The Human Emperor

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Even though the Arabs had one million soldiers on their side, each of them still felt like they were facing the Tang army alone.
This battle had already gone on for more than eight hours. While the Arabs had lost seven to eight hundred thousand soldiers, they still had a force of one million, seven hundred thousand—far more than the Great Tang.
In comparison, the Great Tang had lost one hundred and seventy to eighty thousand, leaving four hundred and ten to twenty thousand soldiers. Even with the Sassanid reinforcements, it was only five hundred and ten thousand soldiers or so. The gap in numbers was still very large.
But at this moment, the Arabs were losing men at an unprecedented rate.
One hundred thousand!
One hundred and twenty thousand!
One hundred and eighty thousand!
Two hundred and forty thousand!
……
The Arabs utterly collapsed in the face of the Great Tang’s disciplined and cohesive assault. The worst thing was that they had no idea where the enemy was. In their panic, several Arab soldiers charged toward the sound of fighting and began to fight with what they thought were Tang soldiers, but they ended up realizing that they were on the same side.
As they sensed the astonishing losses sustained by the army, Adnan, Abu Muslim, and the various Governors and Deputy Governors all scowled.
“Bastard!”
They gnashed their teeth, but they knew that there was nothing that they could do.
The sandstorm had thrown the Arab army into disarray. In the short time that had passed, Adnan’s Savage Fang Army and Abu Muslim’s army had been scattered, and gathering them back together was an impossible task.
Moreover, the sandstorm was still intensifying, and the incessant neighing of horses indicated that the most important ‘companions’ of the Arab cavalry were so panicked that they were beyond control, only furthering the disorder in the army.
A thick black flame blasted aside the sandstorm while a thunderous bellow traveled through the world. “Everyone, hear my order! Attack downwind!” Seeing the army in chaos, Khatabah had finally taken action.
Buzz!
Khatabah’s voice instantly stabilized the chaotic ranks.
“Kiiill!”
Some of the soldiers began to recklessly charge southward, and they were joined by more and more.
This man is truly formidable! He can’t be allowed to survive no matter what, or else he will be a major problem for the Central Plains!
Wang Chong’s heart shivered.
In this sandstorm, it was impossible to differentiate between soldiers or directions, so it would not have mattered if Khatabah had ordered his men to charge in any direction. But the soldiers could all determine for themselves which way the wind blew.
The north had the fewest soldiers, only Bahram and his hundred-thousand-some heavy cavalry. However, it was impossible to build up a powerful charge while traveling against the sandstorm, and the sand would end up blowing into one’s eyes, ears, and mouth.
The best countermeasure was to charge with the wind, southward toward the more numerous Tang soldiers.
Sadly, this is just pouring water on a cart. It can’t turn the tides!
Wang Chong’s expression quickly turned cold.
Cavalry that couldn’t see where they were going or what direction was which, and that were unable to assemble into formation, were incapable of displaying their usual power. Placing them against the orderly and impregnable ranks of the Tang army was like throwing an egg at a rock.
As anything Khatabah did could not alter the course of the battle, the most important task was to kill Khatabah and remove the largest threat from the battlefield.
“Leave Abu Muslim and the other Arab Governors to me. The rest of you, focus on dealing with Khatabah!” Wang Chong roared, acting before Khatabah could strike.
Buzz!
Using the Greater Void Step to its limit, Wang Chong created countless afterimages and began to work his way toward the north of the Black Flame Ifrit.
“Nightmare Beast, think of a way to control those Arab Governors and make them attack each other!” Wang Chong sternly said, his eyes as sharp as blades.
Down in the Origin Immortal Cave, the Nightmare Beast had already been able to use Psychic Energy to disrupt and influence the minds of others. Now that it had absorbed the Psychic Energy of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, growing much stronger than it had been underground, its level of control was certain to be even more frightening.
“Yes, Master!” the Nightmare Beast replied without hesitation. Boom! It sent a bolt of Psychic Energy at those charging Governors and Deputy Governors, and in a flash, it had broken through their mental barriers and penetrated into their minds.
“Ah! Kill the Tang!”
“Protect the Hierophant!”
