29: The war begins

On the back of the Azure Flame Tiger, Chen Hu's face was extremely grim.

He rode the Azure Flame Tiger, which was the fastest.

Its massive tiger body easily knocked aside Ironclad Ants, and he was about to break through the encirclement.

"Damn it, could there be some ruins here? When I get back, I'll definitely gather more people to flatten him!"

Chen Hu gnashed his teeth in secret, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

"Almost there, we'll break through the encirclement soon."

Seeing the Azure Flame Tiger about to break through the encirclement, Chen Hu breathed a sigh of relief.

Once he broke through the encirclement, he could use the item [Divine Speed Talisman].

This was an item he had unexpectedly obtained after killing an elite monster, and its quality was Elite.

It could not be used in combat; it could only be used after being out of combat for 5 seconds.

After use, it could double the speed of all his Troops for one hour.

Suddenly, his expression froze, and the joy in his heart was replaced by terror.

A Flying Mantis had already circled to his front.

The Azure Flame Tiger was only a Tier 5 Troop, and its speed was inherently not as fast as the Flying Mantis.

Not to mention, the Flying Mantis also had the double boost from the castle and the hero, making its speed even faster, easily catching up to Chen Hu.

It cut off Chen Hu's last hope.

The next moment, the Flying Mantis attacked.

The Azure Flame Tiger roared repeatedly, spewing azure flames from its mouth, making a final, desperate struggle.

But all of this was in vain.

At the last moment, Chen Hu turned his gaze to Li Feng, full of venomous resentment.

"Damn you, I'll be back! Next time, I'll make you pay a blood debt and regret offending me, Chen Hu!"

Swish!

A cold blade light cut through the air, and time froze at that moment.

Chen Hu's resentful expression solidified, and his head rolled to the ground.

Thud!

Chen Hu's headless body fell to the ground and, along with his head, dissipated into specks of light.

Lords in this world are protected by rules and do not truly die.

After death, they will eventually revive at the Lord Altar.

Of course, death is not without a price.

If one has a rank, they will lose a rank upon death.

At the same time, upon death, one's own resources are guaranteed to drop, with the amount depending on individual luck.

If one is lucky, they might only drop one unit of basic resources.

If one is unlucky, all resources might be dropped.

Of course, what Lords fear most is that the sensation of death is real.

For example, if Chen Hu was beheaded with a single strike, upon revival, he would still feel the same sensation as that moment, even feeling a faint pain in his neck.

This psychological side effect will accompany the Lord throughout their life.

Li Feng was checking his gains.

First, killing Troops allows one to obtain 50% of the gold coins consumed to summon them.

For example: summoning a Tier 5 Troop requires 100 gold coins.

If other Lords kill it, they can get 50%, which is 50 gold coins.

However, these Lords clearly did not have other Troop Altars, and all these Troops were initial Troops, costing only 1 gold coin to summon.

This meant that Li Feng would gain a maximum of 1 gold coin after killing them, with a 50% chance.

Chen Hu and the others brought a total of 229 Troops, earning Li Feng 115 gold coins.

Killing Chen Hu and the other Lords yielded a total of 3859 gold coins.

Basic resources totaled over ten thousand units.

In addition, killing Chen Hu brought an unexpected surprise.

[Divine Speed Talisman]

Quality: Elite

Effect: After use, all Troops' movement speed * 200%, lasts for 1 hour. (Note: Cannot be used in combat, can only be used after 5 seconds out of combat)

Description: Troops travel a thousand miles, divine speed across the world!

..."An unexpected surprise indeed."

Li Feng smiled slightly and put the Divine Speed Talisman into his personal backpack.

Next, was the main event!

With a command from Li Feng, all Flying Mantis flew to the front of the watchtower and lined up before him.

This time, there were not 12, but a full 180.

This was an extremely terrifying force, enough to make any Novice Lord tremble and fear.

With just these 180 Flying Mantis, Li Feng could even sweep through the entire competition zone and kill all Novice Lords one by one!

Of course, the premise was that he could find the coordinates of other Lords and that he had enough time.

"Threatening me?"

Li Feng recalled Chen Hu's final harsh words and gave a cold laugh.

He did not accept any threats!

Therefore, he wanted to uproot Chen Hu and the others, sending them out of this cruel world early.

Then, he took out the compass of revenge and found Chen Hu's coordinates.

The coordinates of these people were almost all clustered together, which saved Li Feng a lot of gold coins.

After all, using the compass of revenge once required 2000 gold coins.

A palm-sized red compass appeared in his hand, glowing with an eerie red light.

[You used the compass of revenge, you consumed a total of gold coins * 2000!]

Before Li Feng, a huge spatial wormhole appeared.

"Skarner!"

Li Feng shouted loudly.

Hearing the call, Skarner immediately stepped forward.

It lowered its body and dropped its raised scorpion tail, allowing Li Feng to step onto its back.

"The war has begun! All forces, move out and utterly annihilate the enemy!"

Li Feng roared.

The next moment, all Flying Mantis immediately flapped their wings and flew into the spatial wormhole.

Skarner followed closely, carrying Li Feng into the spatial wormhole as well.

The other Troops and heroes were left behind to guard the castle... Dozens of kilometers away from Li Feng, in a basin.

Chen Hu and the others had all revived.

At this moment, everyone gathered together, their faces bitter.

With all their Troops annihilated, let alone competing for the top spot in the competition zone, they couldn't even talk about it now.

It was questionable whether they could withstand tomorrow's monster siege, especially those Lords whose initial Troops were Tier 2 or Tier 3.

"Boss Chen Hu, what do we do now?"

A Lord asked, his expression worried.

They were only dozens of kilometers from Li Feng; what if he came looking for them tomorrow?

"Don't worry, let me develop for two more days and increase the number of Troops. I will unite all the surrounding Lords, and we must break through that castle. I have a hunch that they might have discovered some ruins, which is why only four people have so many Troops."

Chen Hu said with a resentful expression.

He swore in his heart that he would never let Li Feng die easily, but would make him endure the cruelest torture before sending him on his way.

"Everyone, rest assured, we are dozens of kilometers away from him, so we will definitely be safe in the short term. By the time he finds us, we will have already regrouped, and then we will definitely annihilate him."

It must be said that Chen Hu had great potential for public speaking.

Just a few words reassured the Lords and rekindled their fighting spirit.

"Is that so?"

Just then, a cold voice suddenly sounded in the ears of Chen Hu and the others.

In an instant, everyone who had just rekindled their fighting spirit felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar...