Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

When massive war fortresses appeared on the battlefield.

Xu Shu was completely stunned.

Fortunately, after killing Kel'Thuzad, he ordered a full retreat.

As the massive war fortress appeared in the sky, the main force was retreating in an orderly fashion.

If we retreat after it appears, it will likely result in a true rout.

"Changshui Battalion, prepare for beyond-visual-range strikes!"

Xu Shu forced himself to calm down. Although he knew that this thing was probably not fake, he still had the Changshui Camp test it out.

The dense barrage of arrows exploded on the war fortress, yet they couldn't even penetrate the outermost magical shield.

This scene also confirmed to Xu Shu that this thing was genuine, a real flying war fortress.

Having confirmed this, Xu Shu had no intention of engaging in battle. He ordered the Illusion Warriors to cover the rear while the main force retreated at full speed.

Xinghan has a celestial vessel, so naturally they know what role such a massive war fortress can play on the battlefield.

Air superiority on the battlefield is completely lost the moment the enemy appears.

The sheer size of the enemy, hovering in the air, is a heavy blow to morale.

No soldier could remain calm upon seeing the Flying Fortress; even Xu Shu and his men were utterly shocked.

The undead didn't give the Star River people much time to marvel, as a huge cannon barrel appeared from the war fortress.

Inside, countless intricate magical gears began to rumble and turn, and massive amounts of frost and necromantic energy surged. The surrounding essence of heaven and earth was frantically drawn into the vortex and gathered into the cannon's muzzle.

An icy blue light, too bright to look at directly, is rapidly growing stronger.

"Fire!" Kel'Thuzad's voice echoed inside the fortress.

The icy blue beam of light, carrying terrifying energy fluctuations, caused the surrounding space to visibly distort.

An intensely cold blue light erupted forth, like a giant icicle thrusting directly towards the retreating Star River army.

"Legion attack!"

Xu Shu roared, and the moment the cannon began to gather energy, he began to manipulate the cloud energy, unleashing all the cloud energy of the entire army.

A massive cloud of light collided with a blue glow in mid-air.

Instead of an explosion, an absolute black singularity appeared, which swallowed all light and sound.

The space was compressed and collapsed by two powerful forces.

Then the singularity erupted completely.

The combined immense power unleashed a massive explosion.

The whole world seemed to fall silent in that instant.

A visible circular shockwave spread outwards from the singularity center.

The shockwave swept across, and countless soldiers and the undead were swept away by the storm created by the explosion, flying backward to both sides. The terrifying aftershocks wiped out the battlefield.

Large numbers of soldiers and the undead rolled haphazardly on the ground.

The vast majority of soldiers and undead were not harmed. Their power was neutralized and neutralized within the singularity, and the aftershocks merely pushed the two sides apart.

Only a small number of the unlucky ones were turned into ashes by the dissipated power.

"Withdraw! Withdraw immediately!" Xu Shu's voice was transmitted to the ears of every soldier through the mental link.

The soldiers, having scrambled to their feet, began to retreat in groups, while Xu Shu stared intently at the war fortress in the sky.

He knew the other party needed to recharge, but he wasn't sure how long it would take for them to fully recharge.

Before an equivalent air force appeared, they had completely lost the initiative on the battlefield.

Xu Shu had considered sending his Illusion Warriors to cause trouble, but the large number of gargoyles and frost dragons made him abandon the idea.

The enemy's defenses of their war fortresses were quite effective; they had to avoid battle until their celestial palace arrived.

A voice entered Xu Shu's mind, a voice urging him to be respectful.

"Humans, your lives end here!"

"Enter the embrace of the dead, and I will grant you eternal life!"

The Lich King's voice entered Xu Shu's mind directly, its cold, arrogant, and domineering tone like a chilling current attempting to freeze Xu Shu's thoughts.

"Get out!"

Xu Shu's powerful mental energy forced the Lich King's will to retreat.

"What a nuisance!"

Xu Shu took a couple of deep breaths; this battle of mental strength was far more dangerous than what he had witnessed.

Fortunately, they were far apart, thousands of miles away, so even if the Lich King's will was immense, it couldn't shake his resolve.

