The ground battle had temporarily ended.
The Black Devil Banner’s million strong army was also completely deathly silent, without any clamour.
The fall of the two thousand strong Mammoth army had brought them shock that was truly too great.
Just now clearly thirty thousand centaur army faced catastrophic destruction, about to be trampled into meat paste.
Who knew that almost instantly, the situation reversed, two thousand invincible Mammoth warriors directly fainted and fell to the ground.
At this time, the aerial battle still continued.
Or rather Lanling’s performance still continued, his fifty rapid fire arrows, still madly massacring.
If it was before, he could not so freely massacre the enemy’s Griffin Knights, because his bow and arrow’s range was limited, at most six to seven hundred metres.
But now, with this special crystal propulsion, everything had changed.
His arrows could easily shoot out over one thousand metres, and the speed was incomparably fast, the power increased more than double.
Every time, his fifty rapid fire arrows shot out like a torrential rain, effortlessly taking away dozens of lives.
And what was even more mad was the three headed Chimera beast, this monster’s body definitely hid a perverted and cruel soul, this kind of massacre made its blood boil, excited to the point of madness.
Before the Black Devil Banner’s Griffin Knights and Dragon Eagle Knights, it was completely a BUG, an unsolvable BUG.
Its flying speed exceeded the opponent’s by three to four times, because it was an energy body, so completely invulnerable to swords and spears.
And the fierce flames it sprayed out were simply heaven defying perversion, moving with hundred metre giant flames.
Constantly detonating the fish oil bombs on the Griffins’ backs, causing even greater casualties.
“Boom boom boom boom……”
The fierce explosions in the air still continued, the entire sky as if burning, corpses falling like raindrops.
Mad death, mad dismemberment, mad howling.
The remaining Griffin beasts, Dragon Eagle Knights desperately fled in all directions.
But just like ordinary cavalry cannot escape the centaurs’ butcher knives, these Griffins also could hardly escape the Chimera beast’s flames and Lanling’s arrows.
The three headed Chimera beast’s flying speed was truly too astonishing, Lanling’s arrows were truly too heaven defying!
Thus, merely half an hour later.
Except for the portion of Griffin Knights that fled, the three thousand five hundred aerial legion led by Nai Shu was almost completely annihilated.
The five hundred Dragon Eagle warriors from Rakshasa City were even more completely exterminated, because they had too much sense of honour, rather than fleeing they would rush to their deaths like moths to a flame.
The aerial battle also temporarily ended.
Lanling and the three headed Chimera, one man one beast, annihilated all the Black Devil Banner’s aerial legion.
The entire sky was his magnificent yet bloody performance.
……
A good while later, the thick smoke in the sky dispersed.
Lanling riding the three headed Chimera beast circled in the upper air, around him thirteen Death Warriors riding Griffin beasts protected him in the centre.
At this time, Nai Shu who had briefly spat blood and fainted had already regained consciousness.
He first glanced at the ground, Mammoth Clan warriors lying every which way, not moving, their life or death unknown.
Looking at the sky again, there was not a single Griffin or Dragon Eagle left. Instead on the ground, there were countless charred corpses.
His two trump card forces were completely finished!
Now, he only had nearly one million two hundred thousand ground troops on hand.
At this time, true fear surged into his heart for the first time, he could not help thinking of his fiancee Princess Sha Yan’s words, if you lose then do not come back, just end yourself.
This battle, he could not afford to lose.
Even, the entire Black Devil family could not afford to lose.
That is right, he had lost two trump card forces, but…… he still had a million strong army.
One million two hundred thousand troops, drowning could also drown Lanling’s thirty thousand centaur army, right? Probably?
Taking a deep breath, swallowing the bloody taste in his mouth, Nai Shu filled with grief and indignation said: “Brothers of the Black Devil Banner, I have already been forced to the edge of a cliff. If this battle is lost, I will certainly die, the Black Devil family is also finished.”
His voice resounded through the entire sky, the million strong army stretching across several tens of li heard it clearly.
“This battle, I have made many mistakes.” Nai Shu said sorrowfully: “I underestimated Lanling’s strength, I overestimated the Mammoth Clan’s combat power, causing our two trump card forces to be completely annihilated, this is my responsibility!”
“I…… have no way out, the Black Devil family also has no way out.” Nai Shu said in a grief filled voice: “You acknowledge my Black Devil Banner family as leader, but you are not my family’s servants. So if you leave now, I will not blame you in the slightest, I can understand!”
When saying these words, two lines of tears slowly slid down Nai Shu’s face.
The million strong army present, their faces stirred.
“But, I will not retreat, I will fight to the end representing the Black Devil Banner family, I will fight to the end for His Majesty the Rakshasa King, even if my body is shattered to pieces!” Nai Shu’s voice was filled with tragic heroism, saying: “Brothers of the Black Devil Banner, if you are willing to follow behind me, then the Black Devil Banner family will forever be grateful to you!”
The people of the barbaric world were originally brave and unafraid of death, at this time being stirred up by Nai Shu like this, who would still dare to actively leave?
