Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

Yue Fei then brought up the rear, thrusting out several more spears to slightly slow down the pursuers before leaping back down like a roc spreading its wings, landing lightly on the tall crenellations of the city wall.

He had just steadied himself when a series of loud, frantic "thump-thump" sounds, like the beating of drums, came from below!
Enraged by the escape of their prey, countless goblins huddled beneath the city wall rammed and hacked at the cold, solid starlight wall with their bodies and crude weapons, creating deafening sounds that seemed to make the entire wall tremble.

Yue Fei, slightly out of breath, gave orders to the soldier he had just saved, as well as to a group of soldiers around him who had also just retreated and were somewhat out of breath.

"Hurry up, circulate your cultivation techniques, and restore your spiritual energy! In half an incense stick's time, come with me down the wall to clean it again!"

"Yes, General!"

The soldiers responded in unison, immediately sitting cross-legged and trying to absorb the still rich spiritual energy in the air to recover their greatly depleted physical and mental strength.

Yue Fei turned his gaze to the outside of the city wall, his brows furrowed.

Their charge resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of elite goblin warriors, a truly remarkable achievement.

However, looking down, the vast wasteland was still filled with countless green figures, as if their slaughter just now was only a ladleful of water scooped from the ocean, and there was no obvious reduction!
These goblins roared ferociously, charging relentlessly at the city walls with a frenzied ferocity that was chilling.

Only a few days after His Majesty left, the wasteland, which had been cleared of a large area by that strange calamity, was once again occupied by seemingly endless goblins.

The Qin soldiers fought bloody battles for days, each one brave and slaying countless enemies, but the number of goblins seemed to have no end!
What's even more stressful is that almost all the goblins that manage to break through the pressure from their own kind and appear at the foot of the city walls are at the level of Level 1!

With formidable strength and thick hide, even ordinary soldiers with blood-forged weapons find it difficult to kill them easily. The powerful crossbows and armor-piercing arrows of the Qin Dynasty, which were once formidable weapons, now pose a much smaller threat to these level-one goblins, and are now virtually ineffective in causing them damage.

In the distance, a dazzling sword light flashed like a dragon, accompanied by a shrill scream, and an area of ​​goblins was cleared out.

That was the military commander Wang Jian, who used the power of the immortal sword "Zhenyue" bestowed by His Majesty.

However, while the power of a celestial artifact is immense, its consumption is also terrifying. After just this one strike, Wang Jian's face instantly turned ashen, his aura weakened, his hand holding the celestial sword trembled slightly, and a trace of lingering fear flashed in his eyes.

"Unless we are in dire straits, this sword... should be used as a sharper ordinary weapon."

Wang Jian secretly made a decision in his heart: the power of the immortal artifact was far beyond what he could easily control at his current level.

He forced himself to focus, carefully observing the battle situation below the city wall, his expression growing increasingly grave. A uniform group of level-one life-sustaining goblins! This meant that every time he sent soldiers down the wall to fight, it was like dancing on a knife's edge—extremely risky!
The number of Qin soldiers was far less than that of goblins, and no one knew whether more or more terrifying monsters would emerge from behind that stone gate.

We can't keep fighting like this and wearing each other down. Wang Jian frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision.

"Order! All troops shall take turns resting and reorganizing. Today... a ceasefire!"

His voice carried a hint of weariness, yet remained exceptionally firm. The soldiers, already stretched to their limits, needed a chance to catch their breath.

The order was given, and the pressure on the city wall eased. Although the soldiers were puzzled, military orders were absolute, and they seized this precious time to rest and train.

Wang Jian then turned around, walked down the city wall, and came to a relatively quiet camp area at the rear.

He walked straight to a seemingly ordinary tent. Outside the tent, an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard, and an air of otherworldly grace, was sitting cross-legged.

Wang Jian walked to the old Taoist priest's side, lowered his voice, and whispered a few words quickly.

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in the old Taoist's cloudy eyes, and he slowly nodded.

He got up, walked to the tent entrance, and whispered a few words to those inside.

Soon, a palace maid with a pale face but an unusually firm look in her eyes walked out of the tent. She solemnly handed a jade box about a foot long, which was emitting a faint chill, to the old Taoist priest.

Wang Jian and the old Taoist priest exchanged a glance, both seeing a resolute look in each other's eyes.

Without another word, the two quickly returned to the city wall.

