Chapter 1 The Players of the Niuren Tribe

The onlookers from the Niuren Tribe gradually dispersed. Lei Su was invited by several player teams from the Niuren Tribe. Although these teams weren't top-tier, Lei Su gladly accepted the invitation and teamed up with them to run dungeons.

To Nie Yan's pleasant surprise, another fifty first-rate players with decent strength followed Lei Su and joined the Niuren Tribe. They were all Lei Su's subordinates, who often ran dungeons with him. Several of them were only slightly weaker than Lei Su. Nie Yan understood that Lei Su had a team supporting him. With such a top-notch team and powerful financial backing, Lei Su's current achievements were normal.

The addition of those fifty-plus players felt like a gift from the heavens. Normally, Nie Yan would have to put in a lot of effort to gather such a group, but now, they had come knocking on his door. These fifty people would still be under Lei Su's command, but in the event of any major guild affairs, they would help the Niuren Tribe along with Lei Su.

After finishing up here, Nie Yan planned to continue farming skeletons with Xie Yao and Tang Yao. They had just met at the edge of the teleportation array when they received news that Qin Han had led a large number of skeletons into the territory of Carol City from the southern part of Carol City. In addition, traces of large numbers of skeletons had also been found in Nisode City and Colt City. Qin Han was already organizing a skeleton legion to besiege the fortress of Colt City. They were attacking from the weakest link, capturing fortresses and wanting to strengthen the skeleton legion through slaughter.

Nie Yan and the others could no longer continue to farm skeletons in peace. They quickly mobilized the Niuren Tribe's player legion and began to fight Qin Han's skeleton legion head-on.

Labbitt Fortress is in critical condition!

Allen Sen Fortress is in critical condition!

Two small fortresses in Colt City were attacked first, with endless skeletons surrounding them and launching a full-scale offensive.

Guo Huai obtained some information about the skeleton legion from within the Zhushen Sword. According to the latest data, the skeleton legion had grown to a massive two million, with as many as seven or eight thousand skeleton leaders! Such military strength was truly fearsome.

The Colt Salo Fortress, this fortress is the most important passage from the Colt City direction into Carol City, and the players of the Niuren Tribe have already discovered traces of skeletons outside the Salo Fortress.

Nie Yan looked at the map. Qin Han's next target was definitely to capture the Salo Fortress. This way, he could completely cut off the connection between Nisode City, Colt City, and Carol City, separating these two cities from the control of the Niuren Tribe, and then defeat them one by one. Nie Yan looked at the map and pondered for a long time. The strategic location of the Salo Fortress was extremely important. As long as he occupied the Salo Fortress, Nie Yan could mobilize the armored catapult legion at any time and crush everything in its path. Colt City was basically flat plains. With the Salo Fortress as a stronghold, he could advance or retreat, and the battle to block the skeleton army would begin here!

Nie Yan began to mobilize a large number of armored catapults towards the Salo Fortress, and also mobilized a large number of high-level players to rush to the Salo Fortress.

Since intercity teleportation had not been opened, the Niuren Tribe's players could only teleport to the town closest to the Salo Fortress, and then ride their horses towards the Salo Fortress, which would take about fifteen minutes.

Nie Yan, Xie Yao, and Tang Yao rode flying mounts to the Salo Fortress. In the previous war, the Salo Fortress had been bombed into ruins by the Niuren Tribe's armored catapults. After the Niuren Tribe rebuilt it, this fortress had been rebuilt and was even more magnificent and majestic than before.

Nie Yan and the others climbed onto the top of the city and looked into the distance. There were a few skeleton soldiers wandering in the distant plains. These were just scouts of the skeleton army, and the real main force had not yet arrived.

Nie Yan began to make intensive defensive arrangements, and also made some modifications to the terrain outside the Salo Fortress. These were all carried out in secret, and only a few confidants of the Niuren Tribe knew about it.

Not long after, about sixty or seventy armored catapults were moved to the Salo Fortress, lined up in a row on the flat ground inside the walls of the Salo Fortress. These armored catapults could attack an area about five or six hundred yards outside the city walls.

After completing a series of tasks, Nie Yan also had Guo Huai equip the 60,000 Niuren Tribe players defending the city with many items to counter the skeletons, including Holy Light Judgment scrolls, Vine Entanglement scrolls, and so on.

The Salo Fortress had been managed by Nie Yan into something like an iron bucket.

In the following period of time, Nie Yan successively received several messages. The Labbitt Fortress and the Allen Sen Fortress of Colt City had successively fallen, and the skeleton army continued to advance towards the Bajet Fortress in a sweeping manner. Countless villages and towns along the way were destroyed, and the skeleton army was like an irresistible torrent.

