Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 908 Only Fighting to the Death

Yes.

Xu Shu realized he had made a grave mistake; he had misjudged the situation.

The power of the miracles was so deeply ingrained in people's minds that Xu Shu subconsciously believed that Pang De could not defeat the Miracle Legion.

But Pang De didn't think so; Pang De was a man from Xiliang.

Moreover, they were people from Xiliang who grew up in the most chaotic era and environment. In Liangzhou, there were hardly any normal people who could survive to adulthood; the only difference was between madmen and even more madmen.

Are the Miracle Legion invincible?

I refuse to believe this nonsense today.

Even if my entire army is wiped out, I'll make sure you can't break through.

Regardless of whether the casualty ratio is three to one or five to one, even if it means the entire legion and myself die here today, I will hold you back.

Once you're completely immobilized and huddled together, the mid-to-long-range suppression will send you straight to hell.

An insanely frenzied will, a will to fight to the death, frantically transformed power, converting everything into even stronger qualities, and thus unleashing an even more powerful output.

It's a fight to the death, a crazy hacking and slashing, a frenzied output where I'd rather die than let you get hurt. It's all about normal attacks, powerful normal attacks, pure physical attacks, let's see if you can survive!

With this cruel idea in mind, Pound's main force launched a frenzied attack.

In the short time it took to prevent the Miracle Eight Banners from breaking through the battle lines, the Miracle Eight Banners led by Fu Ankang killed at least a thousand of Pang De's main force, while Pang De's main force killed at most three hundred of the Miracle Eight Banners and Eight Banners cavalry.

But the Miracle Eight Banners were like living water stagnating in front of a dam, gradually losing its vitality and turning into a stagnant pool.

Pound didn't say anything more, nor did he have any intention of a one-on-one fight. He simply wore a set of black standard armor and, with his personal guards, launched a frenzied attack on the Miracle Eight Banners soldiers with all sorts of random attacks.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce. Pang De's troops were fearless and the Miracle Eight Banners carried the Qing court's hopes for victory and were the Qing army's last glimmer of hope. As a result, both sides fought to the death and relied on their own powerful attacks to fight desperately.

Their strength, attack, and defense had not declined; the soldiers of the Miracle Eight Banners still possessed exceptional combat power and the ability to suppress Pang De's main force. However, their previous momentum had begun to dissipate.

The desperate battle at Pound's headquarters made the soldiers of the Miracle Eight Banners doubt whether they could really break through Pound's headquarters in a short time.

Moreover, there is a legion behind Pound's headquarters. Will that theater troupe be just as troublesome as Pound's headquarters?

Behind them were Zhang Xiu's pursuers.

With wolves in front and tigers behind, they also had to face the ruthless Pound headquarters.

Coupled with the unexpected deception, they were actually suppressed by Pound's main force in terms of both momentum and discipline for a period of time.

They were well aware of the consequences of being stopped.

Amidst this seemingly favorable situation, Xu Shu made his move.

Before he took action, he assumed that Pound was unable to deal with the Miracle Eight Banners, so he made his move.

Under his command, the long-range fire of the Extreme Danyang directly disrupted the formation of the Miracle Eight Banners.

A dense barrage of arrows rained down, instantly killing a swathe of Miracle Eight Banners soldiers. The Miracle Eight Banners' formation began to falter, its protective aura wavered, and an unavoidable flaw was revealed in the battle line.

Taking advantage of the opening created by Xu Shu, Pang De's main force was able to advance bravely and push back the battle line of the Miracle Eight Banners.

There's nothing wrong with these things in themselves.

But when put together, a slightly indescribable problem arises.

Because of Bai Qi's design, the Miracle Eight Banners, after breaking through Zhang Xiu's army, were intimidated by the momentum of Pang De's main force.

Using the same methods against a Legion of Willpower to deal with a Legion of Pure Quality resulted in a heavy loss from the very first engagement.

In addition, their will to resist Zhang Xiu's army's attack was greatly depleted, and for a time they were actually suppressed by Pang De's main force.

Xu Shu, however, astutely observed the weaknesses in the Miracle Eight Banners' formation and commanded the elite troops of Danyang to launch a counterattack, successfully assisting Pang De's main force in suppressing the Miracle Eight Banners and achieving a counter-offensive.

This led to an incredibly frustrating situation: the Miracle Eight Banners failed to break through Pound's main force, but Pound's main force was on the verge of breaking through the Miracle Eight Banners.

