Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1803 Locking the target
"General."

He had only uttered two words when Wei Qing realized something was wrong and immediately fell silent.

At this moment, Li Ce's eyes were bloodshot, and two lines of bloody tears uncontrollably spilled from his eyes.

If the news of the commander-in-chief's sudden change of behavior were to spread throughout the army, it would surely shake morale.

During this time, Li Ce simply waved his hand.

"It should be that undead mage in the Nascent Soul stage mentioned in the intelligence report who has arrived."

Li Ce remained relatively calm at this moment, after all, he was also a transcendent mage and roughly knew what had happened.

It's nothing more than his soul strength being crushed by the opponent; he tried to spy on the opponent, but his strength was insufficient, resulting in a backlash.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly and closed my eyes immediately. Otherwise, given the difference in strength between the two sides, it wouldn't have been as simple as shedding blood and tears.

"Fetch me some water."

Upon hearing this, Wei Qing immediately understood and took off the water pouch hanging from his waist.

This is a habit they've developed over the years of being stationed in the desert: they always carry a water bag filled with fresh water on their person.

Li Ce poured out the water, then cupped it in his hands and vigorously rubbed his face with it, quickly washing away the blood.

Even if the soldiers in the distance saw this scene, they would only assume that their general was washing his face to refresh himself, unaware of the situation.

"call--"

Li Ce exhaled a long breath and turned to look at Wei Qing.

"Did you wash it clean?"

Wei Qing nodded.

"His eyes are still a little red."

In fact, it wasn't just a little red, it was frighteningly red.

But they had fought the undead for days and nights, so it was understandable that their eyes were a little red; it wasn't a big problem.

At the same time, on the advancing undead legion's side...

The Immortal King arrived late, and he showed no intention of holding the Immortal General accountable for the situation at the front.

Back at the border, the enemy had already demonstrated their formidable strength, capable of crushing the Undying General in one blow. This time, he had only one request for the Undying General, who was leading the vanguard, to hold out until he reached the front lines.

From this perspective, the other party's mission can be considered complete.

Looking at the scorched earth before him, from the perspective of the Undead King, he could see countless undead souls wailing and wandering in the area.

Even among the undead, when their souls are inside their corpses, they are generally not directly damaged by attacks.

However, once the corpse is destroyed, the soul has nowhere to attach itself, and energy attacks can directly damage their soul, somewhat similar to the state of a soul leaving the body of a mage in the Out-of-Body Realm.

The difference is that they do not possess the combat power of a Nascent Soul mage after their soul leaves their body.

They were more like lost souls, wandering here.

Ultimately, it was because Gilter wasn't strong enough. If he had the strength to enter the Saint Realm, his 'Flame Vortex' would have lasted longer and been more intense, and these wandering ghosts would have been burned to ashes long ago.

Their corpses had been completely burned, leaving only their souls with nowhere to go. They no longer possessed the basic conditions for rebirth as undead.

If left unattended, their soul power will gradually dissipate over time and eventually disappear completely. "Your sacrifice will not have been in vain."

As he spoke, ancient chains flew out rapidly from around the Undying King.

Wherever it passed, the lonely ghosts were quickly swallowed up by the chains. In the process, the chains gradually emitted black smoke, accompanied by a 'whoosh' sound, as if countless vengeful spirits were wailing!
Previously, the chains had been damaged to some extent by being burned by Xuan Yu's golden-red flames, but now they have been fully restored thanks to this opportunity.

"General, launch the attack!"

At this moment, the immortal king didn't want to wait even a second longer and immediately ordered an attack.

On the scorched earth, the undead army advanced once more, their dark, imposing formation causing the Great Zhou garrison, who had just caught their breath, to gasp in shock.

Meanwhile, the ordinary soldiers were unaware that the most threatening enemy had already arrived on the battlefield!

Inside the campsite halfway up the mountain, Li Ce's expression was solemn.

"Are the Empress confident that she can kill the Nascent Soul Realm mage on the other side?"

Clearly, compared to instantly killing the Undying General, a martial artist at the Transcendent Realm, Li Ce now prefers to directly kill the Undying Monarch.

Li Ce's thinking was simple: with a Nascent Soul Realm necromancer guarding the rear, even if they managed to defeat the Undying General, the opponent could easily revive him with a single True Word spell.

Each use of 'Gungnir' consumes a considerable amount of resources.

To ensure a fatal blow when facing a strong opponent of the same level, Yarvit would have to expend at least 50% of her true energy.

In other words, if a single attack fails to kill the opponent, even if a second attack is possible, its power will be significantly reduced.

At this moment, facing Li Ce's question, Jarvit frowned slightly.

"Hard to say."

Although they had only briefly met before, Yarvit knew that, setting aside 'Gungnir', in terms of individual strength alone, she was currently only a Gold One-Star in the Realm of Horizontal and Vertical, while the opponent, whether it was the Undying Monarch or the Undying General, was stronger than her.

The success rate of using 'Gungnir' is highest when it is used without the other party's knowledge.

This is also the biggest reason why she was able to strike successfully against the immortal general who was clearly stronger than her.

Once they know of 'Gungnir's' existence and become prepared, things can get complicated.

The key issue now lies in whether the other side has discovered the core mechanism of 'Gungnir'.

That is, 'Gungnir' is theoretically a guaranteed hit, but not a guaranteed kill.

Back when she attacked the Greenskin King with 'Gungnir', he knew about this mechanism of 'Gungnir' and avoided a fatal blow at the last moment, thus not being killed in one hit.

Those who can cultivate to this level are basically not fools.

Therefore, even the usually confident Jarvitt is now finding it difficult to guarantee that she will be able to succeed in a future encounter.

Li Ce couldn't be said to have been completely unprepared for this.

They had already conducted multiple analyses of the two top undead warriors at previous tactical meetings.

The Undying General is most likely at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, and the other one is clearly of a higher status than the Undying General. According to the analysis sent by their Emperor through the Giant Eagle Knight, the mage on the other side is at most at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, and cannot be stronger.

Facing these two super-strong individuals whose raw power clearly surpasses theirs, Li Ce's greatest reliance at the moment is the 'Gungnir' in Jarvit's possession.

"No matter what, if we have to make a move later, 'Gungnir' should prioritize attacking that Nascent Soul stage mage! We absolutely cannot let him unleash his spell!"

(End of this chapter)