Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 99: Hundred-Man Killing (3)
The four land-based Light Phantom Knights riding silver-horned horses were easy to deal with, at most they were mid-level level eight. Even with the auxiliary magic of the Silver Robe Bishop to further enhance their strength, six ground-based Night Shadows were enough to stop them. However, the mounts of the elite Phantom Knights were silver Pegasus that could fly, and I had no soldiers that I could do anything to. I could only watch them fly through the air and rush above the patrol team. With one move, he forced back a ground-based Night Shadow, alleviating the crisis of the Silver Robe Bishop who was already on the verge of defeat.
Previously, under the fierce attack of the seventeen Night Shadows, the patrol team was already in disarray. If they were to reorganize with the support of the Supervisory Team, once those priests had a chance to catch their breath and reunite to cast the "Holy Light Barrier", the Night Shadows would not be able to use the "Earth Walk" technique to invade within the range of the protective magic, and could only attack from the outside, which would delay the war for a while, which was not in my interest. Now I have assigned six Night Shadows to intercept the four Phantom Knights, and the pressure on the patrol team has been reduced. With the help of the elite Phantom Knights, there might be a chance for him to succeed.
However, I still have nine crouching night shadows as ambushes, so naturally I won't do what they want. Taking advantage of the patrol team losing the protection of the "holy light barrier", the crouching night shadows dodged and quietly approached them. Including the elite phantom knights who came to help, most of the attention of all NPCs was focused on the ground-walking night shadows, alert to the surprise attack from underground. Seeing that several priests were beginning to move closer , the crouching night shadows suddenly attacked, and at the same time they appeared beside them, their black hands as sharp as knives had already stabbed into their bodies.
If the opponent is fully prepared, this sudden attack method may be successfully avoided. However, under the constant pressure of the Night Shadow, the priests obviously did not have enough spare energy to take care of other things. They were caught off guard and were all injured. The Silver Robe Bishop received a special reception. He was besieged by three Night Shadows at the same time, and six hands were inserted into his body, and he was knocked to the ground. He did not have a chance to resist. A Night Shadow who was lurking on the side pounced on him and swallowed him into his stomach. After chewing for less than half a minute, the poor Silver Robe Bishop was too seriously injured and could no longer withstand such torture. He died directly in the stomach of the Night Shadow.
The crouching night shadows disappeared after one strike, and in just a few seconds, they had already changed their positions. They reappeared and launched an attack. Their high frequency of attack speed made up for their weak attack power, especially for professions with poor defense such as magicians, the threat they posed would be greater. The nine crouching night shadows attacked the six priests, and originally had an absolute advantage. The seven knights nearby, including the elite phantom knight, were restrained by the ground-walking night shadows and could not rescue them in time. They disappeared and reappeared several times, and launched continuous attacks, giving the other five white-robed cardinals no chance to struggle. They quickly defeated their opponents one after another and killed the six priests in the patrol team in one fell swoop.
Since the hidden troops have already shown their power, there is no need to hide their strength any longer. The next step is to pursue the victory and destroy the enemy as soon as possible. Except for the elite phantom knights flying in the sky, the remaining six light knights in the patrol team are in a more precarious situation under the joint siege of the ground-walking night shadows and the crouching night shadows. They have avoided the "swallowing alive" but cannot avoid the whipping of the stinging tail and the stealth attack. Their bodies are covered with scars and their defeat is imminent.
However, the six silver-robed bishops of the Supervisory Team, under the protection of the elite phantom knights, were getting closer and closer to the battle circle, frequently releasing "Great Saint Spear Thorns" or casting auxiliary magic. At the same time, the six four-winged light angels they summoned also rushed forward to participate in the battle, intending to help the six patrol knights of light break through the siege and rush over to join them. Once they stabilized their position, even if I had the ability to completely eliminate them, I might lose a lot of my men and delay more time. In order to end the battle as soon as possible, I immediately hid aside, lifted the "stealth" state, summoned Taotao and Shaman, and let them join the battle.
