Chapter 214: Seizing the Enemy General

Mu Yi spins the formation blade and holy sword, charging into the dragon-born Goblins, firing left and right.

Holy light and lightning flash alternately, slaughtering all the dragon-born around, leaving a huge empty circle around the great rhinoceros.

The fearless dragon-born Goblin snarls, swinging its two‑handed greatsword toward the great rhinoceros beneath Mu Yi's hips,

but the greatsword lands on the Azure‑Water Golden‑Eye Beast, "Ding—" it bounces aside, leaving only a dent in the beast's armor.

Mu Yi swings his other hand, unleashing a bolt of lightning too swift for the naked eye, turning the fearless dragon-born Goblin into charcoal, then it is trampled into mush by the Goblins behind.

Yet the attacks of these dragon-born Goblins cannot pierce the Azure‑Water Golden‑Eye Beast's armor, and even blows that breach the armor feel neither pain nor itch to it!

Mu Yi sneers coldly, brandishing blade and sword, slashing these fearless dragon-born one by one.

Though the armor on the Azure‑Water Golden‑Eye Beast is no legendary relic, thanks to its shared qualities and talent coverage, it bears Heavy Armor Defense and also Ultimate Defense.

The dual protection lets the Azure‑Water Golden‑Eye Beast ignore these cloud‑energy‑suppressed dragon-born Goblins.

Especially Heavy Armor Defense, which under Mu Yi's deliberate use rises extremely fast.

Heavy Armor Defense LV3

Talent Effect 1: Heavy Armor Defense increased by 70%, gaining innate armor equal to three‑tenths of equipment.

The green wave seemed to come alive in an instant!

The looming Goblins begin to charge Mu Yi, like a rolling cyan torrent aiming to crush him and his companions.

He knows his own kin, and because of that he can command them well, using the strength of these weaker comrades to defeat one strong foe after another.

The Goblin Grand General raises his sword blade high, and a radiant light blooms from above.

"Command: Strong Assault!"

"Command: Courage!"

"Full‑speed charge, no lingering!" Mu Yi roars the order.

All Goblins instantly lose all fear, surging forward in Frenzy.

The moment the Goblin Grand General's sword blade swings down, another radiant light bursts from above.

"Kill!"

A powerful squad can indeed look down on everything in a certain sense.

The Goblin Grand General frowns at the sight, but does not chastise excessively.

"If seen, great soldiers!"

The Goblin Wave seems to pause briefly, but has not yet come to a halt.

"Achieving tactical objectives is often more valuable than slashing enemies!"

Yet Military Strategist tactics are ways to wage war by bypassing the numbers on paper.

The dragon-born Goblins display extraordinary ferocity; as elites born among millions of Goblins, their combat power and will are superb, and even when facing Mu Yi, the great Asura, they dare launch a fearless charge.

The dragon-born Goblins' combat strength is not weak; in a sense they can truly compare with Mu Yi's soldiers.

The front‑line soldiers even abandon defense, striving to crush the opponent quickly, piercing the formation in the shortest time.

In the next instant, all Goblins before Mu Yi flash with magical luminescence!

At the moment the battle reaches a fever pitch, the dragon-born Goblins atop the power can no longer hold formation, their connections falling apart.

"Charge forward, victory is right before us!"

But war has never been a stage for only a few.

The brute defense combined with the Ultimate Defense talent turns the Azure‑Water Golden‑Eye Beast into a steel body that can rampage across the battlefield.

Talent Effect 2: When wearing Heavy Armor, gain 15% damage resistance.

Unsurprisingly, these dragon-born Goblins cannot withstand the tactic of a fierce commander leading elite squads to interpose and divide.

They are pierced through the formation in one go by Mu Yi and his soldiers.

For example, the distinction between tactics and strategy, and advice on how to execute orders in certain situations.

The soldiers trailing Mu Yi surge forward nonstop; no one stops to slay the gravely wounded, for that would be a waste of time.

"Anyone who blocks me dies!"

Mu Yi takes the disaster‑war banner from Cao Ming beside him, infusing it with the power of Heavenly Dao.

After paying a slight price, Mu Yi pierces the dragon-born Goblins' formation outright, then recklessly charges toward the Goblin Grand General.

