arcane emperor

Chapter 667 “Scorched Earth” Tactics (8000)

The dense red light constantly exudes scorching heat.

A lot of water was evaporated, and many tiny organisms and plants emerged from the land.

Unfortunately, it's too late for them to escape now.

The increasingly higher temperature burned the ground slightly red, completing a thorough disinfection and sterilization transformation.

It wasn't that Matthew was careless, but that the land of Catachan was too dangerous.

To completely master this place, Matthew didn't mind "burning" it piece by piece.

The reason why he can create such a large area of ​​scorched earth is also inseparable from the powerful effect of the fire element energy pool.

Using them as the core, Matthew opened dozens of secondary fire element energy storage pools throughout this land.

He can easily solve this problem as long as he introduces a large number of fire elements from the fire element plane and lets them release more heat.

Of course, Matthew will not use such a large area at once, but will conduct experiments in small pieces as he is doing now.

Not only can you accumulate information and data first, but you can also avoid attracting attention.

Although Matthew is not aware of the existence of evil shadow spirits.

Even in front of the players, these things have never appeared at all.

But this did not delay Matthew at all, and he continued to act cautiously.

The means used to attract targets must naturally be as high-profile and public as possible.

The part that really works is to be as hidden and careful as possible.

After obtaining enough information and data, Matthew temporarily stopped the scorched earth transformation of the land within his control.

In the future, the Gulf Territory will definitely carry out large-scale development of the Catachan demiplane.

It is impossible to use scorched earth tactics to cover all the land.

That would not only consume a lot of materials, but also be a huge waste.

"For research on various specific plants, large-scale cultivation can be carried out."

"Even if the top part is cleared away, the land on the Catachan plane is still extremely fertile."

"More importantly, the "breath of life" that governs the land is very strong and is very suitable for the growth and cultivation of various magical plants."

"We need to open up various plantations and research areas as soon as possible and increase the development of Catachan land."

"Druids should be more careful here, avoid contact with certain dangerous entities, and always check their mental and physical status."

While Matthew handed over the task to Alona, ​​he looked at the gathering troops, with a little bit of expectation and thinking in his eyes.

After several years of development and accumulation, it’s time to test the results.

The reason why Matthew wanted to gather the elite forces of the territory before the first elemental tide to complete such a war against a "quasi-natural disaster" level.

The purpose is to determine the current upper limit of the Gulf Territory's capabilities so as to adjust the subsequent development route and speed.

If Bay Territory can win.

Then the territory's development strategy will become bolder.

If you can withstand the opponent's pressure, you can always maintain a relatively stable confrontation.

Then Matthew will step up his efforts to improve his own strength and drive faster development of the territory.

If the Gulf Territory battle fails.

Although Matthew will feel regret, he will not be sad or disappointed. Instead, he will step up his efforts to develop the "treasure" in his memory.

At that time, the territory’s development strategy was adjusted.

The development pressure brought to everyone will naturally become greater.

Most of the Evil Shadow Spirit's attention is focused on the Catachan tribe.

But even so, he still allocated a lot of energy to keep an eye on the actions of the Gulf Leader.

Sure enough, they soon discovered the large gathering of Gulf Territory soldiers.

The evil shadow spirits who had specially reduced their strength were not worried about the Gulf Territory soldiers taking the initiative to attack.

On the contrary, they have been looking forward to this scene for a long time.

Just as the Gulf Territory is collecting their information, they also need more time and contact to understand various situations in the Gulf Territory.

"Roar……!"

The deafening roar of the dragon echoed from the sky.

The flying dragon troops led by Yaya flew side by side towards the Catachan jungle ahead.

Yaya opened his mouth, and the flames of destruction continued to condense, and then vented out wantonly.

The other flying dragons also opened their mouths at the same time, following the trajectory of the fangs, spitting dragon breath wantonly.

The raging fire burst into the Catachan jungle.

The jungle ignited by the flames suddenly seemed to come alive, trying to surround the flames and extinguish them.

Yaya had already anticipated their actions, and while continuing to push the flames to burn, he released the fuel package on his claws.

The burning flame ignited the fallen fuel package and ignited the fuel inside.

Whoosh!

Boom!

