Chapter 1866: Old Enemies Battle Once More! (2/2)

When Gao Xianzhi was still two-hundred-some feet away, he soared into the air with his horse, charging at Abu Muslim as his sword cleaved through the air.

”Eight Ultimate Sunderings Art!”

A bolt of lightning cleaved across the sky, Stellar Energy gathering together into dark thunderclouds. Wreathed in destructive energy, Gao Xianzhi's sword descended onto Abu Muslim.

Meanwhile, Abu Muslim turned upon sensing Gao Xianzhi's familiar energy, killing intent erupting out of his eyes.

”Gao Xianzhi, you came at just the right time! I've been waiting!”

Abu Muslim's body seethed with energy as he cast aside his sword and took from his back a large black scimitar. Boom! Abu Muslim soared into the air, straight at Gao Xianzhi.

Boom!

The two Great Generals clashed in the air, their Stellar Energies battering against each other and exploding.

Unexpectedly, this clash was a draw!

During the Battle of Talas, Gao Xianzhi had actually been slightly weaker than Abu Muslim, but in this clash, not only had Gao Xianzhi been able to match his strength, Abu Muslim had also sensed a powerful repulsive force in Gao Xianzhi's body.

”How could this be?”

Abu Muslim was deeply shaken by this.

The majority of people stopped making progress at the Great General level. If they had the ability to reach an even higher level, they would have done so long ago and not waited until now. For Great Generals, getting to higher levels grew increasingly difficult, and even a tiny increase in strength did not come easily.

It had only been a year. For Gao Xianzhi to have improved so much was simply absurd.

But Abu Muslim didn't have the time to ponder these things. On the other side, Gao Xianzhi was brimming with fighting intent and already making his next attack.

As Gao Xianzhi held down Abu Muslim, Cheng Qianli, Xi Yuanqing, and the others led the Big Dipper Army in charging into Abu Muslim's army.

”Kill!”

Countless weapons flashed as the Big Dipper Army soldiers swiftly engaged the Arabs.

Neither side backed down in this engagement, and as sparks flew through the air, Arabs and Big Dipper soldiers were cut down in twos and threes.

The Big Dipper Army swiftly displayed their well-tempered fighting power. The area between the Great Tang's left flank and center had suffered such a heavy shock that even Zhangchou Jianqiong and An Sishun had been affected, and things had been trending toward disaster, but with the entry of Gao Xianzhi and the Big Dipper Army, the situation was stabilized.

Whew!

In the rear, King Song breathed out a sigh of relief.

King Song had exchanged his robe for golden armor at this time, but he was not a real general, nor had he ever commanded a large-scale battle. There was little he could do in a major campaign like this.

And never in his life had King Song experienced such a perilous situation.

Far too many crises had already taken place.

Whoosh!

As a gust of wind blew past, King Song glanced at Wang Zhongsi and Tongluo Great General Abusi. The Great Tang had already committed nearly four hundred thousand soldiers to the battle. The only soldiers they had left in reserve were those commanded by Wang Zhongsi and Abusi.

Abusi seemed to sense King Song's gaze, and calmly replied, ”The battle's not at a point where I need to intervene!”

King Song nodded and said nothing, turning his gaze once more to the front line.

On the elephant Behemoth, Khatabah saw that the front line was at a stalemate. His brow furrowing, he immediately shouted, ”Pass on my order! Send another three hundred thousand soldiers!”

”Yes!”

Down below, a messenger bowed and quickly mounted a horse.

Khatabah's expression was cold, his eyes brimming with killing intent.

The Arabs had already lost an estimated four hundred thousand soldiers in this battle, with a significant number of these losses coming from the ballista army. Added together with the losses from yesterday, Khatabah had already lost six hundred thousand soldiers.

This was an astonishing sum!

But for the Hierophant, it did not matter how many people died. As long as he could overcome the Tang Empire and completely subdue the east, he did not care what sacrifices had to be made.

”Let me see just how long you can hold on!”