Chapter 126 Entering the Mountain Maze
After Fang Che waited for some time in the Iron Hand Academy's plaza, the painting in the sky suddenly disappeared.
Immediately after, an even larger painting unfolded, and in the middle of it was the area where the Invaders were located, with a maze-like Mountain Maze extending outwards.
The further out the mountains were, the higher the terrain, and the Plane Passage was located at the lowest point.
At this moment, a voice came from the painting:
"I am Mentor Chen Feng, the Principal of Iron Hand Academy, releasing this mission on behalf of the Managers of other academies;"
"The Mountain Maze map you are now seeing is a defensive line set up by a Sixth-Order Earth Master leading many Professionals, and it has the ability to prohibit flight;"
"Two hours later, the enemies will enter the defensive line. Your mission now is to enter the Mountain Maze and eliminate the enemies;"
"After eliminating an enemy, you need to cut off their head to exchange for rewards after the battle. Information such as combat footage will not be recognized by any academy."
As soon as this was said, almost everyone frowned.
Killing enemies was simple, but harvesting heads at close range was very dangerous.
If the enemies set up some special methods on their corpses, it would be easy to be ambushed and killed.
Especially for those who were not good at close combat, the probability of death would be even greater.
Additionally, during intense combat, it was easy to damage the enemy's head. Without a head, this reward would fall into the pockets of the various academies.
This was very unfair to everyone.
But everyone was helpless.
If the battle was lost, everyone would die. If the battle was won, the Plane Will would also distribute the rewards to the academies, who would then distribute them downwards.
Rewards could not be directly obtained; they could only accept the academy's suggestions.
To appease everyone's emotions, Mentor Chen Feng continued to explain:
"As long as you obtain an enemy's head, the academy can specifically provide you with the resources you need. Even if the rewards bestowed by the Plane Will do not include the resources you need, the academy will find a way to exchange them for you."
As soon as this was said, everyone's dissatisfaction slightly diminished.
Mentor Chen Feng continued to explain: "Everyone should be able to see that there are seven entrances and exits on the Mountain Maze;"
The seven entrances and exits are guarded by seven academies, and everyone can enter from any one of them;
However, everyone must remember that if an Intruder leaves the maze through an entrance or exit, the rewards obtained by the academy responsible for guarding that entrance or exit will be reduced;
And the reward amount for those associated with that academy will also decrease when exchanging rewards. Therefore, please do not let any enemy leave the maze. You may now proceed."
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of spatial rifts opened in the plaza.
All the spatial rifts were divided into seven colors, and their destinations were the seven entrances of the Mountain Maze.
Everyone immediately lined up and walked into the rifts, heading to the entrance of the Mountain Maze that their academy was responsible for.
After Fang Che and General Gao Ping arrived at the area defended by Iron Hand Academy, General Gao Ping nervously asked, "Should we act together next?"
Fang Che shook his head and replied, "No, I plan to act alone."
General Gao Ping was slightly stunned and advised, "Acting alone is too dangerous, you should still act with me."
Fang Che was planning to find a place to hide and use the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill, so he wouldn't encounter any danger.
However, Fang Che did not explain too much, only smiled and replied, "I won't go to dangerous places, you don't have to worry about me. You should also be careful."
Seeing Fang Che's firm attitude, General Gao Ping did not continue to ask Fang Che to act with him, only blessed him:
"Then I wish you peace and success. I'm going to find some familiar friends. Farewell."
"Walk slowly."
Fang Che stood still, watched everyone leave, then found a hidden spot, used an item to burrow underground, and created a spacious underground space.
Afterward, Fang Che used an item to reinforce the defenses of the underground space, placed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner beside him, and then took out the Voodoo Doll, controlling the Voodoo Doll to burrow into the ground and move towards the area where the enemies were located.
As soon as the Voodoo Doll entered the Mountain Maze, Fang Che discovered that the soil in the mountain area was exceptionally solid, and the Voodoo Doll could not burrow through it at all, only move along the paths.
If one didn't know the correct paths of the maze, it would probably waste a lot of time exploring them.
Fortunately, Fang Che had already understood the path information before coming, so the Voodoo Doll smoothly approached the area where the Invaders were located.
