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Chapter 221 [The First Battle] (6300)

Chapter 215 [The First Battle] (6300)

The mournful sound echoed throughout the snowfield and the Snow Cliff Pass, and countless horns were sounding in unison!

Rows of fierce beastmen were driven out of the camp and lined up on the snowfield. The sounds of whips and shouts rose and fell, mixed with angry roars.

More and more ferocious beastmen were driven over, standing in rows, making the queue thicker and thicker.

Beneath the frigid air, white mist billowed from the mouths and nostrils of each member of the ferocious beast tribe. These filthy beasts were dressed in tattered clothes, and their weapons were a motley collection. Crude spears and stone axes were the most common, and the occasional one wielding a longsword was considered an elite.

These ferocious beasts were all tall, even the shortest and thinnest ones were about two meters tall. As their numbers increased, even this motley crew gradually gained some imposing presence!

One or two thousand members of the Ferocious Beast Clan stood in formation, while even more members of the Ferocious Beast Clan were driven out from the rear camp.

These guys didn't immediately go to the battlefield, but stayed within the camp area—these were clearly the elite of the Beast Clan, and nearly half of them were wearing leather armor made of animal hides, and some were even carrying large bows.

These guys were at the edge of the camp, their ranks noticeably more orderly, guarding the camp's edge and quietly watching the direction of Snow Cliff Pass.

A huge wooden cart was pushed out, with logs serving as wheels underneath. Dozens of ferocious beast-like monsters, bare-chested and revealing their strong and muscular bodies, were pushing the cart with all their might.

On the wooden cart, several meters high, stood a fierce beastman dressed in a brightly colored leather robe, his face painted in various colors, and his head adorned with a strangely shaped crown full of thorns and branches, which was dyed gold with gold powder.

This ferocious beast was clearly a leader-like figure, with a strange pattern drawn on his forehead in blood.

On the wooden cart sat a throne woven from the branches of the Evil Spirit Tree. The leader of the Beast Clan sat on the throne, his eyes coldly staring ahead.

Right behind him, two or three ferocious beastmen, each holding a flag, knelt beside his throne, their heads bowed.

Finally, as the bugle call faded away...

A loud bugle call rang out from the top of Xueya Pass!
The magic array that enveloped the entire Snow Cliff Pass was flashing with golden light, while the gates of Snow Cliff Pass were pulled high!

Beneath the resounding bugle call, a deep and rapid thud of hooves echoed!

A thunder beast covered in armor let out a deep roar and charged out of the gate. The two knights on the thunder beast were also wearing armor. The knight acting as the charioteer was covered in armor from head to toe, like a tin man. Behind him was the knight in charge of the battle, who was in heavy armor and held a long axe in his hand!
The guy wielding the long axe clearly had two long, blood-red feathers stuck in his helmet!

One rider led the way, and more and more Thunder Beasts rushed out from the city gate!

The dark, imposing cavalry, like a torrent of steel, surged forth, spreading across the snow-covered plains, and charged fiercely towards the ranks of the ferocious beast tribe!
The Thunder Beast cavalry, having rushed out of the city gates, quickly split into two groups on the snowy plain, heading in opposite directions...

Their goal was clear—those four wooden mountains built from the wood of the Evil Spirit Tree! Those were the things the Beast Clan used to devour and absorb the spiritual energy of this area!

Driven out of the camp, the ferocious beastmen, propelled by whips and roars, ran forward with all their might to meet the charging Thunder Beast cavalry!

Shouts and cries, bugle calls and roars—all sorts of sounds echoed across this land.

The surging torrent of thunder beasts soon collided head-on with the ferocious beast race blocking their way!
The ferocious beast race's proud and powerful physique was weakened to the maximum extent in the face of the equally mighty Thunder Beast's charge.

As the cavalry clashed with the foot warriors of the Beast Clan, the Beast Clan warriors at the forefront were sent flying backward with painful roars, some even torn to pieces.

