As the essence blood entered his throat, a pale gray aura rose from Valois's body, violent and evil, sending chills down one's spine.

He tossed aside the withered, emaciated elder's body, a smirk playing on his lips. "If you hadn't driven me to this desperate situation, I wouldn't even know I'd ever break through to the fourth level of Force. Hahaha..."

Xiaoman frowned, gripped the Fish Intestine Sword with both hands, stared intently at him, and secretly channeled all her power into her right hand.

"Hmph!" Valois slightly opened his right pincer, and Xiaoman suddenly felt short of breath and struggled violently.

The pliers were slowly raised, and Xiaoman gradually lifted off the ground, her eyes rolling back. "I will never let you succeed!"

Suddenly he closed his eyes, then abruptly opened them, his pupils shooting out two sharp yellow beams of light.

Valois tightened his grip on the large pincers, one beam of light shattered, while the other froze in place. His face was full of disdain. "Overestimating yourself!"

*Sizzle!*

A grayish-brown aura shot out from beneath the yellow light and struck Valois between the eyebrows.

"Ah, you?"

As soon as the binding force disappeared, Xiaoman landed on the ground and used her stealth skill to vanish without a trace.

A few seconds later.

Valois finally regained his composure and scanned his surroundings, but could not sense Xiaoman. He felt a little panicked and quickly turned around, but still found nothing.

"That shouldn't be the case!"

I just can't figure it out no matter how hard I try.

Suddenly, a strange breeze swept by, and Valois became fully alert, watching his surroundings.

As time went by, the surroundings became quieter and quieter, and even breathing could be heard clearly.

After another ten seconds or so, he couldn't wait any longer and started attacking haphazardly.

Boom, bang...

Xiaoman was far away, watching quietly.

"Come out, come out!" Valois roared like a mad dog as he attacked.

As the distance between them closed, Xiaoman still didn't move.

After a few moves, Xiaoman rushed out with all her might, leaving behind a real afterimage.

The large pincers pierced through 'Little Man' in an instant, and Valois looked smug, but it vanished with the wind.

"not good!"

A shadow passed through his chest.

Valois looked down at the watermelon-sized bloody hole, his face filled with disbelief. "This, this can't be!"

Xiaoman deactivated her invisibility, shook off the blood, and said, "Nothing is impossible!"

"Pfft, ah..."

Valois crashed heavily to the ground, utterly powerless, and could only watch helplessly as his life force continued to ebb away.

As more and more blood was lost, his vision also disappeared, and he frantically groped around on the ground.

Xiaoman glanced at him and shook her head, "You reap what you sow!"

"You, you, you?" Valois, with his right pincer extended, breathed his last.

......

The main battlefield.

Xiaoman threw Valois's head to the ground, scornfully saying, "Your chieftain is dead. Why don't you surrender now?"

Lizard Guide Ling and Lizard Wind narrowed the encirclement.

"Those who lay down their weapons will not be killed. Those who resist will be torn to pieces!"

Several timid blood scorpions slowly lowered their pincers.

The elder beside them slammed into them viciously, shouting, "You believe the words of the Giant Lizard Clan? Look at the clan leader, look at the fallen clansmen!"

"We're going to die anyway, let's fight them!"

"Yes, let's give it our all!"

"kill!"

The Blood Scorpion Clan charged forward with all their might.

Pisha sneered, waved his hand behind him, and a dense barrage of lasers shot into the enemy ranks from afar.

ah!

Ahh...

In less than two minutes, the Blood Scorpion Clan was completely wiped out.

Instead of cheering, the giant lizard tribe became even more cautious, reinforcing their defenses at every point...

Blue Star, Death Valley, Enemy Pointing.

Qiao Bass slumped helplessly into his chair, muttering, "It's over, it's over, it's all over!"

"General!" Bakham frowned slightly and slowly walked up to him. "What happened?"

"Hey, see for yourself!" Qiao Bass tossed over a projector.

Bakham clicked on it and exclaimed in shock: "A secret weapon? How could it explode for no reason?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?!" Qiao Bass's face was contorted with rage, his eyes bloodshot. He slammed his hand on the chair, shattering it into pieces. "Don't let me find out who's behind this, huh!"

"General, calm down!" Bakham looked around to make sure no one else was there, and whispered, "Is this something only you and I know about?"

"Um!"

"That makes things much easier!" Bakham's heart finally settled. "We can announce that our secret weapon is on its way, and if we just hold out for a few more days, victory will be ours!"

Qiao Bass looked puzzled. "This can only buy us some time. How can it be considered a victory?"

After silently cursing him as a 'pig,' he slowly raised the corners of his mouth and pointed to an open area outside Death Valley. "Do you understand now?"

“No!” Qiao Bass shook his head.

Bakham wanted nothing more than to rush up and beat them both up, but he held back in the end and said with a displeased expression, "The General doesn't need to understand. Just give the orders according to my plan!"

"All right!"

Upon receiving the order, the entire ancient Shu allied army cheered, their morale soaring to unprecedented heights.

On the other side.

With the enemy making such a commotion, it was impossible for the rescue team not to know.

"Ghost Fear, what do you think?" Luo Shan asked solemnly.

Li Tianyi looked around and then glanced at the map, puzzled. "Logically speaking, the enemy shouldn't make such a basic mistake. I suspect that the enemy is trying to lure us there."

