Up to now, Waldo has summoned soldiers several more times. Currently, the number of soldiers under his command has exceeded twenty thousand. There are 8,000 Strong Warriors, 2,000 All-Purpose Scouts, 5,000 Iron Wolf Guards, and 5,000 Barbarian Fighters. These form Waldo’s main combat troops. Each one is capable of fighting ten or even a hundred enemies!

Gu Yong could never have imagined in his dreams that the most elite soldiers in his hands are not the Strong Warriors, but the legendary soldiers represented by the Iron Wolf Guards and Barbarian Fighters!

200,000 troops? They can still be defeated!

"Come on, remember to wash your necks clean!" Waldo casually responded in the chat channel.

"Waldo has accepted the challenge!"

"That’s the Waldo I know, not disappointing me at all!"

"Gu Yong is really speechless, relying on others’ power and thinking he’s so great! Waldo should crush his confidence, don’t let him be too arrogant!"

"Beautiful! Go all out, beat him to the ground!"

...

"Heh, Waldo, you are courting death!"

"You? Worthy of being an enemy to Gu Yong with his 200,000 troops? Really ignorant of the heights of the sky! Go find your death!"

"Really think that after achieving extraordinary success in the last level, you’re the chosen one? Ridiculous!"

"Wait for your demise, Waldo the thief!"

...

For a moment, a storm is brewing. The discussion over who would win between Waldo and Gu Yong has sparked numerous debates among the trialists. This is the hottest topic in recent times.

After all, it’s still the early stage of the trialists’ striving to build their forces, and they have more leisure time to chat. On the other hand, they also want to see the differences between armies led by trialists and native armies.

This is the first major clash between trialists and native forces.

What kind of sparks will this create?

Five days have passed since then.

...

During these five days, more and more large native powers became aware of the existence of the trialists. Their attitudes towards this development varied greatly. Some powers actively recruited trialists, aiming to make them their subordinates and nurture them with resources for rapid growth.

Being favored by these major forces, trialists accepted these offers without hesitation, preparing to leverage the resources of native powers to strengthen themselves and join the battle for supremacy sooner.

However, some large native powers showed great hostility towards the emergence of trialists. They immediately organized armies to hunt down trialist forces within their territories, sparing no expense to completely eradicate them.

The reason given by these large native powers was simple: "These so-called trialists are nothing but foreign demons! Their arrival will surely cause great chaos in the world and seize our lands! They must not be allowed to remain!"

Thus, scenes of these powers slaughtering trialists occurred.

Of course, there were also native powers that were skeptical and cautious about trialists. They neither recruited nor eliminated them, adopting a wait-and-see approach.

...

As a result, in these past few days, some trialists were beaming with joy, while others wore gloomy expressions, sighing continuously as if they had suffered great injustice. Different reactions for different parties!

...

"It’s so hard!"

"Once I rise to power, I will definitely annihilate all these native forces, completely obliterate them!"

...

Just at this moment, all trialists were again drawn to another matter. It was the highly discussed battle between Waldo and Gu Yong that had started five days ago.

Finally, the day arrived. Gu Yong’s army of 200,000 reached the outskirts of Tianmen City. The massive army, a dark mass, completely surrounded Tianmen City, poised to break through in one fell swoop.

Waldo’s side was not to be outdone. An army composed of thousands of Strong Warriors formed their ranks, ready for battle.

"So many Strong Warriors? Didn’t the system only dispatch 5,000 to him? How come there seems to be more than that number?" From a distance, Gu Yong observed, his brows raising in surprise.

Strong Warriors were elite soldiers known for fighting ten to one, extremely fierce and not easy to deal with. Even 5,000 Strong Warriors were troublesome enough, but there seemed to be many more than he had anticipated.

"But it doesn’t matter!" he thought. "Even if there are 10,000 Strong Warriors, what of it? We might suffer greater losses, but the ultimate victory will still be mine."

If Gu Yong knew that in Waldo’s ranks, the Strong Warriors were considered the lowest tier of soldiers, one wonders what he would think. The soldiers he deemed the strongest and most fierce were actually the lowest tier in Waldo’s army? Knowing this might leave him dumbfounded, maybe even cause him to abandon his 200,000-strong army and flee.

"Losing more soldiers is a price worth paying to annihilate these Strong Warriors," Gu Yong thought. "As long as we take down Tianmen City, the bridgehead to Dawn City... then Dawn City itself will soon fall. Most of Dawn City’s elite forces must have been dispatched here. But to think they can stop me here seems unrealistic."

A fierce determination appeared on Gu Yong’s face. Once, Waldo had been an unattainably high figure to him. When Waldo was at his most glorious in the chessboard world, suppressing all, Gu Yong could barely look up to him, surviving by laying low. But now, he was finally soaring high.

Leveraging the power of the Ye family, Gu Yong now possesses a force that Waldo can no longer contend with. Today, he intends to completely trample the one who was once unattainable, and then humiliate him thoroughly. Thinking of this, Gu Yong becomes so excited that his body trembles!

It’s close! So close! The moment he has been waiting for is about to become a reality! The thought of Waldo kneeling and begging for mercy, being trampled under his feet, fills him with an exhilarating sense of triumph.

...

"However, I mustn’t be too hasty! First, I’ll arrange the troops and formations, then launch the full assault," Gu Yong thinks to himself. "Waldo certainly won’t give up easily and will resist stubbornly. I need to capture Waldo with minimal casualties. Otherwise, if the losses are too great, or if we fail to take Dawn City or even Tianmen City, it won’t be easy to report back to the Ye family."

Gu Yong quickly regains his composure, not letting emotions cloud his judgment. He then discusses strategies with his army.

...

Meanwhile, there are also trialists mingling within Gu Yong’s army, live-streaming the impending battle. The sky is vast and the wilderness boundless. The wind howls furiously, and dark clouds gather overhead, with thunder echoing through the skies. Everything indicates that a major battle is imminent.