Chapter 146: The Exploding Old District
Haunted House?
Gargoyle?
Alright, gargoyles are indeed a rare proper unit that can cooperate with the undead.
Gargoyles belong to the non-living units. If you say they are alive, they are not. If you say they are dead, the undead don't recognize them.
If you say they are mechanical, they don't have any mechanical parts. If you say they are magical creatures, they don't belong to the elemental category.
So they are not really classified anywhere. Various mages like to set up some gargoyles in front of their towers for home protection.
Having some gargoyles here is not a bad thing for Gu Xi. At least, the initial level of gargoyles is equivalent to that of zombies.
Moreover, they are a flying unit with extremely fast movement speed.
Having such a unit is very beneficial for Gu Xi's battles.
Facing this, Gu Xi finally nodded in acceptance, acknowledging the existence of such a training camp.
Then, Gu Xi shook his head at the battle squad 1 that had already been called out.
"Forget it, let's arrange it next time if there's an opportunity."
At this moment, a loud boom suddenly came from the distance, as if something had exploded far away.
Gu Xi looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was another part of the Old District where battles were ongoing.
Startled, Gu Xi quickly jumped onto the Evil Coffin without thinking too much.
"Go!"
Without waiting for Gu Xi's order, all his undead troops quickly followed, heading towards the Old District.
As Gu Xi rushed towards the Old District, Luna was also on her way.
When they met on the road, Gu Xi couldn't help but ask.
"Luna, what happened?"
"I don't know, but I just discovered at the council hall that a large part of the Old District has been destroyed. Lord, could it be that the Death avatar is in trouble?"
"No, if the Death avatar were in trouble, I would have sensed it immediately. It's precisely because I didn't sense anything that I didn't bother about that battlefield."
As they spoke, Gu Xi and his troops hurried towards the Old District.
As they were rushing, a dragon's roar came from the sky. Gu Xi looked up and saw the Death avatar transforming into a black mist heading towards the Dragon Bone Laboratory.
"The Death avatar is fine. Don't worry about the rest. Luna, go back and monitor the situation in the Old District. I'll take the troops to clear the battlefield."
Luna, understanding the urgency, didn't refuse and turned back to the council hall.
Gu Xi led his troops quickly towards the ancient city gate of the Old District.
Before reaching the ancient city gate, something felt wrong in the vicinity.
Gu Xi had been to his occupied city nearby and had seen the ancient city gate from a distance.
That city gate was much larger than the one Gu Xi usually used. The thick city wall was thirty meters thick, and there was an internal iron gate that could be raised and lowered in the city gate's archway.
When both iron gates were lowered, they could trap at least a thirty-person unit inside.
Additionally, the city gate was over thirty meters high, with solid walls on either side. It was the hardest area to attack in Aridowei City.
So, Gu Xi initially chose to attack the Tower Bridge himself and let the Death avatar deal with the ancient city gate for a reason.
But now...
In front of Gu Xi was a wasteland; the ancient city gate was gone, leveled to the ground. Only broken bricks and melted iron indicated that there was once a tall city gate here.
Standing on the rubble of the city gate, Gu Xi looked towards the Old District and saw ruins.
Originally styled like Aridowei, the Old District looked like it had been plowed over, leaving no intact building.
Even the ground was shattered, with countless black gases pouring in from outside.
"Attack! Clear out all the shadow creatures."
Although he didn't know what happened, Gu Xi quickly made a decision.
Now wasn't the time to think about what had happened. The priority was to clear all the shadow creatures here so that Luna could capture the Old District.
As for what happened here, that could be figured out after capturing the Old District.
Following Gu Xi's command, the undead troops quickly charged forward. They had just conducted a round of such an operation in the Upper City District and were now very experienced.
They didn't need Gu Xi's command; they all knew what to do.
Gu Xi jumped off the Evil Coffin, standing on the ruins of the ancient city gate, touching the broken bricks on the ground, and couldn't help but say.
"What a pity!"
Yes, such a good city gate was gone just like that.
Moreover, all the buildings in the Old District were destroyed. These were all construction materials.
Rebuilding these houses would take a lot of effort.
Gu Xi's heart bled. All this originally belonged to him, but now it was all gone.
At this moment, another dragon's roar came from the sky. The Death avatar returned from the Dragon Bone Laboratory direction.
Gu Xi noticed that the Death avatar's body had clearly changed. The black mist around him now had silver-blue powder.
This made the black mist around the Death avatar look even more dazzling.
At the same time, it seemed like the Death avatar had put down something, as his movement speed increased significantly, and the black mist's range expanded.
When passing over Gu Xi's head, the Death avatar saw him but didn't greet him, instead heading straight for the far end of the Old District.
As the Death avatar crashed into the black mist, Gu Xi noticed blue currents and green lights coming from the mist.
A hundred-meter-long dark green vine-like tentacle emerged from the black mist, heavily striking the ground.
As the tentacle struck, the ground quickly cracked, and the ruined buildings were turned to dust. The tentacle seemed to be absorbing the earth's power, replenishing its strength.
This sight filled Gu Xi's eyes with anger.
"This is my territory; all of this is mine."
Angry, Gu Xi jumped onto the Evil Coffin and charged forward.
With Gu Xi's movement, all the undead also charged at the tentacle. The skeleton archer leader locked onto the tentacle and fired the first arrow.
Concentrated fire!
Over a hundred skeleton archers fired their arrows simultaneously.
In an instant, the tentacle was filled with arrows.
At the same time, the hooks of the heavily armored zombies also clung to the tentacle. The heavily armored zombies pulled hard on the chains, not giving the tentacle any chance to retreat into the black mist.
Rushing to the front lines, Gu Xi raised the Cold Wind Staff.
"Bone Storm!"
"Skeleton Priests!"
"Bone-Cutting Battalion, cut off this tentacle for me!"