MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 597 - 85: Beheading Strategy

"Kill!"

Lu Hong charged forward with his troops closely following, swiftly slaying the Underworld soldiers who had lost their ability to resist.

After dealing with this vanguard, Lu Hong led his army straight towards the Shanglin City Lord’s Mansion.

According to intelligence, Luo Ze, the official, was very likely a high-ranking figure in the Underworld legion. Nuoshan had discussed with Lu Hong long ago that if Konstantin genuinely couldn’t mobilize forces to support the northern border, the most viable strategy at the moment was decapitation: killing one by one the important figures under the Underworld’s command. Without their leaders, the Underworld soldiers wouldn’t pose much of a threat, and once Konstantin was free, eradicating them in one fell swoop would not be impossible.

Lu Hong was now acting according to Nuoshan’s plan, prioritizing the assassination of Luo Ze’s leadership figures.

Since the city defenses had been shattered by Lu Hong’s sword, entering the city became exceptionally simple.

The few scattered Underworld soldiers inside the city couldn’t stop the army’s advance, and were killed one by one.

Suddenly, a large number of civilians appeared on the empty streets, swarming together and running towards Lu Hong.

Lu Hong could tell at a glance that among them were ordinary civilians with expressions of terror, but also many with blank faces, controlled by the Underworld.

"Duke, what should we do?" asked a Third Transition strongman beside him urgently.

Lu Hong took a deep breath, "Prepare magic! Bombard them!"

They couldn’t afford to let these controlled civilians get too close; if they self-destructed, the power would be anything but negligible.

"Duke, we are all civilians!"

"Save us, Duke!"

"I don’t want to die!"

The civilians driven by the Underworld let out terrified cries. Seeing the countless magic skills cast from behind Lu Hong, they fell into despair, "Duke Shenwei, you watch us die, devoid of all conscience! May you not die a good death!"

Under the bombardment of magic artillery fire, Lu Hong pushed forward all the way to the front of the City Lord Mansion.

By this time, Official Luo Ze had already gathered tens of thousands of soldiers, with the intention of stalling Lu Hong by making a stand at the City Lord Mansion.

"Duke Shenwei, you really are clever." Luo Ze, the official, said coldly, looking at Lu Hong, "Actually using the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain, making my army of four hundred thousand wait in vain in front of the portal."

Indeed, Duke Nuoshan’s guess was right on the mark. If they had taken the portal to reach Luo Ze, they probably would have walked right into an ambush and been wiped out.

"Why did you align with the Underworld!" Lu Hong demanded sternly.

"Why? I drank the Soul Water, what do you think?" Luo Ze, the official, replied, "At first, I was unwilling, but then I was captured and forced to drink the Holy Water filled with divine favor. Only after being transformed did I realize how powerful the Underworld was. Since ancient times, capable and extraordinary individuals are reborn in the Underworld, erasing the memories of their past lives to become staunch supporters of the Four Masters. What a grand vista! Such a flourishing dynasty!"

Amidst his words, Luo Ze appeared completely insane; in his eyes, he seemed to already envision a magnificent scene of the Underworld’s armies conquering the Star Sea.

"Kill!"

Lu Hong didn’t bother with further words. The portal was deliberately set up in a remote area far from Shanglin City; it would take the Underworld’s main army at least half an hour to rush back. He had to kill the official and escape from Luo Ze within the remaining twenty minutes.

The holy sword liquefied, radiating divine light.

Lu Hong pointed his sword at the official.

But within the Underworld, there were still incredibly powerful warriors, and at this moment, a man dressed in black blocked Lu Hong’s full-powered sword strike.

The two became entangled, evenly matched.

Meanwhile, their armies collided fiercely, and a brutal battle commenced in front of the City Lord Mansion.

In the sky, the starship artillery floated, and under Duke Nuoshan’s command, began bombarding the area where the official was located. novelbuddy-cσ๓

The firepower of the starship artillery was incredibly fierce. Marshal Xie had envied their strength during the Naga Sea battle, but unfortunately could not acquire the blueprints from the Eagle Alliance, which had always been a thorn in Marshal Xie’s side.

Now these cannons, improved through technological innovation, were even more powerful.

Each artillery shell, even if a Third Transition strongman of the Underworld took a direct hit, would be severely injured, let alone ordinary Second Transition soldiers.

Seeing his tens of thousands of soldiers being relentlessly defeated by the Human Race, Luo Ze, the official, also began to think of retreating. Just enduring until the four hundred thousand strong army could return would spell certain death for Lu Hong!

