Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1745: Individual Plans
The snake-man king's fangs pierced Peter's neck, and then he injected all the venom from his venom glands into it.

During this process, the snake's body, which was maintaining the binding, continued to tighten frantically.

The more Peter struggled, the faster his blood flowed, and the faster the venom spread.

Peter gradually lost his ability to resist, and his body was soon twisted and deformed under the snake-man king's snake bindings. However, as the one being attacked, Peter felt little pain, and even his consciousness began to gradually fade away.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

During this time, the Snake King continued his actions, using his dagger to slit Peter's throat before stopping.

Having confirmed Peter's death, a hint of regret flashed in the Snake King's eyes as he looked at the corpse.

A martial artist's training requires constantly tempering their muscles, bones, and flesh with energy, so a martial artist's muscles, bones, and flesh all contain energy.

After a martial artist dies, this energy will slowly dissipate over time.

The energy contained in the bones and flesh of the Vajra Realm warrior who had just died had not yet dissipated, which the Snake King considered to be a great tonic!
However, he could now clearly feel that the vibration was getting closer and closer to him.

Knowing that his forces were still at a disadvantage, the Snake King had no intention of engaging them in a direct confrontation and instead prepared to retreat into the sand.

Whether I take this corpse with me or swallow it whole, I probably won't be able to leave.

There is not much time left for him.

Just as the Snake King was about to reluctantly take a couple of bites, he sensed something and immediately jumped away.

At the same time, the giant desert serpent emerged directly from underground and swallowed Peter's corpse whole.

Devouring Peter's corpse might be a burden for the Snake King, but for the Desert Serpent, it's a piece of cake. It has no intention of letting go of such a good source of nutrition.

"This guy"

The Snake King, who witnessed this scene firsthand, twitched violently at the corner of his eye.

Rounding it off, this guy just coveted his own spoils!
If it weren't for the existence of external enemies, he would definitely have fought this guy over this matter.

Now that Peter's body was inside the desert serpent's belly, they had no more reason to hesitate. They immediately issued a retreat order and plunged into the desert.

Upon receiving the order, the snake-men receded like a tide.

Fearing being overtaken by pursuers, the Snake King and his snake-men dared not linger. They chose a direction and moved at top speed.

Now that the enemy has realized my intentions and returned to provide support, what about the base...?

With this in mind, the Snake King immediately decided to circle back to his stronghold.

If the enemy has left troops stationed there, he can take this opportunity to wipe out their garrison. Even if they haven't, they can still use this opportunity to replenish their fresh water supply.

He planned to keep trading blows with the opponent and wear them down!
Meanwhile, reinforcements finally arrived after the Serpent People had completely retreated.

However, the centaur cavalry that arrived was not led by Hilke and Joseph, but another force led by Li Ce!
Upon seeing Wei Qing's signal shot into the air from afar, and confirming that the troops on the other side had been attacked by the snake people, Li Ce hurriedly summoned all the cavalry in his army to provide support.

Once they were almost there, they threw the tent frames on the ground, tied them with a rope, and had the cavalry drag them, thus raising more dust and creating a greater commotion.

All of this was done for one purpose: to scare away the snake people!

It's not that they didn't have time to get here; it's that they were exposed as soon as they arrived.

The core of Li Ce's operation was to exploit the fact that the snake people were afraid to engage in direct combat with their core forces during attacks, thus intimidating the enemy.

"Hurry up, everyone! We need to move quickly!"

After joining up with Wei Qing's troops, they had no time to rest, let alone check for casualties.

What if the other side realizes what's happening and launches a surprise attack?
Considering this, they definitely had to leave this area first. However, Li Ce was indeed overthinking things. The Snake King, who was retreating with the remaining Snake King subordinates, had no intention of turning back and was still completely absorbed in his plan.

After traveling all night and making sure they had created a safe distance so they wouldn't be easily overtaken, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's rest for a while before continuing our journey."

Having felt the pressure from the Northeast Army, Snake King dared not relax completely. His immediate priority was to hurry back to his stronghold and replenish his fresh water supply.

Just as the Snake King was thinking this, a commotion in the distance startled him, and his first reaction was...

"How is that possible? They caught up so quickly?"

However, before he could finish speaking, the Snake King realized something was wrong.

"Wait a minute... why is it going this way?!"

After glancing in the direction from which the commotion came, the Snake King turned his head to look in the direction they had come from.

"Something's not right! Something's not right!"

This really stumped the Snake King.

"Get burrowed in the sand!"

But no matter what, let's hide and observe the situation first.

Ever since encountering the Northeast Army, the Snake King's level of caution has increased rapidly at a visible pace.

The old Snake King would just charge in and wreak havoc!

The current Snake King, regardless of the situation, should hide and observe first.

The Snake King's strategy of playing it safe first, regardless of the situation, has proven to be very effective.

But the giant eagle riders flying in the air had already locked onto their location.

Now that he saw the snake people disappear into the yellow sand, the Sky Eagle Knight immediately brought back the latest information.

"Hiding? Whatever!"

At this very moment, the centaur cavalry led by Joseph had arrived after a long and arduous journey!

In fact, they had already received the message from the Giant Eagle Knights last night.

They confirmed that the snake people had indeed attacked their main force, and given the distance at the time, they were too late.

Fortunately, Li Ce used a trick to scare off the other side and delivered the latest intelligence to them.

Having learned the situation, Hilke and Joseph were undoubtedly relieved and could relax a little. The continuous rushing for several days had taken a toll on them.

With the snake people having already retreated and their whereabouts temporarily unknown, they will undoubtedly need to make some adjustments to their plans for the future.

According to the original plan, we still intend to rejoin the main force first.

Of course, we should rest first before that.

During the troops' rest period, out of caution, they arranged for the Giant Eagle Knights to guard the perimeter.

Just as they were resting, the snake people who had retreated reappeared and headed towards them!

(End of this chapter)