Nie Yan stayed near the Salo Fortress for a few days. On the third day, he received news that Brilliant Knife Light and Sun had successfully advanced to top-tier professions. This news was within Nie Yan's expectations. They were definitely capable of completing the advancement. Although he was happy for them, Nie Yan needed magic instructors or holy priests more at this time. These professions were obviously more important in such large-scale wars.

Nie Yan paid attention to the job transfer progress of Shi Li Hua Sha, Black Heaven, Black Hell, and others, but if they wanted to successfully transfer, it would take at least half a month, and the situation was already even more urgent. After Qin Han's skeleton army swept through more than a dozen fortresses in Colt City, it began to crazily pour towards the Salo Fortress.

A large number of skeletons, about three or four hundred thousand, had gathered several thousand yards outside the Salo Fortress. Facing such a huge skeleton army, Nie Yan would never send players to intercept them. Once they were in the wild and lost the support of the city walls, the players would become prey for the skeletons.

The mighty skeleton army marched towards the Salo Fortress, and a great battle was about to break out.

After receiving news from the wandering thieves outside, Nie Yan, standing on the city wall, revealed a subtle smile. They were finally coming.

In an open space in the middle of the skeleton army, Qin Han, wearing a black magic robe, looked at the towering city wall in the distance. He had just received news from below that Crazy Thief Nie Yan had already set up defenses in the Salo Fortress, waiting for him to attack. Qin Han revealed a contemptuous smile. Did Nie Yan really think that these city walls and garrisons could stop his skeleton army? Nie Yan was being too naive.

The skeleton army had swept all the way, destroying villages and towns, and any player guild was sent fleeing in disarray. This caused Qin Han's ambition to expand infinitely. With millions of skeleton troops behind him, he naturally wouldn't take Nie Yan's small Salo Fortress seriously. If he took down the Salo Fortress and passed through a canyon, his skeleton army would begin to sweep through the entire Carol City. He was going to uproot the entire Niuren Tribe!

Qin Han recalled being killed by Nie Yan with two arrows last time, and his heart was filled with anger. That was definitely the greatest shame he had suffered since entering the game. He would definitely make Nie Yan repay him twice over!

Kill!

A powerful mental wave spread out from Qin Han's body. This was him giving orders.

The skeleton army received Qin Han's instructions and began to move slowly, rushing towards the Salo Fortress like a surging tide.

Standing on the city wall, Nie Yan looked into the distance. The endless sea of skeletons was a vast expanse of white. No wonder the NPCs of the Grelin Empire described these skeletons as locusts. These guys were indeed like a swarm of locusts.

Gradually, the skeletons got closer and closer, only about a thousand yards away from the city wall. The skeletons at the front came into contact with some flame traps set up by the Niuren Tribe. Patches of fire burned, igniting the nearby forest. Under the raging flames, a large number of skeletons howled miserably and turned into fragments. But even so, it didn't stop their advance.

The flames burned for a full ten minutes before slowly subsiding. In the next period of time, the skeleton army suffered all kinds of situations. Pitfalls, ground thorns, flames, and so on emerged one after another. At least tens of thousands of skeletons died in these traps.

Unable to break through for a long time, Qin Han became even more furious. Under his orders, the skeleton army not only did not stop, but instead rushed towards the Salo Fortress even more frantically. It could be described as charging forward in an endless stream. No matter how many skeletons fell in front, the skeletons behind would continue to advance over their corpses without regard for losses.

Eight hundred yards, seven hundred yards, six hundred yards...

These skeletons were getting closer and closer, putting great pressure on the players in the Salo Fortress.

"Boss Nie Yan, they're coming! Should we use catapults to bombard them?"

Another player glanced at the person who spoke, "What are you talking about? They're not even within five hundred yards, the catapults can't reach them!"

As the skeletons got closer, the atmosphere inside the Salo Fortress became more and more tense. If they were facing other guilds, they would definitely not lose their momentum, but they were facing some mindless skeletons. Many of them had come into contact with these skeletons before. These guys were simply unkillable cockroaches. They often came in groups and were fearless. Players killed by them would also become members of the skeleton army. Facing such guys, everyone would feel very powerless, let alone the fact that they were now facing millions of skeleton troops!

Nie Yan smiled easily and said loudly, "Everyone, there's nothing to be afraid of. With such high city walls, these bastards can only pile up with a human wall. Mages and priests use magic to smash them hard, smash them until they have no temper. Kill as many as you can. Even if they attack, the fortress is dead, but we are alive. Are you afraid of not being able to escape? If anyone can't run fast enough, then they can only blame themselves for being unlucky."

Some laughter broke out in the crowd, and the originally tense atmosphere eased a lot.