Those who survived the fall were quickly trampled into mincemeat by their companions who rushed up from behind!
The ferocious beasts are clearly risking their lives to fill the void!

The thousands of ferocious beastmen who were driven out were more like cannon fodder than warriors!

Under the trampling and ramming of the Thunder Beast cavalry, in an instant, 30% of the running ferocious beast race cannon fodder fell, and the ranks became noticeably thinner.

However, such losses also successfully slowed down the advance of the Thunder Beast cavalry.

The mighty torrent of steel that had surged forth when it crossed the border now seemed to have sunk into a quagmire.

Soon, the elite beastmen warriors in the camp, armed with large bows, began to fire!

A dense rain of arrows fell on the battlefield in an instant—they were firing indiscriminately!

As the bullets struck the Thunder Beast Cavalry, they also landed on the heads of those cannon fodder beastmen!

The screams and wails that rose and fell echoed throughout the battlefield as the rain of arrows rained down.

As Thunder Beasts were brought to a standstill by the enemy ranks, they fell to the ground with a thud under the spears and axes of the surrounding Beastmen. Knights were dragged off and quickly pinned down by several Beastmen, their spears plunging viciously into their bodies through the gaps in their armor!
As a volley of arrows rained down, in the battle zone, both human cavalry and the cannon fodder of the beastmen on foot fell to the ground like harvested wheat!

Finally, on the left side of the battlefield, a squad of Thunder Cavalry broke through the cannon fodder's obstruction and charged towards the wooden mountain on the left!
The knight riding on the back of the Thunder Beast swiftly flung out leather pouches, which landed on the wooden mountain and immediately cracked open, releasing streams of black, greasy liquid onto the ground.

After dozens of thunder beasts roared past, some mounted knights dropped their longswords or axes, grabbed bows and arrows, and lit flames on the arrowheads...

After several arrows carrying flames struck the wooden hill, the more than ten-meter-high hill was quickly ignited by the scattered sparks! The black grease sprayed on it became the best accelerant, turning the more than ten-meter-high wooden hill into a huge torch in no time!

The fighting on the battlefield continued. The Thunder Beasts turned their heads and headed towards the next wooden mountain, sinking back into the mire of cannon fodder, struggling, fighting, and tearing at each other...

When the second wooden mountain also turned into a huge torch and burned fiercely, the Thunder Beast cavalry on the battlefield had lost more than 50% of their strength. Even the knights who were still lucky enough to be on the backs of the Thunder Beasts had many of their armors riddled with arrows.

But at that moment, as the second wooden mountain was ignited, the primordial energy between heaven and earth, having lost the suppression of the two wooden mountains, began to flow again, albeit only in wisps.

But the knights on those thunder beasts all let out excited shouts!
As their energy began to recover, the Thunder Beast's knights suddenly unleashed astonishing combat power!
Beams of magical light erupted across the battlefield!
Some reached out and cast spells, turning countless crisscrossing sharp energies into a storm that swept towards the ferocious beastmen in front of them!

Some chanted incantations, and several flying swords shot out from their bodies, piercing through the chests of several ferocious beastmen in an instant!
Some even transformed into warriors bathed in golden light, swinging their long axes in a wide arc and sweeping them out!

Under the golden light of the spell, the Thunder Beast Knight seemed impervious to blades and spears, and his long axe grew to several times its original size, sweeping across like a magical weapon, reaping the lives of one ferocious beast after another.

On the battlefield, the remaining ferocious beast race cannon fodder seemed to be wiped out in just a moment!
Meanwhile, the Thunder Beast cavalry, shouting and yelling, continued their charge.

The third wooden mound was also set on fire, followed by the fourth!

The restoration of the primordial energy of heaven and earth is accelerating!
When the last cannon fodder beastman was cut down, the four burning wooden mountains on the side of the battlefield seemed to coat the bodies of each Thunder Beast with a layer of flame-like light.

