Chapter 432: Half Sage (1/2)

Chapter 432: Half Sage

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Shan Ling wanted to ask Nangong Hao what he was doing, but he did not have the chance. Nangong Hao had already leapt off.

He did not even say anything before jumping.

Then, something even more shocking happened.

After Nangong Hao jumped, another figure flashed by his side and leapt off the wall.

He didn't say anything either...

”Xing Yuanguo?!” Shan Ling was stumped. He never expected that Xing Yuanguo would do something similar.

And then...

He was completely floored.

After Nangong Hao and Xing Yuanguo jumped down onto the battlefield, Xing Qingsui and the Dragon Protection Squad followed suit.

Their eyes were filled with determination.

Shan Ling could not believe his eyes when he saw the figures leaping onto the battlefield.

”Your Highness, open the gates, the Mountain Breaking Army is prepared to fight!”

”Please have faith in us!”

”Open the gates!”

Their voices reverberated in Shan Ling's ears. Princess Shan Yu and the other Southern Region soldiers could not believe their ears.

Shan Ling's expression was stony.

If anyone had asked him to open the gates before this, he would have executed them on the spot.

But now...

He couldn't.

Not only could he not draw his blade, he had to listen to them and open the gate.

In fact, this wasn't a request, it was an order. It was an order from the Great Xia, an order that couldn't be refused.

Shan Ling looked at Princess Shan Yu and the surrounding soldiers.

Princess Shan Yu and the other soldiers looked at Shan Ling, their expressions visibly different from before.

Before this, the Southern Region soldiers' expressions were pained.

But now...

They looked insulted and shamed.

This feeling of shame translated into a energy that riled them up. They would do anything to salvage their dignity.

On their home ground...

The Great Xia soldiers were showing greater bravery and will to fight! How could they take it lying down?

Jumping down...

Was a very stupid thing to do...

But it was this stupid act that invigorated the Southern Region warriors and gave them a new lease of life.

”If the Great Xia dares to fight, why should we shy away?!”

”Die!”

”Your Highness, I, Shi Zun, have never been humiliated this way before! I can't wait any longer!” Shi Zun's voice rang out.

He leapt down onto the battlefield.

”Hahaha... wait for me! I am going to fight it out with the demons today!” Thunderous Lion followed suit, chuckling as he did so.

The two major settlement chiefs had joined the battle!

They followed the lead of Nangong Hao and Xing Yuanguo without hesitation. They did not even wait for approval from the Crown Prince.

It wasn't because they didn't respect him.

It was because they knew that Shan Ling would definitely agree. If Shan Ling still didn't know what they were doing, he wasn't fit to be the Crown Prince.

Shan Ling's eyes widened, his eyes swirling with iciness, almost like a tornado.

”Open the gates!”

”Yes, your highness!”

...

The battle of the Iron Hill Settlement was destined to be a bloody one, much worse than anything Princess Shan Yu had expected.

Princess Shan Yu knew exactly what Nangong Hao was doing.

It was precisely because she knew, that's why she was so stunned.

Raising morale!

Morale was paramount in battle. Anyone who knew anything about war knew that the army with higher morale had the advantage.

Yun Qingwu understood this very well.

She used her body as a target and countered the onslaught using the abilities of those behind her.

Everything that she did was for only one purpose. She would raise the morale of the demon army and make them fight harder than ever before. She wanted the army to know that she was fighting with them.

This was one of the best strategies Princess Shan Yu had seen.

It was exactly this strategy that caused General Mu to lose the initiative. From start to finish, he had been suppressed, suffering heavy losses in the defence of the city.

However, there was always a counter to even the best strategies. That being said, this counter was particularly difficult to think of, and even harder to execute.

Courage!

That was the only way to counter Yun Qingwu's strategy.

They couldn't beat her in numbers!

They couldn't beat her in terms of abilities!

So how could they defeat her?

They had to best her in courage.

Yun Qingwu had used her courage to raise the morale of her troops. If they were to have any chance of beating the demons, they needed to be even more courageous.

The braver one would emerge victorious.

They had to be even more vicious!

”Die!”

When the gates to the Iron Hill Settlement opened, the Mountain Breaking Army led the charge, like a blade cutting through the demon army.

Countless Southern Region soldiers raised their spears and rallied behind the Mountain Breaking Army.

They threw their spears at the demon army. The spears mixed with the arrows, forming a lethal torrential rain of metal tips.

”Kill! Defend the Southern Region!” Princess Shan Yu leapt onto the battlefield like a black leopard ready to hunt.

The red cloud patterns appeared on her skin and her skin turned black. She held two daggers in her hands as she charged into the demon army.

”Woosh woosh woosh!”