Lanling had already experienced many battles, including super battles with hundreds of thousands of troops.
But when the Wild Horse Tribe’s ten thousand strong army charged frantically, he still felt a sense of shock.
Because this did not merely represent ten thousand troops, but ten thousand lives.
Clearly, the Foreign Army where Lanling was located had poor luck. The Wild Horse Tribe’s main attack direction was actually this five hundred metre section of stockade wall.
Of course, perhaps it was not poor luck, but the Wild Horse Tribe picking the softest persimmon to squeeze. They knew the Foreign Army’s strength was the weakest, the easiest to break through.
The eight hundred Foreign Army brothers appeared very calm, because in the barbaric world, conflicts between tribes were completely commonplace.
But as the Wild Horse Tribe’s army drew closer and closer, their breathing gradually quickened, and their entire bodies began to tense up.
“Boom boom boom……”
The war drums thundered, dust flew everywhere.
The ferocious Wild Horse Tribe army drew closer and closer. At first, they marched in formation, then later began to run.
The soldiers charging at the very front were all strongmen, holding enormous shields in their hands.
These shields were made of wood, stone, and iron.
But without exception, these shields were all very large, exceeding two to three metres, protecting many soldiers behind the shields.
Unlike what Lanling had imagined, these barbarian armies did not charge up in a swarm, then start a wild frenzy of killing and slashing.
The vast majority of soldiers neatly hid behind the shield wall, advancing rapidly and forcefully.
One thousand metres……
Eight hundred metres……
Five hundred metres……
Actually, this distance was already within the effective killing range of Lanling’s bow and arrows.
But without orders, he could not shoot!
The supreme commander of the entire battlefield was Constantine, and the frontline commander of the Foreign Army was Du Yan!
“Ready!”
Du Yan drew his sword and shouted loudly.
Instantly, the eight hundred Foreign Army soldiers uniformly bent their bows and nocked their arrows. The five thousand Chimera Tribe soldiers defending the outer stockade wall also all bent their bows and nocked their arrows, pointing diagonally at the sky.
Although they held the high ground, at this time they still needed to use plunging fire. Direct fire would be blocked by the enemy’s enormous shields.
The bows of the barbarian tribes had their advanced aspects, as well as their backward aspects.
First, their precision was far inferior to the bows of the human kingdoms. Their craftsmanship was relatively crude, and their materials were also more primitive.
But in terms of bow strength, they far surpassed the human kingdoms, because the wood used to make bows in the barbaric world was much, much better, and the beast tendons used as bowstrings were also much stronger than those of the human kingdoms.
The Wild Horse Tribe army continued to charge.
Four hundred metres.
Three hundred metres.
“Loose!”
Du Yan let out a fierce roar, his sword slashing down violently.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh……”
The eight hundred Foreign Army brothers’ arrows flew out in unison.
The five thousand Chimera Tribe soldiers’ arrows flew out in unison.
This plunging fire was completely random. The hit rate would not be very high.
After the first wave of arrow rain, it was free shooting.
Du Yan took down a great bow, bent it and nocked an arrow, aimed at the enemy army and shot fiercely.
“Whoosh……”
The steel arrow shot out like a lightning bolt leaving the string.
“Bang……” A loud noise.
Du Yan’s arrow actually shot straight through the enemy’s shield.
Not merely shot through, but shot to pieces, blasting a large hole directly through the hard, heavy shield, and shooting the strongman behind it dead.
Honestly speaking, although Du Yan was very detestable, his strength was truly formidable.
Such a thick shield, and covered with iron sheets to boot, yet he could actually shoot through it.
Lanling could not do this. His bow was far from having such strength.
Undoubtedly, Du Yan’s arrow completely awed the surrounding Foreign Army brothers. The effect was too shocking, directly blasting through a shield and exploding the head of the enemy behind it.
It was completely filled with the beauty of power.
After killing his first target, Du Yan coldly glanced towards Lanling, a trace of contemptuous sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The situation was somewhat unfavourable for Lanling, because all the enemies in the front row were holding enormous shields. He did not have Du Yan’s strength to shoot through shields, so he could not shoot his targets.
Of course, the vast majority of people could not do what Du Yan did.
Only a few people could, such as Yang Gu and Qiu Ju.
As for Suo Mo, he held a great sword, resting with his eyes closed.
His mission was different. He had no intention of stealing any limelight. He wanted to protect Lanling, to protect the Foreign Army from suffering too many casualties. So when close combat began shortly, he would face the longest killing spree. He could not waste any physical strength or bloodline power.
“Bang, bang, bang……”
So, the entire battlefield almost became a performance by Du Yan, Yang Gu, and Qiu Ju.
The three men shot arrows with extreme speed. Every arrow shot through and blasted apart a shield, then killed the soldier behind the shield.
