On July 9th, the 903rd year of Black Iron Calendar, over 2 months after the last collision between human and demon battle formations, the two battle fortresses of humans and demons in the core region of Tiewei Mountain started to slowly evacuate under the protection of two large battle formations composed of over 10,000 human knights almost at the same time...
When the two large battle formations started to evacuate, Zhang Tie's incarnation of Gorath was in a deep mining trench over 60 miles away from the demon battle fortress. After that, he knocked out a battle spirit-level spider demon and threw it into Castle of Black Iron like a booty.
The moment the demon battle fortress started to evacuate, Zhang Tie had flown off the abandoned mining trench and landed on a small hill. After that, he raised his head and watched the demon battle fortress.
Although it was over 60 miles away in dense black mist, Zhang Tie could still see the movements of the demon battle fortress with his flickering lotus-flower-shaped halos.
Floating in the air, the demon battle fortress was like a beehive-shaped malignant tumor with numerous entrances and exits. With a terrifying qi, it was slowly retreating under the protection of the large battle formation of demon knights.
'Is the first large-scale large-scale battle between human knights and demon knights since the beginning of this holy war finally coming to an end? '
In the past half a month, as the collisions between human knights and demon knights above earth level in the core region became fewer and fewer, human battle auxiliary teams appeared on the ground less and less frequently. Zhang Tie guessed that the underground earth-element crystal resources might have been fully exploited. Therefore, both parties were preparing to evacuate.
As was imagined, both parties almost started to leave this battlefield at the same time today.
As the battle fortresses of both parties slowly evacuated, the scattered battle qi smokes and tornadoes in the center of the core region also separated from each other and slowly evacuated along with their own battle fortresses and large battle formations...
Before coming here, Zhang Tie was thinking that he might gain some earth-element crystals from the underground mines of demons; however, after coming here, Zhang Tie realized that it was a bit presumptuous. In this situation, there were more than one shadow knight in the underground mines of demons and humans. Both parties were guarding against the raid of shadow knights even heavenly knights. In this situation, it was too unrealistic for an earth knight to do something in the defensive region of shadow knights and heavenly knights. Given the limited benefit and the infinite risk, Zhang Tie gave up.
However, although Zhang Tie didn't gain too many earth-element crystals, he also made a great achievement on this battlefield.
Watching the battle fortresses of both parties leaving, Zhang Tie felt a bit pitiful inside.
If this large-scale battle lasted 2 more months, Zhang Tie would have made a greater achievement.
At this moment, a weird shadow appeared in the dark mist dozens of miles away as fast as a lightning bolt. It was flying towards Zhang Tie in a weird route as if it was searching for something. Zhang Tie turned around as his eyes flickered. Closely after that, he flashed into the mining trench. After a few seconds, the little black beetle flew out towards the human battle fortress...
After a few minutes, that weird shadow finally arrived at where Zhang Tie was just now.
It was an iron-armored demon shadow knight. The moment it approached Zhang Tie, its qi force had caused a large area of black mist to roll away at once.
There was a fresh blood stain on the ground of the mining trench, which was left by the spider demon which had been knocked out by Zhang Tie just now.
Squatting in front of the blood stains, the shadow demon knight rubbed the blood stains by hand as a shrewd light flashed across his eyes. After checking the surroundings for a short while, he hatched a soul-chasing butterfly as fast as he could …
Like a donkey pulling a mill, the soul-chasing butterfly always flew around here instead of flying away.
2 minutes later, with a roar, the shadow demon knight shattered the soul-chasing butterfly into pieces. After glancing at the terrain here with resentment, the shadow demon knight threw a glance at the direction of the human battle fortress before turning around and flying towards the demon battle fortress …
The first duel between Zhang Tie and the shadow demon knight in the Earth-elements Realm came to an end...
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In the high tower of the human battle fortress, Du Guyi was as straight as an isolated mountain peak. He was watching the demon battle fortress silently as flames flickered in his eyes...
"In this large-scale battle, we sacrificed 2,147 knights in total, including 2,019 black iron knights, 128 earth knights and 2 shadow knights. As a result, we lost 18% of our knights. 73% of the total casualties were Hua knights from Taixia Country, 27% were foreign knights from other continents. Additionally, 31 knights including 2 earth knights were completely missing after the battle. We don't know whether they're dead or alive. In the rear battlefield of the human battle fortress, we've not got the final statistics of those LV 2 garrisons in the Lion Fortress; however, it's estimated that there are about 400 of them. Over 20,000 auxiliary fighters and logistics personnel are missing..."
A muffled voice behind the demon suppression general reported in a low voice. When it came to the casualty figures of those knights, the muffled voice turned solemn.
