Chapter 1 The Tide Turns

Lei Su's appearance salvaged some of the crumbling situation, and the players of the Niuren Tribe pushed the skeletons back again.

Nie Yan glanced at the current data. During this period, the Niuren Tribe had already lost more than sixty people. If the casualties exceeded a hundred, he would definitely abandon the city and retreat. It didn't matter if Sara Fortress was captured. His purpose was only to wear down Qin Han's skeleton army. Once the city walls fell, there was no need to engage in close combat with the skeleton army.

Nie Yan's basic strategy was not to defend one city and one place, but to use the city walls of each fortress to weaken Qin Han's skeleton army. Every time he abandoned a city, he would make Qin Han's skeleton army pay a huge price, weakening them to a certain extent before delivering a fatal blow.

As a Great Prophet, Nie Yan could mobilize the defending army of a city, but it was a bit difficult to clear out Qin Han's skeleton army with just the seven or eight thousand NPC legions defending Carol City. Qin Han's skeleton army was too numerous, as many as eight million, so the temporary strategy was to fight a war of attrition first.

Because Nie Yan mobilized the major guilds to stay away from Qin Han's skeleton army, not giving them a chance to replenish, the skeleton army could only expand by clearing NPC villages and towns along the way, and its development stagnated. This made Qin Han even more irritable, and he was even more eager to capture Sara Fortress, so he ordered the skeleton army to launch a more violent attack.

After another half day, the Niuren Tribe's garrison had consumed another hundred thousand skeletons and could no longer defend Sara Fortress. They were retreating steadily. They received Nie Yan's instructions that, in the absence of absolute certainty, they should never come into contact with the skeletons and should try to avoid casualties as much as possible.

Even when the skeletons rushed in, the Niuren Tribe players did not go up to entangle with them.

"Boss, we can't hold on anymore, the city walls are full of skeletons!" some players shouted anxiously in the team chat.

"Everyone retreat, leave from the teleportation array. Warriors, cover the rear, but don't throw your lives away. Be orderly. The first team retreats first, the second team follows!" Nie Yan said. As soon as his voice fell, the players immediately retreated in an orderly manner according to their formations.

"Boss, what about the ironclad catapults?"

"Ironclad catapults, attack for another three minutes, then smash them all! Don't leave a single ironclad catapult for them!" Nie Yan said in a deep voice. There were sixty or seventy ironclad catapults. Although his heart was bleeding, there was nothing he could do. If these ironclad catapults were not destroyed, they would fall into Qin Han's hands. However, the total number of ironclad catapults in the Niuren Tribe had exceeded five hundred, so losing this amount was not unbearable.

Team after team of players entered the teleportation array of Sara Fortress. Streaks of white light flashed, and they disappeared from where they were.

The skeletons poured into Sara Fortress. They crowded the narrow streets, and their movement speed could not keep up with the players' running speed.

Seeing that most of the players had retreated into the teleportation array, boomed, a series of explosions rang out, and the ironclad catapults lined up in the center of Sara Fortress were blasted into fragments by the violent explosion.

Nie Yan led the Niuren Tribe players to retreat, and after everyone had left, he directly destroyed the teleportation array.

Qin Han finally climbed the city wall of Sara Fortress and looked inside. It was empty, and he couldn't see any Niuren Tribe players!

The people of the Niuren Tribe had already left, leaving him with nothing but an empty city!

"Damn you, Kuangzei Nie Yan! I'm not done with you!"

Qin Han cursed angrily. Nie Yan was too cunning. He lost nearly five hundred thousand skeleton soldiers, but only got an empty city and sixty or seventy ironclad catapults that had already been destroyed. The Niuren Tribe's losses were not even a hundred. Although they also lost sixty or seventy catapults, such losses were not unbearable for the wealthy Niuren Tribe.

He gradually understood Nie Yan's idea. If he had to lose more than 500,000 skeletons every time he captured a fortress, it was estimated that his skeleton army would soon be exhausted.

Qin Han was ruthless, but Nie Yan was even more ruthless!

In the other two fortresses near Sara Fortress, Nie Yan was setting up a tight defense. The geographical location of these two fortresses was not as steep as Sara Fortress. Nie Yan arranged relatively few defenses in these two fortresses. It would be very good if these two fortresses could consume 200,000 of Qin Han's skeleton army.

On the city wall of Fesol Fortress, Nie Yan and his group were looking into the distance.

"I guess Qin Han is going crazy now. They spent so much effort and worked so hard to capture Sara Fortress, but it's just an empty city," Lei Su said with a laugh.

Nie Yan smiled coldly. He could even imagine Qin Han's distorted face. His heart was cold. Killing you is not that simple. Don't think that you can do whatever you want with a skeleton army. No matter how many skeletons you have, I will still clean you up!

