A Single Ascent to the Peak Makes All Laws Void; Slaying Every Enemy to Bring Peace to the World
The plain was strewn with corpses, and rivers of blood flowed.
Clang-clang went the iron armor, while swords and spears rang in unison!
The eight Imperial Guard Armies of the Great Blue Dynasty and the twelve thousand monk soldiers of the Western Extremity Kingdom had been slaughtering one another for nearly an hour.
They had begun by attacking each other from afar with military formations driven by killing intent, then charged into close-quarters combat.
Their formations scattered again and again, only to regroup each time.
When a thousand-man formation was broken apart, they formed five-hundred-man formations, then three-hundred-man formations, hundred-man formations, and fifty-man formations.
Although the key to this battle lay with the Peak Experts, the slaughter of these more than twenty thousand soldiers was actually the most brutal part of the entire battle!
The Western Extremity Kingdom had twelve thousand monk soldiers, but most of them had only obtained Fiend Artifacts and begun training within the past two years. They lacked actual combat experience.
In terms of subtle control over military formations and coordination with their comrades, the Buddhist kingdom's monk soldiers were inferior to the Great Blue Dynasty's Imperial Guard Army.
Thus, although the eight Imperial Guard Armies were at a numerical disadvantage, they fought with the initiative.
However, these monk soldiers of the Western Extremity Kingdom had all been selected from the most devout believers. They possessed extremely firm wills and unshakable loyalty to the Western Extremity Kingdom!
Even if they fought to the death until the last man, these monk soldiers would not waver!
By comparison, although the eight Imperial Guard Armies accompanying Wenren Zheng on this campaign were also elite troops selected from the best soldiers, their fighting will was actually not as firm as that of the Western Extremity Kingdom's monk soldiers.
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