Chapter 369: Chapter 369

After everything was sorted and their efforts recorded, Xi Qianxue headed back the way they came. Of course, before leaving, Xi Qianxue took away the explosives she had accrued and laid out in advance.

But these explosives weren’t regular ones, they were alchemical potions. The last time she had been here, Xi Qianxue had prepared many such potions, a fact known only to her.

Now, all it took was one single scroll to collect them. Without these explosives, collapsing a whole mining region would be no easy task. All of this had already been planned by Xi Qianxue.

Instead of directly meeting up with Du You and the others, Xi Qianxue returned to the mines alone, and quietly placed the potions within several mine shafts, then triggered them with a burst of magical energy. Accompanied by the trembling of the earth, the mine shafts collapsed. With damage this extensive, it would take at least half a year to clean up.

But this world clearly didn’t have half a year left. It would change drastically very soon.

On the other side, Du You had already ridden Xiaozi, completely destroying several enemy strongholds.

The attacks rained from the sky, a mixture of slime and flame, followed by the spread of toxins. This old trick was terrifyingly effective. These strongholds were not cities; there were no effective evacuation measures. Orıginal content can be found at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩

Besides, protected by the lightning-fast speed of Xiaozi, typical evacuation attempts were of no consequence to Du You.

Even Wood Shield City, to be frank, Du You would dare fly a few laps around it, let alone these places. After one round, these areas were scorched clean.

When Du You reunited with Daniu, he found that Xi Qianxue had already returned.

"How did it go, is it done?"

Xi Qianxue subtly nodded: "It’s done, they’re actually more desperate in Border City, I guess they’ll directly train veterans. In this way, the new army could be formed in half a month or even less."

At their level, they could stay in this world for up to three months, then they would have to leave. So, within those three months, they need to maximize their mission progress, otherwise it would not be enough for them to break through.

"That’s good, let’s keep expanding our victories. One area around here isn’t enough for us to kill."

Daniu complained on the side, since he had not participated in any major battle, the strongholds were all eliminated by Du You.

Xi Qianxue rolled her eyes and looked at the marked map. "Indeed, we could broaden our scope. Du You, you’d better fly farther and create more chaos, don’t let the enemy focus their attention here."

Du You nodded, he knew this well.

Over the next few days, changes began to occur. Du You flew away, continually launching attacks on surrounding strongholds. These strongholds were so far away that they didn’t even need to be cleaned up after the attack. And because of this, the news could not be kept secret.

By the time the people in Wood Shield City received the news, countless strongholds had been destroyed. Some of them were real bandit strongholds, while others were camouflaged by their own people, but now they were all gone.

Within a certain radius, they were virtually blindfolded and deafened. With so many places showing signs of trouble, if they didn’t guess that it was Border City doing it, they would be idiots. It’s not just Du You, because from the second day in the afternoon, others started to move as well. Their movement was more targeted than Du You’s.

As commanders who had been operating here for a long time, they knew many strongholds belonged to Wood Shield City and they could directly aim at these targets. Now, the outskirts of Wood Shield City could be said to be blossoming everywhere.

With such heavy losses, it was not something that one or two people could bear. Hence, the people of Wood Shield City held a meeting overnight, and they held discussions daily, with army movements becoming frequent.

Unfortunately, after leaving the city, some armies would mysteriously disappear or be wiped out by a surprise attack. A large part of this was done by Du You. From the second day on, Du You daringly carried out attacks near Wood Shield City, specifically targeting these armies.

With Du You’s actions causing severe damage to Wood Shield City, internal pressure had also been mounting. Waves of opposing voices surged, and they could not be suppressed.

The decision makers of Wood Shield City, the city lord and other nobles, were now uncomfortable under the pressure of widespread opposition. However, they knew that at this point, they wouldn’t be able to back down.

Border City was attacked by them, but due to the solid defensive forces of Border City, they were not heavily damaged. Now, the retaliation from Border City had arrived. And this retaliation was fiercer than they had imagined.

"These damned brutes, just because a few peasants died, do they need to pursue so relentlessly?" The lord of Wood Shield City cursed under his breath, he couldn’t understand why the other party would lose their temper over such a small matter. Different perspectives and insights led to different opinions of the same event.

As a result, the conflict between the two cities had deepened.

With their interests in jeopardy, the folks of Wood Shield City did not want to let this matter slide either. In these few days, the atmosphere inside the city had become increasingly tense. Many people secretly organized their own armies, ready to fight at any time.

Inside Wood Shield City, not all armies belonged to the military. Each noble had their own team, making the situation more complex. Meanwhile, as Wood Shield City was preparing, three days had passed quietly.

On the last day, Du You quietly left Wood Shield City, because the agreed time was up.

"How’s it going, are they here yet?" Du You asked immediately when he returned.

"We’ve found their traces already. In at most two hours, they will arrive. Let’s start setting up now."

Du You shook his head, "You guys set up your own traps. My Mucus Swamp can only last for an hour at most, and the Ice-Fire Explosion can only last for half an hour." Du You was helpless about it, he didn’t have any long-lasting traps.

Indifferently, Xi Qianxue nodded, then instructed Lan Xiaodie to arrange various Earth Elemental Creatures. These disposable Earth Elemental Creatures, though not as powerful as Du You’s traps, lasted a really long time.

No matter two hours or even a whole day, neither would cause these Earth Elemental Creatures to disappear.

When the time drew close, Xiaozi, released by Du You, could see the enormous troop in the sky. At the calculated location, Du You secretly began setting his own traps.