On the battlefield, the Lizardmen spearmen were forming a Spear Formation and steadily advancing. Their thrusts had become pure muscle memory, making them exceptionally swift as they ruthlessly reaped the lives of the Ratmen Slave Soldiers before them.
Yet at that moment, something changed. The Ratmen Slave Soldiers whose bodies had been pierced suddenly began to swell violently.
The sight instantly awakened the not-so-distant memories of some of the Lizardmen soldiers.
"Raise your shields! Quickly!!"
Hearing the shout, the Lizardmen Great Shield Soldiers at the very front had no time to think. They immediately raised the great shields in their hands!
Almost at the same time, the bodies of the Ratmen Slave Soldiers exploded like overinflated balloons, bursting apart with a loud bang.
In that instant, chunks of flesh and entrails exploded outward alongside foul-smelling, black-red blood.
A great deal of blood splashed directly onto the raised Shield Wall, producing a scalp-prickling sizzling sound.
The intense corrosiveness contained in that black-red blood actually burned a patch of the shields black on the spot!
The spectacle left quite a few Lizardmen soldiers dumbstruck.
Fortunately, among the troops, many veteran Lizardmen—including the officers leading them—were already aware of this situation and reacted immediately.
"Maintain the Shield Wall! Fall back inside the fortress!"
At the same time, Tash and the others on the outer battlefield did the same.
After discovering what was happening, Tash somehow got hold of a torch. Raising it high, he shouted at the Vanguard Iron Cavalry led by Zhou Chongshan...
"Stop killing them! Break away from all the Ratmen as fast as possible, quickly!!"
Hearing this, Zhou Chongshan did not think twice. He pulled on the reins and immediately withdrew with Tash and the others.
As the Southern Border forces rapidly retreated, the Ratmen Slave Soldiers on the battlefield