Chapter Nine of the Wind and Moon Continent: Wind and Thunder Shake the Heavens

To defeat an army with a large number of mages, one must possess a considerable number of mages; otherwise, the casualties would be unimaginable. However, the gods are entirely different, as they themselves are highly skilled mages, giving them a decisive advantage in battle against human mages.

After gathering most of his mages, Haiying Yang dispatched three cavalry units, each equipped with one hundred mages, a massive force of thirty thousand men marching towards High Tower Town. Meanwhile, five hundred Giant Spirit Thunderhammer Warriors and eight hundred Winged Wind Warriors served as the vanguard, rushing ahead to High Tower Town.

This time, the Winged Wind Warriors had learned their lesson, no longer daring to recklessly fly and scout, but advancing as a complete army. Furthermore, Giant Spirit Thunderhammer Warriors conducted ground searches to ensure the Winged Wind Warriors did not fall into enemy arrow volleys or suffer ambushes from enemy snipers.

During their journey, Feng Wuyang of the Winged Wind Clan, who had been harboring doubts, finally couldn't hold back any longer and flew to Reggie of the Giant Spirit Clan to express his dissatisfaction.

"Why should we lead the charge for the humans? It would be better to let them fight amongst themselves first; that way, we can save a lot of energy."

Reggie sneered upon hearing this, saying, "We don't have much time left to entangle ourselves with these weak humans. When I arrived, I received news that something unusual had suddenly happened at the Goddess's Statue. The situation has exceeded our expectations, so we must act quickly."

"What? The Goddess's Statue has actually changed?" Feng Wuyang was shocked. This was news that shocked all the gods. The uncontrolled changes at the Goddess's Statue meant that the gods' plan to resurrect the Goddess of Wind had been disrupted, a heavy blow to everything the gods were doing.

"That's right. Therefore, we must complete the plan here as soon as possible so that we can concentrate our forces to attack the Moon Goddess Altar." Reggie narrowed his large, bell-like eyes, gazing at the road ahead, and spoke in a completely different, deep voice.

Ten miles from High Tower Town, the Winged Wind Clan's scouts discovered the enemy's movements.

"An enemy cavalry force is arrayed a mile ahead."

Upon receiving this intelligence, the Giant Spirit Clan's Thunderhammer Warriors and the Winged Wind Clan warriors didn't stop but continued their advance. The only change was their formation; they were ready for battle.

Black dragon banners fluttered in the wind, beneath which stood knights in identical black armor, black horses, and black helmets. Under the bright sunlight, three thousand black cavalrymen, forming a neat square formation, sat silently on their warhorses, exuding an invisible, overwhelming aura of killing intent that was almost suffocating.

The eight hundred Winged Wind Clan warriors at the forefront of the column flapped their enormous wings, creating a fierce wind and an astonishing momentum. However, seeing the enemy's formidable formation, they dared not launch a rash dive attack, for their innate sensitivity to magic had detected a strong magical fluctuation above the black cavalry's formation.

This discovery further confirmed the Winged Wind Clan's earlier assessment: this cavalry unit indeed contained a large number of mages. At

Feng Wuyang's command, the Winged Wind warriors sheathed their spears, picked up their bows, and simultaneously transformed into a crescent-shaped formation, three layers high and low, extending left and right, resembling a semi-circular wall in mid-air, slowly advancing forward.

The Giant Spirit Clan's Thunderhammer warriors arrived on the battlefield only half a step later than the Winged Wind warriors. They formed the most impactful triangular cone formation: three Thunderhammer warriors formed a small triangle, three small triangles formed a larger triangle, and so on, creating a cone-shaped formation that maximized the Thunderhammer warriors' lethality. The

tallest and most robust warrior, Reggie, wielding two thunderhammers, stood proudly at the very top of the Giant Spirit Clan's cone formation.

Upon arriving at the battlefield, without any adjustment, Reggie raised his two thunderhammers and roared like thunder, "Kill!"