The remaining Thunder Beast cavalry quickly regrouped.

The leader was still the same guy with two long, blood-red feathers stuck in his helmet—but the position of the rider for the Thunder Beast he was riding was now empty, presumably because he had died in battle. The guy with the long feathers was holding the reins in one hand and carrying a long axe in the other.

With a whistle, the Thunder Beasts lined up and headed straight for the Ferocious Beast Clan's camp!

Flames and flying swords were unleashed, and accompanied by the thunderous sound of hooves, the Thunder Beast Cavalry quickly charged towards the Lianying camp!
Clusters of flames, gales, and even crisscrossing sword energy erupted from the spells, instantly tearing apart the elite beastmen archers guarding the edge of the camp!

Then the Thunder Beast's riders charged straight in and into the camp!

The leader of the ferocious beast tribe, who had been sitting on the wooden platform, had long since disappeared as the wooden cart was pushed along.

The Thunder Beast Cavalry have already penetrated deep into the camp! The shouts of battle echo throughout the camp!

Within the camp, the ferocious beast tribe was still putting up a fierce resistance and fighting, but after the spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to flow again in this area, the difference in strength between the two sides immediately created a huge chasm!

Relying on their physique and brute strength, the ferocious beast tribe seemed to have no power to resist the charge of the Thunder Riders, which were empowered by magic and supernatural abilities!

No matter how strong the physique or how fierce the warrior, when faced with the cold, crisscrossing flying swords, they are often sliced ​​apart along with their weapons in the blink of an eye!

Like a hot knife piercing butter, the entire battalion was as if it had been stabbed in two by the sharp knife of the Thunder Cavalry!
Fires quickly spread through the camp, tent after tent was set ablaze, and even the beastmen, under the influence of the spell, were engulfed in flames and running wildly...

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Thunder Riders who rushed into the camp had killed at least a thousand Beastmen!
It seemed that the camp of the Beast Clan was already teetering on the brink of collapse under the charge of the Thunder Riders...

The tens of thousands of ferocious beastmen in the camp could no longer withstand the Thunder Riders with their magical advantage!

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In the distance, Chen Yan, lying behind a snow slope, held binoculars and stared intently at the battlefield!

Soon, a look of shock appeared on his face!
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As if silently, behind the Thunder Beast, on the battlefield outside the camp, among the scattered remains of the ferocious beast warriors who had been crushed and killed by the cavalry that had just stormed into the camp, amidst the noisy and chaotic battlefield, a change suddenly occurred.

At some point, the corpse of a ferocious beastman that had been lying on the ground began to stagger and get up. Its body was initially stiff, but after twisting a few times, it started to move.

Next came the second, the third, the fourth...

The Thunder Beast charged into the enemy camp and was engaged in fierce fighting. Meanwhile, on the battlefield behind it, the corpses of the dead Beast Clan members were quietly rising again, and more and more of them were rising!
From sparse, scattered dots, they gradually transformed into a dense, dark mass, then a patch, and finally a vast expanse!

What made Chen Yan's expression turn wildly was...

Among those "corpses" that rose again, one suddenly emitted a faint red glow! Then came the second... the third... the fourth...

More and more walking corpses, their figures enveloped in red light!

Then they started running!
When the first monster, glowing red all over, rushed to the tail of the Thunder Beast riders, the knight on the last Thunder Beast had already noticed something was wrong.

He turned around, raised his great axe, and chopped down. The axe was mixed with golden light, and a huge axe shadow, like a phantom, fell down!

This single spell, which he had just used to kill seven or eight ferocious beastmen, was now being used to strike back with a golden axe shadow that landed on the red-glowing ferocious beastman who had rushed behind him...

With a whoosh, the golden light shattered! The axe shadow crumbled, turning into a ball of golden light that dissipated!
Before the knight could react, the red-light ferocious beast had already pounced on him, knocking over a magnificent thunder beast and its rider in one fell swoop!

