It was easy to dodge a spear in the open, but difficult to defend against an arrow in the dark!
Ye Xing shot arrows from afar. The arrows were like flowing light, extremely fast. It was impossible for the generals of the Dong Fu Nation to guard against them.
With every arrow, a centurion or chiliarch of the Liuchuan Army would die. None of them missed their target.
After he killed dozens of centurions and chiliarchs, he locked onto a new target.
A captain of ten thousand men!
A captain was a ninth-level grandmaster. Even if it was an early-stage ninth-level grandmaster, it would not be easy for Ye Xing to kill him. The captain he had locked onto was a mid-stage ninth-level grandmaster.
If it was a one-on-one fight, even if there was enough distance, Ye Xing would not be able to kill him with his bow and arrow.
However, it was not a one-on-one fight now.
This person was in a fierce battle with a mid-stage ninth-level grandmaster from the Purple Mountain Academy. The two of them were similar in strength. Any external interference would affect the balance between the two.
Ye Xing was a thousand steps away. He took out three arrows and nocked them on his bow.
Before the battle, Ye Xing had prepared a lot of arrows. He still had a lot of them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three arrows left the bowstring. In an instant, they drew a distorted trajectory in the void. They shot toward the mid-stage ninth-level captain of the Liuchuan Army.
The arrows spun, carrying astonishing destructive power as they attacked from different directions.
Liuchuan Ye was at a critical moment in the battle with his opponent. Suddenly, his heart tightened for no reason. A fatal danger shrouded his heart.
He wanted to dodge, but his opponent had also noticed his danger. He suddenly sped up his attack. The sword shadows were endless, making it difficult for him to be distracted.
"Hah!"
Liuchuan Ye shouted. At the critical moment of life and death, the vigorous inner strength in his body exploded. The treasured sword in his hand slashed out endless sword shadows to defend against his opponent's attack.
At the same time, his body twisted like a snake. He used an extremely strange movement technique and dodged to the side with a twist.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
This movement technique was indeed extraordinary. Under such a crisis, Liuchuan Ye actually dodged the attack of two arrows.
However, Ye Xing didn't just shoot two arrows. He shot three.
Whoosh!
The third arrow pierced Rukawa Ye's back, penetrating more than a foot. The arrowhead pierced through his heart.
The heart was the most vital part of the body. Even a ninth-stage grandmaster would die instantly from such an injury.
Liuchuan Ye screamed and fell to the ground. His body twitched, and soon he died.
Ye Xing was overjoyed. Killing a major general meant that the Starfall Kingdom now had a ninth-grade Grandmaster, which would have a huge impact on the battle.
In addition to the centurions and chiliarchs killed by Ye Xing, the Liuchuan Legion's high-end combat power was no longer comparable to the Luoxing Kingdom's. Although the Liuchuan Legion had more ordinary soldiers, there was a limit to it and they no longer had the advantage.
The situation in the South City had been resolved. The balance of strength was tilting towards the Luoxing Kingdom. In addition, Ye Xing continued to shoot arrows from the side, killing the enemy's generals. It would not take long for the Liuchuan Legion to be completely defeated.
Liuchuan Ye's scream before his death attracted the attention of most of the Liuchuan Legion's sergeants. The two Half-Step Martial Sage Legion Commanders noticed that the Liuchuan Legion's advantage was gone. Instead, the Luoxing Kingdom began to gain the upper hand.
Previously, the high-end combat power of the Liuchuan Legion had the advantage in numbers. However, the extra centurions and chiliarchs were all gone. On the other hand, the Luoxing Kingdom's side had a few centurions and chiliarchs and even a ninth-grade Martial Dao grandmaster.
A ninth-stage Zongshi master would be able to take on tens of thousands of enemies. Killing ordinary soldiers would be as easy as slaughtering dogs. Even killing centurions and chiliarchs would be a piece of cake for them. This would turn the tide of the battle very quickly.
Whoosh!
At this moment, in the distance of the city, another arrow burst out.
A mournful scream rang out. A chiliarch of the Liuchuan Legion who was in the middle of a fierce battle was instantly killed by an arrow.
Legion Commander Liuchuan Ji and Vice Legion Commander Liuchuan Xiao's attention shifted in the direction of the arrow and immediately found Ye Xing's figure.
The two finally understood that it was Ye Xing who was shooting arrows. An ordinary archer's arrows could hardly threaten a Martial Dao Master or a Martial Dao grandmaster, let alone a Martial Dao grandmaster. However, Ye Xing was different. Ye Xing's attainments in archery were very high. Every arrow he shot was a fatal threat to the generals of the Liuchuan Legion.
Liuchuan Ji and Liuchuan Xiao knew very well that if Ye Xing continued to shoot arrows from the side, they were afraid that the generals of the Liuchuan Legion would be shot to death. Even the generals of the Liuchuan Legion would not be able to survive.
If they did not get rid of Ye Xing, the Liuchuan Legion would definitely lose, and it would be a crushing defeat.
Liuchuan Ji hated Ye Xing to the bone. Now that he saw Ye Xing turning the tide of the battle, he was furious. He immediately attacked Wu Yunshan, forcing him to retreat. Then, he pounced on Ye Xing.
How could Wu Yunshan allow Liuchuan Ji to disturb Ye Xing? He let Ye Xing shoot arrows from the side. The effect was no less than having a half-step Martial Sage. No, the effect was greater than having a half-step Martial Sage. As a godly archer, the advantage he had in a battle was incomparable. Ye Xing could kill enemies from a thousand steps away. Could a half-step Martial Sage do the same?