Even as his voice echoed across the battlefield, five hundred thunderhammer warriors, forming a wedge formation under their leader Reggie's command, charged towards the Sky Dragon Legion's cavalry with unbelievable speed.

Incredibly, as the five hundred giant thunderhammer warriors charged forward, the sound of their footsteps caused the ground to tremble violently. From within the Sky Dragon Legion's cavalry, warhorses neighed in fear, and the once-orderly formation began to falter.

A fierce wind arose, and the Winged Wind Clan warriors, in response to the giant thunderhammer warriors' charge, increased their speed, simultaneously unleashing a third volley of arrows imbued with wind magic, shattering the magical defensive barrier above the Sky Dragon Legion's cavalry.

Intense magical fluctuations surged above the cavalry, and the Sky Dragon Legion cavalry, their formation now scattered, retaliated with a fierce attack, volleys of wolf-tooth arrows raining down on the divine army like locusts. As the dragon banners moved forward, lightning bolts and fireballs of all sizes flew from the charging cavalry ranks, swarming towards the divine army.

However, the cavalry's ranged attacks were utterly ineffective. Whether arrows or magical attacks, once they approached within five feet of the divine army, they were blocked by an invisible wall in the air, unable to harm the divine soldiers. The divine army's magical defensive circle possessed considerable power, far surpassing the magical defensive barriers used by the Sky Dragon Legion cavalry.

Before the Giant Spirit Clan's Thunderhammer Warriors could even unleash their power, the Winged Wind Clan's aerial arrow barrage inflicted heavy losses on the Sky Dragon Legion cavalry. With their magical defensive barriers broken, one cavalryman after another was struck by the Winged Wind Clan's arrows, screaming as they tumbled from their horses.

As the Giant Spirit Clan's Thunderhammer Warriors clashed with the Sky Dragon Legion's cavalry, the disparity in strengths and weaknesses became immediately apparent.

Reggie wielded his two thunderhammers, creating a terrifying circle of attack around him. The Sky Dragon Legion's cavalry were utterly unable to withstand it; their lances flew from their hands the moment they touched the hammers. The overwhelming force of the hammers even rendered their horses unable to stand.

Moreover, the thunderhammers wielded by the Giant Spirit Clan's Thunderhammer Warriors were powerful offensive weapons imbued with lightning magic. Each swing of the hammers often unleashed a strange purple light wave, striking any cavalryman who was struck, leaving them trembling and unable to move.

Although numerous lightning bolts and fireballs struck the Thunderhammer Warriors, the damage they inflicted on them paled in comparison to the casualties they caused to the cavalry. Furthermore, the Winged Wind Clan warriors in the air had already sheathed their bows and arrows, wielding their lances in a swooping attack, their targets being the cavalrymen capable of unleashing magical attacks.

Having suffered a combined attack from the air and land for the first time, the Tianlong Legion's cavalry truly experienced the terrifying power of the Protoss allied forces; this was a battle on entirely different levels.

Soon, the completely outmatched Tianlong Legion cavalry crumbled, retreating towards Gaolou Town. Seizing the opportunity, the Protoss army, without waiting for Hai Yingyang's reinforcements to catch up, charged towards Gaolou Town along the route of the Tianlong Legion cavalry's retreat.

"These Protoss are truly formidable!"

Hai Yingyang, who had been following behind the Protoss and hidden among 30,000 cavalry, couldn't help but sigh inwardly after witnessing the entire battle between the Protoss and the Tianlong Legion cavalry.

The Tianlong Legion's decision to push mages directly to the front lines, using them as a melee unit, was a huge gamble, but unfortunately, they were facing the Protoss, who possessed innate magical abilities. It was clearly a failure, and the mages integrated with the cavalry appeared to have suffered heavy losses.

Perhaps the Heavenly Dragon Legion's intention was to place powerful mages within their cavalry units, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy by surprise. While this was certainly a method to deal with the gods, misjudging the strength of the god warriors and causing such a large number of mage casualties was clearly too high a price to pay. It was unlikely that Yu Fengwu was responsible.

