25: Chapter 25 Tianming Strikes

Since things are bottlenecked, then just keep grinding!

Xu Qin thought of this, gripping his spear and forcing himself to stand up.

No good, his legs went weak.

His knees buckled twice before he could stand steady.

In the thirty-eight hours since he transmigrated, he had only slept for one hour.

The rest of the time, he was either killing monsters or on the way to kill monsters.

"No good, I can't keep grinding like this."

Xu Qin leaned against the Bone Wall and looked up at Tian Ming.

"It's shameful... My employees are tireless, yet I myself... Sigh."

"Tian Ming." He waved and called out.

The Great Lich stepped forward.

"This time, you have to go by yourself." Xu Qin rubbed his temples, "I really can't hold on anymore."

He walked up to Tian Ming, holding his war spear and pointing at the two Bone Transport Carts.

"Take these two carts with you. Fill them with resources before returning, especially magic crystals."

Tian Ming nodded its skull.

"There are three rules you must follow."

Xu Qin held up three fingers.

"First, do not attack strongholds with more than half your forces. You have nine hundred troops, so if the enemy has more than four hundred and fifty, go around them."

"Second, your frame is still fragile, so don't Charge to the front. Let the Minotaurs take the hits, just cast your skills from the back."

"Third, if you encounter creatures you haven't seen before, no matter what they are, don't touch them. Mark the coordinates and turn around immediately. If the other side initiates an attack, retaliate decisively! With your troop count, you should be able to win, but if you really can't beat them, find a way to retreat."

"Do you understand?"

Tian Ming nodded its skull again.

Xu Qin then gave a satisfied grunt.

At level 1, Tian Ming would only stand there blankly waiting for orders.

Now it could actively nod in response.

Perhaps if it levels up a few more times, it will be able to speak.

He allocated nine hundred units from his roster.

Three hundred and fifty Undead Sand Jackals,

Fifty Undead Sand Jackal Leaders,

Three hundred and fifty Minotaurs,

Fifty Undead Minotaur Chieftains,

Fifteen Liches,

Fifty Skeleton Warthogs,

Fifteen Vultures,

Twenty Sand Rats,

Two Bone Transport Carts were added to the queue.

Xu Qin checked this configuration again.

The front row has Minotaurs to tank damage,

The middle row has Sand Jackals to handle output,

The back row has Liches to provide debuffs and healing.

The Skeleton Warthogs act as a mobile Charge force.

The Vultures and Sand Rats are responsible for reconnaissance and pursuit.

This lineup is basically a steamroll for any stronghold under four hundred.

"Go. Return once you've maxed out the resources."

Hearing this, Tian Ming turned around, and nine hundred undead stepped forward in unison.

The sound of feet on sand merged into a dull roar.

The two Bone Transport Carts followed at the end of the line, their bone wheels pressing two deep ruts into the sand.

Xu Qin stood at the gap in the Bone Wall, watching this army pass through the novice protection light shield.

Only when the nine hundred figures disappeared into the depths of the desert did he withdraw his gaze.

In the vision transmitted back by the Skeleton Vultures and Sand Rats, Tian Ming's army was moving rapidly toward the stronghold marked on the map.

He opened the regional map.

In the real-time vision transmitted back by the Skeleton Vultures and Sand Rats, Tian Ming's army was moving rapidly along the route he had marked toward the nearest stronghold.

Xu Qin closed the interface, stretched, and floated toward the Graveyard.

"If you want to accomplish big things, you have to learn to delegate."

"If you do everything yourself, you'll be exhausted to death sooner or later."

He pulled a few thick Minotaur hides from his inventory and spread them out on the stone brick ground next to the Graveyard.

A Skeleton Sand Rat to the side tilted its head to watch him.

Xu Qin lay down and pointed at the Sand Rat, "Wake me up when Tian Ming returns."

After saying this, he closed his eyes, and the exhaustion accumulated over thirty-eight hours surged up in an instant.

"I hope Tian Ming doesn't run into anything tricky..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

Huhu.