"That force just now..."

Xu Shu felt that the moment their mental energy made contact, his mental talent analyzed the other party's existence, but the feedback he received was strange.

The other party is not a single person.

It is not a single person in the literal sense; the other party's will is a mixture of three wills.

It's like the situation with Joan of Arc in France before.

"Is it the fragments of the hymn again?" Xu Shu felt a headache coming on. If that was the case, then the danger posed by the undead would be a level higher.

Compared to the one on Joan of Arc of France, or Taiyi in the land of Chu, the Lich King is clearly much more insane.

The former was suddenly resurrected when the empire collapsed, inheriting a mess, unable to exert its power, and was directly arrested by Bai Qi.

Although the latter has developed for hundreds of years, it has clearly gone astray, only reaping benefits without developing further. Over the centuries, the State of Chu has become nothing more than a regional power, and its offerings to the divine land are pitifully meager.

But the Lich King who appeared in the Scourge was clearly different. The endless undead, the bizarre undead technology, and the endless undead spells all pointed to the same thing.

That is, the Lich King is a fully developed fragment of the Hymn.

According to known information, only the Heavenly Court, where there is a large number of hymn reincarnations, possesses such a powerful existence.

Fortunately, they were fragments of a sacred song, not reincarnations; otherwise, their situation would have been even more dire.

Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, but his face also turned bitter.

If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.

They had explored hundreds of small and medium-sized worlds when they encountered such a troublesome opponent, which was completely inconsistent with their development-oriented approach.

The undead army did not pursue; instead, they retreated back into their undead territory, expanding in the most deliberate way.

These almost textbook-like, rigid rules left Xu Shu helpless. He could only order his Illusion Warriors to harass the area, while the rest of his troops acted according to the situation. "According to the intelligence we have, these undead are wary of the power of the cloud and are unwilling to leave the area shrouded by the Undead Canopy. This is our opportunity!" Xu Shu analyzed the situation carefully.

After studying it for several days, he gained some understanding of the undead's behavior patterns.

The undead side is great in every way, except they have too few heroes who can lead the team.

This means that after their rapid expansion, they will have to divide their forces, making them vulnerable to being defeated one by one.

Therefore, in order to avoid this weakness, they proceeded step by step in an almost rigid manner, gradually expanding the territory of the undead and always concentrating their power on one point.

Although the problem of splitting up forces could not be avoided even after the territory expanded, at least they were fighting on their home turf with the undead shroud in the sky, which also increased the logistical supply problem for the living troops.

From the perspective of the undead, this is clearly a fairly effective way to expand.

"Launch them from multiple angles?"

Xu Huang stared at the map and asked somewhat uncertainly.

"No!" Xu Shu shook his head and rejected Xu Huang's suggestion.

"Under the canopy, we face many restrictions, making it difficult to gain an advantage... Moreover, there are too many defensive towers over there!"

Xu Shu sighed. The undead side had clearly put a lot of thought into this, frantically building defensive structures, determined to wear them down.

However, they couldn't afford to waste time. The opposing side not only had a strong foundation but also had defensive structures that left no blind spots, making it difficult for them to attack.

Not to mention the war fortresses suspended in the sky above the enemy.

The Illusion Warriors have already climbed up to take a look. The war fortress is teeming with undead, practically a mobile troop transport.

No matter where they attack, the enemy can provide support at the fastest speed.

Moreover, they were also very concerned about the bombardment from the war fortress; none of them could withstand such a sudden attack.

Xu Shu used formations and clouds to create a group-style defensive barrier around their camp, but this thing could only be used for self-defense and couldn't be used for attack.

"What did they say in Luoyang?" Xu Huang thought for a moment, placing his hopes on reinforcements from the rear.

"The air force will arrive soon, and the Miracle Legion probably won't be able to spare any manpower for the time being! However, we will transfer a few powerful legions from other places!"

Hearing Xu Shu say this, everyone's expression improved considerably.

The pressure from the undead was indeed quite heavy, and even the veterans who had been through many battles couldn't help but feel a headache.