After a quick cleanup, Hai Yingyang obtained the battle statistics: the gods had only lost twenty-eight warriors, while the Heavenly Dragon Legion had left behind six hundred and thirty-five corpses. Adding the wounded, the casualty ratio on both sides was definitely more than one to fifty.

"Fortunately, the gods are our allies; otherwise, it would have been truly difficult to deal with them."

Although he had anticipated this, Hai Yingyang was still extremely shocked after seeing the results. This time, it was only thirteen hundred god warriors. If that number were increased tenfold, wouldn't an army of ten thousand god warriors be able to sweep across the entire continent?

And how would he respond if he encountered an enemy with such terrifying combat power as the gods next time?

A thought suddenly flashed through Hai Yingyang's mind: he didn't know what kind of agreement his lord had reached with the Divine Race that led them to send such a force to aid him.

Driven by a military instinct, he couldn't help but secretly ponder how to deal with the Divine Race warriors.

However, one thing Hai Yingyang was certain of: with the Divine Race army leading the charge and holding back the main force of the Heavenly Dragon Legion, he could lead his own main force to capture the Heavenly Dragon Legion's Qingjiang camp in one fell swoop.

Immediately, Hai Yingyang issued new orders: ten thousand cavalry would follow closely behind the Divine Race army to attack Gaolou Town; once Gaolou Town was captured, they would immediately join the Divine Race army in a high-speed advance towards the Qingjiang camp from the flank and rear.

He himself, along with his personal guard and the remaining 20,000 cavalry, turned and headed towards the Qingjiang camp of the Heavenly Dragon Legion. Simultaneously, he dispatched a messenger at full speed back to his own camp, ordering the entire army to mobilize and rendezvous with him, awaiting the opportune moment to launch a frontal attack on the Qingjiang camp.

The battle between the gods and the cavalry in this area was witnessed by Liu Qin'er and Princess Qian. Although they had some understanding of the strength of the gods' army, seeing their terrifying attacks on the battlefield still filled them with trepidation.

"This is the true strength of the gods. Fortunately, their numbers aren't too large, otherwise, this battle would be very difficult to continue."

Liu Qin'er stood up with a solemn expression. Now, she no longer had complete confidence in her plan. Because so much time had passed, who knew how much the gods had changed? Did their previous weaknesses still exist? Judging from the experiments with the magical artifacts, their effects didn't seem very significant; it was just unknown whether combining them would yield the desired results.

"There's no use thinking about it now, let's proceed according to the original plan!"

Princess Qian wasn't as preoccupied as Liu Qin'er. What she wanted to see most was the power of the magical artifacts she had created and whether they could perform as expected in actual combat.

"Good, let's begin!"

Liu Qin'er cast aside all her thoughts and quickly walked out the door with Princess Qian.

After recapturing Gaolou Town, Liu Qin'er and Princess Qian secretly led their main force to Gaolou Town, quietly making all the necessary arrangements and awaiting the enemy's arrival. Compared to the heavily fortified Qingjiang Camp, the newly captured Gaolou Town was obviously much easier to deal with. Therefore, Liu Qin'er boldly judged that Hai Yingyang and the Divine Race would likely start from this place, and thus chose this location as the decisive battleground. The

Divine Race army closely pursued the Tianlong Legion's cavalry, advancing all the way to the front of Gaolou Town. The newly repaired city walls were clearly visible, and the defenders on the walls continuously fired arrows and stones, buying time for their cavalry to retreat.

The routed cavalry didn't all flee into Hightower Town; many retreated along the city walls to either side, as the town's gates were too small, and the divine army's pursuit was too relentless.

Almost simultaneously, the cavalry entered Hightower Town, and the divine army followed suit. Although some defenders tried to close the gates, the Winged Wind warriors leaped over the walls, driving them away, and the gates were quickly captured by the divine forces.

