Chapter 1156 – Where the Bright Moon Was Back Then (1/2)

Chapter 1156 – Where the Bright Moon Was Back Then

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

In the early summer, the humans and demons had fought a grandiose battle around Mount Nuorilang.

The Divine Domain experts of each side stepped onto stage one after the other. The demons suffered grievous casualties and the humans also paid a hefty price.

In no other battle after it did so many Divine Domain experts appear at the same time on the battlefield.

A great array was buried under Mount Nuorilang, and the demon armies had used it to launch a surprise attack and then completely withdraw.

Mao Qiuyu and Daoist Siyuan, who were the two with the greatest understanding of divine arts, had personally inspected the array and confirmed that it could no longer be used.

Many human troops had passed through this valley to reach the north in the aftermath, and none of them had encountered any problems.

No one could have ever expected that the demon armies had not completely retreated.

The battlefield had been in complete chaos as Wang Po and the Demon Commander fought, and two thousand wolf cavalry had used this opportunity to hide in the western foothills.

The western foothills had been affected by the watery clouds drifting from the Western Sea for a longer period of time than the rest of the mountains, and after millions of years of erosion, they had become pockmarked with caves of all sizes.

These wolf cavalry had hidden themselves in the deepest reaches of these caves, avoiding the sharp eyes of the Red Falcons and the scouting spiritual senses of the humans.

Of course, it also had to do with Divine General He Ming's demand that the army advance quickly to break through the second line of defense, causing the clean-up of the battlefield to be less attentive.

As the human armies traveled through the valley to the highlands in the north so as to continue the fight, the two thousand wolf cavalry remained in the caves, not once poking out their heads. When they were hungry, they would eat dried meat, and when they were thirsty, they would eat the snow on the mountains, living an abnormally excruciating life.

If they had not prepared themselves for this, they might have already starved to death.

Even so, the wolf cavalry had suffered great losses in their many days of concealment, the number of wounded and ill beginning to pile up.

Any wolf cavalry who had injuries too difficult to treat were executed on the spot. The ill were stripped of their armor and weapons and thrown into the caves to see if they would improve or die.

In the end, twelve hundred wolf cavalry survived.

They were thin and tired, but also determined and fearless. The dark green light in their eyes made them seem like actual wolves.

It was truly difficult to endure this long concealment, but the most difficult to endure was the temptation.

Human supply convoys would often pass through the plains below, and the protection of these convoys was not very strong. Coupled with the fact that no one would have expected demons to be hiding in the mountains, the wolf cavalry would just need to charge down the mountain to guarantee an easy victory and loot those supplies. But they knew that they had not hidden here for so many days just so that they could rob some ordinary supply convoy. Rather, at the most critical moment of the war, they would deliver the heaviest blow to the human army.

The reasoning was very simple, but an extremely unusual leader was still necessary to prevent these cruel wolf cavalry from falling to temptation.

His order was also very unusual.

”Burn all of their provisions and then kill them in the final charge.”

There was no fear in the eyes of the demon soldiers, only excitement and passion. But they made no sound, and even the giant wolves only began to pant a little faster.

This had also been an order, one that had been in place for many days, so long that the soldiers had even begun to doubt that they could speak.

Twelve hundred wolf cavalry descended down the mountain.

The leader's gaze followed them, ultimately resting on the distant plains, on that supply convoy that extended for several dozen li.

He had already confirmed the relevant information: the number of human cavalry, human experts, and most importantly… the quantity of supplies.

He knew that Xuelao City had already begun its counterattack so as to divert the attention of the humans and to keep their main force of cavalry around the city.

All of it was to provide him the necessary conditions to burn all the supplies in this convoy.

If he succeeded, the demon armies outside Xuelao City would withdraw into the city as quickly as possible.

As for the twenty thousand tribal warriors outside, they would be callously abandoned.

In his view, these lower-class demons of inferior intelligence were no different from beasts, so it didn't matter how many of them died.

In any case, these lower-class demons were not particularly loyal, nor were they particularly brave in battle, unless they had eaten that medicine.

He had brought back insufficient quantities of medicine from the Longevity Sect, or else this war would not have been so difficult.

If this attack succeeded, unless the human armies were willing to eat the bodies of the lower-class demons, they would have to retreat before the winter set in.

Based on his understanding of the Human race, such a hypocritical and argumentative species could never do such a thing.

This would buy half a year for Xuelao City.

Half a year was enough for many things to happen.

And the momentum of the humans would be dealt a massive blow.

He truly did understand the Human race.

He was confident that internal problems in the Human race would slowly begin to emerge.

Thus…

This was the final battle.

As he gazed at the convoy on the plains, he silently thought to himself:

If we win, we will continue to exist.