Chapter 251 : A Great Victory and Total Annihilation! March on Shaxian!

When ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍the sabotage operation behind enemy lines succeeded, the first to receive the news were not only the Corpse Lich Lord Xie Ming, but also Jia Xu and Wen Pin, who were stationed at the Tianshan Hamlet Main Camp, as well as the main force of the Calamity Army, who had regrouped once again and were currently passing through the Abyss Mist Gate into the Corpse Lich Territory.

"Everyone, ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍look at the public chat!"

Chimera ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Wraith said, "It's Commander Ye and Brother Rui's signal!"

Salted ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Fish Thrust said, "They succeeded that quickly? This wave was insane!"

Midnight ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Pig Slayer said, "Damn it! After we got wiped out at the Tianshan Hamlet camp, we regrouped and launched two more assaults, but both ended in failure. The strength gap was just too huge."

Hua ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Mulan said, "It couldn't be helped. The Skeleton Giant troops weren't just overwhelmingly powerful—they could also resurrect on the spot. They were practically the natural nemesis of our Calamity Army!"

That was indeed the case.

The Calamity Army had never found it easy to kill Skeleton Giants.

Even after successfully killing one, it dropped no loot and did not reduce the enemy's numbers.

Their most reliable strategy of attrition became completely useless under these circumstances. It was also the first time since their debut that they had fought at a loss.

The players simply could not swallow this humiliation!

At this moment, the Corrupting Mist summoned by the Corpse Lich army had already enveloped the Tianshan Hamlet Main Camp.

The barrier walls and every facility within could be corroded and decay at any moment, while the territory's nearly ten thousand elite NPC troops faced an extremely dangerous situation.

The formation Jia Xu had deployed could barely hold for a little longer, while the repeated harassment by the Calamity Army could temporarily pin the enemy down. However, at this rate, they would not be able to hold out much longer.

Fortunately, the turning point arrived just in time.

The Skeleton Giant Altar had been destroyed.

Arthur King shouted, "Brothers, our opportunity has arrived! It's time to fight for the honor of the Calamity Army!"

Brother Xiao Ma shouted, "Don't give the enemy time to react!"

Niu Shisan yelled, "Charge! Charge! Charge!"

More than four thousand members of the Calamity Army summoned their mounts.

Those with Black Dragon Spirit Horses mounted them.

Everyone else summoned ordinary Spirit Horses.

Thousands of players charged toward Tianshan Hamlet at full speed on horseback, reaching the Corrupting Mist-covered area within moments.

By now, the Corpse Lich Territory army had obviously realized something was wrong.

However, because the destruction of the altar had happened so suddenly, the commanders had no time to adjust their formations or retreat.

"Kill!"

"For the territory!"

"Victory to the Calamity Army!"

Ignoring the corrosive effects of the mist, the Calamity Army charged directly into it and immediately encountered an old opponent they had fought several times before.

Skeleton Giants!

More than one thousand Skeleton Giants had originally been stationed behind the Corpse Lich army specifically to suppress and counter the Calamity Army.

Killing them had yielded no loot, while the giants themselves possessed tremendous combat power and incredible durability. Even when killed, they simply resurrected on the spot, leaving the overall strength of the army completely unaffected.

It was precisely because such a special unit existed that the Calamity Army had suffered repeated defeats without any way to fight back.

But now, something was obviously wrong with these fearsome Skeleton Giants.

The aura surrounding every giant had weakened significantly, while their health bars had automatically dropped to critical condition.

After the Skeleton Giant Altar was destroyed, the Skeleton Giants lost their resurrection ability and immediately became critically weakened.

Their combat strength had probably fallen to only a fraction of its former level.

"Careful!"

The Skeleton Giants raised their enormous blades.

One gigantic blade wave after another swept forward.

Brother Xiao Ma immediately cast a spell called Ice Guardian.

This spell originated from the Han Clan of Xinyuan and possessed stronger defensive power than the territory's Wind Guardian.

As Brother Xiao Ma released his mana, countless streams of icy air condensed into a gigantic shield of solid ice.

Two Skeleton Giant blade waves struck the shield in succession.

Although they instantly shattered the ice barrier,

the blade waves themselves also broke apart and dissipated.

