Chapter 771 – Blood Devouring Mosquitoes Levels Up
Zhao Wen was currently lying on Zhao Hai's head, her small eyes looking at the monitor. Her body had changed after becoming God rank, her skin were now like crystals. As long as she lied motionless, it wouldn't be strange if one were to assume that she was just a sculpture.
As Zhao Hai looked at the nervous Divine Race soldiers, he asked, "Little Wen, why are these soldiers very afraid of the blood devouring mosquitoes? Does you family have any connection to the Divine Realm?"
Zhao Wen shook her head and said, "Young Master, I had been in the Ark Continent the moment I was born. I don't know anything about the Divine Realm."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "The attacks of the blood devouring mosquitoes aren't that weak, but most of the Divine Race soldiers should be able to endure. At the same time, the mosquitoes would disappear after getting killed 30 times. It seems like they won't be a huge threat to the Divine Race."
Zhao Hai also learned just recently that there are also other ways to control the pests or mosquitoes aside from giving them a timed life. In this case, in future battles, the same mosquitoes will proceed to attack again and again until they are killed 30 times. The pests would be the same as well.
However, it was already astonishing. Thirty times, if each mosquito needed to be killed 30 times, what would that mean if there were 10 thousand? Ten thousand mosquitoes needed to be killed 300 thousand times. Then how about 100 thousand? A million? And the amount that Zhao Hai released today far surpassed a million. Remember, the Divine Race army numbered 20 million. If 20 million faced 1 million mosquitoes, then would they be afraid? No, Zhao Hai released more than 20 million blood devouring mosquitoes.
At this point, the blood devouring mosquitoes were flooding the skies in and around Upper Bank City. The Divine Race soldiers were also starting to get tired of keeping the mosquitoes off. Although nobody has yet to be injured, the mosquitoes were starting to get on their nerves.
Zhao Hai wasn't idling right now. He was still in the Space ready to unleash another round of mosquitoes. After the current batch gets eliminated, he will release another.
Fantastic, Zhao Hai thought. He could only release mosquitoes once a Day. After using them, he wouldn't be able to do so for another 24 hours. Moreover, the time to produce mosquitoes would only happen for six hours. Therefore, the attack can only happen before the daylight comes.
Although there were many limitations, Zhao Hai still thought that the mosquitoes were powerful weapons. Zhao Hai didn't know how many mosquitoes the Space can release in six hours, but he knew that it would be very astonishing. During that time, the Divine Race would be in constant headache while dealing with the unending stream of blood devouring mosquitoes.
At this time, Zhao Hai couldn't help but praise the strength of the Divine Race. Although a lot of mosquitoes were already killed, nobody from the Divine Race side had yet to die.
One must know that the mosquitoes needed to be killed thirty times before they disappear. Since casualties happened, then it meant that there were mosquitoes that have been killed for 30 times. It seems like the Divine Race really had skills.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't disappointed, he knew that casualties among the Divine Race were soon to pile up. Finally, a Divine Race soldier had their Domain broken through. Once the defense collapse, the blood devouring mosquitoes immediately threw themselves towards the vulnerable target. The Divine Race soldier went behind a protective shield, but it was useless. The mosquitoes broke through the shield and latched themselves to the soldier's body. It didn't take too long before a pitiful yell came from the soldier.
Zhao Hai stopped the mosquitoes from sucking the soldier dry. He was afraid that the lack of blood would stop him from turning the dead soldier into undead.
After being killed by the mosquitoes, Zhao Hai would immediately take the soldier's corpse into the Space, then turn him into an undead.
It was at this point that Zhao Hai became surprised, just as the mosquitoes bit into the Divine Race soldier, the Space suddenly issued a prompt, "Space's mosquito pests has absorbed blood of a powerful being. Blood devouring mosquito shall evolve. Mosquitoes promoted to 6th ranks. Every 24 hours, Host can release mosquitoes for seven hours. Mosquitoes can stay outside for ten days or after dying 40 times."
Zhao Hai stared, then happiness immediately burst out from inside him. He didn't think that the mosquitoes would level up like this. In other words, once the mosquitoes suck the blood of a powerful being, then they would level up. This was an extremely priceless piece of information.
Although the mosquitoes were only promoted to 6th rank, one shouldn't forget that their might came from their absurd numbers. Moreover, the life force of the mosquitoes was very strong. Killing them wouldn't be so easy.
A God rank expert might be fierce, but if they were flooded by tens of thousands of 6th rank beasts, then even they would fall eventually.
