Wu Shattered Star River

Jiang Han's strategy was correct.

He went to intercept the sixty million strong army, controlling the Black Blood Mountain for rapid flight. The speed was too fast; how could ordinary soldiers outpace the Black Blood Mountain?

The Black Blood Mountain charged and crashed, transforming into afterimages, constantly rampaging through the army formations, plowing out bloody lines and shattering the formations into disarray. With the formations in chaos, the speed of withdrawal naturally slowed.

The Flame Dao's Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts above were extremely anxious, but the Thunder Dao side had one more Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer, who tenaciously entangled them, preventing them from providing support.

Therefore, they could only watch as over a hundred million soldiers were delayed, thrown into chaos, and then assaulted by the organized and structured formations of the Thunder Dao, ultimately being continuously swallowed.

This great battle lasted for more than three days. The Thunder Dao army constantly charged and绞杀 (jiǎo shā -绞 kill, 杀 exterminate), and in the end, only over twenty million of the hundred million strong army managed to escape, with the rest being killed.

Many powerful individuals were also killed within. It wasn't that these experts lacked sufficient combat power, but rather that they couldn't coordinate their attacks. The Thunder Dao side, however, coordinated perfectly, with several ganging up on one, easily killing them.

They pushed north for hundreds of billions of miles, recovering over twenty cities. This battle line was almost completely broken through, rendered entirely useless. If the Thunder Dao side was willing, they could push horizontally to the edge of the River of Gods.

The army stopped in a large city called Water Thunder City, waiting for over an hour. The Flame Dao's Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts withdrew, and all of Thunder Dao's Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts moved into Water Thunder City.

“Hahaha!”

Lei Yuanxin led a group of experts into the City Lord's mansion, his gaze immediately locking onto Jiang Han, who was being protected in the middle by Xu Zu and two other Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts.

He laughed loudly and said, "Hold a banquet, celebrate the victory of the entire army! Jiang Han, you did a fantastic job this time."

“Lord Yuanxin!”

Jiang Han shook his head and said, "I don't think this is the time for us to celebrate. We should strike while the iron is hot and pursue our victory."

“Pursue our victory?”

Lei Yuanxin frowned and asked, "This battle line is almost broken through; do you still want to pursue? Do you want to invade the Flame Dao territory?"

“No!”

Jiang Han said, "I think we should immediately attack the other battle lines, taking advantage of their current state of panic. Otherwise, once they are prepared, many problems will arise."

“Uh…”

Lei Yuanxin and a group of experts were stunned. Lei Yuanxin asked, "The great battle has just ended; don't you need to rest for a while?"

“I didn't do anything; I just controlled the Black Blood Mountain. It didn't cause me any loss!” Jiang Han scanned the group of experts, noticing that although some of them were injured, their injuries weren't severe. He said, "Do you adults need to rest and recuperate?"

“No need!”

One of the injured Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts said with an excited face, "Since Elder Jiang doesn't need to rest, how can we slack off? New Ancestor, I think we should attack immediately. Elder Jiang is right; strike while the iron is hot and break another of their battle lines, and the victory will be secure."

“Good!”

Lei Yuanxin waved his hand and said, "Then we'll have to trouble Jiang Han and everyone else again. We'll celebrate after the great battle is over."

“Issue the order to immediately transfer thirty million troops here to Yuan'an City in the east. At the same time, the main army will be dispersed and stationed, deploying formations according to the city.”

“Issue the order to mobilize all scouts in Yuan'an City.”

“Issue the order to have the soldiers in Yuan'an City prepare, ready to attack at any time.”

Lei Yuanxin issued several military orders in succession, then said to the injured Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts, "I'll give you one night to heal your injuries. We'll depart for Yuan'an City early tomorrow morning."

“Yes!”

A group of experts accepted the orders one after another. Several experts were too lazy to find a place to live and simply found a room in the City Lord's mansion to begin healing.

Jiang Han didn't need to rest or recuperate; he hadn't suffered any losses. He stayed in the City Lord's mansion, chatting with a group of experts while studying the map, researching strategies and directions.

Early the next morning, a group of cultivators teleported away. Jiang Han, Xu Zu, and two other Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts followed along this time.

Jiang Han had already been exposed, so there was no point in concealing anything. They would directly use speed to their advantage and break the defenses of Yuan'an City first.

Upon arriving at Yuan'an City, all the scouts had already been deployed, constantly sending back news.

The Flame Dao's main army in the north seemed to have received the news and had all retreated into a large city in the north, activating the formations. Currently, no Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts have been detected within the city.

“Attack!”

After spending half a day, the army arrived at a large city in the north. The soldiers here had indeed all entered the large city, activating the formations.

The formation was translucent, allowing them to see the densely packed soldiers inside. Although this large city could accommodate hundreds of millions of soldiers, it seemed crowded.

No Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts were detected within the city. It was unknown whether they were hiding or hadn't been teleported over yet.

“Break the city!”

Lei Yuanxin didn't waste any words, waving his hand and issuing the order.

Tens of millions of soldiers flew out, and eight Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts were also dispatched, surrounding the city and beginning to bombard it.

Tens of millions of soldiers attacking a city's energy shield together was a magnificent and dazzling sight. Myriad streams of light scattered, space was torn apart and healed piece by piece, and explosions deafened the ears.

The formation was strong, and although it was being bombarded by thirty million experts and so many Dao Ancestor Realm experts, it withstood the attacks for quite some time.

Many of the Flame Dao soldiers inside were fearful and uneasy, and unrest inevitably arose within the city.

However, there were only a few teleportation formations within the city, so how many could escape even if they tried to teleport away?

The formation was strong, but it only lasted for a little over an hour. After all, being bombarded by so many experts and soldiers, it was already very difficult to withstand for over an hour.

“Boom!”

The formation shattered, and ten Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts shot up from a manor inside, and one of the Flame Dao's Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts roared, "The entire army attacks! Charge!"

“There is no retreat; only a bloody battle!”

“All troops, listen to my command! Charge over and entangle them! We must engage in close combat!”

“Entangle with the enemy; do not separate! We should not be too densely packed!”

One by one, the Dao Ancestor Realm Eighth Layer experts roared, leading the charge.

The Thunder Dao side didn't expect that once the formation broke, the Flame Dao would not only not break out but would instead charge out entirely.

Most importantly, their fighting style was no longer to form various military formations to charge, but rather to engage in reckless and close combat like locusts, instantly throwing the Thunder Dao side into chaos.

“Withdraw ten thousand miles!”

Seeing this situation, Lei Yuanxin quickly issued an order.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the Flame Dao army fighting to the death, but rather that this kind of entanglement made it impossible to exploit the advantages of the Black Blood Mountain. If they continued to fight, it could only result in mutual destruction.

“Buzz~”

A sound of air being torn apart rang out from the rear, followed by the huge Black Blood Mountain whistling over. However, Jiang Han's soul sense was probing the Thunder Dao cultivators entangled with the enemy, and he didn't know how to attack for the moment.

Fortunately, Lei Yuanxin issued a military order, and the army retreated while fighting, beginning to withdraw towards the south.

“Pursue!”

One of the Flame Dao's Dao Ancestor Realm Ninth Layer experts issued an order, roaring, "Bite them! Hold them tight! Unless you defeat all the Thunder Dao soldiers, you will only die!"