Chapter 2189: Chapter 2189: It’s Time for Us to March Out
Du You didn’t use conventional military forces but secretly began gathering eighth-tier undead creatures.
These undead creatures were all created by Du You, and they completely obeyed orders, so there was no issue with secretly gathering them. This time, Du You brought out most of the undead creatures.
Including the newly created ones this time, the total has reached nearly three hundred.
The undead city lords elsewhere are just things put on display.
The undead created by Du You are not the same as the ordinary powerhouses of this world. Ordinary powerhouses can rely on city fortifications to enhance their strength, but the undead creatures created by Du You don’t have this ability.
From the moment they were created, their strength was already developed to the utmost, and all their potential was squeezed by Du You. These undead creatures have no possibility of further development and cannot continue to improve.
Therefore, Du You doesn’t need to place the undead in cities, and these undead don’t need it either.
Usually, those few are just put out for show, making people think they are ordinary undead creatures, similar to normal beings. But when needed, they are much easier to mobilize.
Du You didn’t immediately deploy the forces but hid them all.
The war on the western alliance side held everyone’s attention due to the extreme intensity of the battles erupting there.
As the saying goes, fighting among one’s own is the most brutal, and now everyone profoundly understands this sentiment. Because after the split of the Western Alliance, the battles were incredibly fierce and brutal.
The level of madness in these battles was far more severe than when dealing with Du You.
Various tactics emerged one after another, and some even collaborated to directly destroy cities. Yes, the targets were not the powerhouses but the cities themselves, eliminating their foundations.
This kind of hatred made their subsequent battles even more frenzied.
In just a month’s time, almost every day, several battles erupted, resulting in countless eighth-tier powerhouses falling in the Western Alliance. Du You stealthily collected some corpses from the battlefield.
These were all valuable. With some modifications, they could become powerful undead creatures.
Of course, most corpses couldn’t be seized because they would be taken back by their own people. Some needed to be brought back for accountability, while others were enemy corpses bearing treasures of eighth-tier powerhouses, which could be transformed into powerful equipment or even potions.
Even the bodies themselves, if someone with similar abilities comprehended them, could rapidly enhance their strength. A portion, however, was shattered during combat.
Du You had no interest in those fragmented corpses as they couldn’t be modified.
After all, this level of corpses was of no use to Du You in terms of power enhancement.
After a month of intense battles, it’s unknown how many have died on the other side, but according to intelligence, the original members of the Western Alliance now leave only slightly more than a hundred eighth-tier powerhouses.
The fierce confrontations have caused them to lose more than half of their eighth-tier powerhouses in a short time.
Du You silently contemplated about how they could harbor such intense hatred.
"Master, we can almost make a move. After this fierce battle, the other side is ready to lick their wounds, and it seems that such wars won’t erupt for a long time," Lin Yucha said to Du You.
Du You looked at the report in hand; the intensity of battles on the other side had begun to decline rapidly in the past few days. If they continued to wait, although mutual attacks would persist, seeing a new eighth-tier death wouldn’t be as frequent.
Without eighth-tier deaths, it held no significance for Du You.
The fights on the other side were brutal, more severe than imagined, with the remaining eighth-tier powerhouses about half of what Du You gathered, and of much lower quality.
Realizing this, Du You knew it was time to act.
"Alright, let’s make a move, and occupy the land as quickly as possible. We want the people there to live peacefully and comfortably." Du You’s words made the two sisters chuckle.
Their master was just pretending to be formal; Du You threw a glance at them but didn’t mind.
"Furthermore, after dealing with them, we need to target the other two alliances. So, while making a move, start gathering others. Those guys have lived comfortably for so long; it’s time they do something."
Du You referred to the eighth-tier powerhouses under his command, as those guys were collected by him.
Most are not directly under his control, and their thoughts align with other city lords. Once the war fails, these guys would be the first to flee or rebel.
But now, his power suppressed them, preventing any unrest. These guys ultimately weren’t cultivated by him, with almost zero loyalty. Sending them to battle and losing some is fine.
Du You had ways to deal with those daring to flee during wartime.
His undead assassination squad was always ready; once these guys behaved inappropriately, they would face eighth-tier powerhouses several times their numbers in a surround and eliminate situation.
These guys were compliant because others had perished at the hands of the assassination squad.
Once recruited, better bury other thoughts, or those hung on the city wall served as examples. Even after death, Du You would hang an eighth-tier powerhouse to warn others.
As for what to do next, it depended on Du You’s plans for whether to turn them into materials or undead.
Upon issuing the assembly order, the city lords began to take action. The two alliances that had been watching the Life Empire immediately reacted, mobilizing their forces towards the border regions.
Due to the lack of previous coercion, their movements were slower.
Unexpectedly, the moment the assembly order was issued and the eighth-tier powerhouses began to move, the western alliance erupted in battle. It wasn’t a war, as only the powerhouses were involved.
A large number of eighth-tier undead appeared in the western alliance’s original territories, which were now battlefields. The highest-level fights broke out directly, and it was a situation of bullying the weak with numbers. By the time everyone noticed the invasion, they were already surrounded. All intelligence networks were paralyzed, completely oblivious beforehand.