While the Divine Race were dealing with the mosquitoes, Zhao Hai was starting to turn his attention to another thing. After the mosquitoes get used up, he would have the cavalry units take over, launching attacks towards Upper Bank City as well as its surroundings.
At this time, Lizzy and Megan were actually handling another matter. They were going to attack the second group of Divine Race soldiers.
The Divine Race's attack was divided into two parts. The first part was Thunder Yun's center army, in charge of charging right through the city. Although they couldn't eliminate Zhao Hai, they would make sure that he wouldn't be able to help the other places. The second part of the attack were the heavy and light cavalry units, who were supposed to sweep the other Buddha Empire cities.
The heavy and light cavalries took of two hours after the center army left. This was done so that Zhao Hai would focus on Thunder Yun and his army.
However, they didn't know that Zhao Hai was already aware of their movements. When the light and heavy cavalry units set out, Zhao Hai's side was already prepared.
Zhao Hai didn't have the capacity to deal with the two cavalries while he was dealing with Thunder Yun. Because of this, Zhao Hai handed the undead over in order to deal with the light and heavy cavalries. This way, he would be able to gain more undead while crippling two arms of the Divine Race army.
Lizzy and Megan were in charge of this matter. Since the light and heavy cavalries weren't working together, they divided into two armies, one on the left and one on the right, as they went on and charge towards the heart of the Buddha Empire.
It would be impossible for Zhao Hai to take advantage of this opportunity. Although the heavy and light cavalries weren't members of the Divine Race, their combat prowess wasn't weak. Also, since they have been enslaved for too long, it would be impossible to turn them against the Divine Race. At this point, Zhao Hai's only choice was to make them into his undead.
Once the heavy cavalry units become undead, all of them would reach 9th rank. When that time comes, their innate strength shouldn't be any less than a God-rank expert.
The winged pegasus cavalry couldn't be underestimated as well. Because of this, Zhao hai prepared to deal with the heavy cavalry first before going to attack the light cavalry units. After these two sides were dealt with, then Zhao Hai would proceed to slowly grind down Thunder Yun's army.
At this point, Zhao Hai was tied up with Thunder Yun. So Megan and Lizzy were the ones preparing to deal with the heavy cavalry unit.
Although the heavy cavalry units were strong, they were still inferior to the Zhao Hai's undead. One shouldn't forget that Zhao Hai had undead beastmen cavalries. And since all of them were at least 9th rank, they weren't very weak. They should be able to easily deal with the heavy cavalry units.
Zhao Hai wasn't worried about Lizzy and Megan. With their talent and experience, they shouldn't have any problems in defeating the two enemy cavalry armies. What Zhao Hai needed to do right now was cause as much headache to Thunder Yun as possible.
Besides these matters, Zhao Hai also needed to consider the Demon Race. Since Zhao Hai had changed his strategy, holding Rising Sun City wasn't as important as in the past. However, there were still a large amount of people in Rising Sun City, preparing to delay the Demon Race's advance by making them think that Zhao Hai wasn't entangled with the Divine Race.
However, Zhao Hai also knew that they couldn't hide this matter for several days. The Demons would certainly get news about the state of the Divine Race. When that time comes, they will immediately join the stage.
It was ideal for Zhao Hai if the Demons stayed put. This way, he would have sufficient manpower to use in dealing with the Divine Race. He needed some more time to damage the Divine Race's army.
What Zhao Hai needed was time. He wasn't afraid of fighting two battles at the same time. After adjusting their tactic, it didn't matter whether the enemy was from the Divine Race or the Demons, it would work on both side. However, Zhao Hai would still need time in order to deal some damage on one side before the other started to move.
In the current Upper Bank City, the fight between the Divine Race soldiers and blood devouring mosquitoes was still going on. However, the Ark Continent's cavalry had already arrived. They should have been attacking the Divine Race the whole afternoon and into the evening. But since the blood devouring mosquitoes were present, Zhao Hai gave them an order to take a rest. After they rested, they immediately came over to the city and prepare for another wave of attacks.
This time, Zhao Hai prepared a lot of troops to annoy the Divine Race. There were two million people including Humans, Elves, Beastmen, and Dwarves.
Although these 2 million couldn't compare to the 20 million Divine Race soldiers, they were already quite large for an army who would be doing guerilla tactics. Once this army attacks the Divine Race from day to night, and then have the blood devouring mosquitoes take over, the Divine Race would soon lose their hair in frustration.
