Chapter 727 - 690: The Ambush Begins
Now, Da Fei’s surprise attack operation has officially begun. The newly recruited Demon Wolf King and 7 Demon Wolves act as the main labor force, while 200 Forest Goddesses serve as assistant laborers, slowly flying while dragging eleven strands of Holy Vine entangled like a giant web.
But many hands make light work, and the carrying speed was incomparable to before. Tachiusu continued to serve as a scout, leading the way and keeping watch ahead. This time, to avoid trouble, such as attracting scavenging creatures again, even if they encountered ambushes from Demon Scorpions, they would still take a detour to avoid battle.
At this moment, the seven Hell Demon Foxes had independently embarked on an expedition and reached the first ambush site targeted by Da Fei; the Demon Caravan was slowly trudging along the mountain trail under the boulders.
That’s it, time to work!
Da Fei’s Blood Eagle was in formation and could directly command the Demon Foxes within his field of vision. The seven Demon Foxes concealed themselves within the smoke from their exhaust and then quietly burrowed under the boulders.
Of course, the Demon Foxes, being non-labor troops, did not have a "digging" skill, but as long as a troop moves, it will affect the ground. Thus, as long as the Demon Foxes continuously run against the boulders from underneath, they will naturally carve out the gravel beneath their feet, achieving the effect of digging. And as a medium-to-large sized unit, the Demon Foxes’ digging effects are, of course, incomparable to those of ordinary small-sized troops.
As expected, after digging for a while, the boulder slightly shook. Works like a charm! This is the effect I was looking for; the game does this part so well!
Excited, Da Fei continued to dig more vigorously, and then the boulder began to slide down slightly—it’s a success!
Anyway, at this time, it was dangerous under the boulders, and they couldn’t dig any further. Da Fei immediately directed the Demon Foxes away and had them push the boulder from behind. The boulder slid more and more quickly, finally unstoppable!
Oh yeah! Da Fei quickly commanded the Demon Foxes to fly far away.
Now, the boulder tumbled down with a roar of dust and gravel, and the Demon Caravan on the mountainside was in an uproar, frantically driving their vehicles to scatter and dodge—Boom!!! A loud noise, and dust scattered all over the mountain road!
For a moment, the roars and bellows of the Demons echoed throughout the valley. Although Da Fei was eager to see the extent of the damage, at this sensitive moment of an accident, even the Blood Eagle in stealth mode might be detected by the enemy’s experts. So the Blood Eagle also took flight, leaving the scene at the first opportunity and heading towards the next target.
All in all, I’m going to cut your entire caravan into sausages!
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European Union Zone, Divine Punishment City.
As Da Fei from the China Region was planning the attack on the Demon Caravan, the British warriors from the European Union Zone watched helplessly as the Demons on the Despair Plain were assembling a huge steel frame, like a building crane.
This is the Hell Army’s giant Siege Machine. Such a massive Siege Machine has surpassed the concept of an ordinary Catapult; it’s completely a super lever, capable of easily tossing tons of fiery stones to the mountain fortress where Divine Punishment City stands, while the city’s weapons are out of reach.
For some reason, perhaps because the Hell Race is a species capable of instant world networking, Divine Punishment City in the European Union Zone and the one in the China Region triggered the same event. Although the event was the same, the tasks given to players were different.
Da Fei’s task was "to penetrate enemy lines and sabotage their siege machinery," while the task for the British Team was "to destroy the enemy’s siege machinery." The reason for this task discrepancy is that the NPC would not assign a feat task far beyond the players’ capabilities. In other words, the system NPC believed that British players lacked the capacity to infiltrate Hell; after all, the British players had not yet obtained Angel’s Wings and couldn’t even break through the blockade of the Flesh Demons on the Despair Plain.
It goes without saying, this is the difference in players’ capabilities, and thus the different treatment.
At this time, the garrison officer of Divine Punishment City anxiously called over Lancelot and the warriors for a briefing: "Warriors, we must launch an attack to destroy the enemy’s Siege Machine. If the enemy successfully assembles the Siege Machine, it will be a disaster for our Divine Punishment City, and this is just the first one, there are more to follow. We must strike and destroy them!"
