Chapter 96: Chapter 97: The Real Army
“Again, summoned out of thin air!” Ye Xin, standing beside Lin Qian, was amazed at everything in front of her.
Initially, Ye Xin was curious about how Lin Qian could summon these strange subordinates.
Now she understood that Lin Qian had summoned these people out of thin air.
Moreover, Ye Xin noticed that the helpers now appearing were completely different from the ones in black soft armor she had seen before.
Those black soft armor soldiers who followed Lin Qian’s orders just from their attire alone looked very flexible.
As for the soldiers now appearing, they were completely different.
The soldiers kneeling in front of Lin Qian were all clad in armor, fully equipped.
Moreover, Ye Xin could clearly distinguish that these soldiers were obviously two completely different types.
The soldiers close to Lin Qian, normal in stature, were holding Primordial Weapon spears, their Soul Power colored dark yellow, with no discernible attributes.
As for the outer soldiers, each one wore heavier armor, towering over eight feet with bodies like bears, each carrying a door-sized giant shield on their backs, with the Soul Power also being of a dark yellow attribute.
“My young friend, this is simply…” Zhang Juncheng, on the platform, was completely stunned. Though these soldiers only had the aura of the Ninth Level of the Nirvana Realm, he was very aware of their extraordinariness.
The soldiers’ attire was uniform, and their equipment was of high quality, their eyes icy cold.
Upon closer inspection, Zhang Juncheng was further amazed to find that although the soldiers looked different, their sizes were exactly the same.
Moreover, the Soul Power attributes of these soldiers in front of him were particularly special, allowing their qi to consolidate and connect like iron plates, possessing an iron-blooded will.
This meant that even stronger oppressive forces could hardly affect them.
“Identical bodies, identical Soul Power attributes, and special connections, simply the perfect army.” Zhang Juncheng could foresee that once such an army engaged in battle, their combat effectiveness would be extraordinary.
On the other side, the skeleton army’s leader, Nan Xin, with purple flames flickering in his eye sockets, was also incredulous: “This is impossible, where on earth did you get these people from!”
“None of your damn business?” Lin Qian sneered dismissively, “You bumpkin just need to know, I’m going to show you now what a real army looks like.”
After that, Lin Qian ignored Nan Xin’s ashen face and waved his hand, “Charge!”
“Attack!” the soldiers rose and shouted, turning around and rushing towards the skeleton army.
Of course, the soldiers summoned by Lin Qian from the Huaxia Empire didn’t charge blindly or disorderly, but instead lined up in an orderly formation.
The muscular shield bearers took their giant shields from their backs, forming a circular formation, and stood at the barrier of light pillars.
The shields, taller than ordinary humans, were slammed into the ground by the shield bearers, standing upright, interlocking with each other, with dark yellow Soul Power injected into the shields.
Instantly, the Soul Power of the shield bearers seemed to coalesce indiscriminately, using the giant shields as a support, merging together into an unbreakable circular shield wall.
Not only that, after one circle of shield wall was formed, another group of shield bearers rushed forward, standing on the shoulders of their comrades, their giant shields forming a second layer of shield wall.
In this way, under the astonished gaze of Ye Xin, Zhang Juncheng, and Nan Xin, the solid double-layered circular shield wall formed right in front of their eyes.
Yet, Ye Xin looked at the shield wall, still somewhat puzzled. Because she noticed that at the places where two giant shields joined on the left and right, there were three circular gaps, their purpose unknown.
At this moment, the shield soldiers were inside the light column, but their giant shields had already moved outside it. The army of walking corpses in front of the shield wall suddenly became restless, roaring and colliding against the wall.
However, the immensely strong shield soldiers stood unmovable like mountains. Their arms, holding the shields, didn’t even tremble.
“Brilliant!” Zhang Juncheng shouted from the platform, “My young friend, your subordinates are truly extraordinary. This shield wall, interconnected, is as solid as an iron plate. The force of the impact even gets dissipated. Impressive, impressive!”
Lin Qian continuously nodded, his expression both proud and self-assured: “Naturally, the troops of the Huaxia Empire are unmatched in this world!”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Juncheng, seeing Lin Qian’s confidence, didn’t find him arrogant but amusingly said, “You really are not modest, young man.”
“Because I believe in my subordinates. Under equal conditions, they are absolutely invincible. I am proud of them and feel proud. Why pretend otherwise? Strong is strong!” Lin Qian simply smiled and spoke.
After listening, Zhang Juncheng on the platform quietly nodded, “Well said, ‘strong is strong’. I also feel that your subordinates are strong!”
While Lin Qian and Zhang Juncheng were conversing, the spearmen also made their move.
They stepped forward one after another, arriving between the shield soldiers, thrusting their long spears through the circular gaps linked by the shield wall.
In front of the shield wall, the walking corpses that were colliding with the wall were caught off guard. Their Dantians were pierced through by the suddenly thrusting long spears, their condensed Soul Power blew their abdomens open.
“So that’s the use of the gaps in the shield wall!” Ye Xin realized upon seeing this scene.
The three gaps formed by the shield wall connection allowed the spearmen’s long spears to pass through, and the different heights of the gaps also enabled the spearmen to strike flexibly.
At that moment, more shield soldiers and spearmen descended from the sky, landing in front of Lin Qian.
One after another, the shield soldiers landed and immediately pulled out the huge shields from their backs, bending their knees.
“Charge!” At that moment, the burly shield soldiers forming the shield wall simultaneously bellowed and burst forth with force, violently rushing forward.
The walking corpses surrounding the shield wall, which had just been pierced by the spearmen, had cleared a circle around them, and those behind them had just rushed up, only to be violently knocked away by the charging shield soldiers.
By doing this, the shield soldiers forming the wall advanced forcefully forward, also moving away from the light column at the center of the Array.
While advancing, the next level of shield soldiers only saw each other empty one spot, and the shield soldiers from the previous layer immediately dropped down, instantaneously filling the voids.
At the moment the shield wall doubled in size, more shield soldiers summoned by Lin Qian straightened their bent legs, charging up, and landed on top of the previous shield soldiers.
The giant shields of the upper and lower shield soldiers collided, emitting a deafening crashing sound, forming a two-layered shield wall instantly.
Next, Ye Xin saw a familiar black figure reappearing—it was the Swift Soldiers.
These Swift Soldiers charged outward forming a circle, exposing the severed limbs and torsos of the walking corpses on the ground inside.
The Swift Soldiers quickly pulled out a spherical object, instantly emitting a scorching beam, turning the walking corpses into ash.
If some walking corpses were not hit in their vital spots and were only incapacitated, these Swift Soldiers would cleanly finish them off with a slash, then use the bizarre sphere to clean the battlefield.
The actions of the Swift Soldiers were extremely rapid; in the blink of an eye, they had completed these actions and retreated, allowing the spearmen to step forward.
Such exquisite coordination, the synchronized actions from start to end, deeply astonished both Ye Xin and Zhang Juncheng.
Zhang Juncheng couldn’t help but recall that Lin Qian had once told Nan Xin that he would show him what a real army was like.
“Now he, and indeed I, have seen it.”