The moment the thought occurred to Gonggong, that inexplicably familiar voice echoed again in its mind.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

With its intelligence, it couldn't fathom what sort of situation could cause Feilian to panic and flee without fighting—shedding armor and abandoning weapons.

The key issue was that the battle had barely started. Even if tens of thousands of pigs were let loose inside Anshi City, it would take quite some time to capture them all, right?

"This must be a cunning stratagem by the Returner, making me believe that Feilian has fled to alleviate the pressure on the frontal battlefield!

"If I were to retreat or go back to search for Feilian in Anshi City now, I'd fall right into the Returner's trap!

"No matter, continue the attack! The Returner must be inside the town!"

Gonggong quickly made up its mind and continued to direct Demonic Qi toward the demonic soldiers in the front, launching a fierce attack on Anshi City. As for the attacking aboriginal phantoms behind them, it simply dragged some cannon fodder to hold them back.

In its view, these aboriginal phantoms at the rear were the real feint. If it diverted significant Demonic Qi to counter them, it would be falling for a deception.

Feilian must have been held back or momentarily hesitated. But just wait for Feilian to come to its senses and attack, and then that rear offensive wouldn't be a problem anymore.

As long as it could capture the Returner's fortress first, all problems would be resolved!

However, the players defending the fortress of the Returners were somewhat shocked by Gonggong's reaction.

"They still want to stubbornly attack the city after all this?"

Clearly, they had gained a deeper understanding of the concept "hard-headed."

Even though the fighting was intense on the city walls, the players couldn't help discussing.

"I've noticed these major demons have quite some personality. How come I'm starting to like them?"

"Like them? I'm embarrassed for you. You just enjoy them handing you victory on a platter! How low can you get?"

"So what if I enjoy them handing us victory? Taking back historical fragments is serious business. It would be incredibly boring without these demons' humorous relief."

"You can't have any pity for these major demons! Think about the twisted history."

"Nonsense, haven't you seen me striking them down ruthlessly? Wouldn't pitying them disrespect the demons who come to us of their own accord? We must amp up our efforts!"

As the players chatted, they continued to eagerly dial up the city defense machinery against the demonic soldiers.

The Huihui Cannon kept throwing the Pifu (ordinary) players over.

The demons quickly responded as well. Gonggong began grouping some extremely powerful demonic soldiers around those wielding large bows and arrows. When the Pifu players literally fell into their midst, they were immediately surrounded and eliminated, eliminating any threat to the large bow-wielding demons.

A few Pifu players found themselves in an awkward situation at the start, barely landing without managing to crawl out of the craters they created, and then realizing they had been completely surrounded.

Landing and creating a crater already complicated the terrain, and coupled with the demonic soldiers armed with long spears, any quick footwork they attempted was useless. They simply couldn't dodge in time and became hedgehogs on the spot.

But the players quickly came up with a countermeasure.

A dark mass was once again launched from the Huihui Cannon and flew towards one of the demons armed with a large bow.

With a "Boom!", another large crater was blasted into the ground.

The elite demonic soldiers brandishing long spears rushed forward again, but this time, to their surprise, it wasn't a person who had hit the ground but a round, dark iron sphere.

The sphere seemed to have a fuse that was hissing as it burned.

The next second, the sphere burst apart violently, unleashing an earth-shattering roar!

"Boom!"

The fierce explosion shattered the iron sphere, sending shrapnel flying in all directions, and the force of the explosion, driving those shards, instantly inflicted terrible damage, sweeping away the elites who had swarmed forward.

Mounds of Demonic Qi dissipated in an instant!

In the sky, Gonggong was so infuriated it itched with frustration.

The Returners were truly too clever!

And compared to previous Returners, the cunning of this one lay in its equal development of both fantasy and technology!

Although past Returners in the instances of both the prosperous and Qi Dynasties used some gunpowder weapons, in the Liang Dynasty, with the enhanced power of fantasy elements, they tended to rely more on powerful heroic spirits and Divine Artifacts.

It's not that they didn't want to develop various gunpowder weapons; it was a matter of lacking energy.

Returners had to continuously conquer the cores of various historical fragments, matching wits and bravery against demons, as well as struggle against corrupt officials and the Barbarians from the original historical fragments. Who had time to research and develop various gunpowder weapons?

Besides, those weapons didn't greatly enhance their abilities.

But this Returner was indeed full-spectrum in its development. The aborigines he led were not only capable fighters, but they also excelled in city-building and climbing the technological ladder.

Every time these major demons thought they had the upper hand, the Returner would always come up with something to stun them.

"Attack! Attack at all costs!"

Gonggong was in a foul mood.

Not because its assault had been frustrated, but because it could feel itself growing sluggish and hesitant.

Perhaps in Feilian's view, Gonggong focusing all its demonic power on the fierce confrontation with the Returner's fortress was rash, but in Gonggong's own opinion, it hadn't even charged forward headlong yet—how could that be called rash?

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