Chapter Nine of the Wind and Moon Continent: King of Warlocks

Three miles from the Fast camp in the open field, the two armies began their second clash of the night.

Both sides launched cavalry charges first, tens of thousands of riders charging in orderly formations. The moment they clashed, it was like a burst of fireworks; the shouts of riders, the neighing of horses, and the clanging of swords turned the battlefield into a boiling cauldron.

Many riders barely had time to swing their swords before being knocked from their horses by the surging tide of cavalry, their cries quickly drowned out by the trampling hooves.

Cavalry against cavalry, it was clear that the Eagle's Wing Legion's cavalry was indeed superior to the Wu'an cavalry, especially considering the presence of heavy cavalry within the Eagle's Wing Legion. Among the continental nations, Fast's heavy cavalry was second only to the Anglo-Spanish Empire in strength.

For the Wu'an army, consisting only of lightly armored cavalry, these heavily armored warriors riding enormous, somewhat slow-moving warhorses were difficult to withstand head-on. However, the slowness of heavy cavalry was relative to light cavalry; for infantry, the speed of cavalry was something they envied.

Seeing that their cavalry was inferior to the Fast Army's cavalry and gradually fell into a disadvantageous position, the Wu'an Army's infantry began to move. They advanced from both flanks, pressing towards the Fast Army's formation.

Hai Yingyang, who was prepared, immediately committed his infantry to fight back. Due to the terrain, the two sides clashed on a high ground with a frontal width of less than ten miles. These more than 100,000 troops were locked in combat, almost filling the entire high ground.

Because of this, both sides' formations appeared very solid, and neither side could break through the other's formation and reach the enemy's main camp in one fell swoop.

The fierce fighting resulted in numerous casualties every moment, and the blood of soldiers from both sides had soaked the weeds on the high ground. The mutilated limbs made it difficult for both sides' soldiers to move.

"This is really boring,"

Hai Yingyang said softly, looking at the crowded army.

"Yes, it seems even a random stone could knock down a whole horde!"

The staff officer beside him chimed in. "Why haven't the left and right battalions reached their positions yet?"

Hai Yingyang didn't speak, but he was secretly displeased. He had planned that when the Wu'an army attacked his legion, the left and right battalions would immediately move out to flank him from behind.

"We can't wait any longer," Hai Yingyang looked up at the moon in the Wu'an sky and decisively ordered, "Send the Ironclad Army out!"

The messenger quickly relayed the commander's order, and ten thousand fully armed Ironclad Army soldiers were immediately ordered to move to Fast's left flank.

The Ironclad Army was the absolute main force of Yingyang's legion, Hai Yingyang's trump card, a modified version of heavy cavalry. They were mounted in groups of ten heavily armored warhorses, each rider also clad in thick armor. Among them were four spearmen, four swordsmen, and two archers. Their group charge was incredibly powerful, and on flat ground, nothing could stop them.

"Charge!"

With the commander's order, the thunderous hooves thundered as the armored army surged forward like a torrent of steel, charging straight towards the right flank of the Wu'an army.

Simultaneously, in the main camp of the Wu'an army, the Black Sorcerer King Yang Xi said to Dubich, dressed in white beside him, "It's time!"

Dubich nodded slightly, smiling, "Now it's up to Lord Yang Xi."

Yang Xi slowly waved his magic staff, chanting an extremely subtle incantation. The yin energy in the air began to gather, and before they knew it, dark clouds had obscured the moonlight.

The Wu'an army's right flank was advancing steadily when they suddenly discovered that the Fast's left flank soldiers had parted to the sides. What came into their view were rows of steel walls, their black armor reflecting a deathly light.

The next moment, they saw only blood-red light flashing in their eyes. Even the spearmen, most effective against cavalry, could not stop the enemy's advance, because all the spears that pierced the armored soldiers were broken in two, unable to harm them in the slightest.

Blood gushed forth continuously as rows upon rows of armored soldiers, like mobile steel fortresses, mercilessly crushed the resistance of the Wu'an army.

The thunderous sound of hooves drowned out the cries of the Wu'an soldiers. Unable to resist, the left flank of the Wu'an army began to falter, retreating relentlessly.

Just when the Fast army thought they could gain the upper hand on the battlefield, crush the enemy's left flank, and then flank the center, an unexpected message arrived.

"Something's happened at the camp! Enemies are attacking our rear!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this news, all the generals looked back. Sure enough, the camp was in chaos, and the shouts of the garrison soldiers could be faintly heard. Then, several squads of soldiers rushed out of the camp, heading this way. Meanwhile, some commotion broke out in the rear of the Fast army.

"My lord, there are skeleton soldiers behind us!"

A cavalryman who had rushed from the rear reported to Hai Yingyang with a trembling voice.

