Chapter 1136: The Entire Army Retreats! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Asmodai's Fury!”

As Aybak, Huoshu Huicang, and Ziyad were flying backward in retreat, another vast storm of energy was approaching Wang Chong. A figure was in the air in front of Wang Chong, striding across it like a demon god, one of its hands covered in a bronze gauntlet that exuded an eerie light.

Abu Muslim!

Wang Chong's expression went cold as he instantly recognized the man.

The Arab Governor of the East, seeing three of the Great Generals on his side faring poorly, finally felt compelled to attack Wang Chong.

Wang Chong's eyes chilled as he faced down Abu Muslim's heavy strike. Without the slightest hesitation, he fiercely punched. Clang! The largest of the golden halos at Wang Chong's feet suddenly rose from the earth and fused into Wang Chong's fist energy.

Raaaaa! As countless people looked on, Wang Chong's golden fist energy transformed into a mighty dragon that rumbled toward Abu Muslim's steely fist of roiling black energy.

Bang!

The two fists collided, and the surrounding space was instantly covered in a spider web of cracks, like a shattered mirror.

In this clash, Wang Chong remained motionless, but Abu Muslim's shoulders shuddered as he took a small step backward.

”This is impossible!”

Abu Muslim had come with a furious momentum and intimidating aura, but this sight had caused his entire body to shiver from the impact.

Not long ago, Wang Chong had just been a Tang commander who wasn't very strong but who could rely on his intelligence to influence the battlefield. Yet after just a few days, Wang Chong was able to fight on par with him—though one of the reasons he had come off worse in this clash was because he was in the air with nothing to anchor himself on.

But Abu Muslim had been able to tell from that strike that Wang Chong's strength had risen to an absurd level. It was on the same level as the Governor of the East, or perhaps even a little higher.

”Hmph!”

Right when Wang Chong pushed back Abu Muslim, a cold snort came from overhead, a sound that would make anyone tremble in fear. Before Wang Chong could react, a golden bolt of lightning heavier than Mount Tai cleaved down at his head.

”Qutaybah!”

Wang Chong's eyes narrowed, his muscles tensed, and his skull felt like it was going to explode, all his senses overcome by an unprecedented sense of danger. Without any time to think, Wang Chong's body exploded with golden radiance, the golden halos bursting from his body and unleashing frenzied waves of Stellar Energy.

”Great Distortion Art!”

Everything around Wang Chong began to twist and distort.

Boom!

Qutaybah's Sword Qi slashed down. The point of this Sword Qi's collision with Wang Chong's energy erupted with a light a thousand times more dazzling than the sun, imbued with a destructive might that would make anyone shrink back. At the moment of this explosion, Wang Chong slid backward several dozen feet, his feet digging out two long furrows in the hardy rock.

”Damn!”

Wang Chong managed to stabilize himself, and as he looked at that godlike figure in the air, countless thoughts flitted through his mind. Although he had succeeded in receiving this blow, both of his arms had been numbed by the dreadful strength. And inside his body, where nobody could see, Wang Chong sensed that several of his blood vessels had burst, unable to endure the enormous power.

There's still not enough time! Wang Chong said to himself, his eyes turning sharp and vicious.

Although he was now at the Great General level and able to singlehandedly defeat Aybak, Huoshu Huicang, and Ziyad, there had still been too little time since his breakthrough. This lack of time to stabilize his foundations and steady his cultivation meant that there was still a gap between him and Qutaybah. Although ordinary people wouldn't think this gap to be very large, it was enough to completely define the course of this battle.

”Li Siye, Kong Zi-an, Cui Piaoqi, abandon Talas and have the army withdraw at full speed!”

Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil, his hair blown about by the fierce winds.

His father was heavily injured, as were Cheng Qianli, the Wushang Village Chief, the black-armored guard, the Demonic Emperor Old Man… The entire Tang army besides himself and Gao Xianzhi was burdened with severe injuries.

And in the few short moments that had passed, the Xuanwu Army, Divine Prison Army, and other elite Tang armies had sustained severe losses from the wholesale Arab assault and the attacks from Great Generals like Huoshu Huicang.

Su Hanshan's ballista army had also sustained severe losses.