160: Chapter 160 A Familiar Ranking

On the surface, the closer one gets to the portal, the more Calamity Demon surround the perimeter.

However, the Dragon Kingdom's army was traveling underground, bypassing the demon army on the surface and striking directly at the portal.

Some people felt that the skill "The enemy can go, so can I" was too shameless and too cheap, and they still doubted the strength of [General Huo Qubing].

That was until the Dragon Kingdom's army encountered a wave of demon troops also traveling through the underground while they were 'tunneling'.

Although the demon troops were a small group, the tunnel was narrow. When two narrow paths meet, the brave one prevails.

The Marquis of Champion [General Huo Qubing] took the lead, looking like a god of war. The Red Hare beneath him galloped like a gale.

It is said that eight hundred is a lucky number for the Dragon Kingdom, and the amount of combat power that could be deployed in the tunnel happened to be exactly eight hundred.

With the Heroic Spirit [General Huo Qubing] in the front and the eight hundred Dragon Kingdom Cavalry behind him, they scattered the demon troops before them in a single encounter!

Following that was a one-sided slaughter of the Calamity Demon by the Dragon Kingdom's army!

The battle began abruptly and ended even more abruptly. After just a few short minutes, the entire Dragon Kingdom army had annihilated the thousand-strong demon troop without a single survivor, at the cost of only one hundred Cavalry lost!

At this point, no one in the entire live stream chatroom dared to say that [General Huo Qubing] was just a Heroic Spirit with a mediocre ability whose exclusive skill coincidentally matched the current situation.

Some viewers even recalled the adjectives Chen Aoyun had used during the Famous Scholar's placement phase: "The Empire's Twin Jades, the strongest dowry... It seems Chen Aoyun wasn't bragging earlier!"

Of course, many viewers still felt it was strange: "How could a character treated as a 'dowry' have such strong combat power? Don't forget, [General Huo Qubing] is supposed to be a Heroic Spirit of True Martial origin! What kind of miraculous story is the 'dowry' anecdote of [General Huo Qubing] exactly?"

The Dragon Kingdom quartet did not provide any answer to this question in their conversation.

In fact, Chen Aoyun regretted saying those words earlier explaining the connection between preparing the army and the exclusive skill "The enemy can go, so can I." "Sigh~ I shouldn't have explained so much to you all. The more I explain, the more detailed it is, the more logical and reasonable everything seems. And the less likely I am to wait for the Judgment from the Sakura people! It's a total loss..."

The battle on the sand table was in another dimension; outside the sand table, the Strategists of various countries were still standing opposite each other, just as they had been during the Famous Scholar's placement.

Chen Aoyun's previous explanation to Fan Ling and the others was likely overheard by the Sakura people. This was the reason why, even though Divine Judgment was already available and the skill "The enemy can go, so can I" was so bizarre, the Sakura people had still not initiated a Judgment.

Viewers hearing this remark: "...Is your Dragon Kingdom really looking forward to the Sakura people initiating a Judgment against you? What do you take the Sakura people for? And what do you take Divine Judgment for? An ATM for your Dragon Kingdom's national fortune?"

The campaign within the sand table continued. There were three days... two days... one day left until the ten-day deadline.

During this period, the Dragon Kingdom legion used 'tunneling' to insanely chase after points in an unreasonable manner.

Bypassing the Calamity Demon on the surface perimeter, the Dragon Kingdom's army 'tunneled' directly to the front of the portal, and then tore into the portal gate like a demolition crew.

You have to admit, those seemingly useless skills added to the Cavalry just to better fit the skill "The enemy can go, so can I" ended up playing a huge role when it came to 'demolition'!

Especially the 'Special Operations Cavalry' within the Cavalry who were skilled in 'siege' and 'engineering'; their speed at dismantling portals was incredibly fast. The key was that not only were they fast at dismantling it themselves, but they could also guide the army to launch a fierce attack on the portal's weak points.

In this way, when the Dragon Kingdom's army abruptly emerged from the underground and dismantled the gate, those Calamity Demon guarding the perimeter were simply too slow, even if they reacted and turned back to clear them out.

Often, only a small portion of the demons on the perimeter would return to reinforce, by which time the Dragon Kingdom's army had already finished the demolition work and turned to dive back into the underground tunnels.

Calamity Demon all had their own defensive zones and movement ranges. With the Dragon Kingdom diving in like that, they couldn't pursue even if they wanted to.

One, two... ten, twenty...

Chen Aoyun was quite composed, specifically targeting high-point medium-sized portals for sneak attacks.

After two days, although there was still some distance from the first tier of the USA and Prussia, they were already the highest-scoring among the remaining countries!

In other words, even if they couldn't catch up to the USA and Prussia, the Dragon Kingdom had already secured third place.

- "It's another situation of holding third and looking at second! With only one day left until the campaign ends, can the Dragon Kingdom catch up to the USA and Prussia ahead again like before and take the top spot in points for the first act?"

- "You're overthinking it! Don't look at the Dragon Kingdom's army leading the charge with such momentum under the Heroic Spirit [General Huo Qubing], becoming the highest-scoring in the second tier. After all, the Dragon Kingdom wasted too much time. I don't doubt they can maintain third place. But if you're saying the Dragon Kingdom can catch up to the USA and Prussia in the only remaining day... I don't think there's even a shred of possibility!"

The viewers' opinions were basically no different from those of the two professional commentators, except that the commentators' analysis was more detailed.

Commentator York said this, "There are still many medium-sized portals, but there isn't enough time. If the Dragon Kingdom continues to use its current tactics, it is impossible to catch up to the USA and Prussia ahead. The only turning point is that 'Final Portal'! Destroying that largest space gate in the center will immediately grant 5000 points! Moreover, this 'Final Portal' has a special effect: destroying this portal will also cause the nearly forty medium-sized portals around it to collapse along with it!"

"It's just a pity that there are no tunnels beneath this 'Final Portal'! If the Dragon Kingdom wants to destroy it, they can only emerge from a nearby medium-sized portal and then proceed to the bottom of the 'Final Portal' in the normal way. Even if there were plenty of time, this is almost impossible to do! Because the perimeter of the 'Final Portal' is filled with calamities of the Prince level! Demon Prince, ten of them can be compared to one powerful Heroic Spirit. The perimeter of the 'Final Portal' is swarming with Demon Prince; how could the Dragon Kingdom possibly break in using normal methods?"

Sighing, York seemed to feel sorry for the Dragon Kingdom. If the campaign could last longer, if there were also special tunnels beneath the 'Final Portal', then it wouldn't be impossible for the Dragon Kingdom to take first place. "What a pity..."