Brother Xiao Ma exclaimed, "They've become weaker!"

If these had been Skeleton Giants at full strength, then despite their simple attack patterns, their attacks were anything but weak.

With his current cultivation, there was no way a Green-quality defensive spell could have blocked two attacks.

At that moment, several Tier-Three Calamity Army experts rode forward.

Riding atop a Black Dragon Spirit Horse, Chimera Wraith leaped gracefully into the air and raised her staff, releasing a lightning chain stretching dozens of meters.

Blue-quality Skill:

Lightning Chain!

This was another newly mastered spell skill of the Calamity Army, following Little Bell's Four-Talisman Demon-Slaying Formation.

Lightning Chain had been created by fusing the Green-quality skill Chain Lightning with the Green-quality Xinyuan spell Lightning Restraint.

Once bound by the Lightning Chain, the giant entered a paralyzed state, greatly reducing its mobility while continuously suffering damage throughout the duration.

"Watch my Chain Explosion Flames!"

Another top Warlock of the Calamity Army, Artist Faction Leader, made his move.

He unleashed five Explosive Flame Fireballs in rapid succession, bombarding the restrained giant.

The terrifying damage instantly blasted it into pieces.

Artist Faction Leader's Chain Explosion Flames was his personal signature technique.

It had been created by combining Explosive Flame Spell with Chain Fireball.

Although it remained a Green-quality skill, its destructive power rivaled that of many Blue-quality skills.

After all, Chain Explosion Flames was equivalent to firing five Explosive Flame Spells in a single cast.

Its only weakness was the lengthy casting time, which was why Artist Faction Leader had been the last of the three Warlocks to release his spell.

When the giant collapsed,

a white loot orb exploded from its body.

"Beautiful!"

"Nice one!"

"These giants have gotten so much weaker!"

"It dropped loot! It's really dead!"

The Calamity Army excitedly discovered that after the Skeleton Giant Altar had been destroyed, these giants not only lost most of their health, their strength had also fallen from nearly first-rate elite monsters to the level of beginner elite monsters.

Ordinary players could now fight them in groups of two or three.

The top experts even claimed they could handle five or six at once.

While Chimera Wraith and Artist Faction Leader killed the first Skeleton Giant, Arthur King, Hua Mulan, and Blind Swordsman effortlessly eliminated two more through teamwork.

Meanwhile, Salted Fish Thrust, Midnight Pig Slayer, Green-Eyed Fox, Dark Lucifer, Battousai, Glorious Years, and many other well-known players also charged into the enemy formation with their respective squads.

The Skeleton Giants, which had once completely suppressed the players, now fell one after another before the Calamity Army's ferocious assault like wheat before a scythe.

Every fallen giant dropped loot.

That proved they were truly dead.

"Hahaha! This feels amazing!"

After smashing apart a Skeleton Giant with Fiery Tiger Mountain-Crushing Drop, Niu Shisan laughed loudly.

"As expected! As long as we understand the correct mechanics, monsters like these are easy for us to defeat!"

"Hurry!"

"Let's wipe them all out in one go!"

"We're still being corroded by the Corrupting Mist. Even though we took antidote pills beforehand, we won't last more than a few minutes under these conditions!"

"..."

Just as the Calamity Army was slaughtering the enemy to their hearts' content and preparing to expand their victory, powerful spells suddenly rained down upon them from every direction.

There were familiar area-of-effect spells such as Chain Lightning and Explosive Flame Spell,

as well as all kinds of necromancy and curse techniques.

"Not good!"

"It's the Cursed Corpse Arcanist troops!"

"Everyone be careful! The enemy's counterattack is coming!"

"..."

The Corpse Lich Territory naturally had no intention of allowing over a thousand Skeleton Giants to be slaughtered without response.

The Cursed Corpse Arcanist units stationed in the rear immediately joined the battle.

The moment these Cursed Corpse Arcanists arrived on the battlefield, their spell bombardment inflicted considerable casualties upon the Calamity Army.

There were simply too many of them.

Even excluding the three hundred Acolyte Secret Guards currently maintaining the Corrupting Mist formation, there were still over four thousand ordinary Cursed Corpse Arcanists.

This force was absolutely not to be underestimated.

