The morning sun shone through the thick red clouds, bringing with it rays of red light.
Bewitching and bloodthirsty.
In the wilderness, withered yellow weeds were covered in morning dew. Under the illumination of the red sunlight, speckles of red light were reflected on the weeds.
Cold and beautiful.
This scene was like returning to the primeval times.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Accompanied by the drumming of the wilderness, the hundred-thousand-strong mountain barbarian army moved out!
In the army formation, there were dozens of large drums made of cowhide. Desolate beasts pulled the chariots, and strong men beat the drums. Every drum was as large as a millstone, with excellent workmanship. Only a strong man could beat it.
Ten ten-thousand-strong troops lined up, stretching for several li, covering the sky. The soldiers stepped on the drums, marching at a uniform pace, causing the earth to tremble, the mountains to collapse, and the rivers to stop flowing.
The mountain barbarian army was made up entirely of infantry, mainly saber and axemen, making up more than seventy percent. This was because sabers and axes were the weapons that Demon God Chi You was best at.
Influenced by Chi You, the mountain barbarian soldiers' favorite weapons were also these two.
Sabers were large sabers, axes were giant axes.
Whether it was sabers or battle axes, they were all heavy, hard, and filled with a strong wilderness color.
Other than the sabers and axemen, there were also a few archers and spear throwers in the army formation. Whether it was the sabers and axemen, archers, or spear throwers, they all wore iron armor.
To the mountain barbarian soldiers, leather armor was beneath their notice.
Twenty kilograms of iron armor was as light as a feather when worn by the mountain barbarian soldiers.
The iron armor was ferocious in shape, carved with pictures of giant wild beasts, most of which had long gone extinct. Under the reflection of the red light, the black iron armor reflected rays of cold light.
Because of the scarcity of iron ore and the lack of craftsmen, the iron armor of the soldiers did not cover the entire body. It could only protect the joints, head, chest, and other key parts. The other parts were directly exposed to the air. The bulging muscles showed pure strength and beauty.
This was an army that had come from the Wildlands. They were the embodiment of the Wildlands' unbridled, domineering, and straightforward killing.
Simple and direct.
Accompanied by the beating of the war drums, the warriors struck their weapons and sang the battle song of the Wilderness.
The King gave his command and beat the drum.
Build my weapons and armor, fight in all directions.
Kill your way to the top of the Nine Heavens and shed your blood.
My head and body are separated, and I have no regrets even in death.
Wang Xi, Wang Xi, I'm going!
The lyrics were simple, with only a few repetitive lines. The meaning expressed was also very concise. It was saying that the Great Demon King Chi You had summoned the warriors to battle and shed their blood.
The desolate battle song reverberated in the wilderness, soaring to the heavens. Even Ouyang Shuo, who was ten miles away, could faintly feel the wild aura coming from the front.
Among the vast army, Chi You's carriage was the most eye-catching and eye-catching.
The entire frame of the carriage was ten meters tall, like a moving city tower, towering majestically. The carriage was pulled by a total of twenty dire beasts, moving slowly in the middle of the army.
One thousand Chi You Blood Guards stood guard around the chariot like the most loyal guards.
Chi You stood at the top of the carriage with a giant axe in his hand, wearing the same sinister armor and a red cape. He was like a Demon God patrolling the vast wilderness.
It was as if at this moment, he was the supreme king of this land.
As the army advanced, its momentum became stronger and stronger.
Whether it was the sound of the war drums or the battle song, every syllable seemed to be filled with a magical power, stimulating the hot blood of the barbarian warriors and making them boil. Their morale soared.
When the two armies fought, the momentum of the entire army would reach its peak.
The murderous aura would pour down and turn the enemies into powder.
The secret of the Wilderness was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface. At the very least, among the lords, no one knew the secret contained in these seemingly ordinary syllables.
At ten o 'clock in the morning, the army of a hundred thousand barbarians slowly appeared on the horizon.
The black tide of people first appeared bit by bit, like a black line. Then, the black line began to spread and stretch, forming a black tide.
The black tide covered the withered yellow earth. As far as the eye could see, it was as if there was only black left between heaven and earth.
Pure black, oppressive black.
The black tide surged and finally completely crossed the horizon, slowly unfolding in the wilderness, forming a black formation that was several miles wide and thousands of meters long.
Banners were waving, and axes were standing in great numbers.
In front of them, the army of Shanhai City had already been waiting for a long time. In front of the central army, the Imperial Guard Division led by Lin Yi was at the forefront of the formation.
The golden light of the Radiant Armor was the symbol of Shanhai City.
In this battle, Ouyang Shuo was not stingy with the Imperial Guard Division. They would be the sharp blade of the central army. As soon as the battle began, they would be drawn and pierced through the enemy.
Ouyang Shuo was also standing on the high command platform, looking ahead. With his eyesight, he could already clearly see the faces of the barbarian warriors opposite him. Their eyes were all red.
He raised his head and looked at Chi You from afar.
