194: Chapter 194: If the road is uneven, all advantages are lost.

After one hundred thousand high-quality general bones were put into storage,

Xu Qin contentedly closed the reshaping interface and opened the enhancement panel for the Necro-Beetles.

Previously, due to the limit on Ore Spirit production, the beetles were stuck at +40.

But after these past two days of Tian Ming leading teams to farm Mineral Vein Guardians nonstop,

the Ore Spirit reserves in the treasury became abundant once again.

"Continue the enhancement."

Xu Qin directly dragged the enhancement progress bar,

pulling it from [+40] to [+60].

Hum!

The data for over 2.3 million Necro-Beetless improved synchronously.

Twelve minutes later.

Ding!

[Enhancement complete!]

[Necro-Beetles +50]

Xu Qin looked at the beetle's panel data, nodded, and continued pulling.

+51, +52...+58, +59, +60.

Boom!

As the final wave of Ore Spirit was exhausted, the beetles finally finished enhancing.

Ding!

[Enhancement complete!]

[Necro-Beetles +60]

The panel refreshed.

[Necro-Beetles +60]

[Attack Power: 1475 (+25%)]

[Defense: 638 (+25%)]

[Health Points: 31200 (+25%)]

[Movement Speed: Fast]

[Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternal Diehard)]

[Morale: None]

"Not bad, health points have broken thirty thousand."

Xu Qin began calculating the self-destruction damage.

Thirty thousand health points multiplied by 750% meant it could deal 230,000 damage value.

If all two million plus beetles were thrown in...

"What tactics are there to talk about in the future... Just flat out push!"

After he finished speaking, even he felt it was absurd.

Returning to the Lords Hall, Xu Qin casually opened the upgrade interface for the Lords Hall.

[Lords Hall Upgrade Progress: Level 14 (52%)]

[Estimated Completion Time: 34 hours]

Progress was past the halfway mark, everything was normal.

Xu Qin looked back at the overflowing treasury and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I can't spend it all, I simply can't spend it all."

"War Gift, always the god~"

Xu Qin plopped back down onto the bone throne, opened the Star Master channel, and casually browsed through it.

There were no new messages.

Then he opened the regional map.

The surroundings of the Boundless Domain were empty.

"It's best to be safe and steady like this, absolutely don't let any high-level Star Masters come over..."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to digest them..."

Xu Qin slowly lay down, closed his eyes, and his snoring gradually began.

...

One day later.

Beep!

The command panel popped up with a red prompt.

[Territory Collision Warning!]

[Collision Direction: South]

[Opponent Continent Area: Approx. 9600 square kilometers]

[Opponent Star Master Level: Tier 3]

[Estimated Collision Time: 2 hours]

"What? 9600?"

Xu Qin directly bounced up from the bone throne.

This was the first Tier 3 Star Master he had encountered since entering the high-order plane.

No, to be precise,

it was the first Tier 3 since the gravitational tide.

Although the Zelga he fought before was also Tier 3, back then he was only Tier 1, which belonged to a cross-tier counter-kill.

But now, he was also a Tier 3 Star Master.

Although the opponent only had an area of 9600 square kilometers,

Xu Qin did not lower his guard.

A small area did not mean weakness.

The lesson of Zelga's two million insect soldiers was still vivid in his mind.

"All armies prepare for battle!"

The order was issued.

At the same time, Xu Qin released all the Bone Storm Winged Guards, flying at high speed toward the south.

Although this batch of wingguards were all consumable self-destruction meat shields, using them as reconnaissance planes was more than enough.

Fifteen minutes later.

The first batch of reconnaissance information was sent back.

Xu Qin clicked open the report.

[Centaur Warrior (Tier 3)]

[Attack Power: 920]

[Defense: 680]

[Health Points: 42000/42000]

[Movement Speed: Extremely Fast]

[Characteristic 1: Charge Trample (Active skill, under high-speed Charge state, initial attack damage +200%, and knocks back the target.)]

[Characteristic 2: Formation Switch (Passive skill, Centaur race troops can change formations while moving, immune to 50% of deceleration effects.)]

"Centaur race?"

After reading it, Xu Qin felt a wave of speechlessness.

Previously there were giants with extremely slow movement speeds.

Now directly came centaurs with extremely fast movement speeds.

"The tide is truly interesting, always able to create surprises for me..."

He continued browsing the subsequent reconnaissance data.

[Centaur Archer (Tier 3)]

[Attack Power: 780 (Physical - Piercing/Ranged)]

[Defense: 520]

[Health Points: 35000/35000]

[Range: 45 meters]

[Movement Speed: Extremely Fast]

[Characteristic: Mounted Archery (Passive skill, shooting while moving does not reduce accuracy.)]

[Centaur Priest (Tier 4)]

[Attack Power: 1100 (Magic - Nature/Ranged)]

[Defense: 890]

[Health Points: 58000/58000]

[Movement Speed: Fast]

[Characteristic 1: Earth Shield (Active skill, adds a shield to friendly units within a 30-meter radius, absorbing damage equal to the priest's attack power × 3, lasting 15 seconds. Cooldown 30 seconds.)]

[Characteristic 2: Natural Healing (Active, group healing, friendly units within a 40-meter radius recover 800 health points per second, lasting 10 seconds. Cooldown 20 seconds.)]

Seeing the priest's skills, Xu Qin's eyes lit up.

There were shields and group healing.

Coupled with the Centaur Warrior's high-mobility Charge and the archer's mounted archery...

Melee, ranged, support, a trinity.

"I have to say, this Tier 3 Star Master's configuration is quite complete."

Xu Qin continued flipping down, but the reconnaissance report was full of troop information, and he didn't find the location of the enemy Star Master.

Of course, there was also good news, which was that no flying troops were found either.

But on several high grounds, rows of giant ballistae were set up.

[Earth Ballista (Anti-air Building · Tier 4)]

[Range: 300 meters]

[Single-shot Damage: 4500 (Physical - Piercing)]

[Attack Speed: Slow]

[Anti-air exists, air force does not.]

Xu Qin touched his chin and began analyzing the opponent's tactical style of play.

The core combat style of the Centaur race

was to use extremely fast movement speeds to fight a mobile war.

When encountering aerial threats, they relied on fixed ballistae.

"These guys have very obvious advantages, but their disadvantages... are equally fatal."

Xu Qin looked at the information on the interface and smiled softly.

"That is... fearing terrain."

That's right.

The lower body of the Centaur race is a horse's body,

and the four-legged structure determines that they are invincible on flat land.

As long as the road is uneven, all advantages are zeroed out.

As long as our side makes the battlefield full of trenches and deep pits,

how would Your Excellency respond?

Moreover, the most crucial thing is

what Xu Qin was best at doing was precisely this kind of work.

Because he had a professional Troglodyte legion.

"Tian Ming!"

"Please give your instructions, Master."

Xu Qin opened the regional map,

and drew back and forth on his own map.

"Break open all of our underground passages and turn them into trenches..."

"All the soil and rocks dug out should be piled on the outer side of the trenches to build breastworks."

"Transfer all Troglodytes over immediately, and the Necro-Beetless will act together as well."

"Time limit: one and a half hours."