CH 156

The pistol's yellow beam pierced through the handheld shield and struck the white warrior's arm, sending a chunk of his flesh flying away. That move infuriated him. He sheathed his sword and grabbed a handheld shield from a random soldier nearby. With a shield and only one usable arm, he faced the pistol, completely ignoring the pain from the injury in his arm.

The military leader demonstrated his incredible physical strength. Each swing of his shield carried a force no less than 200 catties behind it. He was even able to unleash such moves with only one hand without even breaking a sweat.

When the surrounding Wargod soldiers saw how valiant their leader was, their morale soared, and they fought even harder. In a short while, the opening in their formation was sealed.

Maley was obviously unhappy to see that. The opening was something his underling had painstakingly created. How could he be the one to lose the advantage? Thus, he put his pistol away and raised his axe again. While roaring madly, he charged forward.

The white warrior showed no fear when he saw the charging barbarian. He tossed the shield away and picked up his hammer to face Maley. The battle between the two was so intense even gods would be alarmed.

The giant axe and the hammer collided again and again, creating numerous sparks. Each attack carried a force of thousands of catties, and every evasion was only performed by stretching their muscles to their limits.

A few hundred moves had been exchanged when I noticed that Chief Maley was slowly being pushed into a disadvantageous position. The sight of that impressed me to no end. The white warrior was only the leader of this squad, yet he was strong enough to face the barbarian chief without losing. In fact, he was even gaining the upper hand. One could only imagine how strong the Wargod army was.

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'This army will be mine!' I vowed to myself.

Suddenly, a roar sounded as the white warrior swung his hammer at Maley's head. The swing carried an extreme force behind it. Even though Maley was about to raise his hand to defend himself in time, he was unable to stabilize his footing and was smashed onto the ground.

The morale of the Wargod army rose further. All of them roared and launched a counteroffensive against their ambushers. Maley had evidently not seen this coming. His initial plan was to crush the squad's puny leader to raise the morale of his own army. For an experienced combatant like him, it was supposed to be an easy fight. Alas, the fight came back to bite him and brought about the opposite effect.

The Kenante soldiers utilized the increase of morale and attacked madly, littering the ground with barbarian corpses. The 5,000 warriors in the barbarian army's main bulk had actually been defeated by only 2,000 soldiers.

When that happened, Maley's four valiant guards each led about a dozen elite warriors and slaughtered out a path of blood with Maley in tow. The rest of the barbarians were less lucky. Facing the Wargod army's rigorous formation, their own messy formation turned them into lambs to the slaughter. The barbarians' formation was in disarray as they started scattering everywhere.

The ambushed Wargod army was actually winning. It seemed like my misgivings and arrangements had been for nothing. The Wargod army did not look like they could be defeated.

"Canyue, let's take this chance to pursue the barbarians and defeat them in one go," suggested Old Du.

To the side, Baron Sisse and Kelly looked to be of the same opinion as well. Just as I was about to make the order to sally forth, Master Crystal reached out and stopped me. I looked at where he was pointing and saw that a neat row of archers had appeared on the mountains the barbarians had hidden on earlier. There were roughly 500 of them. The person leading the small army was none other than the individual from the Storm race.

Under the Storm's command, a rain of arrows was sent into the shield formation, and numerous explosions erupted. This time, the arrowheads had been changed into explosive arrowheads.

The intense explosions sent the shieldbearers flying. The severed limbs of Wargod soldiers could also be seen flying everywhere, instantly dying the battlefield red with blood. The Storm then ordered the archers to fire at the Wargod army's two other formations at the front and back. The massive explosions instantly turned the tide in the battle.

The Kenante soldiers, who were still holding the upper hand earlier, were caught by complete surprise. They suffered a huge number of casualties, and the orderly formation that they had just formed was destroyed. A great blow was dealt to their high morale.

The barbarians grabbed this opportunity to reform their formation, preparing to attack again after the archers were done. The Storm continued to lead the archers in firing volley after volley of explosive arrows into the battlefield. They attacked madly as if their arrows were free, successfully dealing massive damage to the Wargod army.

When the barbarian warriors that had reformed their formations saw the scene before them, they roared as their morale recovered. This was a common sight on a battlefield. Not long ago, the barbarians were on the verge of complete defeat. But in only a few minutes, they had regained their powerful combat strength. I also knew that it was time for me to make a move. Otherwise, this Wargod army would really be completely destroyed.

"Everyone, get ready. Our target is the archer formation on that mountain. We will drop right into the middle of their formation. Set all our weapons to tranquilizing mode. Avoid killing unless absolutely necessary," I ordered rapidly.

"Tranquilizing mode? Canyue, what else are you planning?" asked Baron Sisse in astonishment.

"I'm wondering if we can even court the barbarian army to our side. We need as much help as we can against the empire," I said.

