After Zhang Xing and the others collected their clothes, they were brought to a gate of the fortress and each of them received a broken sword.
Some of the blades were blunt, while others had chipped edges.
Everyone else lowered their heads in anger. How could they still be called weapons? They were no different from a broken wooden stick.
They cursed the Emperor of Sili Province, the nobles in the court, and the soldiers in the fortress.
"Open the gate of the fortress!"
Under the command of the commander, a few hundred soldiers were busy in front of the huge steel gate.
When they were done, a soldier raised the flag in his hand and reported to the commander.
Then, the commander took out a magic sound transmission stone and said something.
With the sound of a metal spring, a small door that was six meters wide and three meters tall slowly opened at the bottom of the hundred-meter-tall steel gate.
Zhang Xing scanned with his Divine Telekinesis and found that there were three such tall gates.
They were all built between two towering mountains of swords that pierced the sky.
If they wanted to attack the fortress, there was a limit to the number of flying troops.
It was nothing more than the six-star War Venerables and a small number of flying dragon troops.
Other flying beasts could not fly that high at all.
Of course, the Astounding Empire would not send all the five-star and six-star Venerables. After all, the East-West Alliance had many Venerables of the same level.
They also had to guard against the six-star Venerables of the Alliance from attacking their headquarters or the capital.
"Your target is a hundred miles ahead. There is a low hill there. You just have to go there and return."
"This is your mission today. Those who come back alive will have wine and meat."
"Let's go!"
The commander waved his hand and the three hundred thousand cannon fodder were driven out of the fortress gate by the soldiers behind him.
"According to the normal time, the Astounding Empire's army should be here, but why is there no sign of them?"
The commander frowned and murmured.
The reason he sent these cannon fodder out was to test where the enemy was hiding.
Fighting in the open was not scary, but this was the most unsettling situation on the battlefield.
The enemy had already conquered twelve cities, and there was no other way to attack. The only way to attack was Glory Fortress.
However, they seemed to have disappeared into thin air. The scouts had already traveled two hundred miles and did not see a single enemy soldier.
This should not be!
The commander shook his head and stopped thinking about these questions. He turned and flew back to the fortress. He had to report the situation here to the fortress master.
At this time, Zhang Xing and the three hundred thousand people were running forward like a swarm of bees.
They had to run. There were countless crossbows and magic flying stones aimed at them.
These people's cultivation were not very high, but most of them were between the advanced War Venerables and War Spirits.
If they were in the Starry Empire, they would be a powerful force.
But in the empire, they were just cannon fodder.
Two hours later, the three hundred thousand people slowed down. They were about to reach the hill a hundred miles away.
Along the way, everyone was on tenterhooks, afraid that the Grand Terpsichore Empire's army would suddenly appear.
Another ten minutes passed, and more than ten captains who had been temporarily appointed climbed up the hill.
As far as the eye could see, there was no one in sight. There was only a desolate piece of land.
"We didn't find any enemy troops. Let's retreat!"
One of the captains shouted excitedly.
In an instant, there was a burst of cheers from the bottom of the hill. They had finally completed their mission and could return safely.
But at this time, there was a loud cry in the sky.
The crowd's cheers suddenly stopped.
They slowly looked up and saw countless black shadows coming out of the clouds.
"Not good!
It's the Astounding Empire's air force. Run! "
Before the shouts had even died down, the crowd was already in a mess. They scrambled to run back the way they came.