Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 70: Persistence is Victory (2)
The Supreme Honor seemed to have been prepared for the death of the five cardinals in white. Without any hesitation or delay, they immediately launched an attack on us. The five angel-possessed Knights of Light were below, and above them were eight descended angels and two flying knights. Most of them were above level eight. Even though they lost five teammates, they still had a great advantage in terms of strength. The Holy Heaven led the remaining seven cardinals in the rear, with their pets scattered around to guard them. They probably saw that our mobile forces were insufficient, and the "Angel Robe" could expand the protection range, so they could hold on for a while, so they were not worried that we would launch a surprise attack on them.
Tao Tao used the "Flame Dragon Warrior" skill, rushed forward, challenged a two-winged archangel with a weapon, and then quickly retreated before the other angels arrived to support him. A few simple tests confirmed my guess - they should be about the middle level of level eight. Although they are not the opponents of Tao Tao, Wu Ma, and Qi Te Lei, the Terror Dragon Knights will definitely not be able to stop them. By analogy, the three four-winged light angels with weapons, I am afraid no one will be their opponent in a head-on confrontation alone.
I absorbed with all my strength, the Terror Dragon Knight tried his best to cooperate, and Glory did not launch any harassment attacks to interfere with my actions. Taking advantage of the few minutes when they cast the "Gate of Heaven", I had already stored up more than 80% of my mental power and quickly retracted the "Touch of Death" - there was no other way, to cast the "Summoning of the Undead", I had to use both hands, and I could not absorb mental power at the same time. Before the Supreme Honor and the others approached, I summoned out the most powerful Wu Ma, and Sama's bat form did not have much attack power, and he had already changed back to human form, without having to hide his strength anymore. I immediately activated the "Blood Transformation" ability, which increased my innate blood essence by 38%. Relying on my agility, I should be able to entangle an opponent with a strength of an intermediate level eight.
Wu Ma was guarding the sky in front of us, and had already cast the "Destruction Field". Tao Tao and his pets, including several flying pets, did not dare to approach within ten meters of it, so as not to be affected. The three four-winged light angels were the first to rush in. When they entered the "Destruction Field", Wu Ma quickly made a judgment: although the impact was not too great, their abilities were weakened to varying degrees, which finally made me feel a little relieved - being affected by the "Destruction Field" at least showed that their strength was not higher than Wu Ma by two levels, and they should still have a chance to resist if they were promoted to the lower level of the ninth level.
Unable to fight many enemies alone, Wu Ma quickly moved his position and only covered one of the light angels that he was most confident of entanglement into the "Destruction Field", and then flashed out of the space to avoid affecting the other companions. Although his own strength may be inferior, Wu Ma is a bloodthirsty "Destruction Knight" with extremely rich practical experience. Even if the light angel with weapons has reached the eighth level, it may not necessarily win in a life-and-death fight. The strongest light angel was left to the Horror Dragon Knight to deal with. He had to entangle it at all costs and not let it easily attack us in the inner circle from above, affecting my action of absorbing spiritual power.
Last time the ground attack was fierce, but this time the attack from the air was more difficult to resist. Shields blocked attacks, long swords increased damage, and the angels with weapons were not easy to force back. In addition, they were at an advantage both in individual strength and numbers, forcing Xue Wuxia and the other magicians and archers to use their skills continuously to defend against the air raid with all their strength. Unfortunately, there was still a big gap in strength, especially the air defense capability was seriously insufficient. They were frequently attacked by the enemy and could only escape with the support of heavily armored soldiers. Every moment was full of danger and they might be in danger of defeat at any time.
Glory attacked with all its might, constantly breaking into and harassing the inner line. Naturally, I was the first target of attack and under the greatest pressure. Although I tried my best to dodge, I was forced to interrupt the action of activating "Touch of Death" three times in a row, and lost 30% of my health in vain. Seeing that the inner line was about to be lost and I could no longer smoothly absorb spiritual power, I called Xue Wuxia and reminded Shui Yunjian and Yin Zhuang Suguo to pay attention to restore my health. Then, with the Terror Dragon Knight who provided spiritual power, I turned into a bat and rushed out of the "Iron Bucket Defense" battle formation, called Taotao who was fighting fiercely, changed back to my original form and rode on it, let it converge its wings and run only on the ground, so that I could use skills at will, and then activated "Touch of Death" again, entangled the Terror Dragon Knight, and rode Taotao around to the distance, preparing to play a "cat and mouse game" with Glory, using myself as bait to relieve the pressure of Xue Wuxia and others.
Since Taotao evolved into a flying pet, especially after I acquired the ability of "Blood Bat Transformation", I rarely ride on its back to fight like in the early days. I use it more as a strong combat-type undead, relying on its aerial combat ability. The situation is critical now. Although recalling Taotao means there is an additional powerful opponent without restraint, it may make it more difficult for Xue Wuxia and the others to deal with the attack. However, in order to lure the enemy and keep the pressure on Glory, I can only do this, to survive from death, so that the Tongxin League can retain a little hope of victory and not collapse completely.
