Liu Yunpeng led the second echelon. Positioned to Haoqing Wanzong's left, he commanded 2,000 lower gods and 200,000 players. "Brothers, advance with me."
Wan Zhonghui stood to Haoqing Wanzong's right, followed by commanders such as Cute Queen and Netherworld Underlord. Each of them led 2,000 lower gods and 200,000 players, and all five forces advanced together.
Guland, a lower-god commander on Jerz's side, shouted, "Lower-god legion, proceed to the designated positions according to Plan Three."
Jerz's side had anticipated this style of attack from the Iron Blood Brotherhood. However, Guland's side was defending passively, so their lower gods had been concentrated around Lu Yang. Only after seeing Lu Yang's tactics did they hurriedly spread out.
Overall, the Iron Blood Brotherhood had seized the initiative, but once the fighting truly began, the situation turned out very differently.
Just as most people believed the Iron Blood Brotherhood's early advantage would let Lu Yang break through the defense line with ease, the leaders of Jerz's various regions roared almost in unison, "Catapults and Lightning Towers, target the ordinary players behind the lower gods!"
"Wind God Grenades, take out their lower gods!"
"Archers, do not fire freely. Form groups of twenty and focus-fire targets with precision!"
"Mages, unleash your ultimate skills and attack the ordinary players behind the lower gods!"
"For the Freedom Legion, charge~!"
Jerz's players suddenly unleashed a massive barrage of skills upon the Iron Blood Brotherhood's forces. The Wind God Grenades in particular were like Godslayer Grenades, both designed to assassinate lower gods. Being hit by two meant certain death.
Using Wind God Grenades to cover the gap before the lower gods arrived had been Jerz's strategy from the very beginning. Although the Iron Blood Brotherhood's lower-god players knew Godslayer Grenades existed, they traveled incredibly fast. Only players with reaction times