Small mushroom clouds emerged, and fiery red flames continued to spread around.

The greedy flames instantly destroyed the surrounding activated plants.

The violent force of the spreading flames tore them into pieces and burned them to ashes.

Before the evil shadow spirits could react, they briefly lost control of the Catachan jungle.

After completing the dragon breath attack, Yaya and the flying dragons were not idle.

Under the leadership of Yaya, they began to attack the larger activated plants.

These large living plants usually turn into plant aggregates that serve as control cores.

It is difficult for soldiers walking on the ground to detect their camouflage and to eliminate them at targeted locations.

The flying dragon in the sky is different.

Large plants are usually much taller than other plants, so they don't stand out from the sky.

Moreover, most of the dragon knights have large activated enemy detection devices, which further improves the accuracy of their attacks.

Click!

The fangs that flew down easily broke the thick trunk of a big tree.

Light green sap spurted out, and the big tree that had been motionless just now began to sway violently.

Yaya didn't give it a chance to react before it completed its activation transformation.

The huge and thick tail used the impact of the galloping force to slap hard on the top of the tree trunk.

Click!

A huge gap was made in the thick tree trunk, and then it was violently pulled down by Yaya's sharp claws.

The big tree that was broken into two parts lost its life in the trembling, and in the end only the broken branches were left.

The other flying dragons showed no sign of weakness and rushed towards their target.

Under the cultivation of the Gulf Territory, they have greatly improved and grown in terms of size, strength, body structure and special expertise.

The "quick training" in the Gulf Territory is not just suitable for professionals and soldiers.

These obedient flying dragons immediately realized the benefits of this after receiving several semi-forced trainings.

Especially during Yaya's education and training, he gradually came into contact with the "enlightenment" from the Tree of Wisdom, and his wisdom and thinking ability were greatly improved.

Some of the flying dragon commanders are developing and activating the power of their bloodline.

The vast majority of flying dragon knights are not only powerful, but also register and record the status of flying dragons to understand and gain insight into their growth process and information.

The Druid Research Institute in the Gulf Territory has made plans to strengthen and research flying dragons and dragons.

The Bay Territory does not exclude other creatures from joining.

Just like the cooperation between the Gulf Territory and the Leviathans.

Click!

The flying dragons, whose wisdom had greatly increased, did not fight against these big trees.

After destroying their branches, the flying dragons quickly took off again to avoid possible surprise attacks.

The destruction of Yaya and the flying dragons brought the evil shadow spirits' ability to control this area to its lowest point.

The spreading fire was like a greedy beast, spreading wantonly around.

The various burned Catachan plants were not as quiet as before, and they all showed their ferocious and terrifying side.

Some grew tentacles.

Some transformed from trees into a mass of gathered vines.

Some transform into animal forms.

Some even mutated into twisted living plants in an attempt to escape the flames.

Facing the terrifying flames, most plants are unable to resist this special power.

combustion!

The huge number of plants were unable to resist the spreading flames.

The gathered twisted creatures began to run away after realizing that they were out of control.

It was at this time that the Gulf Leader army quickly rushed out of the gate and formed a forward formation to advance into the chaotic twisted jungle.

Rumble!
  The magic cannons fired simultaneously.

The gushing flames exploded, directly blasting the spreading fire field and blowing most of the jungle plants into pieces.

The covering magic artillery fire spread backwards, clearing a large and neat area in the jungle.

Aini looked at the dilapidated trees, which were bulldozed by more than 10 large magic forklifts that drove past.

She saw that a large space for movement had been cleared, and the corners of her eyes trembled slightly, and she immediately understood the battle intention of the Gulf Leader army.

The jungles of Catachan are too dangerous for ordinary soldiers to enter.

Not only do you have to face various enemies that have home field advantage, but you also encounter all kinds of terrible non-combat attrition.

Both combat effectiveness and morale will suffer a huge blow.

The Gulf Territory's approach is more domineering. Since you have the home field advantage, you will directly destroy the entire field.

Let's reopen a battlefield!
  The soldiers lined up neatly and moved forward in formation.

Their team was no longer the same as before, with shield bearers in front, pikemen at the back, and crossbowmen holding the line.

