Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 124: Succession of the Throne (2)
They were neither hostile nor submissive, as if they wanted to remain neutral. I was confused for a moment. I couldn't figure out what kind of subordinate relationship this corpse witch clan had. Why did I, the newly promoted fourth witch king, have so little authority? It would be fine if I was just a corpse witch king, but even ordinary corpse witches dared to disobey my orders? Could it be that they were so loyal to their old master that they wanted to rebel collectively?
The war is not over yet. There is still a more powerful blood lich Douglas to deal with . I really don't have time to carefully study the functions and powers of the Witch King. Anyway, I have replaced the position of the Fourth Witch King, and the army of corpse witches is no longer hostile. It can be regarded as the initial purpose of the action. The Moonlight Box has been in a tight situation and may not be able to hold on. I must rush to help quickly and can't delay any longer. My "Supreme Corpse Crown" has been removed. In order to suppress the corpse witch, I dare not replace it. There is no way to directly contact the Heart Higher Than Sky and the Moonlight Box wearing the Corpse Crown. Fortunately, the Heart Higher Than Sky is not far away. I hurried over to meet him and coordinate the actions of the Moonlight Box and Guopo Shanhezai. I must delay Douglas.
Without the harassment from numerous corpse wizards along the way, the speed of the left and center coalition forces of Xin Bi Tian Gao and I increased a lot. The interception operation on the right was about to collapse under the fierce charge of two thousand blood wizards. Because there were no corpse wizards to restrain us, I concentrated my attention and mobilized my men to coordinate with the Moonlight Box and Guo Po Shanhe to deploy defenses and intercept. Finally, I slowed down Douglas' escape speed so that he would not escape back to the "Blood Pool" quickly.
The Terror Knights continued to run , and the vanguard finally approached Douglas's Blood Witch Guards. Their movement speed was even faster than that of the Corpse Witch King. If we did not send out Terror Knights with strong mobility, it would be difficult to set up ambushes and intercept them in front of them and stop them from retreating if their individual strength was not as good as that of the Blood Witches.
Observing the situation from afar along the way, the enemy only lost a few hundred ordinary blood wizards, and the one thousand elite blood wizards seemed to have not suffered many casualties, while the right-wing army of the Moonlight Box had suffered most of the casualties, especially my men. Because of the untimely command, they only knew to resolutely execute my orders. Many times they were actually sending themselves to serve as cannon fodder. There were only a few of the five thousand Terror Knights left. In order to plug the gaps and prevent leaks, the Moonlight Box and the Country Po Shanhe were also in a mess, unable to take care of both ends, and a lot of people were lost, suffering considerable losses.
Seeing our reinforcements arrive, Douglas seemed to know that the situation was not good, and he sped up his escape, even leaving a small group of his men behind to cover the retreat of his team. We cannot take these blood witches lightly, we must eradicate them completely, and never allow them to survive and continue to cast magic attacks. Although they are few in number, they have strong attack power, coupled with proper command and flexible movement, they have played the greatest killing effect, causing too much damage to the Terror Knight. I divided the coalition forces that came to reinforce into two groups, one to pursue from the front and kill a large number of blood witches, and the other to outflanking from the side to assist Moonlight Box and others to block Douglas' retreat.
Although Shaman suffered heavy damage in the battle with Graveson, it has the skill of "sucking blood" and was replenished from the Terror Knight in the middle of the battle and recovered its status. Unlike other undead creatures, which can only rely on natural recovery after being injured, this alone can reflect the strength of the blood-sucking fang race. No wonder even the bat demon Tika would be greedy and want to use it for his own use before the final confirmation. It and Taotao, the blood bat couple and other flying subordinates are still hovering in the sky, waiting for an opportunity to act. After the lesson of Graveson, I will never let these capable subordinates take risks without testing Douglas's true strength.
This was a brutal bloody battle, and the battle had only just reached its climax. The space was filled with light black wave-like ripples, which were the group magic "Death Ripple" cast by the Blood Witch. It seemed to be scattered in a plane with a range of 90 degrees, which could last for about three minutes and could bring continuous damage. It was an effective skill to deal with the cluster attack of the Terror Knights. The power of another single magic "Blood Shadow Dark Killing Bomb" was also very strong. Although it could not be cast continuously, even the Terror Giant Bear Knight in good condition could not withstand two attacks of "Blood Shadow Dark Killing Bomb", which made Douglas's side have several times fewer people, but they were not at a disadvantage in the scene.
However, as we arrived and joined the battle, Douglas was not so relaxed. The continuous pursuit and entanglement consumed a lot of mental and physical strength of both sides. However, we had more people and could take turns to fight, so we still had a little advantage. I asked my men to charge continuously, keeping pressure on Douglas at all times, and let them accumulate strength in batches, perform "flash combo" to launch suicidal attacks, and do everything possible to kill the blood witches - after seeing the fierce performance of the blood witches, the enemy was elite and we were numerous, so we could no longer make key breakthroughs like we did against the corpse witches. Any mercy to them would be cruel to our own men, so we could only choose to fight to the end and completely wipe them out.
Douglas did not give up the plan to escape to the "Blood Pool" while fighting and retreating, and I did not force him too hard, leaving him a glimmer of hope to break through - only when he was moving would the blood witches suspend their attacks, giving the Terror Knight more opportunities. However, as we got closer and closer to the "Blood Pool", the blood witches who served as guards were also killed in large numbers. I began to intensify my offensive and launched a comprehensive attack to prevent Douglas from taking advantage of the opportunity to escape back to his lair.
Groups of Terror Knights charged from all sides, constantly breaking through the defense lines hastily set up by the Blood Witches. I even sent most of the Terror Bull Knights to join the battle to besiege the elite Blood Witches with stronger strength and break through their interception. Seeing that the situation was not good, Douglas commanded his men to fight back desperately, trying his best to tear a gap in our defense line, leaving the large group behind, leaving them behind for cover, and only took dozens of elite Blood Witches to rush out and flee in the direction of the "Blood Pool".
I told Xinbitiangao and Moonlight Box to continue besieging the participating blood witches to prevent them from breaking out to support Douglas. At the same time, I didn't want them to face the more powerful blood lich directly to avoid any accidents. I personally led two hundred terrifying bull knights and more than fifty terrifying ground dragon knights to chase after them. Hader and Red Star were accompanying me. There were also Shaman, Xiaobai, Taotao and Daxiu flying in the sky. It can be said that all the elites were out, and Douglas must not be allowed to escape.
