The story of the black silk female knight

After successfully locating the Allied warships in reverse using the psychic device to track the source of the magic, the Vermilion Birds will take off from the Black Tortoise and Lanternfish warships of the Central Continent Empire and rush towards the Allied warships.

Although the Vermilion Bird's flight speed is somewhat slow, it is not limited by changes in latitude and longitude.

Moreover, the Vermilion Bird Fire is truly formidable, not only unaffected by ice and water, but also capable of using magic as a flammable material, directly burning through the magical shields of the allied warships.

Allied soldiers who were unfortunately tainted by the Vermilion Bird's fire could not escape even if they jumped into the sea, as the fire could burn even underwater until it completely consumed them.

The only way to survive being struck by the Vermilion Bird's Flame is to cut off the burning area. If a vital spot is ignited, one can only accept their bad luck and die in despair.

Under the fierce counterattack of the Vermilion Bird Fire, many of the Allied Forces' new warships were burned.

Admiral Sunglasses was both angry and helpless, and could only order a retreat again, putting even more distance between himself and the Central Continent Empire fleet.

Fortunately, the Central Continent Empire fleet does not dare to pursue them too far... As long as they enter the deep sea area far from Sword Island, the conventional bombing by carrier-based aircraft and missiles will turn into nuclear bombing.

Under a nuclear strike, the Lanternfish warship would be utterly vulnerable, and even cultivators at the Celestial Realm would be exhausted, injured, or killed. Even the Xuanwu Fortress could be sunk by a specially designed nuclear torpedo if the crew wasn't careful.

It was only thanks to the Seven Rainbows Fleet's long-range firepower suppression that the allied forces were given a chance to regroup.

This made Valencia repeatedly marvel at the wondrous power of fate.

If she hadn't followed Yi Qiuya's suggestion and found a way to subdue the high-level fog demons into ship girls, then even if the Allied Forces had completed a comprehensive equipment overhaul, they might have already been defeated by the Central Continent Empire... At least the Vermilion Bird Flame was quite troublesome, and the strongest enemy had not yet truly drawn its sword.

In this situation, the allied forces naturally need to seize the time to analyze the Vermilion Bird Fire and find a way to counter this terrifying weapon.

However, the Vermilion Bird Fire is too terrifying. Even a Radiant-rank expert can be burned to death if they are not careful. It is not afraid of any ice, water, sand, or soil, and it can also ignite magic power to burn through various shields and seals, making it impossible to collect samples.

Tia and the witch sages in charge of technology could only analyze the Vermilion Bird Flame by looking at videos and descriptions from frontline soldiers.

First of all, it is certain that the Vermilion Bird's Fire is not a normal flame as understood by science and technology.

Because combustion, as understood in science, requires combustible material, temperature, and oxygen, and the Allied Forces had tried various methods to combat the Vermilion Bird Fire, but to little avail.

Lowering the temperature or isolating oxygen does not affect the burning of the Vermilion Bird Flame at all... The only effect it has is to remove flammable materials.

Of course, once the allied soldiers or warships that were contaminated by the Vermilion Bird's fire were completely burned to ashes, the Vermilion Bird's fire would indeed go out.

However, it was only visually extinguished; it was very likely that it was not truly extinguished, but rather that the flame was being controlled by the flame maker to retract the flame.

Therefore, removing flammable materials should only be used as an emergency measure, and we should not take chances.

However, it seems incorrect to say that the Vermilion Bird's Fire is a form of the fire element.

Magical flames do not necessarily have to follow scientific laws, but they must conform to magical laws, such as the fact that the most basic fire element is countered by the water element.

However, the Vermilion Bird's Fire is not afraid of water-based magic at all; on the contrary, it has a reverse restraining effect on water-based magic.

Moreover, all kinds of protective spells that can defend against fire elemental attacks, or spells that can counter or dispel magic, are ineffective against the Vermilion Bird Fire.

Even the witches' miraculous power to dispel magic could not extinguish the Vermilion Bird's flames.

