Davis watched the rows upon rows of lizardmen warriors fall on the battlefield.
His eyes reddened as he spoke to the king-level bodyguards beside him:
"When the battle begins, send a few of you to kill that scoundrel Lin Zhan, and snatch a couple of cannons on the way back."
"Yes, Commander, we guarantee to complete the mission."
Lin Zhan, watching the charging lizardmen on the battlefield, was calculating rapidly in his mind.
"It seems the heavy artillery bombardment earlier cost the lizardmen over ten million troops. We can proceed with the next phase of the plan."
Immediately after, Lin Zhan said to Zhang Dabiao:
"Tell the heavy artillery corps to switch to incendiary rounds. Set the firing coordinates at a distance of 15 kilometers, and extend the shelling range backward. I want the remaining sixty million-plus lizardmen cremated."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhan took out a large loudspeaker with an amplification formation and shouted:
"All rapid-fire cannon positions, switch to armor-piercing rounds. Focus on attrition of the lizardmen's fighting force. Pay attention to the shelling range. The lizardmen within 5 kilometers of the city walls are not your concern."
"All ballistae on the arrow towers, pay attention, responsible for sniping the swamp giant lizards within 5 kilometers of the city walls. All sniper crossbowmen, target the enemy independently."
Lin Zhan's orders were issued, and the entire human defense line began to move.
In an instant, the human defensive firepower increased by another 30%, and the lizardmen's casualties became even greater.
Davis said to the messenger beside him: "Relay the order, the Golden Legions of the Borg clan and the Sanchez clan are to assemble immediately. All diamond-grade and above lizardmen in the entire army are to assemble and form a suicide squad to open a gap for our army."
Lin Zhan spotted the commotion in the lizardmen army from afar on the city wall.
Well-equipped and high-spirited lizardmen armies began to gather.
Lizardmen clad in heavy armor walked into the assembly.
Lin Zhan sneered and said, "It seems that bastard Davis is planning to go all out."
"Relay orders, the God-Slaying Army, the Thunderclap Legion, the Swift Wind Legion, and the Hundred Battles Legion prepare to engage the enemy."
"Relay orders, the Wind God Pterosaur Knights ascend, flank the enemy's rear, and drop incendiary bombs."
As Lin Zhan gave his orders, the human defense line also began to mobilize.
Bai Qi and his three deputy generals, each leading an army clad in black armor exuding killing intent, appeared on the city wall of the defense line.
Every soldier in Bai Qi's God-Slaying Army had experienced five years of fierce combat on the myriad races battlefield.
Each soldier started at the peak of Platinum rank.
When Lin Zhan had not yet risen to prominence, and the Human Emperors had not yet awakened.
It was these three old ancestors, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and Meng Tian, who led a total of six million of their own troops and ten million guards of the Human King's Hall.
Cooperating with Lin Tian's Fourth Army Group, they firmly held back hundreds of millions of allied races on the myriad races battlefield.
Preventing the allied races from entering human territory for decades.
Lin Zhan smacked his lips and said to the young Taoist priest beside him, "Brother-in-law, are we all set?"
The young Taoist priest was taken aback for a moment, then smiled like a fox who had stolen a chicken and said, "Everything is ready. Should we let Old Ancestor Li Siyi out now?"
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "What are we waiting for? I've already spent so much money on the Mo Dao soldiers. We have to make a good showing this time."
The young Taoist priest quickly took out a silver talisman and began to chant.
With a bang, a stone coffin appeared before everyone's eyes.
The lid of the coffin was pushed open, and Li Siyi, clad in heavy armor, climbed out.
"Damn, I'm suffocating. This is more uncomfortable than sleeping in a king's tomb."
Then Li Siyi looked at Lin Zhan and said, "Young Master, you called for Old Li this time, so there must be work to do, right?"
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "Ancestor Siyi, look, these are lizardmen. Their physical fitness is two to three times that of human warriors before taking the Blood Qi Pills, and their scales have very high defensive capabilities."
"They're just relying on having an elite army and bullying us because we don't have an army that can stand up to them."
Although Li Siyi was large and rough in appearance, he was quite meticulous. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to develop the Mo Dao Army of the Great Tang Dynasty to such an extent.
Li Siyi narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the lizardmen's Golden Legion and the diamond-grade and above lizardmen generals mixed within.
"A piece of cake. They're no-name chickens and dogs. For our Mo Dao Army, it won't be much trouble. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worthy of the great resources you've spent to keep us."
"Let Old Ancestor Bai Qi cooperate with us later, and we'll end this battle ahead of schedule."
Lin Zhan listened to Li Siyi's words and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble you, Ancestor Siyi."
Li Siyi nodded, then, carrying a three-meter-long Mo Dao, jumped off the city wall and crept towards the surrounding shadows.
Lin Zhan watched Li Siyi's actions and knew that this guy was definitely a master of ambushes.
He planned to wait for the lizardmen's Golden Legion to attack the city.
Then he would lead his troops out from the flank and work with the God-Slaying Army to annihilate these elite lizardmen.
Lin Zhan said to the young Taoist priest, "Brother-in-law, see? If you encounter old guys who look honest and kind, you must be extra careful."
"Usually, these old guys are super cunning. Over thousands of years, how many people have they tricked? Their trickery skills are quite proficient."
"Which old guy?" Yu Longyan appeared beside Lin Zhan, shirtless, and asked.
Seeing Yu Longyan's attire, Lin Zhan teased, "Damn, Ancestor, how did you get yourself into this state? Your clothes are all gone."
"Scram. Your belly full of bad ideas is really not for nothing. Young Ying Zheng has killed a hundred kings of a clan and directly ascended to the level of a fundamental Human Emperor."
Lin Zhan was happy to hear this and said, "Heh heh, it's good that it succeeded. By the way, tell Old Ancestor Ying Zheng to absolutely not show himself. Let's see if we can get an opportunity in the future to trick and kill a few fundamental existences of the myriad races."
Yu Longyan nodded and said, "Ying Zheng said the same thing. He's already gone to Jia Wei to hide."
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "Mobilize the King-level Ancestors to come over. They don't need to participate in the battle, just keep an eye out in case the lizardmen make a desperate move. By the way, how many lizardmen Emperors have we captured?"
Yu Longyan counted on his fingers and said, "We accidentally killed seven fundamental Human Emperors of the lizardmen. There are eight left. As for the ordinary lizardmen Emperors, none of them were harmed. They were all captured alive by the Tie family brothers."
"Also, the lizardmen summoned thirteen Nine-headed Dragon Lizards, four fundamental-grade and nine ordinary Emperor-grade. Hou Yi didn't hold back and shot four of them. The rest were all captured alive."
Lin Zhan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he said with a drool, "Good, good, we've struck gold this time. If we do this a couple more times, we might even be able to revive an Emperor-level ancestor."