Chapter 613

Chapter 613: Underground Surprise Attack

"Sure enough, the Flowing Horse Tribe chose not to surrender!"

The leader of the Flowing Horse Tribe and the elders absolutely did not expect that, in addition to the three terrifying aspects of the Great Flame Empire, there was actually another frightening factor.

That is their information-gathering ability.

The Great Flame Empire’s Intelligence Organization, aided by the Shadow Clan, has reached a level where there are no secrets left in the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

The contents of their meetings, as well as detailed plans, were presented to Guli and the high-ranking military officials at once.

The leaders of the Black Tiger Tribe, Demon Race, Swift Tribe, and Spirit Heart Tribe had long grown accustomed to this.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking leaders of the sixteen tribes were secretly astonished.

They finally understood why the Great Flame Empire could so effortlessly defeat the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes.

With such a terrifying information-gathering ability, there were absolutely no secrets for the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes; the Great Flame Empire’s army could easily formulate counter-plans based on their deployments.

The current situation was no different.

"Since they have decided to attack our long-range attack team, let’s show them just how powerful our long-range attack team truly is!"

Guli spoke calmly.

The Flowing Horse Tribe’s choice not to immediately surrender, and even the possibility of a surprise attack by them, was all within her expectations.

In fact, the high-ranking officials of the Great Flame Empire did not wish for a tribe to surrender without a fight.

For the Great Flame Empire, unifying the Tianling Star Cluster was simply a matter of time; it was just the beginning of their conquest of the stars under Yi Chen’s leadership.

During this initial phase, the military officials of the Great Flame Empire hoped to accumulate experience in large-scale warfare and enrich their combat tactics.

If the various tribes surrendered without fighting, they would lose the opportunity to train their troops.

For this reason, the military officials of the Great Flame Empire even debated and researched how to make the tribes abandon the thought of surrendering without a fight.

As for the Flowing Horse Tribe’s surprise attack plan, Guli paid it no mind at all.

As time passed, the average strength of the human army continued to rise, and their power grew rapidly.

Their combat experience and coordination abilities became stronger and stronger.

With top geniuses already able to defeat level 100 strong warriors and even team up to defeat level 110 strong fighters, the human army of the Great Flame Empire gradually became less dependent on the protection of other races’ strong fighters and armies.

At the very least, when facing enemies of the Flowing Horse Tribe’s caliber, the human army alone was sufficient to handle the situation.

Because of this, Guli planned to take this opportunity to let the human army practice their independent combat abilities.

Her decision was immediately approved.

It was just a strike force after all; while the Military Achievement Points were considerable, they were negligible compared to the achievements of conquering the entire Flowing Horse Tribe.

The four tribes, including the Demon Race and Black Tiger Tribe, naturally raised no objections.

Moreover, the high-ranking leaders of the sixteen tribes, who had not personally experienced the benefits of Military Achievement Points and had only sent a single top-level fighter to participate, were even less likely to voice any dissent.

"Next, we will implement the plan to force the Flowing Horse Tribe to surrender."

Guli said, "Although there was the incident of the Flowing Horse Tribe forming a strike force, the impact is minimal; we can proceed according to the original plan. Specific details will be adjusted based on the battlefield situation."

The high-ranking leaders of various tribes nodded in agreement.

The entire battle meeting concluded in just over ten minutes.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than two hours had passed.

The Flowing Horse Tribe did not choose to surrender as planned; instead, they were brimming with energy, ready to launch a surprise attack at any moment.

The Great Flame Empire’s army officially began their offensive.

As the leaders of the Flowing Horse Tribe had predicted, the main force of the attack came from the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army.

Due to their division into three groups, the total strength was only over three hundred thousand.

However, the terrifying attacking power unleashed by these three hundred thousand human soldiers far exceeded the expectations of the Flowing Horse Tribe’s leaders.

Long before the Great Flame Empire conquered the Spirit Heart Tribe and the Swift Tribe, the surrounding tribes continuously strengthened the defenses of their stronghold.

Their improvements mainly focused on countering the fire laws.

The leaders of the Flowing Horse Tribe believed that even if their first line of defense could not completely withstand the assault from the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army, it could at least hold for a while.

But in reality, as soon as the human army made their move, a vast sea of flames swept out, instantly destroying the nearly hundred-meter-high walls of the first line of defense.

Although these walls were reinforced with various spirit mines that could resist the attacks of the fire laws, they could only withstand the weaker fire laws attacks at best.

Faced with the powerful concentrated attacks of fire spells, even those spirit mines that could block or reduce the fire laws attacks were quickly melted into liquid by the terrifying flames.

"Strike team, launch the surprise attack as planned!"

The Great Elder of the Flowing Horse Tribe personally took command of the strike team’s assault.

Upon receiving the news that the first line of defense had been destroyed in an instant, he was shocked by the power of the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army but still issued the attack order according to the original plan.

Over ten million elite soldiers of the Flowing Horse Tribe transformed into yellow quicksand at the command.

This yellow quicksand seemed to possess a magical ability to seep through.

In an instant, they merged into the ground, rapidly traveling beneath it.

The Great Elder and the other strong fighters from the Flowing Horse Tribe led the army forward, marching at the forefront.

Over ten million elite soldiers seemed to vanish, infiltrating a region dozens of kilometers beneath the ground.

Neither underground water nor rock layers could block their path.

In just a few minutes, this strike force passed through the first line of defense of the Flowing Horse Tribe.

They appeared beneath the human army.

With powerful Perception Ability, the Great Elder and other strong fighters from the Flowing Horse Tribe quickly pierced through the layers of earth and confirmed the position of the human army.

"Attack! Launch the attack!"

The Great Elder of the Flowing Horse Tribe immediately gave the command.

His body transformed into yellow quicksand, shooting upward like a yellow fountain.

More than a hundred level 100 and level 110 strong fighters, leading their quicksand army, surged upwards.

If it were not for the intelligence provided by the Intelligence Organization, which forewarned them that the Flowing Horse Tribe would launch a surprise attack from below, the human army would have struggled to respond to such a bizarre assault.

Even if they were strong enough, they could have easily fallen into chaos and suffered heavy losses.

After all, within the strike force were the level 120 Great Elder of the Flowing Horse Tribe and more than ten level 110 strong fighters.

However, the circumstances were completely different now; with sufficient preparation, the top geniuses of the human army kept their Perception Ability maximized and were constantly on guard against the Flowing Horse Tribe’s appearance from below.

In fact, they had already established a contingency plan for when the attack came.

Just as the Great Elder of the Flowing Horse Tribe led the attack, although the top geniuses could not sense his presence, they successfully detected the existence of the Flowing Horse soldiers.

With a command given, over three hundred thousand human soldiers all activated their teleportation ability and moved towards the direction near the Flowing Horse Tribe’s army.

In the next second, these more than three hundred thousand human soldiers appeared over ten kilometers away.