The remaining several thousand bird demons retreated. The demon army on the ground below had received no orders and surged toward the city walls like puppets, dying in droves.
Without the bird demons' control of the skies, the last of the ground demon army was soon slaughtered by a storm of arrows.
Even Middle Rank demons could not withstand the concentrated volleys of vast numbers of Human Race Entry Rank archers.
Those enormous Middle Rank demons fell to the ground like hedgehogs.
Suddenly, the Human Race city gates flew open. Squad after squad of sword-and-shield soldiers rushed out, followed by spearmen and other close-combat troops. At the very rear of the melee formations stood the brand-new Mo Blade Army.
Behind the Mo Blade Army, the Divine Bow Army and Flying Spear Army formed their ranks.
More than a hundred thousand soldiers jogged forward in short strides. It took a long while before they had all surged through the gates and assembled outside.
He Bao rode Ding Tiannian's Mechanical Lion at the front of the formation, holding his broadsword level as he pointed it at the final fifty thousand demon troops holding the rear.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The Human Race soldiers stepped over a land paved with demon corpses. The scorched, burnt stench washed through their blood like fiery liquor, and the fear of demons that had been buried in Human Race eyes for years somehow evaporated.
The hundred-thousand-strong army looked at the demons ahead as though they were merely a pack of beasts with claws and fangs, but no wisdom.
Even the auxiliary troops and laborers who had never seen blood until a few dozen days ago now walked with steady steps and resolute gazes.
The veterans, meanwhile, felt heat coursing through their bodies, sweat seeping from both hands.
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