Lang Yuan nodded, leaving twenty Great Barbarian Kings to protect the Barbarian Marquises and Barbarian Commanders, then slowly rose into the air. Over a hundred Great Demon Kings and Great Barbarian Kings followed close behind, with more than two thousand Demon Kings and Barbarian Kings taking flight last.
With a tremendous roar, the demon barbarian kings swooped from the sky toward the human army.
Panic swept through the human army. They immediately stopped fleeing and turned to prepare for battle, setting up mechanical devices, arranging battle formations, or chanting Summoning War Poems.
Despair rose in almost everyone's heart. The disparity between the two sides was far too great. Niu Shan could contend with the Barbarian Emperor, but those few Great Scholars could not possibly withstand over a hundred Great Demon Kings and Great Barbarian Kings. Those below the rank of Great Scholar had even less hope of resisting thousands of Demon Kings and Barbarian Kings.
Under the longstanding conventions between the two races, Great Demon Kings and Great Barbarian Kings would not attack humans below the rank of Great Scholar. But once the Barbarian Race killed all the human Great Scholars, the rest could only surrender. If they fought back, the Great Demon Kings and Great Barbarian Kings could then strike.
Yet every human knew that fighting to the death was better than surrendering to the demon barbarians and suffering their brutal abuse.
As the demon barbarians approached, Fang Yun ordered, "Niu Shan, intercept the Barbarian Emperor."
"But you..." Niu Shan looked at Fang Yun hesitantly.
"I have my own means," Fang Yun said.
"All right..." Niu Shan immediately soared high into the sky, charging straight at Lang Yuan.
This time, Niu Shan unleashed even greater power from the Dragon Might Battle Body. Layers of dragon scales sprouted from the