Chapter 733 The war officially begins, and the priests face off
Frost Volcano, the lair of the Frost Burning Legion. Although this perennial frost-covered volcano has not erupted for thousands of years, it has always been in a very active state, and the lava inside the volcano is churning, but the outside is frosty, this extreme contrast is indeed a wonder.
However, the main reason why the Frostburn Legion chose to build a garrison here is actually because of this active volcano that is active all year round. It is precisely because of the special geographical environment of the hot and cold distribution of this volcano that it is rich in hot steel and cold iron, and it is also a huge natural furnace. Since occupying this Frost Volcano, the equipment of the Frost Burning Legion can be said to be absolutely unique among all the legions of the Dark Sun Empire.
But now, the atmosphere of the Frost Volcano is obviously very different from that of normal days. Not only has weapon forging almost completely stopped, but even the mining of ore has also come to a complete halt. With the arrival of Yun Lan and her Qinglan Legion, the Frost Burning Legion, from the commander to the small soldiers, already knew at this time that a big battle was inevitable.
Those low-level sergeants may not know what is going on with the arrival of this army, but the high-level commanders of the Frost Burning Legion know better than anyone else. It was precisely because of this that they knew all the more that this battle, no matter what, would be unavoidable! Based on what they had done in the Revenant Fortress not long ago, it would be absolutely impossible for that Sword God Lord to let them go lightly! Of course, since the Frost Burning Legion dared to participate in such a serious incident, it was naturally impossible not to rely on it at all. But in any case, the thought of dealing with himself will be a powerful true god, these high-ranking figures of the Frost Burning Legion. If you want to say that there is really no panic and fear, it is definitely unrealistic.
For the current situation, for the Frost Burning Legion, it is actually the most ideal result. Although the Natural God Department had promised in advance that once Yun Feng really attacked them personally. Then the gods of the nature god system will definitely not sit idly by. But to be honest, in that level of battle, the Frost Burning Legion didn't want to participate in it in person anymore no matter what. The previous battle in the Revenant Fortress was just an incarnation of the Sword God Yunfeng, and it was only a demigod-level incarnation, which had actually made them pay such a heavy price. To be honest, the current Frost Burning Legion really doesn't have that confidence anymore to experience the same accident again.
As a reward for the first battle of the Revenant Fortress, the Frost Burning Legion did get a lot of benefits from the nature god system, and about this, the nature god system side. But he didn't break his promise. But these benefits in a short period of time. It is impossible for the Frost Burning Legion to completely absorb it, and if it is to truly transform it into its own strength, it is probably impossible to do it without hundreds of years.
In other words, in the battle of the Revenant Fortress, the Frost Burning Legion paid a heavy price. Although the hope of future rise has been harvested, at least for now, the overall strength of the entire Frost Burning Legion has indeed been greatly weakened! So much so that the garrison of the Revenant Fortress can only defend with all its strength now. There is almost no strength left to attack the Celestial Dragon Empire.
However, this is only the garrison of the Revenant Fortress, at least here in the Frost Volcano Lair, the strength of the remaining troops of the Frost Burning Legion has not been greatly affected for the time being, and basically still retains considerable strength. Therefore, for the commander of the Frost Volcano, the biggest problem in front of them now is not how to defeat Yun Lan, but how to defeat Yun Lan "just right"!
Although the final result is the same, the process must be done just right. To be honest, if it weren't for the huge price paid by the Natural God System that made them unimaginable, it would have been absolutely impossible for the Frost Burning Legion to offend a true god like Yun Feng so lightly. Therefore, if possible, the Frost Burning Legion is absolutely unwilling to truly offend Yun Feng to death. In their opinion, the role played by the Frost Burning Legion in the battle of the Revenant Fortress was not really very crucial, if it was just an incarnation that participated in the siege of Yunfeng, even if it offended the Sword God Lord, it should not be too strict to think about it.
Otherwise, if you come to ask for revenge this time, I'm afraid it won't just be Yun Lan. It is precisely because Yun Feng did not appear in person that the Frost Burning Legion did not dare to go too far, once Yun Lan had any accidents in this battle, then they would really lead Yun Feng out, then they really wanted to cry without tears!
Therefore, for the Frost Burning Legion, the most ideal result of this battle is undoubtedly that they have a slight advantage and force Yun Lan and her army to retreat on their own. Of course, if you want to do this, it is definitely not as easy as imagined, although in terms of troops, the Frost Burning Legion does now occupy a clear advantage, and there is the location of the Frost Volcano in hand, for the commander of the Frost Burning Legion, there should be no suspense to win, but if you want to really completely control the rhythm of this battle in your own hands, it is not so easy to do.
