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Chapter 2458: Reincarnation Platform

Chapter 2458: Reincarnation Platform

The Shaman army was at a disadvantage, but Zu An keenly noticed that their soldiers weren’t dying easily. No matter how severely injured they were, even to the point where they lay unmoving on the floor, they recovered shortly after and rejoined the battle. 

“That’s incredible.” Zu An remembered the Shaman races displaying incredible regenerative ability at the battle outside the Eye of the Ocean, but somehow, that ability looked to be even greater here. 

While directing the troops, Princess Ni Huang explained, “The Shaman races can gain boundless strength just by being in contact with the ground. They can recover no matter how severely injured they are.”

Zu An was taken aback. “Doesn’t that make them undefeatable? No wonder you were at a disadvantage against them!”

He'd found it peculiar that the warlike Asura race had fallen into a disadvantage against the Shaman races, but it turned out that the problem lay here. 

“It took us many years before we finally made sense of the Shaman race’s secrets, but we feigned ignorance lest they guard against our countermeasures. We were waiting for the right time to drop them a surprise,” Princess Ni Huang said with a gleeful smile.

Now was the time for them to reveal the tricks they were hiding up their sleeves. Princess Ni Huang waved a flag, and the Asura army swiftly got into formation and worked with one another to hoist their enemies up into the air. 

The Shaman soldiers were horrified. They struggled in desperation, but the Asura army had come prepared. Their multiple arms meant that they could continue holding their enemies up in the air while stabbing the latter with their weapons. 

The Shaman soldiers bled profusely, thrashing around for a while longer before falling still.  But the Asura soldiers still refused to let the deceased Shaman soldiers down, opting to continue fighting while holding the corpses up. Only after a significant time had passed did they hurl the corpses aside. 

This time, the deceased Shaman soldiers no longer returned to life. The same situation happened in multiple places across the battlefield; the Shaman soldiers suffered heavy losses. 

Ox Head, Horse Face, Golden Cangue, and Silver Chain were horrified. They anxiously charged in with their weapons to rescue their clansmen, but the Asura King blocked their path with a sneer.

“Where are you going? I’m your opponent.”

“Qumodo, are you sure you want to go this far?!” the giant Ox Head roared with red eyes.

The Asura King’s expression turned cold. “You were the ones who invaded our land and massacred our clansmen. There was never any room for reconciliation.”

The underworld was so scarce in resources that it wasn’t even enough for the Asura race, and that was the reason their people were slowly getting weaker over time. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the Asura race died out. Thus, the Asura King had planned to completely defeat the Shaman race before his people weakened beyond a certain point. Today, when he heard about the Shaman race’s defeat, he'd realized right away that the opportunity had come. 

“Don’t blame us for this then!” Horse Face roared as he furiously charged at the Asura King, brandishing his trident. 

At the same time, Ox Head attacked with his axe from another direction. 

Even so, the Asura King was unfazed. The massive avatar behind him swiftly moved its nine hands to block Ox Head and Horse Face’s attacks.

Zu An was awed. Knowing how strong Ox Head and Horse Face were, he knew it was a remarkable feat for the Asura King to face them in a direct confrontation. 

The two races had plenty of intelligence on each other, having been at war for many years. Golden Cangue and Silver Chain knew Ox Head and Horse Face couldn’t defeat the Asura King on their own, so they joined the fray with their weapons. 

The Asura King’s four marshals rushed forth to restrain Golden Cangue and Silver Chain from interfering with the Asura King’s battle. Those who could become marshals in the warlike Asura race, needless to say, wielded strength that couldn’t be underestimated. They were individually weaker than Golden Cangue and Silver Chain, but they had no trouble standing their ground against them in a 4-against-2 fight. 

Watching the scene from the white elephant, Zu An frowned. At the moment, the Asura race held the advantage; it didn’t look as if they would lose this battle. 

The Shaman army’s morale was still low from their crushing defeat against the Ocean races. They were in no condition to deal with the Asura army’s ferocious onslaught. Seeing true death befalling their comrades brought fear to the Shamans’ faces, and their formation began to collapse. 

Ox Head and Horse Face were frustrated. They wanted to help their people, but their hands were tied. They were no match for the Asura King in the first place, and their anxiety put them in a worse position. Soon, several glaring wounds appeared on their bodies, although it was no big deal thanks to their tremendous regenerative prowess. 

Just then, Ox Head let out a bizarre sound. All the Shamans on the battlefield stopped fighting and began escaping in a certain direction, as if they'd received a certain signal. 

Ox Head, Horse Face, Golden Cangue, and Silver Chain unleashed their potential and entered a berserk state to cover their fellow Shamans’ escape. Their current fighting prowess posed a headache to even the Asura King.

The Asura King sneered with a frown, “You already used these techniques earlier when fighting at the Eye of the Ocean. How long can you maintain the ignition of your blood essence? Once you begin to lose momentum, I’ll kill you as easily as slaughtering chickens!”

The four giants had to pay a severe price for the massive temporary boost in their fighting prowess. Needless to say, the Asura King wouldn’t foolishly pit himself against them at this juncture. All he needed to do was to bide his time, and victory would be his. 

He felt grateful to the friend his royal sister had brought over. If not for the latter, he couldn’t have defeated the Shaman race so easily. He is the biggest contributor to this war. I shall take him in as my brother-in-law and have him accompany me in expanding our race’s territory.

The thought of their bright future excited him.

Ox Head and Horse Face continued covering their people’s retreat with livid faces, while the Asura King gave chase with his army. The Asura army was overcome with delirium; after so many years of war, there was finally going to be a victor between the two races. 

Zu An, who was riding the white elephant with Princess Ni Huang, felt increasingly uneasy. He wondered, “Are they luring us into an ambush?” 

Princess Ni Huang smiled. “That can’t be. We have fought for so long that we have a good grasp of each other’s military prowess. Furthermore, we have fought in so many wars that we can tell the difference between a feint and a panicked retreat.”

Zu An suddenly remembered something that had been mentioned earlier. “Doesn’t the Shaman race still have their Ancestral Shamans?”

“Don’t worry, the Ancestral Shamans are already gone. We wouldn’t have waged this war otherwise,” Princess Ni Huang replied with a smile.

Amid the escape and chase, the two armies arrived in the vicinity of the Reincarnation Platform. That was when things started going awry.