Chapter 317: 318: Fierce Shield Strikes (4th Update)

“Wait until your clansmen can defeat my Imperial Army and War Beast Army. Then talk to me about challenging me. Do you really think you’re qualified to make me take action personally?” Lin Qian scoffed as if he had heard a joke.

“You!” Bai Ximing was just about to speak, pointing at Lin Qian, when a sudden change on the ground made him stop abruptly.

On the previously empty ground of City Two, suddenly, there appeared a group of giant wolves covered in armor!

The moment the armor on those giant wolves, adorned with silver moon fur on their foreheads, revealed fluctuations of Soul Power, Bai Ximing and Wuzhan Shuang next to him understood—it was a Soul Device!

Not just the two of them, other members of the Swift Hidden Clan and the Invisible Clan were staring dumbfounded at the Silver Moon Giant Wolves below.

Could Soul Beasts carry Soul Devices?

While they were astonished, the groups of Silver Moon Giant Wolves below had already charged out, howling as they rushed into the midst of the blue wind and swift giant wolf packs.

In an instant, the group of Silver Moon Giant Wolves slammed solidly into the two wolf packs. Flesh flew everywhere, and the grassy plains gradually stained red with blood.

Yuan Xiang didn’t need to look closely; the purely animalistic two Soul Beast wolf packs, in front of Lin Qian’s War Beasts Silver Moon Giant Wolves, were completely overmatched—it was a unilateral massacre!

“Soul Beasts are probably no match,” remarked Wuzhan Shuang grimly, facing the situation on the ground, then shaking his head.

Bai Ximing’s expression was terrible as well. Taking a deep breath, he said, “We can’t stay passive like this any longer. Let’s take the initiative to strike!”

“Charge forward, tear this man who insults our clans’ dignity to pieces!” At the same time, Wuzhan Shuang also roared, encouraging his fellow clansmen behind him.

“Kill!” Inspired by their young master from their clan, the huge crowds from both the Swift Hidden Clan and the Invisible Clan drew out their Soul Weapon Blades and rushed toward City Two.

Yuan Xiang watched as the Swift Hidden Clan and the Invisible Clan were charging over, his gaze involuntarily shifted to Lin Qian. He wanted to see how his opponent planned to win this war.

Together, the Swift Hidden Clan and the Invisible Clan totaled sixty million people, while Lin Qian only had twelve million on his side. Yuan Xiang was eager to find out where the latter’s confidence came from.

Before the battle began, Yuan Xiang still remembered asking Lin Qian how he planned to achieve victory. His answer was,

“Completely crush them from every aspect, and victory will naturally follow.”

Yuan Xiang could still hear Lin Qian’s brash words ringing in his ears and now waited to see how the latter would fully crush the enemy.

“The Emperor himself enters the battle!” Minghuang Emperor’s Soul Power suddenly shone brightly on Lin Qian’s body, his imperial robe fiercely catching fire, and behind his throne, nine dragon phantoms appeared.

The bright yellow light burst forth in an instant, enveloping all the Imperial Army.

In the blink of an eye, under the cover of “The Emperor himself enters the battle” and the “Huaxia World Array,” the combat power of the entire Imperial Army surged significantly.

All soldiers’ aura markedly intensified, catching Yuan Xiang’s eye with wonder.

For he distinctly noticed that the consistent Huaxia attribute Soul Power among all the Imperial Army members could harmoniously integrate and interconnect, their auras forming as solid as a slab of iron.

No matter how fierce the battle cries of the Swift Hidden Clan and the Invisible Clan were, or how boisterous their combined momentum became, nothing could shake the Imperial forces of the Huaxia Empire by a bit.

“Pan shield, protect Qingyu and Qiang Yu!” Lin Qian suddenly commanded with a wave of his hand.

Immediately, Yuan Xiang saw those burly soldiers in heavy armor, clutching massive shields, rapidly fall back to stand protectively before the crossed positions of Qingyu and Qiang Yu.

“Solid as a rock!” The heavily armored soldiers holding large shields swiftly positioned their shields in front of Qingyu and Qiang Yu, the Huaxia soul power emanating from their shields pooling together to form a barrier patterned with shield crests.

At the moment the shield-crest barrier formed, Qingyu and Qiang Yu, who were behind them, leaped up and stood on their shoulders, still within the confines of the barrier.

Qingyu stood with one foot on the large shield in front of the solid shield and another on its left shoulder, continuously firing arrows.

Even though his quick-shooting skill was still cooling down, the speed at which they shot arrows was already a quarter of the original speed, which was still very fast.

As for Qiang Yu, he directly smashed his huge bow onto the solid shield’s large shield, and after aiming, he fired a tremendously powerful giant arrow that pierced through the skies.

Often, a single arrow was enough to penetrate several ferocious raptor Soul Beasts.

In the eyes of others, the formidable Soul Beast army that was difficult to deal with was now completely contained by Lin Qian’s side.

On the ground, the Silver Moon Giant Wolves were slaughtering, fully armed, they were like the gods of war among wolves, and the foolish Soul Beast wolf packs made of mere flesh were no match for them.

As for the aerial Soul Beasts, in Qingyu and Qiang Yu’s eyes, they were merely moving targets.

Yuan Xiang even observed that the shield pattern barriers formed by Lin Qian’s mention of solid shields didn’t hinder the shooting of Qingyu and Qiang Yu’s arrows, and their arrows would even increase in power when penetrating the barrier!

The barrier protected the relatively vulnerable Qingyu and Qiang Yu, while the large shields in their hands protected the ones maintaining the barrier, which also enhanced the attack power of their comrades.

Their Soul Power attributes were exactly the same, fitting together flawlessly!

“Perfect cooperation!” Seeing this, Yuan Xiang couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

Seeing Yuan Xiang exclaim in surprise by his side, a proud smile appeared on Lin Qian’s face.

The solidity of the solid shields could defend against external attacks, reducing the force of any attack that passed through the barrier by half.

Conversely, the power of attacks from within the barrier to the outside increased by as much as thirty percent!

Of course, this skill effect was only available after researching the pinnacle technologies in the tech tree.

Lin Qian’s Huaxia Empire was fully developed in technology, and the skills of the military types were at their peak data.

The bow and shield combination of solid shields, Qingyu and Qiang Yu, which were three intermediate military evolution types, was already a nasty combination during the intermediate era in the past life’s game.

The original skill data was way more overpowered than now, and the game company had even specifically nerf this combination.

Thus, the combination Lin Qian was using now was already the nerfed version.

Yet, even so, it was more than enough.

Watching the Invisible Clan charging recklessly toward City Two, having devoured the body of the Blue Stone Clan, a mocking smile appeared on Lin Qian’s face, “When it comes to a head-on clash, who’s afraid of whom!”

Saying this, Lin Qian looked toward the towering, heavily armored man with a huge shield fixed on his right arm.

That shield was completely different from the solid shield; if the solid shield’s appearance gave a sense of security, then those held by this group of towering, heavily armored soldiers looked much more ferocious.

“Fierce Shield, charge!”