Chapter 1125: Unprecedented Crisis
Tranted by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
“Not good!”
Without any time to think, the Wushang Vige Chief paled as he shot into the air, the white cane in his hand raising up to strike the dazzling golden Sword Qi.
“Dragons Without a Leader!”
Whoosh! A mighty windstorm instantly roared to life as tens of thousands of dragons suddenly appeared in the air. All of these dragons had appeared around the Wushang Vige Chief, circling around his white cane.
Boom!
With a massive explosion, the dragons went from illusion to reality, surging together toward Qutaybah’s massive beam of golden Sword Qi. The tens of thousands of dragons collided against the Sword Qi, each impact creating a metallic boom as if that intangible Sword Qi was actually made of steel.
Qutaybah’s golden Sword Qi swiftly lost its luster under the impact of the dragons.
But a momentter, at the crucial moment in this sh between dragons and Sword Qi, the Wushang Vige Chief suddenly shivered and he suddenly became incapable of sending any more Ster Energy. Vomiting blood, he could no longer keep up the attack, and the dragons scattered, allowing the descending Sword Qi to knock him away.
“Vige Chief!”
“Venerable Senior!”
Cries of rm came from all around as everyone grimaced. Countless Wushang Cavalry went ghastly pale as they rushed to the Wushang Vige Chief. But no matter how fast anyone could react, none of them could be faster than Qutaybah’s Sword Qi.
Without the Wushang Vige Chief to stop it, the remaining energy of that magnificent attack descended toward the Divine Martial Army, Divine Prison Army, Dragon Stallion Army, Roaring Tiger Army...
Even after it had been severely weakened by the Wushang Vige Chief, this attack was still not something the elite Tang soldiers could stop.
Boom!
But just when Qutaybah’s attack was about tond, arge steely fist, ck as ink and asrge as a mountain, suddenly shot forward, scattering the remnants of the attack with a single punch. The ck-armored guard stood in the fierce winds like a demonic god, his right hand holding the banner while his left fist slowly drew back. He stared at the distant Qutaybah, his eyes cold as ice.
Hwoooo! The gusts swept up the sand from the rear and caused the ck and red Nine Dragon Blood War Banner to p. The battle finally began to calm down, both sides slowing the pace of their assault.
“Vige Chief!”
The Wushang Cavalry used this opportunity to rush over, with even Cui Piaoqi among them, all of them tightly encircling the Wushang Vige Chief. The Wushang Vige Chief had an extremely high status in the vige. He had watched many of the Wushang Cavalry mature from children into adults and regarded their fathers as his nephews.
One could easily imagine how disordered their minds had be when the vige chief had been injured.
“I’m fine. Don’t panic!”
The Wushang Vige Chief held a hand to his chest. His snow-white beard was speckled with blood and his dried-up lips were crimson, but his eyes were always looking outward as if facing down a mighty foe.
The Demonic Emperor Old Man had already been suppressed by that mysterious artifact, but Qutaybah was still here. They were now in an extremely disadvantageous position and were liable to be wiped out at any moment.
The ck-armored guard and the vige chief stood in a distant stand-off with Qutaybah, their eyes solemn.
The air was saturated with tension!
“Hmph! One of you has internal injuries while the other is relying on the strength of a war banner. None of you have truly touched upon that realm. The two of you are simply no match for me!”
Bang! The air resonated as Qutaybah stomped forward, his cape pping in the wind and his eyes glowing with contempt.
With one strike, Qutaybah had wounded the Wushang Vige Chief and drawn out the ck-armored guard, but this had not even been his full strength. Without the Demonic Emperor Old Man to stop him, there was no one left on the battlefield that could fight him for a prolonged period of time.
Boom!
The world quaked as Qutaybah suddenly took another step forward. His body swelled with vast golden light, making him appear like a god that had descended to the battlefield, inspiring dread and respect in all.
All the cavalry, infantry, and generals were like ants before this vast storm of energy.
Step by step, Qutaybah strode through the air, approaching the Great Tang’s Nine Dragon Blood War Banner like a storm, the air seeming like solid ground beneath his feet. As Qutaybah got closer and closer, the Wushang Vige Chief, the ck-armored guard, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Zhao Fengchen, Su Hanshan, and all the Tang soldiers felt a tremendous pressure.
This was what it truly meant to be strong!
This was the greatest threat to the Tang army!
......
“Qutaybah!”
“Qutaybah!”
“Qutaybah!”
As they saw Qutaybah proceed with an unstoppable momentum, the silent Arab soldiers began to cheer like madmen, their cries rising to the heavens. The Arabs had always been known for their courage and conquests, but they had encountered a true opponent this time.
