Chapter 948
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The grade nine elemental creatures tore apart the Sikeqinyans' line of defense . The temple army at the rear managed to charge all the way in without being obstructed .
Two of the temple army's battalions gradually split up and headed for both flanks, while the three main forces killed all of the remaining enemy soldiers . This was not the first time that Saleen had done something like this .
The previous time he did something similar was in order scare the enemy, but this time, he did it purely to vent his anger . After all, his woman had been surrounded and attacked by them, so there would have been something really wrong with him if he didn't retaliate! What Saleen felt that he needed to prove was that there were still some things that the Sikeqinyans would never be able to do .
When 100,000 spirits of the dead charged at the main camp in the beginning, they suffered many losses . In the middle of the main camp was a collection of attacking equipment that was located more than 500 meters behind the wall . Thanks to this equipment, when the spirits of the dead attacked, many of them were crushed by the catapults .
Aini did not mind this . After all, the spirits of the dead had all been summoned, and as long as his floral spirits and flesh spirits did not die, he would be able to summon new spirits quickly .
The death mages that were commanding the spirits had already pledged their allegiances to the Metatrin Kingdom . These mages were also collecting the power of death on the battlefield .
The mages were pained to have lost so many spirits of the dead, but at least they were not lost without good reason . The clash had left the enemy with severe casualties .
The death mages were particularly fond of the power that was unleashed by humans when they were on the brink of death . This was because the order that they had been given clearly specified that they could only return after more than 50,000 spirits had died .
Few generals would ever give such orders, and the death mages were under no pressure as they attacked the exterior of the Sikeqinyan camp . Instead, they were focused on their objective of using 10 spirits of the dead in exchange for the lives of two of their enemies .
A battle like this was tough on the Sikeqinyans . They had thought that the spirit army was going to do their best in this clash, so they had gathered all of their main forces in order to be prepared .
But, this was exactly what the death mages had wanted . If the death mages did not manage to kill the elite soldiers of the enemy, then their sacrifices would have been in vain .
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Saleen's army charged from the camp at the north . Instead of taking the shortest possible route, he took the longest one .
They had stayed at this particular camp because it was roomy . After all, a camp for 200,000 men needed a lot of space .
In a Sikeqinyan camp, a tent could only contain five soldiers, and each barrack could only house up to 40 soldiers . Therefore, in order to contain 200,000 men, the entire camp would required more than 10 miles of space on which to build these tents and barracks .
Saleen would not have dared to do this if he did not have elemental creatures to lead the charge . The sorcerers in the camp quickly retreated . Although they kept blasting the elite soldiers with spells, none of them dared to step forward and actually engage in combat .
Any sorcerer would at least know about the existence of elemental creatures . So, they were aware of the fact that it would be extremely difficult to deal with elemental creatures that were above grade seven . After all, these creatures were a few hundred meters tall, and even if they managed to kill one or two of them, they would definitely pay for it with their own lives!
Their hesitance to engage in direct combat with such creatures was not to because the Sikeqinyans were cowardly, as they were hundreds of times more courageous than Cloudflows . The problem was that the difference in grades was too huge to be ignored, and there were simply too many elemental creatures . The fact that some of the soldiers still remained clearly showed that the Sikeqinyans were not cowards .
As for the mages, they felt even more helpless . There were only about a dozen sorcerers in the entire camp, and since they were all gathered together, it only made it easier for them to be killed in one foul swoop!
Saleen was enjoying all of this killing and bloodshed, and Nicholas was excited about it too . This was because the number of souls in this blood soul tower had already exceeded 100,000 . The way that Saleen led his army into battle resulted in very few survivors among the enemy's ranks .
Nicholas only struck three times, which was when he captures three Holy Masters . Two of them were grade sixes and one was a grade seven .
After Nicholas had obtained their powers, they were thrown to the demons at the side . The demons in the temple army possessed intelligence, which made them unlike those on the ships .
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At this point in time, Saleen finally realized the incredible power of the demon army . In terms of power and strength, their tall bodies already had the upper hand .
Humans were no longer as powerful as compared to the past, where the soldiers were all grade nine . As such, these demons were well-equipped and powerful, so they had no trouble chasing down the human soldiers .
Besides this, the speed at which the demons changed their formations was so quick that it made Saleen feel extremely satisfied . The demons that were injured were sent to the middle of the formation immediately for their protection, while those on the exterior of the formation were the ones in excellent condition . Saleen realized that in the battles that the demons participated in, they were always the ones with the least number of casualties .
The battle at Sanlian City was the only in which more than a thousand demons had died . In the other battles, the number of demon casualties always remained within the hundreds .
The battle at Sanlian City had dragged on for a very long time, and there were insufficient soldiers from the Principality of Bitter Water fighting in it . There were not many armies that could support the demon army, which was the reason behind the increased number of casualties .
The Sikeqinyan camp on the north was completely destroyed by Saleen's army . The heavy-armored equipment was destroyed by the elemental creatures, while the huge arrow towers, catapults, and granaries were burnt down by the Vermillion Knights .
Suddenly, Saleen understood why the ancient humans tried to conquer other dimensions . Their ambitions would inevitably grow when they realized they were powerful enough to destroy their enemies so easily .