Among these three, Du Yan’s strength was the greatest, and was completely stunning.
Because after his arrow shot through the shield, it was very likely it could continue to shoot through two enemies. So he could actually kill two enemies with one arrow. Of course, this kind of thing would be somewhat troublesome when counting heads.
And Lanling, like most people, needed to use plunging fire. This did not look very good on the face of it.
At first, Du Yan still looked towards Lanling’s side, but seeing that he was always using plunging fire, he never looked at him again.
A person who could not even shoot through a shield was not qualified to be his opponent.
And Ninian also stared at Du Yan, appropriately revealing an astonished expression, making him burn with even hotter blood.
And at this moment, Lanling was completely indistinguishable from the crowd.
……
So what was Lanling’s actual killing power?
That’s right, the enormous shields blocked his direct fire, and also blocked his line of sight.
But……
His heaven-defying spiritual power could easily reach the level of inner vision.
So, whether the enemy was hiding behind shields or not was not important to Lanling.
He could even shoot arrows with his eyes completely closed, instantly locking on with spiritual power, and not just one target.
This was the most heaven-defying aspect of all!
Even a dragon archer could only use spiritual power to lock onto one target at a time.
But Lanling’s heaven-defying spiritual power could lock onto multiple targets at once. And the speed of each lock-on was incomparably fast, almost completed in an instant.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……”
Lanling performed a lonely solo performance.
Crazy rapid-fire arrows.
Fen Mo was the most genius archer Lanling had ever seen. He could easily shoot twenty rapid-fire arrows. If he fully exerted himself, he could even shoot thirty rapid-fire, forty rapid-fire arrows.
Because he was a born divine archer. This kind of monster shot by feel. Each time required only a small amount of spiritual power.
For rapid-fire arrows, the greatest test was not the body, but the spirit.
A normal archer’s complete aiming process required at least five seconds or more, and consumed a large amount of spiritual power.
So even a dragon archer, after shooting twenty to thirty arrows, would basically have exhausted their spiritual power.
But for Fen Mo, even with his heaven-defying ability, thirty rapid-fire arrows, forty rapid-fire arrows, could only kill a few targets.
Because he could not perform multi-target spiritual lock-on.
And at this moment……
Lanling possessed heaven-defying spiritual talent, heaven-defying spiritual power.
Instant aim, instant lock-on, multi-target lock-on.
So, he began a crazy and lonely performance.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……”
The speed at which he shot arrows was extremely fast, and all were rapid-fire arrows. In one breath, he shot out thirty arrows.
The centurion Lei Tong beside him was completely dumbfounded.
He had just finished shooting one arrow, and Lanling had already shot out thirty arrows.
Lanling’s speed was incomparably graceful, completely dazzling to the eyes.
His movements were so fast that one might think he had only shot one arrow from beginning to end.
Then, looking towards the sky.
Lei Tong discovered with even greater shock that the thirty arrows Lanling shot out were almost connected together in the air, forming a perfect arc.
“Damn, the way Lanling shoots arrows, not to mention whether they hit or not, just this scene alone is enough to charm countless women to death.”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……”
Another thirty rapid-fire arrows, thirty arrows shot out in one breath.
Another perfect arc streaked across the sky, falling into the enemy’s formation.
Lei Tong was completely dumbfounded watching, forgetting to shoot arrows.
Ninian’s beautiful eyes were completely fixed on Du Yan. She had only glanced at Lanling once, discovered he was doing astonishing plunging fire, indistinguishable from the crowd, disdainfully curled her lip, and never looked at Lanling again. Instead, she focused her gaze on Du Yan, Qiu Ju, and Yang Gu, with the highest proportion on Du Yan.
Because her attention was also a resource and a weapon. It absolutely could not be wasted on some meaningless person.
“Bang……”
Another loud noise.
Another shield exploded. Du Yan once again killed two birds with one stone, shooting through two heads.
Du Yan was constantly performing stunningly, making everyone around him sigh in admiration.
At this moment, Ninian could not help but say, “Father, Du Yan’s archery is truly astonishing. In this short time, he has already killed over twenty people. Lanling actually still tries to compete with him. He truly overestimates himself.”
However, Constantine’s gaze was not fixed on Du Yan, but completely locked onto one person. That was Lanling.
His eyes were filled with shock and astonishment.
After hearing his daughter’s words, Constantine said calmly, “Look at Lanling again. Inject spiritual power into your eyes. Only then can you see clearly. After looking, speak again.”
Ninian opened her beautiful eyes wide, channelling spiritual power into her pupils.
Then, she too was completely dumbfounded, her small mouth opening and unable to close.
Too……too astonishing!
Too stunning!
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……”
Lanling’s movements were so fast that one needed to stare with spiritual power to see them clearly.
His motion of shooting thirty arrows was like shooting one arrow, because it was truly too fast.
