On the other side, the militants were still using their heavy weapons to continue their assault on Long An County. The different key locations of the Heaven Sect were starting to get compromised. The Heaven Sect was lacking the proper equipment to contend against the militants.
When the militants came to within 200m of the city gates, an burly Elder wielding blades burst out from the wreckage and piles of bodies.
He charged into the midst of the enemy, the Dark Magic Blades in his hands flashing about with a black light, as he started slaughtering the militants. He leapt about in the battlefield, seemingly without equal, and in a short span of time, he managed to kill 8 militants.
After suddenly killing those 8 militants, his body flashed, and he disappeared.
At another location, a dozen militants were currently making their way forwards carefully, when all of a sudden, 10 ice picks condensed in mid air, and nailed 10 militants to the ground, killing them instantly. The remaining militants began firing at a nearby building, however, all they did was break some windows, and they didn’t manage to hit the Elders of the Heaven Sect at all.
If modern weaponry could dominate the battlefield, then street-fighting was considered the forte of those experts of the Heaven Sect. Unless the heavy artillery could flatten the entire ground of Long An County, otherwise the advantage belonged to those Heaven Sect’s experts, who could make use of the terrain.
With the harassing of the experts, many militants met their tragic ends, and the remaining had no choice but to stay close together as they made their way into the town.
At the same time, a fully equipped battalion was making their way from behind a hill, as they entered the town, and joined in the battle.
Chen Shenggang watched the situation in Long An County with an alarmed expression as he asked Yue Zhong: “Leader, what do we do?”
Chen Shenggang was cowardly by nature, and was reluctant to join the fray.
“We wait!!” Yue Zhong replied solemnly as he continued observing.
Yue Zhong currently had 800 people, which was about 2 infantry battalions. However, if he wanted them to just jump into the heat of battle, they would likely perish in a short time.
“Boss! What now?” On a small hill, a burly-looking man built like a bear was looking at another younger bespectacled man, who had looked thin and gentle as he was asked this.
The cultured looking young man was the leader of the militants, Wen Fuxin, and the bear-like man was his sworn brother Luo Leihu!
A strange glint passed in Wen Fuxin’s eyes, as he sighed and said: “I miscalculated!! I never expected the fighting morale to be so high, and they can still put up such a fight!”
In Wen Fuxin’s initial calculations, after decimating the fanatics, they would be able to use the modern weaponry to take down the defence of the Heaven Sect easily. However, the reality was that things did not proceed as planned, and after sending two battalions, it was only barely enough to suppress them, but not to the point of overcoming them.
Long An County had become a meat grinder of sorts, with both sides sustaining casualties almost every second. It was the first battle that Wen Fuxin was facing such a loss.
Luo Leihu suggested: “Why don’t we retreat first!! Today can be considered a draw. We can always come back and annihilate them!”
Wen Fuxin’s eyes flashed with a dark look: “No!! It’s already so late, if we were to retreat now, those from the town will definitely chase us down. We might get hit badly! Plus, they have gained some of the weapons we lost, the next time, our attack would not be as smooth already!”
Luo Leihu started to become anxious: “Then what now?”
Wen Fuxin took a deep breath, before solemnly ordering: “Convey my order! All troops are to attack Long An County! Today, even if we are down to our last man, we cannot retreat!! There will only be one side that lives today!!”
Upon receiving that drastic order, the last battalion awaiting further instructions also set off for Long An County.
A Heaven Sect Elder suddenly burst out from a window, and the long blade in his hands flashed about, taking the heads of 3 nearby militants.
Just as he was about to leave, he found himself suspended in mid-air. His eyes flashed with shock, and he turned his gaze to discover 3 Enhancers looking at him coldly, their hands outstretched, casting their ability on him.
“Go die!” Luo Leihu hoisted a rocket launcher and fired a shot directly at the Elder.
With a ‘Hong’, the rocket landed explosively on the body of the Elder, causing him to be blasted into tons of itty-bitty juicy pieces.
When the third infantry battalion joined in the fray, the forces within Long An County started to be beaten back.