Back then, one of the allies of the humans were the powerful giants . With the giants leading the charge, even the gods would be trampled to death!
After Saleen was finished with this camp, he headed toward the one in the west . After all, there was no reason for Saleen to stop if the enemy's sorcerers were too afraid to fight . Also, by the time the Holy Masters of the Supreme Court arrived, it would be too late for Saleen because the Sikeqinyans would have become much more powerful .
The camp in the west finally realized that something was wrong . The Sikeqinyans' signaling system was not as good as the Qins', and since there were too many mercenary armies, it became more difficult to coordinate the entire army .
At the moment, the Great General of the Sikeqinya Empire was leading the army, not the noble families . By appointing ranks such as Great General and Marshals, the Sikeqinya Empire had managed to limit the armies that were led by noble families .
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When the Great General realized that the camp in the north was falling and the attack from the spirit army was actually very weak, he quickly deployed the sorcerers to the north camp . The sorcerers in the north camp fled with tens of thousands of men, while many more soldiers collapsed on the ground . Even though Saleen was not holding back when he was attacking and killing the enemy, he still only managed to kill a few thousand of them .
Most of the soldiers that managed to escape were those from mercenary armies that were above grade seven . Those that were killed by Saleen were from insignificant mercenary armies . The Sikeqinyan army maintained a hierarchy that was strictly adhered to, so cannon fodders did not even have the right to flee for their lives .
During this time, more than 40 huge puppets were activated by the Sikeqinyan army . When the sorcerers were gathered together, there were more than 30 of them . Of course, none of them were grade nine sorcerers .
There were very few sorcerers in Sikeqinya . The fact that they were able to gather so many of them this time around showed the determination of Grand Emperor Danny .
Saleen allowed 12 ancient warriors to join the formation of the elemental creatures in their charge . The elemental creatures were split up into three rows as they clashed head-on with the huge puppets .
It had been more than hour since the battle had begun, but Saleen's troops remained as orderly as ever . The main forces remained at the rear, while the temple army's advanced equipment allowed the officers to send commands to individual soldiers .
The corpses on the battlefield had already been trampled into minced meat by the elemental creatures and demons . As such, the scene was so gory that even the auxiliary soldiers found it too difficult to look at it . If not for the protection of the equipment from the sights and stenches, more auxiliary soldiers would have already vomited in disgust .
Saleen was pleased to see the discipline that the demon army exhibited . Even though the battlefield was really gory, no demon had tried to devour the corpses yet .
What Saleen did not know was that Nailisi had tasked the magic beast swordsmen to feed these demons with only the most delicious magic bugs . As such, the demons had been trained to be very picky eaters, which explained why they were not fond of such human minced meat at all .
When the elemental creatures fought against the huge puppets, most of the latter were not humanoids . These puppets were approximately 20 meters in height and were no match for the elemental creatures .
When the elemental stone statue soldiers attacked with their magic war hammers, the puppets were smashed into pieces . The flames and giant arrows that they were using for their attacks were all deflected by the elemental stone statue soldiers' bodies .
"Grade nine creatures!" the sorcerers that were flying in the sky all shouted together at once . When they realized that there were 60 grade nine creatures in total, they knew they were in big trouble .
Suddenly, more than 10 high-level spells crashed down from the sky . These sorcerers had quick reactions and prepared a large-scale spell together and tried to kill these elemental creatures .
Of course, Saleen would never allow such a thing to happen . It was a pity though, as if Gloria was around, he would have been able to use the Rainbow Spell to kill more than 10 of those sorcerers in a split second .
Nevertheless, Saleen was not worried, and he sent out 12 ancient warriors, who instantly leapt into the sky . Their bodies were glowing with a blood-red light, and their speed was only slightly slower than the golden grand swordmasters' .
The sorcerers exclaimed in shock upon seeing this, and they desperately tried to cast their high-level spell in order to stop these ancient warriors . The tainted blood armors that the ancient warriors were wearing began to creak as their muscles expanded . There was no way any spell below a grade nine would be able to kill these warriors .
The 12 ancient warriors attacked with their long lances once they charged into the group of sorcerers . In the blink of an eye, eight of the sorcerers that were in the midst of preparing the spell were stabbed, their corpses instantly falling from the sky . Upon seeing this, all of the other sorcerers had no choice but to split up and retreat .
In this way, eight sorcerers were killed in a single attack . Something like this had never happened before, and Saleen was no longer afraid to show his true abilities .
In any case, the Grand Duke Iron Blood had his iron blood warriors, who were on par with Saleen's ancient warriors . So, it was only a matter of time before someone thought of a way to defeat the ancient warriors . As he thought of this, Saleen decided that he might as well use them to do as much damage as possible while they were still capable of doing so!
Suddenly, the demons started laughing maniacally . They couldn't believe that the sorcerers in the sky had actually threatened them, which was why they were so pleased to see the sorcerers fleeing for their lives .
The 12 ancient warriors descended to the ground and returned to Saleen . Their flying abilities were mediocre and could only be used for quick assassination attempts, so they knew that they would never be able to pursue the sorcerers .
Besides, the sorcerers would be able to attack them very frequently, and the tainted blood armors of the ancient warriors had been severely damaged . So, if they continued fighting, Saleen would probably lose some of them due to their wearing inadequate safety equipment .