"Tyrant Blade Slash!!"
The moment he drew near,
Ding Hao unleashed a Tyrant Blade Slash at the nearest Northern Barbarian commander, the Mysterious Iron Saber letting out a sharp, urgent howl!
"Hmph!"
"You still dare show off your ferocity? What an overconfident Great Zhou monkey!"
Seeing Ding Hao charge in with his saber, the Northern Barbarian commander opposite him barked coldly!
He swung his broadsword and met Ding Hao head-on with a heavy slash. Though they were both seventh-rank, his eyes were filled with contempt for Ding Hao!
After all, Northern Barbarians were mostly tall and powerfully built, blessed with Natural Barbarian Strength from birth. Great Zhou martial artists, on the other hand, were all slight of build and utterly ordinary. At the same rank, he did not fear Ding Hao in the slightest!
Yet the instant their blades collided heavily in midair, the Northern Barbarian commander's expression changed drastically!
He only felt an utterly irresistible force surge from Ding Hao's blade, crushing him as easily as rotten wood!
He was forced to his knees on the spot, the bones throughout his body cracking apart!
In the end, the Mysterious Iron Saber came crashing down along his shoulder!
With a wet splat, the Northern Barbarian commander's body was cleaved in two, blood pouring down like a waterfall and splashing across the ground!
"Ah!"
At the same time, the other Northern Barbarian commander cried out in alarm!
He had never expected Ding Hao to kill his companion with a single slash!
Consumed by fury, he swung his great hammer and smashed it viciously toward Ding Hao!
At that moment, Ding Hao had just exhausted his old strength before new strength could arise. With no room to evade, he could only take it head-on! "Golden Bell Shield!!"
A muffled boom rang out as Ding Hao was knocked backward. Though the Golden Bell Shield shattered, it neutralized most of the force!
Part of the remaining force was absorbed by the armor on his body.
When the last of the force struck, the Heavenly Tyrant Body took it with ease!
Thus, the moment Ding Hao steadied himself, he raised his saber and charged again!
"What!"
Seeing Ding Hao take his hammer head-on without suffering any injury, the Northern Barbarian commander was utterly shocked. Without hesitation, he turned and ran!
He understood.
The Ding Hao before him was not one of the Great Zhou monkeys he knew!
He was a vajra-like beast, an existence completely beyond his ability to match!
"Die!"
How could Ding Hao let him escape? With a Wind Treading Step, he caught up from behind and struck with another Tyrant Blade Slash, splitting him apart!
After casually collecting the attributes dropped by the two men, Ding Hao continued his charge!
"Hahaha!"
"Kill! Charge!"
The sight of Ding Hao cutting down two Northern Barbarian commanders completely drove the Elite Vanguard Camp's morale to an unprecedented peak!
With such a fierce warrior blazing a path ahead of them, what was there to fear? No matter how many enemies there were, they only needed to lower their heads, charge forward, and kill to their hearts' content!
At that moment, if someone had looked down upon the battlefield from the heavens,
they would have clearly seen that the Elite Vanguard Camp, this sharp blade, had not dulled in the slightest. Instead, it had become even sharper, beginning to carve through the Northern Barbarian army!
After charging and killing for an unknown length of time, the Elite Vanguard Camp gradually discovered large numbers of Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army corpses appearing around them.
Finally,
after breaking through a wall of men, the space before the Elite Vanguard Camp suddenly opened up!
A basin lay ahead. Troops churned within it, and the few thousand remaining Divine Phoenix Army soldiers were being surrounded and slaughtered by the Northern Barbarians!
The most eye-catching sight lay at the center of the basin.
Two groups were fighting there. Unlike the slaughter between ordinary soldiers, those people fought like superhumans, their clashes shaking heaven and earth!
Surging blasts of force erupted in every direction, sending sand and stones flying as wild winds howled!
The most terrifying clash was that between an old man and a woman!
The old man's white hair danced wildly. Tall and powerfully built, he wore pitch-black armor and wielded a Black Gold Hammer. From afar, he resembled an aged lion!
