Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 392: Turning the Enemy's Trick Against Them

"Rumble rumble!"

The city gates of that city opened. Squad after squad of Ability User soldiers marched out in formation. Furthermore, a massive, bizarre war chariot was also pulled out. So they still wanted a field battle?

Soon, roughly a thousand Ability User soldiers walked out from the city directly ahead, but they were entirely infantry.

Following closely, roughly three hundred ambushing troops also walked out from atop the western hills.

However, there should be a Neanderthal Cross-Border Player commanding over there.

Finally, along the route Li Wei and the group came from, two Centaur legions flanked over from the left and right. The one on the left had roughly three hundred people, and the one on the right had roughly two hundred people.

This commotion wasn't small at all.

At this moment, their own cavalrymen finally grew a bit restless. They looked at Li Wei with anxiety. It was getting late right now; engaging in combat under such conditions would be highly disadvantageous.

Yet Li Wei continued performing his stretching exercises, seemingly waiting for something.

Meanwhile, the one thousand Ability User infantry ahead were pushing forward, escorting that massive, bizarre vehicle.The ambushing troops on the western hills also began compressing the space.

The two Centaur Cavalry squads in the rear were also pressing closer. The pressure was truly immense.

Finally, when the two Centaur Cavalry squads in the rear had pressed to within a kilometer, and when the one thousand Ability User infantry ahead had pushed forward roughly five hundred meters—

Li Wei finally felt himself becoming somewhat anxious. Even his +8 Perception felt slightly chaotic. This wasn't entirely normal, because this didn't feel like anxiety from subjective will.

Rather, it was objectively caused by a fluctuation of anxiety brought forth by some external power.

But this was exactly what he was waiting for.

"It's a Half-Goatman Transcendent Body Spellcaster? Very good, very good!"

After confirming this point, down to the very next second, Li Wei directly vaulted onto his horse. "Everyone follow me, don't fall behind! Pay attention to my direction of travel!"

With a loud roar, he already charged out toward the east.

"Neigh!"

The warhorses neighed. All eighty-three cavalrymen vaulted onto their horses within a few seconds. It seemed frantic, but it was actually akin to a violent gust of wind.

The effect of everyone having activated a Cavalry Card was extraordinarily potent. Even those new recruits performed exceedingly well; not a single one dropped the ball.

In less than ten seconds, everyone's horse speed accelerated to seventy kilometers per hour. This wasn't the fastest, but it was absolutely the speed most suitable for mobile and agile positioning maneuvers.

Then, surprisingly, Li Wei yanked the horse's head and directly cut toward that city!

This action practically exceeded the imagination of everyone on both the allied and enemy sides.

Are you mad?

A city personally overseen by a spellcaster, buffed by a Magic Well, and you actually dare to approach?

Did you not see the power of that massive fireball just now?

But Li Wei wasn't joking around. He truly did exactly that—dazzlingly flashy and arrogant!

And in the very next second, a massive fireball identical to the previous one boomed and rose up from within that city, still smashing over at twice the speed of sound.

Yes, this speed was very fast, but one had to consider the distance of a full ten kilometers. From the fireball condensing and rising, to launching and landing, it would take at least 15 seconds.

And just earlier, he had also confirmed that this fireball's maximum explosive damage radius was roughly 105 meters.

Then, as long as the fireball's landing point was calculated in advance, it could be effectively evaded.

The advantage of an all-cavalry unit was meant to be displayed right at this moment.

Furthermore, Li Wei currently already possessed two Magic Wells, and there were quite a few spellcasters by his side. He was extremely familiar with the attack methods of Magic Wells. So long as it wasn't a Third-Order Spellcaster, it was usually long-range fireballs, close-range ice lances, and at most, adding another Magic Shield; this covered the majority of situations.

But to a highly mobile cavalry squad, these were truly not enough to even look at.

