"What's going on? I can't see anything!"
Xing Le increased the Spiritual Power input into the Suspended Light Realm, but the Suspended Light Realm remained pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
Su Wanyi opened her eyes, glanced at Xing Le, and sighed helplessly.
"Alright, stop wasting your energy! Ever since I used the Suspended Light Mirror to investigate Chen Village out of curiosity two years ago, the entire inner city of Chen Village has been shielded by an array."
There are definitely skilled individuals lurking in Chen Village. If you want to know more about Chen Village, you can observe the troops that Chen Village has sent out; that will give you a general understanding of the situation Chen Village.
Xing Le suddenly realized what was happening and nodded.
"Understood, Fairy Wanyi remind me."
Wilderness, the Blazing Sun Mountain Range.
Chen Zihu, clad in purple-gold armor, led nearly ten thousand soldiers from Chen Village, facing off against the army ahead.
" Chen Zihu, the Blazing Sun Mountain Range have been the territory of my Jianglan Tribe for generations. How dare you covet this place? My Jianglan Tribe will fight you to the death!"
The Jianglan Tribe's army was larger than Chen Village's army, numbering as many as twenty to thirty thousand. The soldiers were all fierce and powerful, and there were even two terrifying ninth-tier demonic beasts flanking the army.
"Haha, from today onwards, the Blazing Sun Mountain Range belong to my Chen Village."
Chen Village belongs to the territory, attack!
At Chen Zihu's command, the Chen Village army sprang up and launched an attack on the Jianglan Tribe's troops.
"Kill!"
Jianglan Tribe's army commander showed no weakness, and with a wave of his hand, he met Chen Village's army in battle.
biu...! biu...!
Once the two sides were within a certain distance, Chen Village's Rune Handheld Cannon began to roar.
"Archers, fire the cannonballs in bursts! The rest of the troops, keep charging!"
In the years since Chen Village expanded, information on powerful Rune Artifacts such as Rune Gun, Rune Handheld Cannon, and Talisman Puppet has long been thoroughly investigated by other advanced tribes. However, they do not have a perfect way to counter these Rune Artifacts and can only try their best to resist them.
Archers are one way to deal with rune cannonballs. Well-trained archers can shatter cannonballs in the air. As long as there are enough archers, rune cannonballs will have a hard time inflicting heavy casualties on them.
As one of the eight major tribes in the Wilderness and the closest to Chen Village, the Jianglan Tribe had long been paying attention to the development of Chen Village.
Chen Village's attack on the Blazing Sun Mountain Range was entirely within their expectations, so their war preparations were very thorough.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...!
Thud! Thud...!
Hundreds of archers simultaneously activated their crossbows, shattering the rune-infused projectiles in the air one by one.
Seeing the shells shatter in the air, Commander Jianglan Tribe secretly breathed a sigh of relief; otherwise, those shells would have killed at least several thousand soldiers.
"Wait! Why didn't it explode?"
Jianglan Tribe, had seen war footage of Chen Village's army using Rune Handheld Cannon to fight against other tribes. He clearly remembered that Chen Village's cannonballs would explode if they were attacked, but the scene he was seeing now was quite different from what he had seen.
With his great strength, he quickly noticed that although the shell fragments were small, they faintly exuded a growing Spiritual Power energy.
"Quick! Spread out and get out of those shell fragments!"
He awoke with a start and cried out, but it was too late.
Boom! Boom boom...!
The shell fragments fell to the ground, creating a series of explosions. Although the individual fragments were not as powerful as the original shell, their dispersion covered a larger area of the battlefield, immediately causing heavy casualties to the Jianglan Tribe's army.
"Hahahaha... Jiang Kunyu, are you satisfied with Chen Village's new invention: the Mother-and-Child Explosive Shell?"
Chen Zihu's unrestrained laughter echoed across the battlefield.
" Chen Zihu! I will tear you to pieces!!"
Jiang Kunyu's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He dared not let the army delay and charged towards the Chen Village army with all his might.
Bang bang...!
Once the two sides were within one kilometer of each other, it was Chen Village's turn to unleash the power of their Rune Gun troops.
The Rune Gun unit in Chen Village today is not comparable to the Rune Gun squad of three years ago. During these three years, although the Rune Gun squad underwent several expansions, their extremely low mortality rate resulted in many of these soldiers being battle-hardened elites.
Although Jianglan Tribe's army also had ranged units such as archers and javelin throwers, the Rune Gun squads were protected by soldiers with hand cannons and shields, so they suffered very little damage.
The new Rune Gun used by the Rune Gun squad are much stronger than those from three years ago in terms of power, rate of fire, endurance, and accuracy. As a result, the Jianglan Tribe's army has already suffered heavy casualties before even making formal contact with Chen Village.
" Jiang Lan will win! Kill!!"
The Jianglan Tribe, a large tribe with a history spanning thousands of years, boasts an extremely elite army that maintains high morale even under these circumstances.
Finally, Jiang Kunyu took the lead and engaged Chen Zihu's army in close combat.
Ding! Ding ding!
The cavalry and infantry of both sides began to clash, their battle cries deafening, and the Chen Village army began to suffer heavy casualties.
Most of the ordinary soldiers in Chen Village were recruited and formed after defeating enemy tribes over the past three years.
Although Chen Village trained his troops very strictly and provided them with good resources, the combat effectiveness of these troops was only so-so, and they were actually much inferior to the Jianglan Army led by Jiang Kunyu.
If it weren't for the support of the Spear Squad in the rear, the Chen Village army would likely have collapsed very quickly.
However, even with the support of the Spear Squad, Jianglan Army's advantage became increasingly obvious. They had an advantage in both quantity and quality. If this continued, the defeat of Chen Village was almost inevitable.
" Chen Zihu, prepare to die!"
Jiang Kunyu laughed heartily, wielding his crescent-shaped broadsword, and launched a series of attacks on Chen Zihu.
Ta-da!
Chen Zihu showed no weakness, wielding his purple-gold wolf-tooth mace with unparalleled skill, fighting Jiang Kunyu to a standstill.
"This child has enormous potential; he must be eliminated as soon as possible!"
Jiang Kunyu hardened his heart and unleashed vicious attacks, determined to take Chen Zihu's life.
He could sense that Chen Zihu was still at the Middle Stage of the True Spirit Realm, but with his powerful martial arts and magic weapons, he was able to fight him to a standstill, even though he Peak of the True Spirit Realm.
With such potential, if they break through to the Late True Spirit Realm, they will definitely be even more difficult to deal with.
"Hmph! This fool thinks he can kill me?"
While dealing with Jiang Kunyu's attacks, Chen Zihu kept an eye on the troop distribution on the battlefield and nodded to himself.
"It's about time Landuo made his move."
Just then, from the rear and two sides of the Jianglan Tribe's army, hundreds of spider-like steel monsters sprang up from the ground.
As soon as they sprang out, they attacked Jianglan Tribe's army, with several thick cannon barrels protruding from their bodies, emitting a dense barrage of gunfire.
Beep beep beep...! Tap tap tap...!