Chapter 783: 775. A multitude of arrows shot simultaneously "Form the ranks!"
With a shout from Wen Venerable in the high sky, the allied forces on the ground began to form a phalanx at the entrance of the Wangchuan Mountain Range.
From a distance, it appeared as a vast expanse of black, stretching for miles.
On the side of the Demon Race, the Titan Giant Ape stood at the forefront of the demons, a massive figure like a mountain before everyone else.
"Humans, coming to die again?"
The voice of Taishan spread like a thunderclap.
Wen Venerable responded, "Such a brute demon, simple-minded. Do you really think we have no means to deal with you?"
Demon-slaying Crossbow!
Crafted over a hundred years by several Three-Spin Vortex Divine Artisans from the Hundred Sects Alliance.
Even with an ordinary arrow, it could pierce through the Demon Body of a Great Demon of the Divine Profound Realm.
If equipped with Demon-Slaying Arrows, it could kill a Mountain Guardian Demon King!
Unfortunately, the Demon Race was still basking in the joy of their last victory, unaware that real danger was looming.
"Charge!"
With Wen Venerable leading the charge, the allied forces began to sprint forward, appearing like a black tide from afar.
At the moment the allied forces charged, the Demon Race army also began a charge under Taishan’s leadership.
Wen Venerable and the Titan Giant Ape were the first to entangle, equally matched in their brief encounter.
This time, Wen Venerable wasn’t in a hurry.
Because his goal was no longer to quickly solve the Titan Giant Ape, but to win steadily.
Several breaths after the clash, the first wave of engagement began between the Hundred Sects Alliance forces and the Demon Race army at the entrance of the Wangchuan Mountain Range.
Numerous demons began to fall.
The Hundred Sects Alliance forces also suffered heavy losses.
Just from the initial clash, casualties reached into the thousands.
Indeed, this is war!
In the face of war, life is always so cheap.
As the armies clashed, the Demon-slaying Crossbow troops in the rear also began to push forward.
Massive crossbows, several people tall, were being pushed forward by groups of ten, forming a large phalanx, stopping several hundred meters from the Wangchuan Mountain Range.
However, the Demon-slaying Crossbows did not fire in the first round.
The first round of fire was just an ordinary rain of arrows.
But with hundreds of thousands shooting arrows simultaneously, the arrow rain was overwhelming, and under its barrage, many demons began to fall.
But as one fell, another would rush forward.
Having won a great victory previously, the Demon Race was unafraid of life and death, solely intent on tearing the Hundred Sects Alliance apart.
From a distance, Huaikong watched this scene, pained but unmoved.
He had anticipated this happening.
The war between the Hundred Sects Alliance and the Demon Race was bound to end with massive sacrifices.
"What is that!"
Shifeng suddenly pointed to the Demon-slaying Crossbow array in the center of the Hundred Sects Alliance.
Huaikong and the others immediately focused their gaze there.
However, no one knew what it was.
Zi Ran reminded, "Elder Chen didn’t provide any intel on this; perhaps it’s a hidden tactic of the Hundred Sects Alliance, we must be cautious."
He Nian chimed in, "If I’m not mistaken, those should be Demon-slaying Crossbows, something invented by a group of Vortex Divine Artisans long ago during the battle at Heaven-Gazing Gorge. The top-level Demon-slaying Crossbows could kill a Demon King in one shot; the ones forged by the Hundred Sects Alliance might not be enough to harm a Demon King."
If not for seeing them, He Nian might have almost forgotten.
These were things long ago sold to the Hundred Sects Alliance by the He Mansion.
"They must be destroyed!"
Huaikong’s gaze immediately locked onto the location of the Demon-slaying Crossbows.
He Nian added, "I’ll take the hidden Demon Kings to eliminate them; if they are allowed to operate, many demons will die."
With that, He Nian mounted a nearby Wing Race Great Demon and flew in that direction.
With He Nian’s command, the thousand or so Demon Kings hidden in the forest of the Wangchuan Mountain Range revealed their Demon Bodies and charged with He Nian.
Seeing this while tangling with the Titan Giant Ape, Wen Venerable hurriedly shouted, "Protect the crossbows!"
Wen Venerable never expected the Demon Race to have hidden so many Demon Kings in the forest.
If these many Demon Kings reached the Demon-slaying Crossbows, even a hundred thousand might not be enough for them to dismantle.