Chapter 325 - 331: Deceiving Heaven to Cross the Sea
Chapter 325 - 331: Deceiving Heaven to Cross the Sea
Deserted Valley Town.
The jackal wolfmen were on high alert.
A somber jackal with gray fur and green eyes stood at the center of the group, staring intently at the foreign tribe before him.
He was Luken, the Lord of Deserted Valley Town, and as the leader of eighteen jackal wolfmen bandits and the ruler of Deserted Valley Town, there was no doubt he was the most powerful presence here.
He had reached level 11.
Wearing a top-grade Molten Rock Wolf Set.
The surface of the long sword he held shimmered with a light blue aura.
As a lord, Luken’s foundation wasn’t deep. For the past decade, he had been a vagrant bandit, always on the move. Although he had organized a high-level jackal wolfman force, it wasn’t significant within the Desert Province.
Until last year.
The bear goblins who originally occupied Deserted Valley Town experienced internal turmoil.
This allowed Luken to seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and capture Deserted Valley Town.
In the span of a year, Luken thoroughly eradicated the bear goblin threat, becoming the undisputed leader of this territory.
But the time was too short.
The jackal wolfmen weren’t particularly strong yet.
Thus, they were forced to offer seventy to eighty percent of their territory’s output to the Great Lord.
In exchange for the Great Lord’s acknowledgment of the jackal wolfmen’s status, along with protection for Deserted Valley Town against any opportunistic lords.
Even though the majority of the territory’s production was used for tribute, the remaining portion was still enough to slowly recruit soldiers and develop. The strength of the eighteen jackal wolfmen was gradually increasing, and the number of sub-jackal wolfman troops was also on the rise.
Luken planned to recruit other wandering high-level jackal wolfmen from across the desert. It wouldn’t be long before Deserted Valley Town grew stronger and then schemed for larger territories.
Unexpectedly,
within the territory of Deserted Valley Town,
a group of foreign tribes appeared without any warning.
Though Luken wasn’t particularly worldly, he had been a marauding bandit for over a decade and had interacted with various Spirit Realm species. He had never seen such a peculiar tribe before.
Firstly,
this was an unfamiliar species.
Secondly, this species seemed to have no subspecies.
Almost all of them were intelligent individuals.
This was very rare in the Spirit Realm, making people inevitably suspicious.
"Chief, although they are strange, they don’t seem strong," said a high-level jackal wolfman next to Luken, "Why don’t we just charge out and wipe them all out!"
The foreign tribe began attempting to siege the town.
However, after several attempts using different strategies, they were all repelled by Deserted Valley Town’s arrays, traps, and the attacks from the wall’s arrow towers.
From their sorry state, it was clear.
These foreign tribes were neither strong nor impressive.
"The fact that they could defeat Onu means they are not simple."
Luken suspected that the foreign tribe was deliberately feigning weakness, aiming to draw the jackal wolfmen’s main forces out, so he dismissed his subordinate’s suggestion and decided to continue observing for a while.
Maintain the defense of the town.
Adapt to all changes from within.
No matter what tricks are played,
Deserted Valley Town will remain unshaken!
Hang Yu had already probed with four attacks.
Although these four attempts ended in failure, the losses were minimal.
After all, his troops weren’t brainless subspecies and were quick to respond to orders. If injured, they could heal with potions. These attempts were not meant to take the town, but rather to draw the jackal wolfmen’s attention through feigned attacks.
It seemed,
in terms of drawing attention,
the effect was fairly evident!
The jackal wolfmen had yet to realize Hang Yu’s true intentions.
Hang Xiaobai flew over and reported, "The siege tunnel has been dug through."
The level 8 Human-faced Ant Queen’s capabilities had greatly improved. The Ant Engineering Team now numbered nearly thirty, and their quality, compared to when they were level four or five, was now equivalent to five or six times stronger.
With nearly thirty worker ants activating simultaneously,
the construction speed was certainly impressive!
Digging a tunnel was a pretty good option in siege warfare.
But it wasn’t a universal solution and wasn’t applicable to all situations.