“Watch out for the Tang ambush!”
“Damn, I’ll kill you!”
Behind Adnan and Abu Muslim, the army suddenly broke out into mayhem, the various Governors and Deputy Governors snarling at each other as they attacked their comrades and madly shouted.
A Governor took out his pitch-black scimitar and even attacked Abu Muslim from the back.
Abu Muslim felt danger and instantly swung his own saber, blocking the lethal blow. When he saw that his attacker was the Governor of Aden, he was both shocked and enraged.
“Bastard! What are you doing?”
Clang!
Out of the corner of his eyes, Abu Muslim spotted two more Governors attacking Adnan from the right and left.
“Watch out! Their minds are being controlled! This is probably the doing of that Tang commander!” Adnan furiously called out. His Blade of Mukala exploded with dazzling light, petrifying the two Governors and knocking them from their horses.
“Seeking death!”
At this moment, no one was angrier than Khatabah.
His expression chilled, and the raging flames around him quickly turned into countless tentacles that attacked Wang Zhongsi, Zhangchou Jianqiong, Gao Xianzhi, and the others. At the same time, he sent a fist wreathed in flames and smoke hurtling toward Wang Chong.
Rumble!
The immense force behind this punch immediately caused space to compress, and even the surrounding sand was blasted back one thousand feet.
But Wang Chong merely swayed his body and dodged, having already predicted this attack.
“Khatabah, we have plenty of time to fight!”
Wang Chong’s eyes were cold as he waved his right hand, unleashing a crimson sun from his body.
“Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art!”
Wang Chong’s entire body turned into this crimson sun, and the fearsome pull it exerted swiftly grabbed two nearby Arab Governors.
Boom!
The moment their bodies touched Wang Chong, they were rendered motionless while their Stellar Energy flowed out of them like a great river.
These Governors were no weaklings, and it would normally have been quite difficult for Wang Chong to seize them and devour their energy, but the Nightmare Beast’s intense disruption had made them lose their rationality, and they were full of openings. For Wang Chong, they were as good as lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
“Lord Junior Guardian, let me help you!”
As the two Governors shriveled into husks, Wang Chong dropped their corpses to the ground and thrust a palm in Wang Zhongsi’s direction, sending him all the Stellar Energy he had just absorbed.
“There’s no need!”
Wang Zhongsi wanted to refuse. After all, Wang Chong had consumed significant amounts of energy, and their Stellar Energies were of different natures. But when he sensed the Stellar Energy in his body, he immediately shut his mouth.
Wang Chong had not sent over the power of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, but a Stellar Energy that was exactly identical to Wang Zhongsi’s. If he hadn’t known its origins, Wang Zhongsi would have mistaken it for the Stellar Energy he had created himself.
Wang Chong had used the Origin Immortal Art to convert the Stellar Energies of those two Governors and then transfer it to Wang Zhongsi.
While Wang Zhongsi had said nothing during the entire battle, dealing with the Ifrit and Khatabah had been extremely taxing on him, but the previous War God of the Great Tang would never say so.
With this replenishment of energy, Wang Zhongsi felt all his exhaustion being wiped away, and he returned to his peak, perhaps even stronger.
“Good! I’ll hold down Khatabah while you help the others,” Wang Zhongsi sternly said, immediately understanding Wang Chong’s aims.
At Wang Zhongsi’s level of cultivation, he could discern Wang Chong’s intentions from a single act. Wang Chong had both the Origin Immortal Art and the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, and no one else was capable of transferring energy to others like this.
And during this battle, Wang Zhongsi, Gao Xianzhi, and the others had all greatly exhausted their strength. Without Wang Chong’s help, the others wouldn’t be able to fight for much longer.
“Mm!”
Wang Chong simply nodded in understanding, and then he used the Greater Void Step to dodge another of Khatabah’s thunderous blows. At the same time, he waved his right hand, grabbing an Arab Governor with the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, causing him to fly in a massive arc toward Wang Chong.
Boom!
Suddenly, in a cold flash of light, Abu Muslim slashed his saber, creating a wave of saber energy several hundred feet long that attempted to cut off the pull, flying between Wang Chong and the Governor.