Chapter 1516: Chapter 772: Shocked Retreat

“Negative Energy Attribute Treants?”

“Another bait! How many strategic tactics does he deploy in one war?”

The Dwarves Elf Priestess and Cloud Giant had different reactions of confusion and amazement. They were already overwhelmed by Gaven’s endless methods and meticulously interconnected strategic tactics.

The opponent was clearly trying to conceal his main army’s location, not even giving them a chance for retaliatory bombardment.

A Cloud Ghost stealthily approached the whirlwind formed by the Elemental Elders and then suddenly transformed into a whirlwind itself—a Revenge Storm, who else could it be? However, the whirlwind it formed was noticeably smaller by several times, with flashes of lightning and thunder within. As it spun, it gave off crackling electric discharges, making it unmistakable.

The whirlwind formed by the Elemental Elders rotated clockwise, whereas the whirlwind formed by the Revenge Storm rotated counterclockwise. Naturally, when the two collided, they began to tear at each other.

As soon as they engaged, the difference was immediately apparent.

The Elemental Elder was a definitive legendary element, possessing at least Legendary Life Dice, and this whirlwind was not just his ability, but the result of the combined effort of over twenty high-level air elements.

As for the Revenge Storm, it was merely a newborn, not even possessing Legendary Life Dice.

In just one collision, the Revenge Storm shrank by nearly one-third.

But the Revenge Storm was not fighting alone. Behind it was a Conqueror Army; countless bolts of lightning struck it with crackling sounds, and its body visibly recovered, then charged again towards the Elemental Elders.

After three to five collisions, even the not-so-intelligent Wind Elemental Elder clearly sensed that something was off.

Each collision ended with the miserable failure of the Revenge Storm.

The problem was, the Revenge Storm belonged to the water element sub-category, and its true essence was those water elements. The wind elements were merely an outer protective shell. As long as the essence was not harmed, the dispersed wind elements could quickly reattach.

The whirlwind formed by the Wind Elemental Elder seemed undamaged, but in reality, with each collision, a portion of the wind element’s essence was dragged away by the opponent, becoming nourishment for its growth.

Originally, the core essence of the wind element was not so easy to strip away, but the negative energy blasted inside it by the Skeleton Cannons was at work. In each collision, a portion of negative energy took advantage of the situation to wrap around the core essence of the wind element and flee into the Revenge Storm.

This was a process of loss and gain. With each collision, the Wind Elemental Elder shrank a bit, while the Revenge Storm grew stronger.

Realizing this, the Wind Elemental Elder immediately stopped entangling with the Revenge Storm and flew away from the Dark Treants and the Revenge Storm. After all, his task was to disperse the clouds, not to engage in battle with them.

It wanted to leave, but that didn’t mean the Revenge Storm, eager for a feast, wanted to let it go. The whirlwind erupted, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, directly enveloping the whirlwind formed by the Wind Elemental Elder. The continuous electric shocks energized it, transforming it once again into the Ninth Ring Spell: Vengeance Storm.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

All the lightning struck the whirlwind. With each electric shock, the whirlwind involuntarily paused, and a large air element or colossal high-level air element was knocked out of the whirlwind, swept into the storm formed by the Revenge Storm, with no possibility of returning. Soon they would become new nourishment for the Revenge Storm.

They didn’t even have the chance to return to the air elemental plane for rebirth, because their core essence, the elemental essence, was absorbed by the Revenge Storm. To elements, this essence is akin to the soul for material plane creatures, being the fundamental existence. With its destruction, revival becomes impossible.

In such elemental battles, outsiders found it difficult to intervene, including the Cloud Giant, the instigator. The enemy’s every response was unexpected, leaving him unable to continue countering.

Dilila provided a suggestion from the side: “Let’s launch a magical bombardment along the Moon Sea Road. They formed the vehicle formation hastily, so no matter how quick their response, they can’t all enter the wilderness but will follow the road. After the bombardment, regardless of the outcome, we’ll immediately retreat back to the Thunder Peak Mountain Range to regroup and prepare.”

The Dwarves Elf Priestess accurately grasped the Cloud Giant’s current thoughts. He was no longer focused on inflicting any significant impact or damage on the Conqueror Army. He merely needed a way to save face in front of his subordinates.

After all, if he arrived with great momentum only to be worn out by one person and one horse, losing troops and leaders without even touching the enemy’s main force, retreating in embarrassment, what sense would that make?

“That’s the only option,” Nuluding no longer relied on the Wind Elemental Elders to tear the clouds and locate the Conqueror Army’s main location.

Today’s battle did yield some gains.

The Cloud Giant now fully realized the uniqueness of this Conqueror and his Conqueror Army. Their capabilities and conduct were distinctly different from his previous opponents.

To view things with the same mindset as before would very likely lead to a significant loss.

Realizing this with a small loss now is better than suffering a major setback in the future.

He must adjust his approach to stand a chance against the opponent. If he continued using old methods, he’d likely meet his end before knowing what hit him.