38: Chapter 38 A Decisive Strike, the City Falls

On the north side of Raymond's territory, Lin Xiao and his group, having crossed through the space-time channel, appeared at the edge.

Suddenly, among the ten Wind Shadow Archers, Xue Ying raised his longbow and fired an arrow.

"Swish~"

A pale cyan streak of light cut through the Void Realm, accurately hitting the target.

It was a watchtower located at the edge of the territory; its position was very hidden, but under the eagle eyes of the Wind Shadow Archers, it had nowhere to hide and was directly blown apart by the arrow.

"Let's go."

Lin Xiao led his army to advance slowly.

Zhong Yue walked at the very front, while the other Black Armor Soldierss spread out to form an outer barrier.

"Watch out for traps."

Lin Xiao had laid out a large number of traps within his own territory, and other lords would not be any better; with such a useful tactic, no one would give it up.

When encountering traps, one could either go around them or dismantle them.

Lin Xiao chose the latter.

Xue Ying and the other Wind Shadow Archers scanned the ground with eyes like hawks, occasionally firing an arrow at places where traps might exist.

Those simple traps were triggered directly and lost their threat.

If they encountered terrain-based traps like mud pits or poison pools, it was the Frost Giants' turn to act.

A Frost Burst Star would be smashed down, directly turning the area within tens of meters into a frozen land; regardless of what the trap was, it would either be forcibly destroyed or turned into an ice sculpture.

Even in places like mud pits, one could walk across the ice surface.

At the beginning, Raymond had dispatched troops, wanting to use the terrain to ambush Lin Xiao's army, but before they could even get close, they were shot dead on the spot by the Wind Shadow Archers; after failing a few times, he stopped sending people to die in vain.

It didn't take long for Lin Xiao to bring his army to the city walls.

"Human Race units, and also alien units."

"To think they killed their way over so quickly."

On the city wall, Raymond felt terrified; Lin Xiao had arrived too quickly, and the traps along the way seemed as if they didn't exist, failing to play any role in delaying them at all.

He definitely couldn't win the fight; those units and heroes were clearly of very high quality at a glance.

Whether it was the invading army being wiped out in minutes or the way they pushed through everything along the way, it all demonstrated the opponent's strength; he was definitely no match for them in a head-on fight.

He could only fight a defensive battle.

Looking back at the defenses within his territory, Raymond couldn't help but gain a little more confidence.

Compared to offense, he had invested more in defense.

Especially that Rare-grade heavy turret; it was the core of the territory's defense and would surely deal a head-on blow to the invading enemy.

A Tier 2 lord, far stronger than Raymond, had once invaded, only to sigh helplessly in the face of his impregnable defenses and have to retreat.

No one had ever been able to breach his territory during the space-time tremors.

Presumably, even if the opponent was a Human Race Prodigy, it was impossible to do... right?

Lin Xiao observed the city ahead; under his eagle eyes, everything inside was taken in by him.

It had to be said that the opponent's defense was indeed strong.

Those towering arrow towers and turrets were daunting to look at; once within their range, one would inevitably be attacked by concentrated fire, and the outermost city wall was not ordinary stuff either, looking exceptionally sturdy.

The Rare-grade heavy turret that Raymond regarded as his trump card was also noticed by Lin Xiao.

"Ordinary lords are indeed more willing to invest in defense." Lin Xiao did not feel surprised.

After all, being able to survive was the most important thing.

Those lords who followed the logistics route were all armed to the teeth; compared to them, Raymond's defense was nothing but child's play.

Even so, the defenses of Raymond's territory could deter many lords.

It was just a pity that he had encountered Lin Xiao.

Without any warning, Lin Xiao made his move.

He raised his right hand, and terrifying magic power condensed, forming a blue-white ball of light several meters wide, containing unimaginable, extreme cold magic power.

As his arm swung down, that exceptionally terrifying blue-white ball of light trailed a long cold light and blasted toward Raymond's territory.

"Frost Burst Star."

In Lin Xiao's hands, the Frost Burst Star far exceeded the Frost Giants in both power and range.

"Boom."

That Rare-grade heavy turret which posed the greatest threat was hit by this super-large Frost Burst Star; without any suspense, it was directly destroyed, and the terrifying cold air surged in all directions, turning several nearby arrow towers into ice sculptures.

In the nearby area, the temperature plummeted.

"No..."

Raymond felt a chill all over his body, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Before he could recover from his terror, the attack of Lin Xiao's army began.

Zhong Yue walked at the very front, holding a heavy steel great shield.

"Concentrate fire, shoot him to death for me."

Raymond roared.

The arrow towers and turrets that entered range immediately opened fire, and dense arrows and shells poured crazily onto Zhong Yue; however, those arrows and shells with astonishing power did not exert their due lethality at all, as if they had crashed into a towering mountain.

They could not break through Zhong Yue's defense, nor could they even shake his body in the slightest.

Lin Xiao could not yet equip everyone with Rare-grade gear, but he was not stingy with his three heroes, whose equipment was at least Rare-grade; otherwise, even if Zhong Yue could block the concentrated impact of arrows and shells, his shield would not be able to hold up.

"How is this possible, how is this possible."

Seeing this shocking scene, Raymond's face distorted.

Could it be that this Human Race hero was actually Epic-grade?

At this moment, the Wind Shadow Archers and Frost Giants were also advancing toward the city walls under the cover of the Black Armor Soldierss.

Seeing that his defensive buildings' concentrated fire could not break through Zhong Yue's defense, Raymond hurriedly controlled a portion of the defensive buildings to switch targets.

However, most of those arrows and shells were blocked by the Black Armor Soldierss.

Their defense was naturally far less terrifying than Zhong Yue's, but they could still manage to block one or two waves of attacks; 60 Black Armor Soldierss took turns defending, blocking most of the attacks pouring toward the army.

The Wind Shadow Archers blended into the shadows, so the chance of them being attacked was not high to begin with.

The Frost Giants were indeed large in size and difficult to protect fully, but fortunately, this was not a problem at all.

A layer of thick frost armor appeared on their bodies.

The arrows and shells fired at them were eroded by the cold air before they even got close, their speed greatly reduced; by the time they landed on the frost armor, their lethality was already greatly diminished and could not break through the Frost Giants' defense at all.

Thus, although Raymond's defensive buildings opened fire with all their might, they could not break through the layers of defense of Lin Xiao's army for a time, causing no casualties.

After approaching a certain distance, the counterattack of Lin Xiao's army began.

The Wind Shadow Archers and Frost Giants began to counterattack; streaks of pale cyan light poured out crazily, and Frost Burst Stars were also used repeatedly.

"Boom, boom, boom~"

Inside Raymond's territory, one defensive building after another collapsed.

Not only the defensive buildings, but under the full fire of the Wind Shadow Archers, whenever any hero or unit appeared on the city wall or in their field of vision, their lives would be taken by a streak of pale cyan light.

A Frost Burst Star landed in front of the city wall, destroying any traps that might have existed.

Zhong Yue stepped on the frozen ground and arrived in front of the city gate.

Immediately after, in Raymond's terrified gaze, the long-handled great hammer in his hand slowly lifted, as if lifting a mountain, and then it slammed heavily onto the city gate cast from refined steel.

"Ground-Shattering Hammer."

"Boom~"

The suddenly erupted roar overwhelmed other sounds on the battlefield.

At the moment it was hit by the great hammer, the refined steel city gate began to twist and deform, and then, in the horrified gaze of Raymond and the others, it shattered into countless fragments and shot outwards.