In terms of strength, Ye Xing was naturally not comparable to a half-step Martial Sage. However, in terms of killing efficiency, he was better than a half-step Martial Sage.
Wu Yunshan launched a desperate attack on Liuchuan Ji, preventing him from escaping. Although Liuchuan Ji was furious, he did not dare to underestimate a half-step Martial Sage opponent. Especially when his opponent was fighting with his life on the line, it was difficult for him to be distracted.
For a moment, Liuchuan Ji could only block Wu Yunshan's attacks with all his strength. How could he care about Ye Xing?
"Old Xiao, go and kill that little bastard!" Liuchuan Ji could not escape and could only send a message to Liuchuan Xiao.
Liuchuan Xiao understood and attacked Wang Haiqing a few times. Then, he pounced on Ye Xing in the distance.
Wang Haiqing was not like Wu Yunshan. When he saw that Liuchuan Xiao was going to kill Ye Xing, he did not resist. After Liuchuan Xiao escaped, he did not continue to attack. Instead, he attacked one of the captains of the Liuchuan Legion.
The situation was clear. As long as Wang Haiqing killed one of the captains, the Liuchuan Legion would be defeated regardless of whether Ye Xing was dead or alive.
When Ye Xing saw that Wang Haiqing did not use all his strength to stop Liuchuan Xiao, he frowned and immediately used the Flying Swan Skill to escape into the city.
Originally, he wanted to kill all the generals of the Liuchuan Legion and wipe them out. However, when Liuchuan Xiao attacked, he had no choice but to retreat.
With the superb Flying Swan Skill and the wind force, Ye Xing's speed was not much slower than Liuchuan Xiao's. The distance between the two of them was a few hundred meters. Liuchuan Xiao chased after Ye Xing for a while. He did not dare to enter East Mountain City alone as he was afraid that he would not be able to escape. He gave up on chasing after Ye Xing and returned to the battlefield in South City.
When he returned, Wang Haiqing had already killed one of the captains of the Liuchuan Legion. The Luoxing Kingdom's side had another empty ninth grade grandmaster. Liuchuan Xiao, who had returned, was stopped by Wang Haiqing. The two extra ninth grade grandmasters rampaged through the Liuchuan Legion, slaughtering their way to defeat the legion.
Liuchuan Ji saw that the Liuchuan Legion had countless casualties and had no choice but to order a retreat. If they were too late, they would be heavily surrounded and unable to escape.
During the retreat, many soldiers of the Liuchuan Legion were killed. The ground was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river. When they had completely retreated five miles away from East Mountain City, there were only slightly more than thirty thousand soldiers left from the fifty thousand strong army. The loss of their generals was even greater; almost half of them had perished.
After Ye Xing escaped into the city, he went straight to the east side of the city.
The east side of the city faced the Dongfu Kingdom's military camp and was attacked by the Dongxuan Legion. The battle was the most ferocious. As the East Mountain City's garrison had transferred twenty thousand men to assist the south side of the city, there were only forty thousand men defending the south and north side of the city.
The north side was attacked by the Zichuan Legion. The attack was not very intense, so the situation was still manageable. The east side of the city was the Dongfu Kingdom's main attack direction. Dongxuan's combat power was also very strong, so it was naturally difficult for forty thousand men to defend the city.
The south side of the city was more dangerous than the east side. Ye Xing had already turned the situation around. Now that Ye Xing had come to the east side of the city, it was only natural that the situation there would change quickly.
Dongxuan's generals were shot dead by Ye Xing one after another. When the south side's soldiers had completely repelled the Liuchuan Legion and sent a portion of them to assist the east side, the situation of the battle was instantly reversed. The Dongxuan Legion was defeated, even worse than the Liuchuan Legion in the south.
As the Dongfu Kingdom's army retreated from the east and south side of the city, the north and west side of the city received the news and quickly retreated as well. The first siege battle lasted for half a day before it finally ended.
After counting the casualties, the Luoxing Kingdom's side was victorious, with about ten thousand casualties. The Dongfu Kingdom's army, on the other hand, had more than forty thousand casualties. Ninety percent of them had fallen on the battlefield of the east and south side of the city.
After this battle, the Dongfu Kingdom's advantage was gone.
In war, casualties were as simple as drinking tea. As long as there was a war, there would be casualties regardless of the outcome. This was the norm.
The heroes who died in the war were compensated by the country to their families. After the war, there were not many who were grieving. Most of them were immersed in the joy of victory and the joy of being alive.
"Zishan Academy's student, Ye Xing, killed seventy people, including one ninth level Grandmaster, twenty-four eighth level Grandmasters, and forty-five seventh level Grandmasters. Awarded 38,500 points of military merit, awarded the title of chiliarch, and awarded the seventh level chiliarch's honor medal!"
After the battle, it was naturally time to discuss the merits and rewards. Ye Xing deserved to be called the number one person in this battle.
Killing a chiliarch awarded one thousand points of military merit, but the title of chiliarch required five thousand points of military merit. Ye Xing's military merit did not meet the requirement of fifty thousand points, so his title was only chiliarch.
However, there were different ranks for chiliarchs according to their military exploits.
Between five thousand and ten thousand points of military merit was a first level chiliarch. Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand points of military merit was a second level chiliarch. So on and so forth. Every five thousand points of military merit was a higher rank.
The highest rank was ninth level. If one's military merit reached fifty thousand points, they would no longer be a tenth level chiliarch. Instead, they would be awarded the title of chiliarch.
In the first battle, Ye Xing had obtained the title of chiliarch. Moreover, it was a seventh level chiliarch. Seeing that Ye Xing had obtained the seventh level chiliarch's honor medal, no one was not envious.
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