When the Swarm poured out in full force, the Fire Nation's army completely collapsed.
The Fire Nation's commanders were no fools. Quite a few of these soldiers had fought the Zerg here before, so they could be considered experienced veterans.
But the problem was that the Fire Nation had never regarded the Zerg as a civilized race, only as a pack of ordinary Demon Beasts. In their eyes, no matter how intelligent these bugs were, they could not be that smart. Not to mention that Fang Zheng had repeatedly used only Aliens, Zerglings, and Hydralisks for harassment in the early stages, so they had subconsciously assumed there were only those three kinds of "Demon Beasts."
However, when they saw the Mutalisks diving from the clouds and the mountain-sized Brood Lords advancing alongside the rest of the Swarm, they finally realized they had been tricked.
Those who had held out against the Zerg's assault until now were all elites, and none of them lacked sharp minds. Precisely because of that, they completely broke down.
They had struggled to endure the Zerg's attacks because, deep down, they had instinctively believed the Zerg were merely a bunch of bugs, no different from Demon Beasts. Even if they possessed some intelligence, they were still inferior to humans. As long as they worked hard, they might still have a chance to escape.
It was this belief that had kept them fighting until now.
Yet with the Swarm entering the battlefield in full force, they finally discovered that they had been duped.
Bugs that had never shown any ability to burrow were actually lying in ambush along their only route of escape. There were also so many different types, yet they had never seen any of these bugs before! If they had known there were Zerg