44: Chapter 44 The Floating Island is Filling with Water: Who Can Withstand the Water Attack?

While lords across the globe were wailing and crying for help, Xu Xuan could see that the orcs' combat strength was exceptionally fierce.

Rashly sending troops down would likely result in heavy losses; achieving zero casualties would be impossible.

Just look at the orcs' arms; their biceps were thicker than a human's thigh.

A single punch landing on a person would surely leave them covered in bruises, here and there.

Due to their racial advantage, one orc soldier could hold their own against four or five human soldiers.

Seeing the Floating Island above, the orcs were extremely annoyed and began clamoring from below.

"Monkey-faced humans!!!"

"Hairless monkeys, come down and fight us to the death!"

"Trash, what kind of skill is hiding in the sky? Cowardly behavior!"

"I'm going to chop off your lord's head and use it as a chamber pot!"

The orcs continued to clamor, and they certainly had the strength to back up their arrogance.

The nearest orc stronghold that appeared near the Floating Island had a full three thousand orc soldiers!

Under these circumstances, the three divine generals—Chi You, Xing Tian, and Nvba—all volunteered.

"My King, let me go and slaughter those green-skinned gorillas!" Chi You couldn't swallow this insult; a group of uncivilized orcs dared to insult their Great King?

Nvba's face turned icy cold: "Daring to insult the Great King, they must be made to pay the price."

"Fight!" Xing Tian let out a roar toward the sky, his axe striking his shield to let out a battle cry.

The three war generals were furious to the extreme, but only Xu Xuan remained calm.

Because after knowing the rules for the rewards, he understood even more that the returns gained by piling up brute force and human lives were extremely low.

His island now had 10,483 savages, with males accounting for less than half.

There were fewer than 5,000 savages capable of close-quarters combat because the male savages had all died in previous tribal wars, so the number of female savages was higher.

Sending his fewer than five thousand male savages down to fight three thousand orcs to the death was something not even a fool would do.

"Generals, do not let your blood get to your heads! I have a plan that can easily handle these green-skinned wretches."

Hearing Xu Xuan say this, everyone looked over with curiosity. What ability could easily handle them?

Although Chi You, Xing Tian, and Nvba were angry, their minds were still clear. They knew that if they charged down now, their side would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

However, a mysterious smile appeared on Xu Xuan's face as he waved his hand and asked: "Did you see the trench we dug while excavating soil last night?"

There was a trench behind the city wall, created by using local materials while building the earthen walls last night. This trench was originally intended to be filled in, but now it could actually be put to use.

Seeing Xu Xuan pointing at the trench, everyone was somewhat confused.

"Great King, can this trench be used to deal with the enemy?? How?" Chi You racked his brains but couldn't figure out how this trench could be used against the enemy.

Nvba also wracked her brains in deep thought for a long time, but she couldn't understand it either.

"My King, this trench is behind the city wall, not in front; how can we use it to deal with the enemy? Are we supposed to let the enemy board the island and defend? That doesn't seem right either."

Everyone thought and thought, but they really couldn't fathom Xu Xuan's idea. Since the trench was behind the city wall, how could it be used to deal with the enemy?

At this moment, Xu Xuan unhurriedly pointed to the river in the distance: "Go, dig a channel and divert the river water into the trench."

As the Floating Island expanded to a diameter of 1530 meters, the small stream on the island had also turned into a small river. He had people dig a water channel by the river to divert the water into the trench, and the trench circling the island slowly began to fill with water.

Seeing this scene, Chi You and Xing Tian were deep in thought. Nvba's eyes lit up; she had already guessed what Xu Xuan was going to do.

"I understand! Great King, you are truly the greatest genius in history!" The white-haired, green-robed zombie woman couldn't help but give Xu Xuan a thumbs up.

However, Chi You was somewhat dissatisfied: "What do you mean 'genius'? The Great King has great talent and strategy; General Nvba, you are using the wrong words."

"I... I was just for a moment..." Nvba felt a bit ashamed; the term 'genius' was indeed inappropriate to use for the Great King.

Xu Xuan waved his hand, not dwelling on it: "It's fine, let's leave this matter at that. We should focus our energy on securing the first global kill!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Xu Xuan had spoken, the others didn't dare to make more of the matter. In contrast, Nvba felt very ashamed, but seeing the Great King was so magnanimous made her even more regretful. She had said the wrong thing, yet the Great King didn't hold it against her; such a broad-minded person—it seemed she hadn't followed the wrong master.

After these few words, the look in Nvba's eyes when she gazed at Xu Xuan changed slightly. Turning her gaze to the trench, which had been dug in a circle around the edge of the entire island, it was now filled with water.

The three generals already knew what Xu Xuan was going to do, while the other savages remained confused until Xu Xuan gave the order.

"First, block the river section, close the gate! Then, dig through the edge of the island and release the water!"

Chi You and Xing Tian, two muscular men with bronze skin and explosively exaggerated muscle proportions, swung their hoes to dig open the edge of the island.

The Floating Island was already flying above the orc camp, and the orcs were still cursing below, saying things like stealing their women and killing all their men. Little did they know, a disaster was imminent.

The orcs cursing below suddenly felt their bald heads getting wet, and they looked up. It seemed like water was falling from the Floating Island.

The next moment, as Xu Xuan opened the gates to release the water, the water stored in the trench surged like a flood, rushing into the orc camp with the force of thunder!

Since the orc camp was built on a hill or high slope, when a massive flood descended from the sky and landed in their camp, the orcs couldn't react in time!

Faced with the power of nature, the flood, with the momentum of ten thousand galloping horses, swept away all the orcs in the camp on the hill. Three thousand orc soldiers! Three thousand orcs had no power to resist the flood, and their camp was directly destroyed by this massive release of water.

Countless orcs were swept down the mountain by the flood; some fell to their deaths, some were crushed, and most of those who didn't die suffered varying degrees of injury.

Since ancient times, fire attacks and water attacks have been extremely fierce strategies. In battles involving water attacks, one could say water is even more ferocious than fire. Fire can be extinguished, but when a flood arrives, it is simply unstoppable.

Xu Xuan's strategy of storing water on the Floating Island and then drifting over the enemy's headquarters to release it was simply efficient, and it could be replicated without limit!

No matter how sturdy a fortress is, its drainage engineering can't be that strong. He could directly wash away a camp built of wood, and if the enemy built their headquarters with stone, Xu Xuan could let them experience what it's like to raise fish in a castle.

It can be said that with this single surge, more than half of the three thousand orc soldiers were dead or injured.

[Global Notification: Great Xia Lord Xu Xuan, with zero casualties, has taken down an orc stronghold with three thousand troops, successfully securing a high-difficulty global first kill! Received 5x rewards!]