Chapter 588

Chapter 588: Encircling the Forest

Luo Ji’s latest troop deployment was undeniably a major move.

After successively dispatching Swift Wolfman Warriors, an Elephantman, and the Xuanjia Army, he also transferred 500 Goblin Crossbowmen to reinforce them.

At the same time, he himself, a powerful humanoid buff, marched out with the army.

It was blatantly a stance of “either I beat you into submission, or I beat you to death.”

Reasoning things out? That didn’t exist at all!

The massive influx of troops filled the air of Yellow Sand City with a faint but palpable killing intent.

This time, in order to earn military merit and achievements, Li Ke had brought out the vast majority of the Swift Wolfman Warriors from his tribe.

He scraped together a force of 400 troops.

The momentum was extremely fierce!

Spreading out the Great Forest map provided by the wolfmen, it was clear that, as native inhabitants, the previous batch of wolfmen knew their old neighbors very well, namely the location of the Tigermen tribe.

This undoubtedly saved them a lot of trouble.

After signaling Zhou Yi to lead a unit of soldiers to stand by outside the Great Forest, Luo Ji had the Elephantman and the 500-strong Xuanjia Army take the lead as the main force advanced straight toward the depths of the forest.

Some time ago, their old neighbors, the wolfman tribe, had changed chieftains and then withdrawn entirely from the Great Forest.

The Tigermen living deep within the forest were undoubtedly aware of this.

Once the wolfmen left, they naturally took over the entire forest without any courtesy.

And now, with an Elephantman making such a grand show of force, pushing aside towering trees one after another as they invaded, there was no way the master of this Great Forest could remain unaware.

“Roar—”

They had only advanced a few hundred meters.

When a forest-shaking tiger roar erupted from deep within the woods.

It startled flocks of birds throughout the forest!

Hearing the tiger’s roar, Li Ke, who was positioned on the army’s flank, quickly moved closer.

“Your Majesty, the Tigermen are showing off their power. It basically means they’re telling us to get out of their territory, or face certain death.”

In response, Luo Ji curled his lips slightly.

“So they’ll be coming to us soon, right?”

“I think so.”

Li Ke nodded.

Luo Ji did not dislike this kind of straightforward approach.

Especially when his own strength held the advantage.

He immediately issued an order, signaling the entire army to be on full alert.

Just as the troops under his command raised their vigilance, Li Ke, standing nearby, suddenly twitched his ears.

“Your Majesty, a large number of creatures are approaching.”

“Are they Tigermen?”

Luo Ji asked casually, but Li Ke shook his head upon hearing that.

“Probably not. Tigermen are huge, and when they run, their footsteps are very heavy.”

“But this group approaching now has relatively light footsteps. They should be those tribes enslaved by the Tigermen.”

At this point, Li Ke paused briefly.

“They’re probably being sent out as the vanguard.”

As he spoke, a beastman suddenly burst into Luo Ji’s field of vision.

It was a Kobold!

The Kobold race was originally very numerous.

Luo Ji was not particularly surprised to find Kobolds in the Great Forest.

However, he quickly noticed that among the charging beastmen, aside from Kobolds, there seemed to be several other races as well.

They were about the same size as the Kobolds.

They had extremely eye-catching pig-like snouts, with black-and-white striped fur patterns on their heads, standing upright in distinct bands, three white and two black.

At the same time, the claws on their hands looked exceptionally sharp and full of aggression.

“Pigs?”

Calling them pigs felt a bit off, as they seemed too small, and pigs did not have claws.

But if they were not pigs, those pig-like snouts were far too conspicuous.

In the end, Li Ke beside him provided Luo Ji with the answer.

“Your Majesty, those should be Hog Badgermen, or possibly Dog Badgermen. These two branches look very similar and are collectively called Badgermen. This race has many branches and is highly aggressive. We need to be careful.”

Hearing this, Luo Ji nodded instinctively.

“So they’re badgers.”

He had heard of the animal, but never seen one.

As for branches like hog badgers or dog badgers, he was even more clueless.

But regardless, the battle had already begun.

The attacking Kobolds and Badgermen quickly clashed with their forces.

The frontal assault was naturally taken head-on by the Elephantman and the Xuanjia Army.

The left and right flanks were entirely entrusted to the Swift Wolfman Warriors.

Against Kobolds and Badgermen, the wolfmen already held a clear racial advantage.

Coupled with their equipment, they completely suppressed their opponents.

At the rear, the Goblin Crossbowmen calmly output damage under Luo Ji’s command.

In the blink of an eye, they had shot down dozens of beastmen.

The elites of the Xuanjia Army directly entered a mode of unrestrained slaughter.

They killed as they advanced, and the corpses lining the path filled the surrounding Kobolds and Badgermen with visible fear.

Their steps unconsciously retreated backward.

Yet just at this moment, that ferocious tiger roar sounded once more.

It caused the retreating Kobolds and Badgermen to stiffen, forcibly halting their steps.

At the same time, accompanied by heavy footsteps, the Tigermen who had been hiding in the shadows finally revealed themselves.

And they emerged all at once, numbering twenty to thirty.

Their height was estimated to be around 3 meters.

Their powerful limbs and massive builds fully displayed the brutal strength of the Tigermen race.

Among them, the leading Tigerman was gripping a massive bone club.

It looked like the thigh bone of some animal.

Now fashioned into a weapon in the Tigerman’s hands.

As it swung, it directly stirred up a booming, howling wind.

One Swift Wolfman Warrior who failed to dodge in time was sent flying on the spot.

Large mouthfuls of blood uncontrollably spilled from his wolf-like mouth, and his entire chest cavity caved in grotesquely.

It was obvious that this wolfman’s bones and internal organs had been shattered beyond repair.

“Wolfmen, Elephantmen, green-skinned short things I’ve never seen, black-clad fellows, and humans?”

As he spoke, the Tigerman’s gaze swept across the beastmen, goblins, and the Xuanjia Army in turn, finally landing on Luo Ji and the others.

“This is quite a rare combination, but…”

At this point, a vicious gleam flashed in the Tigerman’s eyes.

“You should never have come to provoke me!!!”

The tiger’s roar shook the forest, and the terrifying pressure belonging to the king of the woods swept across the battlefield.

Not to mention the naturally timid goblins.

Even the Swift Wolfman Warriors accompanying the army felt their hearts tighten slightly.

The powerful enemy before them imposed an immense sense of pressure.

However, at this moment, a figure moved.

With a dull “bang,” a foot stepped forward and slammed heavily into the ground.

“You’ve been noisy as hell this whole time.”

From beneath the faceplate, Luo Yong’s muffled voice echoed across the battlefield.

As he took another step forward, a violent and ferocious killing aura instantly erupted from his body.

Even compared to the Tigerman’s imposing presence, he was not inferior in the slightest.

There was even a faint sense that his aura was pressing down on the opponent!

“If you want to fight, then fight. Why so much bullshit?!”