On the surface, Zhang Liang and Bai Qi had already set up their military camp, but in reality, only fifty thousand soldiers were stationed in the camp. However, the tents and campfires were set up as if there were three hundred thousand soldiers.
Night was the perfect time for a sneak attack.
The armies of the Underworld Ghost Soldiers, White Robed Ghost Army, and Wudang Flying Army had already disappeared into the main force as dusk settled.
These three armies departed in different directions, their targets being the twelve lords allied with Aus, excluding Aus himself. Once these twelve lords' territories were annihilated, it would be time for Aus's territory to fall.
Both the Underworld Ghost Soldiers and the White Robed Ghost Army possessed special bonuses when marching at night.
Especially the Underworld Ghost Soldiers, whose strength was significantly amplified under the cover of darkness. Coupled with their inherently spectral nature, they possessed various abilities.
Led by King Qin Guang, these ghost soldiers marched towards one of the enemy lords' territories.
King Qin Guang issued his orders to the ghost soldiers: annihilation, leaving no survivors, with the sole objective being the complete destruction of the enemy territory.
Todd, a member of the Aus Alliance, had already lost forty thousand soldiers in his previous two attempts to attack Zhou Yan's territory. The remaining twenty thousand had been dispatched to assist Aus in defense.
He was left with only four thousand soldiers. These soldiers had no inkling of an impending attack and were all crowded together, gambling.
As for Todd himself, he was thoroughly engrossed in his territory's villa, playing hide-and-seek with over a dozen blonde beauties in a massive bathroom.
At this moment, King Qin Guang had already surrounded Todd's territory with his ghost soldiers, yet the enemy remained completely unaware.
King Qin Guang was patiently waiting, as he had already split his forces and sent another army to attack a different territory. He was awaiting news from that other detachment.
Approximately half an hour later, King Qin Guang received news and ordered the ghost soldiers to commence their assault.
Because they were all ghost soldiers, their abilities were myriad.
Those capable of flight drifted high into the sky before descending into the enemy territory. Those skilled in earth遁 could tunnel directly underground.
As for those who could scale walls, they began their ascent from the front, scaling the enemy's ramparts.
Todd's subordinates had no idea that the enemy had launched an attack. Following a scream, a cascade of screams erupted throughout Todd's territory.
There was no resistance whatsoever, not even a shred of pressure.
How could a mere few thousand defenders possibly contend with tens of thousands of ghost soldiers?
If King Qin Guang had known the enemy's numbers were so few, he would have divided his forces further. But how could he have anticipated such weakness?
Within mere minutes, all four gates of Todd's territory were breached, and King Qin Guang immediately charged in.
"Kill!" King Qin Guang stormed into the territory and began to slay the fleeing enemies.
However, due to the enemy's sheer lack of numbers, King Qin Guang's subordinates had already annihilated them all before he even had a chance to strike.
Seeing this, King Qin Guang directly led his ghost soldiers towards the enemy's crystal.
Beholding the undefended crystal, King Qin Guang drew his weapon and began to strike it.
"Crack!"
As the lord's crystal shattered, Todd, who had been frolicking in the bathroom, was instantly teleported back to the Canglan Continent.
Finding himself in his room on the Canglan Continent, Todd was utterly bewildered. He then realized something: his territory had been destroyed.
The crucial point was that he had no idea who the enemy was, where they came from, or how many there were, and his territory was gone just like that.
The territory he had spent immense wealth to establish was now lost.
"Pfft!"
Todd, unable to bear the sudden loss of all the comforts he enjoyed in his territory, spat up blood and fainted.
Todd was fortunate; he had not been killed by the ghost soldiers first, otherwise, he would not even have had the chance to be teleported back to the Canglan Continent.
"The Lord said this crystal is useful to keep, so let's put it away for now," King Qin Guang remarked.
The moment the lord's crystal shattered, all surviving residents of Todd's territory heard the news.
However, King Qin Guang showed no mercy to anyone within Todd's territory; all were annihilated.
Once all enemies were eliminated, King Qin Guang addressed his ghost soldiers: "Quickly clear out everything in the territory and then proceed to the next target."
This battle had been so smooth that the enemy had not even activated their defensive towers before being wiped out.
The entire territory's structures remained intact, resulting in a substantial gain. Effectively, everything within the territory became spoils of war.
Todd had spent decades developing his territory, investing countless manpower and resources to reach this scale. But to have it all destroyed so easily, and for everything to become a stepping stone for Zhou Yan, was something anyone would find unbearable.
Not a single building in the entire territory was damaged, so the dismantling work proceeded smoothly. The ghost soldiers collected all buildings, resources, and materials into their own territory, leaving behind only the most basic model of the original territory.
It was precisely because of the immense profits from territorial warfare that so many scheming lords attacked others to acquire vast resources and wealth.
At the same time, the other army dispatched by King Qin Guang had also successfully captured its target territory.
With the fall of two territories, the tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Aus's territory erupted into chaos.
Two allied territories had each sent twenty thousand soldiers to Aus's territory, but now their own territories were destroyed, rendering them free agents, no longer belonging to any faction.
Though it was difficult for many to accept this sudden turn of events, these soldiers, under the command of their respective generals, quickly began to assemble.
"Our territories have been destroyed, what should we do now?"
"I don't want to be a soldier anymore; I want to live a simple life as a farmer."
"We have no reason to risk our lives for others here; let's leave."
"That damned lord is finally dead, we are finally free."
The collective unrest of over forty thousand soldiers demanding to leave naturally alerted Aus.
Aus, who had been confident of victory and was currently enjoying the services of many beautiful women, became furious upon hearing a soldier report the situation. This anger stemmed from the fact that he had heard no reports of enemy attacks on his territory.
Aus immediately summoned the soldier and said with an unfriendly tone, "My dear soldier, if you cannot provide me with a satisfactory explanation, your future will be forever devoid of women."
"Reporting to Lord Aus, forty thousand troops are demanding to leave the territory, stating that their own territories have been annihilated," the soldier quickly replied.