Chapter 131: Battle after a short break
Regret quickly infected everyone.
Everyone had already learned through their communication tokens that the Iron Hand Group had stabilized their defensive line.
A Professional who had advocated for staying away from the Iron Hand Group, seeing that everyone was somewhat regretful and worried they might vent their anger on him, spoke up:
"Most people were repelled by the Invaders; only the Iron Hand Group remained. They are so powerful, can we really gain an advantage by staying?"
As soon as he spoke, everyone fell into contemplation, and the feeling of regret diminished significantly.
The Professional who had advocated for staying away from the Iron Hand Group, seeing everyone's state, relaxed slightly and continued to explain:
"Eliminating a sufficient number of Invaders can also earn rewards from the Plane Will, so this isn't a wasted effort.
Furthermore, there are many defensive lines here, and the paths are complex. As long as we continue to weaken the enemy, there will always be opportunities to claim kills!"
The others nodded slightly upon hearing this and continued to set up their defensive lines.
At this moment, in other places, many Professionals were also setting up defensive lines and discussing information about the Iron Hand Group.
Meanwhile, the Iron Hand Group, having learned that most people had retreated to the second defensive line, understood that the enemy could break through more lines at any time and surround them.
Therefore, Iron Hand Group members began setting up traps near the defensive line, preparing for their upcoming retreat.
On the Invaders' side, after they occupied most of the defensive lines, they silently recuperated and observed the situation of the defensive lines.
After a Third-Order Intruder led a team to inspect the defensive line, he reported to a Fourth-Order Intruder:
"My Lord, this defensive line is specifically designed to counter us. It's very difficult for us to expand outwards from the Plane Passage, while it's very easy for the enemy to squeeze our living space.
We absolutely cannot engage in positional warfare; that would be seeking our own demise. We can only fight in motion, continue our offensive, and constantly drive the enemy back."
The leading Fourth-Order Intruder patted the dirt on the defensive line and said, "This defensive line isn't as sturdy as the mountains next to it. We can reinforce it here."
The Third-Order Intruder replied, "My Lord, the terrain here is too low. If we reinforce our defenses, the resources consumed would be several times more than the enemy's.
Our speed in setting up defenses would definitely be slower than the enemy's, giving the enemy more time to rest. The enemy fighting from a rested position would be disadvantageous to us.
Additionally, news from other places indicates that the enemy has a special method that can ignore defensive items to kill our warriors. Your subordinate believes we should continue attacking."
The Fourth-Order Intruder shook his head lightly and scoffed, "What 'ignore defense' killing method? That's just an excuse from routed soldiers.
Furthermore, my Lord has ordered us to advance steadily, slowly pushing forward. We cannot move too fast.
Pass on my order: simply repair the defensive line, treat injuries, adjust our state, and send out patrols. Wait for the next attack order."
The Third-Order Intruder, hearing this, glanced at the exhausted warriors around him, sighed inwardly, and respectfully replied, "Understood."
Just then, the Fourth-Order Intruder suddenly turned his head to look at the ground in the distance.
The Third-Order Intruder nervously asked, "My Lord, what happened?"
The Fourth-Order Intruder replied expressionlessly, "There's a puppet underground. It should be the one the patrol teams have encountered multiple times."
The Third-Order Intruder immediately asked, "Should we pursue it?"
The Fourth-Order Intruder shook his head lightly and said, "The enemy only retreated a short while ago; they should be hiding nearby. I'm worried this puppet is a decoy.
Besides, this puppet has never displayed strong destructive power. It's probably just for gathering information, so let it be."
The Third-Order Intruder opened his mouth, wanting to eliminate the puppet and prevent it from gathering information.
However, thinking of the battle that had just erupted, which had already exposed most of the Invaders' strength, the Third-Order Intruder swallowed his words about eliminating the puppet.
At this moment, in other places, the Invaders who had occupied defensive lines were also resting and adjusting their state.
As for the area outside the Iron Hand Group's un-occupied defensive line, many Invaders were also stationed there, cautiously guarding against Iron Hand Group Professionals.
At the same time, more Invaders emerged from the Plane Passage, continuing to expand their patrol range and slowly approaching the defensive line area.
Underground, the Voodoo Doll, controlled by Fang Che, moved cautiously, continuing to gather information about the Third-Order Intruder.
