At the same time, the clash between the two mercenary legions had also reached white-hot intensity. The Wolf Moon mercenary legion's cavaliers had been surrounded, but their exceptional fighting abilities were holding them in good stead. All of them were skilled martial artists in their own right, and they were all notorious bandits and convicts, so they were naturally very capable when it came to battle.

Almost every single Wolf Moon mercenary was able to take on two or three Heavenly Star mercenaries on their own, so they were able to hold their own quite well despite the severe numbers disadvantage.

Thankfully, the mercenaries of the Heavenly Star mercenary legion all possessed a wealth of battle experience, and they immediately changed their plans, splitting up into groups of five or six mercenaries with each group ganging up on one or two Wolf Moon mercenaries.

The mercenaries of the Wolf Moon mercenary legion were used to fighting on their own, so it made no difference whether they fought alone or in pairs. Thus, in the face of these groups of five to six enemy mercenaries, the Wolf Moon mercenary...