Charisma-Led Troop Command Style

The Four Berserker Bears' performance was truly astonishing, but Zhang Yang had no time to spare at that moment.

The enemies were simply too numerous.

Even though the Four Berserker Bears instantly killed nine Jackalman captains upon engagement, nearly forty more Jackalman captains agilely climbed and leaped onto the city wall.

However, the bad news was that neither Zhang Yang nor Wu Yuan had located the Jackalman chief or hero up to this point.

Were they so arrogant that they didn't need to personally lead the charge?

"Wu Yuan, cover me!" Zhang Yang shouted. He had been saving his ultimate move for the Jackalman chief or hero, but now there was no time to wait.

The Soul Force Field instantly activated, covering a fifty-meter radius. Every person, object, even the flow of air and the spatter of blood—every detail was under his control. This was his domain, his battlefield, and his greatest trump card for this battle.

Imprisonment Spears flew gracefully, leaving perfect arcs in mid-air. There was no beginning, no end; everything happened in an instant!

Those Jackalman captains, wielding steel shields and long blades, clad in iron armor, were fierce and incredibly agile. But as soon as they stepped into the Soul Force Field, they became nothing more than corpses.

Here, time and space seemed to lose their meaning.

Or perhaps, this was Soul Power suppression!

Unless one possessed a soul strength on par with or stronger than Zhang Yang's, they couldn't ignore this Soul Force Field.

In the extremely brief span of one second, to everyone else, those Jackalman captains had only just leaped onto the city wall. But the next moment was a bloodbath!

A total of ten Imprisonment Spears were expended by Zhang Yang in that single second, and of the 38 Jackalman captains who charged onto the wall, he instantly killed 30.

This was his limit. Zhang Yang had originally thought that controlling the Imprisonment Spears within the Soul Force Field wouldn't consume too much Soul Power, but in reality, because the Jackalman captains were much stronger than ordinary Level 1 Azure Wolves or Armored Deer Demons, he consumed more Soul Power. As a result, each Imprisonment Spear could only kill three targets before its durability was depleted and it became useless.

With a thud, Zhang Yang collapsed to the ground, unable to move even a finger.

"Kill!"

Wu Yuan's battle cry boomed like thunder. His long spear pierced, shattering a shield with one strike, killing a Jackalman captain.

The remaining soldiers swarmed forward, and then came a bloody sight.

Even though seven Jackalman captains remained, they still inflicted terrible casualties on Zhang Yang's side in the shortest amount of time.

Two captain-level archers were cut in half before they could even react.

Three Elite Spearmen lunged with their spears at two Jackalman captains, only for their attacks to be dodged by the enemies' incredibly agile leaps. When they landed, three heads flew into the air; captain-level and elite-level were simply not on the same playing field.

Bowstrings vibrated, and four Golden Eagle Armor-Piercing Arrows killed these two Jackalman captains, but in an instant, another captain-level archer was cut down.

Wu Yuan roared, his long spear like a dragon. He had just stabbed a Jackalman captain to death, but at the same time, two Jackalman captains closed in on him. A blade plunged into his abdomen, exiting through his back.

He abandoned his spear and sent a punch flying, stunning one Jackalman captain. But the other Jackalman captain had already leaped into the air, bringing a blade down towards Wu Yuan's neck. Just as it seemed he couldn't dodge—

"Pfft!"

A crossbow bolt, shot from who knew where, directly exploded the Jackalman captain's eye socket, killing it instantly.

Pulling out his long spear, Wu Yuan killed another enemy. By this time, the remaining soldiers had surrounded the last Jackalman captain, cooperating with archers like Qin Yidao to hack it to death.

And this entire process took no more than three or four seconds.

Even with Wu Yuan, a quasi-hero, leading them, they still paid the price of seven dead and six gravely wounded, especially those three captain-level archers, who died for nothing.

At this moment, below the city wall, the Four Berserker Bears were already engaged in chaotic combat with the Jackalman elite infantry who had lagged behind, commencing a one-sided slaughter.

The gap between captain-level soldiers and elite-level soldiers was simply too vast.

In no time, the remaining Jackalman infantry and elite archers scattered, fleeing in all directions. Their speed was incredibly fast; in a blink, they vanished into the depths of the forest, impossible to pursue.

At this point, Zhang Yang couldn't even concern himself with their severe casualties. He was still preoccupied with one thing: neither the Jackalman chief nor any hero units had appeared in the recent battle.

Otherwise, the outcome of this battle would have been entirely different.

"Could it be that this Jackalman lord employs the Charisma-Led Troop Command Style?" Zhang Yang could only come to this conclusion.

And it should be reasonable. Otherwise, if the Jackalman chief itself possessed combat strength as formidable as a Deer Demon, or had a hero as powerful as a Mountain Monster under its command, along with fifty or sixty captain-level soldiers, then its overall strength could definitely crush the Deer Demon and sweep through this area.

Why would it wait until now to make a move?

But in reality, it and the Deer Demon had always maintained restraint, neither able to truly defeat the other.

"That makes sense. The Deer Demon poured all its resources into itself, following the Strength-Agility Style, a solo combat route. That's why it was so powerful, even able to initiate a hero trial and acquire a hero. But it had no captain-level soldiers, not a single one. It relied entirely on the advantages of its troop types to compensate, but when it encountered me, it was defeated due to a lack of powerful soldiers."

"Conversely, that Jackalman chief follows the Charisma-Led Troop Command Style, a troop command route, using all its resources to strengthen and upgrade its soldiers. That's why it has so many captain-level soldiers. However, because it is weak itself, it cannot initiate a hero trial and thus cannot acquire a hero. When it encountered me, it still failed completely and was defeated."

Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief, then quickly had the severely wounded Wu Yuan enter the Wood Demon Tower. The other severely wounded individuals followed suit, while the lightly wounded had to patrol and stand guard on the city wall.

Although this battle was won, it was a brutal one. Seven captain-level archers were killed, and two were severely wounded.

Five Elite Spearmen died, and two were severely wounded. Four Elite Sword and Shield Soldiers were severely wounded.

And Song Dachui was severely wounded again. He had been shot full of arrows by those elite Jackalman archers, like a hedgehog. If not for the Mountain Monster Battle Tattoo and Wang Mumu covering him, he would surely have died.

However, there were no new soldier casualties. Zhang Yang quickly told the instructor surnamed Qin to continue training. Once the training was complete tomorrow, he could instantly have 50 captain-level soldiers.

It's worth mentioning that the crossbow bolt that saved Wu Yuan on the city wall earlier was shot by this guy, and he actually killed an enemy.

But at this moment, Zhang Yang had no time to think about such things. He had to quickly sort through the spoils of war and then expand as fast as possible. From now on, this territory would belong to the Zhang family.