All of them had initially believed that they had lost this war, little expecting after all the twists and turns that Arabia would emerge victorious, defeating these tenacious eastern foes.
“Kiiill!”
The paused Arab army began to charge behind their Arab War God, all of them yelling and waving their scimitars as they surged like a tsunami toward the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner.
“Ready!”
“Kill!”
Now that Qutaybah had begun to move out, the momentary peace on the battlefield hade to an end and the fighting began once more. Boom! At the intersection of the two armies, soldiers were sent flying into the air and crashed back down to the ground.
“General Li, be careful!”
The Wushang Vige Chief narrowed his eyes as he warily stared at Qutaybah.
Qutaybah’s judgment of the Wushang Vige Chief had beenpletely on the mark. The salt-eating practices of Wushang Vige had caused all the vigers to suffer from an illness, and the Wushang Vige Chief was no exception.
On the night of the lunar eclipse, Wang Chong’s assistance had saved the vige chief’s life, but this illness had still not been expelled. It would not normally show itself, but at crucial moments, in shes between elites, it would immediately be a lethal element.
Moreover, the Wushang Vige Chief was already very old. In terms of strength and other aspects, he could no longer contend against Qutaybah, who was still in his prime.
But this was not the time and ce to worry about such things. The Wushang Vige Chief immediately began to gather the Ster Energy in his body, prepared at any moment to battle with Qutaybah. On the other side, the ck-armored guard gripped the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner, solemnly waiting to do battle.
Experts had extremely sharp intuition. The ck-armored guard was no weakling, and he was at least stronger than Osman, but there was still a gap between him and top-ss experts like the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Qutaybah. However, this gap was not asrge as one imagined.
“Kill them first!”
While Qutaybah was still thousands of feet away, the ck-armored guard suddenly waved the banner. The sky instantly dimmed as a vast energy shot forward, not at Qutaybah, but at the closer Aybak.
At almost the same time, the Wushang Vige Chief jabbed out with a finger. A milky-white bolt of energy streaked toward Huoshu Huicang like aet.
The two of them had exchanged no words, but they seemed to share a mutual understanding in their actions. Dalun Ruozan’s schemes had resulted in the Great Tang losing two Great Generals, so Aybak and Huoshu Huicang would continue to be significant variables on the battlefield. If the two of them wanted to deal with Qutaybah in peace, they first had to take care of Aybak and Huoshu Huicang.
Boom!
But a momentter, the ground exploded. The attacks of the ck-armored guard and the Wushang Vige Chief hadnded in the dense ranks of the Arab cavalry, sending blood and flesh flying.
Aybak and Huoshu Huicang had apparently predicted these attacks, and the pair had immediately begun to pull away from the Wushang Vige Chief and the ck-armored guard.
“Hmph, ast-ditch struggle!” Aybak coldly jeered as he stared at the pair. The primary force in this war was not him or Huoshu Huicang, but Qutaybah. The two of them were just helpers.
And the two of them could naturally tell what the Wushang Vige Chief and the ck-armored guard were thinking. Although they hadn’t shown it on their faces, they had already prepared themselves for any attack. Even though the Wushang Vige Chief and the ck-armored guard were both extremely powerful, it would be very difficult for them to kill Great Generals that were on their guard.
“Tibetan, be careful! These two people might attack us!” Aybak shouted at Huoshu Huicang in Arabic, not caring if he understood.
Nearby, Huoshu Huicang lowered his body and ced his right hand on his scimitar, his eyes brimming with wariness. Although the two didn’t share anguage, there were some things that didn’t need an exchange of words to be understood.
If the ck-armored guard and the Wushang Vige Chief hoped to find an opportunity to reverse the course of the battle on the two of them, then they hoped in vain.
“There’s no need to worry. That ck-armored guard can’t leave the formation!”
Huoshu Huicang stared hard at the ck-armored guard as he spoke.
What had brought them sess would also bring them defeat. The ck-armored guard was powerful, but if he left the formation, the top-ss Tang soldiers would be battered down by the attacks of thebined Arab and Tibetan army. The charges of the Revtion Army, Blood Beast Army, and Mamelukes would be certain to inflict gruesome casualties on the Tang.
Reality bore out Huoshu Huicang’s conclusion. After sending out these probing assaults, the ck-armored guard and Wushang Vige Chief immediately stopped and ced their focus back on Qutaybah.
They would kill Aybak and Huoshu Huicang if they had the opportunity, but Qutaybah was still the highest priority.
“Hmph!”
Qutaybah had coldly watched this exchange, but he had shown no intention of interfering. After all, before supreme strength, these two were bound to be defeated.