This was extremely difficult. The sages and witches in charge of technology in the allied forces had been working tirelessly for several nights in a row to study the Vermilion Bird Flame. Their dark circles were getting worse and worse, and their once handsome or beautiful appearances were now more and more disheveled and decadent.

Even the usually composed Tia could clearly see the fatigue in her eyes.

Valensa felt very sorry for her, but she didn't know anything good about it... She was completely ignorant of both magical and scientific research.

The only solution Valensa could think of was to personally try to devour the Vermilion Bird Fire with the all-consuming power of the Abyss Evil God.

But Tia stopped her.

The reasons were similar to those Xiao Hu used to dissuade Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu's sword is the strongest trump card of the Central Continent Empire, and Valensa's evil god power is also the allied forces' hidden trump card.

The war has only just begun, and it's not time to use our trump cards yet. Tia firmly told Valensa to be patient and continue to wait.

Valensa couldn't win an argument with Tia, so she had no choice but to obey.

Fortunately, the Central Continent Empire fleet was also very wary of the ship girls' ultra-long-range nuclear strikes. Even though it was the best time for the Vermilion Bird Flame to display its power, it did not dare to attack easily and could only maintain the status quo and engage in a very strange standoff with the Allied Forces.

The Allied Forces are waiting for the technical departments to produce results on the research of the Vermilion Bird Fire, and the Central Continent Empire certainly won't just stand by and waste time.

After Prime Minister Turtle's mission to the Divine Favor Continent ended in humiliation and he returned home, the Central Continent Empire had new plans.

More than 120 million elite Imperial Army troops were mobilized to cross the ocean to the north by civilian ships and landed on the far northern ice plains.

With its naval offensive stalled, the Central Empire planned to use its land forces to break the deadlock, launching an attack from the direction of the ice plains across the North Pole to catch the allied forces off guard, and then launching a pincer attack from the north and south.

Where there are people, there is competition, and the Central Continent Empire is no exception.

For example, the commander of the 120 million-strong imperial army was at odds with Xiao Hu.

As a veteran who also followed the Dragon Emperor in conquering the north and south and unifying the Tianxuan Continent, Wang Bo always felt that he was more capable than Xiao Hu and that he should be the Grand Marshal of the Empire's army.

He will lose to Xiao Hu only because Xiao Hu's sister is a concubine.

Upon receiving the order to attack, Wang Bo was extremely excited, eager to prove himself superior to Xiao Hu.

What Xiao Hu and the empire's main forces couldn't accomplish, Wang Bo will do.

Before entering the ice field, Wang Bo repeatedly reviewed the intelligence sent back by the Night Falcon Tribe.

Wang Bo was quite familiar with the old lady in charge of the Night Falcon Division... The two had been comrades-in-arms for hundreds of years, and he had great faith in her abilities.

Therefore, Wang Bo was convinced that America did not pay any attention to the defense of the north and that there was no danger on the ice plains except for the low temperature and a few monsters.

"Hurry up!"

On the icy plains, Wang Bo kept urging his soldiers on:

"As His Majesty's warriors, are you shivering at the slightest bit of cold? Cheer up and run faster! You don't want to finally conquer enemy territory only to find that the navy has taken all the credit, do you?"

Even if you're not interested in the credit... fine, what about the spoils?

"Those blonde, blue-eyed, fair-skinned, long-legged barbarian beauties, don't you want to try them? And those tender, brittle barbarian cubs, don't you want to roast a couple and taste them?"

These motivational speeches do have some effect.

Although many soldiers of the Central Continent Empire were still shivering from the cold and could not walk fast, a few soldiers with twisted personalities and demonic bloodlines became really excited, their eyes turning red.

Eager to make a name for themselves and intelligence from the Night Falcon Division, none of the Imperial Army personnel considered the possibility of being attacked while crossing the ice plains; their level of vigilance was even lower than during routine training.

Some imperial soldiers would often disappear while walking, only to return after a while, but their figures and gaits would become strange, their voices would become much lower, and their pronunciation would be unclear.

