From the very start, the battle between Xu Luo and Xiang Xun reached a fever pitch, with severed limbs and shattered bodies flying everywhere, making the fight exceptionally brutal.
However, the power of the dragon-blood warriors was evident.
These dual-class warriors, adept in both magic and martial arts, could typically exchange seven or eight Zergs for one of their own.
Xu Luo didn't mind. At this point, his acid bugs hadn't yet unleashed their ultimate weapon.
Initially, he didn't want to use self-detonation, but now that the losses of mantis bugs and shell bugs were considerable, using self-detonation would minimize further losses.
The acid of the acid bugs could be replenished. Though each bug could only spray acid ten times, as long as they didn't self-detonate, they could return to the acid pool and refill their acid reserves.
Given the current situation, using the acid bugs directly was more cost-effective than sustaining heavy losses of the other two types of troops.
"Xiang Xun is indeed formidable. Although Xu Luo's mutated species are powerful, Xiang Xun's dragon-blood warriors have caused massive losses with just a small number," someone remarked.
"But Xiang Xun hasn't gained much either. Dragon-blood warriors are difficult to train and reproduce. Losing so many now will cost him dearly to replenish. I bet he'll have to ask his elders for some dragon incense," another replied.
The Xiang family's foundation lay in their dragon incense tree, which annually produced a certain amount of dragon incense. This incense could accelerate the growth and reproductive ability of dragon species, making it highly sought after by those with dragon troops.
Especially for high-tier troops, the growth of dragons could take decades or even centuries in the divine domain time. Waiting for natural growth was impractical since the people in the real world would age long before the dragons matured.
This created a vast demand for dragon incense, making the Xiang family extremely wealthy.
Seeing that his dragon-blood warriors could exchange seven or eight enemy units each, Xiang Xun wasn't panicked despite being outnumbered over tenfold. He had other cards up his sleeve besides the two thousand dragon-blood warriors and the earth dragon.
He also had a dragon-blood warrior tribe. While these two thousand were his regular army, the tribe members, though not professional soldiers, were still stronger than ordinary bronze tier-nine troops.
If necessary, he could bring them into the fight. He refused to believe he couldn't defeat a peasant.
Moreover, as a direct descendant of the Xiang family, he had some trump cards like scrolls and other consumables.
Just as Xiang Xun felt assured of his victory, he saw the acid bugs move past the mantis bugs and shell bugs, coming to the front.
"Huh? What's this?"
Xiang Xun was puzzled. Withdrawing the shell bugs and opening the center, what was the opponent planning?
Before Xiang Xun could figure it out, he was stunned.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Explosions erupted one after another in the dragon-blood warriors' formation.
"What the hell? What's going on?"
Xiang Xun was dumbfounded, asking himself three soul-searching questions.
Despite this, his reaction was quick, immediately commanding the dragon-blood warriors to use their battle energy to shield themselves.
However, despite their speed, the earlier battles had significantly drained their battle energy, and the self-detonation of the acid bugs was no joke.
Initially, the explosions were relatively moderate. The real threat came from the acid splashing everywhere, with powerful corrosive properties, capable of eroding the dragon-blood warriors' battle energy and their equipment.
The front-line dragon-blood warriors were killed on the spot, and those behind were severely injured.
Moreover, the acid bugs detonated in waves rather than all at once.
Due to the damage immunity between divine domain creatures, Xu Luo didn't need to withdraw his troops. It was just a habit.
"What are these things?"
Seeing that over two hundred dragon-blood warriors were lost in a single round of explosions, Xiang Xun didn't care about the heartache. He just wanted to know what these creatures were.
Were they not used last time because there was no need, or was the strength hidden deliberately?
Whether Xu Luo hid his strength or not, it was clear now that Xiang Xun was the "lucky one" to find out, at the cost of his dragon-blood warriors.
Xu Luo sacrificed about three hundred acid bugs to take down two hundred dragon-blood warriors, a loss that still favored him.
Moreover, many other dragon-blood warriors were injured.
Seeing that the enemy still had thousands of acid bugs left, Xiang Xun finally panicked. Continuing this exchange rate would exhaust all his dragon-blood warriors.
Aside from the acid bugs, the mantis bugs and shell bugs were also top-tier among ordinary troops.
After the acid bugs tore open the dragon-blood warriors' defenses, the mantis bugs and shell bugs began to push forward.
While using more acid bugs would reduce losses, Xu Luo needed to save some for the upcoming confrontation with the earth dragon.
Seeing his dragon-blood warriors falling in the swarm, Xiang Xun was anxious and finally decided to deploy the earth dragon from his divine domain.
Yesterday, he had spent a huge amount to get this creature, opening the card pack after spending millions, and then building a dragon's lair to satisfy its requirements.
"Roar!"
With a burst of light, the earth dragon was teleported to the battlefield, immediately asserting its dominance with a roar that unleashed its dragon aura.
However, dragon aura could only intimidate sentient beings, lowering their morale. Xu Luo's Zergs, a fearless and fanatically devout species, were immune to it.
"Xiang Xun actually used the earth dragon. Xu Luo, what exactly is your species?"
Watching the fierce battle force Xiang Xun to use his newly acquired earth dragon, Wang Xiaoling's curiosity about Xu Luo's species grew.
Xu Luo was highly vigilant about others. Although she wanted to study these rare mutated creatures, she didn't want to offend a potentially powerful genius.
Unlike the brainless Xiang Xun, who kept provoking others, Wang Xiaoling knew that if pushed too far, Xu Luo could abandon his divine domain development and directly invade hers, causing significant damage even if he didn't win.