For future class changes, during daily training Mu Yi often explains some Military Strategist combat concepts to his soldiers.

And this sowing of tactical thinking is now executed most effectively.

However, dragon-born and Goblins, in any aspect, are not known for cooperation.

All soldiers understand that their foremost task now is to surge forward, not to kill the enemy.

A Frenzy aura bursts from the banner, which, since falling into Mu Yi's hands, has continuously absorbed and stored war power, serving as the anchor for Mu Yi's amassed army spirit.

For example:

Mu Yi's tactics are indeed simple and clear, but Decapitation Tactic is not unfamiliar to him.

In the days of campaigning, he has amassed a great amount of war power, and now Mu Yi chooses to unleash it all at once.

Mu Yi roars, titles like Peerless and Disaster‑War flashing, and under the catalyst of Iron-blooded Slaughter, a rolling pressure crushes the Goblin Wave.

In the Goblins' eyes, it seems a Blood Sea Asura that pierces heaven and earth radiates terrifying aura.

Without the divinity of Heavenly Dao he could not achieve this, but with Heavenly Dao's divinity as a catalyst, he easily channels those forces.

In that instant, Mu Yi and the soldiers behind erupt, leaving after‑images behind, forcibly suppressing the Goblin torrent ahead.

The Goblin Grand General frowns at the fully Frenzied enemies, spreading the Strong Assault and Courage commands onto more Goblins.

Mu Yi and his soldiers' explosive assault is like a boat rowing upstream against the river, its terrifying momentum and impact leaving a shocking, heroic impression of cutting through the waves.

Yet no matter how heroic Mu Yi's side appears, an even larger Goblin Wave pushes straight across.

Realizing the torrent assault cannot drown Mu Yi, the Goblin General ponders briefly then turns his head.

"You all, prepare to strike!"

It nodded toward the makeshift guard squad assembled behind it.

"Yes! Your Excellency, General!"

A group of Goblin melee professionals bowed their heads; they were the elite among Goblin practitioners, all roughly Level 19, standing out as the strongest from countless Goblins.

As members of the guard squad, they were composed entirely of knight-type and warrior-type professions.

It's not that there are no spellcasting professions among Goblins, but those spellcasters were all dispatched to the front lines and gathering points for caster battles.

Compared to the precious casters, there are far more knight and warrior professions.

Their fighting style doesn't suit large armies, so the Goblin General kept them nearby to prevent elite squads from employing the Decapitation Tactic against him.

Now they happen to be useful.

Although the Goblin General wasn't sure whether Mu Yi and his men could charge to his front, preparing in advance was his prudence as a general.

The moment Mu Yi's formation blade was blocked, he looked up, and over fifty professionals formed a copper wall of iron, standing before the Goblin General.

The Goblin General remained calm, watching Mu Yi less than a hundred paces away, without moving a step.

After all, he is the backbone of the Goblin army; if he were to go berserk, the impact on the whole force would be obvious.

"Outsider! You are powerful, but this is your final end!"

"My king will lead us to eradicate those remnants of the old era!"

"No one can stop the arrival of this future."

The Goblin General spoke of Goblin's glorious future as if chanting, but Mu Yi had no intention of listening.

"I don't care about the future; I only know that you will die!"

Mu Yi swung his attack at the Goblin Warrior confronting him, flashing a cold smile at the Goblin General.

"Outsider, your ignorance is as astonishing as your bravery!"

"Enough, let me personally send you on your way!"

The Goblin General pointed his longsword at Mu Yi.

—Holy Aura!!

A golden aura enveloped the Goblin professionals, and they instantly erupted as if they'd taken a supreme tonic.

The Goblin Warrior, previously restrained by Mu Yi's blade, astonishingly pushed back, helmet still bearing the blade's edge.

"Outsider, give me your name; I will engrave it in my record of battles—you are an enemy worth remembering!"

"Get in here, you!"

Mu Yi leapt from the Azure Water Golden-Eyed Beast, shouting a roar at the Goblin General midair.

The barrier unfolded, instantly pulling the Goblin General straight into it.

Worried that the Goblin General might resist and cause failure, Mu Yi forced his way right in front of the Goblin General before unveiling his final trump card.

He locked onto the opponent with his will and forced him into the Six Paths barrier.