They are not afraid to fight or risk their lives, but at the very least, they must have a chance of winning.

With that war fortress hanging in the sky, they truly felt powerless.

They had tried several methods, but whether it was the explosive arrow rain from the Changshui Camp or the soul strikes from the Vanguard Death Squad, they had no effect on the war fortress.

The Legion's attacks couldn't even break through the outermost shield of the War Fortress, leaving them completely helpless against the enemy.

The most effective method was the Illusionary Soldier Air Strike, but the result was only killing some undead without causing any damage to the war fortress itself.

They speculated that unless a spaceship was used as a boarding platform to allow a large number of elite troops to flood into the war fortress and destroy its core, there would be no way to deal with this flying iron turtle.

"What I'm worried about right now isn't this war fortress, I'm more worried about what other tricks the undead have up their sleeves!"

Guo Jia, who was in communication with Xu Shu, spoke through a channel that only the two of them could hear.

Xu Shu was startled, but his face remained expressionless.

"Shut up, stop jinxing us! We can't afford your mess!" Xu Shu immediately reprimanded Guo Jia.

"You thought of that already?"

Upon hearing Xu Shu's rebuke, Guo Jia immediately understood that Xu Shu had already considered the possibility of the worst-case scenario.

"So what if we thought of it? We don't have enough power to stop it!" Xu Shu said helplessly.

Sometimes, you know what the other side is going to do, but you just can't stop them. This kind of open and aboveboard scheme is the most painful.

"If you ask me, you should divide your forces now. Reinforcements will be arriving soon anyway. Dealing with the trouble here in advance is the most important thing!"

Xu Shu and Guo Jia both anticipated a potential problem.

Those are the Crypt Demons in the undead army. According to their observations, there are definitely not few Crypt Demons. They can be considered the ranged firepower of the undead army.

At first, it posed a huge threat to the Illusion Warriors.

However, the cave demons rarely appeared during the subsequent battles.

In addition, they had previously demonstrated the ability to burrow underground.

This led the two to wonder if these cave demons had dug an underground tunnel beneath their feet to bypass them and reach their rear, or even their resource-rich rear areas.

Once these crypt demons destroy their rear resource areas, they will have no reason to stay here and fight the undead army to the death.

The other party's plan was undeniably shrewd.

To eliminate the root cause of the war between the two sides.

Even with all the anger on Xinghan's side, they didn't fight to the death with the undead for a piece of abandoned resource world.

At that time, both sides can go their separate ways, which will be a relief for both.

This is also Xu Shu's biggest headache right now. There's no benefit in defeating the undead army; the lands that were invaded by the undead army are basically all dead.

The cost-effectiveness of remediation is too low; it's easier to simply explore a new world.

"They're just being cautious, they're not really dead. I split up my forces and they attacked right after, believe it or not!" Xu Shu was furious.

The other side isn't stupid. They know how many underground demons have burrowed into the area around their camp, and how many skeletal animals are circling around it.

Any slight movement will alert the other side.

"Hehehe, I have a plan, why don't you give it a try?" Guo Jia revealed his entire plan.

Xu Shu was taken aback, but after listening to Guo Jia's plan, he felt that it made a lot of sense, especially in terms of manipulating people's hearts.

Guo Jia's plan was simple: to openly divide the army into smaller units.

Find a place outside and set up a fake portal to create the illusion of welcoming reinforcements.

Every day, they use light and shadow to conceal themselves, pretending to send troops into the camp through the portal, and then use the same light and shadow to sneak back.

They created the illusion that they were receiving a steady stream of reinforcements.

Once the air force was in position, the troops on the fake portal immediately set off to the rear, stationing themselves in the rear as quickly as possible to thwart the enemy's plan to flank them.

This tactic is useless against ordinary officers, but it is very effective against intelligent people. The attempt to cover up the truth can mislead the opponent.

Especially since they discovered this false information themselves, they would believe it without a doubt. As long as Xu Shu disguised himself properly, they wouldn't have to worry about the other side not being fooled.

It's even possible that the enemy might change their strategy and attack their fake portal, which would only be better for them. (End of Chapter)