Especially since the total number of cavalrymen on Li Wei's side was less than a hundred. With fewer numbers came stronger mobility, and a larger margin of space for evasion.

Thus, normally speaking, a massive amount of giant ballistas had to be coordinated to suppress the battle arrays and stabilize the footings.

"Wooooo-wooooo-wooooo!"

Massive ox horn blasts resounded once again atop the enemy's city walls. It should be that the Neanderthal or Ability User commander on the opposite side finally realized they seemed to have committed a massive mistake!

Fortunately, they could still readjust quickly.

On one hand, they mobilized the Centaur Cavalry to accelerate and gave chase to intercept. On the other hand, they mobilized the one thousand Ability User infantry to retreat backwards and form up beneath the city walls. This was primarily to block the city gates, preventing Li Wei from seizing the chance to charge into the city and initiate urban street combat. Although that sounded pretty good, it was absolutely impermissible.

There were too many variables.

"Boom!"

The second fireball unsurprisingly blasted into nothing but loneliness.

Thus, no more fireballs rose from within the city. The spellcasters inside were waiting for Li Wei and the others to approach within five kilometers. By that time, the catapults and Enchanted Giant Ballistas atop the city walls would be able to exert their effects. Coordinating with massive fireball attacks was the most effective method.

Hmm, come then, come!

A turtle in a jar, let's see how you struggle!

Li Wei seemed dead set on wanting to seize the city.

Disregarding the Centaur Cavalry closing in from behind, disregarding the three hundred ambushing troops to the west, he charged toward the city in a single straight line. And behind him, the eighty-three cavalrymen were actually able to follow perfectly. The degree of their agile mobility caused the Ability User Leader and the Neanderthal Cross-Border Player watching the battle from atop the city walls to silently curse in trouble!

This kind of mobility—unless their encircling troops were increased by another fold, then perhaps they could trap them.

This wasn't looking too good!

Because this was Li Wei!

What the hell did he want to do?

At this moment, a massive fireball was already in position within the city. Upon the city walls, a full twenty giant ballistas were nocked and strung, the sharp ballista spears gleaming with cold light.

Inside the bizarre large vehicle, that plump Transcendent Body Half-Goatman Spellcaster was also ready to launch a Fireball Storm at any time. That was a terrifying attack capable of unleashing hundreds of small fireballs in a single second, resembling a phoenix laser blast. But it only had one flaw: it required targets to enter within five kilometers.

In short, everything in the heavens and on earth was fully prepared.

They only awaited the serving of the dishes.

And Li Wei's eighty-four horsemen were precisely approaching that line of death.

So long as they dared to charge within five kilometers, it would mean certain death!

By this time, the sun had long set behind the mountains. Although the sky was still reasonably bright, it was already difficult to clearly discern targets five kilometers away. Fortunately, that unique suit of armor worn by Li Wei, coupled with that unique set of horse armor, were both radiating such brilliant light, allowing all enemies to firmly lock onto him.

"He won't come over, but he definitely has a treacherous scheme. Keep an eye on him! Ready the massive fireball at any moment!"

Atop the city walls, the Neanderthal Commander shouted deeply. It couldn't be helped; although he was a Five-Star Centurion, that was Li Wei! He was practically the nemesis of them barbarians; who wouldn't feel their heart tremble upon encountering him.

Especially since this place belonged to a remote, distant region, a place where Li Wei simply couldn't possibly appear.

Thus, there were no formidable figures holding down the fort here. After all, the truly formidable Barbarian Chiliarchs were all staying behind in secret bases, hurrying to build bridgeheads! Even the Frost Duke didn't know of their existence.

In short, he was very panicked!

Soon, the moment Li Wei and the others were about to step into the five-kilometer threshold of life and death, they abruptly turned their heads and headed west.

Wahahaha!

So you, Li Wei, are nothing more than this; you don't dare to approach either!