At this time, there were not too many Professionals in the surroundings, because being too close to the enemy would result in dense firepower attacks from the enemy.
The best ambush location was more than a kilometer away, where the paths were narrow, unsuitable for large-scale enemy movements, and made it easy to eliminate enemies.
Moreover, there were many paths leading to that area, and if the enemies divided their forces to go there, it would be even easier to eliminate them.
However, when the Voodoo Doll came from that ambush location, it did not encounter too many people, only a small number of people setting up traps there.
Because that place was only suitable for ambushes, not for harvesting enemy heads.
Without being able to harvest heads, killing even more enemies was meaningless.
Therefore, everyone only set up traps there, trying their best to weaken the enemy's combat power, to help with the smooth harvesting of heads in the future.
After the Voodoo Doll arrived here, its vision passed through the wall barrier, allowing Fang Che to understand the appearance of all the Invaders and determine their professions through their attack methods.
Fang Che was not in a hurry to launch an attack, only trying to understand as much as possible about the Invaders, and then recording the possible professions they possessed on white paper.
Next, Fang Che noticed that some weaker Invaders were returning to their Plane through the Plane Passage.
Afterward, more powerful Invaders entered the Emperor Plane and launched attacks on the wall barrier.
However, the wall looked as if it was about to collapse, but it still stood in place, resisting the Invaders' advance.
After a long time, a full day had passed since the Invaders entered the Emperor Plane.
The next second, the wall barrier instantly collapsed, and the invisible barrier in the sky that prevented flight, as well as the underground barrier that prevented digging, also disappeared simultaneously.
The Invaders didn't expect the barrier to disappear so suddenly, nor did they expect countless mountains to appear outside within just one day.
The Invaders cautiously looked around, without saying a word.
A moment later, a Fourth-Order Intruder opened his gaping maw and spat out a fireball, which directly struck the location of the Voodoo Doll.
The Voodoo Doll quickly hid behind the nearby mountain, then moved away from the area.
The Fourth-Order Intruder's fireball struck the ground, creating a deep pit.
Immediately after, a second fireball flew towards the mountain where the Voodoo Doll was hiding, but it only slightly blackened the mountain and caused no other damage.
The Invaders looked at each other, becoming even more nervous.
"Awooo!" A moment later, the Fourth-Order Intruder roared, and a group of Third-Order Intruders began to move on all fours towards the various paths.
Before long, the Invaders entered the area where traps had been set.
In an instant, the traps spewed flames, dropped lightning, blew fierce winds, and sprayed corrosive poison, instantly severely injuring them.
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Chapter 127 Begins to Eliminate Invaders
The Intruder squad, dragging their heavily injured bodies, swiftly escaped the trap and returned to the Plane Passage area, clearly explaining the situation.
Upon seeing this, the Invaders were not alarmed; instead, they became excited.
The Invaders had witnessed the defensive power of the mountain range and had initially expected powerful Professionals to block their way.
Unexpectedly, there were no powerful Professionals blocking them here; instead, traps had been set.
This indicated a vast disparity in the strength of the Professionals in this area, with defensive Professionals being stronger than offensive ones, or perhaps the strong individuals here were being held back.
In any case, this was advantageous for the Invaders!
They must seize this opportunity to plunder a batch of resources and quickly send them back to their Plane to strengthen its power.
"Disperse!" a Fourth-Order Intruder shouted, and the surrounding Invaders immediately scattered, entering different maze passages.
Upon arriving at the trap, the Invaders stopped, exhaling destructive energy of various attributes to attack the trap.
As soon as the destructive energy entered the trap, the trap instantly activated, with lightning strikes, flames, and strong winds continuously attacking and weakening the destructive energy.
However, much of the destructive energy still struck the trap, causing it to be damaged, and the power of the lightning and flames unleashed by the trap continuously decreased.
When it dropped to a certain limit, the trap entered an invincible state; no matter how the Invaders attacked, the trap's power would no longer decrease.
"Keep going!" a Fourth-Order Intruder roared, and the Invaders stopped destroying the trap and quickly ran inside.
Lightning strikes hit the Invaders, but only caused some minor, almost negligible damage.