Lancelot hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment, my lord. We need to find a better opportunity!"
The garrison officer, enraged, said, "A whole day has passed, where is this better opportunity?!"
Bedivere also hastily said, "We are gathering our troops. As soon as the troops are assembled, we will destroy it at all costs. Please just give us a bit more time."
Lancelot added, "Yes, my lord. With our current strength, to rush out of the city is to court death. We need time..."
While Lancelot and Bedivere were stalling the NPC, the entire Royal Ark Team Command Center was in an uproar. The think tank’s data analysts were constantly simulating casualty calculations.
According to the simulation results, Lancelot and the others could indeed charge out of the city and destroy the Siege Machine, but the losses to the Angel Army would be quite substantial, with no guarantee of resurrection. The loss of the Angel Army was something the team was absolutely unwilling to witness. It was even less conceivable to suffer such heavy casualties just for destroying the first Siege Machine.
Therefore, the only thing that the Royal Ark Team could do now was to wait for the other team members to complete their exam permit distribution missions. At that point, they could use the tactic of overwhelming numbers, sacrificing the lives of the team members to cover the Angel Army. However, although the Royal Ark had initially figured out the task process, the painfully difficult resources required for the missions could not be gathered in a short time, making it impossible to meet the needs of a large number of members undertaking the missions simultaneously.
Thus, Prince George, as he watched the big screen on the wall and constantly monitored the progress of the frontline team members, was burning with impatience.
Finally, Gao Wen came to offer his advice, "Your Highness the Prince, we are now stuck on mission materials. I fear we will have to buy them at high prices across the entire European Union Zone. I believe that will definitely force some player organizations to release their stock."
Prince George’s mouth twitched involuntarily, "Do you know what will happen once we start publicly buying? It will inflate the price of the materials, making it even more difficult for our subsequent members to advance! It might even allow our competitors to deduce our mission and begin stockpiling as well!"
Gao Wen spoke earnestly, "But we have no other choice, as long as we buy it all in one fell swoop right now, we won’t have to worry about others hoarding."
Prince George finally waved his hand helplessly, "Then buy at a high price, and do it fast!"
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As the British caused an uproar in the market of the European Union Zone with their sudden buying frenzy, things were going extremely smoothly for Da Fei. He had overturned a dozen large and small boulders along the road of the Demon Caravan, splitting the entire caravan into more than ten segments, creating a scene of utter chaos with dust clouding the air.
At the same time, Da Fei’s main transport team also timely arrived at the rear of the Demon Caravan. There was nothing much to say, all of the Holy Vine rooting fertilizers were piled up on the road. Then, under the transplanting spell cast by Tamilia, these Holy Vines dragged the rooted corpses into the gravel, soon disappearing from sight, making it seem as if nothing had happened on the road.
This was the peculiar and immense power of plant troops. Plant troops have an inherent fatal flaw due to their inability to move, but their ability to ambush with such undetectable stealth was unmatched by any other lurking creature. Sometimes Da Fei himself wasn’t sure whether these python-like creeping Holy Vines were animals or plants.
In any case, the retreat was now cut off, and Da Fei had to find the easiest target to devour amidst this chaos, and one that wouldn’t alert the other segments of the Demon Caravan immediately. Then, he found it!
A segment of the caravan was trapped in a corner of the mountain recess, its unique terrain blocking the line of sight from front to back. A battle there would likely not be seen by the Demon Caravan segments ahead or behind, especially amidst all this dusty chaos.
The first target to strike was this one, and it had to be a clean, decisive blow. As long as he could sever this segment of the caravan, the Demon Caravan would be disconnected from head to tail, and he could then proceed to break them one by one. Moreover, he might even manage it without alarming the other troops.
Now, the troops quietly approached the ambush site. There was nothing much to say, they had to go all-out for the first fight. Demon Wolf King, attack!
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