174: Chapter 174 Run!

City, City Lord-tier?

Zhang Yu only felt a buzzing sound inside his brain.

He recalled the rumors in the Human Race channel.

One of Xu Qin's ruins had a city lord named Winter Sovereign, rumored to be a Legendary-tier undead.

This was... the Winter Sovereign?

Xu Qin's sub-city lord?

Zhang Yu only then realized a fact.

From the moment he decided to ambush Su Yao...

He had already lost.

It wasn't a loss in troop strength.

It was a loss because he wasn't even qualified to be Xu Qin's opponent.

"Retreat..." Zhang Yu's voice was hoarse and dry.

"Entire army... retreat!"

Shouting this, he turned and ran.

Who would have thought that Wang Lei and Liu Qiang's troops had already started running.

The forty-thousand-strong army began routing without any engagement.

But the Winter Sovereign didn't even glance at them.

The fifty-thousand-strong Undead Army maintained a constant marching speed, flattening right past the ambush position of Zhang Yu and the others.

As if those forty thousand troops didn't exist at all.

On the other side,

Su Yao, who had already seen everything, was dumbfounded.

On her regional map.

Tens of thousands of red dots in the southwest direction all disappeared in less than three minutes.

And to the north...

That mighty Undead Army was slowly heading toward her.

"Th-This is the reinforcement?" Zhou Ze rode on the bull's back, his mouth wide open.

Su Yao hurriedly opened the communication panel and found Xu Qin's private chat window.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: Big Brother Xu Qin... The reinforcements have arrived.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: Thank you.

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Mn. Just follow it, don't fall behind.

Su Yao looked at this short reply, and her nose tingled.

She quickly closed the panel, not wanting to lose composure in front of Zhou Ze and Lin Feng.

"Let's go."

She turned to look at the two of them,

"Keep up with that unit."

Zhou Ze gave a bitter smile and said, "Do you know I almost peed my pants just now?"

"... Can you not be so disgusting." Lin Feng said with disgust.

"No, did you see that six-meter-tall thing just now?"

Zhou Ze's voice was still trembling,

"When that thing walked this way, even my bull started shivering! My Bloodhoof Tribe bull! A Tier 3 heavy armor unit! Even it is scared!"

Su Yao was also scared.

But she felt more fortunate.

"Let's go, don't waste time."

The three teams merged into the rear of the Winter Sovereign's army and began following the march.

The feeling of following behind the undead phalanx was very peculiar.

The actions of the fifty thousand undead ahead were uniform, with only the "clack, clack" sound of bone armor colliding.

Lin Feng whispered, "Had I known, I would have chosen the Undead Race too, sigh."

"If you chose the undead, you wouldn't even have the chance to be a vassal..."

Zhou Ze replied in a low voice,

"Look at the vassal list, is there any Undead Race?"

"That's right, looks like my choice was correct." Lin Feng chuckled and said.

"With this army escorting us, I think we can reach Yongyuan City within ten days." Zhou Ze rode on the bull's back and stretched lazily.

"Why?" Lin Feng asked.

"Huh? Are you stupid now? Does this even need to ask why?"

Indeed.

When Su Yao and the others were still marching alone, every time they passed suspicious terrain, they had to stop to scout, detour, and replan.

But now...

Fifty thousand undead plus a Legendary-tier city lord unit were leading the way.

What suspicious terrain was left?

Just walk straight through.

Just ask who dares to block them?

Zhang Yu and the others ran for a full three hours.

Until they ran fifty kilometers and confirmed there were no pursuers behind them did they stop.

The seven people were scattered everywhere at the moment and could only communicate through the channel.

Liu Qiang · Zerg: Done for... completely done for... We've really messed with the wrong person.

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: Zhang Yu, you bastard! You said Xu Qin wouldn't care!

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: How the f*ck would I know he'd send that kind of monster out!

Zhao Feng · Treant Race: That thing is Legendary-tier! Legendary-tier!

Zhao Feng · Treant Race: My scouts couldn't even read its information!

Sun Tao · Orc Race: I think we should be glad it didn't chase after us.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: ... Right.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: It really didn't chase.