Thus, the Invaders became bolder, running forward even more quickly, and unknowingly, their wounds increased, and some difficult-to-detect energy accumulated within those wounds.
At this time, the Voodoo Doll was already hiding underground in an area where Iron Hand Group members gathered, quietly observing the situation outside.
After a period, Fang Che, through the Voodoo Doll, saw those dog-like Invaders appear in a narrow passage.
The next second, the ground of the passage rose, forming a stone wall that divided the Invader team in half.
"Boom ~ Boom ~"
The Invaders immediately exhaled destructive energy, attacking the stone wall, but the stone wall showed no signs of damage.
After the Invaders attacked for a moment, the group of Invaders that had been blocked turned and left, heading to other nearby passages, preparing to rendezvous from elsewhere.
As for the Invaders who were deliberately led into a path of survival, after walking for a while, they quickly entered the attack range of the Iron Hand Group members.
The next second, countless destructive energies flew from a distance, striking these Invaders.
The destructive energy that had accumulated on the Invaders' bodies for a long time erupted at this moment, instantly rendering the Invaders immobile, passively enduring all attacks.
A few seconds later, a pile of broken corpses lay on the ground.
Immediately after, the Iron Hand Group's melee Professionals rushed out to reap heads.
As for the ranged attack Professionals, they quickly focused their attention on the other few paths.
At this time, the separated Invaders were approaching from this path.
Midway through their walk, the ground rose again, forming a wall that separated them.
Everything was the same as before: the intercepted Invaders changed paths again, the Invaders who were let through were eliminated, and melee Professionals came over to reap heads again.
The Iron Hand Group members worked together, quickly eliminating enemies and collecting resources!
As the battle erupted, Fang Che, hiding in the underground space, also took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and kowtowed.
The underground space where Fang Che was located quickly began to have gusts of cold wind, and the souls of the dog-like Invaders emerged from the soil, entering the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
At this moment, in the team led by the Fourth-Order Intruder, a Third-Order Intruder suddenly developed a wound on his chest and died on the spot.
The other Invaders around him instantly leaped away, their eyes filled with panic.
The leading Fourth-Order Intruder stopped, quickly glanced around, but found no trace of any enemy.
The Fourth-Order Intruder immediately shouted, "Messenger, inform the other teams to be careful of enemy sneak attacks and not to act separately!"
"Yes, sir!" the Third-Order messenger at the end of the team shouted, just about to leave, when a hole appeared in his chest, and he fell to the ground, dead.
The Professionals at the end of the team scattered in terror, moving away from the corpse.
The other Invaders looked terrified, suspiciously staring at their surroundings, fearing that they would become the next corpse.
The Fourth-Order Intruder's mood was solemn, but he did not show it, merely speaking calmly:
"As long as there is combat, there will be casualties. What we need to do now is not to be fearful and shrink back, but to advance bravely and subdue the enemy! A small squad at the back, go and deliver the message together!"
Upon hearing these words, the Invaders' tense emotions eased somewhat, and they returned to the team.
The small squad at the very back formed a defensive formation and went to deliver the command.
The Fourth-Order Intruder nodded in satisfaction and walked forward.
Not long after walking, the ground in the middle of the Invader team rose, forming a stone wall that divided the Invaders in two.
The Fourth-Order Intruder master shouted, "Don't split up, smash the stone wall!"
Then, the Fourth-Order Intruder opened his mouth and exhaled fireballs, throwing them towards the stone wall.
The other Invaders also exhaled destructive energy, attacking the stone wall.
There were no signs of damage on the stone wall, but these Invaders still did not give up attacking, nor did they choose to act separately.
At this time, at the ambush site in the distance, an Earth Master frowned and said, "The enemy has not divided their forces, nor do they intend to stop; this temporary blocking wall of mine is formed by borrowing the power of the Mountain Maze. If the wall is destroyed, it will affect the defensive power of the Mountain Maze; after the time it takes for two joss sticks to burn, I will retract the temporary blocking wall. If you want to attack, you must be quick!"
Upon hearing this, everyone around him frowned.