Although there were quite a few chiefs, quite a few soldiers who wanted to leave the battlefield, because when Lanling massacred the aerial legion it was too astonishing, the centaurs’ combat power was too terrifying.
But……
In the barbaric world, face is greater than everything, any coward who fears death has no place to stand.
If taking advantage of chaos, everyone flees together, that is fine.
But, since Nai Shu has already spoken, and said if someone flees he will not blame them.
Then if one flees at this time, really one could not raise their head for a lifetime. Even with a stiff scalp one could only follow behind Nai Shu and fight to the end.
Seeing that not a single army fled, Nai Shu was pleased in his heart, a surge of hope welled up.
That is right, the Mammoth Clan army was gone, the three thousand five hundred aerial legion was also gone. But, he still had a million strong army, could still fight desperately.
As for tactics, at this time no tactics were the best tactics.
The million strong army, directly like a tide rushing over, drowning must also drown the thirty thousand centaur army.
So called, enough ants can bite an elephant to death!
And what was most important, his million strong army charging was still better than being charged by centaurs.
The centaurs’ tonnage was too heavy, their speed too fast, once the centaur army began charging, the consequences were completely unimaginable, that was almost a crushing massacre.
By all means must not let the centaur army charge up.
Without doubt, Nai Shu’s strategy was absolutely correct. If he succeeded, Lanling would still win, but the centaur army would have huge casualties, even losing over five to six thousand.
After all it was still that saying, enough ants can bite an elephant to death.
Once barbarians were mad with killing they truly feared nothing, even powerful centaurs, cut dozens or hundreds of times, would still die.
These thirty thousand centaurs were Lanling’s cavalry main force, losing several hundred would make Lanling heartbroken to death, let alone several thousand?
……
「Charge, charge, charge……」
「For the glory of His Majesty the Rakshasa King, for the dignity of the Black Devil Banner, charge!」
Following Nai Shu’s order, the fearless Black Devil Banner million strong army rushed over like a tide.
From an auditory effect, the million strong army’s charge was definitely not as good as two thousand Mammoth Clan army’s, that was completely heaven shaking and earth moving, just like a violent earthquake.
But from a visual effect, the million strong army’s charge was without doubt incomparably astonishing.
Especially this kind with almost no command, relying only on blood courage charge.
Looking from the sky, truly dense and numerous, like countless ants.
Originally only stretching across several tens of li, but now the entire plain was this kind of black tide, omnipresent!
Truly just like a great lake’s dike bursting, surging tide everywhere.
The million strong army roared and bellowed, desperately charging towards the centaur army, literally wanting to drown these thirty thousand centaurs.
But……
The tragedy was, they could not charge through.
Very quickly, they were blocked by a huge obstacle from this momentum.
Two thousand giant Mammoth warriors, unconscious on the ground. Every Mammoth giant was like a small fortress, and two thousand Mammoth army connected together, truly like a natural solid defensive line.
Of course, between these Mammoths there were gaps, one could still charge through.
But, that previous kind of surging tide momentum was gone.
This was still not the most tragic, even more tragic was……
After these Mammoth warriors fell, they were a huge cover, countless Mammoth giants connected into a natural city wall!
Lanling’s centaur army, all hid behind the Mammoth giants’ bodies.
After these Mammoth warriors fell to the ground, they were still four to five metres high, centaurs slightly raising their front legs, just enough to reach, able to aim and shoot arrows outward.
Thus, the battlefield actually became a defensive battle, and a city wall defensive battle at that.
The Mammoth army’s bodies were not city walls yet surpassed city walls, blocking Nai Shu million strong army’s charge momentum, providing a natural defensive line for the thirty thousand centaur army.
Every centaur warrior was a powerful archer.
Thus……
Thirty thousand centaurs hid behind the Mammoth giants’ bodies, ten thousand arrows fired together!
「Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……」
One tenth of the centaurs could use ten rapid fire arrows.
Every centaur could carry over three thousand arrows, over five spare bows, two great swords, two curved blades.
So thirty thousand centaurs’ rain of arrows exceeded that of a hundred thousand army, two hundred thousand army!
The arrows they shot out were incomparably accurate, incomparably sharp, incomparably fast.
「Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……」
Once shooting began, the thirty thousand centaur army’s rain of arrows never stopped.
Always like a torrential downpour!
Not only that, Lanling in the air, plus thirteen Death Warriors, all performed rapid fire arrow rain.
「Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh……」
This mad rain of arrows was truly like iron rain sent down by the Death God.
Terrifying massacre, once again began!
Centaur warriors could easily shoot sharp arrows beyond five hundred metres.
「Ahh…… ahh…… ahh…… ahh」
Countless screams of misery, too many to count.
Snow splattered, countless corpses fell to the ground, alive nailed to the ground by sharp arrows.
In a short moment, the entire ground was covered with countless corpses.
The Black Devil Banner’s barbarians were truly incomparably brave.
Under this kind of terrifying heaven shaking arrow rain, they were still madly charging, facing the arrow rain, facing death charging.
Those with shields raised their shields. Those without shields, with their heads down, desperately charged.