Time flew by, and soon half an hour passed, when a roar echoed from near the Plane Passage.
The roar continuously spread outwards and was soon heard by the Invaders occupying the defensive lines. They immediately took action, heading towards the next defensive line.
As for the area near the Iron Hand Group's defensive line, the Invaders did not move.
The Iron Hand Group was too powerful; the Invaders had already given up on a frontal assault and were instead preparing to encircle them from front and back after eliminating other enemies.
As the Invaders launched their attack, Fang Che also began eliminating these Invaders, accumulating souls.
In a certain area, the skills of the Invaders and the academy Professionals clashed.
This time, the Invaders were still at a disadvantage, and the skill explosion zone continued to move towards the Invaders' direction.
However, the movement speed of the explosion zone had become very slow, unlike before.
This was because after the Invaders occupied the previous defensive lines, their territory was larger than before, and more Invaders were dispatched from the Plane Passage!
Relying on their numerical advantage, the Invaders were gradually closing the gap between themselves and the academy Professionals.
The Fourth-Order Intruder looked at the situation in the skill explosion zone, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.
However, this smile didn't last long before disappearing.
The Fourth-Order Intruder looked at the defensive Professional who had died inexplicably, somewhat incredulous.
Could it be that someone could truly ignore defensive items and kill silently?
The Fourth-Order Intruder was slightly stunned, then noticed the terrified expressions of the other Invaders around the deceased.
To prevent the impact from spreading, the leading Fourth-Order Intruder quickly crushed a silencing item and hastily shouted:
"Battle is a warrior's game. The more you shrink back and fear, the more easily you die.
Everyone, keep your eyes on the enemy, attack with all your might, and cast fear aside to achieve ultimate victory.
We have already repelled the enemy once before. Next, we will continue to repel the enemy and achieve more victories.
Don't be intimidated by the enemy's ridiculous methods. Victory belongs to us!"
The Fourth-Order Intruder's speech motivated the other Invaders, and their emotions became agitated.
Subsequently, whenever someone died inexplicably, the Fourth-Order Intruder would quickly speak, attracting everyone's attention.
Because the number of people who died inexplicably was not large, and coupled with the Fourth-Order Intruder's speech attracting attention, most Invaders did not pay too much attention to the true cause of death of the deceased.
Most Invaders only felt that the deceased had bad luck and were killed by some unintercepted skills.
Although the Invaders around the deceased found that the deceased had died inexplicably, they had been silenced by the item and could not speak.
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Chapter 132 Flood
The number of Invaders who understood the true cause of death of the deceased was simply too small, besides their inability to speak.
They were pushed forward by the Invaders behind them, unable to squeeze out even if they wanted to escape.
Moreover, the fanaticism of the other Invaders around them influenced them, slowly suppressing the fear in their hearts.
Thus, this team of Invaders could continue to advance.
However, as more and more Invaders died inexplicably, more and more Invaders understood the true situation.
At one point, when a defensive Professional died again, the Professionals around them turned and ran.
Not far from them were Invaders who had already understood the true death situation, and these people also chose to flee.
The people caught in the middle who knew nothing, on the contrary, became the minority.
These unknowing people were swept along, forced to turn and flee.
However, the Invader team was longer than before; the Invaders in front turned to flee, while the Invaders behind knew nothing and continued to advance.
As a result, all the Invaders were squeezed into a pile, stuck between advancing and retreating.
At this moment, the Professionals guarding the defense line seized the opportunity, swiftly casting skills and accelerating their attacks.
Because the Invaders were squeezed into a pile, they were unable to form an effective counterattack, so the Invaders began to die in large numbers.
After some of them died, the Invaders at the back stopped pushing forward, turned, and ran.
This team of Invaders instantly turned into routed soldiers.
The leading Fourth-Order Intruder wanted to counterattack, but seeing the Invaders who only wanted to flee, he could only sigh helplessly and quickly retreat.
After the Invaders left, leaving behind a field of corpses, the Professionals on the defense line were extremely excited, quickly forming walls to block the road, and then harvesting heads.
Fang Che watched these Invaders retreat and immediately manipulated the Voodoo Doll to move to other defense lines.
As for Fang Che, he hid underground, continuing to kowtow to the Third-Order Professional he had known before, taking advantage of the Voodoo Doll's movement to kill during the gaps.