At the very least, it was no weaker than the Calamity Army.

The Cursed Corpse Arcanists were generally high-level Tier-Two elites, while a small portion had already reached Tier-Three strength.

Even under fair conditions, they were fully capable of standing against the Calamity Army.

Not to mention, the Skeleton Giants had previously served as front-line meat shields.

Once the Cursed Corpse Arcanists entered the battlefield under those circumstances, they would have quickly concentrated their firepower and suppressed the Calamity Army.

"You damned humans!"

The commander of the Cursed Corpse Arcanists was a Corpse Fiend Hero Unit.

He resembled an emaciated black mummy.

He was one of the commanders of the Corpse Lich Territory force in this campaign—

Gui Lu.

Yan Hai commanded the Armored Corpses and Skeleton Giants.

Gui Lu commanded the Acolyte Secret Guards in maintaining the corruption formation while also leading the Cursed Corpse Arcanist troops.

Just as Gui Lu appeared on the battlefield,

Yan Hai also emerged.

His body was covered with blazing demonic flame patterns, and he wielded a massive flaming greatsword.

He instantly charged into the Calamity Army's ranks,

leaving heavy casualties wherever he passed.

"Damn it!"

"These Corpse Fiend generals are ridiculously strong!"

"We don't have enough power to stop them!"

"..."

Gui Lu and Yan Hai both possessed the strength of Level 30 quasi-Overlords.

Although they were slightly weaker than Skeleton Gan Ning, the difference was not significant.

Working together, their combined strength actually surpassed Gan Ning, who had once been the Corpse Lich Territory's second strongest combatant.

The Calamity Army's morale was soaring, and their overall strength was formidable.

However, they lacked anyone capable of resisting Overlord-level opponents.

Once powerful enemies disrupted their formation, their combat effectiveness would plummet.

At that moment, a stone coffin suddenly appeared above everyone's heads.

When it opened, a white-haired young man with crimson eyes dressed in Daoist robes appeared before everyone.

It was none other than the Human Territory's frontline supreme commander—

Jia Xu.

"It's Lord Strategist!"

Salted Fish Thrust, Niu Shisan, Hua Mulan, and the others, who had been desperately resisting Yan Hai, were overjoyed when Jia Xu appeared.

The moment Jia Xu arrived, he released his overwhelming aura without the slightest restraint.

Yan Hai, Gui Lu, and the other Corpse Fiend generals all became solemn.

At the same time, changes also occurred within the Tianshan Hamlet Main Camp.

Wen Pin led his fully prepared troops onto the battlefield.

The Human Territory's two armies attacked from both front and rear, sandwiching the Corpse Lich Territory forces.

The hunters had become the hunted.

"Not good!"

Yan Hai's expression changed dramatically.

The Skeleton Giant army had already lost most of its combat capability!

Not only that, the Corpse Lich army had been forced to alter its deployment after the Calamity Army's earlier assault.

The Cursed Corpse Arcanists had been concentrated together, creating an opening in the blockade surrounding Tianshan Hamlet.

As a general of extraordinary talent, Wen Pin naturally seized this fleeting battlefield opportunity.

Leading his troops into an all-out assault, he struck at the perfect moment to completely shatter the Corpse Lich army.

The instant Jia Xu arrived, he immediately activated his Fate Skill— Eternal Night Veil!

The Corpse Lich Territory had anticipated Jia Xu's abilities, so they had originally divided the Cursed Corpse Arcanists into multiple detachments to ensure they would not all be sealed at once.

However, because the Calamity Army had been massacring the Skeleton Giants,

Gui Lu had been forced to gather the Cursed Corpse Arcanists together.

That gave Jia Xu exactly the opening he needed.

Under the overwhelming Fate Seal, including Gui Lu himself, at least two to three thousand Cursed Corpse Arcanists instantly lost the ability to cast spell-type skills.

"This is the opportunity of a lifetime!"

"Holy crap! We've already won!"

"Move!"

"..."

Jia Xu unleashed the strongest spell recorded in the 《Ultimate Yin Demonic Canon》—

Ultimate Yin Demon Avatar.

A terrifying skeletal demon avatar enveloped his body.