The Giant Spirit's Thunderhammer warriors surged through the gates opened by the Winged Wind warriors, and just as they were about to launch a full-scale attack, a sudden burst of war drums sounded. Then, before them appeared a heavily armored infantry unit, their entire bodies encased in steel armor. At the head of the unit stood a beautiful female general wielding a longsword. This

unusual scene caused the divine army to halt in their tracks. What surprised them even more was the aura emanating from this beautiful female general—an aura they were intimately familiar with, yet also feared.

Why did a human possess an aura that instinctively instilled fear in the gods, aura that also carried the reverence of a supreme deity?

Just as the gods were filled with doubt and uncertainty, the beautiful female general opposite them raised her longsword and said in a very relaxed tone, "Welcome to Gaolou Town. Liu Qin'er has been waiting for you for a long time."

A flash of inspiration struck Reggie. He remembered this beautiful female general who called herself Liu Qin'er; he had seen her at the Moonlit Cold Pool. At that time, she was by Ye Tianlong's side, clearly an important woman in Ye Tianlong's life.

Just as Reggie was about to speak, Feng Wuyang, who had been hovering in mid-air, suddenly rushed to his side and said, "Strange, there's a peculiar fluctuation in the magical energy here. I feel very uncomfortable."

Knowing that the Winged Wind Clan had an excellent sense for changes in magical energy, Reggie couldn't help but change color slightly. For Feng Wuyang to have such a bad feeling, this place was definitely not ordinary. "Everyone, be careful..."

Before Reggie could finish speaking, Liu Qin'er swung her longsword forward sharply. Dozens of white lights shot out from behind her, not targeting the Divine Clan army, but rather the sky above them.

The Giant Spirit Clan and the Winged Wind Clan were stunned. Could the enemy's archery skills be so poor? The accuracy of such a magical attack was too far off!

Suddenly, a huge magic circle appeared in the previously empty sky because of the white lights, and the distorted light waves emitted strange sounds above the Divine Clan army.

"A Fiery Lightning Array?"

Reggie's expression immediately changed. He hadn't expected to see an ancient magic array, considered taboo by the Giant Spirit Clan, in this place. A sense of fear spread among the Giant Spirit Clan's lightning hammer warriors.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dragon Legion soldiers, who had circled around the city wall, unleashed a rain of arrows mixed with "ice lightning bullets" at the Winged Wind Clan warriors in mid-air, catching them off guard.

What alarmed the Divine Clan army even more was that dozens of towering flames suddenly erupted from the ground around them. These flames, of different colors and shapes, were emitted by the magical artifacts that Liu Qin'er had Princess Qian and others painstakingly craft. The array they formed, combined with the "Fiery Lightning Array" in the air, was enough to strip most of the strength of any Divine or Demon Clan warriors trapped within it.

Now, Liu Qin'er could confidently lead her elite heavy armored infantry to besiege the weakened Divine Clan army.

Meanwhile, the 10,000 Eagle Soaring Legion cavalry who had followed the Divine Race army to attack, intending to easily pick off the Divine Race from behind, unexpectedly found themselves in an even greater crisis. Princess Qian's magician legion had already laid down "Inferno" outside the town of Gaolou. As soon as they entered the ambush site, Princess Qian and her magician subordinates, standing on nearby high ground, activated "Inferno" together.

Enormous fire dragons continuously erupted from the ground, rampaging through the Eagle Soaring Legion's cavalry. The accompanying mages were utterly unable to mount an effective counterattack, as they didn't know the source of the enemy's attacks. Their only recourse was to minimize the damage the fire dragons inflicted on their ranks.

However, the moment these Eagle Soaring Legion mages attacked, they were immediately exposed to the onslaught of Princess Qian and her mages. Under the relentless magical assault, the Eagle Soaring Legion cavalry realized that the Heavenly Dragon Legion possessed an unbelievable number of mages. In their previous battle against the gods, they had witnessed firsthand the deaths of many Heavenly Dragon Legion mages at the hands of the Winged Wind Clan warriors.