In an instant, he shot out thirty arrows in one breath.
Thirty arrows fiercely spat towards the sky, then drew a perfect arc in the air.
Because his movements were so fast, the thirty arrows truly were connected together in the air.
Du Yan violently shooting through a shield, then killing two birds with one stone was certainly shocking.
But compared to Lanling’s graceful and stunning scene, it truly paled in comparison.
And this scene’s lethality towards women was truly incomparably great. Too beautiful, too gorgeous.
Ninian let out a long breath and said, “His rapid-fire arrows are truly too stunning. But even so, after all, it is random plunging fire. The hit rate is too random, completely a matter of luck. So his head count and military merit are definitely inferior to Du Yan’s.”
Constantine responded with a sound, not speaking. He felt the same way.
……
However, no matter how shocked and astonished Ninian and Constantine were, they could not compare to the Wild Horse Tribe chief.
“Father, look.” His daughter reminded him.
The Wild Horse Tribe chief looked up, and also saw an incomparably stunning scene.
In a mess of random arrow rain, there was one arc that was incomparably beautiful. Upon closer inspection, it was actually formed by dozens of arrows arranged in the air.
This was only possible under extreme speed shooting, to connect dozens of arrows into a single arc.
Then immediately after……
“Pop pop pop pop……”
As these thirty arrows fell, they scattered according to their respective trajectories.
“Puff puff puff puff puff……”
Effortlessly, every single arrow hit a target.
Every arrow directly shot into the face, penetrated into the brain, directly exploding the head.
Instantly, the Wild Horse Tribe chief was truly completely, completely dumbfounded!
This, this killing power was completely heaven-defying!
Too, too astonishing!
Who was this?
Before his shock could subside, the next wave of rapid-fire arrows came again.
These arrows connected into another beautiful arc in the air, then fiercely smashed down according to their respective trajectories.
“Puff puff puff puff……”
Blood sprayed. Once again, they shot through the face of every target, and dozens of soldiers fell to the ground dead once more.
The hit rate completely exceeded ninety-five percent.
Only occasionally would a soldier suddenly stumble by accident, and that arrow would lose its accuracy.
From the random arrow rain shot out by the Chimera Tribe, the hit rates were all very low. After all, only five thousand people were shooting arrows. The density of this arrow rain was far from sufficient. A hit rate of two or three percent would already be considered not bad.
However, this heaven-defying rapid-fire arrow took dozens of lives every single time!
His daughter beside him said in shock, “Father, who is this? He is completely a killing machine on the battlefield.”
After his shock, the Wild Horse Tribe chief felt incomparable heartache.
That heaven-defying archer killed dozens of people every few seconds. At this rate of death, the losses were enough to make him bleed.
“Charge, charge, charge……” the Wild Horse Tribe chief roared frantically!
……
The scene just now seemed very long.
But in reality, it was only two minutes, after all, only three hundred metres.
Because the shield strongmen at the very front of the Wild Horse Tribe only needed a little over two minutes to run through these three hundred metres and charge to the foot of the Chimera Tribe’s first stockade wall.
And in these two minutes, Du Yan shot through nearly fifty shields and killed over seventy enemy soldiers.
This achievement was also sufficiently impressive.
And previously, Lanling had already accumulated a military merit of twenty-three heads from his two great pre-battle duel victories.
In Du Yan’s view, he had already crushed Lanling several times over.
However, only the Wild Horse Tribe chief knew how many people Lanling had actually killed.
This heaven-cursed one!
Originally according to his estimate, in this final three hundred metre charge, casualties would at most be five or six hundred people at most.
But in reality? The casualties exceeded a thousand people, and over half were the handiwork of that heaven-defying archer.
In just two minutes, that madman had killed several hundred people.
“I want to see just who you are! I will definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!” the Wild Horse Tribe chief roared furiously.
“Bang……”
A loud noise. The Wild Horse Tribe’s shield strongmen fiercely charged to the foot of the Chimera Tribe’s first stockade wall, a fierce collision.
Instantly, the entire stockade wall trembled.
Then, countless Wild Horse Tribe warriors swarmed up like a tide.
And the Chimera Tribe soldiers behind the stockade wall all uniformly drew their war blades.
The battle entered the bloodiest phase, close combat!
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……” Lanling shot out another thirty rapid-fire arrows, once again killing dozens of people.
This time, the Wild Horse Tribe chief saw clearly. It was that extremely beautiful face again.
In the first duel, he had defeated his berserker.
In the second duel, he had frightened away dozens of his war horses, causing the Wild Horse Tribe to taste defeat for the first time in a cavalry charge to the death.
And now, in two minutes, he had killed several hundred people of the Wild Horse Tribe.
“You, you again!” the Wild Horse Tribe chief roared, “I will definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!”