Urban Wolf King

Chapter 1304 1115: The Principle of Manipulation

Looking at the newly refined Soldier Terracotta Warrior Bai Gong in front of him, Wang Yan smiled slightly and said, "As expected, this technique needs constant practice. Now I only need the time of a single breath to refine one Soldier Terracotta Warrior."

As he spoke, Wang Yan's eyes swept toward the remaining five Demon Venerables.

From Wang Yan's expression, it was as if he were pondering who should be refined into a Soldier Terracotta Warrior next.

The faces of the five Demon Venerables changed. You look at me, I look at you, then they turned around and circled widely around Wang Yan, fleeing into the distance.

Although Meng Ao's side still held the advantage for now, Wang Yan's bizarre methods were making the gap between the two sides smaller and smaller, and completely shattered the confidence of these five Demon Venerables.

Just now it had been Wang Yan plus three Demon Venerable Soldier Terracotta Warriors against ten Demon Venerables, but in the blink of an eye it had become Wang Yan leading five Demon Venerable Soldier Terracotta Warriors, while their own side had only eight Demon Venerables left.

Although they still had a difference of three Demon Venerables, the opponent's Demon Venerable Soldier Terracotta Warriors weren't afraid of death at all. Even if they died, they would be resurrected.

But once they themselves died, they would immediately be refined into Soldier Terracotta Warriors by Wang Yan.

If they really were refined into Soldier Terracotta Warriors, the reputation of them, dignified Demon Venerables, would be utterly ruined. It was truly better to run away now.

Seeing the five Demon Venerables flee, Meng Ao was extremely vexed, and immediately led Meng Wu and Meng Tian to retreat as well.

Blocking the five Demon Venerables, Meng Ao shouted, "You five, don't go just yet."

The five Demon Venerables fled for several li before finally stopping. They glanced from afar at Wang Yan, who was slowly flying back to the top of the city wall and did not give chase, and all five let out a sigh of relief.

One pale-faced Demon Venerable said, "Meng, it's not that we don't want to help you, but that Demon Wolf King is just too weird. We don't want to end up like Bai Gong, refined into Soldier Terracotta Warriors."

Hearing the pale-faced Demon Venerable's words, the remaining four Demon Venerables all nodded in agreement.

Meng Ao was annoyed in his heart, yet even now he couldn't figure it out. Clearly it had just been his ten Demon Venerables overwhelming Wang Yan alone with absolute superiority; how had it suddenly become evenly matched?

However, his feud with Wang Yan was too deep to not be avenged.

At once, Meng Ao said, "Since you five are unwilling to fight that Demon Wolf King head-on, then we'll use the Soldier Terracotta Warriors to attack the city. A million Soldier Terracotta Warriors are more than enough to kill the Demon Wolf King."

Hearing this, the pale-faced Demon Venerable and the others were still somewhat hesitant.

Meng Ao said, "Among these million Soldier Terracotta Warriors are the three hundred thousand belonging to Bai Gong and Bai Xiaozhan. If you don't leave, regardless of victory or defeat, I'll give those three hundred thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors to you five after this battle."

At that, the five pale-faced Demon Venerables pondered for a moment, then all nodded.

However, the five pale-faced Demon Venerables all willingly handed over the command of their Soldier Terracotta Warriors to Meng Ao, while they themselves retreated to the rear, watching from far away.

After all, among this million-strong army of Soldier Terracotta Warriors, part of them also belonged to the five pale-faced Demon Venerables. As long as the five didn't leave with their own Soldier Terracotta Warriors, Meng Ao was satisfied.

After taking the command flags used by the five Demon Venerables to control their Soldier Terracotta Warriors, Meng Ao temporarily obtained control over the million Soldier Terracotta Warriors. At that moment, he regained a bit of confidence. He turned to look at Wang Yan standing atop the city, a murderous gleam flashing in his eyes.

With a wave of the command flag in his hand, the million Soldier Terracotta Warriors immediately split into ten formations.

The foremost formation consisted of a hundred thousand soldiers, each holding a shield taller than a man.

Behind them were three formations of archers, Soldier Terracotta Warriors all wielding curved bows with quivers on their backs.