As I left, Glory did not relax its attack on the inside, and it seemed that it did not intend to fall into my trap, and still tried its best to destroy our base camp, and the focus of the raid shifted to Shuiyunjian and Yinzhuangsugu, and it seemed that it intended to cut off my treatment first and weaken my endurance. Of course, it would not leave me alone. A Knight of Light possessed by an Angel of Light rushed towards the Horror Dragon Knight whose spiritual power I was absorbing, and the eight Cardinals of Holy Heaven also gave up the direct attack on the "Iron Barrel Defense" which was not very effective, and instead cooperated with several land pets such as the Light Spine Dragon to frequently perform "Great Saint Spear Thorns", one after another, never leaving my side, and launched a siege and interception on me, which might not be able to kill me, and seemed to be trying its best to prevent me from activating the "Touch of Death" and limit my performance.
Although a light angel finally found an opportunity and delivered a fatal blow to kill Shui Yunjian, Afeng and Longkong, who were originally responsible for the harassment, were also entangled by the angels and another archangel knight in the human world, and they were unable to provide strong support, making Xue Wuxia and the others' situation even more critical. However, with the addition of a fire dragon to intercept the attack, and Taotao being able to take over when necessary, the eight "Great Saint Spears" together with several pets did not bring me too much threat as they wished, interrupting my spellcasting, and the Terror Dragon Knight did not entangle with the light angel knight chasing it, but just tried his best to dodge, and was not so easy to be killed for a while. By the time they realized that something was wrong and hurriedly transferred another armed archangel to join in the pursuit, I had accumulated enough mental strength again and summoned Qi Te Lei.
"Oh", several cardinals in white suddenly cried out and scattered in a hurry. It was probably because they had an absolute advantage and forced us to have no power to fight back, so they only focused on chasing me. When they saw that I summoned another undead, they were even more careless in their defense in anger. Finally, Shaman, who had been helping Xue Wuxia and the others defend and had been silent for a long time, found an opportunity. He first spit out a small cloud of blood mist to confuse the vision of nearby enemies, and then quickly transformed into a bat, flew out close to the ground, avoiding the Holy Heaven with the "Angel Robe" protection, and approached a cardinal in white who was standing in a more remote position. He first locked it with "Evil Gaze", then pounced in front of him, and performed "Ghost Claw Thirteen Strikes" to launch a surprise attack. This is the unique fighting style of the vampire fangs. Often in a melee, they take advantage of the opportunity when the opponent's attention is distracted to better play their characteristics as assassin-type warriors, which is much more effective than a frontal attack.
The cardinal in white was caught off guard and had no power to dodge. The distance was too far, and he could not get the protection of the "Angel Robe" of Holy Heaven in time. He could only rely on the protection of his own "Holy Light Barrier" to resist Shaman's crazy attack. Moreover, Shaman kept attacking closely and used "Phantom" to disrupt the vision of other cardinals and pets nearby, making it difficult for them to accurately determine Shaman's exact location to launch an attack, and they could not rescue their companions in time and effectively. When Shaman used the "Thirteen Strike of Ghost Claws" for the third time, the cardinal in white finally couldn't bear the attack, and fell to the ground, dying tragically under Shaman's claws.
The death of a cardinal in white was not the biggest victory. At the same time, an archangel who was attacking Xue Wuxia and the others with a weapon also left the field. Moreover, Shaman was not satisfied with killing only one opponent. He dodged several pets and rushed to another cardinal in white nearby. I also saw the opportunity and could not miss it. Several cardinals in white had been disrupted by Shaman. They did not care about protecting themselves or rescuing the terrifying dragon knight who was being hunted. They immediately sent the newly summoned Qitlei to attack together with Shaman to see if they could continue to work hard to expand the victory. Killing one is equivalent to killing two. If we can kill two more cardinals in white, I am afraid that Glory will not be so rampant.
However, things did not go as smoothly as I thought. Although Shaman caught them by surprise and killed a cardinal in white, the players who could represent Glory were not ordinary people. The others had already taken corresponding defensive actions quickly, gathering together with Holy Heaven as the center. Seeing Shaman and Qitlei rushing over together, Holy Heaven quickly activated the protective function of the "Angel Robe", and conjured up a phantom of a four-winged light angel holding a shield, blessed him with "body protection holy light", and then quickly expanded, covering the other six cardinals in white who retreated to the side and included them in the protection.
The "protective holy light" activated by the artifact was connected with the "holy light barrier" cast by the white cardinals themselves, and with the harassment of several pets, even with the attack power of Shaman and Qitlei, it was difficult to hurt them for a while. Moreover, at this time, a light angel and an archangel had quickly returned to support. If the stalemate continued, there would be no chance. I immediately arranged for Shaman to return to Xue Wuxia and the others to assist in the defense, while Qitlei turned back to support the terrifying dragon knight who was almost forced into a desperate situation, so as not to be too seriously injured by the light angel knight, so that his limited mental energy would be left for me to absorb.
Although we only killed a white-robed cardinal of Glory who could only summon archangels, the opponent's losses were not serious. In addition, after Shuiyunjian, Yinzhuangsugu also suffered an unexpected accident in the sudden attack of the light angel in order to treat Xue Wuxia in time. The terrifying flying dragon knight who stayed to participate in the defense was also killed. In terms of strength comparison, Glory still has an absolute advantage. However, in a situation where we are at an extreme disadvantage and seem to be doomed at any time, being able to achieve such a result is definitely a great encouragement to morale, indicating that we are not blindly passively beaten and have no power to fight back. It once again verifies my assertion that "persistence is victory". Glory suffered not only a loss in strength, but also disrupted its battle deployment in order to rescue the attacked Holy Heaven, which gave Xue Wuxia and her team a chance to breathe and have time to slow down and make some adjustments to cope with the next attack.
