98: The general offensive begins

"Hmm? What is that..."

Suddenly, Li Feng's gaze narrowed.

As time passed, the alliance army had advanced to a position just over a hundred meters in front of the city wall.

As a price, a full one-fifth of their Troops had perished.

Although they were all Tier 1 and Tier 2 cannon fodder Troops, it still caused quite a few lords to feel immense heartache.

Of course, this was not what Li Feng was particularly focused on.

He was focused on a group of Ghost Knights galloping wildly, each carrying a lord to a position two hundred meters in front of the city wall.

Immediately after, he saw this group of lords directly pull out ten massive siege weapons—catapults—from their personal backpacks.

Rumble!

Before Li Feng could even order their destruction, massive stones were launched by the catapults, smashing heavily onto the city wall.

The city wall, possessing tens of thousands of HP, faced this terrifying damage and immediately developed hideous cracks.

Two common-quality arrow towers were even struck by the boulders and were smashed to pieces on the spot.

The immense force caused the city wall to shake.

"They really think highly of me, bringing out such powerful siege weapons."

Li Feng muttered softly.

At the same time, he controlled the elite-quality arrow towers and the Purple Lightning Arrow Towers to launch an attack on the catapults.

Two hundred meters was exactly the attack range of these elite arrow towers.

As for the dragon breath arrow tower, it was Li Feng's ultimate weapon for depleting these cannon fodder Troops, so it could not be spared.

Although they were cannon fodder Troops, with such a large number, it would be very troublesome once they reached the city walls.

"Hehe, with the catapults attacking, it won't be long before we open a huge gap in his city wall, allowing our army of Troops to drive straight in."

Beside Gerard, the white lord sitting on a Flame Lion chuckled.

Hearing this, Gerard also smiled and nodded, then instructed: "Pay attention, if that Li Feng tries to repair the city wall, smash it hard for me."

The white lord nodded; even if Gerard hadn't said it, they would have paid attention.

If Li Feng did not have the War Tech Tree, to repair the damaged city wall, he would either have to do it himself or have his Troops carry materials to repair it.

Regardless of which method, it would certainly require someone to approach the damaged city wall.

As long as anyone tried to approach, they would face the bombardment of the catapults.

As for the safety of those ten catapults, Gerard and the others did not care at all.

When these catapults were pulled out, it meant they were destined to be destroyed.

However, these catapults had high HP, and before being destroyed, they were fully capable of destroying a portion of Li Feng's city wall and arrow towers.

This could significantly reduce the pressure on the advancing army.

Just when everyone thought victory was assured.

A scene that made them feel like crap occurred.

Without anyone approaching, the damaged city walls miraculously repaired themselves.

Also repaired were the arrow towers standing on the city wall.

"How is this possible!"

Everyone's jaws dropped, and their brains even crashed.

The scene before them simply destroyed their worldview.

"He has the War Tech Tree! But this shouldn't be possible. In all previous novice assessments, I've never heard of anyone obtaining the War Tech Tree, and since he refused to join any faction, it's impossible for him to have received a reward from a big shot."

Gerard's brain worked fast, and he immediately thought of the War Tech Tree.

But precisely because he thought of it, he was even more puzzled.

A lord exclaimed: "I remember now, in that special novice assessment fifty years ago, there was also a lord who obtained the War Tech Tree during the assessment."

Bang!

At that moment, one catapult suddenly disintegrated, turning into ruins, and then disappeared in a very short amount of time.

Immediately after, the remaining nine catapults followed suit, one after another, all disintegrating and disappearing.

This scene made Gerard's mood increasingly heavy.

Even if Li Feng having the War Tech Tree exceeded their expectations, it didn't matter.

It was nothing more than the loss of siege Troops being much greater than expected.

But for some reason, he always felt that this punitive expedition would end in a major disaster.

This was something he could not accept.

Almost all of the most powerful Troops under his command had been thrown into this punitive expedition.

Once the entire army was wiped out, his losses would be too great.

"No matter what, this punitive expedition must succeed; failure is not an option!" Gerard thought viciously.

"Roar, roar, roar, roar!"

Over a hundred ten-meter-tall Gray Giants roared.

After Gerard issued the order for the general offensive, led by the Gray Giants, the high-tier Troops of the various lords began their charge.

"Can't sit still anymore?"

Watching this scene, Li Feng's lips curled upward.

To avoid making the enemy despair and flee with their high-tier Troops, he had been forcibly restraining himself for a long time.

He had only been defending passively, never letting his own Troops take the initiative to attack.

"Attack!"

Li Feng issued the order.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"

The Beedrills flapped their wings, charging toward the enemy's high-tier Troops like arrows released from a bow.

The Buzzwole remained the same, guarding by Li Feng's side to avoid any unexpected mishaps.

Just like with those catapults earlier, if he did not have powerful Troops guarding him, Gerard and the others would certainly have attacked Li Feng without hesitation, rather than attacking that unguarded section of the city wall.

Thousands of Flying Mantises also followed closely in the charge, instantly overtaking the Beedrills.

They ignored the low-tier Troops, aiming straight for the alliance's high-tier Troops.

Meanwhile, hundreds of Monkey Ants leaped down from the city wall, launching a charge from the ground toward the vast alliance army.

On the city wall, the long-range Troops—the Fire Centipede, Explosive Flame Earthworm, and Seven-Colored Star Ladybug—were ready, prepared to strike at any moment.

As for the Shadow Scorpions, Li Feng ordered them to stand by in place.

With the holy light crystal ball present, even if the Shadow Scorpions entered stealth mode, they would be revealed.

Moreover, they were not flying Troops and could not bypass the cannon fodder below to strike directly at the enemy's high-tier Troops.

In this situation, it was better to keep them on the city wall, meeting all changes with consistency.

At this moment, Li Feng completely bared his fangs.

Making his companion Fang Song excited, and making the lords of the Taiyi Alliance, who were his enemies, tremble with fear.

They witnessed with their own eyes the Flying Mantises charging into the groups of Tier 4 and above Troops, starting a massacre!

After multiple buffs, the Flying Mantises' attack power exceeded 4500 points, already reaching half the attack power of a standard Tier 7 Troop.

What kind of concept was this?

Without any buffs, ordinary Tier 4 or even Tier 5 Troops could not withstand a single slash from a Flying Mantis.

They were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, charging all the way with no pressure at all.

Some Gray Giants tried to attack the Flying Mantises.

But as flying Troops, they possessed super mobility, and the Gray Giants simply could not do anything to them.

And their targets were never the Gray Giants, but rather the Tier 4 to Tier 6 Troops.

Only a few unlucky Flying Mantises would be grabbed by the Gray Giants and crushed to death.

But more Flying Mantises continued to charge in and out of the alliance army, slaughtering as they went.

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