Chapter 845: Breaking Through The Frontline.
Shi Lang addressed the Asura Legion. He stood in the void with a calm expression on his face. He spoke in a sonorous tone, "Asura Legion, are you ready?"
"Yes, Sir!"
The army of two hundred and fifty people replied. They were not big in size, even the smallest army in this place had thousand members at least but the aura of these people did not fall short of those seasoned armies.
When Commander Silence and the rest had come back, they carried simulation pods and parts that could be used to make more pods. Asura Hall used twenty of these pods that have been modified to use the spiritual energy as a supplement instead of genetic enhancement serums.
The effect of training in these pods was simple and effective, the two hundred fifty people had gone through rigorous training and they were not to be messed with. Shi Lang looked at them and said, "We are not here to keep peace. We will not kill the demons who try to attack us. We are bringing the fight to them. Are you willing to charge ahead and slay them?"
The people yelled and the entire frontline shook. Shi Lang replied, "Move out."
He vanished from the spot and the Hunk and Shrapnel appeared in his place. They were given the responsibility to lead the legion to the front. Hunk handled the infantry unit and Shrapnel took the cavalry.
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The ground began to tremble, and many people who were engaged in cruel combat looked toward the human encampments. All they saw as a dust cloud rising on the horizon, but soon everyone, including humans and demons shook. They saw a group of beast kings rushing over with a crowd of men and women following behind.
In a blink of an eye, the spirit beasts appeared close to them what shocked them was the fact that human figures were riding these spirit beast kings. Shrapnel said, "Weapons free."
Then he raised a spirit gun in his arms and began to fire at the demonic cultivators far from him. While the beast king took care of those in close proximity. The attacks were baffling, the unorganized demon side has never seen such people.
The cavalry communicated and cooperated very nicely with each other. They had all sorts of attacks, the area of effect attacks, melee, and even the long distance. However, the real massacre began when the infantry arrived. They were a bit slower than the cavalry forces but when they came, swords and spears were let loose.
The infantry was trained in all and every weapon. They were all wearing the helmets of the battle suits so they looked like machines that were meant for only one thing, and that was killing. They all executed low level skills but the collective impact made them akin to a lion among the sheep.
Shi Lang was watching everything from the void, and nodded when he saw that after a couple of hours the legion has cleared up a few thousand demonic soldiers from the place. There has never been such an intense battle at the front. However, the legion was composed of humans, and they were all reaching their limits.
The intense fighting skills they displayed were crazy high, and they were pushing themselves beyond their limits. Hunk sensed this and said, "Shrapnel, bring up the rear we are retreating."
Shrapnel and his cavalry had cleared the way and attracted the attention of the beasts, and then they moved back so that the infantry could work. Now that the infantry needed to move back, they had to support them. Shrapnel replied, "Roger that."
He directed the cavalry to clean up the area around the infantry quickly, and after half an hour they retreated. However, the battle was not yet over, the demon leaders were infuriated by this act. They felt humiliated by a human group coming over at their turf and killing so many of them.
They commanded the minions to chase and kill. However, at this moment, three behemoth sized metal figurines descended on the ground. The demon army was surprised and shocked. Three humans, Carole, Lullaby, and Archie Arkham were standing on top of these figurines.
They entered the cockpit and began to attack the demon leaders. Yes, Shi Lang did not like the long windedness of battles and wars. He wanted to settle the front quickly so that his legion could pass through and settle a fake base camp inside the demon territory. Apparently the demons controlled a larger patch of land in this cage.
The mechs stood valiantly in the void and every demon was curious what was going on. Demonic side was stronger in terms of numbers but they were not strong in terms of quality. They have been viciously banding together and controlling the fate of the humans inside their territory, treating them like pigs and cattle for slaughter because they could not control the resources.
Shi Lang said, "Initiate."
Archie Arkham and the two charged up the canons on the mechs and then, they released beams of highly concentrated spiritual energy directly onto the tents where the leaders and decision making people of the demonic side were.
They had checked for any traces of human presence in the region before they fired these beams. Sure enough, the beams hit the targets and the demon kings were vaporized by it. Shi Lang said, "Take thirty and we will attack once again."
The people nodded sat down on the ground outside the demon hoards to regain their energy. The death gods of the cavalry were waiting for any of the demons to charge at them and they could retaliate.
After thirty minutes, one by one all the soldiers stood up. Shi Lang commanded and the battle resumed. The visual impact of the place was so strong that even the hearts of the senior standing back at the human encampment lines were shivering. They immediately contacted their lords to tell them about the situation. The entire spiritual cultivator scene was shocked by this.
Many ambitious families even wanted to send out forces to aid the Asura hall, and help them take down the evil scourges, but Shi Lang suddenly appeared above the encampment area and said, "You all wish to send soldiers to the front, that is a good thing and I do not oppose you.
However, if anyone made any move because of selfish motives and tried to create difficulties because of personal feuds, I will personally greet them and treat them."
His words were a threat covered in a cloak of concern and the people had no other thought than to convey them to the higher command. Everyone was quick, and they replied that they will send out troops and help in the battle.
Shi Lang did not take it to heart and left the place. The legion attacked four times in the small period of eight hours. It had a set pattern, cavalry, infantry, cavalry and mech. The mecha had shocked the people so much that even in death their eyes were wide open.
The demonic front was cleared up in two days. Many people from the demonic cultivation sect arrived to aid but all failed. They all could only relay the communication talismans to the higher ups in their sects.
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In the ship Shi Lang was sitting with his eyes closed, Shi Tao was torturing a Demon Lord level cultivator who was arrested for interrogation purposes. After a few hours of questioning, they had the clear understanding of how things worked in the demonic side of the cage.
Shi Lang said, "Kill him."
Shi Tao took off the head of the demonic lord, and said, "What's next?"
Shi Lang stood up from the chair and said, "Do you remember our friend who tried to stop me from moving forward in the lower realm? The demon who sent a true spirit clone down there?"
The lady nodded and Shi Lang said, "It turns out that he lives in the vicinity, I would like to pay him a visit."
Shi Tao immediately clamped his wrist, and said, "No! How can you rush in alone?"
Shi Lang smiled and replied, "Yes, I can, do not worry, I will take the mecha with me. I have been holding in that grudge for a long time."
Raksha appeared beside him and said, "Tao, even I have been holding this grudge for a long time. I want Zavir to die."
Shi Tao sighed and said, "Fine go, but don't die."
Shi Lang chuckled and patted her head, as he vanished from the spot. The Asura Legion had already moved forward, and from the results of the interrogation, they have found many places to raid and rescue people. Another reason why she let him go was because Yan Xue and the other two Immortal Emperors were staying behind with them.
Shi Lang was flying through the void, and Hou Bing was keeping up pace with ease beside him. She asked, "What is the grudge?"
Shi Lang chuckled and recounted the battle he had with Zavir's clone.