Chapter 1861 - The Land Shark, Bashabur!
Chapter 1861: The Land Shark, Bashabur!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Even the Hierophant and the High Priest atop the elephant Behemoth were affected, let alone the Arab generals and the ordinary cavalry. The two supreme existences of the Arabian Empire were instantly shaken.
“Hmph!”
Khatabah coldly grunted. He instinctively unleashed more energy, attempting to increase the power of his halo, but Wang Chong’s dazzling war halo was inscribed with mysterious characters that seemed to make it immune.
Khatabah’s heart thumped, and his face turned solemn.
“Such inconceivable power! Is this… the power of the Child of Destruction?”
The High Priest’s black robe trembled. There was a strange light in his eyes as he stared at Wang Chong.
The eastern world had tens of thousands of different war halos, but Wang Chong’s power clearly did not belong in this domain.
From this alone, he could see that this youth had transcended this mortal world and had become a most unique existence.……
In the distance, Wang Chong was utterly unperturbed over the fact that he had undone Khatabah’s halo with just a single move.
Once Wang Chong had slain one million foes and advanced to the Subtle realm, he had finally been able to unlock the next step in the Stone of Destiny and gain a new skill:
The Bane of All Peoples!
At this level, the halo no longer targeted just soldiers or just generals. Rather, it had escalated to a new level and targeted all the members of the same people!
Although Wang Chong had only the first level of the Bane of All Peoples Halo, it was already far stronger than the Bane of the Battlefield and the Bane of Generals. Even Great Generals or powerful existences like Khatabah were unable to completely nullify this halo.
At most, they could only limit it to a certain level!
But he wasn’t even done yet.
“A gift needs to be reciprocated! Let me send you another halo!”
Wang Chong’s eyes flashed as he unleashed his fourth halo.
Clangclangclang! With a deafening clatter, one halo after another erupted from Wang Chong’s body. The power of seven Halos of Dusk Stallion swiftly spread across his army.
Unlike his previous halos, this halo directly boosted the power of the Tang soldiers. As the strength of his six hundred thousand soldiers swelled, the battle began to lean in the Great Tang’s favor.
Neigh!
With the boost from all these halos, the Great Tang front line rapidly stabilized.
“Release!”
Meanwhile, Su Hanshan was constantly swinging down his arm, and clouds of ballista bolts flew through the air, their whistling sharp points reaping the lives of the Arabs and reducing the pressure on the front line.
Su Hanshan had not been sitting back as Wang Chong and Khatabah clashed. Another seventy to eighty thousand Arab cavalry had been slain in that time.
“That Saleh is extremely strong. Zhangchou Jianqiong can’t hold out on his own. An Sishun, you go and help him!”
A powerful mental wave carrying Wang Chong’s voice swept through the air.
Wang Chong’s Bane of All Peoples Halo had a negligible effect on Great Generals of Saleh’s level. Moreover, while it seemed like Zhangchou Jianqiong and Saleh had been evenly matched, Saleh had held the upper hand this entire time.
Before this, few would have believed that the respected Minister of War, the nearly-twenty-year veteran Tiger of the Empire, would lose to an Arab.
If Zhangchou Jianqiong could not hold, the Nine Dragon Army would fall apart with him.
Clang!
An Sishun’s sword rang out as he mounted his horse, a look of determination on his face. His horse gave a loud neigh, and then An Sishun was gone, riding toward the Blood Lion of Arabia.
Boom!
As An Sishun joined the fray, turning into another powerful storm of energy along with Zhangchou Jianqiong, they were finally able to barely suppress Saleh.
Roooar!
Suddenly, a Behemoth roared, causing Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi to turn in alarm. They saw a Behemoth twisting its body to avoid several giant ballista bolts, and as it did so, it tossed its head. At this moment, a dense beam of white light slammed into a Behemoth Slayer and sent him flying.
At this time, more and more injured Behemoths seemed to be enraged, howling and bellowing as they suddenly sped up and knocked aside steel walls and soldiers like they were leaves. Screams filled the air as the shockwaves stirred up great clouds of dust which engulfed the area for thousands of feet around.
This cloud of dust affected even the firing of the giant ballistae.
“There are too many Behemoths and our attention is divided in too many places! We can’t last long like this!” Gao Xianzhi said, his eyes deeply concerned.
