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Chapter 1025 - 677: The Strongest Army

Chapter 1025: Chapter 677: The Strongest Army

The steel tide, entwined with azure flames, swept through the cavern above and below.

Guo Yi stared in astonishment at everything before him, as this scene seemed only describable as a miracle.

As the azure flames ignited beside the commanding officer, one after another, majestic and powerful armor-clad warriors burst forth from the fire.

Even as a scion of the Chenhai Empire and a centurion of the Auxiliary Army, Guo Yi had rarely seen armor-clad warriors charging in formation.

More often than not, these dignitaries would operate in small squads.

But at this moment, he finally saw the mightiest army in the world, in all its formidable glory!

Wielding black banners emblazoned with a five-clawed dragon, they charged at all the water ghouls.

They plunged into the shadowy corners of the cavern, where their chainsaw axes came crashing down heavily onto the faces of monsters lurking there. The enraged monsters flailed their limbs but could only inflict slight damage before being dismembered by more chainsaw axes into pieces.

They charged onto the water’s surface, their heavy steel bodies eerily halting atop it. Those monsters that had just emerged from underneath were met by the steel tide above; their heads shattered by several armor-breaking crossbow shots, their bodies torn apart by the warriors.

They dived into the icy river, attacking the monsters lurking in their home turf. The gushing blood and severed limbs stained the underground river red.

This powerful army, hitherto unseen by Guo Yi, within the cavern, atop the water, and beneath the deep, launched the deadliest of charges against the monstrous aliens!

They seemed to know no fear, not even recoiling in the face of huge alien creatures. Even with their armor ripped apart and their limbs severed, the warriors resolutely thrust their weapons into the chests of their enemies.

Even the particularly huge water ghoul was pursued on the water’s surface by several armor-clad warriors. It frantically swatted away or tore apart one soldier after another, but as the steel tide drew near, its body became increasingly mutilated.

A strong arm that tore through a warrior’s armor was severed by another combatant.

A tail spike that pierced a warrior’s chest was clung to by the mortally wounded soldier, who then sawed off the serpentine tail.

Its body was rammed against the wall by several warriors, with armor-breaking crossbow shots firing point-blank into its chest and neck. Broken bones even pierced through its tough shell. It let out a cry of agony, spitting out chunks of its innards from its twisted and horrific maw.

Ultimately, a soldier severed its head.

Witnessing this miraculous scene, Guo Yi and the Auxiliary Army were somewhat at a loss. The water ghouls, which were originally a danger, posed no match against the formation of armor-clad warriors.

At this moment, the Auxiliary Army had become mere spectators.

The livery of these armor-clad warriors was different from that of the Chenhai Empire, but they clearly bore armor of the same stylistic family.

"Is this the Empire’s protection?" a soldier from the Auxiliary Army whispered inquiringly.

"Yes, but also no... our Chenhai Empire is probably not what they call... the Empire," Guo Yi recalled what the Thousand Cattle Guard officer had said about traitors and subconsciously looked towards the nearby soldier.

That enigmatic soldier, still clad in a suit of armor mostly shattered, walked across the river surface stained red with blood. On the riverbank of the cavern, the Chenhai’s armor-clad warriors knelt on one knee, as if welcoming their own general or humbly bowing their heads in the presence of something fearsome.

Noble armor-clad warriors actually bowing their heads in submission?

This was an incomprehensible situation for the Auxiliary Army.

Even in the presence of Regent King Hou Junji, or the great general Zhang Liang. The armor-clad warriors would at most give a salute.

As the most formidable military might of the Chenhai Empire, the armor-clad warriors were of noble status within the Empire, enjoying the highest privilege of not having to kneel before the king.

Government officials of all ranks even had to salute them. For those officials, bowing to the armored warriors was always the right thing to do.

And at this moment, the noble warriors who did not kneel before the king bowed their heads and knelt on one knee to this mysterious soldier.

Who was he? Could he be even more noble than the Regent King himself?

The armored warriors of the Chenhai, however, remained silent; their posture grew even more humble as the soldier passed by them.

After a directive that had been sealed for thirty years was activated, they knew all too well how great a general the man before them was.

He was the Terminator of the first war against the Different Race, the unequivocal hero of the Great Tang, Grand General of the Thousand Cattle Guard, Li Ba!

Those armored warriors radiating the Azure Flame were naturally haughty. After all, they were led by that hero.

And they themselves... were despicable traitors.

They could only hope the general would not pursue their families.

Elsewhere, Li Changhe, who walked on the surface of the river, paid no attention to the thoughts of Guo Yi and others. He also disregarded the kneeling armored warriors.

When Li Changhe realized his "Human Guardian" Protection had attracted a great number of water demons, he prepared to seize the opportunity to cleanse these monsters thoroughly.

Just as he reached the side of the cave, the Centurion who had been sent flying by a giant water demon shook his battered head.

Then, getting up and kneeling on one knee, he addressed Li Changhe: "Subordinate, Yang Ming. I have seen General Li Ba!"

With that exclamation, the silent armored warriors began to speak one after another: "Subordinate, I have seen General Li Ba!"

"Oh?" Li Changhe kicked a floating limb back into the water and teasingly said, "I thought you might jump up and use me, a general of the Great Tang, to prop up your Chenhai flags, hahaha."

The Centurion’s body trembled slightly, and with a hoarse voice while looking at the other armored warriors still delivering finishing blows, he said, "General, have you come to punish us, the traitors? We indeed deserve death, but please... spare our families. They know nothing, and in consideration of our bloodshed for the Great Tang, please forgive them."

Li Changhe did not continue to tease them.

Instead, seeing that nearby water demons were either dead or fleeing, he left the water’s surface and walked onto the shore.

Approaching the Thousand Cattle Guard’s officer, he tapped his helmet and asked, "Are the injuries serious?"

The Thousand Cattle Guard officer had been hit hard, sinking into the ground, and after struggling for a long time, he still hadn’t managed to get up.

Upon hearing Li Changhe’s question, the officer shouted excitedly: "Reporting to the General, it’s just superficial wounds, but the steam engine is broken. That’s all that keeps me from getting up."

"You’ve finally returned! Centurion of the Thousand Cattle Guard, Wu Jie, awaiting the General’s orders!" Wu Jie seemed to intend to salute, but after his steam engine was crushed, he was firmly stuck in the ground.

He was overjoyed; after thirty years, instead of waiting for the Great Tang’s extermination troops, he had waited for his own Grand General of the Thousand Cattle Guard!

As a Centurion of the Thousand Cattle Guard, Wu Jie shed tears of emotion when he heard that long-awaited directive.

Li Changhe nodded slightly and said to the nearby Centurion, "Come and lend a hand, then have the troops rest here. Afterwards, tell me everything about your so-called treason."

"Yes, sir!" The Centurion let out a sigh of relief: "Thank you for the General’s mercy and compassion."

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