Chapter 1760: Gate Assault! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
At the Center Gate, the battle was intensifying, with Imperial Army soldiers and clan experts being slain at every moment. As the center of the Great Tang, the Imperial Palace had been through more than one rebellion.
The gates leading to Taiji Palace—the Qian Gate, Center Gate, and Kun Gate—had originally been set up with a rebellion in mind. These three gates were all very narrow, each one only wide enough to accommodate two-hundred-some people at a time, allowing a smaller force to hold out against a larger one.
But now that Wang Chong had set up the Origin Immortal Formation and turned the passage into a formation gate, he had minimized the effects of this restriction.
”Kill!”
The one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry made another charge, and Wang Chong's forces slowly began to gain the upper hand. Behind the gate, Huang Tianzhao's army was borrowing the power of its own formation to make its own charges against Wang Chong, but they were still losing ground.
Bang!
Suddenly, a massive explosion came from the palace, and then a gigantic halo swept over the palace gate like a tsunami.
Neigh!
The one thousand Wootz Steel cavalry were suddenly struck a heavy blow, several dozen of them being blown into the air.
This enormous force pushed out almost all the soldiers who had charged into the gate, and even Wang Chong's Origin Immortal Formation was badly shaken. The formation began to noticeably slow down, even almost grind to a stop.
Even Wang Chong couldn't help but be alarmed.
Bang!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong sent a stream of Subtle realm energy into the Energy Condensation Pearl that was the core of the formation. The addition of new energy allowed the formation to stabilize.
Hou Junji!
Wang Chong knew almost immediately who the culprit was. The energy just now had not come from a formation gate, but from the core of the formation, triggered by the primary operator.
”Hahaha, King of Foreign Lands, is that all you've got?” an elderly voice rumbled from the distance, ringing out over the Imperial Palace like a bell. ”Using a formation to deal with a formation is truly a good idea, but you're just a mantis trying to stop a carriage, an egg striking a stone. Your formation is far inferior to mine, so how do you think you can break it?”
”Is that so?”
Wang Chong merely chuckled upon hearing Hou Junji's voice. Concentrating his voice, he unleashed his own ringing reply.
”He who laughs last, laughs best! Hou Junji, this battle is just getting started! Talking about victory now is just a little too early!”
”Heh, this old man is waiting!”
Hou Junji's sneer came back out of the darkness.
Wang Chong said nothing. He could naturally hear from Hou Junji's voice that Hou Junji didn't believe Wang Chong had the ability to break through his formation.
”It's about time! Xu Keyi, send the signal!” Wang Chong said without turning his head.
Hou Junji's Hundred Thousand God-Devil Execution Formation was extremely powerful, and it was also backed by one hundred thousand soldiers. Eight thousand soldiers were clearly not enough to shake it. In truth, Wang Chong had never intended to use solely eight thousand soldiers to break this formation.
Creee!
A few moments later, a shrill whistle came from behind him.
Upon hearing Wang Chong's order, Xu Keyi had immediately lit a firework, which had shot up several thousand meters into the air and exploded in a brilliant burst of light.
Almost half the capital was illuminated as brightly as day, the brightness even revealing the rock eagles and gyrfalcons battling in the sky. These birds shrieked in alarm at this sudden light and scattered.
Buzz!
The soaring light immediately caused Hou Junji, who was standing in front of a palace hall, to pale.
Elsewhere in the capital, a force of soldiers was standing in Xuanwu Street, not far from the palace gates.
Atop a muscular stallion, a white-tasseled general raised his head to look at the firework and softly muttered, ”The time has come. His Highness has sent the signal!”
Suddenly, the general swung his sword. ”Move out!”
The three thousand cavalry behind him began to charge forward like demons out of the underworld, the rumbling hooves shaking the earth.
Boom!
In another location, another several thousand warhorses began to charge with astonishing speed toward the Imperial Palace.
On their backs were the large and heavy Mo Sabers, each one taller than an adult man, making the cavalry seem like a moving forest.
”Everyone, advance at full speed!”
A bellow urged the Mo Saber soldiers forward, and they crossed several thousand feet in the blink of an eye and vanished into the darkness.
Wang Chong didn't have to wait for long. Just when the advance at the Center Gate was being stymied, in a distant area…
”Kill!”