As the red-light warrior leaped high and landed, he stomped on the knight, flattening his chest. Under the red light, the knight's numb face remained expressionless, yet his cold, bloodthirsty eyes fixed on the nearest target...

The Thunder Riders quickly discovered that the rear of the column had been attacked. When they realized that a large number of red-glowing ferocious beastmen had gathered and were pressing up from behind, the Thunder Riders reacted quickly.

They sped up and raced forward, creating some distance between them. Then, the whole group turned around and charged towards the growing number of red-glowing ferocious beastmen gathering behind them!

Chen Yan lay prone behind the snow slope, his heart pounding, and then...

He witnessed it with his own eyes: the commander of the Thunder Riders, whose helmet was adorned with two long, blood-red feathers, summoned a flying sword. The sword shot out, piercing through the red light and striking the chest of a red-glowing beastman! But the beastman grinned maliciously and gripped the sword hilt with both hands!

He gripped the flying sword tightly, but it couldn't pass through his body and fly away; instead, it vibrated wildly.

The red-light warrior's body was quickly ripped open in the chest by the shock of the flying sword, and in the end, almost his entire upper body was severed!
However, more and more of the red-glowing ferocious beasts rushed up behind him, bypassing him and pouncing on the commander with two red feathers stuck in his hair!

The commander was surrounded by golden light, but he was quickly pounced on the back of the Thunder Beast by seven or eight red-glowing ferocious beasts and was violently knocked off.

His long axe cleaved through the red light of a ferocious beastman, slicing open its head. But the axe was quickly snatched away by a hand from the side, and more and more figures of red light pressed down on it...

A few breaths later, the golden light on the commander disappeared!

The red-light ferocious beastmen jumped back, leaving behind the commander's corpse on the ground! It had been torn to pieces! The two blood-red feathers on his helmet also fell to the snow, mixing with the mud!
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The battle ended half an hour later!

The Thunder Cavalry that charged out of Snow Cliff Pass numbered about seven or eight hundred riders—and was completely wiped out!
Their victory seemed brilliant; the first thousand or so ferocious beastmen cannon fodder were all wiped out, and after charging into the ferocious beastmen camp, they also caused one or two thousand casualties.

In the final clash between the red light warriors transformed from corpses, they successfully killed a number of red light warriors similar to their own—almost achieving a one-for-one exchange against the red light beast race when they could cast spells!

But... in the end, this entire Thunder Cavalry was wiped out!
What made Chen Yan even more pained was that he clearly saw more and more corpses of the ferocious beast race on the battlefield, staggering to their feet, each one glowing with a red light...

"This is fucking weird!" Chen Yan huddled on the snow slope and swallowed hard.

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This was the first time Chen Yan had truly experienced the real combat strength comparison of the ferocious beast race with its "red glow" on the battlefield.

Basically, these red-light warriors are not as powerful as the Iron Hook Red-Light Beast Clan that Chen Yan once encountered.

Even so, a red-glowing monster can still achieve a one-for-one exchange with a Thunder Rider—this is even after the Thunder Rider has destroyed four wooden mountains that suppressed the vital energy, restoring the vital energy of heaven and earth, and allowing the Thunder Rider to use magic in combat!
The red light emanating from this monster possesses strong defensive capabilities—or perhaps it's not simply defensive; Chen Yan suspects that this red light has a special suppressive and immune effect on the "spells" of this world.

In particular, Chen Yan witnessed firsthand the entire process of the death of the commander of this Thunder Cavalry, the knight with two long blood-red feathers on his head.

Chen Yan could roughly judge that the guy's cultivation level by observing his aura and spells. He was probably in the mid-stage of the Returning Origin Realm, slightly weaker than his own current level.

Even with such strength, he only managed to kill three red-light warriors before being dismembered.

This is a mid-stage Returning Origin Realm cultivator!

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The day's battle has come to an end.

