64: The Five Demon Gods have arrived! Your sea of corpses tactics are a joke!
Five towering, pitch-black War Demons, like five mobile mountains descending from the heavens, crashed heavily into the attacker's starting zone.
The aura, purely composed of destruction and oppression, even caused Phoenix Empress's endless, fearless tide of troops to visibly stir and pause for a moment.
In the Tumo Yuanzhengjun's channel, the glimmer of hope that had just ignited was nearly extinguished on the spot by this unreasonable entrance.
Swift Wind Swordsman: "...Five? Didn't he only have four when he fought Little Devil last time?"
Iron Wall: "Nonsense! He upgraded to Town Hall 9! His population cap increased from two hundred to two hundred and fifty! Those extra fifty population are just enough for him to build one more of these things!"
Zhinang's voice carried a hint of bitterness: "Phoenix Empress's strategy is correct. Using a continuous stream of low-tier units to wear down the enemy is theoretically the optimal solution against all elite-focused playstyles. It's just a pity... she's facing an unreasonable monster."
On the battlefield, Phoenix Empress's expression was extremely grim.
But she did not retreat.
She had absolute confidence in her "Immortal Corpse Sea" strategy.
No matter how high the quality of a single unit, it fears an endless supply of cannon fodder. Your attacks have wind-ups, wind-downs, and attack intervals. But my cannon fodder, the moment they die, new cannon fodder is already being replenished from the barracks!
Wear him down!
She intended to use this most primitive, most shameless, yet most effective method to slowly wear down this arrogant man until he died here!
"Attack!"
As her cold command was given, the colorful torrent of Goblins, Barbarians, and Giants let out a thunderous, mixed roar, sweeping towards the five motionless black Demon Gods!
The battle was about to erupt!
Lin Feng's gaze calmly watched the surging "human tide."
A barely perceptible curve played on his lips.
From the very beginning, he had seen through Phoenix Empress's entire strategy.
The huts, gushing out like a tide, were her source of troops. The solitary Hell Tower was her core damage against his elite units. And her hero's five-second invincibility skill was her final, and most crucial, life-saving trump card.
A very mature tactical system, centered on defensive counter-attacks.
It was just a pity she had chosen the wrong opponent.
Lin Feng's will gently settled upon the five Mystic Destroyers.
"Cleanse."
Boom!
The five War Demons moved.
They had no flashy charges, simply taking heavy strides, facing the human tide, and swinging the massive energy greatblades in their hands, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks!
Whoosh—!
A giant, dark blue blade light swept across, and dozens of Goblins at the very front were instantly cut in half at the waist, turning into dust, without even having time to scream.
But that wasn't all!
On the severed Goblin corpses, clusters of dazzling chain lightning exploded, spreading out like a spiderweb in an instant, engulfing a larger area of surrounding Barbarians and Goblins!
With a series of crackling explosions, swathes of low-tier units fell like harvested wheat.
One strike cleared nearly a hundred units!
And that terrifyingly destructive energy greatblade, the moment it struck a unit, glowed with an eerie blood-red light; a visible life energy was forcibly extracted and poured back into the Mystic Destroyer's body.
Its health bar, which had slightly dropped from sporadic attacks, instantly refilled.
"What the hell! This... this thing has splash damage and lifesteal too?!" Swift Wind Swordsman shrieked in the channel.
"How are we supposed to fight this? The cannon fodder can't even touch it, and even if they do, the damage they deal isn't enough to offset what it lifesteals with one strike!" Iron Wall's voice was filled with despair.
Phoenix Empress's heart also sank sharply.
She had anticipated the Mystic Destroyer's power, but she hadn't expected it to be this powerful. This was no longer just an elite unit; this was an unstoppable killing machine!
But she didn't panic.
The purpose of cannon fodder was never to deal damage, but to delay!
As long as she could drag them into the Hell Tower's range, the scales of victory would still tip in her favor!
In the brief interlude created by countless cannon fodder sacrificing their lives, the five Mystic Destroyers finally stepped into the death zone of the crimson tower.
Buzz—!
The molten crystal at the top of the Hell Tower instantly glowed to its brightest, and a crimson ray, condensed with destructive energy, precisely locked onto one of the Mystic Destroyers leading the charge!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!
Terrifying high temperatures began to burn, and the Mystic Destroyer's health bar began to continuously drop at a visibly faster rate than the cannon fodder's attacks!
It worked!
A glimmer of joy flashed in Phoenix Empress's eyes.
As long as the Hell Tower's damage stacked to its maximum, even if it were a god, she would burn him down for all to see!
However, Lin Feng was waiting for this very moment.
Just as that crimson ray was about to turn from bright red to dazzling pure white, and the damage was about to reach its peak.
In Lin Feng's spell list, a card emanating bone-chilling cold quietly lit up.
"Freeze."
Boom!
A massive, circular magic circle, composed of pure ice, descended without warning, precisely enveloping the Hell Tower and a large area of the surrounding troop tide that was fearlessly charging!
Crack—!
Time, it seemed, was frozen at this moment.
The Hell Tower's impending destructive energy, along with its crimson tower body, was instantly frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture. The surrounding Goblins and Barbarians also remained in their charging poses, transformed into lifelike ice statues.
The crimson ray's lock-on abruptly ceased.
"Ice... Ice spell!"
"It's the legendary spell only unlockable at Town Hall 9! The one Little Devil used before!"
"It's over! Phoenix Empress's biggest trump card has been neutralized!"
The people in the channel let out cries of despair.
Meanwhile, the locked-on Mystic Destroyer took advantage of this opening, striking a nearby Giant with a backhand blow, and the terrifying lifesteal effect instantly refilled its recently lost health.
Phoenix Empress's face finally turned ashen.
Her greatest reliance had been effortlessly neutralized by her opponent with a single card.
She watched the five War Demons, as if strolling through their own backyard, crushing her troop tide step by step, approaching her main city, and a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.
She took a deep breath, seemingly having made a decision.
The ID with the burning golden phoenix lit up in the regional channel.
Phoenix Empress: "Heaven's Choice, I admit, your strength far surpasses Little Devil's. You are indeed the undisputed strongest among our batch."
Her tone was unexpectedly calm, even carrying a hint of... mutual appreciation?
Phoenix Empress: "I've said it before, we are two of a kind. In this war zone, only you and I are qualified to stand at the top."
Phoenix Empress: "However... I still have one last trump card."