Outside Cloud Sky City, the manders of the various armies from Red Soul Hall each led a force of a hundred thousand soldiers. bined, the total numbered around seven or eight hundred thousand. However, this was only the initial scale of the forces attacking Cloud Sky City.
The Jade Cauldron Kingdom, Cave Heaven Country, and Pingshui Country were all superior vassal states directly under Red Soul Hall, and their armies were all elite forces. But at this moment, under the continuous assaults from Jade Cauldron Kingdom, these forces began to feel tremendous pressure.
It should be noted that within Cloud Sky City, the forces of Jade Cauldron Kingdom numbered only over three hundred thousand, which was nearly half less in number pared to Red Soul Hall’s large army.
However, it was this smaller force of Jade Cauldron Kingdom that had now put Red Soul Hall into an embarrassing situation, facing the crisis of being entirely annihilated at any moment.
"Damn it, what’s going on, why haven’t the reinforcements arrived yet?"
Kuang San, the great mander of Moon Shadow Country, currently had an iron-blue plexion as he roared at his deputy.
The deputy also showed a troubled expression, immediately sending a message to Cave Heaven Country and Pingshui Country, inquiring about their reinforcement situation.
But the responses received were the same as their own predicament, with reinforcements not having arrived, and munication even having been lost.
"Report, mander, none of the reinforcements from the vassal states have arrived, and all contact with the reinforcements has been cut off..."
The deputy reported gravely to Kuang San.
At these words, the surrounding Red Soul Hall soldiers, including Kuang San himself, all had even grimmer expressions on their faces.
"Something has definitely gone wrong."
Kuang San thought to himself, which was also the mon sentiment among all Red Soul Hall soldiers. If it had only been a delay in the reinforcements, there might still have been hope, but now that contact was lost, the situation was clearly abnormal. Those reinforcements likely would never reach here.
Despite this, Kuang San was still not willing to give up hope. He repelled an approaching soldier from Jade Cauldron Kingdom with his sword, then took out a munication jade talisman and personally inquired with Red Soul Hall’s reinforcements.
After Red Soul Hall headquarters received Kuang San’s inquiry, they replied that all reinforcements from the vassal states had set out many days ago. According to the timetable, even the latest reinforcements should have arrived by this morning, and those from closer distances and faster marchers should have reached there by yesterday.
In this battle, Red Soul Hall’s army was once again at a disadvantage, temporarily retreating back to the camp, while Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s army, like in the previous battles, did not pursue the victory.
That night, within Red Soul Hall’s camp, after deliberation, Kuang San decided to dispatch some soldiers proficient in marching to trace back their original path and check for any issues en route.
Kuang San speculated that their march might have been leaked, and their reinforcements ambushed by Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s forces en route, which was why they hadn’t been able to reach here.
Meanwhile, at Tianshui Gully.
This place was named so because when night fell, the sky and the moonlight converged at the gully’s peak, appearing as if heaven and water were blending.
At this moment, Squad Seven and Squad Six of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom Battle Eagle Squad were meeting here, reporting each other’s bat situation from this expedition.
Wang Ye, the mander of Squad Seven of Battle Eagle Squad, looked unreconciled as he watched Zhao Bai, mander of Squad Six, feeling full of frustration.
His Squad Seven’s performance had been outstanding in this operation, not only had they not lost a single soldier, but they had also successfully ambushed and annihilated four squads of Red Soul Hall’s army, and harvested a fair number of resources from the enemy’s corpses.
However, Squad Six’s feats were even more remarkable, also without a single casualty, they had annihilated six squadrons of Red Soul Hall’s army, including several of Red Soul Hall’s officers and manders.
Most crucially, Squad Six had replaced the Thunder Chasing Arrow Feather with the Sword Array, displaying brilliant bat capability.
Whether it was battle records or military merits, Squad Six had once again outdone Squad Seven.
"It’s good to be petitive, but you can’t be too eager for quick success. Treat each battle as an art, don’t let a desire for victory drive you, only then can you perform your best in every fight," Zhao Bai advised sincerely, smiling at Wang Ye’s discontent.
Wang Ye, listening to Zhao Bai’s advice, knew that it was well-intentioned, but in the military camp, who could afford not to consider military achievements? He shook his head, looking at Zhao Bai while twirling a blood-red long sword in his hand.
"Don’t get too smug, next time, our Squad Seven will definitely surpass you."
However, Wang Ye did not know that in Zhao Bai’s heart, only the War King, Xu Fei, was his true target and rival for surpassing.
Zhao Bai believed that although Wang Ye was capable, he would never be able to surpass him.
The position of mander of Squad Six had been bestowed on Zhao Bai by Xu Fei a year ago.
Back then, Zhao Bai and Xu Fei had been neck and neck in terms of personal strength, contributions to the Sect, and military achievements. However, Zhao Bai was not up to Xu Fei in terms of leadership.
Xu Fei was once a bandit leader who managed tens of thousands of bandits in orderly fashion.
Therefore, Zhao Bai lost the petition for the position of leader of the Battle Eagle Squad to Xu Fei.
Unwilling to bee Xu Fei’s deputy, Zhao Bai accepted the position of a great mander.
At this moment, with the exception of Squad One of Battle Eagle Squad stationed in Cloud Sky City, Squads Two through Seven had all assembled here, intercepting Red Soul Hall’s reinforcements. In the center of the great military force, a young man in black, wielding a sharp blade, appeared.
Upon seeing this young man in black, Zhao Bai, Wang Ye, and the other six manders showed great respect, for this youth was none other than a member of Black Crow Section, the first team of the Dark Division.
The most famous squad in the Dark Division was Black Crow, originally consisting of twelve members, each with exceptional talent; they had all received personal instruction from Lin Chen, and their strength was unfathomable.
The six manders of the great squads looked upon the young man in black with deference, for their string of victories was greatly owing to this youth’s mand, and some squads were even unscathed—a true rarity on the battlefield.
"You have all performed remarkably well. Upon your return, you will assuredly receive ample military honors," the young man in black praised.
"But before that, you still have a more important task!"
he young man in black mended.
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