Chapter 605: The Decisive Battle! The Skyquaking Army! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Buzz!
The air trembled as a Halo of Thorns began to spread from under the feet of the White-hoofed Shadow, pouring down from the summit like a flood to expand over the army. This strange Halo of Thorns began to buff the various shield soldiers, axemen, and archers, instantly raising the strength of the Annan Protectorate army.
Even Dalun Ruozan could tell that the Tang army had clearly become much stronger, exuding a brand-new aura.
One halo weakened the enemy soldiers while the other halo strengthened his own. Even Dalun Ruozan couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.
”What sort of halo is this!”
Dalun Ruozan was mentally shocked by something else.
For a normal halo to buff one of strength, dexterity, or speed was already decent enough, but Wang Chong could simultaneously buff all three.
In these circumstances, in this terrain, the eighty to ninety thousand soldiers of the Annan Protectorate army could defend the mountain so tightly that nothing would be able to make it through.
”Send an order to Duan Yangyan. Have him use his elephants to immediately shatter their formation!”
Dalun Ruozan's eyes narrowed as he swiftly issued this order.
Wang Chong had many secrets. In Dalun Ruozan's experience, a halo that covered such a large area could only be possessed by a Great General, but Wang Chong was clearly no Great General.
And besides that, this sort of halo that could simultaneously raise strength, dexterity and speed was no ordinary technique. It would be extremely rare in any empire, and even the most illustrious Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple of Ü-Tsang did not have many such techniques.
”In addition, the division of giants that the Abbasid Caliphate helped us train should have arrived. It's their turn to move out!”
With these final words, Dalun Ruozan's gaze turned extremely dark.
Ü-Tsang and the Abbasid Caliphate had begun to work together very early on. In addition, their collaboration was far from restricted to that black kerosene. The division of giants was one of the fruits of their alliance.
Roar!
A roar came from the distant horizon—brutal, cruel, wild, and imbued with a desire to maim and massacre. It was so loud that it sounded like a peal of thunder, so loud that it even drowned the sounds of fighting and the blares of the elephants.
The earth rumbled as if a great army was approaching from the distance.
This turmoil attracted everyone's notice, including that of Wang Chong on the summit.
”This is…”
Wang Chong slightly narrowed his eyes, a hint of confusion appearing within them. The Great Tang had been fighting with Mengshe Zhao and Ü-Tsang for some time, so each side had a general understanding of all the soldiers each side could put into play.
But Wang Chong could guarantee that he had never felt this sort of energy before.
Buzz!
Upon clearly making out that thing appearing on the horizon, even Wang Chong had to widen his eyes.
A group of giant figures had suddenly appeared on the horizon. The reason he thought of them as 'figures' and not 'soldiers' was that Wang Chong had never before seen 'humans' with such massive bodies.
The bodies of these 'creatures' were all incredibly muscular, and even more astonishing was their height. All of them were six to seven meters tall, three to four times taller than a normal person.
Their skin was pitch-black, their expressions vicious, contorted, and ugly, and the thick plate armor covering their bodies was itself dreadful to behold. However, there was no doubt that they were humans.
”Aaaaah!”
”Get out of the way! Hurry!”
Screams began to fill the air, not from the Tang soldiers, but from the distant Tibetan warriors. When these giants appeared, their wild and brutal aura made even the well-trained highland steeds whinny in fright. All of the Tibetans began to flee out of the path of these giants.
As the giants approached, the Tibetans parted like waves, or like a flock urged on by a shepherd. Although these giants were wearing plate armor that must have weighed around a thousand jin and were wielding crude maces, cudgels, spears, and shields, all of them were running at a speed that could outrun warhorses.
”What sort of monster is this?”
Chen Shusun's eyes were twitching in shock. Though he had fought with the Tibetans for more than a month, he had never seen a monster appear amongst the Tibetan ranks. These could not be humans, only human-shaped monsters.
Although these monsters were still a distance away, the cruel and bloodthirsty aura that preceded them caused even Chen Shusun's heart to madly beat in fear. These soldiers had no place in a regular battle.
”They're from Sindhu!”