Chapter 913: A Cavalry Struggle for Dominance! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
No matter what, I have to acquire this for myself!
Duwu Sili clenched his fists as his heart was overrun by a fierce ambition.
In the distance, the five thousand Wushang Cavalry under Li Siye had pushed the Ten Charges Ten Victories Formation to its limit, and the crucial moment had arrived…
”Kiiill!”
Aroooo!
Not only did Shamask not fall back in the face of this powerful formation that could even trigger a formation phenomenon, he felt an even stronger desire to kill. Although Li Siye's Ten Charges Ten Victories Formation was extremely powerful, the Celestial Wolf Illusory Formation was not one bit inferior. He was confident that he could lead the Celestial Wolf Cavalry behind him just like he had led them against all their other foes, and utterly vanquish the Great Tang's Wushang Cavalry!
Neigh!
In that world of churning dust, the sixteen thousand Celestial Wolf Cavalry, both real and fake, brutishly crashed into the Wushang Cavalry.
Rumble!
The battlefield shuddered and swayed, as if the earth was a plank on a restless ocean. So intense was the impact of these two cavalry forces that the ground seemed ready to tear itself apart, and the force of their collision drowned out the noise of all other fighting, even the thundering of ballista bolts and the clanging of weapons.
Buzz!
It seemed like both a mere second and like countless eons before the sound finally died away. Meanwhile, the warhorses had kicked up a great storm of dust that rose ten-some zhang into the air. The massive golden wolf head of the Celestial Wolf Cavalry was flickering and wavering, but it had not been destroyed. As for the Wushang, of the forty-nine spears overhead, twenty-three had been lost.
But the battle did not settle down, only intensified.
The battlefield was a sight of complete mayhem, the eight thousand Celestial Wolf Cavalry packed in with the five thousand Wushang Cavalry, battering against each other, weapon against weapon, armor against armor, Stellar Energy against Stellar Energy… All sorts of sounds could be heard in these few short moments.
The explosions of Stellar Energy, the grinding of metal, the swishing of weapons… as more and more sounds added to the mix, they created a discordant and clamorous din that deafened the ears. But most dreadful of all were the heavy thumps as warhorse battered against warhorse.
This battle of thirteen thousand people seemed to be as intense and grandiose as one involving a hundred thousand soldiers!
Rumble!
A Wushang cavalryman, his Wootz Steel sword gleaming with a cold light, charged at a Celestial Wolf cavalryman, but as he slashed down, the savage-faced Celestial Wolf cavalryman suddenly twisted and dissolved. An illusion! The Wushang cavalryman immediately understood, but it was too late.
Clang! An enormous strength came from behind him. Availing himself of the momentary surprise, the Turkic cavalryman slashed with his uniquely-forged Western Turkic sword at the Wushang cavalryman's back.
”Die!”
The Turkic rider had a savage look on his face. The Celestial Wolf Illusory Formation mixed the true with the false, the real with the unreal. Failing to distinguish which was which was fatal on the battlefield, and countless people had fallen to the swords of the Celestial Wolf Cavalry in this way. The Celestial Wolf Cavalry had relied on these illusions to take down countless formidable opponents and create their own legend.
But this sword slash which could cut high-quality equipment in two seemed to hit a steel wall. Not only did it fail to cut through his foe's armor, it was even sent reeling back.
How could this be?!
Shock appeared on the Celestial Wolf cavalryman's face. The Celestial Wolf Cavalry were one of the three legendary cavalry forces of the Western Turkic Khaganate, equipped with the best armor, weapons, and warhorses the Khaganate could provide. He had never heard of an armor that these swords could fail to cut through.
”Hmph!”