Final Lord

Chapter 173 Plot
The lizardman hid underwater, anxiously looking up at the surface.

On his arm, three fleshy tentacles swayed from side to side like seaweed, constantly collecting information from the water's surface and reflecting it into his eyes.

"Where is the enemy? Why can't my tentacles sense their location? Damn it, I thought we wouldn't encounter them so soon. It was a mistake not to bring other reconnaissance organs."

"They were so fast!"

The lizardman calculated that it had only taken him less than 3 hours since he entered the battlefield.

The fact that the other party was able to destroy his farmland means that they must have discovered his presence at least half an hour ago.

The trial will ensure that the distance between the two sides is at least one hundred kilometers. The swamp terrain is complex and varied.

About two hours into the game, you find yourself after traversing 100 kilometers of swampy terrain.

This speed is simply too fast. Aren't the enemy's reconnaissance troops afraid of the trial creatures and poisonous miasma lurking in the swamp?
They're either hotheads or incredibly skilled and daring.

"Anyone who can create swampy terrain and destroy their own farmland can't be a complete novice. I've met a master."

With this in mind, the lizardmen became even more cautious.

His tail swayed from side to side, summoning a mud golem that looked exactly like himself from the swamp's mud, which then carefully circled around him from the side.

He cautiously shared the puppet's view.

Fluorescent moss spreads across the surface of the floating island, forming a dense green carpet. The faint glow of its spores creates a hazy halo in the miasma, as if countless stardusts are suspended above the swamp.

The hardened moss-covered floating islands are like black jade embedded in the dark water. Occasionally, bubbles rise slowly from the edge of the islands, creating tiny ripples on the surface and carrying the smell of sulfur into the humid air.

The luminescent hyphae parasitizing the decaying wood trembled slightly, casting the distorted reflection of the trees onto the still water. Even the buzzing of bloodthirsty mosquitoes was exceptionally clear. Only the fluorescent ripples stirred up by the wind as it swept through the moss proved that this place still belonged to a vibrant world.

Quiet, too quiet!
There was no sign of any ambush.

Although the lizardman had not yet spotted the enemy, he was absolutely certain that the enemy was lying in ambush!

"Maybe the enemy is setting up an ambush for me in some hidden corner. No, I can't stay here any longer, it's too dangerous! The old chief always said, a wise tail doesn't crawl into an ant hole. Time to get out of here!"

The lizardman swung his tail and plunged into the depths of the swamp, pressing himself against the mud. His body slowly writhed on the surface of the mud, transforming into the shape of a fish, and he escaped along the mud.

"The other farmlands have probably already been destroyed, and we're likely to encounter enemy troops lying in ambush. We can't go there. We might as well just give up."

But I absolutely must take over the bull's field. The average level of the creatures in this trial isn't high; the bull is already considered top-tier. I won't be able to sleep until I've taken over the bull's field.

The lizardman was anxious, and his body swayed a little more. Suddenly, a blinding beam of light pierced the water and shone on him!
At the same time, he sensed that his mud puppet's head had been inexplicably chopped off on the surface of the water!

"Oh no! We've been discovered! This must be a magical lock!"

The lizardman's heart tightened. Without any hesitation, he transformed into a water snake on the spot and darted away with lightning speed!

In such ambushes, the enemy's first wave of attack is usually the most intense.

Therefore, the lizardman held nothing back, using three life-saving techniques in quick succession: two speed boosts and one teleportation, instantly covering a distance of three kilometers!

Plop!

The lizardman emerged from the swamp and cautiously looked around.

A dozen seconds passed, and he found no threat; the swamp remained as calm as ever.

"Hey! I've managed to get out."

The lizardman turned to look at the poisonous miasma behind him and shouted triumphantly.

"Trying to catch me? You didn't expect that, did you? My speed is beyond your imagination! I covered three kilometers in two seconds, and even my voice couldn't keep up with me. I broke through the encirclement. Hehe."

"You think you can surround me? You won't even get a fart from me." The lizardman didn't notice that in the tree above his head, an invisible banshee had already seen through his every move.

……

"That was fast. It almost got out of my surveillance range."

Wang Bufu could see the lizardmen's movements clearly through the eyes of the banshees. He had anticipated that the lizardmen would run towards the bull camp, as there was a banshee every five hundred meters along the entire road.

The light that startled the lizardmen wasn't a magical lock at all, but rather a mirror pulled out by a banshee.

He took the initiative, creating the illusion of surrounding the lizardman, and then used the reflection of a mirror to force out three of the lizardman's powerful movement skills, leaving the lizardman completely bewildered.

"Upon encountering an unknown threat, immediately choose to flee with all your might."

He was ruthless and swift in his attack on the Bull Camp. He likes to talk to himself and is a bit of a chatterbox.

The other party is cautious yet decisive and ruthless; intimidation cannot be continued, otherwise they will likely attempt a desperate breakout.

Wang Bufu wrote down the lizardmen's personality traits and special skills on his pen, and a new round of intimidation tactics was quickly adjusted according to the lizardmen's personality.

After escaping, the lizardmen did not hesitate and swam straight from the mud pit to the bull camp.

Having anticipated the opponent's actions, Wang Bufu naturally wouldn't let him return so easily.

He and Wei Yi were currently at the Wild Bull Camp. If they ran into the Lizardmen, they would be in big trouble.

He lightly tapped his finger on the tactical map and recited, "Military Strategy: Expanding Territory to Build Cities!"

Rumble!
A loud rumbling sound startled the creatures of the swamp; waterbirds took flight and ants scurried about.

The mud from the bottom of the swamp pool suddenly rose up, forming a mud wall six meters high, blocking the way between the lizardmen and the bull camp.

Wang Bufu glanced at Wei Yi, who was watering the Bull Tree with black water, and said softly, "We need to hurry. Kill the Bull Tree within two minutes!"

……

"Holy crap! What the hell is that noise?" The lizardman was startled and cautiously dived into the water. He waited for more than ten minutes to allow his special skill to cool down before sending out a mud golem to investigate.

When he saw the six-meter-high mud wall, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Was there this thing here just now? Oh no, it must have been the enemy's doing. My Wild Bull Field!"

The lizard man gurgled bubbles from his nose as he pondered.

"They must have guessed that I would run to the Wild Bull Field, so they built a mud wall here to prevent me from passing."

That's good news. It means my current location hasn't been exposed yet.

If my location were exposed, the enemy wouldn't have used such a large-scale magic attack; instead, they would have quietly ambushed me at the bull camp, waiting to strike me deadly when I arrived.

The lizardman's eyes darted around: "I get it! The way I cultivate bulls is different from the way I cultivate poison flies. They probably haven't figured out how to destroy the bull trees yet, and they're trying to use this method to make me back down."

This suggests that there won't be too many enemies in the Bull Camp.

There's an opportunity to pick them off one by one! Let's go for it!

Thinking of this, the lizardman moved like a rabbit, suddenly leaping out of the mud.

His four lizard legs grew barbs, which allowed him to quickly climb the mud wall, scaling it in three seconds.

He leaped off the mud wall, fleshy membranes growing between his limbs and body, and propelled himself by rapidly whipping his tail, gliding through the air toward the bull camp at an astonishing speed!
(End of this chapter)