Chapter 786

Chapter 786: Launching the Attack

Since it was their first operation and the Shadow Clan did not send any members to infiltrate the Zhanxin Clan’s high-ranking leaders in advance, this assassination mission saw the entire assassination team spring into action.

The two Shadow Kings at level 210, having achieved significant accomplishments, received a Heart of Time from Yi Chen, boosting Mares and the Boljin Tribe strong fighter to level 220.

Next were twenty Shadow Generals at level 200.

This made up the members of the newly established assassination team of the Great Flame Empire.

It could be said that they had barely constructed a framework.

The reason was that most members were from the Shadow Clan, skilled in stealth techniques, while only two strong fighters were prepared to take action.

They needed to gradually supplement their ranks with more fighters responsible for the attacks.

However, at this moment, as they were just attacking a smaller race, the two level 220 strong fighters were already using cannons to swat mosquitoes.

All the Shadow Generals were also dispatched, purely to scout the hiding places of the Zhanxin Clan’s high-ranking leaders.

After the assassination team entered the Zhanxin Clan’s stronghold, they split into more than twenty groups.

The two Shadow Kings led Mares and the Boljin Tribe strong fighter, while each of the twenty Shadow Generals took a separate route, continuously infiltrating the defensive barriers to search for the whereabouts of the Zhanxin Clan’s high-ranking leaders.

In less than ten minutes, they located the high-ranking leaders who had already changed positions and were remotely directing their army’s defenses.

However, the assassination team did not act immediately.

Once they had all infiltrated the defensive barriers where the high-ranking leaders were hiding, they waited patiently for the order to attack.

The moment when their forces showcased their powerful attack methods and capabilities, plunging the target race into despair, would be their chance to strike.

At that time, with a simultaneous approach, they could successfully force the enemy to surrender as a whole.

“They’re coming, they’re coming! What great boldness! The strongest army is only around level 160 or 170, yet they dare to invade our territory!”

“Everyone be cautious. Since the enemy has the courage to invade our territory, they must have some backup and trump cards. Do not let your guard down.”

“Don’t worry! The strength realm difference is vast, and with our defenses in place, they will definitely have no way to return!”

Along the Defense Line, billions of Zhanxin Clan soldiers looked relaxed.

Even though they were clearly at a numerical disadvantage, the number of troops did not equate to strength.

These billions of Zhanxin Clan soldiers were all elite forces above level 160.

In their view, the only real threat was the Shadow Clan’s army of about a hundred million at the same level.

In terms of elite troops, they held a massive advantage.

Moreover, they had their fortified defenses.

Plus, their stronghold had over ten billion elite troops.

As the expeditionary army of a hundred billion drew closer, the Zhanxin Clan soldiers were surprised to find that the first wave wasn’t the Shadow Clan army at all.

Instead, it was twenty million eastern human soldiers with an average strength realm just above level 140.

The audacity of the twenty million troops at just above level 140 attempting to attack billions of troops at levels 160 and 170, especially while the enemy had defensive fortifications, left the Zhanxin Clan soldiers feeling utterly bizarre and absurd.

They even doubted that just sending out a vanguard army of over a hundred thousand could annihilate the enemy’s two million strong army in one strike.

However, the commander of the army did not proceed this way. He suspected that this could be a tactic to lure them into a trap.

By intentionally sending out a disposable army to attract their vanguard to attack, the enemy could then launch a powerful assault, using special means to penetrate the defenses.

With uncertainty about the enemy’s combat strategies, it was better to be cautious.

“Wait until they are within fifty kilometers before launching the attack!”

The commander of the Zhanxin Clan quickly made the decision.

The stronghold of the Zhanxin Clan boasted impressive defenses.

High towers constructed from low-grade immortal ores formed an incredibly strong defensive barrier to resist enemy attacks.

At the same time, they could unleash powerful Laws Power Attacks against their foes.

Moreover, the coverage area reached over a hundred kilometers.

The commander of the Zhanxin Clan ordered to wait until the enemy approached within fifty kilometers to launch an attack, intending to annihilate this eastern human vanguard and show the enemy commander just how strong the Zhanxin Clan truly was.

Because the Zhanxin Clan excelled in mental attacks combined with the towers’ law-based attacks, they could achieve results greater than the sum of their parts.

The elite fighters of the Zhanxin Clan at levels 160 and 170 had a mental attack coverage area of about fifty kilometers.

Thus, they needed to wait until the enemy troops were within that distance.

“Fire spells attack, advance!”

However, just as the eastern human army began to move away from their main force, their commander Guli issued the attack order.

The two sides were still five hundred kilometers apart.

In fact, the eastern human army had a calm strength realm of level 140, while Yi Chen had a divine consciousness coverage area that reached millions of kilometers.

Even if the human soldiers’ talents could not match Yi Chen, not reaching the limits of divine consciousness coverage, and even as the strength realm gaps widened with their rising powers, they could still reach an impressive range of ten thousand kilometers.

Within this divine consciousness coverage, the attack range of the Method of All Laws was also included.

This meant that the eastern human army’s long-range attack coverage had now soared to ten thousand kilometers.

Even in outer space, they could directly attack the Zhanxin Clan’s stronghold.

Not doing so was merely to provide opportunities for the various tribes’ soldiers to achieve military accomplishments.

After all, while the eastern human army was rapidly increasing, their numbers alone were still insufficient to unify the entire super star cluster, much less suppress the rebellions of various races after unification.

They needed the elite armies of the various tribes to lend support.

In such case, it was necessary to allow these armies to experience some success, finding ways to ensure they could gain military service merits, obtain resources and treasures as rewards, and boost their morale.

The eastern human army could dominate the military achievements due to their powerful long-range attack ability.

But the various tribes’ armies had to be allowed to participate and earn some merit.

Boom! Boom! Boom…

With Guli’s command, two million human soldiers began to soar into the air, continuously spreading out.

Then, a sea of fire and fire dragons swept toward the defenses of the Zhanxin Clan.

The overwhelming energy crashed forward like a terrifying tidal wave.

The towers built from low-grade immortal ores formed a defensive barrier that was akin to paper in front of the sea of fire and dragons, completely incapable of withstanding a strike.

In an instant, they all shattered.

High towers crumbled continuously under the bombardment of the fire dragons and the persistent blaze.

The Zhanxin Clan’s commander and soldiers were left dumbfounded.

They couldn’t even react.

Even if they were killed, they could not believe that a mere two million fighters around level 140 could instantly destroy the defenses that the Zhanxin Clan had painstakingly built over billions of years.

They could not fathom that this unknown race could achieve a long-range attack coverage of up to five hundred kilometers.

This completely shattered their understanding.

However, they quickly regained their senses.

Because after the defenses collapsed, the overwhelming fire sea and fire dragons were swiftly approaching them.