Many people didn't even notice this, and even those who did didn't think much of it, assuming that the soldiers were frozen.

After all, it's really cold on this ice field... -70 degrees Celsius is nothing to a Radiant-rank expert, but Radiant-rank experts are ultimately a very small minority.

Cultivators are certainly more resistant to cold than ordinary people, but even cultivators would find it unbearable to march at high speeds without rest in such low temperatures.

Wang Bo's plan seemed to be to make the soldiers endure some hardship, cross the ice field in one go, enter America, plunder thoroughly, and then rest.

After all, it is wartime now, and the Allied forces may not be completely oblivious to the ice field. If this Imperial army is discovered in advance, the situation will be quite bad for the Empire.

America only needs to spare an army to reinforce the northern outposts to allow her to wait in ambush and inflict heavy losses on this Central Continent Empire army.

Therefore, Wang Bo's rapid march and blitzkrieg tactics were actually a very correct choice.

Unfortunately, the Central Continent Empire was completely wrong about the intelligence from the very beginning. The more correct their subsequent choices were, the more mistakes they made.

While on a forced march, Wang Bo suddenly realized that he and 120 million soldiers of the Central Plains Empire seemed to have arrived in an area that had never been mentioned in the intelligence of the Night Falcon Division.

Not only is it colder here, with temperatures below -90 degrees Celsius, but a colossal creature can also be vaguely seen amidst the swirling snow.

A man-made structure that is clearly not naturally formed.

A massive ice fortress.

Could it be... that we've fallen into a trap?

Did the Night Falcon Tribe betray the Empire? Or was this intelligence war a complete defeat from the very beginning?

As a veteran, after shedding his get-rich-quick mentality, Wang Bo immediately considered a variety of possibilities.

Regardless of the possibility, it only chilled him to the bone, leaving him drenched in sweat in this snowy environment.

"Prepare to meet the enemy! Form ranks! Do not panic!"

Despite the disappointment, the battle must still be fought.

After calming down quickly, Wang Bo observed carefully again and soon determined that the number of enemies in the fortress ahead would not exceed 50.

Even if the enemy uses intelligence errors to launch a surprise attack and has the advantage of terrain, a troop size difference of more than 2 times is not so easy to overcome.

With 120 million against 50, the advantage is mine!

The most important thing right now is to keep the morale of the troops stable and to fight a defensive counter-attack.

Thinking this, Wang Bo immediately leaped from his mount. His Celestial Realm aura allowed him to levitate in mid-air, and his voice resounded throughout the entire army:

"Don't panic! Think about your usual training! You are all His Majesty's excellent warriors, while the enemy is just some barbarians! They are not as strong as us, nor as numerous as us, so they can only resort to such tricks to ambush us! As long as we hold our ground, they are no match for us! Everyone, stay calm... uh."

Wang Bo's shouts were quite effective. Many of the somewhat panicked soldiers of the Central Continent Empire calmed down, recalled the contingency plans they had learned during training, and began to form ranks with their comrades to prepare for battle.

Then Wang Bo died.

He had no wounds on his body, nor did he see any enemy attacking him. He just suddenly fell from the sky, clutching his chest with his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes wide open.

On the ice dozens of meters away, the man in green blew on the muzzle of his gun, which wouldn't even smoke, and reloaded his ornate rifle. He chuckled as he looked at Wang Bo's corpse.

"What an idiot... In this situation, what's the difference between him jumping out to take charge and loudly mocking the enemy for firing at me?"

The Zhongzhou Empire's army, which had initially calmed down, immediately fell into chaos again following Wang Bo's bizarre death.

Of course, the Central Continent Empire's army also has a complete hierarchical system, and there are plans in place for who will take over command after the death of the supreme commander.

After Wang Bo's death, another general immediately took over command in an attempt to stabilize the morale of the troops. At the same time, that general was also very vigilant, maximizing his protective aura to avoid repeating the same mistake.