The gunners pushing the self-propelled magic artillery actually stood at the outermost edge of the entire team.

They continued to fire on both sides and the front, blasting all the surrounding jungle within a range of 500 to 1000 meters with magic artillery.

The agile scout team wandered around the periphery of the team.

They targeted the twisted monsters that had escaped and prevented them from approaching the Gulf Territory's front.

As for those lucky ones who narrowly escaped.

If they were fleeing outwards, they would not be within their attack range.

Every step forward by the Gulf Territory army was accompanied by the roar and shooting of artillery fire.

The huge mechanical engineering golem, escorted by the army, quickly cleaned up the broken plants.

Seeing this scene, the evil shadow spirits had all kinds of weird thoughts in their heads.

"Their style of play is a bit shameless!"

"There is no way. We lack long-range attacks and it is difficult to pose a threat to them."

"We have some advantages in close combat, but they have no intention of close combat at all."

"The Gulf Leaders are different from Catachan. They have jumped out of the shackles of close combat..."

"Either we quickly follow up and develop a way to shoot from a distance..."

"Either... we ignore the Gulf Territory for the time being and allow them to expand..."

"Although their numbers are large, they are far outnumbered by the huge Catachan people."

"I think it's really good to develop some long-range attacks. Anyway, it will take a long time to be effective. Preparing early can also have early effects."

"That requires a considerable investment of resources and a relatively safe environment."

“Who will provide this resource?”

"Everyone should invest a little, let's try it first and then talk about it..."

"Continue to keep an eye on the Gulf Territory and see what weapons they have. We can also prepare psychological responses in advance."

"Once the Catachans are cleared, we will have time and the Gulf Territory to waste..."

"If the Gulf Territory does this, it will definitely consume a lot of resources, manpower and material resources..."

"Smart creatures are trouble. As long as they don't get a benefit, they won't do thankless things."

"That's right, just like other intelligent creatures..."

"Hehe, it's true."

"It won't be long before they start fighting among themselves..."

"..."

The evil shadow spirits do understand intelligent creatures very well, understand the conflicts between them, and know how to use their own advantages.

They have enough capital to wait patiently.

As long as you study the enemy's weakness and use huge resources, you can pursue this weakness and attack it fiercely.

Fortunately, the "meeting gift" given to them by the Gulf Territory was so substantial that they temporarily gave up the idea of ​​attacking.

Their idea was good, but it was a pity that they underestimated the determination and execution ability of the Gulf Territory.

Without the control and arrangements of the Evil Shadow Spirit, the twisted plants and creatures in the Catachan jungle could not stop the advancement of the Gulf Territory.

Everywhere the Gulf Territory troops went, they would use magic artillery to bombard them, and then use large mechanical engineering golems to clean up the debris and open up a path forward.

In particular, the horizontal push of several mechanical Roadmasters quickly pulled up two city walls on the newly leveled ground.

This will indeed be troublesome. Every step forward for the Gulf Territory requires a large amount of energy and materials.

But this also has the advantage of greatly reducing the fear and fear of the Gulf Territory soldiers in the Catachan jungle.

They have a deep understanding of their own advantages, and usually do not get close to the Catachan Jungle, as long as they use long-range attacks reasonably.

Just when the frontal army of the Gulf Territory was advancing in a mighty manner.

The flying dragon troops led by Yaya had quietly left the front battlefield.

It took the evil shadow spirits a while, but when they suddenly remembered this, they immediately became nervous again.

A few days ago, Yaya and Orianna controlled Yaya No. 1 and hunted Catachan demons mysteriously.

It has a very deep impression on all evil shadow spirits.

At the critical moment when the battle is advancing, the ace of the Gulf Territory is missing, so we must find out! Thinking of this, the evil shadow spirits suddenly felt that long-range attacks alone were not enough!

Without flying troops, there is no way to deal with Yaya and the flying dragon knights!
  The evil shadow spirits' guesses were very sharp. Yaya and the flying dragon knights were indeed going to do bad things.

They quickly passed through the thick clouds and reached the sky above their destination.

However, they did not take the initiative and dispersed quickly.

Several hidden figures slowly fell from the sky, and with the help of invisibility spells, they quietly hid in the big trees.