Time passed bit by bit, and in the following period, Fang Che collected a large number of souls, and at the same time, he also saw the Invaders occupying a large number of defense lines.
On the second day, the Iron Hand Group was forced to withdraw from the first defense line and enter the next layer of defense to intercept the Invaders.
Subsequently, more defense lines were occupied, but the various academies did not show signs of collapse; instead, the Invaders' occupation speed became slower and slower.
The reason for this situation was that the number of people stationed on each defense line was fixed.
Previously, due to the limited space of the defense line, many Professionals could not participate in the battle and were placed in the rear defense lines.
As the territory occupied by the Invaders expanded, the Invaders encountered more and more defense lines and more and more academy Professionals.
They could only continuously extend their rest time, waiting for reinforcements from the rear.
While the Invaders were waiting for reinforcements, various groups were also re-deploying defensive personnel to form better cooperation.
However, overall, the various academies were always at a disadvantage, and the central area of the Mountain Maze had already been occupied by the Invaders.
When the Invaders again occupied a new defense line, some Professionals from the surrounding defense lines did not continue to hold their ground as before; instead, upon receiving the news, they immediately retreated to the vicinity of the new defense line.
The new defense line was behind the lake, and at this time, the Professionals, with solemn expressions, poured various strange medicinal liquids into the lake.
At this moment, near the Plane Passage, a Five-Order Intruder looked at a map of the occupied Mountain Maze.
The Five-Order Intruder, with a smile in his eyes, excitedly said, "With our strength, the Mountain Maze built in one day is only this large.
This Plane is similar in strength to ours; even if this Plane has some Professionals skilled in construction, it won't be much larger.
It won't be long before we completely occupy this area of the Mountain Maze; by then, I will use special tools to transform this Mountain Maze into our Main Camp and continue to enslave this Plane!"
The surrounding Fourth-Order Invaders excitedly shouted, "Enslave the Plane! Enslave the Plane!"
Several Invaders cheered excitedly for a moment, then suddenly heard a rumbling sound from outside, and the entire ground trembled.
Several Invaders instantly quieted down and rushed out of the room.
The Five-Order Intruder looked at the continuously trembling ground and shouted, "Are the earth veins fixed?"
A Fourth-Order Intruder who was placing tools under the mountain range heard this and immediately ran to the Five-Order Intruder, respectfully replying,
"After occupying this area before, it has already been reinforced; even if the enemy abandons this area, they cannot make the mountain collapse.
Now that this situation has occurred, your subordinate is ordering the warriors to continue reinforcing it, and at the same time, more tools have been issued and sent to the front-line areas to have them fix the mountain!"
The Five-Order Intruder nodded reassuringly, then smiled and said, "Now that this situation has occurred, it should be that our warriors are about to occupy the entire Mountain Maze; this is the enemy's death throes, everyone need not worry."
The nearby Invaders nodded in agreement, saying, "Your wisdom is brilliant, your subordinate also thinks so!"
"Your wisdom is brilliant and mighty; by occupying this Plane, you will surely advance further!"
"We are willing to serve you!"
"Hahahaha!" The Five-Order Intruder laughed heartily, but after only a short while, his smile froze on his face.
Because the sound of the ground shaking became more intense, and at the same time, a messenger's shout came from afar: "The flood is coming!"
The Five-Order Intruder's eyes became more solemn, and he immediately commanded, "This is the lowest point; the flood will definitely flow here.
And after flowing, the flood will definitely accumulate terrifying destructive power.
Order the warriors in front to temporarily set up a dam to slowly release the flood.
At the same time, return to the Plane and temporarily open up a canyon to divert the flood here into the ocean!"
The surrounding Fourth-Order Invaders said in unison, "Understood!"
Then, the Invaders quickly issued orders.
At this moment, on the outermost defense line occupied by the Invaders, the flood poured down, instantly knocking down the Invaders and rushing downstream.
The Invaders were powerful, and the flood did not injure them; they quickly stretched out their claws and grabbed onto nearby protruding rocks.
The Fourth-Order Intruder who first grabbed a rock opened his gaping maw, condensing an energy ball in his mouth, and hurled it at the flood.
The energy ball instantly evaporated a massive amount of floodwater.
After the Fourth-Order Intruder continuously spat out several energy balls, he found that the other Invaders had not taken any action.