The Invaders were too far away now; although everyone could attack the Invaders, this distance was not the optimal attack distance, and many people's attack power would be weakened.
Moreover, the Invaders were too close to the wall; if they missed their aim and hit the wall, that would be troublesome.
The most important point was that the Invaders had no intention of dividing their forces; even if everyone eliminated a group of Invaders, the Invaders behind them would come to collect the bodies, and everyone would be unable to reap heads.
After a moment, a Professional said, "There are more traps ahead that scatter enemies. We don't need to rush to eliminate them; we can first weaken their overall strength; retract the blocking wall now. When they get closer, the Curse Master will cast mental curses on them, and then other Professionals will apply negative statuses."
The Earth Master, hearing this, stopped releasing energy, and the wall blocking the Invaders slowly sank into the ground.
The Invaders at the front immediately regrouped and advanced together.
When they got closer, the Curse Masters took out various tools and cast various invisible curse attacks.
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Chapter 128 Eliminating the First Invaders
After the Curse Master's attack was completed, the Intruder showed no visible effects and continued to advance.
Immediately after, other Professionals also cast skills, unleashing invisible attacks to inflict various negative statuses on the Intruder.
Having done all this, everyone, under the protection of the defensive Professionals, moved away from the area.
At this moment, within the Intruder's team, many Invaders felt their bodies weak, or a faint ache.
Such battle-affecting issues should have been reported immediately, but a voice deep within them told them to feign normalcy and not affect others.
Thus, all affected Professionals adjusted their states, appearing as they were before.
The Fourth-Order Intruder at the very front sensed a subtle change in the team, stood up on his hind legs, glanced at the other Invaders behind him, but found no problems.
The Fourth-Order Intruder was slightly puzzled, but did not ask further, continuing to lead the way.
At this moment, in other Intruder squads, there were also cases of Third-Order Professionals dying inexplicably.
Many teams lacked a powerful Fourth-Order Professional to lead them, so as soon as deaths occurred, and with no assassin to be found, the team's cohesion quickly collapsed.
Subsequently, these squads quickly withdrew from this area and moved to other places, looking for other squads to converge with.
More and more squads gathered, and at the same time, the Fourth-Order Intruder dispatched messenger squads to relay commands to various squads.
Facing the walls that divided the teams, the various squads no longer chose to go around, but instead chose to continuously attack the walls.
At this moment, the Voodoo Doll, under Fang Che's control, entered a path with no Invaders and quietly approached the vicinity of the Plane Passage.
Along the way, Fang Che found traces of many battle zones, but did not find any Intruder corpses.
These corpses were either cleaned up by the Professionals from various academies or taken away by the Invaders.
Originally, Fang Che had hoped to pick up some scraps with the Voodoo Doll, but now it seemed he could only absorb some souls.
As for personally running to battle zones to collect heads, Fang Che would not do such a thing.
Fang Che continued to control the Voodoo Doll to approach the Plane Passage.
However, a few kilometers away from the Plane Passage, many Invaders were standing guard and patrolling.
Fang Che had just used the Voodoo Doll to remember the information of two Third-Order Invaders when he was discovered by a Fourth-Order Intruder.
That Fourth-Order Intruder moved his four legs and chased after the Voodoo Doll.
Although the Voodoo Doll was fast, it could not compare to this Intruder, and after not long, the Intruder spat out a ball of destructive energy from afar, directly blasting a deep pit and crushing the Voodoo Doll underground.
In the underground space outside the Mountain Maze, the shattered Voodoo Doll re-condensed in Fang Che's Niwan Palace.
Fang Che threw the Voodoo Doll on the ground and continued to control it to enter the maze, heading towards the Plane Passage area.
Although the Voodoo Doll would be discovered as soon as it went over, it could still see information on many Third-Order Invaders before being destroyed.
These Third-Order Invaders were responsible for patrolling and were too close to the Plane Passage; if Fang Che used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate them, the Invaders would not be able to find the culprit at all.
If these Invaders were scared off, causing them to withdraw Third-Order Professionals and instead use Invaders of other levels to fight, then Fang Che would suffer a loss.
Therefore, Fang Che needed to put the Third-Order Professionals into the Mountain Maze and eliminate them there.