In any case, the commander of the troops came this time, but Yun Lan, who was famous a hundred years ago! Being able to take the Revenant Fortress with a weak force, such a record, absolutely no soldier would underestimate her because she was a woman. In fact, if the two sides really have the same strength now, the commander of the Frost Volcano really doesn't have the confidence that he can defend his lair!
Fortunately, the current situation is in my favor. The commander of the Frost Volcano was a little glad in his heart, but whether this was really the case in fact was unknown, at least Yun Lan definitely didn't think so.
"It seems that it has really been too long since the Yun family left the Eri Continent. The army was stationed, and after seeing the other party's arrangement, Yun Lan's face was obviously not good-looking, "I didn't expect to be underestimated!"
Troops, geographical advantages, supplies, it seems that all aspects are quite unfavorable to their side, and the other party is now putting on such an attitude, so naturally there is nothing strange about it, but for Yun Lan. But she was clearly despised, like her Yunlan in the Qingyun plane, it was really invincible, invincible, I didn't expect to return to the Ari Continent now, this battle. was actually underestimated by the other party.
Although the other party's arrangement to deal with it seems to be decent, and it can even be said that it can be called cautious, even Yun Lan has to admit that the commander of the Frost Volcano does still have two brushes, and being able to command an elite force like the Frost Burning Legion is obviously also a capable person. But because of this, Yun Lan felt so angry now. The other party arranges the arrangement. It's really done quite well, and basically can't find any obvious problems, but Yun Lan can clearly see that what the other commander, the other commander, is really good at, is definitely not passive defense, but active attack!
"Hmph, a cavalry commander. Actually put up a position to defend decently, you are really too confident in yourself. Or do you think that I'm actually just a vain?" Being so underestimated, Yun Lan did have reason to be angry, but at this time, she was more calm. This battle, not only her. At the same time, it is also the Qinglong Yun family, and the first battle to return to the Eri Continent is not only significant, but also absolutely crucial!
If this battle can't be solved cleanly, the Frost Burning Legion will not only be the prestige of his eldest brother Yunfeng. It will be greatly affected, and at the same time, even the situation of the Dark Sun Empire will be greatly implicated! Before that, the Frost Burning Legion was already a warlord group with great autonomy, and once they lost this battle, maybe they might really be even more intensified, and even other legion groups in the Dark Sun Empire might also be ready to move!
For his eldest brother's plan, Yun Lan is quite clear, if the Qinglong Yun family wants to return to the Eri Continent, then the support of the Dark Sun Empire, or the royal family of the Dark Sun Empire, is absolutely indispensable, not to mention that Her Majesty the Laxis Empress of the Dark Sun Empire, and her eldest brother Yun Feng, in fact, have a little friendship between teachers and students, just for the future of the Qinglong Yun family, Yun Lan will definitely not allow this kind of thing to happen.
In this battle, Yun Lan will definitely not have any hands left!
At the beginning of the battle, this time Yun Lan did not play any tricks, in fact, in this situation, there are indeed no tricks to speak of, and the commander of the other party is not a fool, since they have already put on a defensive posture, then if you want to lure them to take the initiative, I am afraid there is not much possibility. And it is foreseeable that most of the general deception is useless, and the Frost Burning Legion is also an old battle, maybe the other party has not experienced as many battles as the Qinglan Legion, but the combat experience is definitely rich enough.
This Frost Burning Legion is definitely not just an ordinary left-behind army, their combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, and they are experienced, most of them have seen blood, and there are almost no recruits. Of course, if it is compared with Yunlan's Qinglan Legion, it must be inferior, you must know that in the Qingyun plane, this Qinglan Legion is really the elite who have gone through a hundred battles and really killed from the sea of corpses and blood!
Soon the commander of the Frost Burning Legion noticed that although the average strength of the soldiers on both sides seemed to be not much different, the whole battle gradually began to favor the other side. The Frost Burning Legion has obviously occupied a geographical advantage, and its strength is nearly twice as large as that of the other party, but now, its own soldiers are gradually suppressed by the other party!
"Where did this strong army come from?" The commander of the Frost Burning Legion couldn't help but gasp, although he had thought before that the army brought by Yun Lan might be very strong, but he didn't expect that the other party would be able to be so strong!
The difference in strength is half, and the other party is actually able to suppress the Frost Burning Legion with inferior forces, such an army, even in the entire Eri Continent, is definitely the top strong army! I'm afraid that even the Qinglong Yun Family's Qinglong Legion back then is probably nothing more than that, right? But that Qinglong Legion, doesn't it say that it has already completely fallen apart with the departure of the Qinglong Yun Family? When did the Qinglong Yun Family start and where did it retrain such a strong army?