They behaved like experienced Catachan elite warriors, making no noise or movement, and quickly and carefully arranged the hidden space.

After a while, a group of professionals emerged from the space and skillfully arranged the large teleportation array.

In just a few minutes, under the cover of the spell's effect, an elite combat team of dragon knights appeared.

They all wore thick, large mechanical armors and stayed motionless, waiting for orders to be issued.

Jifan did not take action immediately, but waited for other operational troops to be in place.

At the same time, the large monitoring device has marked all the information about the nearby large twisted creatures.

The vice-captain is already quickly arranging combat missions for each dragon warrior combat team.

Half an hour later, the red signal light that all dragon warriors had been waiting for finally came on.

"action!!"

Jifan gave the order to attack without hesitation, and the dragon warriors who had been waiting for a long time immediately raised their feet.

They raised their large ghost blades made of Catachan demon claws high and slashed at anything in their way.

Some of the threatening twisted plants were cut into two pieces alive before they could react.

The death of the twisted plant did not cause much movement.

This area is home to large twisted creatures, and there are very few twisted animals living here.

Facing a huge "monster" like the Dragon Warrior, they all hid themselves well.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
  The dragon warriors all walked in a straight line, and when they charged at full speed, they had no intention of covering up their tracks.

They just want to kill the large twisted creatures here as quickly as possible!

The mad bulls, who had relatively strong perception ability, quickly noticed the arrival of the dragon warriors.

They panted heavily, stared with red eyes, and attacked the dragon warrior without hesitation.

"The Mad Bulls have not been affected or controlled yet and are fighting according to the original plan."

Jifan told the advanced combat helmet's judgment information and was the first to rush forward.

The rushing lightning roared and hit the mad bull.

Mad Bull, who had never seen a lightning attack before, did not dodge or evade. He lowered his head and withstood the attack, aiming his horn at the running Jifan.

Click!

The extremely penetrating thunderbolt instantly fell into the mad bull's body.

This ferocious behemoth, even though it had an astonishing physique, suddenly stiffened and fell to the ground suddenly.

The struggling body action model is printed on the display screen of the advanced combat helmet.

Against this large, lumbering monster, the battle helmet's combat analysis is extremely efficient.

You can easily judge their next moves and vulnerabilities.

"Unfortunately, when faced with flexible and powerful enemies, its prompts are a bit useless."

"But it's good, lest the soldiers become dependent on it and lose the motivation to continue climbing."

Such thoughts passed in a flash, and Ji Fan, whose reaction speed was already far beyond that of ordinary people, jumped over with a big stride.

He took advantage of the situation and adjusted his sword swing, turning his wrist lightly to slightly lift the tip of the sharp ghost blade.

The gray-black blade collided with the rolling mad bull.

The deadly single-molecule blade was inserted very smoothly through the gap between the mad bull and the gray-black crust.

Mad Bull immediately opened his eyes!

Jifan pressed down, inserted the big ghost knife into the mad bull's body, and easily cut through most of the internal organs in its chest.

The severely injured Mad Bull struggled crazily to stand up.

Jifan just turned the handle of the knife easily, smashed the broken internal organs of the mad cow, and cut it open from the side.

puff!

Mad Bull staggered two steps and fell heavily to the ground.

This twisted monster with tenacious vitality is not dead yet, struggling to raise its head.

call!
  A gust of black wind swept over, and Jifan chopped off its head neatly.

He didn't even look at the opening and closing of his mouth, but just put his body that couldn't resist into the storage space.

Ji Fan moved very quickly and killed a mad bull in more than 10 seconds.

The other dragon warriors are not slow either.

They have a very clear division of labor and have experience in hunting large monsters such as aboleth.

The dragon warrior holding the crossbow pulls the trigger, and the dragon-hunting crossbow arrows can basically take away most of the mad bull's resistance.

The assaulter steps forward and can easily cut off the opponent's head just by dodging the opponent's death blow.

Even if the opponent is lucky enough to escape with his life, the second assaulter who rushes up will give him a fatal last hit.

Battles often end within 30 seconds, which also includes the time to clean up the battlefield.

Got the first goal.