After hearing those figures, Du Guyi's flickering flames in his eyes turned dim at once. This large-scale battle between human knights in the Earth-elements Realm was the fiercest collision since the beginning of the 3rd holy war. Over 1,500 excellent Hua knights were killed in the battle. Besides Hua people, no other country in the world could bear such a great loss. Additionally, this large-scale battle was also the largest sacrifice that Hua people made in order to resist demons since the end of the 2nd holy war. But such a battle couldn't be avoided. If they didn't fight, the Devil Race would become stronger. Therefore, they could only fight, they could only fight, there was no other way …
However, it was just a beginning. In some specific stages in the future, large-scale large-scale battles between human knights would continue. More human knights would fight to the death on the battlefield for the survival of humans.
After hearing the casualty figures, the people on the high tower became silent for 1 minute...
"How about demons?" the demon suppression general asked in a faintly hoarse voice.
"Demons suffered a greater loss than us. According to the confirmed battle results, we killed 2,541 demon knights in total in the collision between the knights' battle formation led by you, lord, over 157 of them were earth demon knights. Some of them were missing or unidentifiable. In the rear of the battlefield, demons' loss almost matched that of us. Oh, demons also lost a very rare earth-level shadow demon knight. As for ground troops, demons lost about 30,000 soldiers below knights …" After saying this, the voice paused for a second before taking in a deep breath, "Lord, we … have tried our best. Everybody has tried their best!"
'Yes, everybody has tried their best. After sacrificing so many knights, who didn't try their best? '
Du Guyi sighed in his heart.
The demon suppression general closed his eyes. After a short while, he opened his eyes once again while the flickering flames in his eyes had died out. His eyes became absolutely icy and calm once again.
"Send the name list of sacrificed knights and fighters on different levels to the General Mansion of Taixia Country. Have the General Mansion make proper arrangements and deal with the funeral affairs according to the regulations of sacrificed knights and fighters in the holy war!"
"Yes, Lord!"
"Go back to the Lion Fortress!"
The demon suppression general said. After that, he threw a last glance at the direction where the demon battle fortress left for before leaving the high tower...
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On July 12th, the three floating battle fortresses returned to the Lion Fortress. The dead had passed away. As for the survivors, all of them were immersed in the revelry and indulgence after the large-scale battle, whether they were knights or common battle auxiliary personnel. Since July 13th, the streets of the Lion Fortress had been covered with fighters who were drinking and reveling. The special taste of watermelon liquor had been fermenting in the air across the Lion Fortress...
According to the official propaganda of the Lion Fortress and the entire human army, humans won a great victory in this large-scale battle. All the human knights who participated in the large-scale battle had successfully accomplished their strategic tasks.
In the large-scale battle in Tiewei Mountain, human knights not only robbed almost half of the earth-elements crystal deposits in the core region of Tiewei Mountain from demons and gained over 2 million high-quality earth-elements crystals, destroying the plan of demons to monopolize this important strategic resource. Even in the fiercest battle between human knights and demon knights, human knights also killed over 3,000 demon knights at the cost of over 2,000 human knights. Even the battle auxiliary soldiers on the ground killed over 50,000 demon fighters...
Only a few top figures across the Lion Fortress knew the real figures on the battlefield. In order to boost morale, the propaganda department of the Lion Fortress even the Mountain of Brightness had exaggerated part of the military achievements on purpose and publicized the large-scale battle in Tiewei Mountain as a great victory for humans in the Earth-elements Realm and the first collision between the most powerful force groups of humans and demons in the 3rd holy war. In this collision, humans were not in a disadvantageous position; instead, they were in an advantageous position.
Such a propaganda was extremely inspiring and could strengthen the morale of humans to resist demons. It was a great encouragement for the entire battlefield in the Earth-elements Realm and the subcontinents and continents on the earth's surface. Even knights who were not in the Lion Fortress or the Earth-elements Realm could learn the information about the large-scale battle in Tiewei Mountain from the huge title on the homepage of the Mountain of Brightness with a knight's crystal plate.
The battlefield of propaganda and public opinion was also the most important part of the battlefield of the holy war. Even before the Catastrophe, the importance of propaganda and public opinion had been well known by human decision-makers and generals, not to mention now. To a certain extent, all wars depended on the wills, determination, and morale of both parties. The party whose wills collapsed first and the party whose morale was low would collapse one after another on the battlefield …
When the entire Lion Fortress was in an uproar, Zhang Tie returned to the Lion Fortress on July 14th after leaving the Lion Fortress for over 3 years... (To be continued)
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