"Don’t think about escaping!" Upon seeing the official attempting to flee, Lu Hong unleashed a Blood Qi Shockwave to repel the entangled Third Transition strongman and pursued him.

But before Lu Hong had run a few yards, he was entangled by the opponent who had caught up, unable to break free.

This was a Third Transition Middle Stage powerhouse, and Lu Hong’s level had only returned to Second Transition Level 3; being able to fight on par with such an opponent was already freakish enough, let alone defeating them, which was absolutely impossible.

Seeing the governor fleeing to the edge of the battlefield, Duke Nuoshan shooed away the gunner operating the magic cannon and took his place.

"Load the cannon!"

A shell filled with unstable magic power crystals was loaded into the barrel.

Nuoshan adjusted the angle, aimed at the governor, and fired decisively.

A shell, trailing red flames, struck the opponent squarely in the forehead; as it exploded, the shockwave blew the governor’s limbs to pieces, scattering them all around.

"Old man, you’re freaking awesome!" Lu Hong couldn’t help but cheer; who the hell knew that Duke Nuoshan was such a good shot with the cannon.

"Stay low-key, low-key." Duke Nuoshan also felt extremely pleased with his own handling, he chuckled and walked away from the console to continue supervising the battle.

As the governor died, the morale of the underworld side immediately sank and was soon crushed by Lu Hong and his men.

After looting the vast stockpile from my City Lord Mansion’s treasury, Duke Nuoshan hastily ordered the opening of a portal to bring the troops back to the battleship.

When the main underworld army rushed back to Shanglin City, all they could see was the rear end of the starship vanishing without a trace.

"Marshal, what do we do?"

The underworld Marshal furrowed his brows, then said, "Issue an immediate order, notify the other dimensional garrisons to be on high alert for sudden attacks by the human race!"

"Some tactics, once used, are already at their limit. You think you can launch a surprise attack again, and the opponent won’t be prepared?" Back on the battleship, Nuoshan lectured the victorious Lu Hong.

"So what do we do? Go head-to-head with enemies from the other two dimensions?"

"Head-to-head? You think you can win?" Nuoshan chuckled, "Not to undermine you, but with just a hundred thousand men, unless they are all Third Transition powerhouses, I wouldn’t mind if you continue with your beheading strategy."

Having someone give him strategic advice felt incredibly comfortable, Lu Hong passed the buck to Nuoshan, "Then you tell me, I’m just listening to you."

"Then listen well." Nuoshan didn’t reveal his plan right away, leaving Lu Hong hanging.

The battleship’s second stop was the Spring Clear dimension, also a large dimension completely controlled by the underworld.

Although they knew the governor was inside the main city, they hesitated to attack due to the lessons learned before; the enemy had gathered six hundred thousand troops under the city, not venturing out, just guarding the gates.

Under such circumstances, Duke Nuoshan naturally wouldn’t let Lu Hong go on a suicide mission, so they chose to land in another unfortified city in Spring Clear.

Because there were no underworld legion garrisons, the city was easily taken by Lu Hong.

In the following three days, Lu Hong continuously led his troops to conquer cities in Spring Clear, plundering all available resources.

As for the governor of Spring Clear, clenching his teeth, he did not order a counterattack, simply adopting a turtle strategy!

After plundering all of Spring Clear’s war resources, Lu Hong returned to the battleship and vanished without a trace.

When the governor received news of Lu Hong’s retreat, he discovered that all the resources of the entire dimension had been taken; damn it, that was incredible!

Losing war materials, what use was a dimension to them?

Moreover, since Lu Hong had destroyed all the magical tools for mining and processing the materials, it was nearly impossible to restore Spring Clear’s work production in a short time.

A barren dimension left the governor’s face full of worry; in hindsight, he would have been better off fighting Lu Hong, perhaps even capturing him to gain military honors.

The regretful governor then relayed the message to the other underworld-controlling dimension commanders.

So, when the battleship arrived at the Korolev dimension, armies from the three major dimensions of the underworld also arrived through portals, clearly intent on preventing Lu Hong from gaining any advantage.

Wherever the battleship flew, those underworld legions followed, clearly set on their prey.

Yet, while the underworld legions chased the battleship, the Spring Clear dimension and another neighboring dimension were suddenly attacked by the human race, and both Commanders were slain.

Damn it, it turned out that Lu Hong’s army wasn’t on the battleship at all; the underworld only realized then that they had again fallen for the same strategem, stomping their feet in frustration.

Upon understanding that Lu Hong had the cunning fox of the Eagle Alliance, Nuoshan, beside him, the underworld forces in the northern territories all fell silent, temporarily losing the threat to the empire.

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