Chapter 476: A Sudden Decisive Battle

And so, in the time that followed, Lin Yu’s legion tore across the Beastman Continent, conquering cities and engaging in a massive slaughter.

His army quickly became infamous among the Beastmen. Whenever the Beastman Lords spotted his forces, they would attempt a few counterattacks. But once they identified his unit types, they would abandon their cities and flee.

However, this led to a problem. Although Lin Yu had gathered all the Free Territory Hearts he needed less than two months after starting his offensive, the number of Beastman Lords he’d killed wasn’t increasing, and his Lord level was rising very slowly.

These Beastman Lords were not as strong as him, but every one of them was well-versed in the art of self-preservation.

They were nearly impossible to find in the wild, as they mostly hid within the cities of their territories. But the moment a siege began, if they realized they couldn’t defeat the attackers, they would take their subordinates and flee the city.

In contrast, Lin Yu’s own late-night surprise attacks, where he besieged cities alone, often resulted in him capturing Beastman Lords and earning a good number of Lord points.

Because of his phantom-like appearances and disappearances, the Beastmen he attacked rarely even caught a glimpse of him. Gradually, he became a legendary threat among the Beastman Lords—the Wind of Decapitation.

After accumulating enough Free Territory Hearts, Lin Yu stopped destroying Beastman Territories, hoping to limit the chaos the Beastman Lords could cause.

The reason was…

[Human Race Chat Channel 789 (6789)]

…: “Why have the Beastman attacks gotten stronger lately?”

…: “I was besieged by several Beastman Lords today. If my friend hadn’t sent reinforcements so quickly, I would’ve been a goner!”

…: “You were almost a goner? I *am* a goner. Now I’m just living under someone else’s roof.”

…: “I heard some big shot is sweeping through the Beastman Territories. All the nearby ones have been cleared out.”

…: “Hey, big shot, can you not just clear out the territories? Please wipe out their armies too!”

…

The Beastman Lords who lost their territories didn’t dare cause trouble for Lin Yu’s army, so they could only go after other members of the Human Race.

The remaining ordinary lords were all of similar strength to begin with. Now, with several Beastman Lords ganging up on a single Human Race Lord, the humans naturally couldn’t hold out.

Although the lords complaining in the channel weren’t very strong and likely wouldn’t be able to advance anyway, Lin Yu still didn’t want this affair to cause his reputation to plummet.

So, he stopped destroying the Beastman Territories he conquered. The purpose of attacking their cities now was simply to drive the Beastman Lords out, making it easier to hunt them down.

These Beastman Lords were stubborn, too. Hunted by Lin Yu, they scurried all over the map, but instead of retreating deeper into the Beastman Continent, they started playing a game of cat and mouse with him.

Lin Yu was happy to play along with these Beastman Lords. It saved him from having to venture deeper into the Beastman Continent and risk his army taking damage in a massive siege.

Guided by reconnaissance from his aerial units, Lin Yu’s army continuously carried out pincer movements against the Beastman forces, annihilating these scattered troops one by one. Amidst the encirclements, his Lord experience steadily increased.

This leisurely pace of hunting in the wild came to an abrupt halt in the fifth month.

That day, Lin Yu was leading his army when he once again cornered a wandering Beastman troop on a plain.

“My Lord, the sentinels report a large Beastman army has been spotted in the distance.”

Within the ranks, Chenxi delivered the latest intelligence report to Lin Yu.

“How far are they?”

“Less than ten kilometers away.”

“Relay my orders! Tell Manqiluo and Amuti to make quick work of this Beastman troop. Don’t bother trying to identify the lord or commander in this enemy unit.”

“This army is most likely just more enemy bait. Kill them all!”

“Yes, my Lord!”

…

The Beastman army, completely surrounded by Lin Yu’s forces, immediately faced annihilation. Lin Yu’s troops ceased their probing attacks.

The Hero Squad charged forward, broke through the Beastman army’s defenses, and split them into several segments. The main army then advanced to encircle and destroy them, quickly wiping them out completely.

Just as Lin Yu had expected, there was no Beastman Lord in this army either.

After discovering Lin Yu was hunting them, the Beastman Lords began ordering their subordinates to march in scattered formations, deploying many guerrilla units in an attempt to run him ragged.

But Lin Yu wasn’t in a hurry. He just steadily continued to advance his encirclement strategy.

He had already reached level 9 by now, not far from the maximum level.

Having annihilated the Beastman troop, Lin Yu’s army immediately adjusted its formation to face the massive Beastman host approaching from the distance.

The Death Devourers moved to where the Beastman soldiers had died. They absorbed the deathly aura there while simultaneously spreading an aura of life, purifying the plot of land that had just witnessed death.

This was a lesson Lin Yu had learned from his long war with the Beastman hordes.

Performing last rites for the dead enemies after a battle (by absorbing the deathly aura) and purifying the battlefield (by spreading the aura of life) could nullify the Beastmen’s subsequent attacks, like curses and poisons.

By the time the purification was complete, the great Beastman army had arrived, surrounding Lin Yu’s forces with menacing momentum.

A Lion-man hero stepped out from the Beastman army.

“So you’re the ones who came to pick up the scraps while our main force was away?”

Seeing the Lion-man hero step forward, Yuan Xiaobo recognized him as the Legendary-grade Beastman hero who had fought him to a standstill before—Bo Wen Isaac.

So, he stepped forward and shouted back, “Hey, Bo Wen! You’ve got it all wrong. What do you mean, ‘pick up the scraps?'”

“Your main force ran off to seize territory from the Titan Race and abandoned all those ordinary lords. Since they couldn’t beat us, it’s only natural their territories would be taken over by us!”