Especially after Fu Ankang discovered this and took the opportunity to order the soldiers of the Miracle Eight Banners to split to the left and right, Pang De's main force fought its way out of the Miracle Eight Banners and directly penetrated through the crescent-shaped center of the Miracle Legion.

Meanwhile, the Miracle Eight Banners split off from both flanks and launched an attack in the direction where Xu Shu was located.

"It happened!"

When Pound broke through the Miracle Legion, his initially excited face changed drastically when he turned around and found that the Miracle Banners had left them behind.

At that moment, he realized what mistake he had made: his mission was to stop the Miracle Eight Banners, not to destroy them.

Or rather, before this scene unfolded, no one expected that Pound's main force would be able to break through the Miracle Legion.

"Follow me!" Pound immediately turned his horse around and led his men to give chase.

However, the Eight Banners cavalry left behind by the Miracle Eight Banners also turned their horses around and charged towards Pang De's headquarters, resulting in a dramatic shift in the positions of both sides.

At this moment, the Miracle Eight Banners abandoned their assault and switched to interception, while Pound's headquarters changed from interception to assault.

Xu Shu's face was now as black as the bottom of a pot. He couldn't tell whether they had fallen for the Qing army's trick, but even if he abandoned his brain, he could understand.

From then on, there was no longer any calculation or strategy, only the purest form of confrontation.

If the Ultimate Dan Yang can stop the opponent, then they win; if the Ultimate Dan Yang cannot stop the opponent, then they will perish together with the opponent.

Pang De's main force was blocked by the enemy's rearguard, while Zhang Xiu's main force was rushing forward. If they could hold off the enemy for just fifteen minutes, they would win.

Even for the most powerful Danyang, stopping a Miracle Legion for a quarter of an hour is practically a pipe dream.

"Anyone who can fight, come with me!"

Xu Shu drew his sword from his waist. There was nothing more to say at this point; he could only step forward.

More people mean more fighting power.

Bai Qi glanced at the dire situation, but his command of the front lines remained completely unwavering.

"Xu Yuanzhi, our lives are in your hands now, don't lose!"

Bai Qi shouted loudly at Xu Shu's retreating figure. Xu Shu remained expressionless and said nothing, but gripped his sword tightly.

On the battlefield, anything can happen, and he never expected the situation to turn out this way.

Looking at Xu Shu's resolute and fearless back, Bai Qi shook his head with a smile.

"They're just young people, they can't keep their composure, they lose their nerve so easily!"

Bai Qi raised his head to look at the sky, then silently withdrew his gaze. Although Xu Shu and Pang De's mistakes were indeed terrible, it was not the worst time yet.

"The soldiers in the rear are suppressing the enemy with arrows, the soldiers in the front are preparing to fight!" Xu Shu led his guards into the extreme Danyang.

"How can the hope of the Great Qing Empire perish here!"

Fu Ankang roared as they charged toward the ultimate Danyang. They knew very well that this would be the last obstacle. Once they crossed it, they could secure a complete victory for the Qing Dynasty.

At this moment, the Miracle Eight Banners completely abandoned its fancy abilities and focused all its miraculous brilliance on strengthening its attack and defense.

After experiencing what happened with Pound, Fu Ankang also abandoned the ability to reverse time, as there was no longer any room for such abilities to be used.

Only the most basic offense and defense are the abilities that the Miracle Eight Banners need.

At this moment, Fu Ankang fully activated the peak form of the Miracle Eight Banners, a form that even miracles cannot maintain for long. But now Fu Ankang understands that they have no more time to dawdle; they must either fight their way out or die here.

The ultimate Danyang powerful arrow burst forth once again.

"Bang!" A burst of bright sparks shot out from the tip of the Miracle Eight Banners' spear, knocking away almost all the arrows.

Even if an arrow hit its mark, it could only pierce the armor. Previously, such an attack, even if it couldn't penetrate the Miracle Eight Banners soldiers, would definitely be enough to render them incapable of fighting. However, at this moment, it failed to penetrate.

"continue!"

Xu Shu immediately realized that the opponent's condition must have been extremely depleted, so he immediately gave an order to the messenger beside him.

The Miracle Legion's transformation into a miracle also consumes a lot of physical and mental energy, a fact that every officer and rank knows by now.

Even the First Yellow Heaven Legion couldn't maintain their peak condition for long, so the moment Xu Shu discovered that the Miracle Eight Banners had become stronger, he understood that the other side had gone completely mad and was going to fight them to the death.

