Chapter 569

Chapter 569: Defeat

With Guli’s command, a devastating blow suddenly struck.

One million human soldiers abruptly changed their spell attacks.

Fiery dragons vanished, replaced by icy spikes and ice cones filled with an extremely cold aura.

These ice cones and spikes shot forward like countless raindrops toward the Cangyu Tribe warriors.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…

Groups of Cangyu Tribe warriors fell with horrified screams.

Their bodies were pierced by various ice cones and spikes; in some weak areas, their bodies were directly penetrated.

Even those strong fighters of the Cangyu Tribe at the front could only withstand a few more seconds before they succumbed to the relentless assault of ice cones and spikes, being shot down like hedgehogs.

Only the commander of the twenty million Cangyu Tribe army, a level 120 strong fighter, managed to rely on his powerful energy shield to temporarily defend against the attacks from the ice cones and spikes.

Even so, he dared not advance even an inch.

Instead, he could only retreat quickly while withstanding the icy attacks.

He understood that, although the eastern human army was right in front of him, he could not endure the barrage of ice cones and spikes to penetrate their ranks.

Before the concentrated ice cones and spikes, the defense army of twenty million Cangyu Tribe warriors—considered a trump card by the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes—fell like powerless ants, swiftly annihilated.

They all bore treasures made from low-grade immortal ores that could suppress the fire laws.

But against the dense wave of ice cones and spikes, they proved utterly useless.

Although ice spells only had about half the power of fire spells, the previous fire spell attacks launched by the eastern human army concealed their strength, displaying only one-tenth of their full power.

In this round of ice spell attacks, however, they executed a full-scale assault, wielding five times the power than the fire spells.

Wherever the ice cones and spikes went, Cangyu Tribe warriors quickly fell.

Two kilometers, three kilometers, four kilometers…

In just a few minutes, the twenty million Cangyu warriors, except for the level 120 commander who narrowly escaped, fell to the ground, either dead or injured.

Not even the level 100 and level 110 strong fighters among the Cangyu Tribe could escape this fate.

“Sea of fire attack, advance slowly, First Legion retreat!"

Seeing the complete annihilation of the defense army formed by twenty million Cangyu Tribe warriors, Guli immediately made adjustments.

The two hundred thousand human soldiers of the First Legion quickly used their teleportation ability to retreat back to the vanguard.

Within the vanguard, the Black Tiger Tribe, Demon Race, Swift Tribe, and Spirit Heart Tribe armies were already prepared, quickly gathering together.

The human soldiers returning to the vanguard swiftly took out flying treasures.

The soldiers from various tribes poured in in an orderly manner.

Once the flying treasures were filled, the human warriors controlled them to maneuver to the sides and rear of the sixteen tribes’ armies.

The eastern human army continued its assault.

However, this time, the ice cones and spikes were replaced by a vast and powerful sea of fire.

Nearly three hundred million warriors of the vanguard of the sixteen tribes, just like the twenty million Cangyu Tribe army, faced a devastating disaster.

Ordinary soldiers could not withstand the onslaught of the sea of fire and were quickly consumed by the flames.

Only a few strong fighters, relying on their powerful Perception Ability and speed, swiftly fled after sensing that the sea of fire was extraordinary.

Those at the front of the vanguard, although they saw the Cangyu Tribe army’s total annihilation and realized the impending doom, found themselves powerless to escape.

This was because the soldiers of the vanguard behind them continuously pushed them forward.

Six kilometers, seven kilometers, eight kilometers…

Even though the eastern human army was slowly advancing while attacking, the distance between them and the vanguard rapidly widened.

This was due to the vanguard falling in waves to the sea of fire ahead.

Until the distance between the two sides stretched to fifteen or sixteen kilometers.

Only about one hundred million remained of the three hundred million vanguard warriors.

It was only then that the crazily charging vanguard soldiers fully realized their situation and began to madly flee toward the Main Group.

They were utterly disorganized.

“Why is this happening?”

“The ice laws of this unknown race, how could they wield ice laws? And their power even surpasses the fire laws?”

“It’s not that their power exceeds the fire laws, but they have been hiding the full strength of their fire laws.”

“When they attacked the Flying Wolf Tribe’s lair, they didn’t use their full power at all. If they had gone all out, the first line of defense of the Flying Wolf Tribe, which had added materials to resist the fire laws, would have crumbled in an instant.”

“Moreover, even the second line of defense would have collapsed before the fire laws of this unknown race.”

In the command center, the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes were dumbfounded upon receiving the news that the defense army had been completely annihilated and that the vanguard had suffered heavy losses, with only a few managing to escape.

Just a moment ago, they were envisioning the vanguard overwhelming the enemy and using the defense army’s ability to withstand the fire attacks as an advantage to surprise and completely destroy the Great Flame Empire’s elite long-range attacking army.

If that happened, the Great Flame Empire would lose its long-range attack ability.

What was once their greatest advantage would become their most significant disadvantage.

The Great Flame Empire had no long-range attack capability, yet the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes did.

The Extreme Fire Tribe was also skilled in long-range attack abilities, and although their power was not weak, their range was limited.

Attacking head-on against the eastern human army was tantamount to suicide.

However, without the eastern human army, they could completely suppress the Great Flame Empire army with ease.

Because of this, in the eyes of the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes, the key to victory lay in destroying the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army, ensuring their triumph in the overall situation.

But the outcome was something they could never have anticipated.

That long-range attacking army had been hiding its strength from the very beginning.

Only after the sixteen tribes formed the alliance and launched a full assault did they suddenly reveal their sharp fangs.

“What is going on here?”

The strongest members of the sixteen tribes wore grim expressions.

“From the results, it seems the Great Flame Empire’s long-range attacking army, during their assault on the Flying Wolf Tribe, kept their true power hidden, failing to breach even the first line of defense of the Flying Wolf Tribe. They were clearly tempting and forcing us to form an alliance to crush our united front.”

“But the problem is, how could the Great Flame Empire know that we sixteen tribes had secretly allied and built a defense army capable of withstanding the fire laws, confident in their ability to defeat the Great Flame Empire army?”

“Exactly! It simply doesn’t make sense.”

None of the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes could figure out what the higher-ups of the Great Flame Empire were thinking.

Since only the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes knew about the alliance, the only possible explanation was that there was a mole within their ranks from the Great Flame Empire.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire command center turned tense.

If this were true, it meant that the mole was likely nearby.

Who could that mole be?

Within the command center, the strongest members and High-ranking Leaders of the sixteen tribes exchanged glances filled with Killing Intent and anger.