Since ancient times, war has been exceptionally cruel, and this battle was no exception. Severed limbs and broken arms littered the ground, and the air was thick with a sickening stench of blood. Only half an hour had passed since the enemy launched their attack, yet both sides had already suffered heavy casualties. Even so, the Demon King refused to order a retreat. Having finally seized such a golden opportunity, he asked himself honestly—he simply could not bring himself to give it up.
Tian Yu felt the exact same way. Although many of his soldiers had fallen, he still refrained from giving the signal for the ambush to deploy. It was not yet time. He was waiting—waiting for the entire enemy force to enter the kill zone, so his hidden troops could cut off their retreat in one fell swoop, heavily damaging or perhaps even completely annihilating the Demon King's forces.
Meanwhile, the two detachments led by the deputy commanders had just reached their designated sectors. Deputy Commander Zhang's unit had fully penetrated the Hell Forest to quietly sever the enemy supply lines, while the other force lay silently in wait beneath a slope less than three thousand meters southwest of the enemy.
Chapter 118