The martial generals under Zhou Yan were incredibly powerful. They charged into the enemy ranks, and with each swing of their blades, the enemy soldiers fell, utterly routed, with no one able to stand against them.
These generals were too strong. Every strike unleashed terrifying power. When they attacked together, they became the enemy's nightmare. An army of a thousand men was thus defeated, falling one by one, never to rise again.
Li Guang, from afar, nocked his arrows. Each shot loosed at least three arrows, taking down at least three soldiers with every volley.
Meng Ao, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi were also exceptionally brave. Wielding their weapons, they charged forward like divine blades cleaving into the enemy formation, splitting their army in two. Wherever they passed, enemy soldiers collapsed.
Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, and Wen Pin, armed with their long spears, attacked with such speed that it could only be described as their spears transforming into dragons or their movements being like lightning. With every strike, a person fell.
These three were like another set of invincible divine spears, slaying all enemies they encountered. The fallen always bore fatal wounds to the heart or neck, with no third injury.
Xiahou Chun and Xiahou Yuan wielded peculiar, heavy weapons. After charging into the enemy ranks, they smashed their weapons down with all their might, battering the soldiers before them aside and carving out a path.
Cao Hong and Cao Ren, their mounts slower, could only flank behind Xiahou Chun and Xiahou Yuan, striking down the remaining enemies.
Yan Chixia and Wu Song had always gotten along well and shared a love for drinking, so they stayed together. Wu Song, like a ferocious tiger, lunged at the enemy, who were either torn apart by his claws or smashed to death by his fists.
Yan Chixia, on the other hand, used his sword to slay. His current strength was considerable, and he killed soldiers with various Taoist arts effortlessly.
Wang Junhuan and Qin Qiong were also incredibly valiant. One wielded a sword, the other twin maces, felling all enemies they encountered.
Yang Zaixing was far more brutal. Although he used a spear, it was exceptionally heavy. A single strike could send an enemy flying over ten meters. He was ferocious, severely injuring and sending flying all enemies he faced.
As they charged towards the enemy, the soldiers were as if all being sent flying by Yang Zaixing's terrifying strength, their bones shattered by the immense power.
The dragon clan's Long Shan, Hu Li, Hu Ling, and the beastman Geli Lu, along with others, were demons and beastmen with naturally powerful physiques. Their attacks were fierce, capable of flinging enemies away like stones with a single blow.
Under the onslaught of so many martial generals, how could these enemies possibly resist? In a short while, a thousand-strong army was reduced to a mere few hundred.
Three enemy generals were unceremoniously slain by some unknown martial general's charge. The remaining junior officers, seeing their army could not hold the line, immediately thought of retreating.
"Too powerful, retreat quickly!"
"Withdraw, withdraw, get them to withdraw!"
"Return to the territory and seek reinforcements!"
The enemy began to fall back, attempting to escape. However, the martial generals gave them no chance. Furthermore, their mounts were not as fast as the generals' steeds. They did not escape far before they were all annihilated.
The martial generals proactively began collecting spoils of war, picking up all the equipment from the fallen. Hou Junji then approached Zhou Yan and asked, "Lord, there are several hundred live warhorses remaining. The rest are dead."
"Collect the warhorses with the items. The territory is currently in great need of warhorses. We can keep them in the territory for a period of time," Zhou Yan replied.
Because the territory possessed the building [Green Spirit Grassland], even ordinary warhorses, after being raised there for a period, could improve their quality by several levels.
However, Zhou Yan's requirements for ordinary warhorses were not high, so there were not many of them. Most were used to raise cattle and sheep for the territory's residents.
The territory's generals all wished for advanced and powerful mounts, showing little interest in those ordinary warhorses. Even heroes who acquired them hoped to exchange them for better steeds one day.
Zhou Yan naturally wanted his territory's cavalry to have advanced mounts. He also wished to form armies like a navy and an air force, but all this was just the beginning, and Zhou Yan still had many matters to attend to.
Upon hearing Zhou Yan's reply, the martial generals collected the warhorses using items and placed them into the territory. They then informed the territory's inhabitants to put the horses into the [Green Spirit Grassland] to grow freely.
This thousand-strong army was merely a minor interlude for them. After clearing the battlefield, Zhou Yan did not linger and continued towards the Soul Alliance's town.
The other side no longer dispatched anyone to intercept them, evidently aware that Zhou Yan and his group were not to be trifled with. They dared not send flying magical beasts to monitor them either, lest Zhou Yan indeed annihilate them.
Half an hour later, they encountered many armies. Each army likely comprised no more than a hundred men. No conflicts occurred between them; they went their separate ways.
This was because they were all there for trade or to purchase materials.
"Shangyang City!"
About another half an hour later, Zhou Yan and his entourage finally saw a magnificent city wall, tens of meters high. The wall was heavily guarded by numerous soldiers, each one incredibly powerful and belonging to elite forces.
This city was a border city of the Soul Alliance, with many lords coming and going for trade. Zhou Yan had already observed dozens of teams, each with over a hundred men, heading into the city on the road.
Everyone entering the city had to pay an entry fee, which was not high: only one hundred Spirit Coins per person. For a hundred people, it was only ten thousand Spirit Coins, which was not a significant matter for the various lords.
Shangyang City had a large military presence. According to the information, at least a hundred thousand troops were stationed there, precisely to prevent anyone from attempting to occupy it.
The land of the Soul Continent was rich in resources, otherwise, there would be no reason to establish forces here, nor would anyone come here to trade goods.
Establishing one's own permanent territory on the Lord Continent was not impossible, but it required immense strength.
Some powerful lords had even established entire nations on the Lord Continent, and these nations were not smaller than the Canglan Continent.
These were all heard secondhand, but these matters were real, not fabricated. It was just that ordinary people could not reach those places, and even if they did, ordinary lords would not dare to covet them.
Since they dared to establish such large forces here, it was enough to prove how strong they were.