Chapter 2396 - The Decisive Battle (IV) (1/2)

Chapter 2396: The Decisive Battle (IV)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

“How could this be!?”

All the human soldiers were stunned by the sight.

Each steel wall had been reinforced with numerous inscriptions and formations, and the walls themselves were extremely heavy. In past wars, rarely had soldiers been able to simply blast the walls aside. It wasn’t that it was impossible, but it also wasn’t easy. While these Celestial Army soldiers had not blasted away the walls with a single punch, the walls wouldn’t be able to endure many more.

Sure enough…

Bang!

A few seconds later, a heavy steel wall went flying through the air like a piece of paper, tumbling and crashing into the rear and sending ten-some soldiers flying away.

Elsewhere, three Celestial Army soldiers joined together, punching as a unit and sending another section of the steel wall flying.

Everyone was flabbergasted at this.

“Hold!”

In the rear, Su Hanshan called out, “Release!” The several hundred thousand ballista soldiers quickly went to work, ballista bolts howling through the air.

The steel defense lines were vital to the human army. If the defense line broke, the human army would suffer devastating losses in the following melee.

The ballista army was the death god of the battlefield!

In past battles, the ballistae were strong enough to make any foe tremble in fear, but not even Su Hanshan could guarantee their effectiveness against the Celestial Army soldiers and their defensive power that surpassed even heavy infantry. But there was also no doubt that the ballistae were the only way to effectively attack the Celestial Army at the moment.

Boomboomboom!

With great booms, the ballista bolts disappeared into the dense ranks of the Celestial Army, and screams broke out as figures were sent flying through the air like ragdolls.

With no time to react, a Celestial Army soldier had his abdomen pierced through by a ballista bolt, not even his golden armor able to take the blow. The immense strength penetrated through his body and skewered him together with a second Celestial Army soldier. They flew backward into the ranks, sowing chaos.

But the sight of a ballista bolt piercing through five to as many as eight heavily-armored soldiers as in the past did not take place.

After only two soldiers, the ballista bolt ran out of strength. Moreover, rather than penetrating through, the ballista bolt was held fast by the golden armor.

Clack! On the front line, a Celestial Army soldier suddenly got up, reached out with his hands, and pulled out the ballista bolt that had penetrated through him, inch by inch.

Clang! The soldier threw the ballista bolt to the side and stood back up. Though his face was pale and breathing ragged, blood still gushing out from the wound in his abdomen, he still seemed very far from death.

In the distance, both Su Hanshan and Bahram felt their hearts sink.

And this was far from the only shocking thing on the battlefield.

Clang! There was a metallic clatter. As the ballista army launched its attack, silver-white light erupted from the Celestial Army. Their ranks swiftly parted, and Celestial Army soldiers armed with giant silver shields appeared. These shields were covered in silver designs and powerful defensive formations.

Su Hanshan felt his heart sink to rock bottom upon seeing these shields.

The tough golden armor combined with these silver shields immediately turned the situation against them. But at this moment, Su Hanshan had no other options.

“Release!”

Su Hanshan gave the order, and the air roared as another volley of ballista bolts was fired.

But none of this could change the situation on the battlefield. As the Celestial Army soldiers raised their shields, they instantly broke through the first defense line, and the situation turned dire for the human army.

Moreover, on the other end, while the Shadow Dragon Division had already been sent out, they had clearly underestimated the power of the men in black. Although Zhao Fengchen’s Xuanwu Army was still putting up a stern resistance, at least half of the men in black had managed to use their nimble movement arts to get past the first defense line.

As the balance of battle was shifting, in the depths of spacetime, the battle between Wang Chong and Heaven had entered the next phase.

A few moments after entering the black vortex, Wang Chong entered the spacetime maze that Heaven had set up. Wang Chong had speculated on what he might see, but what greeted him was absolutely nothing, only gray and indistinct space.

“Whether or not you can find her will depend on your ability.”

Heaven’s voice gradually faded into the distance, and it soon dwindled into nothing.