Chapter 397

Chapter 397: The Giant Human Wall

After reorganizing their forces, the expeditionary army began to turn around and advance toward the vanguard of the Bone Spike Tribe.

On the other side, the vanguard of the Bone Spike Tribe slowed its marching speed due to the Kylin Tribe’s surrender, maintaining its best formation and moving steadily forward.

The distance between the two sides gradually shrank.

"It seems that the Bone Spike Tribe has confirmed their plan to ambush our strong beings!"

In the expeditionary army, Guli announced the latest intelligence provided by the Intelligence Organization:

"The strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe are almost all suppressing their auras, concentrating at the front of the vanguard to lie in wait. Only one level 110 strong being and three level 100 strong beings have exposed their auras as bait to lure the nonexistent strong beings of the Swift Tribe and the strong beings of the Nika Tribe into attacking."

"Given this, we have two options: one is to carry out our original plan to block and suppress the entire vanguard of the Bone Spike Tribe. The other is to find a way to strike unexpectedly, taking advantage of the Bone Spike Tribe’s ambush to set up our own attack."

"I think it’s safer to execute the original plan."

Tai Shi spoke up: "The main reason is that targeting the strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe, with their strong beings concentrated together, poses too great a risk."

"Yes! I also believe the original plan is better."

Zong Shan quickly added: "Without our king’s flying treasure, we can’t use a surprise attack to severely injure the chief of the Bone Spike Tribe and those above level 110."

"As a result, even if we set up an ambush based on the Bone Spike Tribe’s strategy, it would be hard to severely damage their top-tier combat power."

"The chief of the Bone Spike Tribe has reached level 120, and there are five more strong beings above level 110. The number of level 100 strong beings exceeds one hundred. Without a foolproof plan, just the chief of the Bone Spike Tribe could cause fatalities among our strong beings."

"I also believe it’s better to implement the original plan."

"Indeed, the original plan has the least risk, even if it wastes a bit more time."

Except for the strong beings of the Black Tiger Tribe, the strong beings of humanity and the Demon Race voiced their support for executing the original plan.

"In that case, we will stick to the original plan. Once the Bone Spike Tribe makes changes, we’ll adjust accordingly!"

Guli made the decision immediately.

The entire expeditionary army began to take action.

The vanguard was gathered at the front of the expeditionary army, continuing to advance toward the vanguard of the Bone Spike Tribe.

One hundred kilometers, ninety kilometers, eighty kilometers…

When the distance was only fifty kilometers, the millions of troops of the Bone Spike Tribe came to a stop.

The expeditionary army, however, maintained its formation and continued to advance in an orderly fashion.

“Chief, the army of the Nika Tribe is still advancing. What should we do?”

The strong being in charge of commanding the entire army of the Bone Spike Tribe was uncertain.

“Maintain the defensive formation and see how they attack!”

Bone Spike Chief regretted sending out only millions of troops.

From the perspective of numbers, the army of the Nika Tribe clearly had the advantage.

Fortunately, this advantage was not overwhelming.

At least in a defensive state, the army of the Nika Tribe could not defeat these millions of troops.

As long as they could withstand the attack from the Nika Tribe army, they could force the royal pirate crew of the Swift Tribe, along with the strong beings of the Nika Tribe, to implement the capture-the-leader-first plan.

"Okay!"

The strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe immediately felt a surge of confidence and began issuing defense orders.

Clearly, the disadvantages of incomplete information became apparent.

The scouts of the Bone Spike Tribe only discovered that the Kylin Tribe surrendered but did not find out how the expeditionary army’s vanguard used long-range attacks to suppress the front line of the Kylin Tribe, leaving them powerless to fight back.

The true horror of the expeditionary army lay in humanity’s practitioners mastering various skills, combined with their incredibly strong intelligence-gathering ability, allowing them to devise targeted strategies to counter their opponents.

The strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe gathering together was not favorable for a surprise attack.

Therefore, they decided to use speed and maneuverability, along with their powerful long-range attack ability, to first suppress and encircle the Bone Spike Tribe’s army, continuously exhausting their forces and forcing the strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe to change their approach.

Failure to change would mean total annihilation.

Seeing that the Bone Spike Tribe’s army had been in a defense formation and did not use long-range attacks to suppress like the Kylin Tribe, the expeditionary army continued to advance slowly.

Finally, when the two armies were merely about five kilometers apart, within the range of the human warriors’ spell attacks, the commander of the vanguard, Tai Shi, issued the order for a long-range attack.

Countless human soldiers began to ascend into the air.

Rows upon rows formed a massive wall covering an area of three to four kilometers, standing five to six hundred meters high, creating a dense human barrier.

On average, there would be one person for every two to three square meters.

Behind the giant wall of humans were their partners, standing ready.

"What kind of race is this? What do they want?"

"I’ve never seen this race before; they wouldn’t be attempting a long-range attack, would they?"

"Don’t worry, even if it is a long-range attack, it doesn’t matter. This race is unknown and must be a weak, insignificant one. Even if they specialize in long-range attacks, their power will be limited."

The warriors of the Bone Spike Tribe looked curiously at the rapidly forming giant wall of humans, their expressions relatively relaxed.

The unknown race had nearly become synonymous with a weak race in their minds.

Even if they were skilled in long-range attacks, the impact wouldn’t be significant.

It was entirely not a cause for concern.

After all, although the Black Tiger Tribe was not adept at long-range attacks and was slow, their attacks were incredibly strong, and their defense was not lacking.

Most importantly, the weak races had an average cultivation level that was also not high.

With the advantage of cultivation level, resisting some long-range attacks posed no problem at all.

The front line warriors of the Bone Spike Tribe transformed their arms into huge shields, awaiting the long-range attack from this unknown race.

"Maintain formation, continue advancing!"

Confirming that the Bone Spike Tribe’s front line was in a complete defensive state and had no intention of launching a long-range attack, Tai Shi decided to practice the formation and ordered them to advance.

The giant wall of humans began to move forward.

Due to the infrequent practice of this formation, even at a very slow pace, the giant wall of humans began to move awkwardly as they advanced.

Squad Leaders and Team Leaders began to make adjustments according to the shape of the wall.

Even though the giant wall was constantly changing shape as it moved, they ensured it would not collapse completely.

Four kilometers, three kilometers, two kilometers…

As the giant wall of humans lurched forward, the strong beings of the Bone Spike Tribe finally reacted, starting to organize their teams and use javelins for long-range strikes and suppression.

Sporadic javelins flew out from the front line of the Bone Spike Tribe, heading toward the giant wall one to two kilometers away.

"Adjust formation, double-sided strike!"

Tai Shi finally issued the command to attack.