"Their cold weaponry will hurt just as much. Are you sure?" reminded Baron Sisse.

"Try not to kill, but react accordingly to what you face. Follow me. Move out," I insisted.

Everyone turned on their morph-capable shields and jumpers. Although this was Baron Sisse's and Anxashe's first time using the Interstellar League's gear, the gear was idiot-proof so they were able to easily use it.

I was the first to charge out and leap off the cliff. A chubby figure shot out from my left. Zhang Bao'er had turned his thrusters to maximum power before charging ahead of me, becoming the first to reach the archers.

Next, a "whoosh" shot forth from my right. Anxashe had also attacked. The arrow was extremely powerful. It advanced as though it was ripping the very air apart and pierced through the defensive shield in front of the archers. I could see an archer collapsing with an arm over his other arm.

I nodded at Anxashe and thought, 'This fellow is quite good at following orders.'

One after another, the members of the 7th Armored Division dropped down from above the archers like an army from the heavens. Running at the very front, Zhang Bao'er madly fired his gun, piercing through the shields and dropping numerous barbarian archers.

With only 100 soldiers, we had successfully broken the formation of 500 archers. The Wargod army, which was on the verge of collapse, was confused by what they saw, but they quickly adjusted. No matter what they saw, the enemy of their enemy was their friend. They grabbed the opportunity and reformed their shield formation while the archers were kept busy.

Meanwhile, chaos had descended upon the group of archers. In close-range combat, our laser guns held an advantage because they weren't able to aim well with their bows and arrows. Meanwhile, we could easily hit our targets with the self-targeting function of our guns.

Nevertheless, I knew very well that there were not enough of us. We had to end this quickly. I could see that some of the archers had already drawn their side arms and were charging at our soldiers. I saw with my own eyes how one of us was attacked by several archers. His shield was broken through, and he dropped to the ground. I also saw something even more terrifying: two of Maley's guards were leading 100 elite barbarians toward us at high speed, intending to reinforce the archers.

"Lin Feixue, set up the mounted guns and stop the enemy reinforcements from arriving," I ordered.

Under the cover of several soldiers, Lin Feixue supervised the installation of three mounted cluster laser guns on the mountain.

"Fire at will. Throw everything you have at the barbarians!" I ordered.

The mounted guns roared alive, madly bombarding the incoming barbarians. Those running in the front stood no chance against the firepower as their shields were pierced through immediately and they fell like crops in front of a harvester.

One of the guards grew berserk at the sight of his falling warriors and lifted a massive steel shield before charging ahead. His shield seemed incredibly solid. Even our laser beams merely bounced off it without doing any damage. Upon seeing that, Domo drew his ray gun and shot at the shield. However, the ray gun was only able to leave some red marks on it.

The three-meter-tall warrior continued approaching. At this point, I could no longer bother with non-fatal attacks, and I instantly fired several cluster bombs at him. Surprisingly, the massive explosion sent the warriors around the guard flying away, yet the guard himself remained standing by relying on the sheer physical strength he had.

'Shit! This isn't looking good.' My heart thumped.

At this point, the guard was less than three meters away from us. I could see him raising a massive blade with his other hand.

During the moment of crisis, an arrow came from behind the guard. The explosive arrowhead exploded directly under him. Without the protection of his shield, the guard couldn't withstand the explosion. He was blasted away, and he dropped onto the ground unconscious.

At the sight of that, the other barbarians panicked and started fleeing. Lin Feixue naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity and ordered the mounted gunners to fire on the retreating warriors, filling the mountain with unconscious barbarians.

'Good thing we're not using fatal attacks. Otherwise, way too many lives would be lost today,' I thought to myself.

"Canyue, why don't we attack with our attached assault rifles? With our tracking bullets, we can easily take down the warriors hiding behind their shields," asked Kelly. She had stuck close to me throughout the battle.

"No. That will kill even more of them. If we really commit such slaughter, we can forget about ever getting this barbarian army for ourselves," I said, still sticking to my original plan.

While the mounted guns were firing at the escaping barbarians, one of them was turned around to provide cover fire to our allies who were engaged with our enemies at a close range.

At this point, the barbarians were pincered, putting them in an unfavorable position. I could see that Maley had already withdrawn from the battle alongside a group of guards. Over a thousand barbarian bodies were sprawled all over the ground. I was confident that Chief Maley would never be able to understand how an ambush by 8,000 soldiers against only 3,000 soldiers had turned into something like this.

Meanwhile, Gunda's soldiers were revitalized at the sight of reinforcements. With fewer people, they fought so hard that it looked like they were the ones encircling their enemy, not their enemy circling them. At this point, the enemy army was on the verge of complete collapse. Suddenly, a mechanical bird with green wings appeared in the sky.