Chapter 1020: Well-Mapped Strategy! (1/2)

Duwu Sili quickly cast Dalun Ruozan to the back of his mind.

”How are Shamask and Chekun Benba doing? Have all the soldiers been inspected? Has anything strange been noticed? I need to know every detail. The slightest discomfort must be reported to me at once.”

He stared at the captain of his guards, his eyes grim and cautious.

”Great General, we carefully inspected each soldier six times. Everyone is normal, including Generals Shamask and Chekun Benba. The formation phenomena have boosted everyone's strength, solidifying and focusing their cultivation without any side effects,” the guard captain next to Duwu Sili deferentially said.

The Western Turkic camp appeared a hive of activity, but everyone was actually extremely cautious. All the elite experts and the shamans accompanying the army, even Duwu Sili himself, were constantly observing the army's condition. The slightest sign of activity would be reported back to Duwu Sili.

But it was increasingly evident that they had been too cautious. There was simply no problem with those three papers regarding the formation phenomena.

”Very good!”

Duwu Sili gave a long sigh of relief, a gratified smile appearing on his lips.

He had finally received a return on his investment. At this moment, he had obtained the solution to the formation phenomena that he had been seeking for more than half his life. Starting from now, the entire Celestial Wolf Cavalry, and even the Western Turkic Khaganate, would take a completely different form.

”Now, it's time for me to begin cultivating.”

With a faint smile, Duwu Sili turned around and headed back into his tent.

……

Gallop!

As Duwu Sili was returning to his tent, no one noticed that in the complete opposite direction from Dalun Ruozan, a fully-armored Tang horseman riding a Turkic steed was also keeping watch on the Turkic camp. After giving one last glance at the Turkic army and the roiling clouds overhead, he turned around and galloped off.

”I must report this to Lord Marquis as quickly as possible!”

In the blink of an eye, the horseman had vanished without a trace.

……

Now that Zhang Shouzhi and his nearly eight thousand craftsmen had finished their repair and reinforcing work, the lofty and imposing Talas was now free of the scars of battle. The city walls and the Myriad Rakshasa Earthen Stronghold Formation underground had fused together, making it even more bold, grandiose, and invincible.

In this field, Huang Botian and the Earth element warriors from Wushang Village had played an important role. They had used their Earth element abilities to guide the surrounding Origin Energy of the world into the formation, refilling its energy reserves and making it even hardier.

Outside Talas, after several days of nonstop work, the two steel defense lines had also been renewed. In addition, taking in the lessons of the first battle, Zhang Shouzhi had added many sharp spikes outside the walls to make them even more difficult to attack.

In addition, Zhang Shouzhi had assembled a team of craftsmen to pour large amounts of molten iron onto the bases of the walls. Once the iron cooled, the steel walls became even more sturdy and unshakable. Meanwhile, the Tang army continued to drill and practice within the two steel defense lines, prepared for an imminent battle.

But at this moment, Wang Chong was not within the steel walls.

In a distance place, Wang Chong was seated alone on a large boulder.

Wang Chong looked ahead and muttered to himself, ”It seems like this is the end!”

Whoosh!

The plains were quiet, with the only sound being a loud and ragged panting. Across from Wang Chong, an enormous being was splayed out on the ground. If one were not there to see it with their own eyes, they would find it very difficult to believe that this was the fierce, despotic, and invincible giant ape.

The giant ape's eyelids were drooping, and the cruelty and brutality in its scarlet eyes had been replaced with listlessness. Its huge body seemed to have been drained of strength, and it exuded an air of fatigue as it lay on the ground.

More importantly, the giant ape's once-boundless vitality had greatly dimmed. It was like a candle flickering in the wind, to be extinguished at any moment.

Around five days had passed since the end of the battle. The giant ape had lived much longer than Wang Chong had expected. It was a powerful intimidating force. Every day the giant ape survived was another day the Tang could use to prepare for battle, another day that the Tibetans, Western Turks, and Arabs would have to tread lightly.

Wang Chong had used every method at his disposal to extend the giant ape's life. He had placed the giant ape in this plain far away from Talas and withdrawn his Psychic Energy, returning control to the giant ape. In this way, the giant ape would not continue to suffer damage from Psychic Energy and also would not harm the Tang army in Talas by acting on its nature.

But even so, the withering and decay of the giant ape's brain could not be stopped.

At the start, when the giant ape had regained its consciousness, it had pounded its chest and roared into the heavens, but now, even when not under the control of Wang Chong's Psychic Energy, the giant ape just quietly lay on the ground. It had lost all of its vim and vigor.

Wang Chong knew that the giant ape was about to die.