Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1273 - 1266: Night Encounter

Chapter 1273: Chapter 1266: Night Encounter

After returning to their quarters, Luo’er quickly gathered the team members and drafted a night raid plan. According to Luo’er’s conception, regardless of whether the enemy launched a night raid or not, they should take the initiative to strike and disturb Dongsheng’s camps during the night, alleviating the siege on Lingyuan City.

Of course, this night raid mainly targeted Dongsheng’s generals, because as long as they could eliminate them as much as possible, Lingyuan City would be relieved.

However, facing Dongsheng’s army’s generals, the advance team still had a high chance of encountering danger. After all, this was the Otherworld, and equipment for night vision developed by the Magic World hadn’t been found yet, so once night fell, they were in the dark just like the people of the Otherworld.

Compared to the advance team, Dongsheng’s generals had one advantage, and that was their perception abilities. Even if they couldn’t see anything, they could still sense their surroundings.

But it should be noted that not everyone possessed such perception abilities; generally speaking, only the Royal Dao generals had this kind of ability, and not all of them did. Generals of the Ba Path had to rely solely on their strength and recklessness.

Fortunately, the advance team had a demigod like Fulajie’er, which allowed them to barely cancel out the advantages of Dongsheng’s generals and not be so passive. Moreover, the advance team had a trump card, which was the Yuanzi weapons that were effective against cultivators.

For this operation, Fulajie’er would serve as the tactical commander, directing and coordinating the advance team’s deployment throughout, while also doing double duty for concealment. Feng and Cheng Ziang would be the spearhead of the operation, deployed at the forefront.

Surrounding Dongsheng’s army, the advance team specified plans mainly targeting the generals and secondarily the troops. While striking at the generals, they also aimed to disrupt Dongsheng’s camps to the greatest extent possible—if they could cause an uproar in the camps, then they would have profited.

After the preparations, the advance team officially set out, taking a boat from the port and moving downstream to loop around to the rear of Dongsheng’s camp, preparing to launch a sudden attack.

The night sky over Lingyuan City was adorned with a bright moon, resulting in fairly high visibility—not ideal for concealment but suitable for nighttime combat.

The boats moved slowly along the opposite shore, trying their best to avoid detection by Dongsheng’s troops, and took about an hour and a half to reach behind Dongsheng’s army and then disembark.

After the advance team went ashore, the boats wouldn’t immediately return but would hide on the opposite bank. This way, when the advance team needed to retreat, they could simply go back the same way.

Because Dongsheng’s army relied on Kunzhou for the transport of personnel and materials, they almost had no surface ships, and control over the entire river system was firmly in the hands of the Demon Clan.

But it made sense, as there was no river network connecting Kyushu to West Outer Heaven, and with the sea area blockaded by Leviathan, it was really too much trouble for Dongsheng’s army to bring ships to West Outer Heaven. They could either build ships onsite or give up on water transport entirely.

After landing, the advance team began to spread out according to Fulajie’er’s deployment, creeping slowly towards Dongsheng’s camp.

For this night raid, the members of the advance team equipped their Yuanzi weapons with extra Magic Crystal cooling cartridges to ensure sustained firepower as Yuanzi weapons heat up significantly, which makes it difficult to cool them down through human intervention.

Once they crept close to the outskirts of the camp, Fulajie’er instructed everyone to conceal themselves on the spot, and then she went ahead to scout the camp, mainly looking for the area where Dongsheng’s generals were located.

Fulajie’er’s reconnaissance did not go smoothly, as these cultivators were different from the mages of the West Continent; they could sense Fulajie’er’s presence.

Consequently, her movements quickly caused a disturbance in the camp, and unknowingly, a group of generals started to follow her, keenly tracking her trail.

Seeing that she couldn’t shake these people off, Fulajie’er had a stroke of genius and led them directly into the advance team’s ambush.

More than a dozen generals were following Fulajie’er, mostly Royal Dao generals with very keen perception, who effortlessly tracked Fulajie’er’s trail and thus followed her to the outside of the camp.

