Chapter 503: Finally【First Update】
Illidan had no idea that he had been given the title of a lackey, and he was still tirelessly harassing the march of the Nanyuan Alliance's troops. But soon, he found that the enemy was no longer fooled.
For Illidan's open and covert provocations, the Nanyuan Alliance troops were no longer panicked, but they were not unprepared like the previous time when the wolf came, but became steady and cautious.
Whenever Illidan appeared in the distance, the part of the demon kings flying in the air was still alert, but did not immediately send a signal to stop the troops from advancing. Instead, they focused their attention on Illidan's movements and quietly sent warnings to other demon kings in the team.
After receiving the warning, the demon kings on the ground remained calm, but quietly carried out in-depth scans of the outer areas according to the pre-arranged agreement. If no signs of danger were found, the Nanyuan Alliance troops would continue to advance boldly - and this situation was the most common, because Illidan was bluffing most of the time.
And if there really was a trap, it would be absolutely impossible to hide it with the ability of the demon kings to check it carefully. Because even those flame creatures whose bodies are rocks or magma in the native Lava Kingdom still have life breath, and they can't hide in the demon king's spiritual perception.
After the two ambush troops sent were detected and eliminated without hesitation by the demon kings of the South Abyss Alliance, Illidan suddenly realized that the South Abyss Alliance had learned its lesson.
It seems that this is the only way to achieve it with inferior harassment methods. Illidan was very satisfied that he could waste more than ten days of the South Abyss Alliance's time with this bluffing method - or perhaps a combination of reality and illusion.
But the next step is difficult.
When he found that his little tricks were no longer effective, Illidan no longer used his notoriety to contain the troops of the South Abyss Alliance, because they would not be fooled anyway.
In this way, the marching speed of the South Abyss Alliance troops returned to normal, and they reached the volcanic area in a few days. The core area of the Lava Kingdom is where the volcano group is located, and the Flame Demon Emperor was also awakened here. In other words, the Lava Kingdom had been driven out of the capital.
However, although the situation was not good, Illidan was not worried at all. Compared with the plains outside, the volcanoes were the home of the flame creatures.
Although there were many lava rivers exposed in the plains, which could be used to replenish the strength and drive the flame creatures, how could they compare to the volcanoes where there seemed to be little exposed magma on the surface, but in fact, countless lava flows were flowing freely a few meters under the mountain crust?
Even the demon kings of the Nanyuan Alliance remained highly vigilant, but they suffered a great loss not long after entering the volcanic area.
This time, Illidan was ruthless. Not only did he, as the current temporary ruler of the Lava Kingdom, personally take action, but even several epic flame creatures in the Lava Kingdom took action together.
In cooperation with a large number of elemental creatures such as the Flame Elves who were good at manipulating lava flows, Illidan and several epics directly detonated more than a dozen volcanoes in succession.
Although this major change in the earth veins was discovered in advance by the vigilant Demon King of the South Abyss Alliance because of the strong vibration at the beginning, and thus a certain degree of early warning was given, the South Abyss Alliance's demon army, which was too numerous and bloated, still suffered a lot of damage.
More importantly, after the dozens of volcanoes were detonated, the magma that erupted from the ground flowed freely, cutting off the way forward for the South Abyss Alliance.
Originally, the demons in the South Abyss Alliance were not familiar with the terrain and roads in the Lava Kingdom. Last time, it was also by accident and the Lava Kingdom intentionally guided them to a decisive battle, so that they were able to find the basin in the volcanic group.
This time, the demons of the South Abyss Alliance also marched in the volcanic group with the idea of taking the road ahead again, but Illidan used this plan to directly cut off the road they had walked and roughly remembered. Now, they have to waste a lot of time to find the basin again.
And Illidan's intention was to delay time. As for the negative impact that the dozen volcanoes would have on the surrounding environment after being detonated, he did not consider it at all. Anyway, most of the creatures in the Lava Kingdom are pure flame creatures, and they should have adapted to such an environment long ago.
However, detonating volcanoes to block the way forward for the Nanyuan Alliance army is only a stopgap measure. The volcano group is not like a hundred thousand mountains, and the basin where the Flame Demon Emperor resides will eventually be found by the Nanyuan Alliance.
All Illidan can do is to rely on the convenience of the Lava Kingdom's familiarity with the terrain and environment, and have attribute advantages, and try to buy time for the Flame Demon Emperor to recover.
Fortunately, although the flame creatures that have just recovered from the Lava Kingdom may not be as numerous as the Nanyuan Alliance, and even the quality can only be comparable to those miscellaneous soldiers because of the overdrawn power to awaken the Flame Demon Emperor, as flame creatures, they are like fish in water in this volcanic group full of magma.
Under Illidan's arrangement, the fire creatures that were recruited did not unite to fight head-on against the Nanyuan Alliance, which had an advantage in overall strength, but were divided into teams of tens of thousands or hundreds to fight a sparrow war.
The fire creatures were familiar with the terrain, and most of them could move freely in the magma. With the magma flowing everywhere in the volcano group, it was impossible to defend against the harassment.
After several painful lessons, the demon army of the South Abyss Alliance had to be carefully scanned by the Demon King before passing through a volcano or crossing a lava river. But even so, because the team was too bloated, they were still ambushed by the Lava Kingdom from time to time.
During this period, Illidan also took action again, using the talent of the Fire Demon to cast volcanic eruption skills several times, which also caused great trouble to the South Abyss Alliance troops. The demons' resentment for the name of Gosmo was also deepened.
Illidan used all kinds of means, relying on the geographical advantage to greatly delay the marching speed of the South Abyss Alliance troops. During the time he delayed, more residents of the Lava Kingdom gradually recovered their strength and participated in this war.
The entire Lava Kingdom has a total of more than two million flame creatures. The South Abyss Alliance can be said to be trapped in the ocean of people's war.
If it weren't for the huge advantage of the Nanyuan Alliance in high-end combat power this time, Illidan even thought that the residents of the Lava Kingdom alone could destroy the Nanyuan Alliance's troops. Now, more and more flame creatures can only continue to delay the advance of the Nanyuan Alliance's troops.
Finally, 23 days after the demons of the Nanyuan Alliance entered the volcanic group, they found the way to the central basin of the volcanic group again. On this road, the flame creatures on the side of the Lava Kingdom were extremely crazy, and many flame creatures launched suicide attacks in an attempt to buy time for the Flame Demon Emperor.
Facing such an attack by the Lava Kingdom without regard for damage, the Nanyuan Alliance was also overwhelmed, and more than 20 demon kings were busy. However, since the road to the destination has been found, these are just scabies. Finally, after a few days of rapid march, the troops of the Nanyuan Alliance finally arrived at the basin.
At this time, it has been nearly two months since the Nanyuan Alliance launched the second war against the Lava Kingdom. In less than two months, although the 800,000 demon army had the experience of the last time, they lost more than 200,000 because they faced more enemies.
Fortunately, the losses were all recruited demon soldiers. The main force of this war was the powerful demon kings, which made the Nanyuan Alliance still have strong confidence.
The basin in the center of the volcanic group is very large, but it seems a bit crowded in front of the 600,000 demon troops and more fire creatures. Here, a war with more than one million participating troops is about to take place.
Four updates today.