As time went on, a large number of winged mages began to join the battle, and the casualties of the orcs began to increase.
Just then, Rhine, the lion-man chieftain who was directing the battle below, spoke up: "We can use the secret weapon now."
As Rhine gave the order, an orc unit that hadn't participated in the battle immediately cleared away the leaves around them and took out what was hidden under the leaves: a pair of large, imposing bows.
These longbows were made by the orcs based on the bows and arrows of the winged race after their defeat in the last war.
After picking up their bows, the orcs immediately nocked arrows and pointed them at the winged creatures in the sky.
Upon seeing this, Yu Xuan, the chieftain of the Feathered Clan who was continuously unleashing magical attacks on the orcs in the sky, immediately shouted in terror to the Feathered Clan members around him, "Take off! Take off immediately!"
But it was too late. Arrows rained down on the Feathered Clan, and the unsuspecting members of the clan were pierced through by the arrows, falling to the ground like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Yu Xuan watched this scene with pain, surrounded by a large number of mages. When the orcish arrows came, the mages, thanks to their magical shields, were mostly unharmed, except for a few who were shot down by concentrated fire. However, the winged warriors suffered heavy casualties.
Yu Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "All winged mages, listen to my command! Prepare to cast a joint spell to destroy the storm!"
All the winged mages present quickly flew upwards into the sky, stopping after reaching a certain position. They all stood in specific spots, their positions forming a mysterious array.
After all the mages were in place, under Yu Xuan's guidance, everyone simultaneously began to form mysterious hand seals. Their lips moved rapidly, chanting profound magical incantations.
Seeing this, Rhine shouted to the orcs around him, "Stop them! Stop them now!"
However, the Feathered Clan had anticipated this and had already risen to a very high altitude before they even set up their formation, so the attacks from the orcs below couldn't reach them at all.
While the orcs below launched their futile attacks, the winged race's magic was already prepared.
After they finished chanting the last magic spell, they simultaneously pointed their hands at the orcs below.
Ahead of them, small tornadoes began to form and then swept rapidly toward the orcs below. As they moved forward, these tornadoes slowly grew larger and merged together.
By the time the tornadoes reached the orc army, they had all merged together, forming an incredibly powerful storm.
The storm swept swiftly across the orc army, swirling countless orcs into the air like sand as it passed.
After the storm passed, it left a trail several meters deep and hundreds of meters wide. When the storm subsided, the orcs had already collapsed and scattered in all directions.
Rhine, who had sustained minor injuries at the edge of the storm, saw this scene and painfully gave the order to retreat.
After this war, both sides suffered heavy losses and successively issued ceasefire orders, beginning a standoff on the border between the two tribes.
After the war between the Feathered Race and the Beastman Race ended, the various races that had been in turmoil on the Tianyuan Continent gradually began to calm down.
Apart from occasional minor skirmishes between a few races, the various races of the Tianyuan Continent entered a period of peace and rapid civilization development.
In the 21st year after Yuanhao fell into slumber, in order to better preserve the martial arts of the human race, after several years of contemplation and experimentation, Fuxi gradually created the writing system belonging to the human race by carving some marks and patterns on stone slabs.
Twenty-five years after Yuanhao fell into slumber, through continuous expansion over the past few years, the human race finally crossed the gap in the southern part of the Origin Mountains and encountered the orc race.
Having recovered from the devastating war of a few years prior, the orcs did not choose to wage war against the humans upon encountering them. After initial cautious contact, both sides opted for peaceful coexistence.
Afterwards, the orcs and humans began to frequently exchange culture and resources. Through mutual learning and rapid growth, the relationship between the orcs and humans gradually became closer.
Two years after interacting with humans, the tiger-man king, Furywind, who had wings on his back, gradually created a supernatural power suitable for the orcs—Battle Qi—by drawing on human martial arts.
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Chapter Nine Shennong
The cultivation of battle qi differs from martial arts. In the early stages of cultivating battle qi, orcs need to constantly train their bodies to make them stronger, thereby stimulating the blood and qi within their bodies and generating a weak amount of battle qi.
Once battle qi is generated, it can in turn strengthen the body, making the already formidable bodies of the orcs even more powerful.
As the body becomes stronger, more battle qi can be generated within it. Once generated, the battle qi will further enhance the body's strength, forming a virtuous cycle.
When the orcs' bodies are strengthened to a certain extent, they can directly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to generate more battle qi, making their bodies even stronger.
After the formation of the battle qi cultivation system, the orcs borrowed the magic system from the winged race and divided battle qi cultivators into two levels: warrior apprentices and junior warriors.
After the emergence of battle qi, humans and orcs continuously exchanged and improved their respective cultivation systems. This resulted in significant refinement and enhancement of both the human martial arts cultivation system and the orc battle qi cultivation system.
During this period, the orcs gradually learned human writing through contact with humans. Because they lacked their own writing system, the orcs adopted human writing as their common script. Even so, only the upper echelons and leaders of the various orc races were able to learn human writing.
Twenty-three years after Yuanhao fell into slumber, the Feathered Clan also acquired some of the human writing system through the capture of orc prisoners.
Afterwards, Feng Yan and the sage of the mermaids pondered together and, after drawing on the human race's writing system, finally created a writing system shared by the winged race and the mermaid race.
The elves who live on the Tree of Life are born with a magical language.
In recent years, through a few contacts with the Winged Race, the Elves have adopted their magical system. They wrote down their own language and combined it with various magical spells to create a higher script imbued with special power—Elven script.
While various races on the Tianyuan Continent were developing rapidly, a race gradually formed within the Origin Mountains.
This race calls themselves the Demon Race. They evolved from ferocious beasts and all things that became sentient.
Some powerful ferocious beasts have gradually developed intelligence by consuming the essence of the sun and moon or by finding some top-grade spiritual herbs.
After gaining intelligence, these ferocious beasts looked down on their former kin and refused to associate with them.
To distinguish themselves from ferocious beasts, they, along with the spirits that emerged from plants and trees after they gained sentience, and the spirits of mountains and rocks, formed a new race—the demon race.
The demon race, due to their innate talent, can easily find the rare and precious herbs hidden deep within the Origin Mountains.
By consuming these spiritual herbs and substances, the demon race becomes even more powerful. The most powerful beings among the demon race can command ferocious beasts, making them submit to them.
In the 25th year of Yuanhao's slumber, due to the growth of the demon race, the dwarf race, whose living environment was oppressed, left the Origin Mountains and joined the human race, becoming their vassals.
Dwarves are short in stature; when they reach adulthood, their height only reaches the waist of an adult human. However, dwarves have extremely well-developed muscles, and each of them is a powerfully strong individual.