Arrows rained down, shooting at almost a horizontal angle, completely covering the path of the Miracle Eight Banners soldiers' charge.

The Miracle Eight Banners did not dodge, as that would affect their speed; they simply charged towards the Ultimate Danyang in a straight line.

Jizhi Danyang unleashed several waves of arrows in succession.

However, it was useless, completely useless. Such a direct hit would have been enough to kill the previous Miracle Eight Banners' attack, but at this moment it was almost useless, only killing a few Miracle soldiers.

The focused Miracle Eight Banners were no match for long-range attacks. At this moment, even if the Vanguard Death Squad and the Shooting Battalion were placed here, they would not be able to withstand the enemy's charge.

"Keep firing arrows. As long as the enemy is expending physical strength, a concentrated barrage of mid- to long-range arrows is the fastest way to wear them down," Xu Shu shouted the order.

Regardless of the current situation of the Miracle Eight Banners, what they need to do now is to stop the other side.

Under Xu Shu's command, thousands of arrows, guided by pilot arrows, rained down on the Miracle Eight Banners soldiers charging at the front of the battlefield.

In that instant, in Xu Shu's and the others' direct view, the sky was filled with tiny dots like locusts, shooting towards the back of the Miracle Eight Banners soldiers with a sharp sound of tearing through the air.

Thousands of arrows covered most of the soldiers of the Miracle Eight Banners. The gaps between each arrow were so wide that even a hand could not pass through them. This level of arrow rain was almost fatal.

However, the Eight Banner soldiers, as if they had eyes in the back of their heads, combined with their almost precognitive intuition, deflected almost all the arrows one after another with intervals of only a fraction of a second between each arrow.

As for the few arrows that were truly impossible to dodge or deflect, the Eight Banner soldiers, miraculously, managed to withstand the deadly rain of arrows without even shedding blood.

"What a terrifying monster! How did Pound manage to suppress it?!"

Xu Shu's face turned ashen for a moment, then returned to normal, and he spoke with a self-deprecating expression.

You have to taste the bitter fruit you sowed.

I never imagined that one day he would be forced to stand on the front line because he misjudged the strength of both sides.

This was an absolute mockery for a strategist like him.

Watching the miraculous Eight Banners cutting through the rain of arrows, Xu Shu's expression changed constantly, eventually turning into a resolute determination to burn his bridges.

The Miracle Eight Banners traversed the final distance with remarkable speed, roaring as they charged toward the ultimate Danyang.

The moment Fu Ankang's warhorse collided with the large shield raised by the Danyang soldiers, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

He clearly sensed the predicament; the last line of defense was not a paper tiger that was merely a facade, but a more troublesome obstacle than Pound's headquarters.

The speed of the charge, the tactical skill of man and horse as one, and the immense force of the horse's hooves striking the shield were enough to shatter it. The flying fragments were enough to kill the surrounding infantry, and the soldiers who took the hit head-on should have been broken in two.

However, this astonishing blow was withstood by force. Even though the entire formation seemed to suddenly cave in, this earth-shattering attack was indeed withstood.

In the instant that Fu Ankang was stunned, Ji Zhi Danyang, behind the shield-bearing soldier, swiftly thrust his spear straight forward. Fu Ankang swung his spear horizontally, and the powerful force that swept away Ji Zhi Danyang's spear caused his wrist to even feel a heat.

Even Fu Ankang suddenly sensed danger at that moment. A loud bang rang out from the tip of the gun, colliding with the dark light in the distance.

"Multi-frequency area attack!"

Fu Ankang instantly understood the fighting style of the Ultimate Danyang. The entire legion was like a whole, and the soldiers in front could rely on the strength of the soldiers behind.

They can even share vision and sensation, enabling them to cope with various attacks.

But this is not a problem for the Miracle Eight Banners; they are perfectly capable of attacking both the Ultimate Danyang soldiers and the soldiers behind them simultaneously.

The soldiers who are being used for military support are in their most vulnerable state.

However, when the Miracle Eight Banners soldier thrust his spear at the soldier behind Jizhi Danyang, the opponent was easily wounded by the blow, but the moment the spearhead was pulled out, the wound on the opponent's body immediately faded.

"Even damage is shared?" This thought flashed through Fu Ankang's mind instantly. He hadn't expected that the Ultimate Danyang could achieve this level of capability.

If this level of sharing is true, their plan to quickly conquer the extreme Danyang becomes a joke.

The opponent could easily use their life force to hold them off before they die.

(End of this chapter)