With a single sweep of his spear, he crushed dozens of completely defenseless Cursed Corpse Arcanists to death.

At the same time, the Black Tiger Guards and Iron Eagle Guards led by Wen Pin also entered the battlefield.

The sight made the Calamity Army's hearts ache.

Every one of those enemies was valuable loot.

Watching them die to NPCs instead of players felt painfully wasteful.

But they had no other choice.

Jia Xu's Fate Seal lasted only one minute each time.

If they failed to eliminate as many Cursed Corpse Arcanists as possible within that window, then once those devastating spellcasters recovered, they would inflict several times the destructive power of warriors of the same level.

A single concentrated volley from them could instantly kill even Jia Xu.

So they had to eliminate them immediately.

"Kill!"

"Kill them quickly!"

"These are walking treasure chests!"

"Don't let the NPCs steal them all!"

"..."

The players frantically increased their damage output.

One critically wounded Skeleton Giant after another, one sealed Cursed Corpse Arcanist after another, fell to the ground.

Although this Corpse Lich force had originally possessed far greater strength than the Human army, it was now suffering a completely one-sided massacre.

Gui Lu, despite being a Level 30 quasi-Overlord, managed to withstand the siege of several Calamity Army experts through sheer physical strength,

even after all his spells had been sealed.

However, at that moment—

"You old bastard! Explode for me!"

Using Stealth, Salted Fish Thrust appeared behind Gui Lu from over ten meters away.

Before Gui Lu could even sense his presence, he suddenly activated Shadow Assault, driving his spear straight through Gui Lu's chest from behind.

Although Gui Lu possessed a much higher level, he was fundamentally a spellcaster.

His physical body was not particularly powerful.

Under normal circumstances, he possessed countless methods to escape this situation while killing the sneaky Calamity Army warrior.

But now, every one of his skills had been sealed.

Seeing such a golden opportunity, how could the other players possibly let it pass?

Arthur King, Guild Master of Ragnarok, and Blind Swordsman of Immortal Dragon Soul, activated Flashstep simultaneously.

A greatsword and a broadsword erupted with dazzling sword radiance.

"AAAAAH!"

A gigantic X-shaped wound split across Gui Lu's body.

The strike instantly cleaved his body into four pieces.

Even so, the powerful Corpse Fiend refused to die.

Driven by a mysterious force, his severed head attempted to flee.

"Die!"

Green-Eyed Fox, the Warlock Player from Divine Feather Palace, fired an Explosive Flame Arrow.

The attack struck Gui Lu's flying head dead on, blowing the last remaining piece of him into fragments.

A blue loot orb exploded into the air.

"We did it!"

"Holy crap! Blue loot!"

"Hahaha! We actually killed a super boss!"

"..."

Seeing Gui Lu fall, Yan Hai flew into a furious rage.

His entire body blazed with flames as he charged toward the players.

Arthur King rushed forward and exchanged a single sword strike with him.

He was instantly blasted backward more than ten meters.

He had nearly been one-shot despite being at full health.

"Careful!"

"He's a monster!"

Yan Hai's strength was comparable to Gui Lu's.

However, most of Yan Hai's abilities were martial techniques, meaning Eternal Night Veil had almost no effect on him.

With the players' current strength, there was absolutely no chance they could defeat an enemy who had crossed the threshold into Overlord-level power.

"You are all going to die!"

Yan Hai knew very well that the Corpse Lich Territory had almost no chance of winning this battle anymore.

Even if victory was impossible, he would at least drag the Humans down with him.

The Corpse Lich Territory still possessed two thousand Armored Corpses, one thousand critically wounded Skeleton Giants, the soon-to-recover Cursed Corpse Arcanists, and three hundred Acolyte Secret Guards maintaining the formation.

If they launched a full-scale counterattack, they could still wipe out at least half of the Human army.

If the Human forces suffered excessive casualties, then even winning the war would amount to nothing more than a pyrrhic victory.

They would no longer possess the strength to launch the next offensive.

That would buy the Corpse Lich Territory time to recover and rebuild.

Thinking this, Yan Hai swung his sword toward Salted Fish Thrust.

Among the Calamity Army, Salted Fish Thrust might have been slightly weaker than Ye Li Meng, but he was still a Level 23 super expert, possessing the combat strength of a top-tier Tier-Three elite.