Fulajie’er led them to a relatively open space in the forest, and then, suddenly revealing her true form, she conjured an image of a goddess glowing with white light, instantly illuminating the forest and shocking the pursuing Dongsheng Generals to their core.

However, what they didn’t notice was that at the moment Fulajie’er unfolded her image, she also conveniently deployed the Silence Domain, enveloping all of these Generals within the realm of Silence Magic.

It was at this moment that the forest echoed with the dull and continuous booming of Origin Submachine Guns. The Generals, caught in astonishment, suddenly clutched their bellies, painfully and slowly collapsing, only then did they notice that they could not hear any sound at all.

Their attention was captivated by the form crafted by Fulajie’er, and their hearing was sealed off by her Silence Magic, so much so that when the Advance Team collectively opened fire, they were too late to react. Several Generals were writhing in pain, falling to the ground clutching their stomachs.

Nevertheless, a General is still a General, not a pushover. The ones coming up from behind soon realized something was awry and immediately deployed shields, blocking the shots from the Origin Submachine Guns.

Observing the explosions continuously bursting upon the shields, these Generals also discovered the attackers hidden in the forest. Since the firing of Origin Submachine Guns produced flames and noise, it was difficult to shoot silently. As the Generals slightly recovered their senses, they immediately noticed the gunfire from these Origin Submachine Guns.

Thus, battle erupted in the forest. The Generals, completely undeterred by the surprise attack from the Advance Team, decisively launched a counterattack, moving towards various fire points.

At the same time, the sound of gunfire also caused an uproar in the camp. The startled Generals and soldiers hastily grabbed their weapons and rushed to the location of the Advance Team.

The ambush had turned into a skirmish, but all of this was still within Luo’er’s predicted scope; the only trouble was the soldiers hearing the news and rushing over. Although these men were weak in combat, they were numerous and difficult to deal with in a short time.

The Royal Dao Generals were extremely powerful. They could block the shooting from the Origin Submachine Guns and then launch long-range counterattacks against the attackers. Luo’er had several close calls with the General’s attacks but, fortunately, he avoided the dangerous attacks by relying on his superior mobility device.

The General’s attacks made Luo’er realize that if he allowed him to keep attacking this way, he would definitely be at a disadvantage. The Royal Dao General specialized in long-range shooting, with not particularly strong hand-to-hand combat capabilities, so Luo’er decided to take a risk and approach this General who was attempting to attack him.

Relying on Fulajie’er’s cover, Luo’er avoided the General’s long-range attacks several times. The General used a spear, mainly relying on simulated stabbing motions to produce long-range attacks. Compared to slashing, this kind of attack had the advantage of strong penetration but was extremely dependent on accuracy.

The two exchanged blows back and forth, with the General blocking Luo’er’s shots while continuously thrusting at him, and Luo’er shooting at him while dodging the attacks, their distance closing ever nearer.

In the blink of an eye, the two came within the range for melee combat, with Luo’er now less than three meters away from the General. Just as he was about to raise his gun and shoot, he saw the General suddenly initiate an attack, his spear thrusting straight at Luo’er.

Luo’er twisted his body to avoid the strike, but their distance had narrowed, and after the unsuccessful stab, the General immediately followed up with a kick towards Luo’er. Luo’er raised his arm to block and was sent tumbling by the kick.

Despite being a Royal Dao General, this was, after all, a burly man with considerable strength.

After gaining some distance, the General simulated another stabbing motion and launched another long-range attack at Luo’er. It was clear that although he had close combat capabilities, he mainly relied on his long-range attacks.

Just as Luo’er, lying on the ground, was about to firmly receive the blow, suddenly Luo’er drew his Magic Wand and began chanting Spells.

An invisible shield appeared instantly, positioned between him and the General. The magic attack hit his deployed shield, and was instantly restructured into dissipating magic power.

Seeing this, the General seemed somewhat surprised, not expecting Luo’er to be able to block the strike.

But his good luck ended there, because Feng, unbeknownst to him, had already appeared behind him, his exceptionally sharp long sword piercing effortlessly from behind, exiting through his chest, and instantly perforating his heart.

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