“Not necessarily!” Ma Youshan pointed to the open ground. “There are no shelters here; it’s impossible to ambush anyone.”

"What about landmines or booby traps?" Shangguan Shasha and Qin Yufei asked in return.

"That's not very realistic!" Ma Youshan tapped a few times on the map. "This open area is dozens of acres wide. To fill it with landmines or booby traps would require a huge project. Besides, the enemy hasn't been able to develop peacefully lately. When have they had time to lay mines?"

“That sounds like it.” Everyone looked at him.

"Uncle Ma, we still can't be careless!" Li Tianyi pointed to the system space and smiled bitterly. "If it weren't for this variable, we probably would have died dozens of times over. Right now, the enemy is blatantly giving up open ground. Doesn't everyone find that strange?"

“It’s very strange!” Luo Shan and Luo Ying said. “But we haven’t figured out what’s strange about it.”

"We didn't expect this either," said Fang Yi and Nalan Piaoxu.

Suddenly, Isabelle squatted down and used stones to draw a simple pattern on the ground. "Look, everyone. This is where we are now, in an open area. Stand up and look, what does it look like?"

Li Tianyi was the first to stand up, glanced at it, and was shocked, "A gourd!"

“Yes, but not entirely!” Ma Youshan continued, “There’s still a chance to maneuver in the gourd, but not in the trap. Once we’re lured in, the enemy will seal the entrance tightly. At that point, let alone a person, probably not even a fly will be able to get out.”

"Hiss!" Luo Shan broke out in a cold sweat. "What a vicious alien scum."

"Don't rush to scold me!" Li Tianyi smiled and stared at Ma Youshan. "Uncle Ma, have you already thought of a way to break this deadlock?"

"I haven't completely thought it through yet." Ma Youshan leaned against the wall and slowly closed his eyes.

Gesture: Silence!

Time flies, and two hours have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ma Youshan suddenly looked up, his face full of excitement, and quickly unfolded the map. "Look here. If other teams went, they would definitely not come back. But our search and rescue team is an exception. We can just fight the enemy in a system space war, right?"

"If it were that simple, you wouldn't have spent two hours thinking about it." Li Tianyi chuckled and nudged him. "Hurry up and tell me, stop keeping me in suspense!"

"Success or failure depends on how many space surfboards you have!"

Li Tianyi silently said "Come out," and three space surfboards appeared.

“A little too few, but enough!” Ma Youshan quickly marked on the map. “From now on, the search and rescue team will be commanded by Xue Lian. We will use these four locations as our bases and move from one position to another after each shot.” ​​Turning to Li Tianyi and Luo Shan, he said, “The three of us will take turns appearing in the enemy’s line of sight on our space surfboards, one hour at a time.”

"Agreed!" Li Tianyi stood up. "I'm first, Uncle Ma second, and Big Brother third!"

"Alright, let's move out!"

The search and rescue team members immediately rushed in four directions...

Night falls.

Li Tianyi appeared high in the sky piloting a space surfboard, pretending to be cautious as he explored forward.

Soon, the enemy's sentries discovered his whereabouts.

The sentry sent another person to report, while he remained in place, waiting patiently.

As time went on, two flares were launched into the air.

"He's there, kill him!"

Whoosh, thud...

The laser beams shot into the sky like locusts, and Li Tianyi dodged left and right, looking extremely disheveled.

"He's about to die! Increase the firepower! Increase the firepower!"

The lasers and focused beam cannons became even more frenzied, turning the entire sky into a kaleidoscope of colors.

Li Tianyi checked the time and immediately rushed to the pre-arranged location.

At the same time, a "Li Tianyi" rushed out from another direction and frantically threw grenades at the enemy, causing extremely heavy casualties.

"Damn it, Flying Legion, kill him for me!"

Several frontline commanders went berserk.

The angrier they became, the less they noticed that the people in the air were not the same as before, until the Mantis Legion began to give chase and they discovered that there were three of them.

The three of them smiled as they traversed the air, throwing grenades downwards whenever they had the chance to attack.

As time went on, all the enemies lying in ambush in the plains were blown out.

Li Tianyi gasped, "Damn, thank goodness we saw through their scheme beforehand. If we had gone straight into the plains, even a hundred rescue teams wouldn't have been enough to survive!"

Suddenly changing direction, they charged towards the ambush position of Isabelle and the others.

The mantis swarm didn't think much of it and rushed over.

The moment they got close, countless lasers and rays attacked, and the mantis swarm was riddled with holes before it even had a chance to scream.

"Support others!"—a special hand gesture.

"yes!"

Isabelle immediately pointed towards Ma Youshan, and countless lasers fell on his vicinity, causing heavy casualties among the pursuers.

"Good job, keep it up!" Li Tianyi leaped into the air again, pulled out two huge laser guns, and charged forward while firing.

Luo Shan and Ma Youshan followed suit and charged into battle.

The three constantly changed direction, weaving like slippery fish, making it impossible for the enemy to lock onto them.

Ha Tiandong hadn't been optimistic about this plan before, and now that his prediction had come true, he gave a bitter smile and said, "Sigh, issue the order: abandon this place!"

The alien scum, already stunned by the explosion, couldn't bear to hear the word "retreat" and charged towards the core area of ​​Death Valley like a flock of panicked sheep...