Yet, under Yan Hai's assault, he could not even survive two exchanges.

Salted Fish Thrust was instantly smashed to the ground, reduced to critical health.

Yan Hai raised his flaming greatsword, preparing to deliver the finishing blow.

"Sigh... Looks like I'm dying again."

Salted Fish Thrust fully realized the terrifying difference in strength.

Even if everyone around him attacked together, they still would not be able to defeat this Corpse Fiend brute.

If he lost here, it would hardly be unjust.

However, at that very moment, something completely unexpected happened.

A domineering dual-edged spear suddenly appeared before him, blocking Yan Hai's attack.

The moment Salted Fish Thrust saw the weapon, he almost thought the Lord himself had arrived.

But after looking more closely, he realized his mistake.

It wasn't the Lord.

"It's Third Brother!"

Azure Dragon Guard Zhang San suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

He charged forward using Army Breaker Charge, blocking the attack with his blade.

Although he was clearly at a disadvantage in the clash,

Li Si immediately fired an Armor-Piercing Assault Arrow from behind.

Bang!

Yan Hai was struck by the arrow and forced several steps backward.

"Third Brother and Fourth Brother are here!"

"Seventh Brother and Eighth Brother too!"

The Calamity Army was astonished to discover that four of the Eight Original Dragon Guards had appeared on the battlefield.

At the same time, an alchemy technique landed upon Salted Fish Thrust.

【You have been affected by "Medicine King's Restoration Pill." Restored 3,000 Health. Your "Disabled" and "Weakened" statuses have been removed!】

Not only had the four Original Dragon Guards arrived, Zhang Zhongjing had also appeared before everyone.

With a casual wave of his hand, he completely restored the dying, crippled Salted Fish Thrust to full health.

Chimera Wraith asked,

"Divine Physician Zhang, why are you here too?"

Zhang Zhongjing replied, "The Lord dispatched me along with three hundred Azure Dragon Guards to reinforce you, in order to minimize casualties and losses during this battle."

Three hundred Azure Dragon Guards at full strength?

That was an incredibly powerful force!

Throughout the war against the Corpse Lich Territory, the Human Territory had never deployed more than one hundred Azure Dragon Guards, and even those hundred had rarely fought directly.

Now, three hundred of the territory's elite super soldiers had entered the battlefield at once.

This was an enormous commitment.

When Yan Hai saw one terrifyingly powerful Azure Dragon Guard after another appear, he was utterly shocked.

The Human Territory had never fought with its full strength before!

They had actually hidden so many experts?

After these three hundred Azure Dragon Guards joined the battle, they rapidly suppressed the already chaotic undead army, while simultaneously countering the Acolyte Secret Guards of the Corpse Lich Territory.

The balance of power became even more lopsided.

The Humans now possessed overwhelming superiority.

The four Original Azure Dragon Guards simultaneously besieged Yan Hai.

Each of them had cultivated the Blazing Tyrant Saber Art as well as part of the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear.

Every one of them possessed the strength of a first-rate commander.

With Zhang Zhongjing's support, they completely overwhelmed Yan Hai.

After only a few dozen exchanges, Yan Hai was mercilessly defeated.

Zhang San severed all four of Yan Hai's limbs, rendering him completely incapable of resisting, before tossing him over to the Calamity Army.

The players never expected such a wonderful surprise.

"Thank you, Third Brother!"

"Thank you, Dragon Guard bosses!"

Naturally, the Calamity Army had no intention of showing mercy to a Corpse Fiend.

They immediately swarmed the crippled Yan Hai and hacked him into countless pieces.

Thus, two powerful Corpse Fiend Hero Units, second only to Lord Xie Ming and Great Elder Gray Decay within the Corpse Lich Territory, died miserably at the hands of the Calamity Army.

The battle continued, but its outcome had already been decided.

Wen Pin's army completely encircled the Corpse Lich forces.

Under Jia Xu's overwhelming strength, combined with the assaults of the Calamity Army and the Azure Dragon Guards, the Corpse Lich army descended into total chaos, its numbers rapidly dwindling.

In little more than ten minutes, the battle was over.

