The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 127

“Sial, are they joking? I think they'll ambush us!”    

“This stupid hairy beast can only scare the inhabitants of the Eastern Kingdom. They are not very deep in facing our mighty Dark Moon Kingdom army.”    

The soldiers and officers of the Darkmoon Kingdom all swore loudly. They spent quite a lot of time setting up their formation, but this flock of Sword Birds had just flown in without dropping a single feather.    

"What the fuck!"    

However the officer in charge of directing the formation did not dare to lower his vigilance and did not dare to disperse the formation. He had only given the order fifteen minutes later when he saw that the Swordbird army was not coming back.    

"Retreat!"    

The formation was revealed amidst a frenzy of grievances and curses. Everyone sat back in pairs, turning their backs to each other, intending to rest where they stood.    

After all, this was a march and a battle. They had to line up during the day, so even though they could not lie on the ground at night, they still had to sit down and rest for a while.    

Not even fifteen minutes after they sat down, the shrill honking sound rang out again.    

“Enemy strikes again, wake up! Prepare the formation, set up the formation!”    

It happened again with a swarm of Sword Birds flying from the direction of the Eastern Kingdom. This time, there were around several thousand Swordbirds. They were all Silver Winged Sword Birds under the leadership of the Golden Winged Sword Bird, and not a single Green Wing Sword Bird was in sight.    

“There are people behind Swordbirds! This time it really was an ambush!”    

“Prepare long spear formations and formations, prepare to attack!”    

Wusssssssssssssssssssssss!    

Chirps, chirps, chirps!    

The pitch-black Swordbird army once again deceived the Darkmoon Kingdom army. Although there was a rider behind the Swordbirds this time around, they still did not initiate any attacks and only floated high up in the air. Even the strongest archers could not shoot that high.    

Cheated once again.    

The soldiers and officers of the Darkmoon Kingdom were a little inflamed from annoyance. They had just closed their eyes for a moment when the two groups of Swordbird troops had flown in. It looks like they're going to fight, but they're not. What the hell are they planning to do by flying back and forth like this?    

The formation was lowered. However this time, half an hour passed before a shrill horn rang out suddenly, once again shaking the soldiers from their slumber.    

“Enemy approaching, enemy approaching! Wake up! Prepare the formation, set up the formation!”    

The formation was once again set up with everyone becoming confused. Fortunately, they were highly trained and disciplined soldiers. Even if they removed the drowsiness from their eyes, the speed and efficiency of their formation was not delayed in the slightest.    

The formation was quickly reshaped amidst the noise. The detected Swordbird army once again flew in from the direction of the Eastern Kingdom.    

“This time might just be harassment again right? There were only a few thousand Swordbirds, they were incapable of inflicting such a huge amount of damage. If there really was a fight, the outer formation would be enough to destroy them.”    

“They will definitely not fight. These stupid beasts are here just to make trouble so we can't sleep well!”    

“Sial, the Eastern Kingdom has no power and can only do this foul tactic!”    

“They did not fight properly in a fight between two teams and only used these little tricks. How embarrassing!”    

The soldiers railed against their enemies with insults but also full of resignation. Who made the rule that basic tactics should not be carried out when two armies are fighting? It is labeled 'everything is fair in war'.    

After all, the commander of their Dark Moon Kingdom was an army god who was also skilled in using cunning tactics.    

"Incitrate. Destroy formations. It was all just harassment. They did not have the courage to fight face to face with the brave warriors of the Dark Moon Kingdom!”    

“The Eastern Kingdom is full of cowards!”    

“Useful Eastern Kingdom trash, come down and fight if you dare! What skills do you have in flying back and forth over our heads?”    

The soldiers below made a mockery and tried to anger the Eastern Kingdom practitioners who were riding Swordbirds.    

“Because you want to fight, let's fight!”    

A response descended from the air and suddenly all the practitioners behind the Swordbirds let out a bow behind them. Arrows with fire and oil tied to them suddenly rained down on the camp below them.    

When several thousand people shot at the same time and each shot twenty arrows, it still produced a total of ten thousand arrows.    

When ten thousand arrows came down to such a small place, the destructive power was quite great.    

Although the formation below them blocked most of the arrows, a small portion of the arrows still landed in the tent.    

When those flaming arrow eyes landed on the tent, they started burning out.    

After that, some soldiers were burned.    

After a series of intense shootings, the Swordbird army did not linger at all as they left festively, leaving behind a sea of flames beneath them.    

"Down off the fire! Quickly turn off the fire!”    

Although most of the ten thousand fire arrows had been destroyed, several thousand arrows still landed on the ground, enough to ignite a vast sea of fire.    

The internal organization of large forces is currently rather shabby due to the fires.    

Ren Feilong immediately gave the order, “Black Riders are ready! Take care of the sky, if you meet the Swordbird army, fight immediately! You are only allowed to win and cannot lose!”    

The Darkmoon Kingdom had actually prepared an air force as well, named the Black Riders.    