Too bad it's totally useless.

The power of the blue-robed figure is so bizarre; it can be easily blocked by an ordinary person's ink bullet, but it can also kill a fully armed Moon Radiance expert with a single shot.

The generals of the Central Plains Empire, who had never fought against Qingyi before, had no idea how to defend against her attacks. They couldn't even tell who was attacking them before they fell one after another.

Finally, after the sixth Radiant-rank general was also taken down by Qingyi with a single spear thrust, no other general took the initiative to assume command and stabilize morale.

Perhaps the Central Continent Empire's contingency plan did not mention what to do if six supreme commanders died in succession on the battlefield, or perhaps the person who was to take over command did not want to die an unjust and unfulfilled death like the previous six.

In short, the 120 million-strong imperial army was left completely without command, and morale plummeted.

Even when morale was low, the imperial army did not collapse and flee, but instead split into small groups to fight independently.

These troops were indeed elite; they had considered how to continue fighting if they were scattered and lost command during their training.

The icy environment also made it impossible for them to escape; if they scattered, they would only wait to die. On the contrary, sticking together and fighting back offered them a glimmer of hope.

The battle officially began.

The allied forces stationed in the fortress were, of course, the undead legion that had been waiting there for a long time.

Originally a useless princess who only knew how to eat, drink, and play with women, Princess Elserse now wields Frostmourne and commands the undead army to fight against powerful enemies in the Frozen Throne Fortress. She is destined to become one of the most legendary princesses in the history of the Fran royal family.

Princess Yu's numerous battles against wild beasts in the Desolate Ridge had long since honed her skills in controlling the undead army to an almost superhuman level, making her even more adept at micro-management than a real-time strategy game expert.

The low-level undead, such as skeletons and zombies, used automatic rifles to unilaterally slaughter the Imperial soldiers, while the fallen undead maids used large sniper rifles to focus fire on and kill the Imperial army's elite troops.

Originally, automatic rifles posed little threat to the elite Imperial Army, but the low temperatures of the icy plains not only significantly slowed their movements but also made their metal armor more brittle.

The undead were completely unaffected by the low temperature, moving nimbly and forming flexible formations, relying on the fortress to launch an almost one-sided massacre against the Imperial army.

However, just as Wang Bo had predicted... the individual strength of the undead legion was inferior to that of the imperial soldiers, and their numbers were also fewer.

After overcoming the initial period of chaos and losing nearly 20 men, the remaining Imperial soldiers, through the efforts of their junior officers, finally built an effective defense. Every now and then, powerful bows and crossbows would be fired at the fortress to fight back against the undead.

This is a quality inherent in the elite imperial army, and there's nothing Qingyi can do about it... She can assassinate army commanders one after another, but she can't kill all the junior officers.

But these 120 million imperial troops were destined not to leave the ice plains, even if they successfully formed a defensive counterattack formation.

Because during their careless forced march, many ghosts had already ambushed and killed some imperial soldiers from underground, and then disguised themselves as those imperial soldiers to infiltrate the ranks.

Just as the Imperial soldiers regained some morale and hope due to the successful formation of their ranks, they were plunged into utter despair once more.

The man in green gave the order to the ghosts to attack.

All the Netherworld Ghosts who had already infiltrated the Central Continent Empire's army immediately activated their aura-like ability to convert undead into a wide-range form.

Many soldiers of the Central Continent Empire were caught completely off guard in the midst of the battle. They simply rolled their eyes, twitched a few times, and turned into undead, plunging their weapons into the vital parts of their comrades...

Chapter 72 The End of the Imperial Spy

"What?! The Empire's 120 million-strong army was completely wiped out on the ice plains?! That's impossible!"

Inside the command tent of the main fleet of the Central Continent Empire on Sword Island, Xiao Hu stared in disbelief at the message transmitted via the communication jade slip.

"What? General Wang Bo's entire army was wiped out?"

The other generals and strategists in the command tent were also very shocked and couldn't help but start discussing it.