Wang Jian glanced down at the still surging sea of ​​goblins below and nodded slightly to the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest took a deep breath, his face revealing a solemnity that bordered on martyrdom.

He held the jade box in one hand, made a hand seal with the other, and his magical power surged around him. Then, he leaped down the hundred-foot-high city wall like an eagle, and disappeared into the vast goblin horde in a few leaps, his whereabouts unknown.

Silence reigned atop the city walls.

All the generals and soldiers who noticed this scene held their breath.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, in the central region of the wasteland, above the area where goblins were most densely packed, the previously clear sky began to gather thick, oppressive dark clouds at a visible speed...

A chilling aura of destruction quietly spread once again.

Just as the dark clouds rolled and lightning snakes appeared and disappeared, a banner that was entirely black and exuded a dense aura of malevolence and ominous blood light appeared without warning in the very center of the wasteland! As soon as it appeared, it expanded rapidly as if inflated, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a huge black banner that was hundreds of meters tall, fluttering loudly!

It was another banner of ten thousand souls that had been pushed to its limit, triggering a heavenly tribulation!

On the black banner, countless twisted and tormented phantoms of souls struggled and roared, emanating a terrifying aura that chilled the soul.

This extremely yin and evil aura spread outwards like a shockwave. All the goblins that were enveloped by it, regardless of their strength, were as if their souls had been ripped out. Their eyes dimmed instantly, and they collapsed to the ground in swarms without a sound, their breath completely gone!
In just a few breaths, a circular "death zone" was forcibly cleared out within a radius of several miles centered on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!
"Squeak, squeak, squeak—!"

Further away, some goblins that sensed something was wrong or were too far away to be instantly killed let out terrified screams! Although they were not very intelligent, they had the most acute perception of this kind of death threat that came from their life instincts!
escape!Run away!
Escape back to Shimen!
Chaos erupted like a plague! The goblins closer to the center of the wasteland no longer cared about charging the city walls; they turned around and desperately fled towards the huge stone gate!
This panic spread outwards like a tsunami. Even the goblins that were originally densely packed around the Starlight City Wall and frantically smashing the wall felt the heavenly might that made their souls tremble and the eerie sight of large numbers of their kind falling in the central area.

The ferocity on their faces turned into pure fear. They abandoned their attack on the city wall and instead trampled on the heads and shoulders of their companions, fleeing in panic along the edge of the city wall towards the stone gate, like frightened locusts!

In an instant, the entire wasteland was plunged into unprecedented chaos! Countless people trampled each other, green blood splattered everywhere, and howls, screams, and the sound of trampling mingled together, making the scene more chaotic and tragic than any previous battle!

On the city wall, Wang Jian watched the dramatic scene below, but felt no joy; instead, his heart sank. He had hoped that His Majesty would appear at the right time, as before, and use his supreme divine power to shrink the massive stone gate, trapping these monsters in the wasteland and severely damaging them with the help of the heavenly tribulation lightning.

"Given this situation, once the power of the lightning tribulation is fully unleashed, even those elite goblin beings of level one will probably have to flee back to their own world!"

Wang Jian frowned, his heart filled with worry.

"Moreover, this time, the power of the Myriad Souls Banner, as well as the tribulation clouds it summons, is far inferior to the one His Majesty used... its effect is probably greatly reduced."

Just then, a soldier, unwilling to give up, looked down at the goblins fleeing in panic, suddenly drew back his powerful bow, aimed at a fleeing figure, and fired an arrow with all his might!
"collapse!"

With a crisp snap, the bowstring of the high-quality longbow broke! And the arrow that struck the fleeing goblin's back only sent up a trail of sparks before being deflected by its tough hide and muscles, without even breaking the skin!

Not only bows and arrows, but even the more powerful Qin crossbows, and even the otherworldly firearms in stockpile, could hardly cause fatal damage to these level-one goblins. They could only leave some superficial wounds, which only aroused their ferocity and made them flee even faster.

The soldiers watched helplessly as large numbers of elite goblins fled, their faces showing frustration and despair. The enemy was escaping right before their eyes, yet they couldn't effectively kill them; this sense of powerlessness was even more suffocating than after a bloody battle.

Han Xin walked to Wang Jian's side, his face solemn, and said in a deep voice.

"Commander Wang, it seems that in the future, when fighting these monsters, tricks will not be able to work, and in the end we will have no choice but to fight them head-on."

