Longzang

Chapter 860 Troubles
After much deliberation, Wei Yuan came to no conclusion and put the matter aside, focusing instead on the war against the Wu tribe.

Wei Yuan need not worry about the battles beyond the heavens. The two sides often fight for several days or even more than ten days at a time. Although the number of human Yu Jing is small, each one is powerful. Xuan Yue and Ming Wang can fight two opponents at once, and Cui Chengxiao can basically gain the upper hand in a one-on-one fight, and can hold out for a period of time in a one-on-two fight. Xu Lanshan has only recently become a Yu Jing, but she can still steadily hold her own against opponents in the mid-to-late stages of the game.

Wei Boyang and Zhu Yuanjin appeared and disappeared intermittently, and later they even appeared together to ambush the same target.

The immortal's move was too far from Wei Yuan's reach, so he simply stopped thinking about it and focused all his attention on the human battlefield. The Wu Clan began to divide their forces again, now consisting of five legions: four large and one small. The eastern front also began to cross the Hanyang-Qingming line, penetrating deep into the southeast of Qingming, where they set up camp and began their attack.

A small legion was stationed opposite Hanyang Pass, monitoring the movements of the garrison inside. At this time, Xu Lanshan had already been targeted by the extraterrestrial monsters and could no longer enter the Shattered Domain to kill, so the Xu family elders inside the pass activated their true abilities: self-preservation.

The Xu family's private army of 500,000 men inside Hanyang Pass was pinned down by 200,000 witch soldiers. In truth, this was because Liu Lan did not fully understand the situation in the Broken Domain. If Wei Yuan had been in command, he wouldn't have needed 200,000 men at all; 2,000 would have been enough.

In Wei Yuan's words, the number of soldiers doesn't matter, but if you dare to touch me, that's a matter of nature, and it will be a fight to the death. The war will not stop until the Xu family hands over your head.

This was definitely a threat, but Wei Yuan knew it would be effective.

Fortunately, Liu Lan was unaware of this, so he wasted 200,000 troops outside Hanyang Pass, and now he only has more than 6 million troops left.

However, the reinforcements from the Witch Clan continued to arrive in droves. What Liu Lan found somewhat puzzling was that almost all of them were ordinary, low-level soldiers with only a little bit of body forging foundation, followed by a large number of witch warriors and noble lords. There were no elites who had achieved the Great Body Forging stage, and even those who had reached the late stage of body forging were few and far between.

This kind of legion gave Liu Lan a major headache; once its number exceeded the limit for command, it was better to have none at all. So Liu Lan could only keep splitting off legions, moving along Qingming and dividing them into multiple different positions, forcing Wei Yuan to also divide his forces.

As expected, Wei Yuan needed to ensure that at least 500,000 troops were deployed to defend the front, leaving less than 100,000 troops to deal with each of the Wu Clan legions.

However, Liu Lan assembled his most elite troops. This legion of only 300,000 men had no other mission than to escort the supply convoys of various legions and support legions in unfavorable situations.

Liu Lan had no choice but to force Wei Yuan to disperse his forces. Ten ordinary soldiers could easily defeat one elite soldier, but a hundred against ten would be more difficult. If there were more than a hundred elite soldiers, they could fight on equal terms against thousands of scattered soldiers.

Ten thousand elite troops against a hundred thousand old and weak soldiers—as long as the commanding general isn't utterly incompetent, victory is almost guaranteed; a single charge could end the battle.

Therefore, Liu Lan would rather endure the pressure of huge casualties and continue to attack, just because he could use powerful spells to maintain morale during the attack. If he let these ordinary soldiers defend, they would probably collapse during the firepower coverage phase before the two armies even truly clashed.

Fortunately, the sacrificial power bestowed this time was exceptionally large. Eighty percent of it was tricked away by Wei Yuan's air missile attack, but the remaining power was enough to activate a powerful spell to maintain morale, and occasionally throw a blood curse over Qing Ming's head.

