Chapter 386: The Leader's Trump Card
The scene before their eyes far exceeded the imagination of the leaders.
They thought their enemies would be Noxian soldiers. But before the two armies even started fighting, the 100,000-strong Noxian army collapsed in the bloody rain that covered the sky.
The tens of thousands of soldiers shrouded in the blood-red sky turned into irrational scarlet monsters in an instant.
The horses in this imperial army, as well as various magical beasts such as dragon dogs, bloodthirsty dragon lizards, flying magical birds, etc., all completely liberated their wildness in the blood rain, roaring and venting their irrepressible bloodthirsty desires.
The battlefield instantly turned into a living hell.
And this is just the beginning.
When the Noxian soldiers outside the battlefield discovered this horrific scene, they began to flee in panic in all directions.
Spider Queen Iris led hundreds of her followers of the Vicious Throat and stood in front of the desperate crowd.
"Spider swarm!"
The bodies of these evil god's followers squirmed, deformed, and expanded strangely, and in an instant they turned into hundreds of gigantic spider monsters.
"Don't go... Everyone, accept the gift of the Mother of Spiders!" Iris stepped on the head of a giant spider with an evil smile, controlling the army of demon spiders and slaughtering the panicked and unprepared Noxian soldiers wantonly.
In an instant, countless giant spider webs covered with disgusting mucus bloomed on the battlefield.
Many soldiers who had not had the chance to escape were tightly bound by the spider webs. While struggling in vain, they looked up and saw the last scene of their lives - the hideous mouthparts of the spider monster.
But these spider monsters did not eat humans.
On the contrary, they injected something into the bodies of their immobilized prey.
So, very soon... along with the wriggling and trembling of the flesh, countless hideous and terrifying baby spiders burst out from the bodies of these Noxian soldiers.
In this way, the giant spider quickly gave birth to baby spiders, and the baby spiders ate human flesh and blood and grew rapidly... The soldiers fled desperately, but many people still could not escape the clutches of the spider group.
In a short while, in addition to the zombie army composed of scarlet monsters, a huge army of spiders appeared in front of the leader.
"Oh no..." Levi and others realized the danger at the first moment, but it was too late.
The Wind Leader moves as fast as the wind, but the charge of those scarlet monsters is even faster and unstoppable.
While the blood rain was infecting the imperial army, the first batch of successfully transformed scarlet monsters had already launched a terrifying charge towards the leader's position, like a truck running at full speed, enough to crush everything.
The first one is:
"Bugs!!!"
Along with this bloodthirsty roar, a red-eyed giant with a huge axe in hand, with muscles tangled and blood gushing out of his body, led hundreds of scarlet monsters and rushed over madly like a demon resurrected from purgatory.
A blazing high-energy laser beam hit his body, and then even more fierce artillery fire fell from the sky, completely covering the area where he was.
But this still can't stop this monster.
He was like an immortal zombie. Even if his flesh and blood were burned by lasers and his body was hit by shells, it did not affect his previous charging speed at all.
He seemed to have no sense of pain, and was not afraid of death. He only knew how to kill, kill, and kill again!
"That's..." Prince Jarvan recognized this terrifying thing that was rushing towards him like a train: "Sion?"
Sion, an imperial warlord from 100 years ago and a former hero of Noxus.
This was the guy who killed Jarvan I, his great-grandfather.
Prince Jarvan heard that the Noxians used evil magic to resurrect this powerful general, and used this "Undead God of War" in actual combat many times, causing considerable losses to Demacia.
But because Sion became irrational and uncontrollable after his resurrection, and often attacked his teammates indiscriminately, the Noxian Empire later chose to seal this monster.
And now...
"Pests! Pests! Pests!"
Wherever Garen looked, he saw "pests" everywhere.
Noxians no longer have to worry about Sion attacking his teammates without reason.
Because they themselves have all become "Scions", and have become mindless zombies.
So... a genuine Sion, along with countless beggar versions of Sion, launched their ultimate moves towards the Leader's position at the same time.