In a short period, Fang Che would need to compete with other Professionals for kills, and the souls harvested might not be too many.
However, as long as he didn't scare off the Invaders, Fang Che would continuously receive Third-Order souls.
In the time that followed, Fang Che eliminated enemies while controlling the Voodoo Doll to approach the Plane Passage, understanding the patrol situation.
More and more souls were collected by Fang Che, and at the same time, this Voodoo Doll was constantly being shattered by Fourth-Order Invaders.
In the blink of an hour, a portion of the Invaders who had set out earliest arrived at an area with slightly wider terrain and more surrounding passages.
At this moment, this portion of Invaders faced a huge dilemma: whether to split their forces and advance, or to all choose one path to proceed.
In previous operations, Invaders had entered many dead ends and many had been eliminated by various academies due to dispersed strength.
If they split their forces, the losses incurred would certainly be even greater.
If they chose one path to proceed, the losses would not be as great, but if they entered a dead end, it would waste more time correcting.
The leading Fourth-Order Intruder pondered for a moment and shouted, "Split into four paths and advance!"
The regional Invaders did not take any action; instead, they looked at the Fourth-Order Intruder with a bewildered expression, their eyes conveying one meaning: What gibberish are you speaking!
At this moment, in the surrounding passages, the Translation Master Professionals quickly modified the language system ahead and then swiftly fled.
Immediately after, the surrounding Professionals unleashed their skills, striking the area where the Invaders were gathered.
The Invaders were greatly alarmed and quickly dispersed.
The Fourth-Order Intruder shouted, "Third-Order warriors gather to counter-attack and cover the rear! Other warriors disperse and leave!"
After saying this, the Fourth-Order Professional opened his mouth and spat out fireballs, striking the areas where the Professionals from various academies were gathered.
However, the other Invaders around still could not understand his words and could only move quickly according to their own ideas.
Thus, the entire team split into more than a dozen groups, entering different passages.
Seeing this situation, the Fourth-Order Intruder cursed, "Damn it, all of you split into four teams and move!"
But the other Invaders around still haphazardly chose a passage to proceed.
After a brief moment of anger, the Fourth-Order Intruder finally realized something was wrong, and after a moment of hesitation, he turned and left the area to seek support.
Meanwhile, the various dispersed teams were soon attacked.
Due to the previous curse, these Invaders did not dodge at all when facing attacks, only feeling that these attacks could not harm them.
Thus, all Invaders died!
The Professionals hidden in the dark quickly emerged to collect heads, gather all resources, and then moved towards the Plane Passage, preparing to weaken the next batch of Invaders.
Not long after, the Fourth-Order Professionals leading the way caught up with that Fourth-Order Intruder and easily eliminated him!
At this moment, in other places, various groups also used various means to scatter the Invaders and eliminate them separately.
At this moment, the first batch of Invaders had been completely eliminated!
At this time, in the Plane Passage area, more and more Invaders entered the Emperor Plane.
In a small house next to the Plane Passage, a Five-Order Intruder adorned in gold and silver lay on a soft cotton pad, looking at the respectful Fourth-Order Invaders around him, and said:
"Upon entering this Plane, I felt no pressure whatsoever; the strength of this Plane should be similar to the Plane we are from;
If the strength of this Plane exceeded ours, it would be impossible for us to still be allowed to live until now;
When facing opponents of the same level, we must proceed steadily and surely. Do not rush to charge and kill; instead, arrange sentries, set up rescue teams, and slowly expand our territory."
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Chapter 129 Confirming the Invaders' Strength
After the Five-Order Intruder finished giving orders, a Fourth-Order Intruder immediately asked respectfully, "Sir, a group of warriors dispersed earlier and have been gone for a long time. Should we notify them to return?"
The Five-Order Intruder sighed, "A Plane of the same level will not tolerate us destroying things everywhere. Those warriors who set out earlier may have already been killed. Send some messengers to look for them. If they encounter danger, they should return. It's fine if they can't find the warriors."
The Fourth-Order Invaders shouted in unison, "Yes, sir!"
A group of Third-Order messengers were quickly dispatched and soon discovered by the Professionals who had set up traps.
