Chapter 1746: Chapter 848: Ice Surface Sniper Battle (Part 2)

King Yasan looked at the astonishing underwater demolition operation, and it didn’t impact the Tukan People as much as imagined.

The reason is simple; they were spread out widely, and the demolition operation was also spread out enough.

People on the ground, restricted by their viewpoint, except for the survivors around the explosions, are unaware of what’s happening beyond a kilometer or even just a few hundred meters, as their sight is blocked by fellow soldiers.

Due to the powerful destructive force of the explosions, the entire advancing hundred-man Tukan squad was wiped out without witnesses. Only later, when the lake-crossing troops passed by, did they discover some of their people fell into the lake, but they were unclear about the destructive force and avoided it, thus not being greatly affected.

The ordinary Tukan People may not know, but the command layer led by Khan Yamun is well aware, yet once the bow’s drawn, there’s no turning back.

To cross Lake Asen, they must take such risks.

Before this, they had made ample preparations.

They simply did not expect the opponent’s demolition ability to be so formidable; despite spreading their soldiers widely, the casualties were terrifying.

They could only incentivize them with money, encouraging them to cross the lake faster while spreading out to reduce the damage caused by each ice-break by the enemy.

This is an indirect consumption battle.

The enemy, whether through explosives or magic, would face consumption from large-scale ice-breaking.

When the damage per attack on the enemy is far below consumption, the enemy must consider carefully.

This tactic has a noticeable effect, and the frequency of underwater demolitions has begun to weaken.

Gaven has depleted all Tremor Bomb stocks, only with fifteen thousand Strong Tremor Bombs, and three thousand Dragon Tremor Bombs.

And a single 300-meter-diameter water crater requires at least five Strong Tremor Bombs.

A 500-meter-diameter one requires five Dragon Tremor Bombs.

If the demolition kills fewer than ten people at a time, it would be a loss-making deal; even throwing all Tremor Bombs in would not greatly impact the battle.

It’s not just that the Tukan People are spread tens of meters per person; it’s more about the inconvenience of underwater demolition positioning.

With seventy to eighty centimeters of ice and twenty to thirty centimeters of snow, it’s impossible to observe the number of people on the ice with the naked eye.

They can only use magic to confirm the Tukan People’s numbers and positions, predicting the demolition with variables, leading to uncertain power and occasional misses.

Seeing this interception effect being poor, the Water Spirit Witch immediately led the Water Elves Troops to change strategy and withdrew personnel to the underwater of the Ice Great Wall, waiting and watching.

Several hundred meters away from the west shore of Lake Asen, a ten-meter-high, five-meter-wide at the bottom and three-meter-wide at the top Ice Great Wall rose, spanning across the lake from south to north.

For the Laiserman Kingdom, which possesses numerous intelligent aquatic life and summons a large amount of Water Element forces, creating an Ice Great Wall overnight is challenging but not too difficult.

As long as the weather is cold enough, it’s merely a matter of controlling the water and stacking layers upon layers.

To make this Ice Great Wall sturdy enough, the wall’s base and the entire western water area were completely frozen with magic, combined with extremely low temperatures.

“How can this be? How can there be a wall here?”

“Those cunning Laiserman People, they’ve actually made a wall out of ice!”

“Don’t stop, keep moving, keep moving, await the follow-up troops.”

“Don’t bunch up, spread out, maintain distance, don’t get too close, be ready for siege preparation at any time.”

The first Tukan People to rush under the Ice Great Wall let out incredulous roars.

They originally thought that after crossing Lake Asen, there would be a vast plain waiting for them.

Such circumstances lead to an extremely awkward situation.

To lay siege, they had to gather en masse; relying on a few or even dozens was irrelevant to whether they could climb the wall, even if they did, it would be suicide.

On top of the Ice Great Wall, numerous Laiserman Berserkers were already poised.

However, once they gathered en masse, Laiserman’s naval forces would stir under the ice, ready to blast them, sending countless soldiers into the icy waters.

With no choice, the Tukan People could only move along the Ice Great Wall, waiting for reinforcements.

“Blood Sacrifice Ritual!”

Soon the Tukan People’s second strategy arrived, with the second echelon being the relatively obese, red-robed Killing Vajra Lamas.

They had just reached the Ice Great Wall, and the slave soldiers guarding them slaughtered cattle, sheep, and horses—three large animals.

Meanwhile, they sat cross-legged on custom sleds, chanting loudly, while a blood-red, angry Vajra emerged from their bodies, stretching out its bloody hand to the three sacrificial animals in front of them.

The faint blood shadows of the three animals were forcefully pulled from their bodies, emitting piercing, desperate wails while fiercely struggling.

No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t escape the Killing Vajra Lamas’ Killing Soul’s grasp, and were engulfed alive.