Chapter 2193 - The Ghost Hell Army! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Clangclangclang!
Even the distant Golden Wolf Army were affected by the Turkic Wolf Emperor Halo, their strength swelling. Neeeigh! With their charge, they managed to temporarily suppress the opposing Tongluo Cavalry.
“It’s been a long time since my blood has been this restless, has so anticipated a battle!
“Wang Chong, don’t disappoint me!”
On the other side, Yeon Gaesomun stretched his limbs, his joints cracking as he turned his savage eyes on Wang Chong.
Boom!
A moment later, Yeon Gaesomun’s dantian blazed with energy, and a violet-black halo swiftly spread out over the battlefield.
The Halo of Eol Kasum!
This was one of the strongest halos in the legends of the Goguryeo Empire. Yeon Gaesomun had found this supreme technique when a crisis had forced him into the water and he had discovered an underwater cave.
(TN: In truth, the characters the author uses for the name of this halo is simply the Japanese rendering of Yeon Gaesomun’s name, Iri Kasumi. Both Iri Kasumi and Yeon Gaesomun are transcriptions approximating his actual name, which is theorized to be Eol Kasum.)
In the history of Goguryeo, this powerful war halo had been lost for fifteen hundred years, and it was this halo that Yeon Gaesomun had relied on to become the strongest War God of Goguryeo.
In the Goguryeon language, ‘Eol Kasum’ had another meaning: ‘Supreme’!
The myriad things below and only one above!
This was the essence of Eol Kasum.
Bang!
The moment Yeon Gaesomun used this halo, it appeared beneath the feet of the tens of thousands of Goguryeon soldiers, and their Stellar Energies blazed.
All of them felt a brand-new energy surging into their bodies, and they instantly became like dragons and tigers, with a seemingly inexhaustible power running through them. They felt invincible, like they could easily cleave through their foes.
“Kill!”
The morale of the Goguryeons soared as they lunged at the Tang forces.
In a flash, the pressure on Zhang Shougui and Abusi rose.
But Ozmish Khagan and Yeon Gaesomun were not targeting these two. Their men were focused on Wang Chong’s three hundred thousand soldiers.
Ten thousand feet!
Five thousand feet!
The distance was shrinking.
“Order Cui Qianyou to mobilize the Ghost Hell Army!”
Beneath the massive banner of Youzhou, An Lushan’s eyes flashed with frightening killing intent.
“The Ghost Hell Army? Master, you plan to use that formation now?” Gao Shang suddenly asked.
But An Lushan and Gao Shang treated the Ghost Hell Army so specially because it had a specific purpose.
The Ghost Hell Army was the core of a powerful and ancient formation that combined together all the elite divisions of Youzhou.
This was a lost technique that An Lushan had requested from ‘Heaven’, and it was the trump card in the plans of Gao Shang and An Lushan to conquer the entire world and vanquish the Great Tang.
But the problem was that this was far from the right time to use this formation.
Yet the battle was heating up far too quickly!
“Mm!”
An Lushan firmly nodded, his eyes fixed on that youthful figure on the other side.
“Wang Chong has already moved out, so we don’t need to wait any longer. The rest of the Great Tang’s forces have yet to arrive, so this is the best chance to defeat them!”
An Lushan’s voice was extremely calm and cool. He had not relied on luck to reach this stage, and when it came to military affairs, An Lushan had his own judgments.
After a few moments of silence, Gao Shang firmly nodded.
“Okay!”
Though this was much earlier than they had planned, the Great Tang had at least six hundred and fifty thousand soldiers on this battlefield. The conditions were right to activate that formation.
Youzhou’s three Great Generals were Cui Qianyou, Tian Qianzhen, and Tian Chengsi. Cui Qianyou was their leader, and he had been commanding from the rear and had not excessively intervened on the front line yet.
Upon receiving An Lushan’s order, Cui Qianyou immediately took action.
“Hyah!”
With a loud roar, Cui Qianyou rode out, his horse covering more than a hundred feet with a single leap.
Around him were elite Youzhou cavalry wearing fiendish black face plates and circled by ghostly energy.
This was none other than the Ghost Hell Army!
In terms of aura, this army had an energy that surpassed both the Golden Wolf Army and the Sunchaser Cavalry.
As this cavalry charged out, black smoke seethed around them, and numerous ghosts and devils appeared.
As the Ghost Hell Army rode out, all of the elite Youzhou cavalry charged out with them.