Chapter 359 - 254: Zhang Yi’s Confidence: The Natural-born Fire-Attribute Caster
Chapter 359: Chapter 254: Zhang Yi’s Confidence: The Natural-born Fire-Attribute Caster
With this in mind, Legion Commander Feiyana implemented a different deployment strategy than she would for a typical field army.
"Contract the defensive line. After the Divine War begins, we will cede the central territory connecting our two Divine Realms to the enemy Clan."
"But we won’t just give it up."
"Lay down as many delayed and triggered magical traps as you can!"
"All Elf, Dwarf, and Goblin Clans are to defend from within the Divine Realm’s fortifications."
"Reinforce the Dwarf War Fortress’s anti-air capabilities with everything we have..."
Legion Commander Feiyana’s orders were transmitted clearly to every corner of the Divine Realm, heard by every member of the Clans.
The proactive decision to cede the central territory wasn’t a whim on Legion Commander Feiyana’s part.
It was the result of careful deliberation.
If she were to deploy the Elf Corps for a field battle in the territory connecting the two Divine Realms,
then, facing the enemy Clan’s Sunbirds and their ability to fly,
the vast majority of her Elf Corps would certainly be annihilated with ease.
Rather than wasting the Elf Corps’ manpower by letting them be slaughtered in the open, it was better to have the Clans defend from behind their fortifications!
Then, with the weapons provided by the fortifications,
even an Elf Warrior below the Seventh Level could use their Weapon to attack the Sunbird Clan in the sky.
Legion Commander Feiyana even had a cunning thought.
’By ceding the territory connecting our Divine Realms to the enemy’s Sunbird Clan...’
’...flying across such a vast area should at least drain some of their stamina, right?’
’It would also lengthen their logistics and supply lines.’
’And if we can find a vulnerability in their supply route through reconnaissance and destroy a shipment, that would be even better.’
Legion Commander Feiyana thought.
The chances of that happening were slim, but not zero!
Zhang Yi didn’t know what Legion Commander Feiyana was thinking,
but when he saw her actions, he raised no objections.
In fact, Zhang Yi intended to use this virtual Divine War to test his Divine Realm’s eastern defensive line himself.
The eastern defenses of the Zhang Yi Divine Realm consisted of two main lines.
The first was the Dwarf War Fortress, built into the terrain in the center of Luqiu Ridge on the eastern side of the Divine Realm.
The second line of defense was a network of eleven interconnected Elf Cities.
The last great War against the Vampire Corps...
...had proven that the Dwarf War Fortress in the eastern Zhang Yi Divine Realm could hold back a massive land army.
This time, however, Zhang Yi wanted to see...
...if the Dwarf War Fortress could stop an aerial army after having already proven it could stop one on the ground.
Besides, this was a virtual Divine War.
Any damage sustained to his Divine Realm during the virtual Divine War wouldn’t need to be repaired,
so Zhang Yi wasn’t worried about it.
The only thing Zhang Yi regretted was that the territory connecting the two Divine Realms didn’t abut the northern part of his own!
If it had, he could have used the Snow Realm in the northern part of his Divine Realm.
The environment alone would have been enough for Lu Mei’s Fire Attribute Sunbirds and Sun God Birds to suffer a huge disadvantage!
They would have been inherently in an extremely disadvantageous environment.
Coupled with the No-fly Zone from the Four-Stars natural landscape—the Northern Heaven Ridge—in the northern part of his Divine Realm,
Zhang Yi was confident...
...that he could have completely neutralized the two main advantages Lu Mei’s Sunbird Clan had over his Elf Clan: their ability to fly and their Fire Attribute!
However, that wasn’t to say Zhang Yi didn’t have other trump cards to deal with Lu Mei’s Sunbird Clan Army.
The enemy’s Sunbird Clan could fly,
but the Zhang Yi Divine Realm also had the flying Elf Griffin Cavalry Corps.
The enemy’s Sunbird Clan could fly,
but by counterattacking from the Dwarf War Fortress,
both the Elf Archers and Elf Snipers of the Elf Corps, who were said to have "Hundred Shots, Hundred Hits" accuracy,
and the Magical Cannon 2.0, a weapon created from the combined wisdom of the three major Clans in his Divine Realm,
were more than enough for Zhang Yi’s Clans to launch a counteroffensive!
Besides, Zhang Yi still had other tricks up his sleeve!
So from Zhang Yi’s perspective, the outcome of this battle was still far from decided!
From Lu Mei’s point of view, however, she was the one with the geographical advantage!
In theory, choosing a grassland terrain was meant to be as fair as possible for both students, an environment free of external factors.
But for Lu Mei’s Sunbird Clan, which could fly and thus control the skies,
the open grassland was a huge advantage!
It was far more suitable for her Clan to operate in than a mountainous environment.
By choosing the grassland, it meant that of the three classic conditions for victory—timing, terrain, and popular support—she had already secured the geographical advantage!
’It might sound cruel to say this...’
’...but by choosing the grassland for the sake of fairness, Zhang Yi, you’ve essentially hamstrung yourself before the battle even began!’
After entering her Divine Realm, Lu Mei issued the corresponding Oracle,
telling her Clan to make all necessary pre-war preparations.
As she gazed at the grassland terrain of the central territory connecting the two Divine Realms,
and beyond it, the hilly terrain of Zhang Yi’s Divine Realm,
an indescribable ripple stirred in Lu Mei’s heart.
Even as she was calmly analyzing her opponent’s situation,
for some reason,
a part of her didn’t want Zhang Yi to fail, despite seeing her own advantage.
But as soon as this feeling emerged, the focused Lu Mei buried it deep in her heart.
It was true that she had developed a special feeling for Zhang Yi,