"Skeleton soldiers?!" All the generals were shocked; they had never fought such an enemy before. They were all seasoned veterans, having encountered all sorts of enemies, but this was the first time they had faced undead creatures.

As a form of dark magic, summoning skeletons to fight for them was a skill many sorcerers could master, but they could only create a few. Creating more than ten was considered a remarkable achievement. This was because the raw materials for creating skeletons were extremely rare; they required individuals with martial arts skills who had died by accident, their corpses used for training. Another reason was that summoning skeletons required immense magical power, and controlling them also required a strong foundation of magical power.

Only during the War of the Hundred Races had powerful sorcerers led skeleton armies in battle; such instances had not occurred since. Now, skeletons were only seen in very small-scale battles, usually between small groups or even just individual combat.

"How could such a large number of skeletons suddenly appear?" Many generals were secretly alarmed.

The events unfolded as follows: After Hai Yingyang led his troops to engage the Wu'an Army, the Fast Army, remaining at the main camp, began cleaning up the battlefield. They sent wounded soldiers for treatment, collected the bodies of their own soldiers for burial according to military protocol, and piled the Wu'an Army corpses aside.

Because the bodies of both sides were mixed together, this task took a considerable amount of time. Just as the Fast Army soldiers were busy at work, an unusual event suddenly occurred.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the flesh on the Wu'an Army corpses piled aside began to melt, turning into pools of blood that flowed down, instantly turning any flesh that touched it into blood. By the time the Fast Army soldiers discovered this bizarre situation, many corpses had already turned into snow-white skeletons. But

the horrific consequences didn't end there; the melted blood was also highly poisonous. Anyone or anything that came into contact with it would instantly die. Furthermore, the blood didn't remain in the air for long, quickly dissipating as a cloud of yellow smoke.

Knowing the danger, the Fast army soldiers quickly took cover. At that moment, the five thousand corpses had completely transformed into white skeletons, the scene so bizarre it resembled a scene from hell.

A strange wind suddenly arose, swirling upwards and then splitting into thin wisps of black smoke that entered the nostrils of the skeletons.

When the healers and mages of the Fast army heard of this strange occurrence and rushed to the scene, the skeletons had already risen from the ground, transforming into five thousand terrifying skeleton soldiers.

Seeing thousands of skeletons wielding swords and charging towards them, it would be a lie to say they weren't panicked. The Fast army soldiers scattered in all directions. By the time the officers left behind to organize their troops to fight off this sudden enemy, the entire camp was in complete chaos, thrown into disarray by the skeletons.

However, at this moment, as if receiving some kind of command, the skeletons suddenly turned around, broke free from the battle, and charged out of the Fast camp, their target being the rear of the Eagle Soaring Legion, which was fighting against the Wu'an army.

"Damn mage!"

Hai Yingyang's mind raced. The Wu'an army actually had such a terrifying mage, capable of creating the Five Deadly Lands and commanding an army of skeletons—things were becoming increasingly complicated.

The Fast army's rear, under the fierce onslaught of the skeletons, began to shake. Frankly, facing skeletons wielding gleaming weapons, many soldiers of the Eaglewing Legion were truly at a loss. It seemed their usual martial arts skills were geared towards humans with flesh and blood; against these lifeless magical creatures, many techniques were useless.

Those with magical knowledge knew that skeletons were undead magical creatures, and the most effective way to deal with them was naturally to use holy magic, such as the Holy Word in white magic, which could destroy them. As warriors skilled only in physical attacks, if their strength was sufficient, they could certainly inflict enough damage on the skeletons, shattering them into pieces. However, if their strength was insufficient, and they lacked experience dealing with skeletons, then the damage they inflicted would be imperceptible.

The soldiers of the Fast Army fell into the latter category; after all, most of them had never encountered skeletons before, let alone knew how to deal with these undead magical creatures. Faced with an enemy whose running was accompanied by a clanging sound, whose bones seemed about to crumble, they could only wildly wave their weapons and chant the names of the gods.

"All troops, charge forward!"

Hai Yingyang suddenly pointed forward and ordered his men.

"Forward??"

The soldiers and attendants were stunned. The rear guard was clearly under pressure, yet Hai Yingyang was still issuing an order to charge forward. Shouldn't they have moved all their reserves and main force to the rear to fight the skeletons and stabilize the situation? How could the usually shrewd Hai Yingyang disregard the safety of the rear?

"Good, charge forward!" Hai Yingyang picked up his halberd from its rack. "If we turn back to deal with the skeletons in the rear, we'll be caught in the chaos of being attacked from two sides. The best option is to strike hard, crush the Wu'an army in front, and cut off the skeletons' source of magic." With that

, Hai Yingyang spurred his horse, and his steed, "White Shadow," shot off like an arrow. The soldiers on both sides suddenly realized what was happening and quickly spurred their horses to follow their commander.