Caught in a double envelopment, counter-encircled, and decapitated through a series of tactical maneuvers, the main force of the Corpse Lich Territory was annihilated without suspense.

All six Hero Units died.

Four of them were personally killed by the Calamity Army.

Three hundred Acolyte Secret Guards, one thousand five hundred Skeleton Giants, two thousand Devouring Armored Corpses, and nearly four thousand Cursed Corpse Arcanists— almost every single one was wiped out.

Naturally, the Human army also paid a price for destroying such a powerful foreign force.

The Calamity Army lost nearly one-third of its members.

In addition, approximately one hundred ninety-five Iron Eagle Guards, twenty-four Black Tiger Guards, and even three Azure Dragon Guards perished.

In a war of this scale, casualties were unavoidable.

Although the Human army had appeared to possess greater numbers, the two sides had actually been evenly matched in strength when the decisive battle began.

That was only because the Skeleton Giant army had already been severely weakened.

Had the Corpse Lich Territory still possessed the Skeleton Giants at full strength, they would have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage.

Under such circumstances, winning this war with so few losses was practically the same as a flawless victory.

It was nothing short of a miracle.

The greatest reason was that the Human side had thrown the Corpse Lich army into complete disarray through a series of tactical maneuvers.

Combined with Jia Xu's suppression,

Wen Pin's Fate Skill greatly strengthening the army's survivability and defenses, along with the reinforcements from the Azure Dragon Guards and Zhang Zhongjing,

victory became inevitable.

"We actually won!"

"Holy crap! I'm not dreaming, am I?!"

Midnight Pig Slayer remained in his Dragon-Lizard Transformation state.

Looking across the battlefield covered with loot, he was overwhelmed with excitement.

This battle had been extremely dangerous and demanded speed above all else,

so it had been impossible to let the Calamity Army claim every kill.

Even so, Jia Xu and Wen Pin had still done everything within their power to let the players secure as many kills as possible.

The rewards were naturally enormous.

Jia Xu then said,

"You have a quarter of an hour to clean up the battlefield. After that, we begin the next phase of the campaign."

The players were overjoyed and immediately rushed to collect their loot.

Chimera Wraith asked, "Strategist, now that the Corpse Lich Territory's main force has been annihilated, shouldn't we seize this opportunity to capture more strongholds?"

Jia Xu shook his head.

"Capturing ordinary territory is meaningless. Once the Corpse Lich Territory recovers some strength, we won't have enough troops to defend multiple locations simultaneously. The more territory we hold, the greater the burden."

Chimera Wraith asked,

"Then what's our next objective?"

Jia Xu answered, "Ignore the ordinary territories. While the Xian Mountain region is empty, we march immediately and launch a direct assault on Shaxian City!"

Hearing this, everyone revealed expressions of excitement.

Normally, when two territories went to war,

marching deep into enemy lands without first capturing the Blessing Points along the route was incredibly dangerous.

One careless mistake could result in their retreat being cut off, leaving them trapped, or exposed to surprise attacks from every direction.

Therefore, most Lords advanced cautiously, capturing territory one stronghold at a time, constantly fighting wars of attrition while gradually expanding their advantage.

The Humans possessed only one outpost in the Xian Mountain region.

Yet Jia Xu intended to completely ignore the nearby villages and strongholds, leading the army deep into enemy territory to attack the heavily fortified city of Shaxian.

Although it sounded reckless, it was actually highly feasible.

Even if the Corpse Lich Territory had not committed every soldier in this campaign, they had deployed at least seventy to eighty percent of their total forces.

Very little strength remained.

Even if troops were left, they would almost certainly be concentrated in the core city.

The Xian Mountain region was now undoubtedly extremely empty.

Any remaining scattered defenders posed no threat whatsoever to the Human army.

Although the Xian Mountain region contained four cities,

it possessed no main-city-level Blessing Point.

Ordinary territory units could not teleport directly across regions.

Even if Netherblood City wanted to send reinforcements, it would already be too late.

In other words, for the next period of time, the Xian Mountain region would remain at its weakest— a perfect vacuum.

If the territory could seize a city during this opportunity, then with that city serving as the Calamity Army's stronghold, they would stand in an almost unbeatable position for everything that followed.