Immediately after, the Translation Master changed the surrounding speech rules, and the Curse Master cast several confession-type curses.
Following this, these dog-like Invaders began to speak human language, describing the information they knew:
"The Master said that this Plane's strength is similar to ours, so we need to proceed steadily."
"The Master said that the mountains are traps set by the enemy, and told us to call back the invading warriors so they don't sacrifice themselves in vain."
"The Master said that he alone cannot resist the enemies here and needs to summon more Five-Order Masters. If necessary, he must summon the most powerful Six-Order Master!"
"Our Plane has seventy-six types, and is unrivaled among Planes of the same level..."
These messengers continuously recounted the information they knew, without any sense of secrecy.
The Professionals ambushing nearby recorded all these words and informed others.
After confirming that the strongest in the Intruder's Plane was merely a Six-Order Professional, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Among the Professionals gathered near Iron Hand Academy this time, there were more than twenty Six-Order Professionals.
Moreover, all Six-Order Professionals could cooperate with each other to exert their maximum combat power. A mere Six-Order Professional from the enemy was not worth mentioning at all.
After relaxing, many Professionals' emotions became dejected.
The Invaders were too weak, and too many Professionals were participating in the battle, so there weren't enough resources to go around.
At this time, in the area responsible for defense at Iron Hand Academy, a group of Professionals suddenly found the leader of the Iron Hand Group.
The leader spoke, "Friends of the Iron Hand Group, we are outsiders trapped in Iron Hand Academy. It's difficult for us to cooperate tacitly with you. We are preparing to leave this place and attack Invaders elsewhere!"
The choice to leave this time was not due to cooperation issues, but because they were worried that the Iron Hand Group members would compete with them for kills, or even eliminate them altogether.
After all, with resources scarce, robbing other Professionals was a very normal thing.
The Iron Hand Group members cooperated tacitly, while those trapped here had no cooperation at all, so they had no chance of winning if they fought.
The leader on the Iron Hand Group's side looked at these people who wanted to leave and clearly understood their thoughts.
Precisely because he understood their thoughts, the leader's face was filled with anger as he spoke:
"We developed the Iron Hand Group and need the help of outside friends. In the past, when friends came, we would do our best to take care of them, and even provide protection when they were in danger. You have been here for five years, do you still not understand the Iron Hand Group?"
This group of Professionals looked at the Iron Hand Group members expressionlessly, and the leader calmly replied:
"There haven't been such troubles in the past few days, there's no need to keep talking about the past. We cannot put our lives in others' hands, please forgive us."
The Manager of the Iron Hand Group sighed and waved his hand, "You all go."
Seeing this situation, the Professionals trapped near Iron Hand Academy left one after another, without the slightest hesitation.
After they left, the Manager of the Iron Hand Group glanced at his somewhat nervous members and calmly said,
"Keeping them by our side would very likely lead to them ambushing us in the future. It's good that they left. Now, contact our own people and reallocate manpower!"
Upon hearing this, everyone pondered for a moment, and their emotions calmed down.
At this time, in other areas, group Professionals and non-group Professionals were parting ways, and no conflicts erupted because of this.
After all, the Invaders were still alive, so even if there were conflicts, they should be resolved after dealing with the Invaders.
At this moment, Fang Che, through the Voodoo Doll, recorded all the information described by the Invaders and also saw the group Professionals and non-group Professionals acting separately.
The two groups of Professionals occupied different areas, awaiting the Invaders' attack.
However, after this dispersion, the Professionals' coordination was no longer as perfect as before, and they could not exert the same powerful destructive force against the enemy.
Especially those non-group Professionals, they only stayed with Professionals they trusted and would not obey others' commands, which led to their Professional coordination being very chaotic.
Fortunately, the Emperor Plane has enough Professionals, and the Invaders have relatively few Professions. Even with chaotic coordination, they can repel an equal number and level of Invaders, though the losses will be greater.
Huge losses are better than being completely eliminated by other groups.
Fang Che ignored the Professionals acting separately and continued to learn about the Third-Order Intruder's information.
At this time, the Invaders were proceeding steadily, constantly sending out sentries and patrol personnel.
