tail and back fur bristled, and it shot out like lightning, pouncing with all its might! The cat was only a moment too slow, and it swiped at Frostwhisper's nape with one claw.

Frostwhisper suddenly flashed forward, leaving only an ice sculpture of herself in place, which was instantly crushed by Flying Sable and Cat.

But his aura only weakened slightly, and he reached out to grab Wei Yuan. A long river of frost appeared before his fingertips, instantly extending a thousand feet and enveloping Wei Yuan completely!
In an instant, the vast land was transformed into a frozen world, and the vitality of life plummeted by more than half. All the immortal plants emitted their unique radiance, protecting a small area around them.

The earth was instantly covered by a thick layer of snow, and many mortal houses were even submerged. Many mortals had taken refuge under various celestial plants beforehand and were fortunate enough to receive protection. Only a few people on the outermost edge who failed to squeeze into the circle were turned into ice sculptures and then turned into ice powder.

Dozens of people disregarded Wei Yuan's previous orders and rushed to Wei Yuan's statue seeking protection, only to be reduced to dust, including the statue itself.

(End of this chapter)