He pointed to the fleeing goblins below and analyzed the situation.

"No matter how many ordinary goblins there are, our army can still deal with them with the help of city walls and military formations."

However, these goblins who have broken through to the first level of life are not only powerful and thick-skinned, but also have increasingly rich combat experience, and their weapons and armor are relatively superior. Even with the help of blood-forged weapons, it is extremely difficult for our ordinary soldiers to gain the upper hand in a one-on-one fight.

Even with coordinated battle formations and the support of generals, casualties are still unavoidable.

His tone carried a hint of heaviness.

"The population of my Great Qin is like a firefly compared to the moon in this goblin world. If monsters with stronger defenses and greater strength emerge from the stone gate next... how will my Great Qin cope?"

As if to confirm his concerns—

"Snap!!!"

A massive, silver bolt of lightning, like a sword of divine punishment, ruthlessly tore through the thick dark clouds, carrying an aura of supreme yang and strength that could purify everything, and struck precisely at the enormous banner of ten thousand souls in the center of the wasteland!

In an instant, the world was filled with a blinding white light, and everyone's vision seemed to be rendered useless, followed by a deafening roar! The entire wasteland seemed to tremble under this divine might!

The moment the lightning struck, the ordinary goblins within a larger area around the Myriad Souls Banner were instantly vaporized and vanished without a trace in the intense lightning before they could even utter a scream!

Only those goblin elites who escaped far enough or whose strength reached level one managed to escape unscathed and then desperately rushed toward the stone gate.

As the lightning subsided, Wang Jian stared intently, his heart sinking even deeper. Just as he had expected, before the lightning struck, the powerful level-one goblins on the wasteland had already sensed the danger and fled back behind the stone gate.

Now, what pours in through the stone gate is mainly ordinary goblins, occasionally mixed with a small amount of level one life forms.

"Ordinary goblins are manageable for our Qin soldiers."

But those that break through to a new level of life... are the real trouble!

Wang Jian muttered to himself.

In the wasteland, the lightning did not stop, striking one after another, continuously clearing out the goblins within its range.

Except for the areas near the city walls, which were unaffected due to their distance, the life force of goblins in the entire central wasteland has become extremely scarce.

The Myriad Souls Banner, located at the very center of the tribulation, had become extremely dim after enduring several bolts of heavenly lightning. Cracks covered its surface, and its aura had weakened to the limit. It seemed that the next bolt of lightning might cause it to completely collapse and turn into ashes.

Everyone knows that once the heavenly tribulation ends and the lightning dissipates, the goblins that were temporarily blocked near the stone gate, or those that newly emerged from the stone gate, will once again flood this wasteland like a tide.

After a brief rest and witnessing the might of the heavenly calamity, the Qin soldiers on the city wall regained their fighting spirit.

They gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes fixed sharply on the ground, awaiting the order for the next battle.

Han Xin offered another piece of advice to Wang Jian.

"General Wang, while a direct confrontation is risky, it is not without options. I suggest that we disperse the million Dragon Spear soldiers and distribute them among various armies and generals. Using the Dragon Spear soldiers as both a shield and a blade, we can fight from the city walls."

A small combat formation consists of one dragon spearman and five regular soldiers. The dragon spearman is responsible for frontal defense and main damage, while the regular soldiers are responsible for support, finishing off enemies, and defending the flanks.

In this way, the advantages of the Dragonlance soldiers can be maximized, casualties among ordinary soldiers can be reduced, and effective damage to the goblins can be sustained continuously.

Wang Jian looked down at the goblins below, which were beginning to stir again in the gaps between the thunderbolts, and then at the generals and soldiers around him who, though exhausted, had firm eyes. He slowly nodded.

"General Han's suggestion is excellent, so let's proceed accordingly."

He glanced at the generals and reminded them in a serious tone.

"However, everyone must remember! Our Great Qin cannot afford to lose! The life of every soldier is of utmost importance! In battle, you must protect the ordinary soldiers, and the Dragon Spear Soldiers must support each other and not be reckless!"

His eyes rekindled with fighting spirit.

"Furthermore, the sons of Qin, having broken through to the new life level, are currently focusing on forging their own weapons and armor! Given time, in a few dozen days, once they have completely refined their weapons into magical artifacts, their strength will undoubtedly rise to another level! At that time, dealing with these level-one goblins will be much less stressful!" (End of Chapter)