Before long, the Invaders' patrol area came into contact with the front lines set up by various academies.
Subsequently, various invisible curses and negative attacks all landed on the Invaders.
However, the Invaders had already completely occupied this area, and various invisible attacks were quickly discovered.
Immediately after, countless Intruder squads, led by Fourth-Order Professionals, quickly rushed towards the first line of defense, with various destructive energies smashing towards the hidden positions of the Professionals.
"Counterattack!"
When the Invaders entered the optimal attack range, the Professionals on the first line of defense immediately launched an attack.
The first to attack was the Translation Master profession.
The speech rules near the Invaders quickly changed.
However, in the next second, all speech rules returned to normal!
A Plane that has cultivated Six-Order Professionals must have invaded dozens of Planes and understood dozens of languages, so it can certainly cultivate Translation Master Professionals.
In previous battles, the Invaders' Translation Master Professionals did not follow the main force, which is why the Professionals from various academies were able to quickly eliminate them.
But now, the first line of defense is close to the Intruder's Main Camp, and the Translation Master among the Invaders can easily solve the problem of language barriers by hiding in the Main Camp.
Therefore, the Translation Masters from various academies can no longer exert the power to change the course of the battle.
Thus, the Translation Masters quickly retreated to the next defensive zone, only striving to resist the Translation Masters among the Invaders, preventing the Invaders' Translation Masters from exerting their power.
Without the Translation Master's influence, the Invaders released the same skills at the same time according to their leader's command.
Identical skills formed the same frequency, instantly enhancing the skills.
On the other side, the Professionals from various academies also used frequency to enhance and release skills, fighting against the Invaders.
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Chapter 130: Battle around the Defense Line
Everyone has now confirmed that the Invaders are planning to expand their territory steadily. The previous strategy of luring the enemy deep would not eliminate them, but only allow them to expand their territory.
Therefore, everyone chose to hold the defensive line and eliminate as many Invaders as possible!
On one of the Iron Hand Group's defensive lines, a massive amount of skills flashed with light, illuminating large areas, and creating huge sounds as they collided.
Besides the piercing explosions, no other sounds could be heard in the combat zone.
After a brief collision of skills, the Iron Hand Group successfully suppressed the Invaders due to their vast array of Professional types.
The Invaders' attacks quickly collapsed, and the skill bombardment zone rapidly moved from the center towards the Invaders' area.
At this moment, the Iron Hand Group Professionals had more buffer space and could unleash skills as they pleased.
However, the Invaders had to concentrate and continuously release skills; a slight delay would prevent them from resisting the skill attacks.
The Fourth-Order Intruder standing at the forefront watched the destructive energy exploding before him, and the skills occasionally piercing through the explosion zone and striking near him, feeling somewhat panicked.
Then, the Fourth-Order Intruder saw the other Invaders behind him swaying, as if they might flee at any moment.
The Fourth-Order Intruder's panic intensified.
If everyone dispersed now, they would be unable to intercept the skills and would become mere targets.
Continuing to delay now, and waiting for reinforcements, would offer a glimmer of hope.
So, the Fourth-Order Intruder quickly adjusted his state and confidently shouted, "Warriors of the defensive Professionals, prepare yourselves; support troops will arrive soon."
The other Invaders around him saw their leader's confident demeanor, and their tense emotions eased considerably, allowing them to release skills more calmly and quickly.
Although they failed to push back the skill explosion zone, they successfully prevented it from advancing, fixing it in place.
This greatly boosted the Invaders' confidence.
The Fourth-Order Intruder was about to rally morale when a Third-Order Intruder, a defensive Professional next to him, suddenly had a hole in his chest.
He fell straight to the ground, dying instantly, his defensive items completely ineffective!
The Invaders who witnessed this scene were greatly alarmed, and their skill release speed was affected.
Immediately after, more and more defensive Professional Invaders died inexplicably, observed by the surrounding Invaders.
The impact quickly spread, and the Invaders were unable to withstand the skills released by the Iron Hand Group Professionals, with countless skills striking these Invaders.
Many Invaders died on the spot, while those who survived thanks to defensive items, in their state of shock, completely abandoned resistance and turned to flee.