Even though Wang Chong had developed the giant ballistae, their production process was far too complicated. These thirty-some giant ballistae simply weren’t enough to stop the Behemoths. It was only a matter of time until the Behemoths broke through.
And the Arabs simply had too many soldiers!
“It’s not the time yet!” Wang Chong coldly said. He understood what Gao Xianzhi meant, but he firmly refused.
“At the very least, it’s not time for you to go yet!”
Wang Chong spoke without a shred of emotion. While this battle seemed intense, this was merely the beginning. If they couldn’t hold now, they would not be able to hold in the future.
“Leave it to Chen Bin and Su Hanshan. There’s an even more important matter that I need you to do in a little while,” Wang Chong indifferently said.
……
At the same time, Khatabah was also observing the battle.
At the center, Saleh’s God’s Ordained Cavalry was constantly advancing, occupying the main Tang force and placing immense pressure on the front line. While both sides seemed equal, the Arabs’ overwhelming advantage in numbers guaranteed that when the battle reached a certain stage, the opposing force would collapse.
On the right flank, the Behemoth Army was slowly beginning to produce results, gaining the upper hand, but this was still not what Khatabah wanted to see.
Khatabah’s eyes flickered, and then he suddenly gave an order.
“It’s about time. Tell Bashabur to lead the twenty thousand Mamelukes and join the Behemoth Army in breaking through the Tang right flank! In addition, have him kill those Behemoth Slayers!”
“Yes!”
A messenger left to relay the orders.
“Hmph, finally my turn?”
In the rear of the army, an Arab Great General coldly chuckled upon receiving the order.
This Arab Great General had differently-colored eyes, his left eye black and his right eye blue. Half of his face was burned and pockmarked in a grisly fashion, as if he had been through some incredibly gruesome battle.
Bashabur!
This man was one of Khatabah’s Great Generals and was known as the Land Shark. In the Battle of Talas, Aybak and Faisal had both died, leaving the Mamelukes leaderless, and without their leader, the Mamelukes could not fight with their full strength.
When Bashabur appeared, he immediately took command over the Mamelukes. In addition, he used an ancient training technique almost lost in the Arabian Empire to raise the Mamelukes to a new level of power.
“Prepare to move out! Now is the time for us to enjoy the slaughter.”
With a savage laugh, Bashabur took out his large scimitar, which was covered in mysterious inscriptions that exuded murderous energy. Rumble! Bashabur spurred his horse into a gallop, leaving behind an explosion of air as he shot off like a comet.
“Hyah!”
As Bashabur moved out, a Mameluke licked his lips in excitement, took out his own scimitar, and followed.
Behind him, the earth rumbled as the Mamelukes set off like a surging torrent, moving with an unstoppable momentum toward the Great Tang’s right flank.
Clang! As these men all charged forward, a crimson halo emerged from Bashabur’s body and spread to all the Mamelukes.
Upon receiving this energy, the Mamelukes grew even stronger.
“Kiiill!”
The twenty-thousand-some Mamelukes let out an earthshaking roar, intense killing intent rolling off them in waves, appearing more like an army of hundreds of thousands than tens of thousands.
“Let me kill all these eastern infidels!”
Bashabur’s eyes gleamed with a cruel light, tinged with crimson, as he slightly pressed his body against his horse.
This was a sign that he had reached maximum excitement.
“Hmph!”
Wang Chong saw this, but his face remained cold and unperturbed. These Mamelukes might have been renowned and feared throughout the continent, but for Wang Chong’s army, they would always be losers!
“Tell Li Siye to depart the battlefield and take command of the Wushang Cavalry! It’s time for him to truly fight!
“Tell Young Master Qingyang to deal with the giants! Give him command of half the Mo Saber Unit! He must protect the ballista army and eliminate those armored giants as quickly as possible!
“Order Su Hanshan to prepare to fire!” Wang Chong firmly ordered.
Following Wang Chong’s order, Li Siye took command of the Wushang Cavalry, Guo Ziyi and Xue Qianjun assisting him, and they rumbled off toward the Mamelukes.
Bang!
The world seemed to fall silent as the Wushang Cavalry erupted with immense fighting intent, charging off with the speed of a lightning bolt.