Chapter 2203 - The Yeluohe Strike! (2/2)
Boom! Boom! Boom! The thirty thousand Yeluohe smashed through all the alliance soldiers in their way. In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of alliance soldiers had been thrown into the air, and the Yeluohe continued without slowing down, leaving behind a terrifying trail of gore in their wake.
“Get back, quickly!”
The tens of thousands of soldiers became a rain of blood that sent fear through the hearts of the alliance army. The Eastern Turks, Goguryeons, Xi, Khitans… even the Youzhou soldiers swiftly retreated to the sides.
A path swiftly appeared in front of the Yeluohe.
Meanwhile, Cui Qianyou, who had been commanding the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation in resisting the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation, suddenly felt an icy energy coming up behind him, and his face instantly paled.
“Withdraw!” Cui Qianyou roared.
The Yeluohe had always been a secret that Youzhou kept from the alliance. An Lushan and Gao Shang had maintained the secrecy of the Yeluohe, but Cui Qianyou had known.
No one understood more than him the power of the Yeluohe. This was an invincible army, an unkillable army.
They had no human emotions, and the concept of allies did not exist in their minds.
Anyone that stood in their way, even soldiers from Youzhou, would be slaughtered to the man!
Moreover, it currently seemed that the thirty thousand Yeluohe were the key to destroying the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation.
Rumble! The moment Cui Qianyou gave the order, the several hundred thousand soldiers forming the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation receded like the tide, rumbling backward and ignoring the Tang army.
The two armies had been at a stalemate, and in such a critical moment, retreating was extremely fatal.
But Cui Qianyou couldn’t worry about such things.
If they didn’t retreat now, then when the thirty thousand Yeluohe arrived, the Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation would cease to exist.
“All soldiers, defensive formation! Prepare to retreat!”
Surprisingly, when Cui Qianyou’s Youzhou army began to retreat, the Tang army to the south did not pursue. On the contrary, other than some soldiers forming a defensive line at the front, the rest of the army began to retreat toward the fortress.
The army entirely retreating was impossible. Some soldiers had to remain to hold the line!
Five thousand feet!
Three thousand feet!
The Yeluohe were far faster than any other cavalry forces. It didn’t seem like they even had a maximum speed, and in just a few moments, the Yeluohe had easily surpassed the natural restrictions that many cavalry faced. The warhorses beneath them did not seem to be affected by physical factors.
Even before the Yeluohe had arrived, the gale they had stirred slammed into the faces of the soldiers, the wind cutting at them like sharp blades.
One thousand feet!
The howling winds battered the Tang defense line. The soldiers could even see the pale white skin and the white hairs between the chinks in the armor of the Yeluohe.
Their almost tangible killing intent exerted an immense pressure on all of them.
“Release!”
With a piercing howl, countless ballista bolts shot out from the rear.
Su Hanshan’s ballista army did not wait for the Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation to trigger before unleashing a destructive salvo on the Yeluohe.
Not even the powerful Yeluohe could block ballista bolts, and the sharp bolts pierced straight through their armor.
Thumpthump!
A Yeluohe warrior had a fist-sized hole punched through its chest, the immense force carrying it off its horse.
Rows of the Yeluohe were shot down by ballista bolts, at least six thousand of them struck by this ‘destructive volley’.
“Okay!”
Cheers erupted from the Tang ranks, but a few moments later, their excitement died away.
“Careful!”
“Danger!”
Cries of alarm came from the army.
As they looked at those Yeluohe who had been punched through by the ballista bolts, all of them saw something extremely odd…
Even though the Yeluohe had been struck by that destructive volley, no blood was flowing out of their bodies. It was like those ballista bolts that had punched through their bodies were just a minor itch to the Yeluohe.
“Impossible! How could this be?”
“Just what are these things?”
In the rear, Su Hanshan, who was ready to order the next volley, suddenly scowled, his heart sinking.