Chapter 1739

The metal ladders were destroyed, and the alchemist soldiers who had climbed up the wall were left without support and were soon slaughtered by the Qin army.

The people gathered behind the alchemist army quickly reformed the arrays after they burst forth with a strong Aura. One array after another re-emerged, repairing the broken metal ladder at the center and extending it out section by section.

The metal ladder almost instantly reached the top of the wall, and many of the alchemist soldiers took the initiative to charge up the ladder with a fierce momentum towards the wall.

The Qin soldiers concentrated their attacks on the alchemist soldiers on the ladder, shooting arrows, which continuously killed large swathes of the alchemist soldiers.

However, some of the alchemist soldiers held mechanical shields or burst out with strong momentum, swinging their mechanical arms to block the attacks before charging up to the wall.

The alchemist soldiers below also had mechanical bows, which were also constantly shooting arrows that pierced the bodies of the Qin soldiers, causing them to suffer heavy continuous casualties.

Suddenly, a Void Beast re-appeared from the void, attacking the people building the metal ladder, wielding its claws and leaving behind sharp blades.

The soldiers guarding those people were already prepared and launched attacks when the Void Beast appeared. Countless blades slashed towards the Void Beast, leaving wounds on its body. The Void Beast screamed in pain and quickly retreated back into the void.

However, some Void Beasts took the opportunity to attack the people behind the soldiers' backs. With each powerful swing of their claws, they tore apart the bodies of those people and rampaged around, directly killing many of them.

The Qin soldiers concentrated their attacks on the metal ladder, and soon it was shattered, causing many alchemist soldiers to once again fall down.

At this time, many alchemist soldiers also quickly climbed the wall without using the metal ladder. They constantly used alchemy to leave a metal fulcrum on the wall, allowing them to quickly climb up.

On the side of Great Qin, numerous pots of oil were thrown, then ignited, creating enormous flames which spread a terrorizing heat. Many alchemists were trapped in the disaster and could only scream as they were burned alive. Regardless of their mechanical limbs or alchemy power, they were all cruelly killed by the fierce flames.

The burning flames formed a raging wall of fire, temporarily holding off the attacking alchemist soldiers.

Upon witnessing such significant losses while being unable to penetrate Great Qin's defenses, the alchemist world's chiefs looked at each other, sighed, and decided to retreat temporarily. Continuing the battle would result in great losses with no significant outcome.

Facing the people of the Heaven Awaken World, they were also somewhat frightened, feeling that they were both powerful and cunning with numerous methods of defense and offense. They had severely underestimated their opponents.

Since they couldn't break through now, they could only go back and call for more people to attack. For now The Great Qin Empire was destined to stay while they were destined to run away.

If others knew that there were people from the Heaven Awaken world here, many people would swarm their way into the battlefield. It was the beginning of a World War, where either you died, or lived. If you were to live, you would be rewarded, if you were killed, well you were killed. Countless people were willing to kill those from the Heaven Awaken world for even a small reward.

The alchemist soldiers who received the recall order also breathed a sigh of relief. After this battle, they began to understand how truly terrifying Great Qin really was.

If they continued to attack, they had no confidence that they could survive. Great Qin had more military strength than they did, had means to restrain them, and had other tactics which caused enormous amounts of casualties.

Looking at the bodies lying on the ground, some dismembered, some crushed, it was the best proof.

Zhao Fu also relaxed a bit as he watched the alchemist world retreat. He had also underestimated the alchemist world too much this time, despite all the preparation. In the end, there were still significant losses.

This also proved the alchemist world's strength, far stronger than ordinary worlds. Their primary advantages were their strong vitality, mechanical parts, and the philosopher's stone which provided significant power.

The performance of those Holy Beasts was beyond outstanding. He hadn't expected them to have such strong defensive capabilities. It would be great if they could be used by Great Qin.

As the alchemist world retreated, Zhao Fu ordered people to clean up the battlefield, collect spoils of war, and preserve the dead Great Qin soldiers, who would later be converted into Ghost soldiers.

With so many Stage 2 soldiers dead, Zhao Fu was also distressed. Stage 2 soldiers were not like stocks of corn, it took immense effort to cultivate and nurture them.

Although the amount of losses were heart-rending, there was no other way. The most basic soldiers in the alchemist world were all Stage 2 soldiers. He couldn't possibly send Stage 1 soldiers over; that would only result in even more deaths.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Zhao Fu ordered the people to continue building various defenses. He understood that this was the alchemist world, while this base was safe this time and the alchemist world couldn't break through Great Qin's walls and defenses; next time, they would gather more soldiers to attack Great Qin. If Great Qin didn't respond appropriately, they really would be defeated next time.

Thinking about how powerful the Alchemy World was, Zhao Fu couldn't help but worry. He had no idea how the situation was on the battlefield in the other areas.

Zhao Fu returned directly to Great Qin and went to the Exchange Stone Tablet Steles. Now he could understand the overall situation through the Heaven Awaken Forum.

As expected, even though Great Qin was prepared and paid a heavy price, the situation for others was unimaginably worse.

Almost seventy percent of the forces that had fought against the Alchemy World for the first time had been routed and annihilated. Not only was it due to the lack of preparation, but also because they were not familiar with the Alchemy World. More importantly, the true comprehensive strength of the entire Alchemy World was truly terrifying.

Watching the battles in the Alchemy World at its core regions, Zhao Fu felt truly frightened. If Great Qin had participated, it would have been defeated in a matter of minutes. Holy Beasts roamed everywhere in those regions, while their size and strength were many times bigger than the ones he had faced. So much so he wondered if the ones he faced were the mere scraps and dregs slopped together to fight the 'weaker forces'.

Various ultimate and terrifying alchemical techniques were also continuously used. This was the reason why the Heaven Awaken World failed; otherwise, he doubted the result would be such a complete defeat even if they were so powerful.

At this time, the entire Heaven Awaken World adopted a defensive strategy and no longer took the initiative to attack. Instead, it focused on consolidating its own base and started researching and understanding the Alchemy World.

This was the current situation. After reading this information, Zhao Fu became even more worried. He realized that he needed to prepare to possibly leave the Heaven Awaken World, as it was very likely to be destroyed.

What the future holds for the Heaven Awaken World is unknowable. When the time comes, Great Qin may be forced to enter the endless void to preserve its heritage and people.

However, the endless void does not mean safety, and Zhao Fu was now at a loss about the fate of Great Qin in the future.