The Fourth-Order Intruder turned his head to look at the other Invaders and found that their bodies were completely stiff, with only their eyeballs still able to move.
At the same time, their fur, flesh, bones, and internal organs were rapidly corroded into liquid, mixed in the flood, and continued to flow downstream.
Seeing this, the Fourth-Order Intruder understood that there was terrifying poison in the flood.
If the master were to divert the flood into the Plane for flood discharge, that would be troublesome!
Even if it could be solved, it would cause huge losses.
The Fourth-Order Intruder opened his mouth to warn, but found that he could not utter a single word!
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Chapter 133 After the Flood
Wherever the floodwaters passed, no Intruder could resist, and in an instant, half of the area occupied by the Invaders was submerged.
The Invaders were unable to resist the power of the floodwaters and were swept downstream. However, most of the Invaders were corroded away in the flood, leaving no complete corpses behind.
The floodwaters continued to crash, quickly hitting the dam built by the Invaders using their skills.
"Boom~"
The floodwaters slammed against the dam, producing a loud roar, and the ground shook violently.
A portion of the floodwaters was intercepted, but the subsequent floodwaters quickly poured down, overflowing the dam, and continued to flow downstream.
Below the dam, the Invaders looked at the floodwaters, which were pouring down from the dam like a waterfall, with relaxed smiles on their faces.
With the dam's interception, the destructive power of the floodwaters was diminishing, so there was no need to worry about the flood harming the Professionals.
Moreover, a small amount of floodwater could not scatter the team, and the Invaders could still counterattack quickly!
A Fourth-Order Intruder below the dam excitedly shouted, "The lives in this Plane are too naive! Floodwaters can't kill Professionals, they're just doing useless work!"
After saying this, the Fourth-Order Intruder did not hear any sounds of agreement from his subordinates for a long time, so he frowned and looked around.
Then he saw the bodies of the other Invaders around him slowly melting!
The Fourth-Order Intruder's expression was panicked, and he opened his mouth to shout, but he couldn't make any sound.
"Crack~ Crack~"
The Fourth-Order Intruder suddenly heard the sound of stones constantly cracking. He turned his head to look and saw cracks appearing on the dam.
The Fourth-Order Intruder was somewhat incredulous. The dam was condensed with skills and filled with many special items, so how could cracks appear so quickly?
"Boom~"
After a loud bang, the dam was instantly washed away by the floodwaters, and the Fourth-Order Intruder was directly buried by the dam's debris.
The floodwaters, carrying most of the dam's debris, continued to rush downstream.
Next, one dam after another was washed away, and countless Invaders were corroded by the floodwaters until nothing remained.
Although the special medicine in the floodwaters prevented the surviving Invaders from speaking, relying on the dams to block the flow, the Invaders behind them still saw the scene of the floodwaters corroding and melting the Invaders.
Thus, the messenger quickly turned around and went to deliver the message.
The messenger came near the Plane Passage and shouted loudly:
"Sir, there's poison in the floodwaters! It's corroded and melted the First and Second-Order Warriors, the Third-Order Warriors can't move, and the Fourth-Order Warriors can't speak!"
The messenger shouted very loudly, but the loud noise produced by the flowing floodwaters covered most of his voice.
The Five-Order Intruder only heard the sound accurately with the help of an item's power.
After a brief moment of panic, the Five-Order Intruder shouted loudly, "Withdraw the First and Second-Order Warriors! Also, notify the Warriors in the Plane to reinforce the river channel and prevent the floodwaters from overflowing!"
A Fourth-Order Intruder nearby, responsible for communicating with the Main Camp, quickly turned and entered the Plane Passage after hearing the order with the help of an item.
The Fourth-Order Intruder responsible for relaying orders also quickly left to command the First and Second-Order Invaders to retreat.
The Five-Order Intruder continued to shout, "Reinforce and heighten the surrounding dams, try not to let the water flow in. If the dam breaks, immediately retreat to the Plane;
Also, as soon as the floodwaters approach here, immediately freeze them and gradually raise the terrain here to prepare for the next invasion."
The surrounding Fourth-Order Invaders heard this order with the aid of their items and shouted in unison, "Yes, sir."
Subsequently, the Fourth-Order Invaders went to relay the orders.
The Five-Order Intruder looked at their retreating figures, then looked up at the sky and murmured to himself:
"I hope this flood can reach the anti-flight barrier above, thereby destroying it. That would make it easier to eliminate the resistors in this Plane!"
