On the front lines, the massive Fire Elent Storm forced the Spirit Soldiers to halt and change formation. But to minimize losses, the formation change beca extraordinarily slow.
As a civilization that conquered an entire World Community, the Spirit Soldiers of the Immortal Country have strategies to counter most attacks.
They have encountered situations involving Elental Storm attacks before.
The formation, initially sharp-edged, slowly beca round, and the fire elents in the air began to be attracted by the array, transforming into a layer of enchantnt-like substance that covered each Spirit Soldier.
After the formation was completed, the massive Fire Elent Storm began to gradually shrink. Even though the support positions at the rear continued to fire, the concentration of fire elents in unit space kept decreasing.
The range of the Fire Elent Storm continuously shrank until it finally turned into a Burning Wind.
After enduring the baptism of the Fire Elent Storm, the Spirit Soldiers lost nearly one-fifth of their numbers. Many Spirit Soldiers were redistributed into other legions, while the Spirit Generals of those legions moved toward the front of the formation, seemingly preparing to lead the charge.
No fear, no emotions, the Spirit Soldiers silently completed the formation change, then continued to advance silently.
But before they could take a few steps, black shells descended from the sky like raindrops, falling into the Spirit Soldiers.
Although the Spirit Soldiers possess a certain level of intelligence, they are ultimately just puppets. In past battles, the Immortal Country civilization had commanders in place to direct them. But right now, the Daoists clearly lack such expertise.
So the Spirit Soldiers did not take any defensive asures against these seemingly harmless shells.
The energy of each Spirit Soldier is limited, and the recent Fire Elent Storm had already consud a massive amount of energy from the legion. In the absence of commander intervention, the Spirit Soldiers automatically switched to energy-saving mode to accomplish the highest-priority objective.
Thus, the explosions began.
Brilliant light balls exploded one after another, almost instantly shredding the front ranks of the Spirit Soldiers. Under the power of the Annihilation Bombs, the Spirit Soldiers, without their array, had no resistance capability.
Each Annihilation Bomb could take away several Spirit Soldiers.
In less than ten seconds, nearly twenty thousand Spirit Soldiers were lost.
And that was with the Spirit Generals swiftly adjusting the formation.
Next, the shells fell onto the Spirit Soldiers like a rainy day. The Spirit General glanced at the shells, and with a fierce swing of the long spear in hand, in the next mont, an invisible wave burst from the spear, instantly detonating all the shells in the sky.
The brilliant light surpassed even the blazing sun in the sky.
In the command room, Richard watched the battle report sent from the front lines and couldn’t help but sigh.
"It’s indeed not easy. How is the deploynt of the surrounding legions progressing?"
"Currently, thirty-two legions have arrived, and twenty more are on the way."
"Thirty-two..." Richard pondered for a mont, "That should be enough. Order the legions to form up, prepare for lee combat. It’s ti to test their organization."
These Spirit Soldiers don’t have true intelligence. They are like wind-up automatons with a few more choices. Once in a lee, even the Spirit General cannot conduct ticulous control over the legion.
Then it will depend on soldiers’ individual combat strength and their ability to inherit command."
Listening to Richard’s resolute words, the goblins present all perked up.
lee is great; goblins have no fear of lee.
In past Abyss Wars, perfect formations were always a luxury. No matter how tight their lines were, demons always managed to disrupt them completely. This deeply influenced the training of the goblin army.
A significant part of the goblin army’s daily training involves how to establish effective command and cooperation after falling into a lee.
"Rest assured, the goblins will not disappoint you!"
Richard smiled and continued, "Despite it being lee combat, before engaging, make sure the frontline troops deplete their ammunition. These Spirit Soldiers have limited energy; although they can absorb energy themselves, as long as the battle continues, their energy will gradually deplete.
Every bit of ammunition we hit on their energy barriers is not wasted."
"Yes, my lord."
Richard said nothing more, his figure flashed, and he vanished from the command room.
"Master, if you intervene, the Spirit Soldier legion would be like pebbles on the roadside, at your rcy."
In the sky, the Fire Spirit God, who had been in Richard’s pocket, suddenly spoke.
Richard’s understanding of the characteristics of the Spirit Soldiers and Spirit Generals was entirely due to the Fire Spirit God, a resident of the Immortal Country with profound knowledge of Dao Techniques. Yet, Richard’s actions puzzled the Fire Spirit God.
It was clear to him that Richard was not soone who took perverse pleasure in watching others slaughter. In his view, Richard should intervene in such battles, which would incur heavy losses regardless of victory or defeat.
But Richard did not.
Richard replied calmly, "I know, but doing so would make this battle aningless."
At this mont, he is heading to Defense Zone No. 11. The war command room has done all it can; the rest depends on the quality of the goblin soldiers.
"Are you training troops?"
"No, I’m giving a precautionary warning."