This shocking scene is equivalent to thousands of "dump trucks" accelerating and crashing into you at the same time.
Even artillery fire could not stop their madness, and their terrifying collision speed left people no time to dodge.
"Resurrection Monsoon!" At this critical moment, Levi took action.
The bluebird on his shoulder flapped its wings slightly, and in that instant released a storm wave as vast as the ocean.
To the leaders of the wind, the storm was warm and full of vitality, like a spring breeze; but to the rushing scarlet monsters, it was like a solid and indestructible wall that could not be penetrated no matter what.
Even a human battering ram like Sion couldn't break through this seemingly invisible wind.
He was like a bullet shot into the sea. Although his attack was swift and powerful, he was unable to penetrate the endless water flow. He could only fall into the endless air flow uncontrollably, entangled and unable to move forward.
Soon, Sion completely lost his balance and was swept off the ground by the strong wind, flying backwards.
And those "beggar versions of Sion", the thousands of scarlet monsters that charged towards the Leader together, their fate would not be much better than that of Sion himself.
For a moment, the sky was almost full of "flying people".
It was not until the strong wind died down that the flying people were able to fall down.
And then...
"Last Breath!" Yasuo couldn't hold back and fired the first shot of the counterattack.
His figure flashed and danced in the air, and in just a few seconds he slashed out hundreds or thousands of times.
The leaders quickly seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack against the enemy.
"Gather our hearts! Aria of Resoluteness!" Seraphine and Sona perform together, providing shields and healing buffs to their companions.
"The sky is falling and the earth is splitting!" Prince Jarvan swung his spear and led Garen and a group of Debon warriors to launch a brave and fearless counterattack against the scarlet monsters.
"Wind Slash!" Riven, Yi, Jie and other leading warriors followed closely behind.
"Ultimate Flash!" Mages such as Lux and Silas provided long-range fire support from the rear.
"Ionia is vigorous and immortal!" Irelia's blade cut through the air, quickly harvesting all creatures that blocked her way like cutting grass.
"Ten Thousand Thunder Prison! Secret Technique - Dusk Blade!" Ever since following the Leader and accepting "Janna's unique way of balance", masters of balance such as Shen and Kennen have completely broken their vow of killing and have become a group of killing gods on the battlefield.
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In an instant, strong winds, lightning, sword lights, sword beams, shadows, light beams, artillery, bullets, flying feathers, magic notes...all kinds of dazzling and brilliant colors bloomed on the battlefield.
The "Scions" fell down again and again, and got up again and again with their zombie bodies.
But they were unable to move forward even a single step, and could only turn into a pile of broken limbs under the fierce attack of the leader, until they could not be broken any more and could no longer move.
Elise's performance was even worse.
The spider monsters she controlled were weaker than the scarlet monsters in melee combat, and the spiders were good at webs and venom attacks... but they were always blown back by the Wind Leader with a gust of wind when they flew into the air.
Just like that, this terrifying army composed of undead zombies and spider monsters was actually blocked by the powerful offensive of the Leader.
"This..." Vladimir's expression was slightly solemn.
He was not afraid of these leading warriors.
In his opinion, these leaders were merely showing off their bravery for a short time and had the upper hand temporarily.
These leaders ultimately made a big mistake. They trusted their unmanned combat tactics too much, but never expected that they would face an immortal army.
"Using firepower to make up for the difference in numbers is indeed a good idea. It's a pity that your firepower is far from enough!"
Looking at those scarlet monsters that fell down again and again in the artillery fire, and struggling to get up again and again, and the killer spiders that seemed to be endless in number, no matter how many were killed by the Leader, they would immediately attack again like a tide... Vladimir was almost sure of victory.
He knew that the Leader would soon show signs of fatigue, but he and Elise's army of monsters would never do so.
The limited firepower of the Wind Leaders was not enough to destroy this huge army of undead. Moreover, the ammunition of the Wind Leaders was transported from Zaun thousands of miles away, making it very troublesome to resupply it.
If they continue to consume each other like this, the leader will be defeated sooner or later.
So, now Vladimir is not worried about those leading warriors.