Then, the Five-Order Intruder retracted his gaze and patrolled the surroundings to see if there were any troubles that needed special attention.
At this time, in the area of the Mountain Maze where lake water was stored, the Professionals poured the stored river water and poison into the lake together.
Subsequently, the river water mixed with poison flowed out from the low opening of the lake, turning into floodwaters, which poured down mightily.
After the Professionals poured out all the river water stored in special items, they waited for a moment longer.
Once all the nearby floodwaters flowed downwards, everyone immediately took action to search for surviving enemies.
Although the toxins in the river water could corrode and melt many Invaders, some Invaders would always survive.
Furthermore, even if the Invaders were melted, their treasures might not melt, so now was a good opportunity to pick up bargains.
Everyone quickly arrived near the first line of defense and saw the Fourth-Order Professional who was helping other Invaders recover their bodies.
A massive amount of skills were directly hurled over, and that Fourth-Order Intruder did not dare to stay, turning and fleeing.
The Academy's Fourth-Order Professional casually released a few skills that struck the Fourth-Order Intruder, but the Fourth-Order Intruder's body turned into mist, ignoring the skill attacks, and quickly disappeared.
Once the Fourth-Order Intruder left, the Professionals from the Academy immediately eliminated the remaining Third-Order Professionals, cut off their heads, collected all resources, and continued to run forward.
At this moment, the Voodoo Doll had already arrived at the defense line area managed by the other academies.
The Fourth-Order Intruder here instantly discovered the Voodoo Doll. Then, he threw some Third-Order Invaders onto his back, carrying them as he turned and fled, without launching any attacks.
The Voodoo Doll quickly advanced, transmitting the situation of all surrounding Third-Order Professionals to Fang Che.
Fang Che immediately used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate them!
While transmitting information, the Voodoo Doll was also collecting Intruder resources.
As for the corpses, the Voodoo Doll did not collect them.
Corpses occupied too much space, and the Voodoo Doll had no way to cut off heads. For maximum benefit, it could only take some valuable resources and abandon the corpses.
The Voodoo Doll moved quickly, and the Professionals from various groups also moved quickly.
Countless Invaders were eliminated, and the defense lines previously occupied by the Invaders returned to the hands of the various groups!
At this moment, near the Plane Passage, the Invaders had already constructed a dam nearly as high as the mountains.
All the floodwaters were intercepted outside.
However, everyone still could not fly and could only climb up using stairs like ordinary people.
Furthermore, the area near the ridge was very slippery and difficult to walk on, and the difficulty of constructing roads was also extremely great.
Even if roads were constructed, a single weak skill could easily destroy them.
Therefore, launching an attack from the ridge was extremely difficult.
The best method now was to freeze the floodwaters.
At this time, the Invaders stood on the wide dam, releasing ice-type skills or throwing ice-type items to freeze the floodwaters.
Near the Plane Passage, the Five-Order Intruder breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the floodwaters successfully blocked.
Subsequently, the Five-Order Intruder ordered the construction of crossbeams to make the surrounding dams support each other and prevent them from being washed away by the floodwaters.
At the same time, Third-Order ice-type Invaders were also dispatched from inside the Plane Passage to replace other Invaders and accelerate the freezing of the floodwaters.
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Chapter 134 Level 5 Professionals Join the Battle
The flood submerged large areas, and the lucky survivors who managed to stay alive ran for a long time, but were soon blocked by the lake formed by the converging floodwaters, unable to approach the Plane Passage.
Some Fourth-Order Invaders jumped directly into the water and swam towards the Plane Passage.
However, some other Fourth-Order Invaders took out various items, made simple small boats, and fled with the severely injured Third-Order Invaders.
The Professionals who pursued them swiftly eliminated them.
Immediately after, some Fifth-Order Water Professionals appeared here, releasing energy into the lake.
The next second, the lake water flowed backward, streaming upwards and storing in dozens of deep pits that had been dug long ago.
After completing all this, all Fifth-Order Professionals turned and left, not attacking the Plane Passage.
According to the rules for cultivating powerhouses in the Emperor Plane, high-level Professionals killing low-level Invaders will not gain any resources, but will instead be seen as hindering the tempering of weaker Professionals, thereby incurring the dislike of the Plane Will.
