The Elder cupped his hands in acknowledgment and left to make the arrangements.
Under normal circumstances, how could a dignified Elder of the Artifact Cloud Sect possibly regard Gao Pin highly? But on a battlefield like this, he had to obey Gao Pin's command as commander-in-chief. War was no child's play. It concerned the lives and deaths of countless people, the fate of an entire kingdom. No one could throw their status around or indulge their temper.
If anything went wrong because he refused to obey orders, even an Elder of the Artifact Cloud Sect could not bear the consequences. At the very least, he would be unable to keep his position as Elder.
At this time, all Jin Kingdom cultivators participating in the war and fighting alongside the army had to obey Gao Pin's command. The Artifact Cloud Sect had granted Gao Pin the power of life and death, and elite cultivators would assist him in enforcing military discipline.
Though the arrows fell thick and fast, there were always gaps between volleys. Faced with Wei Kingdom troops who charged uphill even in the face of death, some finally broke through and clashed with the Jin Kingdom forces on the front line.
Once a breach appeared, the gap in the defensive line was swiftly torn wider. The two sides instantly came to close-quarters combat.
Once they were locked in close combat, the arrow attacks had to stop. Below the slope, the Wei Army soldiers, who had already regarded themselves as ghosts, howled and charged upward.
"My lord, everything is ready. We can act at any moment. The troops can withdraw now," the Elder reported upon returning to Gao Pin.
Seeing the enemy forces already pressing up, Gao Pin watched the battlefield and said in a deep voice, "Wait a little