Primordial Emperor
Chapter 362 Retreat from the Enemy

Chapter 362: Chapter 362 Retreat from the Enemy

"Fire the arrows!"

Jiang Zhengyi watched the martial artists of Red Soul Hall who disdained them and angrily gave the order.

The soldiers of Divine Sun City, having also noticed the enemy’s contempt, were filled with rage, which they unleashed through the silver arrow feathers they shot.

Hissss—

Sizzle—

Countless arrow feathers tore through the void, striking the bodies of those Red Soul Hall martial artists.

Just a second ago, they had been full of disdain for the arrows about to fall upon them, believing that such arrows could not possibly harm them.

However, when the arrow feathers pierced their bodies, piercing through their vital points and they felt their spiritual power instantly drained, a look of horror appeared on everyone’s faces.

They had never imagined that the seemingly inconsequential arrows fired by the martial artists of Divine Sun City could be so powerful.

Because they had been too careless, in this exchange alone, more than three thousand members of Red Soul Hall perished.

Upon Divine Sun City’s walls, after the first round of soldiers fired their arrows, they immediately sat down to meditate and recuperate, while the second batch took their places, and the third wave prepared to launch.

The coordination among everyone was tight and precise, as if they were old comrades-in-arms who had practiced together for countless years.

Feeling elated about having killed the enemy, everyone thought to themselves that this was the consequence of underestimating them.

The perfect cooperation of Divine Sun City’s soldiers in several bouts of combat resulted in heavy casualties for the Red Soul Hall martial artists, who, in a short time, lost almost nine thousand troops.

However, the people of Divine Sun City were adept at ranged attacks, and once the warriors of Red Soul Hall broke into the city, they would lose the advantage of their bows and arrows.

All the martial artists had no choice but to pull out their close-combat weapons and join the fight, and with the enhancement of the Killing Formation, they could unleash strength that surpassed their own abilities.

Still, many had never experienced such fierce combat and inevitably panicked; after an intense battle, the soldiers of Divine Sun City suffered heavy casualties.

Even in such a difficult situation, Jiang Zhengyi’s face still showed the confidence of victory.

Because before the battle had even started, he had anticipated that Divine Sun City would inevitably be breached by the enemy; they simply could not match the martial artists of Red Soul Hall head-on, even with the enhancement of the Killing Formation.

However, he had never intended to confront them directly - the close combat was just a ruse to draw the enemy in.

At that moment, strong fluctuations of spiritual power erupted from the east and west sides of the city, as the soldiers of Divine Sun City who had arrived executed the Killing Formation and readied their bows.

"The tide of battle turns now. Don’t think we only have three thousand men. I’ve hidden a thousand more, each waiting in the east and west sides of the city for you," he thought.

"Fire the arrows!"

At Jiang Zhengyi’s command, the east and west sides of the city instantly fired countless silver arrow feathers at the martial artists of Red Soul Hall.

And these arrow feathers, incredibly, hit their targets with unerring precision.

In an instant, another thousand Red Soul Hall martial artists were killed.

Along with a few hundred who died in close combat earlier, there were now only nine thousand left of Red Soul Hall’s forces, still maintaining a numerical advantage.

The original soldiers of Divine Sun City, who engaged in close combat, also suffered severely, with nearly a thousand dead.

Seeing companions they had trained with for the past two months dying, everyone felt an indescribable pain.

But they knew that this was their fate; to control their own destiny, they had to become stronger.

At this moment, the archers on the east and west sides of the city took up their arrow feathers once more, aiming at Red Soul Hall’s warriors.

Tu Changkong, leading the forefront, now realized that the mission promised to the Young Master was probably doomed to failure, seeing so many of his men die.

Tu Changkong had led his men to slaughter countless cities, wiping them all out, but he had never suffered such a defeat.

Even though the numbers and cultivation levels of the opponents were lower than theirs, the outcome of the battle was this.

He knew that their incredible might was all due to the opponent’s bows and arrows, along with the suits they wore and the Killing Formation.

With Tu Changkong’s experience, he was certain that the ones laying out the Killing Formation were probably on par with the Array Masters of Red Soul Hall.

Such news, if it were to be relayed back to the hall, who would believe it?

"All units, retreat at once!"

Upon hearing Tu Changkong’s command, everyone immediately turned and fled at top speed.

As they fled, they did not forget to look back and dodge the arrow feathers fired by the warriors of Divine Sun City.

The soldiers of Divine Sun City did not pursue but used their last ounce of strength to draw bows and loose arrows.

These silver arrow feathers, which were Second-Rank Magical Treasures and incredibly valuable, each worth more than the Purple Thunder Suits they wore.

So with every shot they fired, they took great care to aim precisely — for each arrow represented money.

Thus, the arrow feathers they fired now, making backshots, nearly all hit their targets.

The power of the Exploding Silver Arrows might not be enough to exterminate martial artists above the Spirit Gathering Realm when taken singly, but when combined in large numbers, their explosive power was formidable.

Now, Red Soul Hall’s forces, having dispatched twenty thousand troops, had only two thousand returning with Tu Changkong.

At that moment, Jiang Qibai and others were observing the battle from the Flying Boat.

They were watching the development of the battle, but the continuous explosions and the dust and smoke that spread inside the city obscured their view, preventing the people on the Flying Boat from clearly observing the actual situation within the city.

However, seeing the smoke rising everywhere, they naturally took it as a sign that the city was about to be breached.

When Jiang Qibai saw the situation in the city, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly.

That wooshing sound of arrow feathers, those flashes, those booming sounds, he was all too familiar with them.

It seemed that the twenty thousand troops led by Tu Changkong were not in an optimistic situation.

Soon, Tu Changkong returned to the Flying Boat with the remaining two thousand men, looking extremely pitiful and disheveled.

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