In truth, they, like the gods, had made a flawed judgment; those killed by the Winged Wind Clan warriors were not true mages, but rather cavalrymen wielding magical implements. This was Liu Qin'er's plan. Firstly, it was to create a false impression for the enemy, making them believe she had few mages left and thus less prepared for magical attacks. Secondly, it was to test the magical artifacts created by Princess Qian, to see if they could function effectively, allowing someone without magic to perform almost like a regular mage.

Once the Heavenly Dragon Legion's ambush was fully unleashed, the already chaotic Eagle Soaring Legion cavalry could no longer resist, and the battlefield became almost a one-sided massacre. Meanwhile, the Divine Race army trapped in High Tower Town was locked in a fierce battle with the Heavenly Dragon Legion's heavy armored infantry, losing most of its fighting strength. The Giant Spirit Clan's Thunder Hammer Warriors and the Winged Wind Clan's warriors also began to suffer heavy casualties.

With the battle completely under her control, Liu Qin'er couldn't resist joining the battle herself to deliver the final blow to the Divine Race army when an urgent report from the Qingjiang camp shocked her.

The Eagle Soaring Legion's army was launching a massive attack on the Qingjiang camp; the outer fortifications had been captured, and even the central camp was on the verge of collapse.

It turned out that after Hai Yingyang received intelligence that his troops had been ambushed in Gaolou Town, he knew that even if he led his troops to the rescue, it might not be in time. Moreover, judging from the Tianlong Legion's deployment, there were not many main forces left in the Qingjiang camp. Therefore, attacking the Qingjiang camp with all their might was the best option.

Thinking of Yu Fengwu lying unconscious in the central camp of the Qingjiang camp, if Hai Yingyang were to break through, the problem would be serious. Even if they annihilated the Divine Race and Hai Yingyang's cavalry, it would be a world of difference compared to Yu Fengwu's safety.

She quickly issued the order to assemble the troops. Apart from leaving a portion of the army to continue dealing with the remaining enemy forces, Liu Qin'er did not wait for her main force to be fully assembled before leading the hastily assembled cavalry to the Qingjiang camp.

However, the battle of Gaolou Town was a great victory for the Tianlong Legion. The post-battle tally showed that the Divine Race army lost 420 Giant Spirit Clan Thunder Hammer Warriors and 548 Winged Wind Clan warriors. Of the Eagle Soaring Legion's 10,000 cavalry, fewer than 2,000 escaped. The most devastating loss was to the Eagle Soaring Legion's mages; of the 100 mages who accompanied the army, fewer than five survived.

"Hold on, hold on..."

Liu Qin'er silently chanted in her heart as she rode at breakneck speed. If the central camp fell to the Eagle Soaring Legion, she would never have the face to face Ye Tianlong again.

Liu Qin'er and her cavalry had just reached a point five li from the Qingjiang camp when a loud explosion was heard. Eagle Soaring Legion troops charged out from both sides, a dense rain of arrows instantly felling a large number of cavalry. Then, the charging Eagle Soaring Legion soldiers divided the unsuspecting Liu Qin'er and her cavalry into several sections. The Tianlong Legion cavalry, already disorganized from their haste, were quickly scattered by the enemy.

Liu Qin'er now truly understood how terrifying Hai Yingyang, a general second only to Yu Fengwu, was; he had even factored in enemy reinforcements.

Haste makes waste. If Liu Qin'er hadn't chosen this shortcut, but instead taken the longer route she used to reach Gaolou Town, she wouldn't be in this predicament. Now, not only is rescuing the Qingjiang camp out of reach, but she herself is in trouble.

After a fierce battle, Liu Qin'er finally led her troops out of the encirclement, but at the heavy cost of over two thousand cavalry. Reorganizing the troops, waiting for Princess Qian and the other troops from Gaolou Town to arrive, and then setting off again, took a considerable amount of time.

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