CHAPTER 250: CONQUEROR’S BATTLEFIELD-1!

An hour later, the two armies gathered in front of each other with a distance of almost 15 kilometers between them.

Even though the prince’s side had more king realm cultivators, the two sides were still evenly matched in number of spirit beasts.

Ashen’s more than five thousand tigers were enough to bring the numbers to a similar count.

However, the power still differed in the two groups.

There were thirteen king realm spirit beasts on the prince’s side, four more than the nine king realm spirit beasts on the princess’s side.

Among these nine, five were Ashen’s Tiger Kings, and four were the prefecture lords’ beasts.

Lang Zhen had a small army of Tempest Wolves led by his Bond Beast, the Tempest Wolf King.

Cheng Tao commanded the army of dark giant moles led by his bond beast, the Dark Giant Mole King.

The remaining two commanded Horses and Jaguars, respectively.

On the Prince’s side, Huan Shou was the strongest with his two King realm spirit beasts—the Flying White Lion and the Red Iron Lion. Kui Long commanded two lesser dragon kings.

The Prince mainly relied on these two. He spent a high amount to recruit Elder Kui Long to his side. He was going to make sure he worked his butt off.

Feeling confident to win, Prince Ming Han, sitting on his Coyote Bond Beast, began traveling towards Fanrong’s army.

His coyote beast dashed for more than ten minutes before the prince could reach a distance from where he could converse and see Fanrong.

He looked at Fanrong and shouted,

"Fanrong, why don’t you surrender?" He suggested, "My side outnumbers yours. Isn’t it obvious I’m going to win this?"

"Don’t worry about me, Brother." Fanrong said. "I’m going to see this through."

Prince Ming Han took her words as dying resistance. "Suit yourself then."

Maybe she was waiting for a miracle.

Ming Han’s gaze then fell on Ashen as he snorted, "Hmph!"

I’m going to show him his place.

How dare he go against me?

Glancing at Hu Shui, he continued internally.

He even enslaved such a beautiful tiger queen.

She should be mine.

I’ll take her for myself after I defeat him.

Musing to himself, the prince traveled back to his army before sending a glance to the man in servant clothes beside a huge gong.

The servant understood the prince’s wishes as he swung the huge stick in his hand, slamming it on the surface of the gong.

Dong! Dong!

Prince Ming Han returned to his camp, feeling confident that his army would win.

He didn’t feel it was necessary to watch the battle unfold.

On the other hand, this battle was being broadcasted to the throne room of the matriarch with the help of an artifact.

The ministers and the matriarch all could see floating screens of vapor in front of them that reflected the scene of both armies from different angles.

The gong marked the start of the conqueror’s battlefield.

Hearing the gong, the first to react was the enthusiastic Huan Shou, taking charge of the Vanguard himself.

Sitting on the Flying White Lion, he commanded his army, letting the Red Iron Lion dash in front to launch the frontal attack.

Just behind followed Elder Kui, long sitting on one of his lesser dragon kings. This lesser dragon was of aqua color, and the other was carmine red with shining scales. They flew as if swimming in water, wriggling in air with their small claws gathering qi to launch a brutal assault.

Behind their lead, the other prefecture lords followed suit, aiming to finish this battle with an overwhelming victory. They had four extra king realm spirit beasts with them. From their perspective, their victory was inevitable.

"Let’s Crush Them! Hahaha!" Huan Shou roared excitedly, as if he was thirsty for blood.

Hearing his battle roar, his army’s morale shot up instantaneously.

Their strategy was to target the weakest spirit beasts first with overwhelming numbers. They knew that the horses were not that strong when it comes to battle. They would first target it with their extra spirit beasts, taking them out and increasing their advantage further.

Hah, so predictable.

Ashen commented internally with a smirk.

"We should also begin our counterattack."

He focused his mind to control Gang Zhao, the Steel Claw Tiger King, and Hao Anye, the Night Howl Tiger King, at the same time.

With the Beast Sovereign Skill he got from the scroll, he could control them like his limbs.

Hao Anye, The NightHowl Tiger King was silent with his movements, the army of NightHowl Tigers following his lead.

They charged straight towards Huan Shou’s Red Iron Lion.

Seeing the army of NightHowl Tigers rushing at them, the prefecture lords asked Huan Shou with worry:

"Lord Huan Shou. How should we respond?"

"There must be some trick the enemies are relying on."

"Why would they be foolish enough to send a single tiger king towards our army?"

Huan Shou, being the cultivator who relied on overwhelming strength, replied with a roar:

"No matter what trick they play, we will crush them with our overwhelming strength! Charge without fear!!"

Even though his answer was straightforward, it still instilled confidence in the prefecture lords.

Huan Shou knew that their army could become confused with complex orders; hence, he relied on a simple tactic. Confusion could create chaos in their own army.

It would be better to just face whatever trick they threw at them instead of letting chaos ensue internally in the army.

At the same time, Ashen sent Gang Zhao in the left direction along with his army of Steel Claw tigers, and Moyun, the Infernal Flame Tiger King, was sent in the right direction with his Infernal Flame Tiger army.

"Lord Huan Shou, Look at the tiger kings’ movements!"

"Are they trying to surround us?"

This was more of a reaction than a question from the prefecture lords. They wanted to know what Huan Shou thought of this.

Hmm... Why are they dispersing like that?

Don’t they know they would lose if their army becomes thinner?

Huan Shou wondered.

Do they really think that by surrounding us, they would have a chance at winning?

How foolish!

I expected more from you, my god’s successor!

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)