Volume One: Hell-Tier Lord World Chapter 163: The Anomaly Before the Thousand-Needle Forest

After leaving the stone-ring outpost, Chen Gu was still in a very good mood.

When he first entered this Lord's World, Chen Gu had assumed that it was completely occupied by the undead.

Now, it seemed, things were not quite like that.

In this Lord's World, there were actually still some cities that were resisting or hiding themselves, refusing to be conquered by the undead.

Although these cities were currently unwilling to help Chen Gu, he believed that as the territory under his control grew larger, more and more cities would be discovered, and the conditions for them to join would become simpler.

When these cities eventually joined, the fruits of their years of effort would also become power in Chen Gu's hands.

This realization filled Chen Gu with even greater confidence.

Carrying this confidence, the Vine Light took less than a day to arrive near the Thousand-Needle Forest.

Unlike the other cities in this territory, the Thousand-Needle Forest before his eyes was actually still in the middle of battle.

The two opposing sides of the conflict were the undead and the elves.

This situation left Chen Gu somewhat speechless.

Ever since entering the Lord's World, he had not seen an organized elven army fighting against the undead face-to-face.

Yet the scene before him was entirely different.

The elves and the undead were fighting evenly, and from the overall situation, the elven side appeared to possess a complete, well-structured army.

Among the elven forces were centaurs acting as cannon fodder for charges, dwarves for defense, while pixies, dryads, and sprite-flowers were scattered everywhere.

At the same time, at the rear of the elven ranks, there were troops consisting purely of true elves, including regular forces such as druids, blade-dancers, and archers, as well as special units like silver pegasi and tree-shepherds.

Finally, at the very back of their formation, there were powerful units such as green dragons, unicorns, dryads, and treants.

On the undead side, there were two distinct legions: one was a main force clearly spearheaded by bone dragons, while the other was a cannon-fodder legion composed mainly of skeletons, walking corpses, and specters.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce. Looking from afar, Chen Gu saw that in less than an hour, the two armies suffered tens of thousands of casualties.

Such a situation left Chen Gu slightly speechless.

He could understand if the undead had a continuous supply of new troops.

But what did the elves have, and how could they possibly still be fighting until now?

One had to remember that the Scourge of the Undead had appeared many years ago.

Over these years, if over ten thousand soldiers died every hour, just how many elven soldiers would have to die to sustain this?

"My lord, something seems a bit wrong here."

At this moment, Kebas hurried over and whispered to Chen Gu.

"What have you noticed?"

"That person over there, I saw him more than a thousand years ago. He was a friend of mine, but he already died in battle against the undead."

Kebas pointed at one of the elven commanders.

Hearing this, Chen Gu felt a jolt in his heart. There were elven heroes here who had been dead for who knows how many years—could it be that the undead were playing tricks on him?

At this moment, Lister also stepped forward.

"My lord, shall we charge straight in and wipe them out?"

Chen Gu thought for a moment and finally shook his head.

"We haven't figured out the situation yet. Fire Shadow, come take a look."

At Chen Gu's command, a Fire Spirit Crow landed beside him.

It glanced at the situation in the distance and thought carefully for a moment. "My lord, this is not reality. It has been affected by an unknown power, continuously repeating everything from a certain point in time."

Hearing Fire Shadow's words, a gleam of understanding flashed in Chen Gu's eyes.

"Does that mean the Thousand-Needle Forest has always been in a state of battle with the undead? And it's very likely repeating this exact same day over and over again?"

"That is a possibility, though we have no way to verify it for sure right now."

Chen Gu thought deeply for a moment. "True or not, we'll know as soon as we test it. Fire Shadow, handle this matter."

Fire Shadow nodded, spread its wings, and took flight.

Following closely behind were three hundred Fire Spirit Crows. These Fire Spirit Crows were divided into seven or eight different groups of varying sizes, each led by a designated leader at the front.

These leading Fire Spirit Crows were the ones under Chen Gu's command who had successfully advanced into heroes.

There were seven of them in total, including Fire Shadow, and each possessed their own unique traits.

Currently acting as their commander-in-chief, Fire Shadow managed the small legion of three hundred Fire Spirit Crows.

As for the other six, they each had their own distinct characteristics and positions.

Some were Fire Shadow's direct subordinates, while others were commanders of the Fire Spirit Crows stationed on the Vine Light.

Regardless, these six Fire Spirit Crow heroes were split into seven or eight separate factions.

It was a mystery how Fire Shadow managed them.

However, Fire Shadow was, after all, a blue-quality hero.

Under these circumstances, he immediately led all the Fire Spirit Crows soaring into the sky.

"Strong Flame Light, take your subordinates over there and hit the undead with a volley of Spark Missiles. The rest of you, circle in the air."

Upon hearing this, the Fire Spirit Crow named Strong Flame Light immediately flew out with over thirty of his subordinates.

A closer look would reveal that the Fire Spirit Crows led by Strong Flame Light were all of the slimmer-bodied variety, which allowed them to fly faster than the other Fire Spirit Crows.

This was precisely Strong Flame Light's unique trait.

His innate talent was increasing the movement speed of his subordinate troops.

In the case of the Fire Spirit Crows, this naturally translated to increased flight speed.

Therefore, the Fire Spirit Crows led by Strong Flame Light were the fastest among all the hero units. Fire Shadow was well aware of his subordinates' capabilities, which was why he dispatched Strong Flame Light first.

Strong Flame Light did not disappoint Fire Shadow either.

Leading his Fire Spirit Crows, he arrived above the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

They gathered the sparks around their bodies, turning them into a barrage of projectile bullets, and rained them down upon the walking corpses locked in combat below.

The result that followed left Chen Gu and his companions astounded.

The bullets transformed from fiery stars passed right through the bodies of the walking corpses and struck the ground directly, even kicking up a layer of black soil.

Seeing this scene, Chen Gu and the others finally understood.

Everything they were looking at before their eyes was an illusion.

They were merely witnessing a replay of the events that had occurred on the day the Thousand-Needle Forest was destroyed.

However, Chen Gu was still not entirely certain. After thinking for a moment, he called out.

"Blood Slaughter."

The leader of the Blood Shadow Wolves leaped forward.

"My lord."

"Arrange for some men to go over and check it out. The main objective is to see whether these enemies possess any aggressiveness."

Blood Shadow had also witnessed the situation on the battlefield earlier.

It was now confirmed that these entities were illusions, but illusions came in many forms.

Chen Gu himself possessed the ability to create illusions, even capable of conjuring a massive flood to destroy a city.

What if the illusions before them possessed combat capabilities as well?

Chen Gu needed more information to determine how to handle the current situation.