Two hundred thousand li east of Huagu Military City and more than ten thousand li west of Sanhe City lay a stretch of low valleys filled with towering ancient trees and groves of strange woods. On the military spirit maps of both the Devil Race and Great Zhou, this place was clearly marked.
Great Long Mountain.
It was neither a strategic stronghold nor any scenic wonder, yet the battle in the skies at this very moment might decide the future fate of Great Zhou.
At the very least, it would decide the outcome of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The Eastern Expeditionary Army's commander-in-chief, Ye Zhen, was fighting the Devil Race's Myriad Wings Divine King and Deficient Moon Divine King.
A hundred li behind Ye Zhen, led by Yi Lie, Dai Qin, and two other Southern Barbarian Battle Spirits, Heng Qianjun and Xu Jin, the two arrow officers, had brought ten other ascetic priests who had broken through to the Creation Realm and formed an arrow formation, supporting Ye Zhen from afar.
Originally, even with an arrow formation deployed, the cultivation of the two Divine Kings, Myriad Wings and Deficient Moon, would have allowed them to easily close in on it.
Once they got close, even if the formation was presided over by Yi Lie and Dai Qin, whose cultivation had already broken through to the Creation Realm Divine General level, it would be exceedingly dangerous. Whether it was Myriad Wings Divine King or Deficient Moon Divine King, a casual strike from either could kill several Creation Realm Divine Being arrow officers.
However, Ye Zhen had made up for this weakness well.
With his divine power abundant, Ye Zhen struggled to support himself from every side. Cooperating with the Sunset Arrow Formation, he barely held back the two Devil Race Divine