Chapter 772 – Dealing with the Divine Race
Thunder Yun had lost count of the number of blood devouring mosquitoes that he'd killed. These mosquitoes seemed to be unkillable. After killing a batch, another batch would come, then another, then another.
In Thunder Yun's mind, these blood devouring mosquitoes were more repugnant than the Ark Continent's cavalry units. The cavalry unit would attack them while the Divine Race can do nothing. However, only those who were in the periphery of the army were attacked, those in the middle parts were completely unaffected.
On the other hand, the mosquitoes were different. There were just too many mosquitoes, almost everyone was under attack, completely hindering them from taking a proper rest. This situation would surely affect the Divine Race army's fighting capabilities in the coming days.
There were already casualties among the Divine Race army. Although Thunder Yun didn't know how much, he still couldn't help but frown.
The attacks of the mosquitoes were different compared to those made by people. When people attack, you can counter them with proper group tactics. But the mosquitoes don't care about formations. Their bodies were too small that once they attack, the battle would end up as individual fights.
Thunder Yun looked at the blood devouring mosquitoes. The insects were still attacking the army, however, it was evident that their numbers had dwindled. Compared to before, the pressure that they brought had become much lighter.
After seeing this development, Thunder Yun couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. But at this time, a huge explosion was suddenly heard. Thunder Yun became startled, he looked towards the explosion and spotted a group of Ark Continent cavalry. They had just thrown their javelins and were about to retreat.
Thunder Yun's expression couldn't help but sink. He didn't think that the Ark Continent would actually use this opportunity to take a shot. This situation was too irritating.
Although he was completely infuriated, Thunder Yun didn't have anything to say about it. This was war, and although the Ark Continent has been annoying, he still couldn't help but recognize their ability to grasp at the opportunity to attack the Divine Race.
After thinking up to here, Thunder Yun couldn't help but sigh deeply. He came out this time in order to face Zhao Hai, but he didn't think that it would be very difficult. With how much he lost, his expression was uglier than Silver Shuke and Cloud Ying who were before him. The situation had completely left him with no face to return with.
However, this situation was still expected. Thunder Yun just didn't think that the Ark Continent would have such methods. At the same time, he also suspected that the blood devouring mosquitoes were products made by someone in the Ark Continent.
The timing of the mosquito attack was very good. They didn't encounter any attacks in the afternoon and into the night. And just as they lowered their guards, the mosquitoes suddenly appeared. It can be said that if the Ark Continent and the blood devouring mosquitoes weren't related, then Thunder Yun was willing to cut his own head off.
After the group of Ark Continent cavalry left, another one came. They did the same as the one before them, threw their javelins before retreating. Afterward, a third team came, then a fourth, then a fifth…
While they were dealing with the remaining mosquitoes, the Divine Race army were faced with the attacks of the Ark Continent's cavalry.
After about more than an hour, the amount of attacks that they had received have reached the same number as the attacks that they had suffered in the past few days. It can be said that the Ark Continent was waiting for this opportunity, and Thunder Yun can't do anything about it.
Thunder Yun wouldn't dare to send a detachment to attack the Ark Continent's troops. This was because he knew that once he sends these detachment armies, they would immediately be slaughtered by ambushes coming from the enemy. They were truly in a dilemma right now.
Thunder Yun loudly commanded, "Troops in the periphery stand guard. The others, proceed to deal with the mosquitoes!" As he said that, the troops in the outskirts of the army focused on the Ark Continent's cavalry while those in the middle went on and continued to attack the mosquitoes.
After two hours, the attacks that they received had surpassed those they encountered before. Moreover, their casualties were starting to mount up. In the 30 waves of attacks, nearly 40 thousand people were killed. Adding the damage caused by the residual mosquitoes, the casualties would number to 50 thousand. Moreover, it was clear that as they move through the Ark Continent, this number would continue to increase.
When the skies turn bright, the Ark Continent stopped their attacks. This made the Divine Race army relax and count their total casualties. In the evening, they lost 100 thousand people, when they add the casualties during the cavalry attack it would number to 150 thousand. In just one night, the Divine Race lost 150 thousand troops!
After hearing this number, Thunder Yun felt that he was in a dream. He was also hoping that he was in a dream, that all of these was just an illusion. But after he looked at his side and saw the weary look on Fei'er, he knew that it was real.
Thunder Yun rubbed his temples, then he turned to Fei'er and said, "Beat the drums, have the leaders gather." Fei'er nodded, then he turned around and beat the big drum outside the city lord's mansion.
Before long, several white robes people arrived. In the Divine Race army, only General rank people can wear white robes. It was a kind of status symbol for the army.