Therefore, unless the Invaders deploy their powerhouses, the powerhouses of the Emperor Plane will not casually slaughter Invaders, only providing some assistance in certain areas.
Actions like the Mountain Maze and controlling the flood are forms of assistance recognized by the Plane Will.
After the Fifth-Order Professionals left, various academy groups quickly approached the Invaders' Plane Passage, waiting for the enemies to invade at the nearby defensive line.
At this moment, large areas of the flood around the Plane Passage had already been frozen.
However, now that the flood had disappeared, the attempt to freeze it had failed.
Not only that, some of the ice blocks that were previously frozen were even cracking and falling off.
At this moment, a Fifth-Order Intruder on the city wall, looking at the cracked ice blocks, remained silent for a moment before commanding:
"Clear the unstable ice blocks, and continue building the city wall outside to cope with the upcoming flood attacks;
Additionally, report the situation here to the Plane, arrange for Fifth-Order Warriors to come as soon as possible, we cannot delay any longer, and if possible, please invite the Master to personally oversee this place!"
Some Fourth-Order Invaders around were greatly alarmed and advised one after another:
"Sir, if we alarm the Master, he might think you are incompetent, and your opponents will take the opportunity to deal with you!"
"Yes, Sir, absolutely do not alarm the Master, it's better to invite a few Fifth-Order Sirs who have a good relationship with you!"
The Fifth-Order Intruder sighed and shook his head, saying, "To drain so much floodwater at once, it must be a large number of Fifth-Order Enemies acting together;
I cannot resist so many enemies of the same rank; I must notify the Master as soon as possible, otherwise our guilt will be more than just incompetence!"
The Invaders looked at each other, and a moment later, the Invaders shouted in unison, "Yes, Sir."
Next, countless Third-Order Invaders climbed the city wall and opened a downward passage in the ice layer.
The Invaders again dispatched sentries and patrol members as before, but this time, all the sentries and patrol members were Third and Fourth-Order Invaders.
As for the First and Second-Order Invaders, they were clearing unstable ice blocks under the protection of the sentries and building stone walls at the bottom to construct a sturdy fortress to resist the flood.
At the same time, they also piled stones near the mountains around the fortress to build structures that would weaken the destructive power of the flood.
While the Invaders were building structures to resist the flood, the various groups were also setting up traps and reinforcing their defensive lines.
The battlefield suddenly fell silent.
After half a day of silence, a Fifth-Order Professional suddenly appeared at the Iron Hand Group's foremost defensive line.
The Iron Hand Group members asked curiously, "Captain Zhang Yuan, why are you here?"
Zhang Yuan calmly replied, "More than a dozen Fifth-Order Intruder auras have appeared at the Plane Passage; they should be preparing to arrange for Fifth-Order Invaders to launch an attack;
I am here specifically to deal with these Fifth-Order Invaders, and other groups have also arranged for Fifth-Order Professionals."
Everyone suddenly understood, feeling a little nervous.
Zhang Yuan comforted them, "Don't worry, no matter how many Fifth-Order Invaders come, I can instantly pull them into my domain, and others can support instantly, so you won't be harmed."
Everyone relaxed slightly, and at this moment, the Fourth-Order Professional who was previously in charge showed a fawning smile and pleaded:
"Captain, can you discuss with the other Fifth-Order Seniors not to eliminate the enemies too quickly;
If we eliminate them too early, these Invaders might retreat, and then we won't be able to harvest Intruder heads."
Zhang Yuan met everyone's expectant gazes and replied,
"Don't worry, as long as the enemy's numbers don't exceed ours, we will keep delaying the time!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's mood did not improve much.
Once the Fifth-Order Invaders are under Suppression, the Sixth-Order Master behind them will definitely continue to dispatch Invaders.
The number of Fifth-Order Invaders under Suppression will soon exceed the Sixth-Order Master's endurance limit, and at that point, the Invaders will definitely withdraw their troops.
To prevent them from withdrawing, some Fifth-Order powerhouses' lives would need to be sacrificed, making the Invaders feel that victory is within their grasp.
However, Fifth-Order powerhouses would not do that.
In short, when Fifth-Order Invaders appear, it means the battle is about to end.
At this moment, in the underground space outside the Mountain Maze, Fang Che sensed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and found that he had already collected ten thousand Third-Order souls.
