172: Chapter 172 Slaying the Rock Armor

However, after the city gate collapsed, what met the eyes of this sneak-attacking Lord...

Was not the imagined scene of Qian Duoduo being terrified and his defenders collapsing at the first blow.

Instead, it was an unfamiliar heavy armor phalanx within the city, waiting in full battle array, their equipment so well-made it was blinding, and radiating an aura that made his heart skip a beat!

"Hmm?" The smile on the attacking Lord's Face froze instantly, his pupils shrinking.

He had inquired through various channels and confirmed that Qian Duoduo was a "fat sheep" with weak combat power.

Coupled with their existing grudge, he had used a precious attack order token to squeeze this soft persimmon, farming points and plundering resources along the way.

Where did these soldiers, who clearly looked like they weren't to be trifled with, come from? Reinforcements?

That profiteer Qian Duoduo actually managed to hire external help of this caliber!

Alarm bells rang in his heart. Daring not to be the slightest bit negligent, he immediately cast a Detection Spell on the soldiers at the very front of that golden phalanx.

In the next second, the color drained from his Face as if he had seen a ghost. His body swayed violently, nearly tumbling off the back of his Earth Dragon.

"G-Gold-tier! epic quality? Two thousand men... all of them!"

Boundless terror seized him instantly.

How the hell was he supposed to fight this! Although his Iron-Spine Earth Dragons were also advanced excellence, most were Silver-tier, with only a small number being Gold 1-star.

Facing an opponent where every member was Gold-tier, with crushing quality, and who looked like battle-hardened elites, he was simply delivering himself on a silver platter!

"Wait! Great Lord on the other side! A mistake! A huge misunderstanding!"

The sneak-attacking Lord no longer cared about Face or points. Using every ounce of strength he possessed, he shouted hoarsely toward the city, toward Lin Tian, who was surrounded by heavy troops and riding a Flaming Dragon Horse.

His voice cracked with terror. "We can talk! I admit defeat! I'll withdraw my troops immediately! I don't want the points anymore! Compensation! I'll compensate Boss Qian for his losses! Great Lord, please stay your hand!"

As he shouted, he frantically urged the Earth Dragon beneath him, trying to turn around and flee toward that crimson spatial portal behind him—opened by the attack order token—which now looked like a life-saving straw in his eyes!

As long as he could escape back and close the passage, he would be safe!

However, Lin Tian only looked at him indifferently, like watching a rabbit trying to escape from a tiger's claws, his eyes showing not the slightest ripple.

"If you want to kill others, you must be prepared to be killed. Since you've come, don't leave."

The cold words were accompanied by the gentle wave of his arm.

"Attack."

Boom!

Two thousand Golden Armored Spearmans, who had long been ready, started up like killing machines receiving a command!

They didn't charge wildly but maintained an absolutely rigorous Arrow Formation, marching with clanging steps to meet the frantically surging flood of Iron-Spine Earth Dragons.

The scene that followed was less of a battle and more of an efficient, cold-blooded, one-sided slaughter.

The Golden Armored Spearmans were like unshakable mountains, easily parrying or even bouncing back the Iron-Spine Earth Dragons' fierce collisions.

The armor-piercing heavy spears they thrust out were like the fingertips of the Grim Reaper—precise, ruthless, and unstoppable!

Whether it was the Earth Dragons' thick Rock Armor or their tough hides, in the Face of Gold-tier spear tips enchanted with armor-piercing sharpness and boundless energy, they were like paper!

"Puchi!" "Crackle!" "Roar!"

The dull thud of spear tips entering flesh, the crisp sound of shattering bones, and the dying wails of Earth Dragons instantly intertwined into a single cacophony!

The Golden Armored Spearmans' formation was like a red-hot iron cutting through butter. Wherever they passed, Iron-Spine Earth Dragons fell in swaths, blood and internal organs splashing, staining the ground beneath the city walls red.

That Lord didn't even manage to flee a hundred meters.

Three streaks of Spear Glow, shot from different angles, lightning-fast and with incredibly tricky trajectories, hit the relatively weak joints and eye sockets of his Earth Dragon almost simultaneously!

The Earth Dragon let out a shrill cry of grief and crashed to the ground, violently throwing the Lord off its back.

The Lord rolled miserably onto the cold ground, landing right at the edge of his crimson portal, only one step away from stepping into that vortex representing the hope of survival.

He struggled to lift his head, his bloodshot eyes filled with a longing for life and extreme terror.

Staring fixedly at the slowly rotating light of the portal just inches away, he reached out, using his last bit of strength to crawl forward...

However, a tall, dark-gold figure stood like an iron tower between him and the portal.

It was the captain of the Golden Armored Spearmans.

He looked down, indifferently gazing at the Lord struggling like a worm at his feet.

The blood-stained heavy spear in his hand, without any fancy flourishes, carried a whistle that tore through the air as it pierced down simply, directly, and vertically!

"No!!!"

The Lord attacking Qian Duoduo's territory only had time to let out a short roar full of resentment and despair.

"Puff!"

The spear tip accurately pierced his heart, pinning him firmly to the ground at the edge of the portal.

His body twitched violently twice, his eyes bulging wide as he stared at the crimson light barely half a foot from his fingertips—yet seemingly separated by a vast chasm. The light in his pupils quickly dissipated and went out.

Less than ten minutes had passed.

Outside the city walls, besides the standing figures of the Golden Armored Spearmans and the massive, rapidly cooling corpses littering the ground, there was not a single enemy left standing.

The battle had started suddenly and ended even more swiftly.

That attacking Lord, along with his ambition, greed, and the temptation of points, remained here forever.

He became the contributor of Lin Tian's first batch of "attack points" tonight, and also a minor but sufficient warning to others in this region's Lord War.

The moment the sneak-attacking Lord's body completely lost its life aura.

A line of clear, golden System prompts, accompanied by a slight energy fluctuation, popped up directly in the center of Lin Tian's vision:

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed Lord 'Rock Armor'!]

[Rewards Obtained:]

attack points × 12 (8+4)

stone × 100,000

wood × 100,000

iron ore × 100,000

"Hmm?" Lin Tian raised an eyebrow, his gaze lingering for a moment on the number "12" and the "8+4" following it.

Receiving points was within expectations, but this breakdown in parentheses...

And these three basic resources following it were quite interesting.

With a slight thought, he clicked on that "8+4".

A more detailed explanation emerged:

[Point Composition Analysis:]

8 Points: Base kill points calculated based on the target Lord 'Rock Armor's' initial troop quality of Advanced Excellence.

4 Points: Remaining points accumulated by the target Lord 'Rock Armor' through previously killing/subjugating other Lords that had not yet been used for exchange. Upon his death, you inherit them in full.

"Ho!"

Lin Tian's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up, revealing a playful "so that's how it is" smile.

This attack points System was even more "considerate" than he had thought!

Not only do you get base points for killing someone, but even the "savings" they painstakingly and fearfully accumulated can be looted and transferred directly to your own account!