The Neanderthals in all directions collectively breathed a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, the massive fireball soared into the sky once again, this time preemptively bombarding towards the west. Aren't you guys heading west? Don't you just want to swallow up those three hundred ambushing troops in the west?

Fuck, I'll gift them to you! Go right ahead!

The massive fireball blocked the path, forcing Li Wei to decisively lead his troops to dodge southward. However, one kilometer away was the Centaur Cavalry! How are you going to maneuver now? Come, first eat a wave of feather arrows from your granddaddies!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Centaurs wantonly drew their bows and fired. It didn't matter if they hit or not. They had truly suffered too much frustration and grievance these past few days.

Now they had finally, painstakingly grasped an opportunity to beat a drowning dog.

Come on! Come on!

And hence, over here were fireballs chasing and bombarding.

Over there were five hundred Centaur Cavalry blocking and shooting. Li Wei seemed to have exhausted his tricks, restricted to continuously dodging and altering his routes, frantically spinning in circles just beyond five kilometers and within ten kilometers. Those five hundred Centaur Cavalry, paired with the billowing dust and smoke kicked up by their cavalry charge, blown by the evening wind, it truly birthed a vast, mighty momentum, making things somewhat difficult to see clearly.

Wait, somehow feeling like something isn't right?

What is that Li Wei aiming for?

This isn't right, this isn't right!

A dangerous feeling rose within the heart of that Neanderthal atop the city walls. His expression grew increasingly ugly. No, it's not right, the whole thing from beginning to end isn't right, fuck!

"Quick! Quick—"

Before he could finish his words, he saw a faint light flash faintly at a certain location beneath the city walls. In this moment, his heart turned ice, ice cold.

Why?

Why!

He understood what Li Wei was doing. He understood what Li Wei's objective was.

But everything was already too late.

Beneath the city walls, intense magical ripples flared up violently from within that bizarre large vehicle, and then it frantically erupted like a volcano that had been sealed in dust for a hundred thousand years!

Boom!

The earth quaked and mountains shook; even the ground ruptured. The city walls behind it were completely blasted down. Within a radius of three hundred meters, no one was spared!

Even the Magic Well was affected.

Oh, wait. At the very least, that Neanderthal managed to dodge.

But so what?

Because Li Wei succeeded.

Yes, this was his objective.

He did don that set of Five-Star Heavy Armor, but he swapped it with Grant midway. Grant's physique was similar to his, and he already possessed some early signs of developing Perception, making him entirely suitable for the task.

Thus, he had constantly been pretending to be a foot soldier, hiding amidst the cavalry ranks. He stalled for time, not entering the encirclement until dusk fell. He deliberately approached, and the entire goal was to infiltrate the city taking advantage of the chaos.

It hadn't rained in this area for over a dozen days, and outside the city gates was heavily trampled. When the warhorses charged, dust and dirt truly flew everywhere. Paired with the sky growing dark, and paired with their preconceived biases.

Therefore, he simply seized the chance to tumble onto the ground under the cover of the dust and smoke, put on his Scout Cloak, wriggled his way forward all along the journey to reach the sniping point. He then capitalized on the moment when gongs and drums roared loudly outside and the bustle peaked, using three successive Enchanted Armor-Piercing Arrows to detonate that active volcano.

Blowing down a portion of the city wall along with it.

Was this stratagem complicated?

It wasn't complicated, it was very simple.

It just consumed quite a bit of operation.

One had to grasp the perfect timing, and understand the rhythm of the entire battlefield thoroughly. The slightest mistake meant vanishing into flying ash and smoke.

Fortunately, Li Wei's +8 Perception made him a specialist dedicated entirely to doing this kind of thing.

He even anticipated that the Neanderthal side would inevitably deploy a Transcendent Body Half-Goatman Spellcaster.

Haha! This had already formed a path dependency. After all, this stuff was truly highly effective. Who wouldn't love a mobile gun battery? Right!

(End of this chapter)