Chapter 557

Chapter 557: The Second Wave Fails Again

As the Alliance of Three Races saw a majority breach the walls and the eastern human army continued advancing, they were about to reach the vicinity of the walls.

The Commander responsible for the first line of defense officially issued the order for a counterattack.

The strong members of the Flying Wolf Tribe immediately followed suit, giving their own commands.

In an instant, well-prepared strike teams from the Flying Wolf Tribe launched a sudden counterattack.

Behind them, the main army of the Flying Wolf Tribe surged forward.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each strike team from the Flying Wolf Tribe, though consisting of only a thousand members, was led by powerful warriors.

Every team member possessed over ninety levels of strength.

As soon as these strike teams moved, they instantly reversed the disadvantage of the Flying Wolf guards who had been continuously retreating.

Like arrows, they quickly pierced through the already disarrayed Army of the Three Races under the leadership of the strong members of the Flying Wolf Tribe, creating chaos within their ranks.

From behind, the well-formed main army of the Flying Wolf Tribe launched a strong offensive.

One wave after another crashed against the Army of the Three Races.

“Retreat, quick, retreat!”

The leaders of the Army of the Three Races decisively issued orders to retreat.

The forces of the three races began to withdraw in a panic, like a tide rushing back.

Only the eastern human army attempted to block the charge from the Flying Wolf Tribe with their long-range attacks, buying time for the Army of the Three Races to withdraw.

“We’ve won! We successfully pushed them back!”

“Haha, I killed a Black Tiger, an over eighty-level Black Tiger!”

“The Great Flame Empire is nothing! Their army may have overall strength, but as long as we can curb their long-range attack ability and fortified defenses, we have nothing to fear from their attacks.”

They continued to drive the Army of the Three Races away from the walls, even pursuing them for several kilometers before the main army of the Flying Wolf Tribe returned quickly to the first line of defense.

All the soldiers of the Flying Wolf Tribe cheered with excitement.

Their morale received a huge boost once again.

They were increasingly convinced they could withstand the invasion of the Great Flame Empire.

The Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe, however, felt a tinge of disappointment.

The retreat speed of the Army of the Three Races was just too swift.

The commander of the Army of the Three Races was much more decisive than he had anticipated, immediately calling for a retreat at the first sign of trouble.

If not, if the strike teams of the Flying Wolf Tribe had completely shattered the formation of the Army of the Three Races and coordinated a surrounding maneuver from both sides of the walls, it could have led to the complete destruction of the Army of the Three Races.

Fortunately, the battle unfolded as he had expected, successfully breaking the Army of the Three Races.

Although the casualties among the Army of the Three Races were not tremendous, totaling only about one hundred and eighty thousand, it would surely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the entire army of the Great Flame Empire.

“Two consecutive waves of attacks returned empty-handed, and the second wave almost led to the complete annihilation of the Vanguard’s tens of millions of elite forces. The Great Flame Empire should be too scared to hastily organize a third wave of attacks!”

The Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe quietly sighed in relief.

He felt that they had successfully resisted the Great Flame Empire’s most fierce attack.

As long as they held off the strongest offensive, the morale of the Great Flame Empire, which had fallen to rock bottom, would need time to recover before they could launch another strong assault.

Indeed, the situation seemed to unfold as he had anticipated.

After the Army of the Three Races retreated, even the entire vanguard began to withdraw, moving to a nearby area to set up defenses.

It appeared that there would be no new strong attacks for at least a short term.

However, the Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe was unaware that this was all part of the Senior Military Officials’ plan for the expeditionary army.

From start to finish, the expeditionary army never intended to break through the Flying Wolf Tribe’s stronghold in one go.

Given the current strength of the eastern human army, they had the capability to easily crush the stronghold of the Flying Wolf Tribe.

Yet, breaking the stronghold of the Flying Wolf Tribe would be useless.

Unless they captured the Emperor of the Flying Wolf Tribe and all the high-ranking members of the Flying Wolf Tribe who knew about the alliance of the sixteen tribes, even capturing the majority would only force the remaining high-ranking members of the Flying Wolf Tribe to seek refuge with other life planets and the fifteen tribes for support, constantly resisting and harassing the expeditionary army.

To completely conquer the Flying Wolf Tribe would require a tremendous amount of time and effort to eradicate the opposing forces.

Only by decisively breaking and capturing the Army of the Sixteen Tribes would it lead them to despair, ultimately compelling the high-ranking leaders of the sixteen tribes to surrender as a whole.

Thus, not only did the eastern human army use long-range attacks to suppress their power to just one-tenth, but the second wave of strong attacks launched by the Alliance of Three Races was merely a display of weakness, continuing to lure the sixteen tribes into forming a coalition for a decisive battle.

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In the territory of the Undying Race.

At the bottom of the massive blood pool.

Duke Farah felt in good spirits.

Because just a moment ago, he received a joint request for aid from the Flying Wolf Tribe, Poxin Tribe, and Cangyu Tribe.

This was fantastic news for him.

The Undying Race had ruled the Tianling Star Cluster for over a million years, and the various tribes had deep resentment against the oppression of the Undying Race, to the extent that they wished to swallow the Undying Race whole.

The joint request for assistance from the three tribes of the Flying Wolf Tribe even included a willingness to pay tribute as before, and at double the amount, which opened a great opportunity for the tribes.

Once one tribe acts, others will follow.

If a crisis befalls the tribes, copying the actions of the three tribes of the Flying Wolf would lessen their psychological burdens when seeking assistance from the Undying Race.

When he received the joint request for aid from the three tribes of the Flying Wolf Tribe, Duke Farah almost immediately agreed to the request.

Fortunately, although he was excited, he still remained rational.

He only replied that he would consider it and give an answer as soon as possible.

The reason for this response was not due to needing time to consider whether to send troops.

He had already made up his mind to dispatch troops to suppress the army of the Great Flame Empire.

He had no other choice.

Firstly, the expansion of the Great Flame Empire was far too rapid.

If this pace continued, failing to suppress the Great Flame Empire could potentially lead to their complete expansion.

Secondly, the three tribes of the Flying Wolf had directly admitted that if the Flying Wolf Tribe could not hold on, and the Cangyu Tribe and Poxin Tribe did not dare to offer support, they would surrender to the Great Flame Empire as a tribe.

This essentially facilitated the Great Flame Empire’s easy conquest of the three tribes.

Thirdly, refusing the joint request for aid from the three tribes of the Flying Wolf would almost mean cutting off other tribes’ requests for assistance, which would not be beneficial for the Undying Race in their future efforts to reunify the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

What he truly needed to consider was how to maximize benefits.

To maximize benefits, the most important aspect, in his view, was to firmly suppress the army of the Great Flame Empire with absolute strength.

This way, not only could it eliminate the threat of the Great Flame Empire, but it could also intimidate the rising tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster, making them understand that even though the power of the Undying Race was waning, they could still easily flatten any emerging tribe.

This would deter them from daring to expand, buying time for the Undying Race to quell internal conflicts and eventually reunify the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

“Marquises Hippo, I wonder what he’s doing. It’s been over six months, and he hasn’t achieved anything!”

After some contemplation, Duke Farah decided to contact Marquises Hippo to inquire about the progress of the assassination team.