The woman had a cascade of dark hair, wore golden armor with a red robe tied behind her, and held a bright silver longsaber in her hand!
Every collision between their saber and hammer sent out visible rings of force, causing sand and stones to fly and dust to billow at the site of their battle!
Though Ding Hao, at the front of the Elite Vanguard Camp, had never seen either of them before, he immediately guessed their identities!
Commander of Northern Barbarians, Man Potian!
Army Lord of the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army, Luo Shenhuang!
"It's Army Lord Luo!"
"We've fought our way here!"
"Hurry and reinforce Army Lord Luo!!"
Sure enough, in the next instant, every soldier of the Elite Vanguard Camp erupted into a frenzy!
Ding Hao did not even need to raise their morale. The moment they saw the female commander in golden armor and red robe, everyone's spirits soared!
For no other reason.
Only because Luo Shenhuang was the soul and faith of every Divine Phoenix Army soldier!
The Elite Vanguard Camp charged once more. Though only half of them remained,
those who had survived until now were naturally all tough soldiers!
The more than five hundred tough soldiers entered the fray and immediately hacked the Northern Barbarian soldiers along their path to the ground. This gave the Divine Phoenix Army soldiers, who had been surrounded and driven to despair by the barbarian troops, a renewed gleam of hope!
"Hahaha, it's the Elite Vanguard Camp!!"
"Brothers, our reinforcements are here! Hold on!"
As the shouts rang out, every Great Zhou soldier seemed as though they had been injected with chicken blood, all of them bursting with excitement. Since the Elite Vanguard Camp had managed to fight its way in, it undoubtedly proved that the main army was attacking the Northern Barbarian forces!
As long as they held on, they could be saved!
"Mm!"
"It's our Great Zhou Elite Vanguard Camp!"
At the center of the basin, Luo Shenhuang, who was battling Commander of Northern Barbarians Man Potian, was also drawn by the soldiers' shouts!
The instant she saw the Elite Vanguard Camp, a flash of delight appeared on Luo Shenhuang's beautiful face, which was somewhat abnormally flushed red!
Turning back, she immediately shouted coldly at Man Potian, "Old thief, our Great Zhou Elite Vanguard Camp has already broken through your Northern Barbarian army's blockade. The main army will follow close behind and arrive to kill!
"You spent months lying in wait within the Tianman Mountain Range, intending to ambush and kill this Army Lord. It seems your plan is about to go completely down the drain!"
Sure enough, the Elite Vanguard Camp's breakthrough had already darkened Man Potian's expression!
As the Commander of Northern Barbarians, he knew all too well how powerful the Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army was. This force was the king's army of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
If they fought head-on, even with three hundred thousand troops, the Northern Barbarians might not necessarily be a match for one hundred thousand Great Zhou Divine Phoenix Army soldiers!
Thus, he had not hesitated to set this ambush months in advance, all to kill Luo Shenhuang, the army soul of the Divine Phoenix Army, in one stroke.
Once she was killed, the Divine Phoenix Army's combat strength would plummet. Only then would the Northern Barbarians have hope of victory, perhaps even a chance to seize Great Zhou territory in return!
Just when success was within reach, the Elite Vanguard Camp had charged in, adding an enormous variable to the plan!
"Luo Shenhuang!"
"It's only one Elite Vanguard Camp, not the main force of your Divine Phoenix Army. At most, it will add several hundred more departed souls to this place!"
"Today, no one can save your life. Hand over your life!!"
Man Potian shouted coldly and once again swung his great hammer at Luo Shenhuang!
Though his words were domineering, the quickened rhythm of his attacks undoubtedly exposed the anxiety rising in his heart!
Luo Shenhuang naturally saw this clearly and sneered.
She no longer tried to break out aggressively, instead using defensive techniques to entangle him.
For her, all she needed to do now was wait!
Wait for the main force of the Divine Phoenix Army to arrive, and today's battle could be turned around!!
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