As Gu Xi's three Death Cities clashed with Octopus Head's five Death Cities, the forces Gu Xi had deployed to the east and west had already reached the vicinity of the Octopus Head Players.
At this point, the remaining Octopus Head Necromancers had all retreated into the Death Cities to deal with the Death City Defense War.
No one paid any attention to the situation outside.
Not only did they ignore what was happening outside, they were continuously mobilizing Sludge Undead back into the Death Cities.
As a result, the number of Sludge Undead originally stationed nearby was rapidly dwindling.
By the time Gu Xi's forces arrived, of the nearly two million Sludge Undead previously stationed nearby, only around 1.2 million remained.
That was only because most of the Sludge Undead had been stationed farther away and needed time to move over. Furthermore, most of them were rather large Sludge Undead, and squeezing through the City Gate required considerable effort.
In that time, who knew how many smaller Sludge Undead could have passed through the City Gate.
Thus, the Octopus Head Necromancers only brought the Sludge Undead they could currently use into the Death Cities.
All the rest were left outside.
However, these Sludge Undead had also received orders and were squeezing toward the City Gates of several Death Cities.
Octopus Head's entire camp was now in chaos.
After all, an army of a million could not possibly all crowd together.
And Sludge Undead were not the obedient sort. Sometimes they piled directly atop other Sludge Undead; some squeezed inward, while others ran outward.
This made it impossible for the Octopus Head Players to command them properly.
Under such circumstances, the troops Gu Xi had positioned on the east and west sides arrived just in time.
The moment they saw