There seemed to be no intention to send any more troops out of Xueya Pass to fight, and Chen Yan had no idea what the commander of Xueya Pass was thinking about the loss of this Thunder Cavalry.

However, based on his observation, it seemed that the commander of Xueya Pass did not intend to send troops out of the city to rescue the Thunder Cavalry when they were besieged.

as if……

"Is this a test... a test of the opponent's strength?"

Chen Yan had never experienced war, but just this one observation today made him feel the chill of it all.

He transformed into the appearance of a beastman and secretly returned to the beastman's camp. Soon, he was driven away as cannon fodder by two beastmen wielding knives and forced to repair the damaged tent.

Chen Yan did not resist. He deliberately took two lashes, obediently lowered his head, and was driven to rebuild the tent in the snow with a group of ferocious beastmen who were also cannon fodder at the bottom of the tribe.

Huge wooden nails were driven into the snow. Chen Yan exhaled white breath, held a stone hammer in his hand, and looked around.

Suddenly, he smelled a strong, foul stench in the air!
A rumbling sound came from the depths of the snowfield behind us...

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Huge wooden carts, crafted from scratch, moved slowly across the snow-covered plains.

This type of wooden cart doesn't have wheels; instead, it uses round logs that roll underneath the cart.

The enormous vehicle, resembling train carriages, was carrying what was clearly the trunk of the Evil Spirit Tree that Chen Yan was most familiar with—with its branches and crown cut off.

Beneath the enormous wooden cart, countless ropes were tied, connecting various hunting animals that were pulling the cart with all their might.

What made Chen Yan feel irritated was the mountain of evil spirit tree trunks piled up on the wooden cart, emitting a stench that shocked him!

The evil spirit tree originally did not have this smell.

This smell made Chen Yan feel a vague unease in his heart—it was as if his spiritual sense as a cultivator made him naturally and irresistibly repulsed by this smell.

He could vaguely sense that this scent posed an unexpected threat to him!

A wooden cart was carrying at least dozens of these foul-smelling tree trunks.

There were at least hundreds of these wooden carts that were pulled along!

The ferocious beast tribe is preparing for a big move!
This is Chen Yan's judgment!
Because so many wooden carts had to be transported up, the Ferocious Beast Clan mobilized hundreds of hunting beasts and one or two thousand of their able-bodied men to pull them!

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During the meal, Chen Yan was given a small piece of dry, mushy dough.

But as soon as he received the item, it was viciously snatched away by a ferocious beastman next to him who was obviously taller and bigger than him.

Chen Yan didn't resist—he hadn't planned to eat this thing anyway.

During his rest periods, the ferocious beastman he impersonated was just low-level cannon fodder and naturally didn't qualify to stay in the tent.

However, he was still assigned to a campfire—although it was shared by a dozen or so ferocious beastmen.

While others were warming themselves by the fire, he deliberately pushed him aside, and Chen Yan took the opportunity to pretend to obediently give up his spot, then quietly walked away.

He pretended to be nonchalant and tried to approach the wooden carts carrying the foul-smelling tree trunks, but this time, he was stopped.

The ferocious beast tribe, which should have been a rabble, seemed to value these wooden carts very much, and even left some elite ferocious beast tribe warriors around the carts to guard them.

Chen Yan, a lowly cannon fodder, was scolded and driven away as soon as he tried to enter; he was even kicked.

Chen Yan became increasingly certain that the trunk of this foul-smelling evil spirit tree, which he had never seen before, must have some special purpose.

However, it seems he no longer needs to guess.

Later that day, another batch of goods was brought up from the rear by countless beastmen laborers!

Chen Yan looked at the enormous, wooden structures assembled before him...

Having watched many movies about warfare using cold weapons, Chen Yan quickly identified what these things were based on certain characteristics!
It looks like a catapult, or a ballista...

However, what concerned Chen Yan most was the location and size of that launch pad, which seemed...

It's just the right size to support the trunk of an evil spirit tree!

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(End of this chapter)