However, Thunder Yun liked to wear his battle armor, this made him different from the other generals. Generals in the Divine Race army took command of about five hundred thousand people, so 40 white robed people arrived at the city lord's mansion.
Thunder Yun was sat down inside the mansion, there were also some chairs in front of him. All of these furniture were brought by the Divine Race. Zhao Hai already took everything before leaving the place.
After the Generals entered the door, they immediately gave Thunder Yun a salute before promptly taking a seat. Cloud Ying was among those who sat on the first row while Silver Shuke sat on the second.
After everyone arrived, Thunder Yun looked at them and said, "We've just begun, but we're already stumbling. We underestimated the Ark Continent's people, causing us to lose more than a hundred thousand people. For the Divine Race, this has never happened before. Everyone, tell me about your thoughts on the matter."
Silence spread out inside the room, nobody knew what to say. After some time Cloud Ying opened his mouth and said, "General, I have something to report. We just fought with those blood devouring mosquitoes, and their numbers are surely large. But although they had been killed, nobody can spot a single mosquito corpse inside or outside the city. Everyone is puzzled by this."
Upon hearing Cloud Ying, the other generals were giving nods. It was true, yesterday, they had fought with a storm's worth of blood devouring mosquitoes. Although some of them were incinerated to ashes by fire element magic, there should still be corpses that remained. However, no corpse can be seen. This matter was too strange.
Thunder Yun nodded, "Right, I saw that as well. I'm also quite sure that the mosquitoes are on the side of the Ark Continent. Otherwise, the cavalry attacks would be too much of a coincidence. It seems like the Ark Continent still had a lot of methods they had yet to use."
The expressions of those present couldn't help but turn serious. They were generals, and they were no fools, they can accept almost any outcome. In yesterday's war, not only were mosquito corpses not found, dead Divine Race soldiers were nowhere to be seen as well. Naturally, large part of that was due to being vaporized by the blood lightning beads, but there were also quite a number of those that were taken by Zhao Hai.
Cloud Ying frowns and said, "If those blood devouring mosquitoes are really on the side of the Ark Continent, then we have trouble. If they can make blood devouring mosquitoes, we need to think about ways to deal with it."
Thunder Yun knit his brows and said, "Blood devouring mosquitoes aren't easy to breed. Otherwise, the Ark Continent would have already used them a long time ago. However, we still need to be on guard. If we encounter more mosquitoes in the future, every soldier will group up into three man teams. One will support a Domain, one will kill the mosquitoes, and one rests. They will cycle through to minimize exhaustion. That way, the mosquitoes wouldn't be too much of a threat. What we need to pay attention to are the Ark Continent's cavalry units. Does anyone have any ideas in dealing their attacks?"
The group frowned, they went quiet for a while before one of them stood up and gave a bow to Thunder Yun and said, "General, I think we are too reliant on our Domains. Domains are indeed powerful, but their range is just too short, not enough to reach the range of thrown javelins. Because of this, we can only receive attacks and not retaliate. Therefore, I think that we should do the same as the Ark Continent's cavalry. We cut some trees and make them into our own wooden javelins. Although we cannot place blood lightning beads inside them, at the very least, we can counter attack. With our God rank strengths, our throwing distance should be much further compared to the 9th rank cavalry. This will give us a means of counter-attack, and a way to threaten the other side."
Upon hearing this person's words, Thunder Yun's eyes turned bright, he looked at the person and said, "Good Good, Cloud Yi, your idea is good. Although javelins wouldn't be able to cope with the mosquitoes, they would be a threat to the cavalry units. Moreover, making them is very simple. Good, when everyone heads back, inform the soldiers to cut trees down and make them into javelins. If there are no trees to cut, get some stones and keep them. In any case, we can't let them continue attacking us like this."[1]
The people gathered in the room also thought that the idea was good. The disparity between God ranks and 9th ranks is very big. The javelins and stones that God-ranks throw would definitely be more powerful compared to those thrown by 9th ranks. When the time comes, the enemy cavalry would have no way to approach them. Even if the cavalry units doesn't die, the Divine Race army could at least drive them away.
They weren't thinking of eliminating all cavalry units with this method, it was impossible. The cavalry units were just too quick, such a method was completely useless. However, this will minimize their losses. As long as they aren't afraid of the harassment of the other party, then they can continue on and charge towards the heart of the Ark Continent. When the time comes, the Ark Continent's residents will have no other choice but to fight the Divine Race army head on!
Cloud Ying is Yun Ying. This guy was named Yun Yi.