Within the centaur army’s range, almost every metre of Nai Shu army’s advance paid the price of countless lives.
Every inch of ground was flowing with blood.
The million strong army was truly too many……
Even if the centaurs’ arrow rain was so dense, so terrifying, but this million strong army still drew closer and closer.
Only, the barbarian army charging forward grew increasingly sparse.
With great difficulty they charged to below the defensive line city wall composed of Mammoth “corpses”.
These barbarian armies discovered, truly too high, really very difficult to climb up.
They had siege ladders, but this was not a real siege, so they had not brought siege ladders.
Thus, countless Black Devil Banner troops who charged to below the “Mammoth corpse” defensive line, some desperately climbed, some charged through the gaps between these “Mammoth corpses”, crowding together.
Without any command.
All centaur warriors drew out battle blades over three metres long, madly hacking.
Without any flourish, just diagonal horizontal slashes.
「Shhh shhh shhh shhh……」
Three to four metre long battle blades, madly chopping, every second hacking over three times.
These were centaur warriors, every one’s strength exceeded ten thousand jin.
This giant blade slashed diagonally, instantly cutting seven to eight people directly into fifteen to sixteen pieces.
Blood flew everywhere, severed arms and limbs, internal organs, all burst forth.
The scene instantly became incomparably bloody, incomparably terrifying!
Dying under centaur giant blades, absolutely no whole corpse remained. Ground full of blood, ground full of shattered corpses, ground full of internal organs.
The battlefield instantly reeked of blood to the sky!
「Shhh shhh shhh shhh……」
Using the cover of the “Mammoth corpse” city wall, thirty thousand centaur army from a commanding height, both hands giant blades madly hacking, tirelessly slaughtering, madly massacring.
The Black Devil Banner army’s casualty numbers, every second sharply increased.
Corpses piled higher and higher, blood flowed into rivers.
Lanling could not help but once again sigh, these demon race people, barbarian people were truly too brave, too unafraid of death.
Facing such casualties, and the tragic sight of dying without whole corpses, if it were human kingdom armies, they would have long collapsed.
But, these Black Devil Banner soldiers seemed to have their heads muddled by blood, still charging up without fear, like a tide, one wave after another.
Lanling frowned!
Fighting like this the result was not good.
Because, countless dead corpses had already piled into a natural slope, countless Black Devil Banner troops could already charge up along this slope, no longer simply passively being slaughtered, but actively counter attacking.
The Black Devil Banner army with red killing eyes, completely without fear, madly pounced and bit up.
If this continued, Lanling would still win, but there would really be considerable casualties.
The centaur army dying several tens or hundreds, Lanling would be heartbroken.
And once the great battle fell into stalemate, and casualties appeared, then at least several thousand centaur casualties.
This casualty count, Lanling truly could somewhat not afford.
……
But, the battle situation Nai Shu saw and what Lanling saw were different.
Lanling felt it was not good, felt uneasy, felt the mad Black Devil Banner army was breaking some kind of balance, about to bring huge casualties to the centaur army.
And in Nai Shu’s eyes, he only saw blood everywhere, only saw countless armies continuously dying, his own million strong army being madly massacred.
What he saw, was only a desperate battle situation.
There was no possibility of victory!
Originally thirty thousand centaur army, in strength, speed, tonnage far exceeded several hundred thousand barbarian army.
This battle, the possibility of victory was originally very small. Plus those two thousand damned Mammoth Clan giants, lying on the ground becoming a natural city wall defensive line.
Powerful centaurs were on the defensive side, and from a commanding height.
Thus, the battle situation was even more without hope.
Watching the battle for nearly an hour.
Nai Shu could endure no more, this battle was certainly lost, he had no hope.
But……
He absolutely absolutely did not want to die, he must save himself.
The battle situation had no hope, he must quickly return to Black Devil City to seek his father’s help, seek a way to escape catastrophic destruction.
Thus, Nai Shu fiercely gritted his teeth, not even riding a Dragon Eagle, directly broke into a run towards Black Devil City, directly using magic power to run, incomparably fast.
「Nai Shu has fled, Prince Consort Nai Shu has fled!」
The Black Devil Banner army currently fighting bloodthirstily turned their heads, just in time to see Nai Shu’s figure fleeing back to Black Devil City.
Immediately, incomparable anger, incomparable shame!
They had not fled, yet Nai Shu had fled instead.
They were fighting for Nai Shu, fighting for the Black Devil family.
Just now, you spoke so tragically heroic, so righteous and stern, but the result was you tricked us into coming to die, while you yourself ran away.
Shameless Nai Shu, shameless Black Devil family, you have completely betrayed us!
The Black Devil Banner army feeling deceived and betrayed, their previous blood courage and bravery disappeared completely.
Because their bravery looked like a kind of stupidity.
「Not fighting, not fighting……」
Countless Black Devil Banner troops threw down the weapons in their hands.
Chi Yan Khan roared in a stern voice: 「All Rakshasa Clan soldiers, put down your weapons and surrender to my master, I will spare your lives!」