Compared to the battle of Zhuolu, the current Chi You seemed to have become even more powerful. His body was surging with blood energy. Affected by this, the Demon God bloodline in Ouyang Shuo's body was somewhat restless.
Ouyang Shuo was shocked. He hurriedly used the "Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch" to suppress the restlessness of the bloodline in his body. Speaking of which, his Demon God bloodline came from Chi You.
The two of them had the same bloodline.
However, compared to Chi You, Ouyang Shuo's bloodline was much weaker.
One was the original, while the other was a pirated version.
As if sensing Ouyang Shuo's gaze, Chi You suddenly turned his head and glanced at Ouyang Shuo.
His eyes were calm and emotionless.
It was as if he was looking at a king. With just a glance, Chi You turned his head again.
Ouyang Shuo's heart trembled. It was as if he had been pierced by something invisible. His eyes burned.
Chi You had already become so powerful?
Ouyang Shuo's expression was solemn. Compared to the battle of Zhuolu, his strength had increased by more than two or three times. It was like a rocket that was getting stronger by the day.
With his current strength, he would even be able to put up a fight against a Martial Emperor.
Even so, Ouyang Shuo was still unable to see through Chi You's strength. This could only mean that the gap between the two of them was not just a little bit. It was a huge gap between their cultivation levels.
Was the Demon God Chi You really so powerful?!
Ouyang Shuo sighed inwardly. Chi You's individual strength was definitely an unstable factor in this battle. In addition, what attracted Ouyang Shuo's attention were the warriors around Chi You's carriage.
They were the Chi You Blood Guards.
Although Ouyang Shuo did not know their names, he could feel the faint blood aura, killing intent, and hostility emanating from these warriors.
Ever since he started practicing the Killer Sword, Ouyang Shuo had become more sensitive to killing intent. These strange warriors could not escape Ouyang Shuo's perception at all.
It was another surprise.
Ouyang Shuo could feel that the blood aura in these warriors was even stronger than the Divine Martial Guards.
What were the Divine Martial Guards?
They were the warriors of River East who had defeated Xiang Yu and obtained the name Gaia bestowed upon them.
Even so, they were still inferior.
What kind of monsters did the Great Demon King, Chiyou, cultivate?
Ouyang Shuo could even vaguely feel that the blood aura of these special warriors was faintly resonating with the blood aura in Chi You's body. It was as if Chi You's body was the source of all the blood aura.
Chi You and the warriors he nurtured seemed to be one entity.
This feeling was really strange. As far as Ouyang Shuo knew, no one in his previous life had such individual strength. Didn't this game emphasize teamwork?
How much did Gaia push Chi You's strength system to? Or in other words, how many more secrets did Ouyang Shuo not know about this game in his previous life?
At this moment, Ouyang Shuo was no longer as confident about his knowledge of his previous life.
As the saying went, the higher one stood, the further one could see. In his previous life, Ouyang Shuo was really too weak. He was so weak that he could not see the true face of the world.
It was only at this moment that the truth of the world slowly unfolded in front of Ouyang Shuo.
Always have a heart of reverence.
Ouyang Shuo suddenly remembered the advice given to him by an old man in his previous life.
Reverence?
Ouyang Shuo stared at the mountain barbarian army in the distance and suddenly fell silent.
Sitting next to Ouyang Shuo was the commander of this battle, Han Xin.
Han Xin was a purely commanding general. His personal martial arts skills were not outstanding and could even be considered mediocre. Therefore, Han Xin did not notice Ouyang Shuo's strangeness.
What he saw was different from what Ouyang Shuo saw. What Han Xin saw was the enemy's formation, weapons, equipment, and morale.
In Han Xin's eyes, the formation of the mountain barbarians could only be described as clumsy. Even a commander who had just graduated from the army's martial arts lecture hall did better than them.
The mountain barbarians' army did not have many types of soldiers to begin with, and their formation was messy. When they formed a formation, it was like a ten-thousand-man team, connected by another ten-thousand-man team. There was no order to speak of.
When the real battle started, those captains would probably not be able to command the troops in the battle at all, apart from leading the charge.
Swarming to the ground was the mountain barbarians' only choice.
On the other hand, the army of Shanhai City already had professional commanders and generals. Coupled with the perfect command flag system and herald system, Han Xin would be able to command the army as if it were his own arm.
Han Xin had grasped the key to victory in this battle.
At the same time, the enemy's weapons, equipment, and morale made Han Xin's heart heavy.
In history, it was not unheard of for barbarian civilizations to defeat or even conquer agricultural civilizations through brute force. What they relied on was absolute violence and indomitable morale.
The mountain barbarian army on the other side had both.
Han Xin knew that the Leopard Army under his command had just been reorganized from the prisoners of war. Their morale was at its lowest, and the soldiers' recognition of Shanhai City had not been fully formed.
In terms of morale, the army of Shanhai City was much weaker.
This was going to be a tough battle.
Han Xin thought of the Marquis' prediction, and his expression turned solemn. (To be continued.)
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