Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 940 - 580: Charging the Formation

"Hui!!!"

The hiss was like a dragon's, the charcoal fire glowing red. Atop the city, a superb horse clad in gold-painted armor, over three meters long and about 2.4 meters in height, appeared.

An epic mount—the Sweat Blood Armored Horse!

After using the Unrivaled Token, Xu Yang, whose Riding Skill had reached level six, was now capable of handling this treasured horse.

He flipped onto its back, struck the Reed Leaf Spear with his hand, and began to gallop along the top of the city wall.

"Kill!!!"

At one pass, the cries of battle were intense. Over ten Heavy Equipment Armored Soldiers of the Great Song formed a shield wall in the front, and another ten with long spears formed a spear forest behind, stabbing forward through the gaps in the shields.

This combination of offense and defense should have been unbeatable, yet their opponent completely disregarded all rules.

A Jin Country Iron Cavalry, fully clad in thick iron armor, pushed forward with his shield, burst into the spear forest causing a burst of sparks, and with the Hundred-refined Blade in hand, not only did he cut down spears but also tore through the shield wall, catching several Armored Soldiers off-guard and turning them into souls beneath his blade.

Jin Country Iron Cavalry!

A special troop of the Jin Country civilization, with a Physical Attribute of twenty-five points that was terrifying. Coupled with better equipped than the Escort Army's Iron Cavalry armor and Hundred-refined Blade and Shield, as well as master-level weapon proficiency and ground battle skills, it was a killing machine on the battlefield.

Even though both were First-Order Elites, the shield wall and spear forest made up of thirty Great Song Armored Soldiers, were directly torn apart by two or three Jin Country Iron Cavalries who climbed the wall, with the Guard Army pouring in to fill the battlefield gaps.

In an instant, merely an instant, one pass had already become perilously dangerous.

Just then...

"Hui!!!"

A neigh of a horse, from far to near, surged forward instantly, accompanied by the sound of hoofbeats like drumbeats.

In the midst of the battle, an Iron Cavalry, sensing something, immediately turned its body to raise its shield in defense.

Yet unexpectedly, a red shadow, like a wildfire sweeping across the plains, approached in an instant. A cold light, sharp as lightning, shot towards him from a tricky angle, impossible to completely defend against, even to react.

"Pu!!!"

A muffled sound, the spear pierced through the throat, the Hundred-refined steel-made Iron Cavalry armor, before this Reed Leaf Spear, was as fragile as thin paper.

Equipment Special Skill: Suppressing Barbarians (Increase damage against all steppe nomadic civilization units by 20%, increase damage against Qi Dan Liao Jin civilization units by 50%.)

As an epic weapon, the Reed Leaf Spear's Special Skill was quite restrictive, but its limitation also highlighted its specialization. A 50% increase in damage, while not unheard of among First-Order weapons, was certainly unmatched.

Add to that Xu Yang's 31-point Physical Attribute and his Second-Order level nine Strong Strike Skill, even if this Iron Cavalry armor's Protection, enhanced by the civilization skill "Heavy Equipment," had reached an astonishing forty-nine points, it could not withstand his spear thrust, let alone an attack aimed at weak spots.

"Pu!"

A muffled sound, blood sprayed, Xu Yang withdrew the spearhead, switched from jab to sweep ferociously, and pushed back several guards who tried to take advantage of the situation, then spurred the horse forward and thrust again, bringing down another fully-equipped warrior.

"Damn it!"

"It's him again!"

"Shoot arrows, shoot arrows!"

Beneath the city wall, in the Jin Army formation, seeing that the enemy hero who had just killed one of their officers was still wreaking havoc, the Jin General, filled with shock and rage, immediately ordered the Escort Army to cover with a barrage of arrows.

Don't ask why it wasn't done before—the Guard Army and Iron Cavalry were competing for control of the city pass; had the arrows rained down then, it would have harmed their own men, not just the enemy. This isn't a game, where there's such a thing as "damage immunity" for allies.

As for now... they couldn't afford to care too much. The impact of a valiant warrior hero on the battlefield was clear to the Jin General, and if he couldn't be suppressed, they feared the city wall couldn't be taken.

So...

"Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!"

A barrage of arrows fell. Sparks flew everywhere, Xu Yang spun his long spear, sweeping away all incoming arrows, leaving him and his horse completely unharmed, while the surrounding guard troops, covered by the arrows from behind, even though clad in heavy iron armor, could hardly withstand the Escort Army's Heavy Arrows and immediately fell in great numbers.

"Damn it!!!"

This scene, observed by the Jin General outside the city, made his eyes split with fury, his shock and rage combined yet powerless to change the situation.

Xu Yang didn't care about him, spurred his horse and charged to another breach, once again putting down a Jin Country Iron Cavalry.

In such a manner, atop the wall, one man and his horse were like a wildfire raging uncontrollably across hundred meters, the fully-armed Jin Country Iron Cavalries, before the edge of the Reed Leaf Spear, were like lambs to the slaughter, powerless to fight back.

"No!"

"We can't go on like this!"

"Marshal, let me go?"

Seeing this scene, within the ranks of the Jin Army, there was also great confusion, several generals were shocked and angry, and one even volunteered to fight.

However...

"Sound the retreat!"

The Jin General's eyes were cold. Ignoring the astonished looks of the officers, he directly threw an object to the ground.

Conquest Order (Gong)

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Item Order: First-Order (Rare)

Item Skill: Sound the Retreat (Construct a Transmission Array to withdraw from enemy territory, construction time and size of transmission determined by user's Commander level and tactics.)

Item Description: By the Commander's order, sound the retreat!

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To attack is to defend, to win is sometimes to lose. Strategic withdrawal is logical.

"Marshal!"

"We're retreating just like that?"

Seeing the Commander throw the Gong Order, several officers found it hard to accept.

They had mobilized a third of their elite forces in this campaign, aiming to capture this Rare Territory from the enemy.

Now, just as they were at a crucial moment of contesting the city wall, rather than playing his last card, the Commander was retreating in fear, sounding the retreat?

What use were the previous sacrifices then? Not only would they waste a rare quality Conquest Order but also lose a Military General Hero and many elite troops in vain.