"Elder Red Scale, this is the wooden fortress outpost!"

Outside, among the Lizardman army.

A group of Lizardmen gathered together, observing the wooden fortress outpost five hundred meters away.

The Lizardman beside Red Scale glared angrily at the wooden fortress outpost.

Hatred for the Goblins had turned it into a traitor.

It even concealed the existence of the swamp crocodile king.

Red Scale gazed solemnly at the distant wooden fortress outpost.

It hadn't expected the Goblins to build such a large wooden fortress in the swamp.

What were they planning?

Goblins couldn't adapt to the swamp's humid environment.

Though puzzled, Red Scale felt no fear.

It nodded to its companion beside it.

"Attack!"

The Lizardman next to Red Scale ran off at the command.

"Ah la la!"

They shouted, waving their stone machetes.

All the Lizardmen raised their weapons, shouting "Ah la la."

The overwhelming sound echoed across the land.

The Lizardmen inside the wooden fortress also heard the commotion outside.

The familiar shouts made all the Lizardmen leave their wooden huts.

They looked expectantly at the outer wooden walls.

"Shut them up, shoot them dead!"

The Lizardmen's shouting was unbearable for Gobu Di.

With a roar, it picked up the war horn beside it and blew it.

The urgent sound of the horn rang out again.

This was the order to attack.

The Goblins on the watchtower, operating the three-bow ballista, looked excited.

They shouted as they aimed the ballista at the distant Lizardman army.

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"Boom!"

The sound of the bowstring snapping back was heard.

Accompanied by the sharp whistling of bolts cutting through the air.

Huge bolts flew out, heading straight for the Lizardman army five hundred meters away.

"Boom!"

The Lizardman formation was too dense.

Over a dozen bolts crashed into the Lizardman ranks.

With loud explosions, the Lizardman ranks were thrown into chaos.

The massive bolts pierced through several Lizardmen, crashing into the water.

Water splashed everywhere, and the Lizardmen screamed in agony.

The sudden attack startled Red Scale.

How could the Goblins attack them from such a distance?

"Everyone, charge!"

At this critical moment, there was no retreat!

Red Scale raised its large machete, shouting loudly.

It was the first to charge towards the wooden fortress outpost, wading through the water.

"Kill them, ah la la!"

With Red Scale's movement, the surrounding Lizardmen responded.

The massive Lizardman army surged towards the wooden fortress outpost like a flood from a broken dam.

"Ah!"

More loud explosions accompanied by screams.

Huge bolts continued to crash into the Lizardman ranks.

Everything in their path was destroyed.

The massive impact sent anything touched by the bolts flying.

The dark mass of the Lizardman army surged towards the wooden fortress outpost like a wave.

"Boom!"

At that moment, a deafening sound suddenly erupted from the right side of the Lizardman ranks.

In the right wing of the Lizardman formation.

A massive water column shot into the sky.

Before the water column rose, the Lizardmen in that area were instantly torn to pieces.

The rising water column flung a large group of Lizardmen into the air.

But it wasn't over; huge water bullets came from the right wing.

Each water bullet landed precisely among the Lizardmen.

Lizardmen touched by the water bullets were instantly torn apart.

The water bullets exploded with a "boom" upon impact.

The scattered raindrops pierced through Lizardmen within tens of meters like steel needles.

The right wing of the Lizardman ranks was filled with screams.

"It's the swamp crocodile king!"

"It's the swamp crocodile king!"

The Lizardmen on the right quickly identified the culprit attacking them.

In the nearby swamp, a massive creature was staring at them.

The giant creature opened its menacing mouth, spitting out water balls.

Under the combined attack of the three-bow ballista and the swamp crocodile king, the Lizardmen suffered heavy casualties.

They hadn't even approached the wooden fortress outpost, and already hundreds were dead or injured.

The appearance of the swamp crocodile king filled the Lizardmen with fear.

They couldn't understand why the swamp crocodile king would help the Goblins.

How could Goblins exist where the swamp crocodile king was?

"Damn it, what on earth is going on?"

Red Scale grabbed the neck of the Lizardman who had led them there.

The Lizardman, caught by Red Scale, showed no fear.

It laughed maniacally.

"Kill them, kill them, quickly, kill them!"

The Lizardman's madness made Red Scale frown slightly.

"You lunatic!"

It cursed, throwing the Lizardman aside.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Red Scale shouted, turning and running back the way they came without looking back.

The appearance of the swamp crocodile king caught Red Scale off guard.

It wasn't fear, but the knowledge that the army lacked the means to deal with the swamp crocodile king.

It hadn't prepared for this.

Continuing the fight would only lead to the futile loss of its kin's lives.

Red Scale's retreat caused the charging Lizardman ranks to falter.

The Lizardmen around Red Scale were the first to react to its order.

Seeing their companions flee, the Lizardmen further away joined the retreat.

And so, the charging Lizardmen were defeated.

They fled in panic under the dual attack of the three-bow ballista and the swamp crocodile king.

Screams echoed all the way.

The sound of bolts and water bullets crashing resounded in the sky outside the wooden fortress outpost.

The Lizardmen who reached the deep water boundary dove into the water.

Leaving behind nearly a thousand corpses, the Lizardman army fled in disarray.

"Wow wow!"

Seeing the Lizardman army retreat, the Goblins on the wooden wall cheered excitedly.

They danced and celebrated.

For a moment, the wooden fortress outpost was filled with noise.

Inside the wooden fortress, the Lizardmen looked disappointed.

"Run, run!"

At the entrance of the largest wooden hut.

Bai Ling stood outside, gazing at the southern wooden wall.

She murmured to herself, a hint of sadness in her eyes.

From now on, her kin would live under the shadow of the Goblins.

Before long, the fleeing Lizardman army disappeared into the swamp.

"A bunch of cowards, running away so quickly, hahaha!"

Seeing the Lizardman army vanish.

Gobu Di and Gobu Shi on the watchtower laughed heartily.

They were amused by the cowardice of the Lizardmen.

And by how foolishly the Lizardmen had fallen for the trap.

And by the completely unscathed outcome.

The laughter on the watchtower lasted for a long time.

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The next day, inside the largest wooden hut at the wooden fortress outpost.

"Didn't you say the Lizardman army retreated without a fight?"

Li Meng looked speechlessly at Gobu Di, who was eagerly reporting yesterday's battle.

"How did it turn into a fight?"

Li Meng pondered, a contemplative look on his face.

It seemed the "retreat without a fight" predicted by the simulated life wasn't the kind he imagined.

"At least the casualties weren't too bad!"

That was probably the only consolation.

Li Meng didn't want to see the future line winding back again.

If the expeditionary force suffered too many casualties, it would prompt the Black Mountain tribe to summon the Barbarian God "Aqua."

Li Meng always remembered this future line.