The only thing he was worried about was Levi. Levi's powerful performance in summoning a huge storm and easily blocking the monster's charge was much stronger than that of an ordinary magician.
This level of power is already close to that of a demigod.
"Is this the power bestowed upon him by the Goddess Jana? Or is it the Goddess Jana herself who is making a move in secret?" Vladimir was very concerned.
After all, the purpose of his visit this time was to test the true strength of Goddess Gana.
If Levi, as a priest of the goddess, is so powerful, then the goddess Gana herself must be even more powerful, unimaginably powerful... Then Vladimir has hit a wall today.
And if this is the goddess herself secretly making a move behind Levi, and the leader has no more cards in his hand, then... having absorbed so much "fresh nutrients", he is not without the ability to fight.
Therefore, this question is very important. To answer this question, Levi must be forced into a desperate situation.
Levi's strength was clearly beyond the realm of ordinary transcendents, and even the undead army could not hurt him at all.
Helplessly, Vladimir had to go into battle himself.
"Blood-red pool!" Vladimir turned into blood mist and flew into the air. Soon, he completely merged with the huge blood pool suspended in the air and the blood-red sky.
He turned into a ten thousand meter deep pool of blood, or rather, this ten thousand meter deep pool of blood became his new body.
The fresh flesh and blood provided by the countless corpses before had now completely turned into nutrients for the blood pool.
Vladimir absorbed these nutrients, and the magic power he exuded became unprecedentedly powerful, so powerful that it was suffocating.
"Tide of blood!" In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, and the sea of blood surged.
The vast amount of blood containing evil magic power turned into a huge wave of one hundred meters under Vladimir's control, and hit the leaders who were fighting hard on the ground.
"What?!" The leaders felt a darkness above their heads, and when they looked up again, they could only see a sea of blood overturning them.
Everyone was shocked.
This terrifying power that is like divine punishment...it is no longer something that ordinary humans can overcome by willpower.
Fortunately, at the moment when Vladimir made his move, Levi was already prepared to meet him:
"Wall of Wind!" A wall of wind that the wind leaders are all too familiar with.
However, this wind wall is more than ten meters thick, hundreds of meters high, and thousands of meters wide.
It is like an indestructible invisible Great Wall, guarding the sky above everyone's heads.
Millions of blood and endless air currents collided violently in the air, dividing the vast sky into one scarlet and one blue.
Levi and Vladimir's first confrontation ended in a close fight.
"Hahaha." Vladimir felt a little relieved.
He emerged from the sea of blood and laughed wildly: "Levi, is this the trump card of you leaders? If that's all, haha... then you can just wait to become the nourishment of the blood-red pool!"
The current situation does seem to be unfavorable to the leader.
Although Levi and Vladimir fought to a draw, the warriors of the Leader obviously could not maintain a 50-50 fight with Vladimir's Undead Legion for a long time.
Those scarlet monsters and spider monsters are like robots, fearless of death and tireless.
If the fight continues like this, the leader will lose sooner or later.
Levi will be held back by Vladimir, and the warriors of the Leader will fall under the siege of the undead monsters due to exhaustion of ammunition and loss of physical strength.
Unless the leader has other cards up his sleeve.
Vladimir waited nervously as Levi played this trump card.
"Goddess Janna...will she appear? Or has she already appeared in front of me?" Vladimir stared at the blue bird on Levi's shoulder, waiting for the answer to this question anxiously.
However, what he waited for was a gust of wind.
The wind did not come from Levi, nor from the blue bird.
This gust of wind was blowing from behind Vladimir, from the sea.
This is not magic, nor is it divine art. It is the air currents stirred up by thousands of planes sweeping across the sky.
"This, this is..." Vladimir looked at the sea in disbelief.
I saw that the sea that was once controlled by the Imperial Navy had been completely occupied by the leader's planes.
"Where did they come from? The Hexgate?"
This is impossible.
Although the Hextech Flying Gate is convenient, its carrying capacity is quite limited.
