Seeing that the treasure was about to appear in a few days, the demons and ghosts that had been eyeing it for a long time could no longer sit still. Finally, on a sunny morning, the demons launched a ferocious counterattack!
First, from afar, countless demons and ghosts slowly rose from the water. They were the troops gathered by the various demon kings. In the past hundred years, because Song Zhong's Immortal Thunder Flying Ship was too powerful, the demon race's attacks had all been repulsed at the start. Although they did not succeed, the demon race's casualties were relatively small. Therefore, the demon race's troops grew larger and larger.
This time, the demon race's higher-ups were determined to get their hands on the connate supreme treasure. Under the leadership of a few old demons, they were unprecedentedly united, and almost all of them brought along their trump cards.
Just the East Sea alone had close to a hundred million demon soldiers. The other three seas each had tens of millions of them. So many shrimp soldiers and crab generals gathered together, it was really too shocking. Densely packed, there were huge heads everywhere, surrounding the island occupied by the heavenly court from the outside. It was not strenuous at all.
Then, these demons and ghosts launched a terrifying tsunami-like attack. Countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals rushed towards the illusion created by the heavenly court's array formation.
It had to be said that the heavenly court's battle experience was rich. A small illusion formation was enough to trap the demon race.
Because most of their troops were aiming for the illusion, when they rushed over, it led to a large group of unlucky demons. When they were still on the way, they rushed into a white fog, which happened to be the location of the real island.
While these fellows were still in a daze, they were trapped by the Celestial Soldiers and Celestial Generals stationed there. Then, they were mercilessly killed. Soon, more than half of them were killed. The remaining ones were not a concern at all.
Although they had an endless stream of reinforcements, they still suffered a great loss. At least, this situation could not be changed in a short time.
On the other side, the aggressive troops finally rushed into the illusion, but they were trapped in the maze and killing formations inside. The restrictions inside were immediately activated, and countless restrictions released tens of thousands of rays of divine light, and killing intent soared into the sky. Countless shrimps and crab generals were killed by the terrifying immortal restriction. In any case, that part of the sea was dyed red with blood in less than an hour after they launched their attack.
Fortunately, the senior leaders of the Demon Race were observing from the sky and quickly realized that something was wrong. They hurriedly adjusted their formation and stopped the troops that continued to die. Only then did they not cause more losses.
However, there were too many troops, and it was very difficult to mobilize them. Therefore, even if they discovered it, an hour had already passed by the time the main force stopped moving. At this time, at least a few million people had been lost.
Although this loss was nothing to the Demon Race, it was a huge blow to their morale. The faces of the Great Demons who were in charge of commanding the army turned green with anger. In order not to lose face in front of those super old Great Demons, the Great Demons of the Demon Clan finally decided to move out as a group.
More than a dozen Great Golden Immortal Demons flew out of the formation and joined forces in the sky to perform a mysterious Daoist technique. Under the urging of their magic power, terrifying black clouds descended from the sky and landed on the illusion. Accompanied by countless flashes of divine light, explosions sounded in all directions. They broke all the hidden restrictions inside and eliminated the illusion island!
Instantly, the sea surface was empty, leaving only the real island wrapped in layers of white fog.
This time, the real target was finally exposed. Those Great Demons gritted their teeth and urged their magic power again, intending to break the outer layer of white fog so that their subordinates could rush in.
However, this time, the Immortals of the Heavenly Court would not let them do as they pleased. It was fine if the illusion outside was gone, but if the white fog disappeared as well, the protective power of the island would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, as soon as the Demon Race began to move, the Immortals in the white fog immediately took action. White auspicious clouds rose slowly, just enough to hold up the dark clouds that the Great Demons were descending from. The two sides used the clouds in the sky to launch a battle. Sometimes, the dark clouds would surge and suppress the white clouds. Sometimes, the white clouds would explode and surround the dark clouds. In short, the battle was extremely fierce.
However, there were many experts on the Immortals' side, and with the convenience of the terrain formation, they obviously had the upper hand. Therefore, after fighting for a quarter of an hour, the Great Demons of the Demon Race tactfully gave up the battle that they were at a disadvantage and directly ordered the troops to charge. No matter how many of them died, they had to break through the defense of the Heavenly Court and take back the island.
In the face of the menacing Demon Race army, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals were not nervous at all. According to what they had agreed, they stationed themselves in various large formations under the command of their commanders and prepared for a bloody battle.
Of course, the first to attack was Song Zhong's Immortal Thunder Flying Ship. The three hundred flying ships were hidden in the thick white fog and roared with dissatisfaction.