Wei Yuan naturally noticed that the general quality of the Wu Clan troops was not high. Even without the "Instantaneous Beings," the Qingming warriors could still gain an absolute advantage in close combat. After all, the equipment level of the Qingming troops far exceeded that of these Wu soldiers, who could only be considered third- or fourth-rate. The combined equipment of more than a dozen Wu soldiers was probably not as valuable as the armor of a single Qingming warrior.

In the bloody battle, Qingming's forged breastplate proved extremely effective. The Witch Clan's swords could barely penetrate its defenses, and ordinary arrows were also difficult to pierce. Unless heavy blunt weapons were used, three or five lightly armed Witch Clan warriors surrounding a single Qingming warrior would almost always be killed in the end.

However, although Wei Yuan discovered that the witch army had only sent some third- and fourth-tier legions, their numbers were so large that they could be easily rotated and spread out in all directions, so the pressure was still extremely heavy.

Wei Yuan could only suppress the enemy with artillery fire and occasionally launch missile raids on the altars. However, the missiles were insufficient, and the raids were ineffective, destroying only three altars. The Wu tribe still had at least twelve altars remaining. Wei Yuan would also launch counterattacks from time to time, but these were always short-lived, retreating after defeating the Wu troops on the battlefield. Wei Yuan did not believe that the Wu tribe lacked elite troops; the fact that he had not seen any so far meant only one thing: their elite legions were all held by their commander, who was preparing to find a weakness before deploying them to the battlefield and secure victory.

Therefore, Wei Yuan also kept sufficient reserve troops and artillery ammunition, ready to deliver a head-on blow to the Wu tribe's general offensive at any time.

Liu Lan pretended to have a large and elite army under her command, launching continuous offensives. Only by attacking and wearing down Wei Yuan could she prevent him from seeing her weakness.

The two sides were like two experienced and skilled gladiators, maneuvering against each other. The battle seemed intense, but in fact, they were holding back their strength, waiting for the opponent's weakness.

During the war, Wei Yuan had already set up a fortune formation, continuously injecting various kinds of immortal spiritual energy to boost his own fortune. He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that would force him to reveal himself and take action personally.

At that time, Wei Yuan would be exposed to the Witch Clan, and perhaps some Ghost Witch or Spirit Witch would be unable to resist taking action to kill him, trying to spare Wei Yuan's life at a certain cost.

Wei Yuan was waiting for that moment, which was also the time he had calculated when it would be easiest to kill Yu Jing of the Wu Clan, even with a much higher chance than that of the two True Monarchs, Xuan Yue and Ming Wang.

Of course, while waiting, Wei Yuan didn't forget to annoy the opposing commander. His way of annoying his opponent was simple: he boosted his own luck, so that not only would those around him suffer, but also his opponents with whom he had significant direct karmic connections would be unlucky.

Liu Lan soon discovered that her battlefield actually consisted of two places, one in front and one behind.

At the main camp of the Witch Clan, Liu Lan was commanding a new offensive at the front line. Just as the old and new legions were rotating and in chaos, the two Witches at the rear issued twelve orders, forcing Liu Lan to immediately return to the main camp to explain the situation.

Liu Lan had no choice, but fortunately, as a top-tier Netherworld Witch, he was extremely fast and could travel hundreds of miles in an instant.

The two shamans were already seated high in the main tent. Upon seeing Liu Lan enter, the shaman on the left coldly said, "We have just calculated an important figure. During this period, Qingming has used 500 million catties of steel just to build the defensive line. Can you explain where their steel came from?"

Two wisps of smoke suddenly escaped Liu Lan's nostrils. He really wanted to slap these two guys across the face! How would he know where the human race's steel came from? What did it have to do with his one or two immortal silver coins?
At this moment, Wu on the right said coldly, "If you don't speak, it means you're guilty!"

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At this moment, Wei Yuan also had his troubles. The Yellow Springs Grotto was already overburdened and struggling to function. At this moment, the Yellow Springs Grotto was like a cherry, the flesh of which was full of all kinds of evil spirits, while the real Yellow Springs Grotto was actually the pit inside.

Human life, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, is bursting with vitality.

　PS: Update will be at 12 o'clock tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)