The Xiahou Military Clan

The Vanguard Battalion stormed the city on foot. The fighting spirit unleashed by its thousand-odd soldiers was fiercer than that of an army ten thousand strong.

Luo Lie's own aura surged with them, climbing almost to the Eighth-Level Divine Altar Realm.

Chen Yuan followed behind the Vanguard Battalion. When he saw Luo Lie smash a hole in the city gate with one thrust of his spear, his heart settled.

The Dingnan Army had taken the bait. They had not passed up this chance to deal the Vanguard Battalion a heavy blow.

The Dingnan Army was no rabble. The moment Luo Lie appeared, defensive weapons and a sky full of arrows should have struck him head-on. Xiahou Bi should also have appeared at once and activated the defensive formation.

Instead, they had let Luo Lie lead the Vanguard Battalion in battering through the gate without responding. Something was plainly wrong. This ambush was far too crude.

But that made sense. According to their intelligence, Chen Yuan had acted rashly and led his men in a night raid on Andong City.

Under those circumstances, if Chen Yuan grew suspicious of traps ahead, hesitated, and dared not attack, how could he show his face in the Day-Changing Alliance afterward?

So whether the ambush was subtle or crude, Xiahou Bi was certain the Vanguard Battalion would attack.

The instant Andong City's gate was breached, three hundred of the Dingnan Army's strongest archers drew their bows together. Yin-Fiend Blood-Eroding Arrows gleamed with baleful blood qi against gilded iron bows covered in formations. With a shriek like the wail of evil ghosts, they shot toward the soldiers at the front of the Vanguard Battalion!

Until now, the Vanguard Battalion had relied on the Divine-Light Sun-Shattering Armor's formidable defense. They had attacked without guarding themselves, abandoning all