Chapter 1106: Chapter 1106

"Advance forward, you guys go up," Kaya, the priest, suddenly shouted loudly.

"Are we going up now? Isn’t this deviating from the plan?" another priest beside him spoke up.

"We can’t care about that right now, we must break through. If we can’t deal with that archer, our losses will keep growing," Kaya said, frowning. He didn’t want to break the plan he had devised either, but it was clearly not working.

Seeing their lord had made up his mind, a Quicksand soldier stepped forward. "I’ll go, but Lord Kaya, you must protect me," he said, trembling at the thought of the arrows falling from the sky from time to time.

"Don’t worry, leave it to me," Kaya said expressionlessly.

With that, the Quicksand soldier leapt forward and roared, "Everyone, follow me and charge."

This was war, and it wasn’t possible for one person to charge alone. The battlefield was like a pyramid, where although the outcome was decided by the upper class, if someone disrupted the second-highest level, it would affect the result of the battle.

Before, they would have surged forward en masse, with even the tier-five elites not taking much action. But now, after a metaphorical blow to the head, they had to be much more cautious, fearing that the enemy had hidden many more high-level fighters.

Some even began to suspect that the Divine Flame Empire had sent people to assist the Shenghai Kingdom.

Up ahead, a tier-five Quicksand soldier waved his long saber, sending a whirlwind of Dou Qi forward like a desert storm. Along its path, both the Demon Extermination Spirits and the Demonic Flame Skeletons were shredded to pieces.

With a tier-five elite as the spearhead, the Sandpeople behind him tore through the enemy’s defenses and charged forward rapidly.

Behind them, priests occasionally cast a Sand Wave magic to support the attack.

At this moment, from behind, one could see their own soldiers being split apart like cut paper, continuously charging towards the direction of the mountain pass.

"Lord, what should we do?" Luo Jia asked with a serious look. Due to his frequent participation in battles, Luo Jia had raised his level to tier four, but he was limited by advancement materials, so he didn’t have many skills for progressing.

Even though Luo Jia’s strength was decent on a normal day, he was no match for a tier-five elite.

"Let them keep coming, and once they charge over, I’ll find someone to hold them off," Du You said without concern. Although he was at a disadvantage, the losses weren’t his own subjects, so there was no need to feel sorry.

Although these Demonic Flame Skeletons had no time limit, they would slowly head towards extinction once he left this world. His skills had not yet reached the ability to preserve power across different worlds.

In the sky, an arrow fell, aimed accurately at the Quicksand soldier charging at the front.

However, a sheet of red Quicksand, like a canopy, blocked above the Quicksand soldier’s head, forcefully stopping it. It turns out Kaya had taken action, and this time it wasn’t a casual move but a rather serious one.

Seeing her attack blocked, a dangerous glint flashed across Lin Yucha’s eyes. But just as Lin Yucha was about to continue her assault, Du You suddenly said, "First, attack the others, and focus on those with weaker strength."

Lin Yucha would not ignore Du You’s command, so under the surprised gaze of the Sandpeople, the fellow charging at the front did not receive any attack, but the arrows were shot towards the others behind him instead.

Kaya, who had been concentrating only on the lead Quicksand soldier, was a bit too slow, and as a result, another Quicksand soldier was instantly killed, causing yet another high-tier warrior to fall.

"Damned humans," Kaya’s eyes grew colder. Within the rigidly hierarchical Quicksand Empire, they did not care how many lower-class Sandpeople were lost. Even if tens or hundreds of thousands died, it could not compare to the pain of losing a single fifth-tier Sandperson.

"Send a few more over, and rush through at the fastest speed. The rest get ready, as soon as we find that archer, we will all strike at the same time," Kaya could not bear it any longer at this point.

Thus, several more fifth-tier Quicksand soldiers entered the battlefield. The difference between fifth-tier and fourth-tier was vast; even though most of their attention was on the sky, their attacks were still not something ordinary armies could withstand. Only the fourth-tier Demon Extermination Spirits could make them take the battle a bit more seriously, but they too were easily dispatched with a casual swing of the sword.

Within moments, the main force had torn through the army made up of skeletons and Demon Extermination Spirits, carving out a pathway in the middle.

At a wave of Du You’s hand, several Lava Warriors charged out of the Battle Formation, positioning themselves in front of these Quicksand soldiers.

The Lava Warriors were stronger than the Quicksand soldiers, both in terms of their attack and defense, and they were especially effective against the abilities of the Quicksand soldiers. In a one-on-one fight, they managed with relative ease.

Seeing this, Kaya’s brows furrowed, and he had no choice but to send more Quicksand soldiers forward, while also adding several Quicksand Priests for support. However, subsequently, new Lava Warriors appeared on the opposing side.

Following that, the battle became like a war of attrition. By the time his side had added fifty Lava Warriors, Kaya finally realized something was amiss, feeling as though he had been tricked.

Incremental reinforcement from the enemy was clearly a stalling tactic. And by delaying, it allowed more of their people to suffer attacks from the air. How could the newly established Shenghai Kingdom have so many fifth-tier experts, and all of them with a Flame Attribute at that? The Flame Attribute was something the Divine Flame Empire was best at.

"This must be a force sent by the Divine Flame Empire. They are already struggling to handle their own situation, yet they dare to come here looking for trouble."

"Lord Kaya, let’s all go together. If we delay any further, more of our people will die," someone urged.

In the time they had been delaying, two more fifth-tier Quicksand soldiers on their side had died. Thinking this, Kaya’s expression grew grim. Then, he loudly ordered, "You, and you, and you as well, attack together. Let’s see just how many they can send to hold off our offensive."

This time, nearly two hundred high-tier Quicksand soldiers surged forward all at once.

Upon seeing this, Du You immediately gave the command, "Start retreating slowly now, and add another twenty men, pretending as if we can’t hold them back."

This was a strategy he had already discussed with Luo Jia. Although Du You was not adept at commanding the frontal battlefield, there was likely no one in the entire territory better than him when it came to ambushing and setting traps. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁

The most crucial point was that fifth-tier Quicksand soldiers generally did not burrow underground. Whether it was overconfidence or some other reason, this made it even less likely they would discover the traps he had set up below. What followed would be leading them straight into the trap.