The armored troops were on the left flank, while Hai Yingyang led his reserves and ten thousand guards from his main force to attack the Wu'an army's formation from the right. With their charge, the Wu'an army's flanks were unable to withstand them. Hai Yingyang and his

horse moved as one, like a dragon in flight, his halberd unleashing a storm of power; within a radius of three zhang, no Wu'an soldier could stand firm.

Under the onslaught of Hai Yingyang and his guards, the Wu'an soldiers vanished like smoke, their casualties increasing rapidly.

The instability on the Wu'an flanks forced their already strained central force to retreat. The entire Wu'an army formation was overwhelmed and pushed back towards their rear.

A very interesting situation arose on the battlefield: the main force of the Eagle Soaring Legion was pushing the Wu'an Army back step by step, but behind them were five thousand undead magical skeleton soldiers, and behind the skeletons were soldiers of the Fast Army.

While the Fast Army was relentlessly attacking the Wu'an Army in front, their rear was being fiercely attacked by the skeletons, and the skeletons, unaware of their impending doom, were being pursued by the Fast Army from behind. Such a situation was extremely rare in warfare.

Finally, the left flank of the Wu'an Army could not withstand the attack of the Fast Army, and their formation collapsed. Soldiers cried out in despair and ran back to their main camp, trampling each other in the process. Next, the right flank of the Wu'an Army, under the strong pressure of the Ironclad Army, lost its will to fight.

"It's no use, retreat!"

The Wu'an Army commander, seeing his rout soldiers disrupting the formation, made this suggestion to his two distinguished guests.

"There's no other way," Yang Xi said regretfully. "If you could hold out a little longer, you would see a fundamental change in the battle."

Refining five thousand skeleton soldiers had already consumed most of his magic power. If he could hold out a little longer, his magic power would be replenished, and then he could summon new skeleton soldiers again.

There are many differences between skeleton soldiers used in war and those used in individual combat. The biggest difference is that war skeleton soldiers are summoned temporarily and used only once, while individual combat skeleton soldiers are linked to the mage and can be used countless times. Therefore, the summoning methods are very different, a point Yang Xi discovered after countless experiments.

Dubitch said calmly, "That's the only way. Anyway, we haven't suffered any losses this time. If the Fast army dares to pursue us into the Five Absolutes Land, we can wipe them out."

At this moment, Hai Yingyang had already fought his way through the Wu'an army, heading straight for Yang Xi's main force.

From afar, Hai Yingyang spotted Yang Xi in his black robes and Du Bich in his white robes. With his extraordinary intuition, Hai Yingyang immediately knew that the black sorcerer who could summon skeletons was one of them.

"You sneaky black sorcerer, prepare to die!"

Hai Yingyang spurred his divine steed, leaping in front of them. With a swing of his halberd, he sliced two Wu'an Army knights charging towards him, horse and rider, into eight pieces, blood gushing like a fountain.

Seeing the handsome young general, as exquisite as fine porcelain, display such martial skill, Yang Xi and Du Bich immediately recognized General Fast in his silver armor as the renowned Hai Yingyang.

"Nine Netherworld Beast, Purgatory Red Lotus—Summon Serpent Flame!"

Yang Xi raised a finger, and a flame flew from his fingertip. Du Bich beside him was equally swift, raising his hand, a cloud of gray shadow enveloping Hai Yingyang.

"Thunder! The atmosphere trembles, the winds rage—Thunderous Fangs!"

Hai Ying pointed his halberd upwards, a layer of white light surging from his body, blocking the black sorcerer's flames and Dubitch's "Shadow Poison"—one of the Five Poisons—from being more than five feet away. Simultaneously, a thunderclap rang out, and a dazzling bolt of lightning descended from the sky, a silver serpent dancing wildly, its target the black sorcerer Yang Xi.

"Truly living up to its reputation!" Yang Xi exclaimed, clapping his hands together, unleashing an "Absolute Magic Defense" to meet the silver serpent that was about to strike his head. The blue light wave and the silver serpent in the sky collided violently, producing a deafening sound.

A roar erupted, and Yang Xi's body swayed violently. He hadn't expected a highly skilled general to unleash such powerful magic; coupled with the significant magic he had consumed summoning the skeleton soldiers, he was nearly knocked off his horse.

"So it's the Aristotle Armor!"

Dubich sneered, "Then take this one from me! Soul Erosion!"

Hai Yingyang didn't dare to be careless and quickly spurred his horse to the side. He knew that what this guy was talking about was the highest-level ultimate technique of the "Poison Sect," and "Soul Erosion," one of the Five Poisons, was the nemesis of all magical armor. It could corrode a large hole in sturdy armor in a very short time, drastically reducing the armor's defensive capabilities.

