Longzang

Chapter 522 Coverage Strategy
Compared to the previous three major battles, the fourth battle was much more dull.

The Holy Witch, along with numerous Nether Witches and Wild Witches, watched the battle from the rear. Five Imperial Realm warriors, led by Xuanjizi and Canglongshi, appeared in Qingming, while countless others remained hidden.

In this battle, the Wu tribe launched a full-scale attack, while Qingming relied on its fortifications to resist step by step and defend desperately.

Both sides, being powerful beings of the highest realms, had a tacit understanding, observing from the air the entire time while remaining wary of each other. However, they were not entirely inactive, occasionally launching surprise attacks on the great shamans and Dharma figures engaged in fierce combat below.

One side launches a sneak attack, while the other must intercept it and devise a counterattack that won't attract the attention of the extraterrestrial monsters. This kind of covert warfare consumes just as much mental energy as the final battle in the outer space.

In the heat of battle, a sorcerer suddenly spat out a red thread that instantly traversed a hundred miles, attempting to cling to a human avatar! At that moment, a winding sword light suddenly appeared, severing the red thread in one fell swoop!
The red thread fell to the ground and turned into a long, thin tongue-like object that bounced rapidly on the ground, trying to escape.

In the midst of his busy work, Wei Yuan grabbed it. It tried to burrow through Wei Yuan's skin, but apart from grinding itself to a bloody pulp, Wei Yuan's skin remained completely unharmed.

The aura of the Ice Glass Divine Wood emanated from Wei Yuan's hand, instantly freezing it before he put it away.

Having suffered such a great loss, the Netherworld Witches became much more docile. Su Xuejing was a formidable figure capable of holding off the Holy Witches from beyond the heavens. In the Shattered Realm, he could unleash his full power, while the Netherworld Witches would have to hold back, and in a real fight, they might not even be his match.

Therefore, in the Shattered Realm, Su Xuejing's deterrent power is much stronger than that of an ordinary human Yu Jing.

Besides Su Xuejing, there was also Wei Yuan. Wherever Wei Yuan went, chaos ensued, and all the sorcerers had to give him a wide berth. Everyone was waiting for Wei Yuan to deliver the Yang Bullet to Hongye; before that, no one wanted to provoke Wei Yuan.

At this moment, Wei Yuan was like a lazy bum wandering around the village with a basin of manure, able to walk around with impunity, and no local ruffians dared to show their faces.

The ground battles were largely the same as before, with the only difference being that, after being optimized with human elements, Wei Yuan replaced the original location of Ding'an City with a defensive line composed of several hastily constructed small fortresses.

These small fortresses are about a hundred feet apart, with plenty of gaps between them.

In the eyes of traditional generals, this defensive line was riddled with holes, allowing large armies to pass through at every turn. Some of Qingming's generals initially opposed Wei Yuan's deployment, but their objections were ineffective, and Wei Yuan proceeded with the plan.

This Azure Sky Defense System was designed by Human Fireworks based on a new theory of firepower blockade rather than city wall blockade. Each independent small fortress will continuously output firepower before being destroyed, and the firepower of each fortress will intersect and cover each other. If the Witch Clan wants to break through, they will be continuously hit by firepower and constantly lose health.

Many conclusions drawn from everyday life seem to contradict common sense, but upon closer examination, they are found to be based on rigorous evidence.

Even the most formidable army would find it difficult to maintain its fighting capacity after passing through the fortified area with such heavy casualties.

Destroying these small fortresses comes at a high cost and takes a considerable amount of time. During the siege, troops are subjected to fire from other fortresses. Once a fortress is breached, it contains approximately a hundred cuirassiers, who are quite capable in melee combat. Therefore, a final round of melee fighting is required to wipe out all the warriors inside before a fortress can be truly captured.

In demonstrating this strategy, the Human World separated each fortress, broke them down into different tasks for mortals to deduce and calculate, and finally summarized all the individual cases, eliminated redundancy at the Immortal Plant, added other necessary factors, and went through a series of complex adjustments before finally reaching a conclusion.

Finally, Wei Yuan built hundreds of small fortresses in one go, each fortress housing more than a hundred soldiers, totaling tens of thousands of garrison troops distributed in the area of ​​the former Ding'an City.

The actual battle differed somewhat from the simulated combat scenario. The Wu tribe had too many troops, and the army, pushed and shoved by the warriors behind, forcibly swept through the fortified area, and in the blink of an eye, every small fortress was under fierce attack.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan deployed the Longxiang Army in the fortified area, forming an iron barrier that firmly blocked the Wu army's attack.

The Wu army surged forward like a tide, crashing against the Longxiang army's ranks. The front ranks of the Longxiang army had already fixed bayonets and begun hand-to-hand combat.

The warriors at the forefront of the Wu tribe charged desperately through a hail of bullets, finally reaching the Dragon Army, only to be pierced through by a single spear thrust from these warriors whose entire bodies were covered in heavy armor!
As soon as the two sides began to fight, rows and rows of witch soldiers fell down.

After slaughtering the advancing witch soldiers, this rank of Dragon Cavalry would retreat, handing the line to the heavily armored warriors behind them. They would retreat in rank after rank, firing, engaging in melee combat, then retreat again, firing again, thus shuffling the witch tribe's formation and continuously reaping lives.

The Longxiang Army alone could not withstand the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of witch soldiers, but behind this defensive line were hundreds of city defense cannons that were bombarding continuously, taking away the lives of hundreds or thousands of witch soldiers every moment.

The powerful offensive of the Wu army forced Wei Yuan to launch missile attacks earlier than planned; otherwise, the defensive line would be in grave danger. If the Wu army were to break through the line, the rear would be the heart of Qingming, filled with civilians unprepared for battle. Facing the Wu army now would mean a one-sided massacre.

As soon as the missiles were launched, the archery masters of the Wu tribe appeared to intercept them. Yu Zhizhuo modified some of the missiles, and when they reached the airspace above the Wu army formation, the first batch of missiles instantly split open, releasing more than ten small warheads that scattered and fell to various parts of the Wu army.

Each small bullet was controlled by a cultivator's divine sense, its flight unpredictable. However, the great archers of the Witch Clan unleashed their full power, raining down arrows and intercepting the vast majority of the bullets in an instant. The few bullets that landed exploded, letting the Witch Clan know that each bullet was real.

Batch after batch of missiles whistled in, rapidly depleting the archery shamans' magical power, forcing some to retreat and rest. Just as the archery shamans were exhausted and subconsciously becoming complacent, an ordinary missile in the sky was struck by an arrow, suddenly splitting open and shooting out more than ten flying swords!
These flying swords were all magical artifacts, and even the lowest-grade ones were not to be underestimated in terms of destructive power. The swarm of flying swords swept past, instantly killing two archer shamans before being shot down by the other shamans.

In the Azure Nether Army, Cui Yu opened his eyes, blood streaming from his nose. He remained silent, tilting his head back to swallow a pill. At that moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured down from the sky, causing his aura to rise steadily.

After taking a moment to catch his breath, Cui Yu's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he locked onto his next target, awaiting the arrival of the next special missile.

(End of this chapter)