61: Chapter 61 Waiting for Reinforcements to Suicide

Watching the Barbarian Bull Legion crash into the heart of the territory.

Xu Qin stood on the Watchtower, grinning as he said:

"This is what you call blooming from the center."

Indeed.

The moment the Barbarian Bull landed, it stomped its foot directly onto the ground.

[War Stomp!]

Boom!

Troglodyte warriors within a ten-meter radius were sent flying, landing in a daze.

"Awoooo!!!"

The Barbarian Bull threw its head back and roared.

[Taunt Roar] spread out,

The eyes of all nearby Troglodytes instantly turned red, and they roared as they surged toward it.

Two Troglodyte heroes protecting the lord took the lead, raising their crude weapons and charging at the Barbarian Bull.

Seeing this, the Jackal Hunter darted in, activating [Blood Claw Frenzy],

Its bone claws flew, flesh and blood splattered wherever it passed, marking the two Troglodyte heroes one by one.

And just at this moment, on the outskirts of the territory.

Tian Ming's army of three thousand had surrounded the entire Troglodyte territory like an iron barrel.

Tian Ming then waved his staff.

[Death Wither]!

[Wither]!

Both Withers slammed down simultaneously.

Hum!

Two dark purple force fields overlapped, instantly enveloping most of the territory.

The movement speed of the Troglodytes within the range plummeted, and their attack and defense were shredded,

The fear effect made them unable to even hold their weapons steady.

The Blade Guard stood before Tian Ming, bone blade held horizontally at its side, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

Chuan Yun, standing to the side, had already drawn his longbow.

"Fire!"

Xu Qin gave the order.

[Precision Volley!]

Swish, swish, swish!

The Skeleton Elf Archers behind Chuan Yun pulled their strings simultaneously,

Thousands of Soul Energy arrows rose into the air and rained down.

Silent [Soul Energy Arrows], carrying armor-piercing effects with dark corrosion, shot densely into the territory.

Awoooo~~~

Troglodytes fell in droves.

The entire territory was instantly shattered in the face of this sudden "arrival" of the Undead Army.

And it wasn't over yet,

Thousands of Skeleton Musketeers had aimed at the territory's exit.

Waiting for the targets fleeing in panic to run into their firing range.

...

Hardy Wright was completely stunned.

He finally realized,

These Undead raiding his home were not the disgusting, fragile skeletons.

"Wait! Wait a moment! I surrender! I surren..."

Before he could finish his words.

Pfft!

A dagger pierced through his neck.

A bone-chilling cold pressed up from behind.

Cough, cough~

In Hardy Wright's throat, only a rattling sound remained; he could no longer speak.

Immediately after, his back went cold.

A second blade stabbed through his heart.

His vision immediately went black,

His consciousness vanished completely.

Shadow materialized from the shadows behind him,

And in the next second, it vanished again,

Without even a drop of blood on it.

[Critical Strike] + [Shadow Leap], taking him out in one combo.

[Shadow has killed the enemy lord.]

Xu Qin saw the notification on the Floating City and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well done!"

Losing their lord, the Troglodytes fell into complete chaos.

Leaderless, they scurried about in all directions.

Some tried to burrow underground to escape, only to find all exits blocked.

Some tried to run outside the territory, only to run head-on into Tian Ming's encirclement.

Bang, bang, bang!

The earth-shaking Soul Spirit Muskets rang out.

Dense ammunition turned these fleeing creatures into sieves.

Inside the core area of the territory,

The Barbarian Bull and the Jackal Hunter began pushing outward,

Tian Ming's army on the perimeter leisurely tightened the encirclement.

Chuan Yun's arrow rain descended from the sky, while the Blade Guard protected the back row, not yielding an inch.

The two armies worked together to reap all these Troglodytes.

Ten minutes later.

The battle ended.

[Battle Victory!]

[Calculating loot...]

Golden notifications filled the entire light screen.

[Battle Victory!]

[Target Killed: Troglodyte Lord Hardy Wright × 1]

[Base Drops: ...]

Xu Qin stared at the scrolling numbers, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The next second.

[Talent 'War Gift Level 10' triggered! All loot quantity × 11!]

[Final Acquisition: ...]

[Troglodyte Remains × 14080]

[Soul Energy + 105600]

[...]

"Good grief, one really has to rely on raiding!"

Xu Qin gasped.

"One hundred thousand Soul Energy in a single go."

Not only that.

Those piles of iron ore, timber, and stone almost dazzled Xu Qin's eyes.

He had been grinding in the desert for the past few days until his heels hit the back of his head,

yet the infrastructure resources he had managed to save up didn't add up to as much as this single battle.

"A lord sitting on a mountain of gold is just different."

He clicked his tongue twice,

"What a pity, this mountain of gold belongs to me now."

[Battle Rating: S (Lord annihilated enemy, zero casualties on own side, decapitation tactics, swift resolution within thirty minutes)]

[Army Experience Calculation...]

[Hero · Chuan Yun: Level 1 → 7]

[Hero · Jackal Hunter: Level 9 → 11]

[Hero · Barbarian Bull: Level 16 → 17]

[Hero · Tian Ming: Level 19 → 20]

[Hero · Shadow: Level 23 → 24]

[Triggered 'Miracle Treasure'!]

[Generating Undead Relic Chest...]

Xu Qin perked up.

S-Rank!

Another Miracle Treasure!

He was just about to open the chest when the panel popped up another notification.

It was a reconnaissance report sent back by the Sand Rat.

Two armies of living beings, one from the southeast and one from the south, were rushing toward the Troglodyte territory.

The total number exceeded one thousand.

"Only coming now?"

Xu Qin was not surprised.

When the Sand Rat scouted earlier, he had already judged that these three were likely in an alliance.

If one was taken out, the other two couldn't possibly remain indifferent.

He set aside the opening of the Miracle Treasure and walked to the edge of the Watchtower,

overlooking the two rapidly moving light spots in the distance.

The one to the south was large in size and slow in speed; it was an Orc legion.

The one to the southeast had large numbers and fast speed; the short figures cast long shadows in the moonlight.

The meeting point of the two forces was precisely the Troglodyte territory beneath his feet that had just been razed.

Xu Qin looked at the thousands of trap pits outside the Troglodyte territory and gave a low-voiced order:

"Barbarian Bull Legion, return to the Floating City!"

"Tian Ming Legion, stand by in place, wait for my command!"

The order was synchronized through the command panel.

The Barbarian Bull immediately led its troops to retreat.

The three-story gangway of the Combat Readiness Platform unfolded, and over three thousand Undead filed onto the city.

At the same time,

Xu Qin drew two arcs for Tian Ming on the map.

These two routes, marked according to the Sand Rat's reconnaissance data,

perfectly avoided the thousands of traps left behind by the Troglodytes.

Tian Ming received the order and led the army of three thousand, splitting into two wings,

spreading outward along the arcs, forming a pincer shape on both sides of the Troglodyte territory.

Clatter.

Two rivers of ghostly blue soul fire flowed silently toward the pre-set positions.

Xu Qin controlled the Floating City to descend slowly, the bone-based foundation touching the ground once again.

The turret interface opened.

The crosshairs of the eight Soul Energy turrets locked onto the two approaching light spots respectively.

"Since you've come."

His finger hovered over the fire button.

"Then let's pack you both up and take you out together."