They were actually much stronger compared to the Swordbird riders that had gathered in haste gathered by Jiang Chen.    

Another wave of Swordbird troops arrived not long after the Black Riders were in the air. In this way, the anticipated fight in the air began to take place.    

Whether in terms of tactics or training, the Black Riders were truly much stronger.    

However, the Swordbird riders also had an edge, and that was the natural superiority of the Swordbirds themselves. Sword Birds were fierce spirit beasts and their defensive abilities were astonishing, and were simply not something that the Black Riders could replicate.    

When all these advantages were eliminated, the fighting abilities of the two were roughly on par with each other.    

However, the Swordbird riders clearly had no desire to continue fighting. After they exchanged several rounds with the Black Riders, they left with a large wave of their wings.    

The Black Riders even began to suspect the number of waves this Swordbird army had. Could it be that the same swarm of Sword Birds circled around it and flew back and forth?    

After all, flying in the air was different from walking on land. One simply makes a circle and comes from the east, makes another small circle and comes from the east again.    

Just by circling around like this, they would mislead others that there seemed to be many waves of Swordbird riders.    

However, no one could be certain whether it was one wave or several waves of Swordbird riders. Therefore, the captain of the Black Riders decided to follow this wave and see what the Swordbird riders were up to.    

The chase had just begun when suddenly, a huge wave of Swordbirds appeared from three directions namely east, west, and north.    

“Sial, we got into a trap. It prompted us to leave our headquarters! Prepare formations, ground troops, prepare formations!”    

The Black Riders had been diverted south, destroying their air defenses completely. This way, the people below were unable to concentrate on extinguishing the flames, and had to form a formation to guard against the attacks from the sky.    

However, as the flames started to burn, the soldiers were unable to set up the formation as much as they wanted. Although they all wore armor, they were made of blood and flesh. No one was able to withstand the might of the momentum of the flames.    

At this moment, the three Swordbird squads in the sky attacked in unison. Countless arrows rained down like rainwater splashing from a pumpkin spoon, pouring down from the sky.    

Due to the raging flames below, the defensive formation was not as strong as before.    

As soon as the round shield defense formation became unstable, many gaps would appear. In the presence of such dense rain of arrows, any gap would be fatal.    

A scream of pain sounded suddenly, followed by an even more painful cry.    

The one who was screaming, the one who was burning shouted. The large army sank into a chaos of movement in an instant.    

Fortunately his soldiers were highly trained and they soon found their footing after a temporary riot. Those in charge of extinguishing the flames and those in charge of setting up the formation each focused on his task. Everything is well organized and well organized.    

Except, after this round of attack, although the main force of the army was unharmed, yet several thousand soldiers were still injured by the arrow.    

After all, the arrows shot down by the three squads of over ten thousand people still produced twenty to thirty thousand arrows. Even if they did not stab anyone to death, it was enough to bombard many people to death.    

The effectiveness of harassment tactics and guerrilla warfare is evident, Swordbird's forces did not remain silent and fought. They left lively once again, leaving a large army under them shouting curses.    

The height of the Swordbird army made them impossible to resist.    

While traveling from high to low, even though the strength of the arrows was weak, at least they still had the potential to injure and kill. But when they shot into the air from the ground, the power of their arrows naturally decreased drastically.    

Even the practitioner with the best arm strength was barely able to cover the distance with his shooting range. But how could something that managed to reach them harm the Swordbirds enough?    

The feathers on the Sword Bird were as strong as iron and steel, an aberrant existence.    

Therefore, the battle resulted in the Darkmoon Kingdom's army being enraged and having no way out to vent their anger.    

However, no one within the Dark Moon Kingdom's forces could have anticipated that the real disaster was just about to begin.    

A soldier wounded by an arrow suddenly crawled stiffly and pounced, biting the throat of the other soldier.    

"Aah!" Horrifying screams rang out, and the bitten soldier closed his throat in pain. Fresh blood gushed from his throat.    

Shortly after, another soldier whose wounds were being treated by his comrade suddenly had his eyes turned blood red and his teeth chattering. He stuck out his head, and bit the back of his partner's hand that was bandaging him cruelly.    

“You... you are absolutely crazy! I bandaged your wounds and you bit me?!”    

But this kind of scene is just the beginning.    

One two…    

Strange screams and cries broke the calm of the army. All sorts of wails, scorn, and curses spread throughout the mountain valley.    

The ambush of the enemy had ended, but why were these shrill cries and insults continuously heard?    

The large army in the mountain valley suddenly sank into a puzzling panic. Panic spreads like an epidemic.    

However, once the terrifying poison had momentum, its spreading speed was no slower than the spread of that feeling of fear.    

After an hour, the huge army in the valley had completely dissolved into chaos. At first, the captains, lieutenants, and various generals were already able to maintain order.    

But in the end, this kind of situation became uncontrollable and slowly turned into chaos.    

Once fear spreads, even a solid army will be overcome, not to mention this kind of fear not brought by the enemy, but emerging from within the camp itself.    

Internal panic is much more frightening and destructive than external enemies.