Chapter 1089: Tongluo Cavalry Versus Revelation Army! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Buzz!
As countless people watched, one Tongluo horseman after another appeared on the hills, each of them with the same halo and wearing the same bronze armor.
Another change took place as a smaller golden halo appeared under the Tongluo Cavalry, three feet above the ground.
One big and one small, one low and one high, the two halos appeared and caused the strength of the Tongluo Cavalry to soar. Their speed, strength, and dexterity all rose to astonishing levels. They quickly surpassed the Divine Martial Army, Divine Prison Army, and Ultimate Martial Army to reach a level infinitesimally close to the Revelation Army!
The Tongluo Great Halo!
This was the most powerful ability the Tongluo possessed, a halo unique to their people. It could greatly boost every aspect of a Tongluo's strength. The Tongluo had been able to become the strongest cavalry in the world, at least before the arrival of the Wushang Cavalry, precisely because of this special halo.
More than one hundred years ago, the Tongluo followed Emperor Taizong in his conquests, rendering great service as Hu and obtaining Taizong's deep admiration and trust. For this reason, the strongest Great Generals of the Great Tang in that era were tasked with researching the war halo of the Tongluo. After devoting much sweat and blood to the effort, these Great Generals succeeding in refining the original Tongluo war halo into an even stronger version which was called the Tongluo Great Halo.
It was precisely this mighty halo which allowed the Tongluo Cavalry's reputation and strength to soar to even greater heights until they became publicly acknowledged as the strongest force of cavalry in the Great Tang. The brand of Taizong's era had been seared onto their bodies, and because they were favored by the imperial household, their glory and honor had never decayed, allowing this reputation to persist into the current era.
Rumble!
There was a mighty rumbling as the six thousand Tongluo Cavalry surged down the hills in a flood. The earth swayed and churned up dust while the warhorses neighed and armor clattered.
Even the distant Revelation Army was alarmed by this momentum, the soldiers turning their heads in the direction of the Tongluo Cavalry.
The six thousand Tongluo Cavalry were as fast as lightning. After just a few moments, they had crossed tens of thousands of feet and were only some fifty thousand feet from the Revelation Army.
”Everyone, hear my order! Kill them!”
The warhorses of the Revelation Army snorted uneasily as an officer pulled out his sword and aimed it at the Tongluo Cavalry.
The Revelation Army was powerful and confident. Their pride made them incapable of refusing any challenge, and there was no question that the Tongluo Cavalry were challenging them. Rumble! A moment later, the five thousand Revelation Army soldiers changed directions, their bodies burning with energy as they charged at the Tongluo Cavalry.
At this moment, Wang Chong breathed a long sigh of relief.
”Wonderful! They finally arrived!”
Wang Chong smiled as if he had been relieved of a great burden.
Boom!
A few moments later, the six thousand Tongluo Cavalry clashed with the five thousand Revelation Army soldiers.
In a flash, the air resounded with the clashing of weapons, the clattering of armor, the screams of horses, and the vibrating of halos.
Swish! A flashing golden sword plunged into the shoulder of a Tongluo horseman. At almost the same time, a bronze-armored Tongluo horseman jolted apart the thick energy barrier around a Revelation Army soldier and stabbed into the chest of his foe.
The external barriers of energy around these two also scraped against each other. The strength of a Revelation Army soldier was enough to fling a Xuanwu Army soldier into the air with a single sweep of the sword, but they were unable to make any headway against the equally powerful Tongluo Cavalry. As the two horsemen swept past each other, it was clear that they were actually equals, with neither able to gain the upper hand.
Neigh!
At almost the same time, a bulky Tongluo warhorse slammed into the golden form of a Revelation Army warhorse like two boulders colliding. In the moment of impact, the Stellar Energy barriers around both warhorses instantly shattered, after which the two elite warhorses had their bones pulverized and snapped by the enormous force.
In this single clash, both warhorses were killed. Meanwhile, the riders on their backs were carried on by the inertia, flying forward until they collided with the ground.
Clangclangclang!
The sounds of impacts rang incessantly through the air. The attacks of the Revelation Army were all fierce and savage, each one aimed at a lethal point, but the Tongluo Cavalry's attacks were also finely honed and exquisite to the extreme.
Qutaybah had trained up the Revelation Army with great difficulty through his decades of campaigning. From their number of five thousand, one could see how much emphasis had been placed on their quality and strength.