The reason Lu Yang wanted to kill the Cyclops was because its eye was a Time-Space Gem, which could further extend the duration of Mike's time-space magic control.
With the two Space-Time Dragon King Crystals and the Heart of Time and Space he already had, plus the Time-Space Gem, Mike would be able to control time for over ten seconds.
Little Phoenix dealt over five million Fixed Damage per second. With ten seconds of hard control added in, that would ensure even defense warriors were killed, leaving no future trouble behind.
He led the group through Firebird Stronghold, sprinting all the way toward Cyclops Stronghold, which was two strongholds away. Although Lu Yang and the others had teleportation scrolls, those non-member scrolls could only send them to the stronghold where the scroll had been purchased. To teleport between strongholds, they had to enter a stronghold first.
However, the Eight Nation Alliance's strongholds had been far from peaceful lately. Claudio had shut down all external teleportation arrays, and only his own people could use the teleportation array in the City Lord's Manor.
Just as the group reached the outskirts of Mountain Stronghold, to the left of Firebird Stronghold, they were surprised to find a stronghold siege taking place. More importantly, remnants of the Eight Nation Alliance had actually breached the walls and were fighting Claudio's players inside the city.
What was even harder for Claudio's side to accept was that their teleportation array had been destroyed by Time-Space Breakers. Their closest reinforcements were at Bronze Stronghold to the east, one stronghold away, and it would take four hours to run here.
"Claudio's subordinates must have it rough. If Emperor Stronghold at the very bottom came under attack, it would be hard for them to even get there," Paul said, shaking his