Chapter 1453: Chapter 462: Copper Bone Corpse Demon, Heart-Stopping and Death-Defying Sprint, Trial Interlude, Turbulent Waves and Treacherous Clouds_4
The highest command at Zhenyuan Camp naturally belongs to the Silver Scale Army’s Admiral, Fan Qinghu. Besides him, there are two Vice Admirals, Cai Yunwu and Nie Longxin.
The one who shouted angrily, interrupting those giving random advice, was the Vice Admiral Nie Longxin stationed at the Golden Bone Melting Furnace.
"It’s been only ten hours since they entered. In the past, it would take several days for problems to arise. There’s definitely something fishy this time. The Deceitful Monster from the Blood Miasma Plain must be launching a counterattack. That’s the only explanation!"
Nie Longxin looked at the overwhelming Beast Tide surrounding him, clenching his fists, his expression already extremely grave.
"Zhu Qing, Bai He, you go check out Zhenyuan Camp first. If there’s nothing wrong there, ask Vice General Wu to bring fifty thousand reinforcements to support us. If there’s an issue there as well..."
Nie Longxin paused, then decisively said, "Head directly to the northern Trial Zone, have the fifty thousand Town Guard troops rush to aid the camp. Once the camp’s crisis is resolved, come back to help us. Set out immediately, don’t delay, and stay safe along the way. Just report, don’t worry about anything else."
"We obey orders!"
Fan Qinghu brought a total of 100 Xianyang Level soldiers this trip, leaving half, which is fifty people, before entering the Blood Miasma Zone. Thus, Nie Longxin still had personnel at his disposal. With an order, two middle-aged armored generals immediately stepped forward, bowed deeply, and flew towards the northern perimeter.
"Screech....."
Of course, going out to seek aid wouldn’t be so simple.
Zhu and Bai had just flown less than a hundred meters when two streaks of blood-colored light suddenly rushed towards them from mid-air.
"Assist them!"
Without any surprise, Nie Longxin signaled the Xianyang Level soldiers to help them, then turned around and ordered the army below: "All Commanders, heed my order—Silver Scale soldiers, draw your bows. The Town Guard Army will leave twenty thousand to guard the furnace, alternating with the wind element to keep the furnace flames from going out. The remaining thirty thousand, get to the frontline and draw your bows. It’s just a Beast Tide, what is there to fear!"
"Silver Scale soldiers, unstoppable!"
After all, being the most elite unit in Cai Qiu, upon receiving the commander’s signal, fifty thousand soldiers understood that a battle was inevitable. Their bloodlust was immediately ignited. They shouted angrily and simultaneously drew their Strong Bows, aiming in three waves at all the Cold Beasts on the left and right wings and in the sky.
Morale is contagious. Even if Town Guard soldiers are not as strong, they were also infected at this moment, especially the thirty thousand soldiers at the forefront, who imitated them by drawing their Strong Bows.
"Roar......"
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
"Screech..."
Three different types of howls suddenly burst forth. Tens of thousands of Cold Beasts surrounding them, upon receiving orders, went mad. They roared furiously and charged fiercely towards the army’s central location.
Seeing the beast horde charge fiercely, Nie Longxin’s heart trembled slightly.
If it were a normal Beast Tide, whether five digits or six, he wouldn’t flinch leading over forty thousand troops. But the tens of thousands of Cold Beasts before him were all bizarre Cold Beasts from the Blood Miasma Plain.
The Blood Cold Beasts, living in miasma, were exceptionally strong, and their group strength far exceeded that of the outside world. Against them, Cai Qiu had maintained extreme caution for the past two years, rarely provoking such a large group, let alone one with as many as a thousand.
"There’s no retreating now. Not fighting means dying faster. We can only pray that reinforcements from Zhenyuan Camp arrive soon. These are the most elite Silver Scale troops under the Landgrave, they can’t die in large numbers..."
Nie Longxin was filled with countless thoughts, but his gaze never left the surrounding Cold Beasts. Seeing them less than three hundred meters away from the frontline, he immediately waved his long spear and shouted violently:
"Release the arrows!"
Swish, swish, swish, swish......
Except for the twenty thousand soldiers surrounding the furnace, the remaining eighty thousand soldiers simultaneously released their bowstrings. The sky instantly darkened with arrows flying in three directions, swiftly charging toward the Cold Beasts.
Of course, this was just the first wave.
Swish, swish, swish, swish......
The eighty thousand soldiers quickly emptied their Arrow Quivers.
The first wave of Cold Beasts charging was instantly shot into sieves, their bodies either collapsing backwards or sideways, momentarily halting the charging Beast Tide.
Sadly, it was only a momentary halt.
As the Cold Beasts collided fiercely with the frontline soldiers, an earth-shattering battle erupted quickly on the northern outer area of the Blood Miasma Plain.
.........
In the snowy plains, six to seven kilometers northwest of Zhenyuan Camp, the thin blood-colored miasma wasn’t very noticeable in the air.
At daybreak, visibility was still clear.
"Everyone else, hold the ropes tight. Shiqin, Zizheng, you follow me!"
A small team of about forty men surrounded three Red-maned Tigers, each roughly ten meters long. More than half of the team held the ropes tightly, and the animal trap connected to the front of the ropes was clamped onto the paws of the three Red-maned Tigers.
The three Red-maned Tigers were not only caught by the traps on their paws. Their bodies were almost completely pierced by silver arrows, and the left one and the middle one had each been shot blind in one eye.
Interestingly, wherever the silver arrows pierced, whether eyes or bodies, no blood flowed, but the agonized roars of the Red-maned Tigers revealed the immense pain these arrows caused them.
With a commanding shout from Team Leader Cai Shiyan, the surrounding arrows immediately stopped, and Cai Shiqin and another teenager around the same age suddenly leaped down from two large trees surrounding the three Red-maned Tigers.
