Chapter 428

Chapter 428: Unbearable Blow

Normally, when the enemy army begins to flee, the best choice is to pursue them and take advantage of the victory.

Especially on the human side, there were not only 800,000 human soldiers but also 800,000 high-end combatants from the Black Tiger Tribe and the Demon Race.

What was even more powerful was the combined strength of human soldiers and these high-end fighters, creating an unimaginable force.

However, Commander Tai Shi did not do this.

The main task of the human army in this surprise attack was to draw reinforcements in order to eliminate the high-end combatants of the Karter Tribe coalition.

It was not to completely defeat Lisi Tribe’s army and occupy their entire base.

Only by dealing with the high-end combatants of the Karter Tribe coalition could they conquer the territories controlled by the Karter Tribe and Lisi Tribe in the shortest time.

Therefore, Tai Shi was not in a hurry.

He did not pursue the fleeing enemy and, even after successfully breaching the first line of defense, he paid no attention to the guards at various points of the first line or the tribe members retreating to the second line of defense.

He maintained a steady advance, slowly moving toward the first line of defense.

The second line of defense was about five hundred kilometers from the first line.

It took nearly ten hours to reach it.

By this time, hundreds of millions of Lisi Tribe members had crowded into the more than one hundred thousand square kilometers within the first line of defense.

Everyone was anxious and uneasy.

Even the originally confident Manos was extremely tense.

The fire wall attack from the Giant Human Wall was far more powerful and extensive than he had imagined.

This was completely different from the earlier information obtained.

The previous reports only indicated that this unknown race could unleash powerful fire dragons and lightning attacks, with a coverage radius of up to five kilometers.

However, the current situation revealed that this unknown race could release fire walls with even greater coverage, and the power of these fire walls was also impressive.

In addition, their long-range attack distance exceeded five kilometers, having increased by several hundred meters compared to the reported distance.

Their advance speed was also faster than what the reports indicated.

Even a slight increase in strength could have a significant effect, let alone an all-around enhancement.

What to do?

As the Giant Human Wall drew closer, Manos felt a sense of panic.

All the soldiers of the Lisi Tribe prayed that the first line of defense could withstand the attacks from the Giant Human Wall.

If it could not hold, the entire army of over a billion from the Lisi Tribe would be rendered useless before the Giant Human Wall.

They could not organize enough high-end combatants to break through the Giant Human Wall.

As the Giant Human Wall continued to advance, Manos tried to organize a raid team to approach it.

But the result was fruitless.

Only over a thousand high-end combatants above level 80, along with a fighter above level 100, could only charge within one kilometer of the Giant Human Wall before being beaten back by the enemy.

Only that fighter managed to escape, injured.

Manos did not know that Tai Shi was pretending to be weak, intentionally holding back the full assault of the Giant Human Wall.

Otherwise, fighters above level 100 would surely perish, unable to even approach within three kilometers of the Giant Human Wall.

“Fire Sea combined with lightning attack, at thirty percent attacking power!”

Tai Shi issued the command.

The Giant Human Wall instantly split into two. The lower fifty rows launched continuous fire sea attacks at the high Star Gathering Stone, which reached heights of one hundred meters and produced even higher temperatures.

The upper fifty rows cast lightning bolts toward the rear of the defenses, suppressing the warriors of the Lisi Tribe within the line.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Lisi Tribe warriors were forced to retreat continuously.

The five-kilometer-long Star Gathering Stone defense line came under relentless attack from the high-temperature fire sea.

Although they only used thirty percent of their power to confuse the enemy, the defensive barriers on the Star Gathering Stone began to shake and tremble.

After just thirty minutes, with a loud crash, the energy shield formed by the defensive barriers was directly burned through by the fire sea.

The terrifying flames began to pour onto the towering wall made of Star Gathering Stone.

The Star Gathering Stone belonged to a mid-to-high-quality spirit mine, possessing strong defense and high melting points.

However, the fire sea, even at thirty percent power, still exceeded the melting point of the Star Gathering Stone.

Under the continuous assault of the fire sea, the thin layer of wall made from Star Gathering Stone began to develop holes until it completely collapsed and softened.

Manos and the warriors of the Lisi Tribe were dumbfounded, fear creeping into their hearts.

It was broken!

Both the defensive barriers and the Star Gathering Stone itself were shattered by the enemy’s fire sea.

“Retreat! Quickly retreat! Gather all the troops and tribe members, and fall back!”

Manos was the first to regain his senses, issuing a full retreat order.

His heart was filled with despair.

He understood very well that they were doomed.

The army of this unknown race was simply too powerful and advanced at a rapid pace.

Retreating without the defense structures in place meant they were like a flock of sheep being chased by a hungry wolf.

Over time, they would inevitably be completely devoured.

Resisting to the death would also lead to a dead end; the Giant Human Wall could not be broken, and charging in would only lead to more deaths.

They would be eliminated even faster.

Breaking into smaller groups offered a chance to escape with the advantage in numbers.

But the small fraction that could not escape would be the old, weak, women, and children of the tribe.

As long as they were all captured and controlled, more than half of the tribe’s army of over a hundred million would likely surrender.

After the second line of defense was surprisingly breached with ease, the entire Lisi Tribe found itself trapped in a deadlock.

As the acting ruler, he was surely facing impending doom.

“Slow down! Drive the army and people of the Lisi Tribe south!”

On the side of the eastern human army, Tai Shi’s command was simple: drive the hundreds of millions of warriors and people of the Lisi Tribe to retreat southward.

This was in the opposite direction of the Karter Tribe.

The Giant Human Wall maintained its formation as it entered the Lisi Tribe’s camp and advanced northward.

Then it began to move southward.

The speed was very slow.

“What is this…?”

As the expected devastating strike from the Giant Human Wall did not arrive, a thought sparked in Manos’s mind.

He began to understand the intention of the commander of this army.

They aimed to use the Lisi Tribe to lure the Karter Tribe out of their camp, sending troops to rescue them.

However, this was a great opportunity for him.

The tribe’s defense line was weak and easily breached; this was a crime of non-combat.

As long as the tribe’s army and people did not suffer massive casualties, he bore little responsibility.

“Maintain formation and retreat south!”

Manos cooperated and immediately issued the corresponding order.

The Lisi Tribe’s army began to slowly retreat south while gathering all the tribe members.

Both sides seemed to reach some kind of understanding.

The Giant Human Wall slowly pursued from behind.

Regardless of whether the Lisi Tribe’s retreat speed was fast or slow, the Giant Human Wall consistently maintained a similar distance and pace.

On the other hand, the Lisi Tribe’s people thought that although they could not fight back, retreating was not a problem.

Under the guidance and persuasion of the army, they gradually settled down and made a slow, orderly retreat southward.

They continued until they left the second line of defense. To prevent the Lisi Tribe from escaping in batches, the Giant Human Wall began to split into three.

They simultaneously blocked and drove from the east, west, and north, forcing the Lisi Tribe’s army and people to retreat collectively southward.