The owner of each soul was personally killed by Fang Che!
At this moment, a small pit had appeared on the ground next to the Ten Thousand Soul Banner; this was made by Fang Che when he kowtowed!
At this moment, Fang Che could already meet Gu Ning and exchange the ten thousand Third-Order souls for resources.
However, the Iron Hand Academy area is currently facing an invasion, and all outward passages are sealed, so Fang Che cannot go to find Gu Ning right now.
Of course, Fang Che is not in a hurry to find Gu Ning right now either.
Having finally encountered Invaders, Fang Che needs to kill more Invaders to obtain rewards from the Plane Will.
The rewards obtained from killing Invaders are much higher than those obtained from killing in Other Planes!
Afterward, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to return, put down the resources he had previously collected, and then controlled the Voodoo Doll to go towards the Plane Passage to understand the enemy's situation.
At this moment, near the Plane Passage, thirteen Fifth-Order Invaders were in a room, silent, with twelve of them watching a Fifth-Order Intruder with closed eyes.
A moment later, the Fifth-Order Intruder who was being watched opened his eyes and said:
"Eight Fifth-Order powerhouses have gathered on the enemy's side, distributed along the eight defensive lines closest to us;
As for whether there are Fifth-Order powerhouses on the defensive lines behind them, I don't know, but since they arrived so quickly, they definitely have the ability to counter us."
The other Invaders fell into thought upon hearing this.
A moment later, an Intruder spoke, "I suggest selecting five Fifth-Order Warriors to lead an attack on one defensive line, while the other Warriors remain on guard;
If the Fifth-Order Enemies reinforce the attacked defensive line, we will then attack the defensive line without Fifth-Order Enemies, avoiding the enemy's powerhouses as much as possible, and destroying their defensive lines at the fastest speed!"
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Chapter 135 The Level 5 Invader at a Disadvantage
The Invaders fell silent upon hearing the suggestion to attack a single defense line to draw out the enemy's main force.
After a moment, an Intruder spoke, "The five brave warriors who launch the attack will certainly face the enemy's concentrated assault. Who should we choose to go and attract the enemy's attention?"
The Intruder who made the suggestion replied, "I don't think it's necessary to worry about that. For the battle to be won, cooperation is essential; it won't work without anyone.
After the battle ends, we'll tally up which team lost the most warriors, and that team will receive the greatest resources."
The other Invaders sneered, not agreeing.
This rule sounded good, but everyone was in competition. When the battle was about to end, the team with the greatest losses would surely be attacked by others.
If that team was wiped out, how would they get resources?
Seeing that no one was speaking, the Intruder who made the suggestion continued, "The second method is to draw lots. Whoever draws the lot goes to attack."
Everyone remained silent. The uncertainty of drawing lots was too high; if all five Fifth-Order warriors of one team were drawn, that team would likely be instantly swallowed by other teams.
The Intruder continued to make suggestions: "The last suggestion is for each team to send one warrior. My team will have me participate in the attack."
The others remained silent.
The Intruder who made the suggestion was the oldest. If the Plane stopped developing, he would be the first to die of old age, so whatever he did, he wouldn't lose out.
However, the warriors in the other teams were much younger than him, so no matter how they chose, they would lose out.
The Intruder who made the suggestion looked around and, seeing that no one was speaking, immediately reminded them, "The enemy is outside. Even if you don't agree with my suggestion, you need to discuss it; we can't just keep waiting."
Upon hearing this, the other Invaders began to speak up, vying for their own interests and discussing the attack strategy.
And the Intruder who made the suggestion just listened quietly. He was the oldest, so whatever he did, he wouldn't lose out.
After arguing for more than half an hour, the Invaders finally reached a basic consensus.
While everyone could barely accept it, five warriors were directly sent out to attack the defense line, to prevent anyone from regretting it.
Five warriors led a team of Invaders and quickly arrived in front of a defense line.
The five of them emitted powerful spatial fluctuations, rapidly approaching the defense line.
At the same time, the defense line area also emitted a powerful spatial fluctuation, intertwining with the spatial fluctuations emitted by the five Invaders.
The next second, the five Fifth-Order Invaders and the Fifth-Order Professionals within the defense line all disappeared.
Concurrently, four covert spatial fluctuations also appeared behind the defense line, and all four Fifth-Order Professionals disappeared.