With a look of difficulty on the Goblin General's face, Mu Yi became an afterimage and darted straight to his front.

"Remember, it was Mu Yi who killed you!"

—Ten Thousand Armies Take Head

Mu Yi roared, and his formation blade, unstoppable, beheaded the Goblin General.

In the next instant, the barrier shattered.

Deprived of the Goblin General's presence, the Goblins attacked the barrier like madmen, shattering it in an instant.

Yet that single moment was already enough.

Mu Yi ignited the corpse with embers, clutching the Goblin General's head and shouting loudly.

"The enemy general is dead; won't you all surrender quickly!"

But clearly, this sparked the Goblins' fury; they launched a reckless assault on Mu Yi, seemingly trying to snatch the Goblin General's head back.

After all, any Goblin not burned still has a chance to regenerate.

Nevertheless, Mu Yi would not give them that chance.

In the cannibalistic gazes of these Goblin professionals.

Mu Yi tossed the Goblin General's head to the side, and the Goblin professionals instinctively chased after it.

But the moment they picked up the head, flames of embers rose from it.

Mu Yi set the Goblin General's head ablaze, turning it to ash before the gathered Goblins.

"Break out!"

Mu Yi laughed loudly and broke out toward the opposite direction, leaving a small contingent of soldiers behind.

"All of you, get out!"

Mu Yi hurled the Dragon Scale at the Goblin army, and a swarm of Goblins instantly trembled at the dragon's might.

Without the Goblin General's command, the angry, frenzy‑driven Goblins and the fearful Goblins descended into chaos.

Amid the chaos, Mu Yi slipped out easily, though few of his soldiers remained behind.

After all, countless Goblins forcibly dragged a portion of his soldiers into the surge, drowning them.

Perhaps some still struggled in the tide, but Mu Yi could not rush in to pull them out.

However, they were soldiers bound to the Mortal Path; spending enough Zongwang Disaster Coins could retrieve them from the network.

Even so, that would still be a loss that makes Mu Yi's liver ache.

Mu Yi wasn't resentful; such loss is the tuition he pays.

When he failed to notice the enemy's encirclement and barreled in, he was destined to pay the price.

Fortunately, he escaped; being cut down here would have been a truly heavy loss.

And he killed the Goblin General, reducing his losses to the minimum.

Zongwang Prompt: You killed the Goblin General, battle epic achievement: Captured the enemy general's head among ten thousand troops completed.

Zongwang Prompt: Your relationship with the Goblins in the current world has dropped to mortal enemies, and Goblin elite troops will begin to chase you three days later.

Zongwang Prompt: You have altered the fate of the battle world, its future branching into a new path, Goblin Destiny shattered, battle destiny switched to Contention mode, Hundred Tribes Destiny reactivated…

Zongwang Prompt: Your title's Peerless-related attributes have changed; the current title is Peerless Break Army—fear effect greatly increased, and a new Break Army effect added: Goblin-related units gain an extra -1 to hit checks when facing the player.

Zongwang Prompt: You have received the epic Dungeon achievement reward: the lowest Dungeon clearance rating is Epic.

Mu Yi didn't quite understand why merely slaying the Goblin General could trigger a change in the entire battle world's fate.

Could it be that his little butterfly, unintentionally, stirred up a great storm?

But in terms of difficulty, it indeed deserves some reward.

His two thousand elites stacked an average of over a hundred layers of marks, yet with such strength nine tenths were still wiped out, leaving nowhere even to cry.

If swapped to another Zongwang squad, it would probably be one dead after another.

Xiao Huli clings tightly to the big rhino; she has now barely adapted to this somewhat bumpy environment.

Xiao Huli, after leaving combat, prepare to depart; this journey ends here!

Mu Yi exchanged a greeting with Xiao Huli.

Having killed the Goblin General, the gathering point is safe, but his safety is uncertain.

Heaven knows what kind of madness the Goblins will prepare; his small frame now likely cannot endure the Goblins' frantic pursuit.

He can only run away.

A gentleman avenges, ten years is not too late; wait until he grows stronger and then return to claim justice!

Xiao Huli nodded along.

Then, naturally, she sent Mu Yi a friend request.

Seeing Mu Yi accept, her tail swayed into a blossom.

For her, surviving this trip and snagging a reward is a great victory.