Jifan quickly made combat statistics, re-selected targets, and arranged combat missions as quickly as possible.

In the next battle, there will be at least two dragon warrior combat teams fighting against a large twisted creature.

Among these twisted large creatures, there are occasionally special individuals with mutations, which are larger in size and stronger in combat power than similar creatures.

But it is impossible to stop the encirclement and suppression of more than two digits of dragon warriors.

The second batch of mad bulls died quickly. After quickly cleaning the battlefield, Jifan clearly felt strange gazes coming from the surrounding trees, and he realized it immediately.

This is the mastermind behind the control of the Catachan jungle. They have noticed their actions. Jifan did not have any worries and just continued to shout to the magic watch:

"Let's evacuate quickly."

As he spoke, Jifan decisively tore open an invisibility scroll and temporarily escaped from the surrounding environment's detection and sight as quickly as possible.

Jifan led the dragon warriors to retreat quickly and came to the teleportation array area for emergency evacuation.

The dragon warriors and spellcasters who stayed here rechecked the teleportation circle to confirm that it was intact, and then decisively completed the activation.

Whoosh!

The fluctuations caused by the teleportation circle immediately attracted the attention of the evil shadow spirit.

Unfortunately, it's too late!
  The teleportation circle, which had completed its teleportation mission, exploded while being surrounded by huge vines.

"Damn it, damn the Bay Leaders, damn the magic!"

"What did they do? To make you so angry?"

"Don't you know? They attacked the lair of a large twisted monster!"

"What? This is impossible! Their large army is still more than 150 kilometers away from our troop nest!"

"You'll know if you go and take a look first. Haven't you discovered it yet?"

"Damn it! All the mad bulls I saved are gone. I was going to use them to attack the Catachan tribe!"

"Only some traces of blood and fighting were found, the rest was gone."

"What magic did they use? And how did they attack across such a long distance?"

"It can appear suddenly from a distance of hundreds of kilometers. It poses a great threat to us."

"Damn it, we can't let the Gulf Territory expand!"

"Today they attacked the large twisted monster, then they dare to kill us tomorrow!"

"Stop arguing and call everyone together to discuss it."

"What else is there to discuss?"

"Let's all concentrate our efforts and eat the troops from the Gulf Territory in one bite first!"

"You're right, they dared to come out to fight and didn't take us seriously at all!"

"Sieging a city may be more troublesome, but fighting in the field is much easier."

"Don't worry, there are still a few that haven't arrived yet."

"..."

The Gulf Territory raided more than a dozen lairs of large twisted creatures, immediately angering the unsuspecting evil shadow spirits.

Compared with summoning a large number of ordinary twisted creatures anytime and anywhere, it is much more difficult to produce and mobilize large twisted creatures.

Not only does it take a long time to produce and cultivate.

A considerable amount of energy must be allocated to take care of it.

In order to enhance their combat effectiveness, some targeted modifications must be made.

Transporting them safely to the combat location also requires a lot of energy.

The various dangers of Catachan Jungle will not disappear just because these twisted creatures are controlled.

It is precisely because of various problems that the evil shadow spirits attach great importance to large twisted monsters.

Even if they are mobilized for combat, they will only be sent to the field at the most critical moment, treating them as the most valuable cannon fodder.

After all, I want to give the Catachan tribe a final blow and destroy it, with its extremely tenacious will to fight and outstanding combat effectiveness.

We really can't do without the help of these large twisted monsters!
  Now, the lairs of a group of large twisted monsters closest to the battlefield were almost wiped out by the Gulf Territory.

For 3 to 4 days, they were unable to form a decent attack to suppress the walls of the Catachan tribe.

Just as the evil shadow spirits kept discussing how to concentrate their forces to devour the Gulf Territory's army in one go.

"The Gulf Territory destroys the large twisted monster lair!"

"The Gulf Territory captured a large area of ​​Catachan Jungle!"

"The Gulf Territory is advancing deep into the Catachan jungle!"

"The Gulf Territory is preparing to build a new city!"

All kinds of news, accompanied by vivid video materials, circulated among the outer Catachan tribe.

The Catachan people who were wondering why the evil shadow spirit slowed down their attacks watched these images carefully and understood the specific situation before suddenly realizing it.