As the Fifth-Order Professionals left, those who remained did not panic but instead cast their skills and attacked each other!
The Voodoo Doll hid behind the defense line, rapidly recording the enemy's information.
Subsequently, the defensive Professionals among the Invaders quickly died.
However, after their deaths, they did not fall, nor did they have obvious wounds on their bodies.
And all of this was due to the Fourth-Order Intruder leading the team, who controlled the corpses.
In the time prior, the Invaders had summarized their combat experience and dispatched a small number of puppet masters from the Plane, specifically to control these inexplicably dead Invaders, to prevent the team from collapsing.
Under the control of the Fourth-Order puppet masters, the dead moved like living people and released skills.
Not long after, a complete skill passed through the skill explosion area and hit the corpse that had been eliminated by the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
The corpse instantly fell to the ground, and the others nearby simply thought the skill had killed it and didn't think much of it, nor did it cause too much commotion.
Afterwards, the Fourth-Order puppet masters continued to control other Professionals who had died inexplicably, disguising their deaths as normal.
Under the disguise of the Fourth-Order puppet masters, the Invader's team did not collapse as before, but instead engaged in fierce combat with the Professionals on the defense line.
However, while the team had no issues, the Fourth-Order puppet masters responsible for controlling the corpses became increasingly fearful.
The puppet masters' chosen Professional development path was string puppets, not skilled in Creation of puppets, but rather skilled in controlling puppets.
During control, they needed to condense invisible threads with energy, replacing the target's meridians, to control the target's movements.
When controlling a target, they could precisely understand the target's condition.
After the Fourth-Order puppet masters controlled the Professionals who had died inexplicably, they could clearly feel the damage the corpses had suffered, and through that damage, precisely identify the assassin's Professional and order.
However, based on the puppet masters' understanding of the assassin Professional, a Third-Order assassin absolutely could not kill a living warrior so easily.
A Third-Order warrior, when subjected to this level of damage, would definitely be able to cling to life for a period of time; they couldn't die so quickly.
The Fourth-Order puppet masters believed that this Plane was definitely not as simple as the adults had said.
The puppet masters wanted to voice their judgment, but upon thinking about the potential collapse it might cause and the possibility of themselves becoming a scapegoat, the puppet masters chose to remain silent.
The puppet masters continued to control the corpses, while silently praying that they would not be targeted by the mysterious strong individual.
The Fourth-Order Intruder in charge of commanding nearby could clearly sense that the puppet masters were dealing with the inexplicably dead corpses.
The puppet masters' methods were covert, difficult for lower-order Professionals to discover, thus preventing a collapse.
The Fourth-Order Intruder gave the puppet masters an approving look and shouted, "The adults have controlled the enemy's strong individuals, we cannot hold them back, full speed ahead!"
Most of the Professionals participating in the battle were new arrivals; they couldn't see the inexplicably dead warriors and were all full of fighting spirit.
Those Invaders who had participated in previous battles, seeing no inexplicably dead warriors around, also felt that the enemy's invisible killing method had disappeared, and thus they too were all full of fighting spirit!
The Invaders rapidly released skills, quickly suppressing the Professionals on the defense line.
Meanwhile, in another space, the five leading Fifth-Order Invaders were being besieged by Professionals dispatched by various academies.
Although the number of individuals on both sides was equal, the five Invaders were completely unable to fight back and could only passively defend.
At this moment, the Invaders' expressions were terrified; they had already realized the enemy's strength, but they couldn't escape, and they didn't even have the ability to send a message!
Near the Plane Passage, a Fifth-Order Intruder closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then opened his eyes and solemnly stated:
"The strength of both combatants is evenly matched; they are completely entangled. My previous guess was correct; there are indeed Fifth-Order strong individuals behind their defense line.
However, their number of Fifth-Order strong individuals should not be many, otherwise, they wouldn't need to entangle with us.
We should send a message back and ask the Ruler to dispatch more Fifth-Order warriors to probe the enemy's true strength!"
Everyone around nodded in agreement, saying, "Good!"
Currently, the Fifth-Order warriors of each team are fighting the enemy on equal terms. If the enemy were to go all out and dispatch a large number of Fifth-Order strong individuals, their own team would suffer losses.
It's better to invite the Fifth-Order warriors from other teams to share the pressure!