Chapter 352: Chapter 212: Sneak Attack on the City! (Five-in-one, 10/10)_4
Otherwise, he would be exposed.
Chen Mo was now in a divine stealth state, so naturally, he didn’t need to worry about that. He just easily passed by them.
Unable to fly or teleport, Chen Mo could only rely on his own speed to quickly head to the rear of the Demon King’s City.
He felt some regret at that moment.
During the fifth tier of the Legendary Trial, a support-type profession had used a Group Speed Boost skill. Back then, he had thought this speed boost was useless and hadn’t retained it because he had checked and found that it would cost money to remove it later. He hadn’t wanted to waste a slot. Now, however, was when it would have proven useful. Still, it would only have increased his speed a bit, so there wasn’t much to truly regret.
After a long trek, Chen Mo took a detour of almost five kilometers along this small path before finally reaching the rear of the Demon King’s City.
At this point, the rear of the Demon King’s City was not as deserted as the officer had claimed. Although the main force of the Demon King’s Army was concentrated at the front, a guard force consisting of tens of thousands of demonic beasts had been left behind, stationed on the tall fortress towers.
Originally, Chen Mo had thought there was one damage type from his Almighty Converter that he would likely never use in his life, but this time, it seemed there was a chance for it to be useful.
Within this instance, Teleportation was forbidden, and due to the effect of the great flight-suppression Array, Flying was also forbidden. The only option now was a forced siege. However, normal damage—whether physical, magic damage, chaos, or true damage—could only inflict half the usual damage on inanimate objects like city walls. Only siege damage could inflict 200% damage on city armor. If the Skeleton Monsters’ damage type were converted directly to siege damage, their damage output would effectively double. Breaking through this fortress tower wouldn’t be a difficult task.
As Chen Mo willed it, the effects of Undying Worship and Amplification Divine Ring activated. Combined with the Almighty Converter’s transformation of their damage type to siege damage, he immediately ordered his Skeleton Monsters to launch a siege attack.
Since the Skeleton Monsters were now completely in an invisible state, and moreover, under the effects of divine stealth, all revealing abilities were useless against them. Although various Eyes of Appearance and Shadow Revealing Arrays were set up around this fortress tower, unless someone possessed Divine Power exceeding Chen Mo’s, they couldn’t hope to see or break through the invisibility ability of units in a divine stealth state.
Just as all the members of the Demon King’s Army were leisurely strolling back and forth on the fortress tower.
BANG! BANG! BANG!!!
Suddenly, a series of impacts against the city walls echoed out. But when they looked down, they saw nothing. They could only see the originally solid city walls being attacked by something unseen, with debris constantly spraying from them. In no time at all, a significant layer of the wall’s thickness had been shaved off.
"Enemy attack! We’re under attack! It’s probably invisible units! Quickly, call for a master with high-level stealth detection abilities to come and see!"
Even though they couldn’t see what was attacking, the Demon King’s Army quickly reacted. They immediately rang the alarm, intending to summon someone capable of stealth detection to investigate.
But while they were calling for help, the attacks from Chen Mo’s two million Skeleton Monsters didn’t let up in the slightest. With such a vast number of attacks, even the thickest city wall couldn’t last for a minute. Forget a minute; the wall of the fortress tower at the rear of the Demon King’s City didn’t even last thirty seconds before a huge breach was torn open!
At the same time, WHOOSH! With a sound of tearing air, an unusually colored arrow shrieked into the sky. Reaching its apex, it exploded with a BANG! blossoming into a dazzling, blood-red rose.
「Several kilometers away, in the military camp」
The officer who had asked Chen Mo to launch the surprise attack saw this signal. He immediately rushed excitedly to the stables, leaped onto a horse, and using Energy to amplify his voice, bellowed to the entire camp, "The Hero has succeeded with the surprise attack! They’re scrambling, unable to protect both their front and rear! Brothers, follow me in a strong attack on the Demon King’s City fortress! We must take it in one fell swoop this time!"
As he finished speaking, countless soldiers charged out from the densely packed military camp. As far as the eye could see, their number wasn’t any less than Chen Mo’s Skeleton Monsters.
"Wipe out the Demon King’s Army, reclaim our great human lands!"
As the army of millions roared in unison, the sound was so immense it seemed to shake heaven and earth. At the officer’s command, this army of millions began their charge toward the Demon King’s City, shouting as they went. The charge of the millions-strong army made the very ground tremble as if an earthquake had struck.
「At the Demon King’s City’s front-line fortress.」
Having received news that the rear of the Demon King’s City was under attack, many top-tier demonic beasts had been preparing to turn back and provide support. However, when they suddenly saw the Human Army launching a frenzied, all-out charge towards their fortress, none of them could break away.
"What should we do? Damn it, we’re sandwiched between two fronts! If we don’t fall back to defend, Lord Demon King might be in danger."
A few high-ranking Demon King generals immediately gathered to confer, quickly reaching a consensus: the Demon King’s City was not important; Lord Demon King was paramount. They decided to prioritize protecting Lord Demon King. Even if they withdrew some forces from the front line, it wouldn’t be depleted enough for the Human Army to easily capture it. It should still be able to hold out for a long time. Perhaps, they reasoned, they could deal with the ambushers at the rear and return before the Human Army even managed to capture the fortress.