Chapter 1779 - 954: A False Victory
The two began to fight with a sword and axe, the Treasure Sword of the White Crane Hall Master had a layer of blue Divine Light, albeit not too conspicuous, it seemed to be a sword-level Divine Artifact.
With a swift slash, he decapitated the Deputy General, who fell to the ground, blood spewing from his mouth.
A headless body toppled off the cliff alongside the charging Spiritual Horse, leaving spectators in awe.
The Divine Weapon General’s face darkened immediately, a surge of resentment arose.
His Sky Halberd released formidable might, radiating countless divine glows, which converged towards the Sky Halberd. Though all troops behind him were heavily ambushed, the sky filled with Flowing Fire attacking the troops, causing numerous casualties. Yet, the Divine Weapon General, with great wisdom, galloped forth with overwhelming power towards the White Crane Hall Master, one person, and one halberd in hand.
With a single strike of the halberd’s awe-inspiring might, he slaughtered hundreds, though this burst of divine glow was not always erupting, and the Divine Weapon General had exhausted much energy releasing his ultimate move.
The White Crane Hall Master, frightened, split his forces into two and fled up the mountain path, while the Divine Weapon General pursued forcefully with his over ten thousand men.
Originally, they had thirteen thousand troops, but after the turmoil, they were reduced to just over eleven thousand, compared to Heaven Alliance, which lost only a hundred men.
As eleven thousand troops marched halfway, Rolling Stones fell from the mountain, killing a number of them, leaving those blocked by the stones isolated from the front troops, and subsequently surrounded by over a thousand attackers from below, fighting desperately. Most lost command and had no choice but to surrender.
The front troops followed the Generals, chasing the White Crane Hall Master’s forces, planning to slaughter their way to Heaven Alliance’s camp and annihilate them.
Little did they know, the White Crane Hall forces were leading them in circles, aiming to maneuver the Western Army in the mountains, step by step, dividing and consuming them, achieving victory with few over many.
Things had progressed to this stage, leaving the Divine Weapon General with no retreat, as retreat only meant facing another ambush, ending in total destruction. With no choice but to press forward, encountering eighteen halls laying in ambush along the way, each with only two to three hundred people, setting traps to deplete enemy forces.
Finally, led by significant figures with one to two thousand troops, constantly charging back, very formidable. In total, one thousand in ambush, four thousand in battles, divided into three forces, intercepting divided troops from strategic locations, giving the enemy the impression of overwhelming multitude.
The Western Army was terrified, doubting the opponent’s forces might not be just five thousand but at least one to two thousand, while their Generals brought only fifteen thousand, clearly underestimating Heaven Alliance. Quickly, they started killing, surrendering the surrendered.
The divided troops, usually small groups of one to two thousand, were made to crumble under Fire Stones from the mountains and surrendered under the enemy’s might.
After five or six rounds of depletion, the opponent’s forces reduced to less than two thousand.
Those who surrendered had laid down arms, lost the will to fight, and were guarded by three thousand on the mountain path, not fearing tricks, as any trick would be met with Rolling Stones.
Thus, the Divine Weapon General finally reached the camp, but it was empty, and his Fire Ox troops burned everything, leaving the camp destroyed without a single Heaven Alliance soldier to be seen.
A Deputy General chuckled: "General, although our forces reduced from over ten thousand to just above two thousand, the enemy has been wiped out, we can return and report."
The Divine Weapon General nodded contently, sighed at the ashes: "Heaven Alliance has been a lingering threat for years, now we’ve finally eliminated them." He nodded again, satisfied.
The Deputy General agreed: "We only need Zhou Bao’s Court to eliminate Heaven Alliance’s branches within the Court, then the world will be ours."
Subsequently, the Divine Weapon General took another route, with his two thousand exhausted troops who had wandered in the mountains for three days and nights, gone through hundreds of formations, no longer able to fight, finally relieved to see the battle ended.
Lin Feng’s White Crane Hall ambushed with five hundred on the outermost grounds, capturing numerous deserters.
They managed to take down three thousand fleeing soldiers using just five hundred men and Lin Feng’s Year Beast. Although these soldiers wished to surrender, the White Crane Hall Master did not permit, claiming they planned to infiltrate Heaven Alliance, colluding with the Court.
As the battle drew to a close, the Divine Weapon General led his triumphant army back to camp, while the Vice Alliance Hierarch ordered Rolling Stone Hands to drop the stones, killing over five thousand captives in the forests.
The Vice Alliance Hierarch held the belief that with twenty thousand Western Army strong, leaving potential threats behind was unwise. After this battle, they planned to unite all forces and head to Yuhua City, merging with their thirty thousand in the Court, disguising themselves as Court troops, thus Heaven Alliance would quietly vanish.
