Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Move forward. Kill all that resist." the officer for the left army, Xu Xin Cheng, said. He was one of the three disciples sent by the Evil Infant Sect here this time to protect their investment with the Hushan Bandits.

"Ho-ho-ho... Kill those skinny lads and grab me their vice commander... I wonder how he tastes like..." a female cultivator named Peng Yan laughed as she stares at Shan Xiong Xin. To her, a target like Shan Xiong Xin is like a candied hawthorn in her eyes. She's also the officer for the army coming in from the right.

The battlefield now is consisted of close to 4,400 soldiers.

2.000 of them from the Evil Infant Sect, and about 700 on what was left of Hushan Bandits.

As for Sun Wu Jian's side, there are close to 600 elite soldiers from his side. Added up with Shan Xiong Xin and the three experts total of 400, that's around 1,000 men. With Qin Lan's arrival, their total increases to 1,700 men, but that's still a difference of 1,000 people between the two sides.

The moment the flare signal of "Qin" illuminates the sky, a half battalion strong soldiers charged out from the woods like a slithering snake. Qin Lan was the leading officer in charge as he acted as the bait that attracted the head of the snake towards Xu Xin Cheng's army.

"How dare a mere worm-like formation dare to mess with me! I want two officers to lead your unit down and stall their march! Keep the head of that useless formation where they are as we mow their central unit!" Xu Xin Cheng said.

Two flag bearers of Xu Xin Cheng's army immediately turned to their right as two hundred soldiers followed. They were led by two ninth-level Flesh Refining Layer Cultivators.

"Move-in! Let the calvaries separates their head into two groups before our foot soldiers destroy them in a swoop! We'll teach them the real meaning of warfare!" one of the two officers laughed as he ordered.

They were indeed confident.

Leading about forty soldiers on horseback, the officer raised his weapon up, followed by his action.

"Attack!" the forty or so calvaries charged forward using a spearhead formation. Serious expression is tied on their face as they're hellbent on separating Qin Lan's slithering snake formation.

"Heh... How brave..." Qin Lan chuckled as his unit suddenly stopped in their track and dispersed. What's coming to greet the incoming forty or so calvaries is an opened jaw of the snake swallowing the horsemen in a gulp.

There were no clashes at all as the officer and his calvaries charged into the formation. But the moment they entered the core of the Slithering Snake Formation, only regrets can be seen on their face.

The Body Unit led by Huo Zunjie and Tail Unit led by Lu Qing Yun came forth without warning and constricted them like how a snake does to their prey. Without a chance to scream, all forty or so soldiers were beheaded ruthlessly in less than a few minutes.

As for the remaining foot soldiers, they were met with almost the same fate.

The head of the Slithering Snake Formation devours the foot soldiers in a gulp next before turning into ten layers circling formation. Thirty soldiers in a layer, that was a display of three hundred beheading teeth as the lives were harvested like that.

A little less than ten minutes were all Qin Lan needs to finish the two units of soldiers.

"S - Sir! The two officer's flag is taken down! I repeat! The two officer's flag is... Aargh!" Xu Xin Cheng slapped his messenger down from the horse as he was irritated by the report.

"How dare a mere commander mess with me? Send in three more units to keep that army occupied! I want them to stop right there as we demolish their central unit!" Xu Xing Cheng ordered.

"Yes, Sir!" three officers marching beside Xu Xing Cheng responded by moving along with their unit as fast as they could. The only differences this time is none of them dare to underestimate Qin Lan's battle formation.

They quickly split into a three-pronged attack as each officer pick on a section of the Slithering Snake Formation. Based on their understanding of warfare, this would be the best way to counter a tactic that relies on deception.

But they quickly realized that deception or not, warfare is all based on a battle of numbers. With three hundred soldiers on the Head Unit and two hundred on both Body and Tail, controlling a mere hundred soldiers were nothing but a walk in a park!

Through the advantages of two against one, Qin Lan doesn't even need to adjust his path as they surrounded Xu Xin Cheng from the direction he came into the battle. And at this moment, the main forces led by Xu Xin Cheng finally engaged against Expert Yi's soldier.

"Name yourself! I, Xu Xin Cheng, will not dirty my hand killing a nobody!" this disciple from the Evil Infant Sect said.

"Yi Xun Cheng! I am one of the proud half-step Bone Reconstruction Layer Expert of his highness, ninth prince Sun Wu Jian! Bring it on, you evildoer from Evil Infant Sect!" expert Yi accepted the challenge and exchanged a blow against Xu Xin Cheng.

At the same time, Expert Xie and Expert Shun had already started their battle against Peng Yan's soldiers. As there was no disturbance like Qin Lan's unit attacking them from elsewhere, this allowed her unit to focus solely on Expert Xie and Expert Shun.

Smiling on her own specially decorated cart, Peng Yan seductively opened her leg wide. There are just a few pieces of thin garments covering her flesh. Her action made all the soldiers uncontrollably turn their heads and stealing a glance at her.

"Do your best, soldiers... Those that managed to kill over five opponents today will be granted the privilege to impregnate me with everything you have."

"Don't you want to have a taste of what I have?" Peng Yan shamelessly said as she started to rub herself in front of her soldiers.

"Woah!!!" cries were soon heard as they were aroused.

"Let's get rid of their vice commander first! As long he fell, the incoming soldier from our rear side won't be a problem!" Lang Xue said.

"Then... What are we waiting for? Move out!" Xiong Jie said. Beside him, Tang Ying and Bai Yuan followed. Leading close to a hundred soldiers with them, they made their way forth as they get ready to engage against Shan Xiong Xin's elite unit.

Just like this, the soldier from all over the place joined this battle. It was now time to see who will eventually reign over this Flame Demon Mountain.