For towns situated in water or the air, the tunnel strategy wouldn’t be feasible.
Furthermore, most large or advanced towns had arrays or traps to counter underground attacks, making tunneling very difficult in such scenarios.
Evidently,
Deserted Valley Town lacked such defensive measures.
The jackal wolfmen also lacked vigilance in this regard.
Hang Yu’s four waves of feigned attacks successfully distracted the jackal wolfmen.
Bai skillfully used skills to provide cover for the large ants, creating a silent construction environment. With nearly thirty level 8 worker ants working at high efficiency, they had completely bypassed the surface arrays and traps and carved a large, long tunnel direct to the underground of Deserted Valley Town.
Hang Yu repeatedly used Eagle Eye reconnaissance.
Now he’d locked onto a favorable breakthrough point.
Through repeated reconnaissance, it was easy to discover.
The jackal wolfman leader was on the wall with seven or eight high-level jackal wolfmen.
The high-level jackal wolfmen of Deserted Valley Town, originally totaling eighteen, were now only twelve.
Eight high-level jackal wolfmen and most of the sub-jackal wolfman troops were gathered at the front.
This meant the rear was inevitably exposed.
Everything ready.
Hang Yu said to Xu and Zhao, "Proceed as planned."
Xu Tianhua and Zhao Ming had become Hang Yu’s reliable right and left hands. Hang Yu only needed to draft the plan; as for details and execution, he had no concerns.
Old Zhao was the founder of a listed technology company before.
Old Xu was a high-level officer in a special operations brigade.
Both were highly effective executors.
"Smoke ready!"
"Illusion Technique ready!"
"Phantom Puppet ready!"
"All units begin potion usage!"
Orders were efficiently relayed one by one.
Clouds of smoke or illusions were released among the people, enveloping them completely and concealing their figures and positions.
Dozens of Spiritual Professionals released phantoms as decoys, creating the illusion of another attack.
Meanwhile,
everyone drank the pre-prepared potions.
These included Turtle Breath Potion, Stealth Potion, and they sprinkled on Scent-eliminating Powder.
Hang Yu, Bai, and Er Gou led the way in front, with the others following in an orderly manner, swiftly entering the open tunnel, advancing towards Deserted Valley Town from underground at top speed.
The tunnel was spacious.
At this pace,
they could reach within Deserted Valley Town in four or five minutes!
Temporary journalist Li Yi was allowed to follow at the back of the team. As he crouched and sprinted nervously through the tunnel, he excitedly narrated, "We are following Boss Hang’s plan, directly assaulting Deserted Valley Town through the tunnel — this is utterly insane! The jackal wolfmen haven’t realized yet, but soon, we’ll breach the town!"
This is possible?
The real-time viewers were dumbfounded.
A flurry of 666 flooded various live-stream platforms.
The host was so tense he was breaking out in a cold sweat, "You better keep quiet, in case the jackal wolfmen notice and we get caught."
It was too wild.
Nobody knew what would happen next.
The millions watching the live broadcast felt their hearts in their throats.
It was like watching the most thrilling moment of a horror film.
Meanwhile,
atop Deserted Valley Town’s walls.
The fog and illusion light shrouded the front.
A few high-level jackal wolfmen were indifferent.
In the Spirit Realm, using such methods to cover an attack was a very common siege tactic, meant to confuse the defending mages and shooters, making most attacks miss their mark.
However,
these humans were too weak.
Even so, they couldn’t break the barrier on the city gate.
Luken, however, showed a suspicious and wary expression. He could feel that the foreign tribe’s aura seemed to weaken and vanish... there was something eerie about it!
He personally drew a war bow, zeroing in on a figure in the mist, and fired a powerful arrow.
Under the observation of the reconnaissance technique,
Luken could clearly see.
The arrow easily pierced through the figure’s body.
The next second, the figure shattered like a bubble.
Just a phantom?
Luken shot several more arrows in succession.
Each target resulted in the same situation.
Luken’s eyes widened as he shouted fiercely, "Something’s wrong!"
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