The escape of one group of Invaders quickly escalated into a large-scale rout.
These Invaders lacked collective defense and, with their backs to the defensive line, were easily hunted down by the Iron Hand Group members!
At this time, a support squad had already arrived on the path of the fleeing Invaders.
The leading Fourth-Order Intruder sighed as he saw these frenzied stragglers and shouted, "Clear the way!"
The Invaders in the support squad unhesitatingly cleared the path, avoiding direct conflict with the stragglers.
These stragglers were irrational, with only the thought of escape in their minds; they would attack anyone who blocked their way in order to flee.
If the support squad were to be overwhelmed by the stragglers, it would result in even greater losses!
Thus, the stragglers smoothly escaped the battlefield.
The Fourth-Order Intruder of the support squad looked towards the combat zone and discovered a large number of corpses.
A Third-Order Intruder suggested, "Sir, the enemy must be exhausted after the battle. Should we seize the opportunity to launch an attack?"
The Fourth-Order Intruder shook his head, "Our strength is comparable to the squad just now; since they were repelled, it will be difficult for us to gain an advantage.
We don't need to fight to the death here. Let's go elsewhere; I refuse to believe that all the enemy's combat power is this strong!"
Subsequently, the support squad quickly departed from this location and headed to other areas.
At this time, the Iron Hand Group Manager inside the defensive line, upon discovering the support squad's departure, excitedly shouted, "Collect the corpses and repair the defensive fortifications."
Although they had the upper hand in the previous battle, under the massive skill bombardment, some skill attacks would always penetrate the bombardment zone and land on the defensive fortifications.
What needed to be done now was to repair the defensive fortifications and prepare to meet the next assault.
Thus, the Professionals skilled in ranged attacks began to repair the defensive fortifications.
Simultaneously, several Earth Masters communicated with the Mountain Maze's power, condensing a wall to prevent further enemy attacks.
Immediately after, the Professionals skilled in close combat quickly rushed out of the defensive line, and under the protection of the wall, collected the resources left by the Invaders and harvested their heads!
While they were repairing the defensive fortifications and harvesting the Invaders' heads, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll, quietly leaving this combat zone and heading to other combat zones.
At this time, in other places, some Invaders were quickly eliminated.
Some Invaders received support and fought to a stalemate with the Professionals from various academies.
The Voodoo Doll moved through the Iron Hand Group's defensive areas, recording information on the Invaders skilled in defense, which Fang Che then used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate them.
Defensive Professionals can bring immense courage to their teammates, and the same applies to the Invaders.
When defensive Professional Invaders died inexplicably, the Invaders' morale quickly plummeted.
When the Invaders could not find the enemy, a rout quickly formed!
Thus, with Fang Che's assistance, the Iron Hand Group easily eliminated the enemy, began to stabilize their defensive line, and harvested the Invaders' heads.
Subsequently, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to go to the defensive areas of other groups, eliminating the Third-Order Invaders there to collect souls for himself.
However, due to the Invaders' failed assault on the Iron Hand Group's defensive line, they shifted their attack targets, causing the defensive pressure on other lines to surge.
Many Professionals chose to withdraw from the defensive line and move to the next line to regroup.
As the Voodoo Doll advanced, it encountered Invaders who had occupied defensive lines multiple times, and fortunately, the Invaders were greatly exhausted and eager to occupy the lines, allowing the Voodoo Doll to escape successfully.
After most of the defensive lines were occupied, the Professionals who had repelled the Invaders did not rush to leave, but continued to hold their ground.
This decision was not suicidal; it was because the Mountain Maze had a unique structure, and the defensive lines were chosen very cleverly.
The fastest way for Invaders to control a defensive line was through a frontal assault.
If they wanted to bypass and occupy a defensive line, they would need to clear at least two consecutive lines to surround the desired defensive line.
Any defensive line provided enough time for retreat!
At this moment, in a certain defensive line, the retreating Professionals entered, their emotions suppressed.
This time, they failed to stop the Invaders and did not harvest a single head; the previous battle was almost a wasted effort.
After silently arranging the defensive line for a while, a Professional regretfully said, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have separated from the Iron Hand Group."