Chapter 416: Deific Consciousness Attack
The cavalrymen on their horses were bedecked in heavy armor from head to toe, leaving only their eyes exposed. Even their horses had their eyes covered with cloth. Obviously, it was an impromptu modification to prevent the horses from panicking after seeing the ferocious beast.
The rumbling grew faster amidst the resonant horn; gradually, it crackled with the tension of speed.
"Charge!"
The order was not from the enemy, but emanated from a vehement Yun Yang!
Even when faced with the enemy's indestructible heavily-armored cavalry, Yun Yang had never entertained the thought to retreat. It had never come across his mind to back down today.
No matter who or what he faced today, he would dive into it head-first!
There was a saying about never backing down until there was a dead end; even if Yun Yang had met a dead end, he still would not back down. He would want to see if he would crack his head and die, or the dead end would come crumbling down instead.
The Niello Bear, as a high-level mystical beast, was equipped with no small amount of intelligence as well. It was aware of the situation it was in. With an earth-shattering growl, it sped up, turning into a trail of yellow light that dove heavily into the well-armored cavalry.
The cavalry kicked their horses in the flanks to get them to move faster; seeing the impending arrival of the beast, they drove forward with a roar. Picking up the pace, their twenty-five-foot spears were pointed forward. All five hundred men hollered in unison, "For the kill!"
Bam!
The Niello Bear's gigantic body met the charge of the heavily-armored cavalry with a grinding roar. The resultant quake was horrible to hear!
Rows of cavalrymen leading the charges practically flew off with their horses, as a huge gap appeared in the formation as a result of the titanic collision.
The Niello Bear let out a low growl with viciousness spilling from its eyes, but there was also blood oozing from the corners of its mouth. It took a step back, it's swift advance halted abruptly.
Ziyou's army had seen past Blackie's defenses and identified it's obvious weaknesses. They had taken the most direct and effective route; utilizing human lives to forcefully put a halt to its forward momentum. If the Niello Bear's speed were to be allowed to increase, the combination of its strength, weight, and speed would form an unstoppable juggernaut and no one would be able to stop their charge all the way to the West Gate.
As Blackie's momentum was inhibited, spears came flying from every direction like a forest of trees. If the arrows earlier had formed a downpour, the spears now formed a canopy!
Blackie's momentum was obstructed, but its injury was not severe. It did not take the canopy of spears into consideration at all, merely resuming its brutal attack and savaging the remaining cavalrymen.
Its attack was stupendous. A casual wave of its paw could send a cavalryman flying away, but the heavily-armored cavalry's advantage was apparent - they were well-protected!
Even when faced with the mighty paw of a high-level mystical beast, the heavily-armored cavalry could maintain their vitality despite not being able to attack swiftly. These five hundred men would be able to keep the Niello Bear at bay for the time taken to make tea or even longer!
Yun Yang's mind was spinning; he managed to steal a peek, despite the fact that he was standing in the eye of havoc. He saw a muscular general with hawk eyes standing far away. The man was issuing commands calmly as the command flags and horns resounded.
The heavily-armored cavalry switched their formation in responses to the horn, moving those severely injured and could no longer fight to the outer circle. Other than those who were killed from Blackie's paw strike, a lot of those heavily injured could save themselves as more relief troops poured in.
If this continued, there was bound to be a time when Blackie would be exhausted, no matter how vicious it was; when that time came, it would be the end of it all.
Yun Yang would never allow this to come true. With a flip of his wrist and a ragged cry, the Divine Edge greeted the world once again.
As an iridescence radiance flashed in the air, Yun Yang charged into the cavalry formation like it was merely a wisp of smoke. Another three cavalrymen were quickly severed into six separate pieces alongside their horses, where the saber light passed; with a twirl, over twenty horses' feet were chopped off, severed where the saber light had struck.