Out of his deep affection for his "Aristotle Armor," Hai Yingyang didn't want to take a direct hit from a "Poison Sect" expert. The "Aristotle Armor" was one of the few armors on the continent named after its maker. It possessed extremely powerful magical defensive capabilities. It was a magical armor created by Aristotle, a craftsman of the Celestial Race, during the War of the Hundred Races, who devoted his entire life to its creation. It could be considered a priceless treasure.

This delay allowed a large number of Fast army soldiers to surge forward, clashing with the Wu'an army's main force in a chaotic melee. Hai Yingyang's attempt to confront the black sorcerer and the "Poison Sect" expert was now impossible.

The scattered Wu'an army quickly retreated, pursued by the Fast army all the way to the Five Absolutes Land. Suddenly, a white mist appeared before them, with ten faintly visible black figures moving within it.

"Cease the pursuit!"

Hai Yingyang knew that charging into the Five Absolutes Land in the dark was unwise. However, many Fast soldiers couldn't stop, rushing in before the messengers could relay their commander's orders to their units.

They were met with a violent ice storm; fist-sized hailstones rained down, leaving them nowhere to hide, their heads bleeding profusely, and they cried out in agony. Although they hastily retreated in a sorry state, they had already suffered heavy losses.

Hai Yingyang led the Fast army back, surrounding the five thousand skeleton soldiers.

Deprived of the black sorcerer's control and without a source of magic, the skeletons gradually lost their mobility. With the assistance of the mages in the Fast army, the Eagle Legion finally reduced the five thousand skeletons to fragments. However, they hadn't anticipated that as the skeletons perished, a terrible poisonous gas was released from the scattered fragments, poisoning the unprepared Fast soldiers and many mages.

At this moment, Hai Yingyang realized that the other two Fast armies, which were supposed to flank from the left and right, were trapped in the Five Absolutes Land and had only reached the battlefield after a long search.

Although the Fast army defeated the Wu'an army's attack, they paid a considerable price, especially the loss of mages, which infuriated Hai Yingyang, as this made him even less confident in dealing with the Five Absolutes Land.

It must be said that the Wu'an Army's attack this time was truly vicious. They sent five thousand soldiers to the Fast Army camp to die in battle, then transformed them into highly poisonous skeleton soldiers, inflicting heavy casualties on the Fast Army.

Later, the Fast Army learned through their intelligence system that these five thousand soldiers were actually death row inmates recruited by the Wu'an Army from all over the country. After promising them generous terms, Yang Xi first performed black magic on them, and then Dubitch used the "Poison Gate" technique to inflict a deadly poison on them.

After a headcount, the Fast Army's losses were not much different from the Wu'an Army's; in other words, the two sides were essentially evenly matched. While the Fast Army defeated the Wu'an Army in the initial battle, the Wu'an Army's skeleton soldiers severely damaged the Fast Army, resulting in a draw.

Because of the existence of the Five Deadly Lands, the Fast Army could not capture Gaina City before breaking through them. Meanwhile, the Wu'an army used this opportunity to launch continuous surprise attacks on Fast, and Wu'an also sent numerous small units to harass Fast's supply lines, resulting in a stalemate at the city of Gaina.

As the war raged, bad news kept reaching Fast's camp.

On December 31st, after holding New Year's celebrations, Aso's orc army suddenly entered Wu'an territory, traversing Wu'an's lands within a single day and entering the Anglo-Western Empire, capturing three cities in one fell swoop. The Anglo-Western

Empire was shaken, and the army that had marched to Wu'an halted its advance, with its generals urgently recalled to the capital. At the same time, the Chu-Yue army in the south was hampered by suddenly severe weather. Torrential rains and overflowing rivers almost completely destroyed the roads, and coupled with the Wu'an army's damage to the roads, the Chu-Yue army was now practically unable to move an inch.

"Is it fate?" Many people wondered. The seemingly within-the-box victory suddenly seemed so distant, and the capital of Wu'an appeared to be getting further and further away from every invader.

Why would the orcs of Yasu invade the Yingxi Empire at this time? The Fast Army quickly learned from various sources that the people of Wu'an and the orcs of Yasu had reached a secret agreement. The orcs of Yasu had received a prefecture in northern Wu'an, a place known as the "Western Liang Corridor."

With the Western Liang Corridor, the orcs of Yasu had a western outlet, no longer constrained by Tianlang Pass, and they could expand westward. Attacking the Yingxi Empire and acquiring more land had always been the wish of the orcs of Yasu, largely because a considerable number of orcs lived in the northwest of the Yingxi Empire. They had always wanted to unite with the orcs of Yasu.

Now, the expedition to Wu'an had suddenly become difficult, and the original plan had become almost a dead letter. Only the Fast Army was truly capable of fighting. Hai Yingyang felt a sudden weight on his shoulders, and the urgent intelligence coming from Fast Country forced him to be distracted.

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