Richard looked into the distance and spoke aningfully, "The battlefield the goblins will soon enter is filled with such battles. The goblins must be prepared. Soldiers need to adapt to the harshness of such a battlefield in advance, and the civilian populace behind must understand that war is no child’s play."
"...You have high expectations for this race."
"No, I have high expectations for every creature with advanced wisdom," Richard shook his head slightly and said, "Fire Spirit God, what do you think is the most precious talent a creature possesses?"
"...I can’t say; I have seen too many naturally gifted individuals, each with their own characteristics."
Richard used his fingers to gesture toward his head and replied to the small cauldron where the Fire Spirit God resided, "I think the most precious talent a creature possesses is wisdom.
As long as there is wisdom, life can always beco powerful."
...
The Spirit Soldiers wrapped in flas charged like a tidal wave towards the goblin army under the lead of several Spirit Generals without an army.
Around them, goblin army units from various defense zones had already ford ranks.
Spirit Soldiers have formations, and goblins with a wizard background naturally have formations as well. The front-row goblins held large tal shields, forming a wall to block the Spirit Soldiers’ army.
The imnse energy concentrated at the front made these goblins feel as if they had beco omnipotent.
The charging Spirit General’s face was emotionless, his body and the long spear in his hand suddenly enlarged.
In the next instant, the massive spear, carrying enormous force, broke a corner of the shield wall. Behind him, Spirit Soldiers wrapped in flas, resembling vengeful spirits erging from Hell, imdiately followed, breaking through the goblin’s military formation through the gap.
But before the Spirit General could swing a second strike, several beams of radiant light accurately shot at the Spirit General’s left arm.
Though a Spirit General wouldn’t die, if its limbs were destroyed, it would be no different from being dead. Without professional Daoist repair, a ruined Spirit General is simply ruined.
Behind the military formation, the Radiant Anti-Air Cannons once used for air defense had been leveled. Thanks to the chanic’s ingenious ideas, these Radiant Anti-Air Cannons were transford into sothing akin to turrets.
At this mont, these turrets were continuously firing upon the charging Spirit Generals.
Without the protection of a Legion Shield, the overlapping shots from the Radiant Anti-Air Cannons were enough to pierce through the Spirit Generals’ defenses.
Watching one Spirit General after another being torn apart by the Radiant Anti-Air Cannons, the goblins in the rear began to cheer. But before they could fully enjoy their joy, intense explosive sounds reached their ears.
The torn Spirit Generals were not dead imdiately; in the final mont of their lives, they activated their last preset - self-destruction.
The imnse shockwave instantly tore a hole in the shield wall, and the subsequent Spirit Soldiers army took advantage, rushing in with flaming hands and knives. With a single swing, they could split ordinary goblins along with their armor.
The goblins were initially stunned by the sudden lee battle, but soon, the professionally trained goblin soldiers began to counterattack systematically.
Years of training allowed them to communicate with teammates through re eye contact. The roaring Single-edged Alchemy Chainsaw Sword cut through the air in flashes of cold light, instantly tearing the Spirit Soldiers hit by the sharp teeth.
In the lower-level battlefield, attacks often overflow.
A Fireball with a hundred energy level, without an energy barrier for defense, could kill a first-level human who hasn’t undergone physical modification. But even among wizards with energy barriers, only a few face-to-face the natives in close combat on the frontline.
Because once an attack breaks through the defense, even a wizard cannot escape death.
The battle is spreading.
Under the intentional control of the goblins, the Spirit Soldiers that entered their formation were divided into several small sections. This process seed chaotic, but from a holistic perspective, it was very apparent.
The goblin formation seed like a sieve at this mont, yet it still maintained a high level of organization. In stark contrast to the goblins, Spirit Soldiers, after entering the goblin formation, would be divided by the goblins at the cost of their lives.
The Spirit Generals, lacking wisdom, found it difficult to command the current situation. In the past, this was when the Immortals from Immortal Country’s military Dao would appear to take over the battlefield. But now, the Daoists who summoned the Spirit Soldiers army were shivering behind the Spirit Soldiers army.
"Is this the Heavenly Demon?" a Daoist muttered, trembling.
The recent Fire Elent Storm clung like a nightmare to the minds of many Daoists. Without the protection of the Spirit Soldiers, they would definitely be shredded by the storm (though, in truth, they wouldn’t).
And now, the Spirit Soldiers have successfully engaged in lee with the Heavenly Demon, a situation supposed to be one-sided.
They knew the combat power of the Spirit Soldiers all too well; five thousand Spirit Soldiers under a Spirit General’s command were enough to annihilate an equally numbered samurai army completely. Yet, now, the Spirit Soldiers army was advancing but not moving!
That Outer Heaven Demon composed of a massive formation, like an invisible mouth, was constantly swallowing and digesting the Spirit Soldiers.
This battle... Are they going to lose?
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