Chapter 425

Chapter 425: Long-Range Raid

After the Karter Tribe’s coalition officially reached a defensive strategy, reinforcements from various tribes began to mobilize.

They all moved into the Karter Tribe base, building fortifications and enhancing defenses.

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"Currently, the total army strength at the Karter Tribe base has reached 260 million, with 150 million from the Karter Tribe, 60 million from the Lisi Tribe, and 50 million from various medium and small tribes."

"In terms of strong fighters, the Karter Tribe coalition has two level 120 strong fighters, twelve around level 110, and over three hundred warriors above level 100."

The expeditionary army was still advancing toward the Karter Tribe base.

Guli gathered all the high-ranking leaders to announce the latest intelligence gathered by the Intelligence Organization.

The original Bone Spike Tribe and Kylin Tribe, as well as some surrendered medium and small strong fighters, were all included.

"According to the information provided by the Intelligence Organization, the Karter Tribe coalition plans to adopt a defensive strategy and will fully retreat to the base. At the same time, they will build various defenses against our long-range attack ability."

"In that case, why not launch a long-range raid on the Lisi Tribe’s base?"

A strong being from the Demon Race suddenly suggested.

"That idea sounds good! With the capabilities of the Intelligence Organization, we can easily eliminate the scouts from each tribe to ensure the long-range raid goes undetected."

Tai Shi couldn’t help but nod, "Moreover, with the speed of our human warriors, it won’t take long to reach the Lisi Tribe."

"A full-scale attack would be enough to force the Lisi Tribe to send reinforcements. At that time, we could completely annihilate their reinforcements."

"This idea is indeed feasible!"

The high-ranking leaders unanimously agreed.

"Then let’s implement this plan. Everyone, look into the relevant details."

Guli also supported the plan.

The tribes on the blood-colored planet had long suffered attacks from the Swift Tribe’s Space Pirates.

To prevent further assaults from the Swift Tribe’s Space Pirates, the defenses of the tribe bases were already very strong.

Now, they were arranging defenses specifically against the long-range attacks of humanity, making a direct assault on the Karter Tribe base quite challenging.

After all, one of the expeditionary army’s greatest advantages was the terrifying long-range attack ability of the eastern human army.

If this immense advantage could not be utilized, then they could only rely on the top geniuses to lead the strong fighters, along with the Little Gold Ball, using teleportation ability to enter the Karter Tribe base and find a way to break through a gap.

Then, the army could continuously expand their gains through that gap.

With the strength of the expeditionary army, they could easily defeat the Karter Tribe coalition.

However, this would surely result in significant losses for the Demon Race and the Black Tiger Tribe.

Because Guli could not deploy the eastern human army in such a siege battle.

The eastern human army would find it difficult to regroup within the Karter Tribe base; they could only fight in batches and would likely be overwhelmed by the coalition of the Karter Tribe.

Without the powerful long-range attack ability of the eastern human army, it would just be a fierce clash between the armies of the various tribes and the Karter Tribe coalition.

The only advantage for the expeditionary army was their ability to continually eliminate the strong fighters of the Karter Tribe coalition. Additionally, sending the Little Gold Ball into the enemy ranks for a self-destruct could easily disrupt the enemy formation, creating chaos and allowing them to gradually establish an advantage.

Therefore, using the tactic of feigning an attack in one direction to strike in another, forcing the Karter Tribe coalition to rescue the Lisi Tribe, was the best choice.

The general direction was set, and the details were quickly discussed.

Guli decided that with this battle, they would completely defeat the Karter Tribe coalition.

One day later, the expeditionary army continued its march toward the Karter Tribe base.

The strength of the eastern human army had now grown to 800,000 warriors, accompanied by 800,000 elite fighters from the Demon Race and the Black Tiger Tribe, racing toward the Lisi Tribe.

Except for Guli and a few powerful beings from the Black Tiger Tribe at level 110 who stayed to guard the expeditionary army, all the top geniuses and strong fighters joined this grand army.

Under Bai Ruo Xin’s command, the Intelligence Organization was slightly strengthened.

However, it was only a slight enhancement.

Although many members of the Shadow Clan had given up their identities to join the Intelligence Organization, most had been sent to other star systems to set up a surveillance network covering the entire star cluster.

Very few Shadow Clan members remained on the blood-colored planet.

Even so, just one Shadow Captain left on the blood-colored planet was enough to monitor the movements of all the major tribes there.

Moreover, there were quite a few members of the Shadow Clan below the rank of Shadow Captain within the Intelligence Organization.

They effectively monitored all major tribes on the blood-colored planet, utilizing only a small part of their power.

With their slight increase in strength, they infiltrated the expeditionary army, and all the scouts of the Karter Tribe coalition who had a chance to learn about the departure of the eastern human army were eliminated.

The Black Tiger Tribe members met along the way were also all controlled.

Even a pirate group from the Swift Tribe that they might encounter was wiped out beforehand by members of the Shadow Clan from the Intelligence Organization.

The eastern human army moved smoothly and swiftly, following the predetermined route toward the Lisi Tribe.

Without needing to maintain strict formations, and being composed entirely of high-end combatants of the expeditionary army, they successfully arrived at a location less than 500 kilometers from the Lisi Tribe base in just over half a day’s time.

Tai Shi, who was in command, ordered to stop the full-speed advance and reorganize the formation, slowly moving toward the Lisi Tribe base.

At the same time, he instructed the Intelligence Organization to stop clearing the army’s traces of movement.

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"Lord Manos, bad news! A scout has spotted a large army within 500 kilometers. It seems they are heading in our direction."

At the Lisi Tribe base, a strong being responsible for the tribe’s operations and defenses was in his room training.

One of his subordinates rushed to the door in a flurry, urgently shouting.

Manos was taken aback.

He immediately ended his training and shouted, "Are the tribe’s scouts just sitting around? They only noticed a large army when it entered 500 kilometers of the base?"

"This…"

The subordinate outside didn’t know how to explain.

It was indeed strange.

As a large tribe, their scouts were already spread throughout the area within their influence.

A large army appearing within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers should have been detected immediately.

Not to mention, they were in the midst of the Nika Tribe’s invasion.

Even though the Nika Tribe was invading the territory of the Karter Tribe, many high-end combatants had been sent there to assist, causing the surveillance network of the Lisi Tribe to be strengthened several times to avoid surprise attacks.

Yet, they only discovered the approaching army when it was less than 500 kilometers away.

"How many troops does this army consist of?"

Manos demanded.

The subordinate hurriedly responded, "According to the scout’s estimates, there are about 1.6 million!"

"1.6 million?"

Manos’s previously anxious heart immediately relaxed.

Only 1.6 million…

Just a drizzle.

The Lisi Tribe had a million troops stationed.

If they really needed to, they could even quickly mobilize another million.

There was no reason to panic.

"Among them, 800,000 belong to an unknown race, and the other 800,000 are determined to be high-end combatants above level 90 based on their size and aura,"

the subordinate continued.

Manos’s eyes widened instantly.

The relief he had just felt quickly turned to anxiety again.

The presence of 800,000 high-end combatants above level 90 was already terrifying.

Not to mention, that unknown race was also advancing straight toward the Lisi Tribe base.

He knew that this unknown race had an extraordinarily powerful long-range attack capability.

While the Lisi Tribe had decent defenses, they had not constructed various defensive structures to withstand fire and lightning laws like the Karter Tribe.