The Gulf Territory is indeed continuing to "help" them!
  The chiefs and leaders of the major Catachan tribes all expressed their excitement at the Gulf Territory's help and the strong fighting power it displayed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Gulf Territory staff rushed to the various tribes and immediately promoted the Gulf Territory's military products and various inventions to them.

"With such a flamethrower, we can easily deal with large-scale twisted monsters."

"And its attack range is quite far and its lethality is very strong. It can directly use fire oil as fuel..."

"Just 20 of these flamethrowers can defend an entire city wall."

"Look at the situation on the magic image. This thing can't be deceptive, right?"

"Price? You can rest assured on this. Our Gulf Territory never harms our partners."

"You only need 20 grams of fine gold, or 10 high-quality magic plants, as well as magic materials and special plants worth 16000 gold coins, to buy such a powerful city defense weapon."

"And in order to take care of our old friends, I will give you free fuel that can last 20 hours of fighting..."

The fat, spitting man enthusiastically sold the flamethrower to Chief Robert.

The other side is demonstrating the strength of the flamethrower, and also showing its power to the Catachan warriors next to it.

The red firelight illuminated Chief Robert's face.

He stared intently at the image of the flamethrower easily burning down a large number of small twisted monsters.

Especially when you see that the flamethrower also has a very good killing effect on the clumsy large twisted monsters.

Very decisively, he took out a large piece of sparkling gold and said as the big fat man watched with joy:
  "We need at least 100 flamethrowers and enough fuel to power them for more than 48 hours."

He happily took the nugget of fine gold, not wanting to trick Chief Robert's fatness at all.

He happily checked the content of fine gold. After calculating the price, he found that there were 30 grams more. He immediately continued to sell:
  "In addition to these flamethrowers, we can also offer you a solution!"

"A solution that can once and for all solve the problem of the growth and spread of the Catachan jungle within a 20-kilometer radius!"

When Chief Robert heard this, his eyes widened subconsciously.

He looked at the fat and smiling man and asked in disbelief:
  "Are you sure? Bay Territory really has such a method?"

Big Fatty nodded very simply, secretly took out another photo crystal, and carefully handed it to Chief Robert.

The latter looked at it carefully for a while, turned to look at the confident big fat man, and nodded without hesitation:

"This plan and plan are indeed what we need, so how can we implement this plan?"

Rubbing his hands together very excitedly, the big fat man took the photo crystal, played the detailed link later, and said softly impatiently:
  "This problem is relatively easy to solve. The Gulf Council will create a fire element energy pool for your tribe and arrange a large-scale scorched earth array..."

Scorched Earth Array?

Chief Robert understood it carefully, and his eyes gradually brightened.

Knowing that the deal was close to success, Big Fatty patiently explained to Chief Robert:
  "The difficulty of constructing the magic circle is not high. Except for the water intake part in the central area, it can be effective within a 20-kilometer radius."

"However, this also has two disadvantages..."

"One is expensive. It takes 2000 million gold coins to install a scorched earth array!"

Hearing the bad news, some of the chiefs, Robert, calmed down and listened carefully to Big Fat's words.

"The other is danger. We have conducted experiments. The scorched earth array is absolutely effective, but it will attract attacks from the surrounding Catachan activated jungle and monsters..."

That's it?

The wide-eyed Chief Robert suppressed the joy and excitement in his heart, laughed and said:

"Even if there is no scorched earth magic circle, we will still be attacked, so what do we have to worry about?"

Unexpectedly, the big fat man smiled mysteriously, and whispered in the ear of Chief Robert:

"We also know this, but this thing is not easy to sell, but our task is relatively heavy."

"We can't bear the Iron Bone Tribe being targeted alone, so we have a special offer for you."

discount?

Chief Robert blinked somewhat alertly.

"As long as you promote the Scorched Earth Circle to other Catachan tribes and successfully sell one."

"You can get a share of 100 million gold coins, or various materials of equivalent value."

"If you sell 10 pieces, the Iron Bone Tribe's Scorched Earth Array will be free!"

After hearing this, Chief Robert opened his mouth slightly.

Scorched earth tactics are so good, how can only the Gulf Territory enjoy them?
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