Volume 1: Hell-Tier Lord World Chapter 142: Chen Gu's Command Ability

Watching the holy light magma surge out, Jack realized in his heart that he had indeed been somewhat influenced during his time at the Sylvan Garden over the past few days.

His current target and enemy were the undead.

If he were to rely solely on elven methods, conquering this entire world would prove exceedingly difficult.

Aside from having numerous troops and capable generals, there was another crucial characteristic that allowed the undead to conquer this world.

They had been at war with the elves for an unknown length of time.

They were quite familiar with the tactical routines of the elves.

Most importantly, among the elves, there was no entity that directly counterbalanced the undead.

If Jack followed the elven path, his talents could not be fully utilized.

He understood that his greatest capability was synthesis—synthesizing the most advantageous situation for himself.

Therefore, the direction of the Vine-Light was wrong.

Jack sighed inwardly.

However, he immediately thought of a countermeasure.

Once the battle for this undead city concluded, he would find a way to synthesize some of the carriages within the Vine-Light.

He needed to strengthen their counter-effect against the undead.

As for the current carriages, Jack intended to abandon them.

Perhaps this was the advantage of a mobile temporary camp like the Vine-Light.

If any carriage felt unsuitable, it could be replaced swiftly.

Lister and Wanad did not know what Jack was thinking.

Seeing the holy light magma launch a premature attack, they each reacted differently.

Yet the holy light magma paid them no heed; the fire imbued with divine power ignited the corpses on the scene, burning the bodies, equipment, and everything else left uncollected in the blaze.

Standing on the command platform, Jack also muttered a regretful thought in his heart.

Had the undead forces not emerged so rapidly, they might have had a chance to clear the battlefield.

As things stood, burning these corpses was the priority.

While the holy light magma was busy burning the corpses, a new batch of undead forces finally appeared.

The number of undead arriving this time was significantly greater.

Various types of undead troops combined totaled more than a thousand.

Among them, the basic troops of walking corpses and ghosts had begun to appear.

At the same time, Jack spotted vampires.

This was considered a rather difficult troop type to deal with.

Unless these creatures were completely destroyed in a single strike, they always retained the chance to resurrect at any moment.

Therefore, priority had to be given to eliminating the vampires.

Still, the situation remained somewhat favorable for Jack.

The undead forces stopped at vampires; higher-tier liches and death knights had yet to appear.

It remained unclear whether these troops simply did not exist yet or if they were being held back for the next wave.

"Lister, no rush. Lure them closer before engaging."

Jack said to Lister while signaling the holy light magma, which had yet to withdraw, to fall back.

At that moment, the battle flags within the undead army were raised as well.

Jack noticed that the portion of the battle flags representing heroes seemed to have increased.

"Twenty heroes? Their heroes are practically worthless."

"This is likely still a small number; more heroes will surely appear shortly."

Lister casually remarked. He had witnessed the combat prowess of the heroes who fought him earlier, so he could readily understand the increasing number of heroes.

"I have a feeling these heroes aren't quite right. Never mind, now is not the time to discuss this. Lister, wait until we initiate combat before you strike, and focus your attacks on those heroes. Once you kill the heroes, arrange personnel to clear this section of the battlefield first. I need hero credentials."

"Rest assured, My Lord, I will handle everything properly."

Lister replied with certainty.

By this time, the vampires and ghosts—the fastest-flying elements within the undead forces—had already charged to the front of the Vine-Light's camp.

Jack raised his hand, and a large volume of fire-spirit ravens and blood-shadow wolves rushed out.

The fire-spirit ravens had already prepared sparks, unleashing a volley of spark bullets at the vampires.

Since the total number of fire-spirit ravens exceeded 400,

and there were only about twenty vampires in total, each vampire faced the coordinated attack of roughly twenty fire-spirit ravens.

The bullets formed from sparks struck the vampires like arrows.

Every single hit blasted a small hole into a vampire's body.

Although the vampires possessed formidable vitality, they stood no chance of survival under such an onslaught.

All anyone could witness was a multitude of red rays descending from the sky, after which the twenty vampires were entirely reduced to black ash.

Subsequently, the blood-shadow wolves also charged into the ranks of the ghosts.

Unlike other units, the blood-shadow wolves were troops Jack had specifically synthesized to deal with ghosts.

As spiritual entities themselves, they were capable of biting and wounding ghosts.

Upon pouncing forward, they flashed directly behind the ghosts,

locking their jaws heavily onto the ghosts' necks.

Although ghosts possessed uniform bodies throughout without any concept of vital points,

the act of biting necks had already become a habitual action for the blood-shadow wolves.

After biting down on the necks, they would even shake their heads back and forth to tear into their prey.

While the blood-shadow wolves were tearing at them, the ghosts that had not been instantly killed finally managed to turn around and counterattack the blood-shadow wolves.

Standing outside the camp, Lister could not help but make a remark upon seeing this scene.

"What a pity."

Lister understood that if he were the one controlling these blood-shadow wolves, that previous strike would have been enough to bite the enemy to death.

Unlike the current outcome where, instead of delivering a fatal bite, they allowed the ghosts an opportunity to counter.

Yet Jack paid no mind to this.

In his view, combat without losses was impossible.

The notion of zero casualties was entirely illusory.

Unless Jack's troops possessed the absolute power to crush everything in their path,

how could any battle occur without losses?

As long as casualties were kept below a certain threshold, that was sufficient.

As the blood-shadow wolves and ghosts tangled in combat, Jack waved his hand once more, and the corpse-devouring vines finally set out. This time, their target remained the walking corpses.

Against skeleton soldiers, the corpse-devouring vines possessed only a limited destructive capacity,

yet skeleton soldiers could provide very little flesh and blood to the vines.

Walking corpses, on the other hand, provided both experience and flesh and blood, making them excellent assistants for the growth of the corpse-devouring vines.

The moment walking corpses appeared, Jack dispatched the corpse-devouring vines without hesitation.

Observing Jack's command, Lister felt a trace of concern, but he kept silent.

At that moment, he kept his gaze locked tightly on the undead heroes across the field, awaiting their movement.

Right at that instant, Jack spoke up abruptly: "Lister, now is the time."

Lister looked up and realized that Jack had precisely grasped the optimal timing for an attack.

Due to Jack's proactive assault, the undead forces had already fallen into a state of chaos.

Some of the undead heroes were currently suppressing their subordinate undead, while others were charging forward just as before.

The twenty-odd undead heroes had now clearly split into three distinct groups.

This was precisely the best moment for their attack.

And Jack had accurately identified it.

Lister could not help but glance back at Jack, mentally elevating Jack's standing even higher in his mind.