The First and Second Waves
Feng Yun watched as the hordes of beasts collided with the commander and his army. From what he could feel, most of the human side were cultivators of the Xiantian realm, and quite strong ones as well. All of them were much stronger than Feng Yun. However, even if you had the most skilled of fighters, they would pale in comparison to a horde of Xiantian realm beasts rushing you at most. This is exactly what was happening at the moment.
Snarls erupted from the mouths of the beasts as they flew into battle, one after the other. Direwolves, an evolved and mutated form of normal wolves bit down on the shoulders of the soldiers from behind, making them grit their teeth in pain. They recovered quite fast however and swung their spear in skillful movements. Their beasts ere even more savage as they chewed large beasts and spit out their disgruntled remains. Blood coated their teeth and
PUCHI!
PUCHI!
PUCHI!
The stout commander was dealing serious damage to the incoming beasts. Every time his spear moved, the end of the tip would appear at the back of a beast's head. Gore exploded into pieces and coated his iron armor. He looked like the incarnation of a devil. The stout commander leaped into the air and with a breath, launched the spear into the ground. The spear appeared like lightning descending from the heavens and completely decimated the surrounding beasts. He fell to the ground and picked up his spear. With a grim faced expression on his face, he continued to twirl the spear in movements that made it seem like a vortex that destroyed anyone who got close. Everyone watched with gleaming eyes and excitement. Feng Yun as observing the spear techniques that the stout commander was employing and secretly lamented to himself,
"Hm, he is quite skilled with the spear. However, his skill hasn't reached the level of Master. Master's ability is too powerful and tyrannical."
Thinking about it, Feng Yun remembered the terror and awe that he felt when he saw his master control the spear with his mind and deftly use it to completely overpower Cheng Xu. Dai Tian had been completely calm at that point and manipulated the spear flashes to perfection! His skill in the spear was something had been built up over thousands of years.
Looking back at the battle, it didn't seem to be good for the humans. Faced with a tyrannical amount of bloodlust and flooding beasts, there was no possible way for them to completely erase them. Even as the stout commander and his army dished out attacks that killed three or four of them at a time, compared to the entirety of the army, it was inconsequential. Hundreds more rushed in to take their place and the army began to grow tired and fatigued. It didn't look like it could hold on much longer. The stout commander, knowing this was going to happen, roared,
"Engage in the 1,000 Unified Phalanx Formation!"
The soldiers who heard him immediately retreated backwards letting their mounts, hold the beast horde off until they could organize together. The men tightly packed against each other, leaving no room for breakthrough. From their backs, the soldiers took out jade colored shields and placed them in front of them. The onlookers gasped. They had Spiritual Jadestone Shields given to the army as well? Truly powerful!
The soldiers then fitted their spears into the little gaps made by the shields pressing tight against each other in the long horizontal line of defense. The ranks behind the front vanguard tilted their spears upwards so that they wouldn't hit their fellow comrades. The stout commander organized at the front of the formation and gave a high pitched whistle. The mounts that belonged to the soldiers reacted to it and fell back to the phalanx formation, congregating at the sides, snarling at the approaching fiends. The beasts noticed this formation and didn't hesitate to come directly at it. They didn't notice anything special, as their intelligence wasn't that high. They merely wished for blood and would do anything to obtain it. As the beasts approached, the soldiers tensed up and aimed their spears.
