In the Southern War Zone of the Human-Demon Battlefield, inside and outside Laiyang Fortress, the cries of slaughter shook the heavens!
A vast Devil Race army swarmed forward like ants, charging relentlessly into the multicolored arrows raining down from the city walls. In barely half a day, the first great battle to erupt after this long-standing standoff had already reached a white-hot stage.
The Devil Race army attacking this place had inadvertently discovered that Zhou Cen, the marshal of the Guangqing Black Armored Army stationed at Chenglin Fortress, had brought only his personal guards to inspect Laiyang Fortress under Chenglin Fortress's jurisdiction.
They immediately split their forces in two. One force headed straight for Chenglin Fortress to launch a feigned attack, pinning down the 260,000-strong main force stationed there.
Meanwhile, 300,000 Devil Race main troops charged toward Laiyang Fortress, joining the 100,000 troops already besieging it. A total of 400,000 soldiers surrounded Laiyang Fortress, intending to wipe out Zhou Ling, the Guangqing Black Armored Army marshal who had come lightly equipped to inspect the fortress.
It had to be known that Laiyang Fortress had only eighty thousand troops at full strength.
Though reinforcements had been added over time, battles had been frequent, and fewer than seventy thousand combat-capable soldiers remained. Besieged by 400,000 Devil Race elites throwing their full strength into the assault, they swiftly fell into a disadvantage!
Marshal Zhou Cen of the Black Armored Army was drenched in blood as he fought atop the walls, glancing from time to time toward Chenglin Fortress.
The reinforcements were still on the way!
And enemy troops continually harassed and intercepted them along the route, slowing their advance considerably.
Yet the enemy had already climbed onto the walls several times!
Left with no choice, Zhou Cen drove all twenty thousand laborers within