Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 410 - 259: Clearing the Field Directly_1

Ye Feng witnessed the entire process of the battle and couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional; humanity’s combat power had truly become much stronger.

Although the reason for their great victory this time was largely due to an absolute advantage in troop strength, the undeniable fact was that their combat power had increased.

Had this been a month ago, not to mention a force of 20,000, even with 200,000 troops, it would not have been possible to repel the Forbidden Area Creatures with such a small sacrifice.

Ye Feng closed his eyes and used his spiritual power to scout the Abyssal Creatures in other areas.

With the range of his current spiritual power reconnaissance capabilities, plus the length of the roots, he was able to explore places hundreds of kilometers away.

This meant that several cities nearby were within the range of his spiritual power scans.

Although the other cities had fewer Evolutionists than Yang City, with an average city having just over 5,000,

the number of Forbidden Area Creatures attacking these cities was not as many, with at most only a little over 1,000. In such cases, if they relied on city walls for defense, they would be perfectly capable of holding their ground with ease.

And the results of the battles that followed were just as Ye Feng had anticipated.

Yonghe City, Pingjin City, and Jiangpu City all managed to hold their ground in the ensuing defense battles; although they took a bit more time, they successfully repelled the invading Forbidden Area Creatures.

"It seems a bit too easy to defend, and the will to fight of those Abyssal Creatures doesn’t seem that strong. As soon as the casualty rate reaches one-tenth, they choose to retreat," Ye Feng mused with a slight frown. He closed his eyes and moved the roots to start a wide-range reconnaissance.

A moment later, an expression of surprise appeared on his face, "So that’s how it is. Their attacks on the cities are just a feint."

"It can’t exactly be called a feint. If the city’s defending forces can’t withstand their attacks, then they would definitely enter the cities to wreak havoc and seek revenge."

"The real purpose of these Forbidden Area Creatures that have broken away from the main force is to spread out, search for powerful Mutated Beings to kill, and then bring them back to the Forbidden Area, allowing it to expand quickly."

At this moment, under Ye Feng’s reconnaissance, those Skeleton Creatures and Ferocious Beasts had already killed quite a few Mutated Beings.

But they also knew that there were still defending troops nearby the Forbidden Area, so they did not return immediately but hid these slain Mutated Beings instead.

According to Ye Feng’s estimate, once they killed a certain number of Mutated Beings, they would return in unison.

By then, if top fighters or a large number of Forbidden Area Creatures could still emerge from within, they might break through the blockade and bring these bodies back.

Of course, now that they had been discovered, they would not be able to continue.

Ye Feng immediately possessed the Mutated Parrot and informed Zhang Ji of the situation here.

Zhang Ji was also shocked upon hearing this and quickly reported the information.

Things were easier to handle afterward; Yang City paid to ask for Dragon King’s cooperation to locate the Forbidden Area Creatures.

Then they could directly dispatch troops to encircle and suppress them.

Since the Biological Army of the Forbidden Area did not deploy many troops to harass the various cities, totaling at most only 15,000, an encirclement operation wasn’t difficult.

Naturally, what truly garnered attention was the Forbidden Area Army that was currently en route to the Ancient Ruins.

At that moment, hundreds of fighter jets were above the Forbidden Area Creatures, using air-to-ground missiles to bomb them.

However, against such a massive number of Forbidden Area Creatures, the impact caused by these bombings from the fighter jets was very limited.

The real strength lay with the missile troops of various cities who, of course, were not launching powerful missiles but those with multiple warheads.

Upon reaching the target air domain, these missiles would separate into dozens of smaller ones, scattering attacks on different targets, which made it much more difficult for the enemy to intercept.

However, even so, given the pace at which these Mutated Beings were advancing, by the time they reached the Ancient Ruins, it would be difficult to kill even 10,000 Forbidden Area Creatures.

Especially the more powerful Sixth Order Ferocious Beasts, which had already traveled half the distance but had only suffered a few hundred casualties.

"Parrot Messenger, with the current situation, when the Forbidden Area Army arrives here, they will still have a force of more than 120,000. We have no advantage—do we need to rush into the Ancient Ruins first?" Zhang Ji came over to ask.

"If we are willing to use missiles for bombardment regardless of the cost, we should be able to delay them for a while, allowing us to enter the Forbidden Area ahead by ten or so minutes," he queried.

"No need," Ye Feng shook his head and said, "They haven’t been in a hurry to travel all this while, maintaining formation to minimize casualties as much as possible."

"So even if we enter the Ancient Ruins first, the benefits we could gain wouldn’t be much; in the end, it’s still about strength."

Although he had never entered the Ancient Ruins, he was clear that the treasures inside would not simply be first-come-first-served; surely, there would be some form of trials.

"Understood," Zhang Ji nodded. He asked again, "So, should we clear out these Mutated Beings near the Ancient Ruins, or use them against the Forbidden Area Army?"

"Stick to the original plan and clear them out. These Mutated Beings are too weak to make any real impact on the Forbidden Area Creatures, it would be like giving them food. On the other hand, they’d cause us more trouble," Ye Feng replied.