Chapter 1618: Chapter 75: The Great Rout
After a brief skirmish, a group of Eighth-Order Centipedes cautiously gathered around.
Seeing this scene, Hudson was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled slightly.
Maxim, understanding the situation, swung his dragon tail, and instantly carried Hudson out of the encirclement, sending away two unlucky centipedes blocking their way.
Having evaded the encirclement, the man, the dragon, and the bear no longer tangled with the enemy’s Sanctuary but instead maneuvered around the perimeter of the encirclement, starting a hunting game.
With their speed advantage, over a dozen centipede strongmen were killed in a short time, and the number of injured was countless.
Elder Golan cursed angrily.
However, no one replied to his words.
For Sanctuary Powerhouses, this kind of avoidance and targeted killing of the Eighth Order was indeed somewhat disgraceful.
But organizing a large number of strongmen to besiege is even more contemptible.
Focusing all his attention on Hudson, Elder Golan inadvertently exposed a flaw in his moment of rage.
“Be careful, the enemy still has hidden strongmen!”
Master Seyam hurriedly reminded him from behind.
Unfortunately, a sneak attack by Sanctuary was always instantaneous, and just as he voiced his warning, two attacks had already landed on Elder Golan.
In a critical moment, Elder Golan could only defensively receive the blows.
Caught off guard, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood on the spot, his entire body being struck dozens of meters away.
Just as he was about to stabilize himself, suddenly he was pulled down by a force of gravity, crashing into the ground and forming a big pit.
Wounded upon wounds, Elder Golan, just as he was about to stand up, suddenly felt darkness in front of his eyes, his body already grasped in a Bear’s Paw.
“Crack…” With a sound, another heap of flesh was added to the battlefield.
The entire process was seamless, forcing the Giant Centipede Territory’s Sanctuary behind him, who wanted to step in to rescue, to come to a halt.
Without even putting up a decent fight, the first strongman of the clan fell on the battlefield just like that.
The sudden turn of events scared half to death the participating Centipede and Demonic Crocodile Sanctuaries. The enemy had actually hidden two Sanctuary’s Second Order Powerhouses.
If Elder Golan had not been overly agitated and exposed a flaw first, then the one who died just now could have been any one of them.
Facing nine against three was already unable to overpower the enemy, now it had turned into eight against five, even less ensuring any dominance.
“Everyone, do not scatter, lest we give the enemy an opportunity to exploit!”
At the moment of reminding, Master Seyam had already plunged into the team of Eighth-Order strongmen.
Frankly speaking, with the enemy all being Sanctuary’s Second Order, intervening in such a high-level battle with Eighth Orders indeed bore certain risks.
Yet war never considers these issues. Seeing Master Seyam take the lead, the other Sanctuaries couldn’t afford to keep hold and rushed into the ranks, attempting to rely on their numerical advantage to counterattack.
As for the matter of killing Hudson, at this point, no one harbored any thoughts anymore.
This kind of far-fetched dream, whoever loves it can pursue it themselves; anyway, they were all very aware now.
Seeing the best opportunity slip away, Venerable Marcello and Venerable McDonald quickly moved towards Hudson.
This scale of strongmen skirmish posed considerable dangers to the Sanctuary Powerhouses as well. Carelessness could make them end like the deceased Elder Golan became a lesson.
“Marshal, what do we do now?”
Venerable Marcello asked with concern, a trace of admiration reflected in his brows.
Having witnessed Hudson’s exceptional might first-hand, he finally grasped the platinum value of the continent’s foremost strongman.
“Hold off these enemies, continue to expand the results!”
While speaking, Hudson launched another bout of attack.
The grouped enemy Sanctuaries were not easy to deal with, yet there still were plenty of centipedes on the battlefield, and killing any of them would serve the purpose!
The numerous centipede strongmen gathered were indeed daunting, but with sufficient speed, they could maintain the upper hand.
Anyone straying from the group would be the first to be killed; Hudson was in no hurry.
Any species’ number of strongmen is finite; with the Giant Centipede’s masters appearing here, it signifies their military strength has thinned out.
At this time, just holding these guys off could create favorable conditions for the Magical Beast Knight to break through.
The main army not far from this place, as long as they hold for a few hours, the army could reach the battlefield.
The plan to encircle and kill Hudson failed, adding the strongest member of their ethnic group to the loss, striking another blow to the already low-morale Centipede Army.
The King Centipede, sitting in the Central Army, was left panicking. At this moment, his fear of the Human Race had reached its peak.
“Your Majesty, stay calm!”
Prime Minister Javat gave a gentle reminder.
The more pressing the crisis, the more an outstanding leader needs to remain rational. If the underlining centipedes knew their leader was panicking, Army morale and spirit would be beyond recovery.
The King Centipede asked, his voice trembling.
Deep inside, he had regretted numerous times. If he had known Hudson was this formidable, he would never have agreed to the Demonic Crocodile Clan’s plan no matter what.
To the underlings, they presumed it was his decision-making failure, but in reality, it was all along an attempt to lure Hudson out.
Of course, the prowess of the enemy’s cavalry indeed exceeded his expectations.
Nevertheless, that’s only a minor issue. Theoretically, once Hudson could be killed, all the problems facing the Giant Centipede would not be problems.
Ultimately, it was previous smooth operations in the Bofeil Province that made them overestimate their power and underestimate their opponent’s strength.
As per the initial plan, the two strongest among the nine Sanctuary Powerhouses would entangle the Dragon Bear, while the remaining seven would eliminate Hudson in the shortest time.