Not to mention, all the supplies in Wuji Village need to rely on Zaun's intercontinental supply. The various logistical supplies consumed by the Leaders on a daily basis also require a large part of the transportation capacity.
The Leader has built a total of three Hexgates in Wuji Village. Even if they were to transport planes 24 hours a day regardless of cost, it would be impossible to transport so many planes to Ionia.
Noxian officers had roughly calculated that the Leader would prepare at most 1,000 aircraft on the day of the decisive battle. This calculation was certainly not accurate, but the actual situation would not be exaggerated in any case, and could exceed this number several times.
But now...
What Vladimir saw was a sky filled with drones, as dense as a swarm of bees. There were so many that it was impossible to count them, and the only way to describe them was "tens of thousands".
Moreover, they did not appear from the direction of Wuji Village, but emerged from the sea.
But the Ionians clearly have no navy. This sea has always been tightly blocked by the Noxian Empire Navy, led by Admiral Dukor, the world's first fleet.
"Wait..." Vladimir realized something.
"The Noxian Empire's navy has just been completely destroyed." Levi revealed the answer for him: "What you are seeing now are all fighter planes that the Leader Navy transported from Zuhang Ship across the ocean a month in advance."
This would explain why the Leader could bring out so many planes at once on the Ionian battlefield thousands of miles away.
But Vladimir still couldn't believe it.
He knew that the Windleader had long since annexed the pirate forces in Bilgewater and had a fairly large navy. But no matter how large the Windleader's navy was, it was impossible for it to transport so many drones at once!
Do they have so many warships?
Vladimir was a little confused, but soon he got the answer.
Because with the appearance of those unmanned fighter jets, the leader's naval fleet gradually appeared on the distant sea horizon.
It was an unprecedentedly large fleet.
Thousands of ships flying the Windleader flag appeared on the sea once occupied by the Noxians, accompanied by the sharp air currents stirred up by the fleet of aircraft.
The originally calm and vast sea suddenly became crowded and lively.
In an instant, there were thousands of miles of ships and flags covering the sky, as if the entire ocean had become a parade venue for the leader's fleet.
"Damn it, hasn't the Wind Leader's navy been established for less than a year? Where did they get so many ships and so many sailors?"
"Even if we recruit all the pirates in Bilgewater, they shouldn't have so many ships and sailors, right?!" Vladimir was shocked, and then he soon discovered:
These thousands of ships are not all warships.
What appear more here are merchant ships from Zaun, yachts from Piltover, and whaling ships from Bilgewater.
Not all of the people here are naval warriors from the Windleader, but also shipwrights from Zaun, sailors from Piltover, and fishermen from Bilgewater.
They are the main force of logistics transportation in this war, and they are the ones who transport the huge number of aircraft across the ocean to the battlefield.
Vladimir forgot that soldiers are not the only ones who can go to the battlefield, and warships are not the only ones who can transport military supplies.
His enemies are far more than just the 10,000 Leader Warriors in front of him.
He had many enemies, so many that he couldn't even count them. But this arrogant Scarlet Reaper never took them seriously.
"In Bilgewater alone, there are more than 200,000 fishermen who make a living on the sea. They are afraid of death, and they are also afraid of war."
"But what they fear more is the failure of the struggle, and the comeback of you vampires!"
The fleet of planes that covered the sky and the sun had already crashed into the ground with a devastating force, crashing into the Undead Legion that Vladimir was proud of.
Thousands of modified ships also raised their guns towards the battlefield.
The so-called undead army was instantly engulfed in an endless sea of fire, and then... died beyond death.
Even if these monsters died, they could still turn into zombies. But at this point, zombies were useless.
The zombies didn't even have time to struggle to get up before they were engulfed by the incessant artillery fire - and were eventually blown into a pool of meat paste whose shape could no longer be discerned, unable to move anymore.
In the face of a firepower attack of this scale, even the blood magic that Vladimir inherited from the dark warriors pales in comparison.
Levi took advantage of the situation and stirred up a huge storm, then he jumped towards the raging sea of blood: "Did you see that, Vladimir?"
"This is the leader's trump card!"
