Volume One: Hell-Tier Lord World Chapter 143: All-Out War

Gu Chen accurately grasped the flow of the battle, bringing a certain level of convenience to Lister.

Lister no longer needed to concern himself with strategic planning, rear troop reinforcements, or the slicing and dividing of the enemy.

All he had to do was concentrate all his efforts on killing every enemy in front of him in the shortest possible time.

As a result, his control over the battle became much more precise.

Under his command, the Great Pixies and Biopiant Treants under his command erupted with formidable power.

Meanwhile, the Elven Blade Dancers darted back and forth around the enemy.

Gu Chen noticed that Lister could easily control the positioning of each squad of Elven Blade Dancers, directing them to charge straight into the enemy's weakest points.

It seemed Lister was not a fool after all.

He understood that while his offensive power was strong, it was not invincible. Cutting the enemy apart and picking off the weakest batch first—this was his tactical method.

Seeing Lister display such decisiveness, Gu Chen smiled.

It seemed entirely reasonable for a legion to have multiple heroes.

Every hero had their own unique traits.

Heroes did not exist merely to boost the soldiers' attributes.

There were many things they could do.

In the future, he would not only need a main force, but also fast-moving troops to slice through the enemy, defensive units to block enemy attacks, and long-range legions to bombard the enemy from afar.

And then there would be the cannon-fodder legions, meant to encircle the enemy and overwhelm them with sheer numbers.

Previously, Gu Chen thought he already possessed a sufficiently powerful legion.

The Changfeng Legion could be built up slowly.

Now, it seemed that without enduring three or five battles, without losing a batch of subordinates, and without the tempering of large-scale warfare, no legion could truly be considered elite.

Even Lister right before him could only be counted as a decent hero, incapable of standing alone and holding a front by himself.

Lister, however, was unaware of Gu Chen's thoughts; he only felt that his killing was going exceptionally smoothly.

He thought to himself that if he ever encountered someone in the future who possessed Gu Chen's grand strategic vision, he would definitely invite that person back.

That way, he could lead his men to slaughter at the front.

Kill a batch, let the next batch in.

Only fighting like this could truly be called exhilarating.

Lister did not realize that such a mindset already placed him beneath certain other heroes.

It was equivalent to voluntarily relinquishing the supreme command of the legion.

He would only ever be fit to serve as something like a vanguard commander.

Unaware of this himself, Lister continued to fight happily.

"Fall back to rest and wait for the enemy."

Seeing that Lister was about to charge too far out, Gu Chen directly called him back.

"My Lord, a new batch of enemies has already emerged."

Not understanding why Gu Chen had stopped him, Lister nevertheless offered a suggestion, "If we charge out right now, we can hit them with a head-on blow the moment they appear."

"Now is not the time. Lure these undead to the left side of the battlefield; I need to arrange manpower to clear the battlefield," Gu Chen commanded directly.

At the same time, his subordinate Corpse-Eating Vines burrowed back into the ground, followed closely by fresh Holy Light Magma, which began clearing the battlefield.

Seeing Gu Chen's actions, Lister was somewhat perplexed, but he still obeyed the command and charged out.

After all, Gu Chen had told him to attack, not to defend, which suited his preferences perfectly.

Since the enemies had already appeared, killing them anywhere was fine anyway.

As for Gu Chen wanting to clean up the battlefield, he didn't give it much more thought.

At this moment, the number of undead reinforcements had reached over four thousand.

This could already be considered a fairly large undead force.

Most importantly, the number of enemy heroes exceeded sixty.

If these heroes were not commanding a battle, they could easily organize a small squad of their own to fight.

Witnessing this situation, Gu Chen broke out in a cold sweat.

He simply could not imagine how many undead heroes were hidden within that city.

Only a little over sixty undead heroes had emerged this time—what about the next time?

Would the number of appearing undead heroes be even greater?

Would it be eighty, or perhaps a hundred?

And what about the time after that?

Gu Chen began to feel a headache coming on.

However, he did not bother asking about the situation on Kebas's side.

Seeing that Lister was once again engaged in fierce combat with the undead, Gu Chen dispatched the Fire Spirit Crows.

Utilizing the Fire Spirit Crows' scorched-earth carpet-bombing ability, Gu Chen once again segmented the battlefield.

Then, he accelerated the cleanup of the original battlefield, as more and more Holy Light Magma poured into the area.

At that moment, however, Gu Chen noticed that the Fire Spirit Crows were being subjected to all-around attacks from the enemy.

Earlier, the participation of the Fire Spirit Crows had rendered the undead vampires completely useless, causing them to be wiped out directly.

The newly emerged undead had prepared specifically for this contingency.

In the rear of their formation, undead ranged units appeared for the very first time.

Skeleton Archers.

The shooting altitude of these Skeleton Archers certainly could not compare to Elven Archers, but they possessed the advantage of numbers.

This batch of Skeleton Archers numbered over a thousand strong.

As the Fire Spirit Crows flew out, the archers unleashed a volley of counter-directional arrow rain directly into the sky.

Because they were in the middle of casting spells, the Fire Spirit Crows were not flying very high.

Caught in this wave of arrow rain, over a hundred of them were lost instantly.

"Damn it, Lister! Let those ordinary undead pass, and loop around to the rear to deal with those Skeleton Archers!"

"Let all of them pass? There are over two thousand undead over here!"

Upon receiving Gu Chen's command, Lister was startled.

If he let all of them through, the pressure on the Vine-Light Camp would increase dramatically.

Yet Gu Chen understood that the ranged units were the ones that needed to be dealt with most urgently right now.

"Just go. Once you kill those Skeleton Archers, turn back and counter-attack. As long as you are fast, the pressure on my side won't be too great."

Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lister finally grasped the plan.

Gu Chen intended to use him as bait.

After thinking it over, Lister ultimately decided to follow Gu Chen's instructions.

Upon receiving the order, he immediately changed his formation.

His most powerful Elven Blade Dancers stood at the very front, flanked by the numerous Wolf troops. The Great Pixies and Biopiant Treants followed in the middle of the formation, while all the Elven Archers were left behind, retreating onto the walls of the Vine-Light.

When Lister launched his counter-attack, he did not choose to skirt around the flanks; instead, he carved a bloody path directly through the enemy's battle formation.

Seeing this, Gu Chen could not help but shake his head.

He had asked Lister to attack the rear Skeleton Archers precisely to disrupt the enemy's plans.

Now it was clear that Lister had not considered that angle.

Observing this, Gu Chen muttered to himself, "It seems I will need a fast-charging cavalry unit in the future."

Just as Gu Chen was pondering this, Lister made a surprising move that left him completely speechless.

He deployed all the Great Pixies and Biopiant Treants through the air.

This actually took Gu Chen by surprise.

Because the way Lister utilized the Great Pixies and Biopiant Treants clearly treated them as muscle-bound berserkers.

If not for Lister's actions, Gu Chen would have almost forgotten that they had wings and could fly.