204: Chapter 204 consists of low-ranking grunts.

Xu Qin opened the regional map near Yongyuan City.

Sure enough, on the outer periphery of the eastern border,

a large patch of red light dots was gathering.

The number wasn't large, around thirty to forty thousand.

For Xu Qin,

he was now too lazy to even spare a glance at this bit of military force.

But for Su Yao and the others,

an alien coalition army of thirty to forty thousand

required serious preparation and treatment.

After all, following Xu Qin's requirements,

they were all working hard to develop and acquire high-tier troops.

However, recruiting high-tier troops required a lot of resources,

making it difficult to pile up the total troop numbers.

As soon as this topic was opened,

the vassal channel began to liven up.

Fang Che · Human: "My lord! I have twelve thousand heavy human infantry on my side, and we can go into battle!"

Zhou Ze · Bloodhoof Tribe: "I can do it too! The bull cavalry just reached Tier 3, just right to take them out for some practice!"

Lin Feng · Treant Race: "Treant guards have high defense and can tank the front line!"

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: "My lizard warriors have just been replenished and can be deployed at any time."

Tie Ge · Orc Race: "My lord! Your subordinate is willing to lead the troops into battle! I will clear out these scum for you, My Lord!"

Xu Qin looked at the enthusiastic requests for battle in the channel and shook his head with a smile.

Xu Qin · Master: "No need."

The channel went quiet.

Xu Qin · Master: "Every single one of your troops is a strategic resource to be sent up to the high-tier planes."

Xu Qin · Master: "Why waste them on such trivial matters?"

Xu Qin · Master: "Just develop with peace of mind and do whatever you need to do."

Xu Qin · Master: "They're just thirty to forty thousand rabble; you don't need to worry about them."

Fang Che · Human: "Then... who is going to fight?"

Xu Qin did not reply,

and directly switched to the communication interface of the Winter Sovereign.

"Winter."

"Present, please give your orders, Master," the Winter Sovereign replied.

"On the eastern border of Yongyuan City, there is an alien coalition army of thirty to forty thousand troops."

"Lead your troops directly and crush them."

"Understood," the Winter Sovereign replied.

Xu Qin closed the interface and rubbed his chin in thought...

"Wait."

He reopened the troop panel and looked at one of the columns.

[Skeleton Vulture: 3847]

Skeleton Vultures used to be the main scouting force in the low-tier planes back then.

But now...

the troops of the high-tier planes easily had tens of thousands of HP and thousands of attack power.

Vultures' meager stats were useless even with a 300x reinforcement.

When fighting the Centaur Clan previously, even the Storm Wingguards were used as suicide bombs.

Vultures barely even qualified for self-detonation now.

"Forget it."

Xu Qin sighed.

"After all, they are My veteran soldiers, so don't let them suffer here anymore. Go back to Yongyuan City to retire."

He selected all 3847 Skeleton Vultures.

Then he opened the Floating City teleportation array interface.

[Target: Yongyuan City]

[Do you want to teleport Skeleton Vulture × 3847 to Yongyuan City?]

[Confirm]

Hum!

A dark purple pillar of teleportation light rose from the rift,

and 3847 vultures turned into a stream of souls,

disappearing into the pillar of light.

...

Yongyuan City.

At the center of the teleportation array, the pillar of light suddenly lit up.

Su Yao, who was wandering outside the territory, subconsciously looked up.

Then her expression froze completely.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Nearly four thousand Skeleton Vultures poured out of the teleportation array and rushed straight into the high altitude.

The grayish-white bone wings blotted out the sky and covered the sun,

spreading out over the sky of Yongyuan City,

forming a huge shadow.

Su Yao: "..."

Zhou Ze ran out from his territory and looked up at the sky.

"What the fuck? What is this?"

Fang Che also ran out to look.

"What's the situation? Did a random event spawn again?"

The vassal channel exploded again.