Nie Yan understood that after Qin Han captured Sara Fortress, he would definitely go straight to Krips Fortress. Krips Fortress was the main city of the Niuren Tribe and must not be lost. There were five fortresses in front of Krips Fortress. Nie Yan had to fight well in the offensive and defensive battles of these five fortresses. Outside Krips Fortress was the battlefield for the final battle.

Nie Yan began to mobilize all forces to prepare for the final battle of Krips Fortress, including the main force of the Niuren Tribe, the elites of the major guilds, the NPC legions of Carol City, and so on. All those who could be used were summoned.

Since capturing Sara Fortress, Qin Han's skeleton army had stopped moving. It was estimated that they were resting and adjusting their tactics.

Qin Han realized that he couldn't continue fighting like this, or he would fall into a passive position sooner or later, so he simply stood still.

After receiving the news from the front line, Guo Huai sent a message to Nie Yan and asked, "Nie Yan, Qin Han's skeleton army has stopped. What should we do?"

"It's best if they don't move. Hurry up and collect materials to build ironclad catapults!" Nie Yan said. In the previous war, he found that the role of the ironclad catapults was too great. They were definitely super weapons with unparalleled destructive power.

"Okay," Guo Huai nodded.

"How is our guild's ironclad catapult production capacity?"

"With full production, if there are enough materials, we can make an average of twenty units per day. The materials are a bit tight. It is estimated that we can support it for a maximum of three days," Guo Huai said.

War is about productivity. The Niuren Tribe's productivity is definitely very amazing. Other guilds can only build two or three ironclad catapults per day, but the Niuren Tribe can build twenty per day!

"Let the Holy Roman Empire, Galan Temple, and Radiant Sacred Flame help collect materials and produce at full speed!" Nie Yan said. At this time, all productivity must be released!

"I'll do it now!"

Even if they lost sixty or seventy ironclad catapults, the Niuren Tribe still had five hundred ironclad catapults. Three hundred and fifty of them were ironclad catapults, and the rest were ballistic catapults, all of which had been accumulated during this period. Moreover, with a production speed of twenty units per day, what was there to be afraid of? Even if they lost some, they could quickly replenish them.

After arranging everything, it was time to log off, and Nie Yan and Xie Yao exited the game.

Nie Yan called Lei Su, and Lei Su quickly replied.

"First Military Academy, Second Conference Hall, come over quickly. Someone wants to see you," Lei Su said on the phone.

Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao beside him. It was better not to tell Xie Yao about the Heavenly King Organization for the time being, otherwise, Xie Yao would definitely worry. People would definitely have some fear of mysterious organizations like the Heavenly King Organization, because they were too powerful and could easily control the fate of ordinary people.

Looking at Xie Yao's innocent smile, Nie Yan would rather Xie Yao know less. He wanted to protect her smile forever.

He was very close to the Heavenly King Organization. Nie Yan clenched his fists. No matter what, he must join the Heavenly King Organization, so that he would have enough capital to deal with Qin Han's Monet Consortium and Cao Xu's Century Consortium.

The Monet Consortium and the Century Consortium were like sharp swords hanging over his neck. As long as he was careless, he might be destroyed by them.

Therefore, Nie Yan wanted to pursue even greater power.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao had breakfast together and went to the First Military Academy together. After the two separated, Nie Yan went straight to the Second Conference Hall that Lei Su mentioned.

In the minds of the teachers and students of the First Military Academy, the Second Conference Hall was a very special place. It was built with money donated by the Heavenly King Organization. They would occasionally gather there, and several small conference halls were not allowed to be entered by ordinary students.

Nie Yan walked in from the entrance of the Second Conference Hall, and a student-like person immediately greeted him.

"You are Nie Yan, right? My name is Luo Lin. I am a peripheral member of the Heavenly King Organization. Please come with me," the student named Luo Lin said very politely.

"Okay," Nie Yan nodded and followed Luo Lin inside.

From Luo Lin's steady pace, Nie Yan could feel that Luo Lin's physical fitness was very good. Such an excellent person was actually just a peripheral member of the Heavenly King Organization.

Nie Yan had always had a doubt in his mind. Why did the Heavenly King Organization choose him?

In comparison, there were many people in the First Military Academy who were better than him. If it was because of the Tiantian Corporation, the Tiantian Corporation had not grown to the point where it could be valued by the Heavenly King Organization. Was it because of him himself? But what exactly did he have that made the people of the Heavenly King Organization so fond of him?

With these doubts, Nie Yan walked all the way in. After passing through a long corridor, the two stopped in front of a closed door.

"The generals are all waiting for you inside. Go in quickly," Luo Lin said to Nie Yan.

Generals? Nie Yan frowned slightly. It might be a code name for someone in the Heavenly King Organization. He would naturally not associate it with the military. What members were in the Heavenly King Organization had always been a mystery. The Heavenly King Organization only revealed the tip of the iceberg, and its huge energy had already made many large consortia and forces feel afraid.
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