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: That's because it couldn't be bothered to chase! In its eyes, we're not even as good as ants!

Liu Qiang · Zerg: What now?

Zhang Yu looked at the panel and slowly closed his eyes.

The thought of hugging Xu Qin's thigh was completely snuffed out.

From the moment Xu Qin rejected him,

To him planning the ambush on Su Yao,

And up to now...

It could be said that one wrong step led to every step being wrong.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Let's end it here.

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: What do you mean?

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Of course it means everyone goes back to their own homes, and we just develop by huddling together.

Liu Qiang · Zerg: Xu Qin won't retaliate, right?

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: ...

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Probably not.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: If he wanted to kill us, the monster just now would have chased straight over.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: It didn't chase, which means Xu Qin doesn't want to waste time on us.

Sun Tao · Orc Race: Hope so.

The atmosphere in the channel dropped to freezing point.

The seven people each harbored their own thoughts and stopped speaking.

Zhang Yu stood on the sand dune, looking at the northern skyline.

"Xu Qin..."

Zhang Yu clenched his fists, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"I'll remember you."

But after saying this, he felt it was laughable himself.

What use is remembering?

What could he use to contend against someone with a Legendary-tier sub-city lord?

Zhang Yu turned around and walked down the sand dune, his back desolate.

High-tier plane.

Boundless Domain, Floating City.

On Xu Qin's interface, a notification message popped up.

"Reporting to Master, the target group has merged, no battle occurred, and they are being escorted back."

"Good, thank you for your hard work."

Xu Qin closed the communication.

Just at this moment, Tian Ming's voice came from behind.

"Master, the tunnel project is 70% complete, and the remaining part is expected to be finished within thirty hours."

Hearing this, Xu Qin opened the regional map and immediately ordered:

"After completion, pre-bury five hundred Bone Beasts at each exit."

"Understood."

"In addition." Xu Qin looked into the distance.

At the edge of the Boundless Domain was the endless starry sea void.

In the pitch-black void, other floating lands could be faintly seen slowly drifting in the distance.

"After the tunnel is completed, transfer all Troglodytes to three hundred meters inside the boundary and dig a circle of deep pit traps."

"Depth thirty meters, width twenty meters."

"Cover the entire boundary line."

"Yes, Master."

Tian Ming's soul fire flickered once and turned away.

Vassal channel.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: Thank you, Big Brother Xu Qin, for sending troops to pick us up. Thank you.

Tie Ge · Orc Race: ? Did you encounter danger?

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: Yes, someone wanted to ambush us on the way, but they were scared away by the Winter Sovereign.

Fang Che · Human Race: ? Someone ambushed? Who?

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: It is Zhang Yu and his gang.

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Good thing Master sent the Winter Sovereign to help us... Otherwise we'd really be done for.

Fang Che · Human Race: Those idiots Zhang Yu and his gang, have they gone mad?

Li Ming · Goblin Race: Do they have holes in their brains? Ambushing Master's vassals? What difference does this make from seeking death?

Tie Ge looked at the discussion in the channel, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

Tie Ge · Orc Race: Therefore, getting on board early is the correct choice.

Tie Ge · Orc Race: Under Master's protection, whatever Zhang Yu or Wang Yu, they aren't worth mentioning.

Fang Che looked at Tie Ge's statement, the corner of his mouth twitching.

This guy is flexing his presence again.

Fang Che · Human Race: Tie Ge is right.

Fang Che · Human Race: But what I'm more curious about is, just how strong is the Winter Sovereign? Su Yao, can you describe it?

Behind the Undead Army, Su Yao looked up at the Winter Sovereign, then continued to reply.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: Six meters tall.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: The surrounding three hundred meters automatically drop in temperature to minus forty degrees.

Su Yao · Lizard Tribe: And fifty thousand undead.

Seeing this message, the other vassals were all startled.

Li Ming · Goblin Race: ... I suddenly feel that the 30% monthly tribute ratio is very reasonable.

Zhou Ze · Bloodhoof Tribe: +1

Lin Feng · Treant Race: +10086

Tie Ge · Orc Race: +10087

Fang Che · Human Race: ... Tie Ge, can you be a bit normal.