It's no wonder that the commander of the Frost Burning Legion is so shocked now, it is really because the time that the Qinglong Yun family has left the Eri Continent is really too long, and the most important thing is that in such a long time, the news of the Qinglong Yun family has rarely been transmitted to the Eri Continent, so there is no regard for the true whereabouts of this family. Very few people know about it.
However, the true origin of the opposition is no longer important, and the commander suddenly finds that this battle seems to be even more difficult than he had expected! It's no longer a question of how to force Yun Lan back, but a question of whether he can win this war!
Although the number of the other party is small, the total is only 50,000, but the combat power is really very strong! Especially in the other party's camp, there are actually a considerable number of chaplains accompanying the army, these priests of the Sword God Temple, they are really not very good at healing, restoring and other divine arts. But it can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers!
"Demon Sword", "Sword Qi Addition", "Bloodthirsty Blade...... The magic of the Sword God Priest is almost always strengthened against the long sword, but the direction of the enhancement is different. Although on the side of the Frost Burning Legion, there are also a large number of Frost Temple Priests, but at this moment, the role of these Frost Priests is obviously greatly limited by the other party.
This side has just added a group of ice armor techniques, and the opposite side directly attaches a large area of flame swords, and directly uses the frost magic to attack. But under the attack of the "Bloodthirsty Blade", the wounded soldiers of the Qinglan Legion. The injury actually began to recover gradually...... Although the attainments of those sword god priests in divine arts are indeed inferior to those of the priests of the Frost Temple, the god behind them is a high god after all, and the frost goddess is only a medium god. Therefore, even if it is a divine skill of the same level, there is definitely a big gap in the power that is cast!
And more importantly, these priests of the Sword God Temple, especially the few high-ranking priests. At the critical moment, it can directly use part of the power of faith! The power of faith, if it is used against other people, the effect may not be very obvious, but as a clergyman, once the power of faith is mastered, then there is no doubt that it will definitely have a great advantage! Whether it is the transformation of divine power to strengthen the divine art, or the direct use of the power of faith to interfere with the other party's divine magic, at the critical moment, it can even play a decisive role!
On the other hand, those priests of the Frost God Temple, they were completely at a loss for these Sword God priests to use the power of faith so unscrupulously, and for a while, they couldn't accept such a reality at all. For the clergy, there is absolutely no doubt about the importance of the power of faith, but because of this, there are few gods who allow their followers to have direct access to the power of faith, and in contrast, the gods prefer to give divine power directly rather than the power of faith as the root.
But the problem is that the frost goddess Ferna is still in her own divine kingdom, fighting fiercely with Yun Feng, and her own divine power is still too fast, so how can she have time to give these frost priests extra divine power. On the other hand, Yun Feng's side, although he is also flawless, but Yun Feng's Sword God Church is actually a self-contained system, and its dependence on Yun Feng, the Sword God, is actually not as strict as imagined.
Since Yun Feng took the initiative to delegate the power of a large number of gods, even if there was no Yun Feng for the time being, the Sword God Church would still be able to maintain normal operation. As long as the faith of the Sword God Church is not truly and completely destroyed, then these Sword God priests will be able to be replenished with sufficient faith power!
In the entire Sword God Church, all the high-level clergy are quite clear about the significance of this battle, so no one will hold back at this time. Although it is indeed extremely distressing to consume the power of faith in this way, for these clergy of the Sword God Church, this is a "holy war" after all, and it is absolutely not allowed to be the slightest neglect!
And among all the Sword God Priests, there is no doubt that Purple Blade is definitely the most conspicuous one. Not only is his personal martial arts extremely outstanding, but most importantly, Purple Blade's attainments in divine arts are actually quite not weak! Although Purple Blade turned to believe in the Sword God Church, in fact, he didn't have much time at all, but the divine skills of the Sword God Temple were relatively simple, and what limited the power of these divine arts was always divine power in the final analysis!
But for the purple blade, the most important thing now is probably divine power. Since becoming the "Silver Sword Cardinal" of the Sword God Temple, the trace of divine power obtained in the Tower of Trials at the beginning is nothing to the current Purple Blade. Of course, this is only in terms of "quantity", in terms of essence, the first trace of divine power obtained by the purple blade, although it was also transformed from the power of faith, was personally shot by Yun Feng. and the divine power transformed by the Sword God Church, those are definitely two completely different concepts!
As for Purple Blade himself, he hasn't even reached the legendary realm, and now he doesn't have the ability to transform the power of faith into divine power. However, in this battle, with the support of other high-level leaders of the Sword God Temple, the purple blade does not have to worry too much about the trumpet problem of divine power for the time being.
A high-level professional who has not even reached the legendary realm can actually use divine arts, even if it is just to use divine magic to enhance the power of divine arts, but for those frost priests, the current purple blade is like cheating! (To be continued......