Angel Legion vs. Hammer Men (Part 2)

"Begin."

Before the Spirit Hall camp, Bibi Dong rose from her seat, gazing at the tense battlefield in the distance. Leaning on the Pope's Scepter with one hand, she gave a light wave.

Hearing this, Tuoba Xi gathered his strength and let out a roar loud enough to carry across the entire battlefield:

"The Saintess says we can begin!"

Boom!

In the next moment, the Angel Legion on the battlefield unleashed their might without hesitation, summoning their Martial Souls as countless Soul Rings rose and shone.

Though the Clear Sky Sect disciples did not respond the instant they heard Bibi Dong's declaration, each of them soon produced a Clear Sky Hammer as countless Soul Rings likewise rose and gleamed.

"All troops, ascend!"

Ling Yuan underwent Martial Soul Possession, a pair of blazing flame wings emerging behind her as she shot into the air and seized the high ground.

Then, upon hearing her command, every member of the Angel Legion immediately underwent Martial Soul Possession. Countless wings of every kind unfolded behind them as they followed Ling Yuan into the sky.

The Clear Sky Sect disciples on the other side paid little heed to this. Third Elder merely raised his right hand slightly, and they all lifted their Clear Sky Hammers, spinning in circles and swinging them in strange stances.

Fortunately, there was some distance between them. Otherwise, they might have struck one another.

This was the Clear Sky Sect's secret technique—

Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!

In Third Elder's view, since the Angel Legion had chosen to take directly to the air, that suited him perfectly. It was an excellent chance for them to stack the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer without restraint.

After all, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was swung around the body, and like a spinning top, it naturally provided a defensive effect. Even if the Angel Legion wanted to launch a surprise attack now, it would be extremely difficult.

As for whether the Angel Legion could defeat them one by one?

If they had spread out too far, that might indeed have been possible. But unfortunately...

Their positions had all been carefully arranged. This was another inseparable inheritance of the Clear Sky Sect—not quite a secret technique, yet no less essential.

It was called the Clear Sky Array!

As long as Clear Sky Sect disciples possessing the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul took their positions according to the Clear Sky Array, the disciples within would seem to fuse into one. If they unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer simultaneously, an invisible yet powerful barrier of wind would form and envelop them all. It could both protect the Clear Sky Sect disciples within and enhance their attacks.

At the final stage, the attacks within the Clear Sky Array could even be concentrated at a single point, delivering a Clear Sky Hammer Blow powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth!

That was why they did not care in the slightest what strange trump cards the Angel Legion possessed.

This was the true style of the Clear Sky Sect—breaking ten thousand techniques with sheer strength!

However...

In the sky not far from the Clear Sky Array, Ling Yuan looked down at the gradually forming array below and smiled faintly.

The Saintess truly sees everything coming. Just as she predicted!

That was because, on the night before they were due to reach the Clear Sky Sect's stronghold, Bibi Dong had once again come to brief the Angel Legion.

Why "once again"?

Because over the past few days, Bibi Dong had frequently taught the Angel Legion how to deal with Clear Sky Hammer Soul Masters. This included, but was not limited to, one-on-one combat, two-on-two combat, traditional seven-man team battles... and finally, the very scene before them: a battle of a hundred men!

Bibi Dong had predicted that if they fought the Clear Sky Sect in a large-scale battle, the Clear Sky Sect would most likely form the Clear Sky Array.

At the time, she had presented it as a guess. After making her initial prediction, Bibi Dong quickly explained to everyone how to break the Clear Sky Array.

First, she asked them whether they should launch a frontal assault against the Clear Sky Array.

Everyone quickly shook their heads. After all, one of the Clear Sky Array's main functions was resisting frontal assaults.

She then asked whether they could concentrate their attacks at one point and use that point to break through the whole formation.

Everyone hesitated slightly.

She directly rejected the idea.

Bibi Dong had said that an all-out strike gathered from the Angel Legion could not possibly be concealed. Those inside the Clear Sky Array would inevitably notice it quickly, and as long as they similarly gathered their attacks to cancel out the Angel Legion's strike, they could continue stacking the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Having dismissed that option, Bibi Dong stopped keeping them in suspense and directly revealed the method for breaking the array...

At this moment.

Ling Yuan raised her hand slightly, and the Angel Legion immediately understood. Soul Power surged through their bodies as though they were preparing something.

Within the Clear Sky Array, the Hammer Men still stacking the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer did not care when they saw this. Some even wanted to laugh.

What was the Angel Legion trying to do?

In their view, they were simply gathering energy in an attempt to break the Clear Sky Array.

What wishful thinking...

The Angel Legion was nothing special.

Just like those two real angels, they could wait to fall beneath the Clear Sky Hammers!

Excitement began rising uncontrollably in their hearts.

Since the two armies had met, the Clear Sky Sect had been suppressed by Spirit Hall the entire time. Their sect master had been humiliated, while their brothers had either been crippled or killed...

But now!

They had finally risen to their feet. They could finally hold their heads high before Spirit Hall!

Simply put, the skies had cleared, the rain had stopped, and the Hammer Men thought they were invincible again~

Ling Yuan gave a dashing smile in the sky, making her look even more valiant and heroic.

"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer?"

Her voice echoed between heaven and earth.

"You just love smashing the air and whipping up gales, right? Fine!"

"All troops, heed my command!"

"Give them a hand!"

Whoosh!

In an instant, the wind-related Soul Rings on every Angel Legion member lit up. Ling Yuan, meanwhile, used both a special Soul Ring skill and her pure Soul Power to envelop the entire army, forming a strange transparent semicircle that looked fragile enough to burst with a touch.

Immediately afterward, countless fierce winds churned through the sky, shredding the clouds to pieces. Mirroring the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer within the Clear Sky Array, the battlefield had already become a chaos belonging solely to "wind"!

Yet the winds in the sky were not as violent as those on the ground. Before long, they lost much of their sharp, targeted edge and became eerily calm.

"What?!"

Noticing the commotion in the sky, Third Elder within the Clear Sky Array could not help widening his eyes as a sense of unease flashed through his heart.

The last time he had felt something similar was when Bibi Dong had just righteously accused the Clear Sky Sect of leaving the Angel Lineage battered by wind and rain.

Tsk...

But before Third Elder could dwell on that terrifying thought and calm down to consider a response, the wind above had already begun closing in on the Clear Sky Array.

"What exactly is the Angel Legion trying to do?"

In the Clear Sky Sect camp in the distance, Tang Xiao's expression was equally grim.

Clearly, he too had sensed that something was wrong with the great wind raised by the Angel Legion, despite it seeming to carry no offensive power at all.

But expecting Tang Xiao's muscle-brained self to figure out the problem?

He would need another hundred years!

I just hope nothing goes wrong...