Millions of divine thunderbolts immediately cut through the sky like meteors and fell straight to the place where the Demon Race army was densest. Accompanied by a series of earth-shattering noises, millions of fireballs exploded out of thin air, illuminating the entire sky. Countless broken limbs flew into the sky, and the Demon Race army immediately suffered heavy losses!
Seeing this, although the Great Demons of the Demon Race had been prepared for a long time, they were still frightened. The firepower of the Immortal Thunder Flying Boat was too abnormal. Wave after wave, it blasted countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals into meat paste. The losses it caused to the Demon Clan were even more than all the other Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals.
However, even if Song Zhong's flying ship fleet was fierce, it still could not completely curb the Demon Race's offensive. The island had a radius of ten thousand miles and a coastline of about thirty thousand miles. The Demon Race rushed over from all directions with great momentum. Song Zhong's Immortal Thunder Flying Ship could not block such a long front. They could only attack some of the densest places and try to reduce the number of the Demon Race.
However, the number of the Demon Race this time was really too much. Even if Song Zhong killed millions of them in one round of bombardment, it was nothing to the hundreds of millions of Demon Race. They still rushed over fiercely and killed their way into the white fog.
Following that, an intense battle broke out on the entire island. Although the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals had the geographical advantage and the assistance of the array formation, there were too many opponents. After the array formation devoured a portion of the Demon Race, they had no choice but to engage in close combat, resulting in casualties.
In terms of numbers, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals only had a total of about two million, while their opponents had two to three hundred million. It was a hundred times more than the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals!
Although the quality of the Demon Race soldiers was not good, with such a huge difference in numbers, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals could not hold on. In just an hour, they had lost more than a hundred thousand people! As for the other side, they had only lost about twenty to thirty million. It was nothing compared to the huge number of Demon Race soldiers.
Most importantly, although the array formations were powerful, they were unable to deal with so many enemies at the same time. In the intense battle, many array formations' runes were sent flying, greatly reducing their effectiveness. There were even two array formations that were completely destroyed and could no longer operate.
Clearly, if this continued, the situation would only get worse for the Heavenly Court. In the end, the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals would be completely wiped out.
Taibai Jinxing and the Fire Lord of the South knew this, so they immediately made adjustments.
Song Zhong, who was commanding the fleet in the sky, suddenly received an order from Taibai Jinxing. "Tell your fleet to focus on defending the east. You just need to withstand the attacks from there!"
Upon hearing this, Song Zhong did not hesitate. He immediately focused his attacks on the east. The cannonballs that had originally landed in all the surrounding areas were now all concentrated in the east. The density of the cannonballs increased by three to four times, so much so that the dense artillery fire connected into one. The Demon Race soldiers were beaten to a pulp.
Under such a dense barrage, very few fiendish beasts were able to pass through the line of fire. Most of them died on the way. The occasional fish that escaped the net also died at the hands of the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals after coming ashore. As long as they were not at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, it was very easy for the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to deal with them.
As such, with SongZhong's help, the eastern battlefront was finally stabilized and there was no longer any threat to them.
However, the situation in the other directions was not good. Without Song Zhong's suppressive fire, the pressure on them suddenly increased by many times. They were about to collapse.
However, Taibai Jinxing, who was prepared for this, was not worried at all. He only nodded slightly at the Fire Lord of the South. The latter immediately ordered, "Fire Crow Army, attack!"
Following the Fire Lord of the South's order, the Fire Crow Army that had been watching from the back finally moved out. They were divided into three teams, each with ten thousand men. They went to three different directions to provide support.
Although there were only ten thousand men in each direction, ten thousand men was already a lot for a super elite army like the Fire Crow Army.
After they flew up, they charged toward the enemies at the front line. While they were still on the way, they began to release their blazing fire. Every Fire Crow Army soldier was a Fire Immortal of the Golden Immortal Realm. After they released all the fire on their bodies, it was enough to fill the space of tens of thousands of feet with fire.
After ten thousand of these Immortals released all their fire, the layers of fire became extremely terrifying under the support of the Fire Crow Formation. Looking from afar, the three teams of ten thousand men turned into three flaming clouds that were thousands of miles wide. Then, like a tsunami, they rushed into the depths of the demon army.
The extremely terrifying fire completely ignored the seawater below and burned any demon that came into contact with it into ashes. A layer of the sea was evaporated. The terrifying temperature even boiled the seawater within a hundred thousand miles.
Three such powerful flaming clouds rushed left and right in the enemy's formation as if there was no one there. Faced with such a crazy combination, even the Golden Immortals would not dare to block their path. They could only watch helplessly as they carved out areas of death in the midst of the Demon Race's dense army! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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