Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 181 - 147: Surprise Attack (Two-in-One)

Chapter 181: Chapter 147: Surprise Attack (Two-in-One)

Ran Qingmo left, and the battle began.

No, the scale warranted it being called a war.

The war between humans and demonic beasts.

Whether in his past life or this one, this was the first time Xu Yuan had witnessed war.

Demonic beasts surged from all directions through the fog, their earth-shattering roars complemented the soldiers’ and officials’ battle cries outside the city walls, alongside the intermittent twanging of bowstrings on the walls.

An hour’s time was ultimately too short; even though the three sides of the city walls were opened to evacuate the refugees, many were still stranded outside the city.

More deadly was the vast number of flying demonic beasts that emerged from the fog.

Fortunately, Shengshan’s Border Army had ample experience dealing with demonic beast tides, especially the commanding officers on the front lines.

They didn’t form large military formations to clash head-on with the tide of demonic beasts.

Instead, the six thousand soldiers of Shengshan’s Border Army formed over a hundred small units—each comprising fifty people—and left gaps between these smaller formations while ensuring they were interconnected. Into these breaches, the less intelligent demonic beasts charged and were slaughtered by the hundreds in moments of close combat!

The soldiers on top of the city walls weren’t idle either, operating various types of large siege weaponry.

The ballista carved with formation patterns fired arrows that sent sand and stones flying as if tornados, piercing through a dozen huge demonic beasts as effortlessly as if they were tofu!

The catapults launched explosive vessels that detonated among the demonic beast tide, splattering flesh and blood everywhere.

But the number of demonic beasts was overwhelming, and many possessed long-range attack capabilities.

Acid, fireballs, and water projectiles pelted down like a barrage, covering the sky as they smashed into the formations of Shengshan’s Border Army.

Soon, the first casualties among Shengshan’s Border Army emerged, followed swiftly by the second and the third.

Standing on the edge of the formation, Xu Yuan watched silently with a furrowed brow as the chaos unfolded before him.

This was war in a world beyond the mundane.

He felt his own insignificance on the battlefield.

In a war of this scale, how many demonic beasts could a Third Grade powerhouse kill?

Two hundred, three hundred, or four hundred?

Even if they expended all their Origin Qi, they might not even reach a count of five hundred.

Xu Yuan’s gaze was fixed on the distant groups of demonic beasts equipped with long-range offensive capabilities.

Acid, fireballs, and arrows were typically insignificant threats to a Third Grade powerhouse who could easily dodge or block with martial moves, but the battlefield was too chaotic, and once surrounded by the beast horde it was hard to extricate oneself. At that point, such ranged attacks became deadly.

For the human side, it was even simpler: trap them deep within a military formation, and a few volleys from the ballistas imbued with formation patterns would spell the end even for a Third Grade Great Grandmaster.

In a battlefield of this magnitude, perhaps only Second or even First Grade Dao Domain powerhouses could truly turn the tides of battle.

Yet the war before him was but a corner of the ten-thousand-mile defense line along the Wanxing Mountain Range.

Most of Shengshan’s Border Army soldiers were only Eighth or Ninth Grade, with many just starting at Entry Level, whereas the demonic beasts were merely a horde of lowly intelligent cannon fodder, without even a decent Demon Race commander.

The Spring Tide War at the most crucial passes of the Wanxing Mountain Range even witnessed the presence of colossal war beasts of the Demon Race, dwarfing the current scale by at least tenfold.

And the war now unfolding in the Northern Frontier of Dayan was no different.

According to the Grade-C internal report from the Prime Minister’s Mansion,

The thirty thousand Feathered Forest Army soldiers that Princess Wu Yuan took to the Northern Frontier were all Sixth Grade hardened veterans, while the Barbarian Tribes had several hundred thousand strong.

In such a war where often tens of thousands from massive armies of elite troops combated, what would the scale be?

And in such a war, what role could a Saint powerhouse play?

Everything on the battlefield was suffocating; the slaughter between Shengshan’s Border Army and the demonic beasts continued without end.

Death, at this moment, became the sole voice within the formation.

As casualties mounted, under Colonel Wang’s command, the military formations began to slowly retreat towards the direction of the city walls.

All the refugees outside had been forcibly moved into Weng City, some perhaps perished from being trampled, but the urgency of the military situation made it impossible to attend to such details.

Shengshan’s Border Army couldn’t suffer too many casualties outside the city; otherwise, the subsequent defense would be extremely compromised.

Seeing this unfold, Xu Yuan silently counted the time and took a deep breath, then raised the Qingyu Sword, gifted to him by Feng Jiuxuan, to his side.

Step Void Slash.

Empowered by the Soul Power of the Saint’s Remnant Soul, Xu Yuan stealthily teleported out of the Grand Illusory Fog Formation.

Outside the formation, the world was silent.

The instant he stepped out of the Grand Illusory Fog Formation, the shouts of the border soldiers, the roars of the demonic beasts, and the humming of the Protective City Formation’s activation all vanished, replaced by an unsettling tranquility.

The sky was cloudless, and the clear moonlight cascaded down, casting a silver gleam over the freshly sprouted forests, while the thick fog stood like high walls on the edge of the woods.

From within the formation, it was unclear, but only upon exiting the Grand Illusory Fog Formation could he see clearly that it wasn’t shaped like the character for "mouth" but rather like the character for "vessel."

The side abutting the Wanxing Mountain Range extended a great distance away, where scattered groups of demonic beasts continuously charged into the Grand Illusory Fog Formation.

The war inside the formation raged on, while outside, battle had also commenced.

Even without drawing upon the strength of the Saint’s Remnant Soul, Xu Yuan could sense waves of icy Origin Qi continually vibrating on the other side of the Grand Illusory Fog Formation.