115: Chapter 115 Outwitting the Air

"An invasion?"

Hearing the System prompt, Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly, but he wasn't very surprised.

It was about time.

Of course, mutual conquest and invasion between lords was normal to begin with, so it was hard to say whether this invader was actually coming for him.

But it didn't matter.

He would just kill whoever came.

Unless it was the army of a Level 5 Lord, he wouldn't care at all.

Even though his territory was being invaded, Lin Xiao was in no hurry to order the Burning Sky Flame Dragon or other heroes and Troop Types to the edge of the territory to check on the enemy.

There was no need for that.

He walked over to the Eye of Truth.

At this moment, this Epic Grade building was shut down.

"Eye of Truth, activate."

Lin Xiao said.

As a lord, he had the authority to control all buildings within his territory. At the same time, he could also grant operational authority to chosen heroes and Troop Types, so that even if he wasn't in the territory, nothing would go wrong.

With the order given, the giant silver-white vertical pupil at the top of the tower slowly opened, and an invisible ripple instantly swept across the entire territory.

Immediately after, countless pieces of information were projected into Lin Xiao's mind by the Eye of Truth.

At this moment, he felt as if he had become the Incarnation of the Eye of Heaven hanging high in the sky, taking in everything that happened in his territory.

As an Epic Grade building, the Eye of Truth's monitoring range was naturally extremely vast; at least, Lin Xiao's 7,500-square-kilometer territory was entirely within its monitoring scope.

"Hmm, on the southern side of the territory."

Soon, Lin Xiao saw the invading army.

The opponent was a Human Race army of about a thousand men. As soon as they entered, they began scouting the surrounding area, clearly highly experienced in invasions.

A Human Race army meant there was a high probability they came from a Sin Clan Lord.

However, other possibilities couldn't be ruled out.

Through the Eye of Truth, Lin Xiao watched the movements of the Human Race army with great interest, as if he had opened a god's-eye view.

The Eye of Truth did not have the function to appraise the target's strength. From dozens of kilometers away, Lin Xiao couldn't tell their strength either, but their strength and quality shouldn't be very high.

Because they were completely unaware of the Eye of Truth's monitoring.

This Human Race army wasn't very large in number, but their troop composition was extremely complete.

Among them, dozens of flying Troop Types riding pegasi took to the air immediately to gather intelligence on Lin Xiao's territory from above, while a dozen or so Troop Types dressed as assassins vanished on the spot, entering stealth.

The main force had front-line Troop Types, ranged Troop Types, and even two massive siege engines.

This was the first time Lin Xiao had encountered such an opponent.

He was in no hurry to have his subordinates wipe out this Human Race army.

Lin Xiao didn't care at all about those dozen or so stealthed assassins either.

In the Second Source Sea, the rules of invasion differed from those of the First Source Sea. To obtain the coordinates of the target territory through System rules, staying for a long time was useless; the target territory had to be damaged to 50%.

This change was actually reasonable.

After all, the territories of lords in the Second Source Sea were incredibly vast.

If they went into stealth as soon as they entered and played hide-and-seek, the difficulty of finding them would be far greater than in the First Source Sea. If the difficulty of obtaining territory coordinates was too low, it would be too unbalanced compared to the other condition for obtaining territory coordinates.

Therefore, it was normal for it to be banned.

In fact, those who truly had the means had many more ways to obtain the coordinates of a target territory, and would not be limited to just the System rules.

Lin Xiao didn't care because this trick was useless against him.

"Stealth?"

Lin Xiao curled his lip. In his eyes, those dozen or so assassins were as clear as day.

The Eye of Truth directly saw through their stealth.

To others, these assassins were indeed invisible, but to those with the authority of the Eye of Truth, they were completely exposed.

...

"Strange."

Roger frowned deeply.

He was the commander of this expeditionary army and had participated in many invasion battles, so he could be considered highly experienced. However, the situation in this territory was extremely bizarre.

According to the observations of the Pegasus Knights, this territory was several thousand square kilometers in size.

Such a vast territory was extremely rare even among Fourth-order Lords.

However, a large territory did not mean strong power; there was no necessary connection between the two. Therefore, Roger did not lose his composure.

In such a huge territory, apart from the center, there was only one massive building in each of the four directions, and nothing else besides that.

Such an unusual territorial layout immediately put Roger on high alert.

What baffled him the most was that this territory made no movement at all.

By now, the opponent should have already known about their invasion. Normally, they would definitely send people to scout around and determine the location where they appeared.

Yet in this territory, the Pegasus Knights saw no sign of any large-scale army movement from the opponent.

Bizarre.

Extremely bizarre.

When things are abnormal, there must be mischief afoot. Alarm bells rang in Roger's heart, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

Ever since entering this territory, he had a lingering sense of unease in his heart, yet he couldn't pinpoint its source.

After a moment.

"Trying to scare me? In your dreams."

Roger grit his teeth and ordered the main Troop Types to advance slowly.

Since they were already here...

If they did nothing and went back in disgrace, he wouldn't be able to account for it.

They were Fourth-order Troop Types after all, so their marching speed wouldn't be slow.

"General, there is a massive forest ahead."

The Pegasus Knights responsible for high-altitude scouting reported to Roger.

Looking at the endless forest ahead, Roger's face darkened. In his eyes, this massive forest seemed to have transformed into a man-eating beast, exuding an incredibly dangerous aura.

"Never enter a forest lightly."

If the opponent had an ambush in the forest, their small number of men wouldn't even be enough to fill the gap.

"Take a detour?"

This thought flashed through Roger's mind.

The southern side of this territory was covered in forest, but the other three directions were not. For instance, the eastern side was a plain, which looked much safer than here.

But after some thought, he did not act immediately.

Given how bizarre this territory was, they might be playing a game of making the false seem real and the real seem false.

The seemingly dangerous forest might actually be safe, while the seemingly safe plain could be incredibly perilous.

Roger sneered; he wouldn't be fooled so easily.

Of course, this was just his own speculation, and Roger did not act rashly. The reason he was deeply trusted by his Lord was precisely due to his steady and cautious style.

Roger sent out several small squads to enter the forest first to scout out the situation.

"Safe."

"Safe."

Soon, news from the scouting squads came back, and Roger immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, mere petty tricks, yet they dare to show off before an expert."

After confirming there was no ambush in the forest, Roger immediately led the main army into the forest. To allow the siege engines to enter as well, they all lent a hand, clearing a wide path through the forest.