Snoring sounds began.

...

Deep in the desert.

Tian Ming held its bone staff, walking at the very front of the army.

The fifteen Skeleton Vultures in the sky and the twenty Skeleton Sand Rats within the sand layers explored all intelligence within a radius of several kilometers.

Its skull scanned back and forth into the darkness ahead.

The army pointed directly at a stronghold nine kilometers away from the territory.

This stronghold was a Sand Jackal village with thirty-eight red dots.

The moment the army arrived.

Tian Ming raised its bone staff.

"Attack!"

Awoooo!!!

Nine hundred undead surged directly into the stronghold.

Death Wither spread out.

Wither stacked on top.

The War Cry of fifty Minotaur Chieftains exploded,

followed closely by the War Cry of the Undead Sand Jackal Leaders.

The thirty-eight Sand Jackals hadn't even had time to react.

Under the control of the dual Wither effects, they turned into a bunch of useless trash.

900 against 38, a direct steamroll.

The battle lasted less than a minute before it was declared over.

Ding!

[Battle Victory!]

[Talent "War Gift Level 6" triggered! All loot quantity × 7!]

Sand Jackal Skeletons × 266, Soul Energy + 4900...

Load the carts!

...

Half an hour later, the second stronghold.

This time it was a Minotaur village with forty-two red dots.

"Attack!"

Rumble!

The Undead Army rolled over them.

Load the carts!

The third one.

Sand Jackals, fifty-one.

Roll over them.

Load!

The fourth one, Sand Jackals, thirty-five.

Roll...

Load!

In every battle, Tian Ming strictly executed Xu Qin's rules.

First, use the Vultures and Sand Rats to confirm the numbers; as long as the enemy force does not exceed four hundred and fifty, start directly with the dual Wither effects.

Then the army rolls over them, wait for the settlement, load the carts, and move to the next.

The efficiency was ridiculously high.

Two hours later.

Having rolled over another Sand Jackal village, Tian Ming leveled up to level 7,

its command limit increased to 1100.

This time, it did not immediately load the carts.

Until the settlement panel had completely finished popping up,

it raised its staff toward the pile of corpses.

[Legion of the Dead!]

Boom!

A beam of purple light descended from the sky.

Fifteen corpses transformed into Undead Sand Jackals, stood up from the ground, and joined the ranks.

Although Xu Qin hadn't specifically instructed these actions before,

Tian Ming had repeatedly executed them while following him in battle during the afternoon and had developed a habit.

That is, never resurrect units before the battle ends.

Because the settlement mechanism of War Gift can only be triggered after the "battle ends."

If the corpses are raised in the middle of a battle, the corpses won't count as loot, which would cause serious losses.

Therefore, one must settle first, then replenish troops; the order cannot be reversed.

As its skill entered cooldown.

The fifteen Liches accompanying the army followed, walking out to the pile of corpses.

[Undead Conversion!]

Boom, boom, boom!

Another twenty-five Undead Sand Jackals stood up from the ground.

Tian Ming replenished its troops as it walked.

The troop count was replenished from 900 to 1100.

Troop replenishment complete.

Load the carts,

Depart!

Now, the forty-eight storage slots of the first Bone Transport Cart were filled with forty-two items.

So, it led the Legion of the Dead and continued to advance toward an Oasis woodland marked by the Skeleton Vultures.

There was a Sand Jackal stronghold there, and at the same time, a large number of trees that could be felled.

That was the resource the Master had emphasized multiple times.

...

Twenty minutes later, the army arrived at the Oasis woodland.

To call it an Oasis,

it was actually just a sparse patch of bushes and low trees on the edge of the desert.

But for a desert where not a blade of grass grows, this could already be considered lush.

First step, destroy the stronghold.

Tian Ming waved its bone staff, and the army surged out.

Two minutes later, the battle ended.

After the settlement, Tian Ming held up its bone staff and pointed toward the woodland.

Log the trees!

Boom, boom, boom!

One thousand and eighty undead turned toward the forest in unison.