My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 256: Let Me Give It a Try

"What a pity, there aren't many scouts to begin with, and we weren't lucky enough to encounter any other random events."

Li Rui and Zhao Jia each dragged a string of Demon Race scouts back to the place where the main army was stationed.

However, the analyst couldn't agree with his statement.

After this trip, whether real or not, they caught a total of eighteen live scouts, not to mention the six they accidentally killed, and an Elite Monster.

Not many? If this isn't many, then what is?

The duo cooperated, with one finding enemies and the other taking action, almost capturing all nearby scouts.

Eighteen free attribute points, just thinking about it made him excited.

He felt incredibly lucky to be with this strong man, but truly, when they were assigning personnel, he had no selfish motives.

After all, how could he have known then that a so-called Rain Summoner was someone who could genuinely take out an Elite Monster?

"It must be an offensive profession, but it's kept secret because he's participating in the Secret Realm battlefield."

"So amazing, such a young person will surely join the Superpower Division in the future."

While he was daydreaming, the temporary encampment of the main army was already in sight. Soldiers on alert at the outskirts stepped forward, initially intending to block the way, but then saw the spectacle of the two dragging a string of Demon Race captives.

"This, this, this."

"Quickly report to Vice Captain Chang and get him to come out to receive the captives."

Li Rui hurriedly sent a soldier to deliver the message, and soon Chang Fei came running out, only to be as stunned as the guard soldiers.

"Brother Li, where have you been?"

"Hey, weren't you the one who asked me to scout the situation?"

Li Rui matter-of-factly said, "I figured if we bring back all the scouts, won't the situation be clear?"

"....."

Chang Fei found his argument so logical that he couldn't refute it.

It's just that bringing back so many seems a bit much, did you capture all the spies around here?

Li Rui said, "Hurry up and take a count, take them away."

Chang Fei looked at the string of Demon Race members who didn't dare breathe heavily: "Are these all scouts?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The Wolf Demon, Fox Demon, and a few other impostors were the first to shout, "I am! I am!"

Although those real scouts didn't recognize this group, they didn't dare speak much; who knew whether they'd live or die, or care about a few more unlucky imposters caught with them?

In the end, the settlement for the live capture mission came through, adding up to over five hundred thousand experience points, as well as eighteen free attribute points.

Zhao Jia directly leveled up, and that's without even facing the real enemy army, just from engagements with the vanguard scouts.

Honestly, he'd never encountered someone so powerful in the Secret Realm before.

"Is this the strength of a supernova?"

He couldn't help but wonder what would happen on the road of Nan Jiumei, "Even if we didn't attract the enemy's main force, they should still be able to complete the mission, right?"

Away from him, the command tent of the Central Army was also full of excitement.

The battle hadn't even begun, and over a dozen scouts had already been captured alive. Although a few seemed clueless, other Demon Race members provided plenty of useful information, including the positions of several hidden enemy outposts.

The generals and captains were overjoyed.

I've never fought such a clear battle before!

Finally, the army advanced.

Now, seizing the opportunity, they would charge forward while the enemy was disoriented from losing scouts. If they could cause panic and fear in the enemy commander, they might even provoke some unnecessary reinforcements.

The plan was perfect, and the start was smooth.

As long as there weren't especially formidable experts among the enemy, this operation, at least the Central Army's mission, could absolutely be completed successfully.

"Bring on someone powerful, bring on someone powerful."

Li Rui prayed silently in his heart, although each path had two set mini-bosses, the strength of each boss varied, and thus the rewards differed as well.

Finally, a pass appeared in front of the army, marking the first checkpoint on the Central Route along Pingdao.

On each side of this place were cliffs, with the open plains narrowing sharply near the cliffs, leaving only a narrow path about two cars wide, guarded by a Demon Beast general, with a gate blocking the center, making it extremely difficult to break through.

For this reason, Ning Huchen didn't choose to attack this route directly.

In the Liangting army formation, a large banner was lifted, emblazoned with the character 'Ning'.

In fact, the main General Ning was not here; he was leading an elite squad to launch a surprise attack from the north at Soul-Loss Cliff, using his banner mainly to mislead the enemy forces.

By this time, the Demon Beast army had already noticed the anomaly here, and immediately organized and set up their formation, but stayed firmly defensive, showing a stance of resolutely holding this position and not moving.

This was the most normal strategy; they didn't need to fight the Human Race army aggressively. As long as they sent a message out and waited for a batch of troops from the frontline to outflank them from the rear, they could consume this entire force.

The Human Race army stopped at a distance to confront, able to see each other from afar.

Ning Huchen's deputy was in charge of commanding, alternating dispatching people to provoke, but the Demon Race simply ignored them, only using their spells to beat them back.

Li Rui and Zhao Jia waited at the edge of the military camp, the latter putting on his monocle again to observe the enemy forces.

"Brother Zhao, who's guarding the pass here?" Li Rui felt this person's intelligence-gathering capability was quite high, so he liked to ask first.

"Hold on, let me take a look."

Zhao Jia carefully observed for quite a while before confidently saying, "Not good, I see the personal guards of the Rift Fire Clan."

It was previously mentioned that among the six bosses outside the Demon Beast camp, the most formidable were the Rift Fire Clan's Kui Ox and the White Tiger Demon, information only known to Secret Realm operatives, unknown to the locals.

The two quickly returned to the camp.

With Li Rui's relationship with General Ning, as well as his achievements in capturing a bunch of Demon Race scouts, he could freely enter and exit the officer's tent without reporting.

"Vice Captain Chang, we've gathered intelligence on the boss guarding the pass, or rather, the identity of the enemy leader."

As soon as Li Rui entered, he spoke up.

Chang Fei said, "Oh? How did you find out?"

"This brother of mine has a spell."

"I see, you two are truly experts, and who is the enemy general?"

Li Rui said, "Does anyone here know of the Rift Fire Clan in Da Ze?"

The officers exchanged glances, and a strategist with a goatee, who was skinny, said, "The Rift Fire Clan is one of the five major clans in the Golden Scale Marsh, with the Scorching Barbarian Monarch as the leader among the Eight Barbarian Monarchs."

Li Rui said, "That's right, the Barbarian General guarding the pass ahead is from the Rift Fire... anyway, it's a Kui Ox."

This ox comes from the ancient mythological beast Kui Ox, different from ordinary water buffalo or cows that become demons through cultivation.

Chang Fei's expression changed: "Is this true?"

"If there's any mistake, take this head to meet you." Li Rui pointed at Zhao Jia and said.

The officers all felt a bit pessimistic.

"This makes things difficult."

The man with the goatee said, "There are several Barbaric Beast clans within the Rift Fire Clan, but the Kui Ox descendants are the fiercest. That ox beast known as Rift Fire Ben is particularly strong in battle, and with his proud and arrogant nature, he likely won't easily request reinforcements from the rear."

The Central Army's mission was to try as much as possible to have the enemy request reinforcements from the main camp; if the opponent didn't ask for reinforcements, then they couldn't achieve their goal.

Li Rui said, "What about directly attacking the city?"

"Absolutely not."

Chang Fei quickly shook his head, "This pass is easy to defend and hard to attack. It's not easy to assault directly. Rift Fire Ben's strength is formidable. If we attack and he goes all out, even if we forcefully take it down, it's likely to be a Pyrrhic victory followed by retreat."

"Then isn't there no way? If they hold their ground, we can't involve the enemy's main rear force, and the battles at Heroic Ridge and Soul-Loss Cliff might not be favorable either."

Everyone felt the situation wasn't too optimistic.

This time, Li Rui had no choice but to stand up himself: "Let me give it a try."