Chapter 1096: Chapter 1096

Ten tier-five individuals weren’t a big deal, Du You could handle them himself. Among the indigenous beings of the same level, Sandpeople weren’t particularly strong, and their tactics were simplistic. This time, only Quicksand soldiers had come, making things even simpler.

After thinking for a moment, Du You then said, "Both of you come with me, we’re going to ambush the vanguard."

"Sure." Lin Yushi’s face lit up with excitement, she hadn’t had the chance to be alone with her master for a while.

The masters who had come were soldiers created by his own citizens, so they were very obedient. When Du You asked them to conceal his departure, they did not object.

Leaving the oasis city, Du You led the two sisters to a spot between two small hills. The hills weren’t tall but stretched out quite long, with a gap in the middle. To reach White Stone City, the main force had to pass through here.

"According to the intelligence we received earlier, there’s an eight out of ten chance that the Sandpeople will attack White Stone City from here, meaning there’s at least an 80% chance they will pass through here. If they don’t come this way, they’ll have to take a detour, and we’ll still have time to intercept them," he explained.

"Master is right, I’ve analyzed the Sandpeople’s attack routes this time, there’s nothing special about them, still the same as before. No, they’re even more brute-forced than before, and in some places completely devoid of tactics," Lin Yucha, having received much intelligence from Shaliya, conducted a thorough analysis.

With a slight nod, Du You said, "Then there’s no problem, we can set up traps here."

Next, Du You began creating Hellfire Spiders on the ground. Although the Hellfire Spiders had reached tier five, Du You didn’t use tier-five magic but instead lowered the level, using just tier-three magic.

This way, he could release ten thousand Hellfire Spiders at a time, and with the Spell Splitting Skill, he could unleash a hundred thousand per release. Despite using lower-tier magic, these spells still contained some elemental force.

Even tier-four beings caught by these Hellfire Spiders could get injured, and for those at tier three, survival was utterly impossible. After just a few releases, the entire patch of land in front of Du You was completely covered with Hellfire Spiders.

Only Du You and the two sisters could see these Hellfire Spiders; others couldn’t. Under Du You’s command, the Hellfire Spiders slowly burrowed into the ground, sinking slowly, continually adjusting their positions.

The Hellfire Spiders could control their own power, and unless Du You commanded otherwise, they wouldn’t explode on their own.

Unless the opposition had special methods to detect and detonate these Hellfire Spiders, they could only resort to using large-scale magic attacks. But the Hellfire Spiders buried underground wouldn’t be easily detonated by ordinary magical attacks. After setting everything up, Du You and the sisters concealed themselves in the surrounding area, waiting for the enemy’s arrival.

Two days swiftly passed. By the end of the first day, the enemy had already neared their location, and by the second day, from a high vantage point, the Sandpeople could be seen. They moved in vast numbers, stirring up a sandstorm wherever they went.

Each of the three had their own ways of surveillance and was aware of the Sandpeople’s movements early on.

"Luckily the Hellfire Spiders now can last for ten days, or else setting them up right before their eyes would have likely been discovered," Du You murmured while simultaneously closing his eyes to observe the enemy.

Since his skill level had risen to tier five, the duration of his Hellfire Spiders had increased from five days to ten days. Even the Devouring Swamp’s duration had increased from 24 hours to three days.

Unseen Photon Elf Doppelgangers were monitoring these individuals around him.

"Hmph, just wait till they come over. They’ll get a good look," Lin Yushi said with a pout. The ground ahead had been seeded with Demon Extermination Spirits by Lin Yucha the day before, using them to sense the enemy.

While Du You’s Demonic Flame Skeletons could also be laid down, their sensing method was different from normal creatures and Du You was unable to connect with the senses of Demonic Flame Skeletons, so relying on them for sensing the enemy wasn’t very effective for him.

Suddenly, Lin Yucha appeared, "Master, in at most five hours, the enemy’s forward troops will arrive."

"Good, let them come over, and we’ll rest a bit. Then we’ll give them a surprise and wipe out the vanguard. I’d like to see if they still have the guts to trouble me," he declared.

Over these five hours, the three had almost nothing to do aside from monitoring the enemy and quietly waiting in a hidden cave. The Sandpeople’s formation was almost nonexistent as they advanced in force.

It was unclear how the Sandman Army was composed this time, as it seemed that the real elites weren’t many, mostly just ordinary Sandpeople, hence their ragged advance. Leading the front weren’t Sandpeople but Wild Wolves. For origınal chapters go to 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⟡𝕗𝗂𝗋𝖾⟡𝕟𝕖𝕥

These Wild Wolves were tamed by the ordinary Sandpeople, much like domestic dogs, and were considered expendable.

However, creatures like Sand Snakes and Sand Wolves were more than just expendables. They were positioned in the middle of the troop formations, encircling the upper class tightly, while the surrounding formations remained well-ordered and starkly out-of-place compared to the chaos around them. From a distance, Du You could analyze where the real powerhouses were.

Such a formation was entirely unmasked. In fact, they had no way to mask it.

Ordinary Sandpeople weren’t trained and lacked discipline, making it impossible for them to masquerade as a regular army. Meanwhile, if the regulars were to act like ordinary Sandpeople, they probably couldn’t bring themselves to do it.

Thus, the timing Lin Yucha had calculated was almost flawlessly accurate. Five hours later, the Wild Wolves at the front were driven into the territory of the Hellfire Spiders.

At Du You’s command, no Hellfire Spiders exploded. The Wild Wolves just casually walked past and then entered the critical pass. The entire process was unassailed. Some of the Wild Wolves even ran up the hillsides and crossed from above, evidently a method used by Sandpeople to check for enemy ambushes.

Unfortunately, the enemy was smaller in number this time, and their ambush tactics were more sophisticated.

"Ridiculous Shenghai Kingdom, having seen different aspects just now, they still don’t know about setting an ambush here. In the past, when we conducted large-scale movements , White Stone City would have sent people to ambush us long ago."

"After all, it’s just a small coastal nation. Defeating it would be a significant accomplishment. It’s just a pity if their resistance is too weak, our credit would also be minimized," a few tier-five upper class rode on camels, conversing with each other.