Mark was sent to the Holy Nation, where he faced questioning from its upper ranks.
Before the results were even in, a strange plague began spreading silently through the Holy Nation. Then, it erupted in full force.
Lu Xingshi paid no further attention to the matter. Only scattered intelligence reports indicated that the Holy Nation had suffered grievous casualties and was beginning to fall apart.
Meanwhile, Lu Xingshi spent his mornings researching Warlock Hunters and his afternoons surveying the Dragon Mountain Range.
The assassins gradually vanished without a trace. After so many attempts, let alone succeeding, scarcely any had even managed to get close to Lu Xingshi. Coupled with Lu Xingshi's own formidable strength, no one would keep sending people to their deaths.
Once they realized that the Decapitation Strike had failed, the frontal offensive on the Dragon Battlefield became increasingly ferocious. If not for the cheap and efficient Magic Mirror Puppets, Lu Xingshi would probably have had to cast several Meteorite Spells every day.
Although the All Nations Alliance attacked fiercely, under the twin threats of Lu Xingshi and the Magic Mirror Puppets, the Dragon Mountain Range was steadily becoming Aolei Empire territory.
The All Nations Alliance had considered other solutions as well, such as tactics akin to besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.
But the results had been poor.
By this point in the war, the Dragon Mountain Range's primary troops were Magic Mirror Puppets. Their wreckage could be recovered after destruction, and they required no living people as soldiers. They were merely puppet dolls made from materials.
Thus, even if they were destroyed, they could be manufactured anew simply by investing more materials.
With Gatu receiving the Empire's full support, the Magic Mirror Factory naturally operated at full capacity. Vast numbers of Magic Mirror Puppets were produced every