Fang Che · Human: "What the hell is that group in the sky?! Did they pop out suddenly?"

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: "They were teleported back from the high-tier planes by Lord Xu Qin."

Zhou Ze · Bloodhoof Tribe: "Wait... He teleported the air force back?"

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: "There's no need to take it this seriously, right? The opponent only has tens of thousands of troops."

Zhou Ze · Bloodhoof Tribe: "Indeed, using nearly four thousand air forces to fight them is a bit of a waste."

Tie Ge · Orc Race: "Everyone, no need to be surprised. This is just routine operation for My Lord."

Tie Ge · Orc Race: "The scale of My Lord's military force in the high-tier planes far exceeds your imagination."

Tie Ge · Orc Race: "These vultures probably can't even rank anymore up there."

Tie Ge · Orc Race: "Therefore, My Lord directly sent them back to show their value."

The channel became lively again.

Fang Che · Human: "Makes sense!"

Li Ming · Goblin Race: "I don't understand the big shot's world, but I am deeply shocked."

Chen Mo · Human: "The troops eliminated by the big shot are still fiercer than my troops!"

Su Yao looked at the flock of vultures circling in the sky, her eyes full of envy.

These air forces that had retired from the high-tier planes

were still an absolute air-superiority force when placed in the low-tier planes.

At least...

within the entire Yongyuan City region,

no force dared to contend with them.

"With these vultures patrolling, plus the Winter Sovereign stationed here..."

Su Yao's heart skipped a beat.

"Yongyuan City is probably safer than all the territories in the entire Twilight Continent combined."

She couldn't help but type a line of text in the channel.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: "Big Brother, are these vultures under our dispatch?"

Xu Qin · Master: "No, they are under Winter's command."

Xu Qin · Master: "You only have one thing to do, and that is to develop."

...

Two days later.

Forty kilometers outside the eastern border of Yongyuan City,

in the outpost camp of the Twilight Coalition Army,

several alien lords were arguing about the marching route.

They had already scouted that a large number of Troglodytes were active around the ruins of Yongyuan City.

Of course,

there were also various mid- and low-tier troops,

as well as sporadic Undead patrol squads.

"The resource regeneration speed of that ruin is extremely fast."

A Snake-man lord pointed at the map,

"As long as we take it down, our Twilight Alliance can enter a period of high-speed development."

"But the military force stationed around there is not small," a Scorpion-man lord frowned.

"They are just low-tier mobs."

The Snake-man lord's eyes were full of disdain,

"Just Troglodytes and Tier-2 Skeleton Soldiers. With our force of 38,000, we can just roll right over them..."

Before it could finish speaking,

the ground began to tremor.

The Snake-man lord abruptly turned its head.

It saw a black line appear on the northern horizon.

This black line was getting thicker and thicker.

Then it discovered that it wasn't a black line...

It was a countless Undead Army!

Dense undead skeletons, holding crystal-ice bone sabers,

were advancing toward them in an oppressive formation!

And right in the center of the army,

an ice-blue giant shadow fifteen meters tall was slowly moving forward.

The air around it directly condensed into frost.

A layer of white frost spread out from under its feet at a speed visible to the naked eye, diffusing in all directions.

The temperature within a radius of three hundred meters plummeted to minus forty degrees Celsius.

"What is that..."

The Scorpion-man lord's voice began to tremble.

The command panel popped up a red warning.

[High-level Undead coercion detected!]

[Friendly forces' morale has dropped significantly!]

[Current Morale: Collapsed!]

Before the two sides even clashed,

the elite archers of the Snake-man lord

had already begun to flee one after another.

The 38,000 coalition soldiers,

the moment they saw the true form of the Winter Sovereign,

saw their morale drop directly to zero.

[Eternal Frost Domain] fully opened.

Ice-blue light diffused from within the Winter Sovereign.

"Retreat! Retreat!" the Snake-man lord roared.