Amidst the shouts and neighing, Yun Yang charged forward with large strides. The radiant saber light wrapped around him was dazzling. Any enemy who blocked him from the front fell, one after another if they made the foolish mistake of trying to face him.
When a wave pushed in, it would become another wave of corpses Yun Yang left behind him.
This was the way of dealing damage. The heavily-armored cavalrymen were the best when it came to defeating their enemy with brute force and an invincible defense. Even though it may not be a fatal strike, over time, their enemy would eventually be worn down.
The Niello Bear that was tyrannical and even surpassed Yun Yang in its individual combat power, could hardly do anything against the heavily-armored cavalrymen. On the other hand, Yun Yang, who could not showcase his manifestation powers, was unstoppable with the Divine Edge in his grip; even the heavy armor donned by the soldiers could not stop a direct strike from the Divine Edge. He was invincible and destructive, dealing a massive amount of damage and ringing up the number of casualties.
Yun Yang's face remained stoic, his gaze was dead like ice; it was like the Shura of hell had come to the human realm and was harvesting lives.
When he was moving fast, even the human eye could see greyish mist arise and enter Yun Yang.
As Yun Yang began his indiscriminate massacre, the Niellow Bear paused to take a breath. Then, it roared again, obviously displeased about having to retreat and being besieged by the enemy. It bolted forward in an aggravated frenzy and began to fight alongside Yun Yang.
A man and a bear, one with a soft body and one with brute strength; their cooperation were indomitable. Seeing that the cavalrymen could no longer defend themselves and the defensive line was about to crumble, Yun Yang suddenly felt a prickling pain in his deific consciousness. Similarly, the Niello Bear roared into the sky in agony, caught by surprise.
Yun Yang focused his attention as he glanced over slowly.
He knew that the Empire of Ziyou's true experts had finally made their appearance now, the first time since the battle had erupted.
Faraway, an elder was mounted on a horse precariously, holding his chest. His face was pale and there was a faint tinge of blood at the corners of his mouth. He had not expected the other party's deific consciousness to be so formidable!
His deific consciousness attack that had always brought him victory had only just come into contact with the other party's divine senses. He did not even feel the senses colliding, why the sudden retaliation?
This was entirely different from the collision of deific senses he usually encountered.
The feeling was like a small stream from a river that lapped against the ocean; not only was it futile, the surge of the ocean's waves would swallow the small stream instantly!
The elder was terrified and struggled to speak, "The other party's divine sense is too strong. Do not cast any form of deific consciousness attack or you will only bring death upon yourselves!"
Before his words could linger in the air, the elder had fallen from the horse, unconscious.
Around him was a group of capable people, but now, the only expression on their faces was fright.
The elder who had fallen unconscious was not an easy character. Titled the Soulscrapper Blade, he was proficient in cultivating the art of deific senses and was an expert in manipulating deific consciousness attacks. Even when opponents whose cultivation base were several levels higher than his encountered him, they would have to suffer from carelessness. This elder was a maestro in deific consciousness attacks and had always been victorious in all his confrontation
In spite of this, the other party was obviously unprepared for this ambush and the attack was cast when the enemy was not even aware. Facing the deific consciousness of the Soulscrapper Blade and actually encountering the other party was more than unbelievable and unimaginable; it was petrifying!
Could the other party's deific sense be so strong that an unintentional counterattack was amazingly mighty?
Watching Yun Yang, who was still making his advance smoothly amidst the crowd faraway, everyone felt their heart shudder.
"Yutang's Supreme Cloud is indeed Supreme Cloud. There is no blemish on his reputation. How impressive!"
Someone sighed in a low voice.
"At this juncture, we can only focus our attacks on targeting his physical body. Our combined prowess still puts us at an advantage!"
A middle-aged man frowned and slowly unsheathed his sword, saying, "If Supreme Cloud were to be allowed to advance another ten miles, he would be too near to the city gate. If he manages to gain the gate and recover his manifestation powers, we wouldn't be able to take him down indefinitely!"