Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 125: Homicide (1)
The troops were divided into three groups. I personally led more than 50 Terrifying Land Dragon Knights to chase closely behind, while 200 Terrifying Bull Knights made a detour from both wings to better block the situation on the field. While commanding my men to speed up the pursuit, I tried to slow down Douglas's escape speed. After all, this place was close to the territory of the "Blood Pool", and there was no guarantee that its men would not come to support it. Every step forward by it might increase the danger. Blood witches also belong to the blood clan, and "Blood Mist" and even "Blood Evil" will not have much effect on them. But I still have the "Chaos Ball" available. Although the grade is not high, it may not be able to trap the blood lich and the dozens of elite blood witch guards whose average strength is not lower than that of the terrifying ground dragon knights. Moreover, the opponents are all long-range attack mages, and their attack radius is even larger than the "Chaos Ball". I dare not risk trying to enter the effective attack range and cover them in the "blinding fog", but I can set the fog area in advance on the way . A large group of black fog appeared out of thin air. I believe that with Douglas's caution, he should not rush in rashly, but can only take a detour. Three groups of "blinding fog" are enough to let it make a big circle and buy some time.
I transformed into a blood bat and circled in front of Douglas's team. The speed of flight is related to my agility. For a thief with agility as my second profession, I was more than enough to catch up with the blood wizards on foot. According to the direction of their escape, I released the first group of "eye-blinding fog" on the straight road. Douglas really adjusted the team's escape route in time and changed it to an oblique interspersed route. I kept a safe distance and continued to release the second group of "eye-blinding fog", followed by the third group, forcing Douglas to take a detour and get closer and closer to the pursuers.
The Horror Earth Dragon Knights I led were faster and walked in a straight line, finally catching up with Douglas. Knowing that the time was urgent, I did not rush to launch an attack, but waited for the Horror Bull Knights on both wings to outflank and form a siege and pincer attack to gain greater control. The trapped beast still fights, facing the enemy is comparable to the Green Bone Dragon or even more powerful than the Green Bone Dragon. It will never surrender easily. Although it lacks the unique "dragon power" of the Bone Dragon family, it will not affect the state of my men too much. If it really fights, it may not be as difficult as the Green Bone Dragon. However, Douglas has the special equipment of the Blood Witch Royal Family granted by the system, and it should also have a more powerful function than "mental attack". It is absolutely dangerous to encircle and suppress it. If you relax a little, you may pay an extremely heavy price-I don't want to lose one or even several capable men in order to kill it.
As far as mages are concerned, the Blood Witch's running speed is not slow, but compared to the Terror Knight, it is far behind in terms of speed and endurance. If it had not been for the long journey of more than ten hours, Douglas would never have escaped so far. Seeing that the road ahead was blocked and the pursuers were coming from behind, Douglas did not continue to rush forward to break through. Instead, he stopped and let me surround him. He commanded his men to deploy defenses on the spot and wait for battle, as if he was determined to fight to the death with me.
This is what I least want to see. If Douglas still insists on breaking through, there will inevitably be loopholes in the defense. I will launch a joint attack from three sides, which will give me more chances to break through the blood witch's defense line, which will be much easier than the current "positional attack". And I am also worried that Douglas is not really desperate to fight with me to death, but has contacted his subordinates and is holding on here waiting for help - after all, it is not far from the boundary of the "blood pool", and the possibility of crossing the boundary without authorization cannot be ruled out in a critical situation. Therefore, I dare not delay any more time and mobilize more people to come. I can only launch a strong attack and fight to get rid of the blood witch Douglas.
Defending in place can certainly give full play to the advantages of the blood witch's magic attack, making the main attacker pay a greater price, but it also gives the Terror Knights enough time to charge up and launch the strongest "flash combo" skill to attack, so as not to suffer too much. Two hundred Terror Bull Knights lined up outside the range of the blood witch, stood still for a while, and after collectively charging up, they began to charge in batches at my command.
Dozens of "Death Ripples" covered all areas on all sides, constantly consuming the mental strength of the Horror Bull Knight. Halfway through the journey, casualties had already appeared. The Horror Bull Knights who were rushing in the front fell one after another. Among them, there was a "Death Ripples" with particularly thick black air, which seemed to cause greater damage to the Horror Bull Knight. In the area covered by it, few could run across the center line. It should be the work of Douglas.
The Blood Witch's "Death Waves" were released in batches, and the Terror Bull Knights under my command were also joining the battle in batches. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, but the defending side launched long-range magic attacks. My men could only passively take the beating during the charge and continued to suffer injuries, but they could not get close to the Blood Witch. Naturally, Douglas had the advantage.
Judging from the situation, the Blood Witches should be restrained by the Horror Bull Riders. I immediately gave the order, and Xiaobai appeared and let out a "Banshee Howl" to distract the Blood Witches' attention and prevent them from concentrating on launching the attack according to Douglas' instructions. The fifty-three Ghost Kings also formed a formation and released the "Evil Soul-stealing Spell". The strong wind made the Blood Witches unstable and affected the success rate and accuracy of their magic. I didn't dare let them launch the attack too early, lest the Blood Witches have time to deal with them and cause heavy damage.
Although they were not as strong as the Blood Witch, their alternative attack method caught them off guard and immediately disrupted their formation. The subsequent attacks could not be connected in time, leaving a gap in defense. I deployed all the Terror Bull Knights to the battlefield in advance, and took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack. Before the Blood Witch could recover, he was rushed in front of me.
Just as the defense line was about to be breached, a deafening roar was heard throughout the entire venue. Douglas, the blood lich, straightened his body. The bright red robe he was wearing seemed to have countless blood fountains spitting out blood, and there were streaks of gold threads mixed in it. The robe was flashing with a faint golden glow, and suddenly a bloody glow appeared. A misty blood aura emanated from the blood robe and quickly spread out, covering an area of about seventy to eighty meters in radius. Douglas' figure also became hazy, both real and illusory, and seemed no longer to be an entity.
