Chapter 556

Chapter 556: The Moment for Counterattack

With the commands from the Commander and the strong members of the Flying Wolf Tribe issued, the soldiers of the Flying Wolf Tribe began to withstand the lightning attacks from the eastern human army, counterattacking with long-range assaults against the approaching Army of Three Races.

The Flying Wolf Tribe itself lacked any special long-range attack ability, but with their immense strength and various treasures, they could still provide long-range firepower suppression, though not as powerful as those races whose talents lay in long-range combat.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the Army of the Three Races advanced within three kilometers, countless spears and long-range attacks from various treasures surged forth.

Moreover, within the walls built from spirit mine, numerous mechanisms continually activated, sending spikes shooting from the walls.

All the attacks struck against the giant shields of the Black Tiger Tribe, erupting with deafening sounds.

These chaotic long-range attacks, despite not being overly strong, were significant in number and concentrated firepower.

Even though all the warriors of the Black Tiger Tribe were elite fighters, the weakest among them surpassing level eighty, they still found it impossible to advance an inch under the relentless long-range bombardment.

In fact, many of the Black Tiger Tribe warriors at the front were blasted away by various attacks.

However, the expeditionary army was well-trained.

Whenever a Black Tiger warrior was blown away and a gap appeared in their defense, other Black Tiger warriors swiftly filled the breach, transforming their arms into shields to shield the front once again.

This charge quickly fell into a stalemate.

The Army of the Three Races surged forward violently, but the various long-range attacks held them back, making it nearly impossible to progress, and many elite fighters from the Black Tiger Tribe were injured and fell.

Every step forward was incredibly challenging.

On the other hand, the Flying Wolf Tribe was not faring any better.

The Army of the Three Races maintained a fierce momentum, and the defense strength of the Black Tiger Tribe was commendable.

Their long-range attacks could only inflict some damage and suppression, unable to wipe out all enemies within the attack range as the eastern human army could do in an instant.

While progress was slow, the Army of the Three Races continued to close in on the walls.

“Commander, we can barely hold! Among the enemy forces, there are still armies from the Spirit Heart Tribe and the Swift Tribe!”

“Attack! We must use the strike team to quickly disrupt the enemy’s formation, or we won’t truly be able to drive them back!”

“Exactly! If we allow them to open a gap, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Several strong members of the Flying Wolf Tribe rushed to their Commander’s side, urgently requesting the formation of a strike team.

The Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe remained calm.

Confident in his strategy, he did not worry about a gap opening in the first line of defense under the assault of the Army of Three Races.

His subordinates feared that if a gap were to open, the Black Tiger Tribe would certainly hold that breach, allowing the eastern human army to emerge.

Without the restraint of the walls, the long-range attack ability of the eastern human army would be unstoppable, and the gap in the first line of defense would surely widen.

However, in his view, just the opposite was true.

With the defense army holding off attacks, if they launched a sudden counterattack, they could exploit the fact that the eastern human army was focused on the gap, and with thunderous momentum, they could break through the vanguard of the Army of Three Races and destroy this greatly threatening eastern human army.

However, this was the worst-case scenario.

The Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe had just received a notification from the Emperor of the Flying Wolf Tribe.

Unless absolutely necessary, they aimed to keep the existence of the defense army concealed.

The strongest members of various tribes suddenly felt that the secretly assembled defense army and allied forces might be the key power that could decisively defeat the Great Flame Empire.

The reason being, if the sixteen tribes truly formed an alliance and fought the expeditionary army of the Great Flame Empire, the defense army and the secretly assembled small-scale allies could act unexpectedly.

Not only could they destroy that immensely powerful long-range attacking army in one fell swoop, but they could also, with a surge of energy, completely devastate the forces of the Great Flame Empire.

In such a situation, concealing the defense army could better withstand long-range attack ability and remain advantageous.

Of course, this was contingent upon the Flying Wolf Tribe being able to withstand the assaults of the Great Flame Empire’s army.

At the very least, they had to hold on until the Undying Race could send troops.

With a retreat path available, the Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe remained calm.

To launch a counterattack right now seemed a bit premature in his view.

After all, the Army of the Three Races was in tight formation, and launching a counterattack would come at a significant cost.

The best time for a counterattack would be when the Army of the Three Races reached the walls, or even successfully entered them.

This way, they could spend the least resources to push back the disarrayed Army of the Three Races.

As the Army of the Three Races approached the walls, they could also further drain the time and forces of the enemy.

This aligned well with the larger strategy of delaying time.

Therefore, while the Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe rejected the counterattack, he ordered the formation of strike teams and for a future retaliation.

The defense army was also poised and ready to prevent any unforeseen events, needing to defend against the long-range attacks of the eastern human army.

Time was consumed in this tug-of-war.

Injured warriors from the Black Tiger Tribe continuously withdrew from the frontlines.

However, despite their pain and cries, these injured soldiers were in relatively good spirits.

According to the rules set by the expeditionary army, they would receive substantial military achievements as compensation.

This was also the reason that the soldiers of the Black Tiger Tribe continued to step up, their morale never plummeting from prolonged battles.

It wasn’t until more than an hour later, when the vanguards on all sides advanced to within about one kilometer of the walls, that the situation began to change.

At the one-kilometer mark, the elite fighters of the Spirit Heart Tribe could already utilize their long-range mental attacks to participate in the suppression of the Flying Wolf Tribe.

The lightning attacks of humanity combined with the spiritual assaults of the Spirit Heart Tribe meant that the long-range attacks from the Flying Wolf Tribe remarkably diminished.

The result of the decreased long-range attacks was a significant reduction in pressure on the Black Tiger Tribe army at the frontline.

Originally, the closer they were, the greater the suppression they faced.

However, with the addition of the long-range attacks from the Spirit Heart Tribe, the pressure was continuously easing.

The army’s advance speed noticeably quickened.

Nine hundred meters, eight hundred meters, seven hundred meters…

When they reached about five hundred meters from the walls, the warriors of the Swift Tribe began forming small teams, bursting forth from the army.

With their speed and responsiveness, they weaved through waves of long-range attacks, charging directly at the Flying Wolf guards atop the walls.

The Flying Wolf guards had to divert most of their long-range attacks to suppress the raiding teams of the Swift Tribe.

As a consequence, the Black Tiger Tribe army could no longer maintain its suppression.

Although the strike teams of the Swift Tribe could not successfully breach the walls, their diversion allowed the Army of the Three Races to approach the walls.

The warriors of the Black Tiger Tribe led the charge, leaping toward the towering walls, which soared several hundred meters high.

Countless warriors surged forth.

Though the Flying Wolf guards held a high ground position, they were unable to stop the overwhelming tide of Black Tiger warriors.

The walls quickly began to fall.

All the Flying Wolf guards were retreating step by step, pulling back toward the inner side of the walls.

The Army of the Three Races began their assault on the interior of the walls, attempting to tear a massive breach in the first line of defense.

“Notify the strike teams to be ready for a counterattack at any moment!”

The Commander of the Flying Wolf Tribe’s gaze was fierce.

As he anticipated, upon successfully reaching the walls, the formation of the Army of the Three Races had completely unraveled.

The best moment for a counterattack was about to arrive.