Behind that was a siege formation. These Soldier Terracotta Warriors all lifted massive logs; each log was borne on the shoulders of a hundred men, its pointed tip aimed at the city gate.

Behind the log formation were five spear formations, each soldier holding a red-tasseled long spear.

It was also Wang Yan's first time seeing such a large-scale maneuvering of Soldier Terracotta Warriors. Standing atop the city wall watching, he suddenly had a flash of insight, as if he had gained a deeper level of understanding of the first level of the Rejuvenation Technique.

At this moment, Meng Ao suddenly raised the command flag high, and the first hundred-thousand-strong formation lifted their shields, completely hiding themselves behind them, and began to advance step by step toward the city.

Seeing this, Ji Congjing hurriedly said to Wang Yan, "My lord, we should fire back with arrows now. We must not let the Shield Soldiers' formation reach the base of our walls."

Wang Yan nodded when he heard this and said, "All right, then bring out your Soldier Terracotta Warriors and immediately counterattack with arrows."

Hearing that, Ji Congjing couldn't help but freeze, then said awkwardly, "My lord, I really have too few Soldier Terracotta Warriors to show my face with."

Wang Yan said evenly, "It's fine, we'll take whatever you've got."

Helpless, Ji Congjing could only nod, pull out a Storage Bag from his robes, and toss it onto the city wall.

A moment later, ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors flew out of the Storage Bag and landed on the wall.

In fact, Ji Congjing hadn't originally had that many Soldier Terracotta Warriors. It was only after becoming Governor of Nanyang County and plundering everywhere that he barely managed to scrape together ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors.

As soon as he saw there were only ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors on the walls, Meng Ao relaxed, and immediately ordered his Soldier Terracotta Warriors to speed up their charge.

Seeing this, Ji Congjing hurriedly waved his hand, and his ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors instantly raised their longbows, drew and loosed their arrows. Arrows fell like rain toward the foot of the wall.

Meng Ao raised his command flag, and the shield-bearing Soldier Terracotta Warriors simultaneously lifted their shields in front of them.

Most of the ten thousand sharp arrows thudded into the shields; only a small portion pierced into the bodies of the Soldier Terracotta Warriors.

After blocking the arrows, the Shield Soldiers lowered their shields and quickened their assault.

Behind the Shield Soldiers, the siege troops followed closely, always hiding behind the Shield Soldiers' shields.

Behind the siege troops were the three archer formations, which at this moment were right behind them, drawing their arrows and aiming at the top of the city wall.

Seeing this, Ji Congjing grew anxious.

He hastily ordered his ten thousand archers to intensify their attacks.

However, no matter how his ten thousand archer Soldier Terracotta Warriors attacked, their arrows were blocked by the Shield Soldiers. Meanwhile, the three archer formations behind the Shield Soldiers had already entered their effective attack range.

Immediately, the three archer formations—three hundred thousand soldiers in total—drew their bows in unison and fired at the city wall.

Three hundred thousand arrows turned into a sky-filling rain, shrouding all of Yunmeng County within.

The constant "whoosh, whoosh" of arrows filled the air. The mere ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors on the wall were instantly shot into hedgehogs, and then, with a continuous crashing sound, those ten thousand Soldier Terracotta Warriors shattered into rubble and fell to the ground.

Meng Ao couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He hurriedly waved his command flag, and the Shield Soldiers and siege troops quickened their pace, reaching the city gate in just a few strides.

The siege Soldier Terracotta Warriors raised the massive logs and slammed them into the city wall.

Each log was as thick as ten men joining arms. When it crashed into the city wall, the entire wall immediately shook violently.

At this moment, Ji Congjing's ten thousand archers hadn't even begun to recover.

Seeing this, Ji Congjing pulled a long face and looked at Wang Yan in despair. "My lord, the city is about to fall. Let's hurry and run."

However, when Ji Congjing looked at Wang Yan, he saw Wang Yan beaming. "So that's how it is. I finally understand the principle behind controlling Soldier Terracotta Warriors. Now it's time for the Jiao Cavalry to take the field."