Chapter 73: Two Armies Meet

Quan Zen looked at Fan Meng. “What do you mean?”

“What you said is true. The overall strength of your

Battalion is far stronger than ours. However, I believe it would still be more

efficient to have your Battalion be the support. After all, if wind strokes a

flame…”

Quan Zen snorted in response. “No matter how well our Songs

of Air can support your Songs of Fire, if your fire is of lesser quality than

the ice and water attacks of the Water Kingdom, won’t it be useless?”

Jia Yuan interjected at this point. “None of this matters

until we know exactly who we’re fighting against. If we’re fighting against

fellow cultivators, what Quan Zen says is true. However, if we’re against their

normal troops, what Fan Meng said should stand. Right?”

Quan Zen had to relent in the face of reasoning. “Fine. If

we’re against normal soldiers, my battalion will work as the support. However, If

we’re against the Iron Guard or the Storm Sentinels, your battalion will work

as support. Deal?”

Jia Yuan nodded. This worked out fairly well. Quan Zen clearly

wanted to show off the strength of his battalion. His clearly aggressive and

condescending behavior clearly demonstrated that he believed that his battalion

was far superior to that of Jia Yuan’s. Not only that, but he seemed to view

himself as superior to Jia Yuan. After all, he’d heard that this Burning Legion

Commander was only at the 7th level of Absorption. That was pretty

good for a child that was only 13, but Quan Zen himself was already at the

Manipulation realm. Wars don’t factor in the ages of the combatants. Why should

he?

But Jia Yuan simply didn’t care about this.

2 days after, the two armies mobilized on their respective

sides of the plain. Over 200 thousand troops stood on each side, divided up in

rows and columns, looking proud with numerous flags and banners raised

throughout each army’s ranks.

The Water and Earth Kingdom troops were divided into two

sections, while the Air and Fire Kingdom’s troops were split into three, with

the small 3 thousand or so special force troops on the side.

The four leaders of the two battalions stood at the front.

Jia Yuan looked back toward Dou Di. Unfortunately, his brother wasn’t strong

enough to be up here… but Jia Yuan felt that it was better for Dou Di to be at

the back. After all, Jia Yuan was much stronger than his brother but he wouldn’t

be able to protect Dou Di in the midst of battle.

Take care of yourself,

brother.

Jia Yuan glanced at Quan Zen. “Hey, they seemed to have

hidden their cultivators in the midst of the normal soldiers. How should we

approach this?”

“That’s not ‘hey’ but ‘Commander.’ As for what we’ll do, we’ll

first wait for orders from headquarters. If they don’t send anything, we’ll

wrap around the enemy’s left flank and see how they respond. IF they mixed

their cultivators in with the normal troops, we’ll just have to find out where

they are and how they were distributed throughout the ranks.”

Jia Yuan look toward Fan Meng.

Fan Meng nodded. “The commander is right. We’re not looking

to do anything crazy today.”

At this time, the two main armies began to charge toward

each other. Roars of “charge!!” filled the air.

About 100 yards before the armies were about to collide, the

majority of the Fire and Air Kingdom troops abruptly changed their direction of

attack from charging directly at the enemy forces, to attacking them at a 45

degree angle.

At the same time, the troops at the rightmost part of the battlefield

turned 90 degrees and began charging away from the battle.

In response, the troops behind the first few lines for the

combined Earth and Water Kingdoms began to flood toward the right side of the

plains, effectively causing the entire battle to proceed at a 45 degree angle.

This made it so that with the Burning Legion and Specters of

Wind’s positions at the left side of the plains, they had a perfect way to

carve up the Earth and Water Kingdom’s army starting from one side to the

other.

Quen Zen nodded at Jia Yuan. “We’re going to be against

normal troops for the most part. You take command. If we encounter a large

group of cultivators, I take command.”

Jia Yuan nodded. He took his black sword and lifted it far

above it head.

How wonderful this is…

Just years ago I was a slave. Now, even the noble children of a different

Kingdom listen to my command. One day… I will reach the pinnacle of this world!

“Burning Legion! Specters of the Wind! Charge!”

The two Battalions, numbering

2,700 in number, charged toward the main field of battle.