80: Chapter 80 As You Wish

High in the sky, endless fire clouds surged.

Dark red fireballs, each over twenty meters in size, broke through the clouds and plummeted, bringing utter destruction to the city below.

Lin Xiao stood on the head of a Burning Sky Flame Dragon, watching the scene below with indifference.

He did not make a move.

Lin Xiao accompanied every invasion and act of revenge.

As the strongest combat force of his territory, his presence ensured that even if unexpected situations arose in the enemy territory, he could suppress them with a backhand. Moreover, he did not need to Cultivate, so frequent expeditions had no impact on him.

[Invasion ended. You have achieved victory. Beginning settlement.]

Hearing the System prompt ring in his ears, Lin Xiao felt no surprise; however, the next moment, his expression changed.

Because this was not the victory settlement for him invading someone else's territory, but the victory settlement after his own territory had been invaded.

Being invaded was nothing.

Lin Xiao had not been there long before he heard the System prompt that his own territory was being invaded.

But it being over so quickly was not right.

His orders to the heroes and Troop Types left behind were to kill the invaders, leave one or two captives, and wait for him to return to deal with them.

"Did they mess up?"

As his thoughts raced, the System prompt for a successful invasion also rang out. Lin Xiao did not hesitate, immediately choosing to destroy the territory, and at the same time, returned to his own.

Afterward, he immediately communicated with the heroes and Troop Types left behind to understand the situation.

This inquiry immediately gave Lin Xiao a start.

The number of invaders was extremely small, only a few people.

Upon seeing the army Lin Xiao had left behind, they immediately launched a suicide attack; they couldn't even capture the other party if they wanted to.

This was simply not a normal invasion.

"This is suicide."

Lin Xiao felt a chill in his heart; the invasion that had just occurred in his territory matched the second method Wei Xuanqi had described.

"Is the enemy territory a trap?"

"Has Dicas already made preparations and made a move against me?"

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Lin Xiao did not panic; he analyzed the situation very calmly.

Less than two days had passed since Dicas was ordered to deal with him.

His territory had not been invaded that many times.

According to common sense, the intelligence Dicas had collected by now should not be much, and it was not yet time for him to make a move.

The Lord Association's assessment of him also did not believe he would decide to act within just two days.

This was not Dicas's style.

Of course, when it concerned his own life and death, Lin Xiao would not treat others' judgments as gospel, nor would he wishfully think that this was not a trap.

Perhaps Dicas was doing the exact opposite.

"There are only two possibilities."

"One, he is doing the opposite."

"The other is to feign strength where there is weakness, and weakness where there is strength."

Since he was famous for his strategy, Dicas would not let others figure out his patterns so easily.

Lin Xiao did not ponder much longer and decided to treat the opposing territory as a trap.

He would rather waste troops than lightly venture into dangerous territory.

Next was the selection of people for the expedition.

Lin Xiao did not have any hesitation about whether he should go on the expedition.

With his current strength, even if he fell into layers of traps, he had a high probability of fighting his way out.

However, preparing for the worst, Lin Xiao unusually called upon Jiang Yao.

If it were just him, under the siege of a large number of Epic Grade heroes and Troop Types, there was a small risk he might not be able to fight his way out, but with Jiang Yao added, Lin Xiao believed that the trap Dicas had set could absolutely not trap them both to death.

Besides Jiang Yao, Lin Xiao also brought Zhong Yue.

Tu Lie and Qian Ying were responsible for guarding the home base.

The reason he did not bring the stronger Qian Ying was that if the other side was a trap, there would likely be a large number of heroes and lords present.

It would not be so easy for Qian Ying to accurately find the lord and behead them.

Instead, Zhong Yue could exist as a surprise force; while Lin Xiao and Jiang Yao attracted the enemy's firepower, he could be made to descend directly onto the location of the Lords Mansion to strike at the vital point.

With his terrifying defense, he was not so easily killed. Zhong Yue also possessed the astonishing power to uproot mountains, as well as the Battering Ram that was specially effective against large buildings, enough to inflict fatal damage to the Lords Mansion in a short time.

"Now is not the time to sweep across the battlefield."

What Lin Xiao was thinking about now was not breaking formations and killing enemies on the front lines to wipe them out, but being able to quickly escape even if he stepped into a trap.

His heroes and Troop Types were still growing stronger at an astonishing speed, and their quality could continue to improve.

The further they went, the greater the advantage.

They could even sweep across everything with zero casualties.

Finally, all twenty Burning Sky Flame Dragons were dispatched.

Bringing this terrifyingly powerful army, Lin Xiao opened the invasion panel.

[Do you wish to spend 1,000,000 Source Crystals to initiate an invasion?]

"Initiate."

As the space-time channel appeared, the twenty Burning Sky Flame Dragons carried the three of them and quickly flew into it.

The moment they entered the enemy territory, Lin Xiao and the others were prepared to be attacked; however, the anticipated attack did not arrive.

The Burning Sky Flame Dragons quickly ascended, and everything within the territory was taken in by Lin Xiao's gaze.

No matter how he looked at it, it did not look like a place where a large army was lying in ambush.

"A feint?"

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly; doing this did not have much meaning.

Although he had brought all the Burning Sky Flame Dragons out this time, there was no need for them all to attack.

The Burning Sky Flame Dragons that did not attack could fully participate in the next invasion.

"What is Dicas's purpose?"

Lin Xiao pondered in his heart and soon had an answer.

The other party's purpose was very simple: it was to tell Lin Xiao that every subsequent invasion of his territory might have a trap hidden behind it.

This was to make him focus his attention and energy on guarding against traps, leaving him no time to invade the veteran lords of the Four Great Races.

This was also an open conspiracy.

Facing an invasion that was a suicide mission, it was impossible for Lin Xiao not to be on guard.

"It seems my slaughter has made them panic."

Lin Xiao's mouth curled slightly. After a brief thought, he quickly made a decision: "Then, as you wish."

Dicas's move was still quite effective.

He could indeed continue to slaughter crazily, but if he caused great panic among the hostile lords, Dicas would very likely launch his move early.

Appropriately feigning weakness might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Dicas needed time to conduct more probing and collect intelligence, and Lin Xiao similarly needed time to farm slaughter points and grow stronger.

Following this, under Lin Xiao's deliberate actions, his slaughter efficiency dropped significantly.

The third day passed, and he had only killed fifty-two veteran lords, and only one-third of them were Sin Clan Lords.

This immediate change immediately allowed the veteran lords of the Four Great Races in the First Source Sea to breathe a sigh of relief, and the tense atmosphere eased quite a bit.

As the fourth day arrived, the Prodigies in the Prodigy Group sent messages to Lin Xiao one after another; their territories had connected to the ninth layer of the Void Land.