Taotao tried his best to entangle the elite phantom knight of the patrol team that came to rescue him. He used the "Flame Dragon Invincible" skill. Although he was not yet a match for the elite phantom knight possessed by the light angel, the gap in strength between the middle level of level 8 and the upper level of level 8 was not too big, and it was not so easy to get rid of him. At the same time, Taotao only defended at a low altitude of about ten meters above the ground, and could get support from the ground-walking night shadows with a body length of more than fifteen meters at any time. He did not have to worry about the six descending light angels coming forward to besiege him, which relieved the pressure on the ground troops. And Shaman was agile and his attack power was even higher than that of the crouching night shadows. He would be more threatening to the light knight, and his IQ was much higher than that of the ground-walking night shadows and the crouching night shadows. He could capture the opportunity more effectively and cooperate with his companions' actions. In such a multi-person melee, he could play an even stronger role.
I summoned Taotao and Shaman to fight with the electric motor at the right time, which was a double whammy for the patrol team, which only had half of its personnel left. After a short pause, the balance of victory immediately tilted rapidly. As a sky knight was attacked by Shaman and the archangel was de-possessed, three night shadows and a ground night shadow rushed up and buried him in the belly of the ground night shadow in a moment. The patrol team was doomed to fail and could no longer turn the tide.
After a fierce melee, the patrol team was completely wiped out. The strength I displayed was already above that of the monitoring team. Seeing that things were hopeless, the elite Phantom Knights and six Angels of Light who came to support chose to withdraw while I was still working on clearing out the patrol team. They covered the four Phantom Knights and retreated into the "Holy Light Barrier" jointly constructed by the six silver-robed bishops, and took a posture of holding on and waiting for help, not giving me the opportunity to defeat them from all sides.
Whether in terms of quantity or quality, destroying the Supervisory Team meets the requirements of the "Hundred Man Killing" mission, so I naturally didn't want to give up. However, I had already wasted some time. Being in the enemy's nest, both the Light players and NPCs could come to support me at any time. I had no way of finding an opportunity to win by surprise attack. I could only kill them all as soon as possible by attacking at all costs. After a slight adjustment, the seventeen ground-walking night shadows and nine crouching night shadows, together with Tao Tao and Sha Man, all rushed over and launched a fierce attack.
Unable to sneak into the "Holy Light Barrier" from underground to launch a surprise attack, the ground-walking night shadows used their sturdy bodies to smash into it. After all, they were undead with earth attributes, and their bodies were relatively solid. In addition, their body lengths were more than 15 meters. The repeated impacts made the silver-robed bishops a little overwhelmed. They were unable to stand steadily due to the recoil force and staggered back. As a result, the "Holy Light Barrier" that was connected together would occasionally have some gaps due to the changes in the positions of the casters, and it could be forcibly broken at any time. Although the six fear knights and the six light angels defended with all their strength, except for the two elite phantom knights, they only had one-on-one capabilities, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. In order to break through the enemy's defense as soon as possible, the ground-walking night shadows completely disregarded themselves and made attacking the "Holy Light Barrier" their first priority, which made it impossible for them to effectively prevent the ground-walking night shadows from launching frequent impacts. The other nine crouching night shadows were also lurking on the side. Once they found an opportunity, they would immediately appear and attack, making the opponent dare not leave the protection range of the "Holy Light Barrier" easily, which also restricted their development and forced them into an extremely passive situation.
Several more ground-walking night shadows slammed into the "holy light barrier" at the same time, and the six silver-robed bishops were repelled in different directions, causing several more cracks in the "holy light barrier". Shaman, who had been wandering around the periphery, immediately found an opportunity to attack, dodged and rushed straight into the gap, leaped forward, grabbed with both claws, and grabbed the shoulder of a phantom knight who had just been hit by a powerful spiked tail of a ground-walking night shadow and was stumbling backwards. While he had not recovered from the previous blow and could not resist for a while, he used the momentum to kick the silver-horned horse under his crotch, and took advantage of the situation to do a backflip in the air, and made a shoulder throw with force, and pulled him off his mount, throwing him out of the protection range of the inspection team and falling into our camp. Several ground-walking night shadows and crouching night shadows nearby immediately pounced over, inserting their hands in and out, and raising and lowering their spiked tails, giving the unfortunate phantom knight no chance to get up.
At the same time, a Phantom Knight cooperated with the Elite Phantom Knight to kill a Ground Night Shadow who was already seriously injured. However, this was the bait I threw for them. Tao Tao, who was originally entangled with the Light Angel, dodged and flew back, taking advantage of the unstable "Holy Light Barrier" and the weakened protective effect. The Phantom Knight followed the NPC's combat instinct and refused to miss the opportunity to kill the enemy. He was close to the edge and controlled the fire dragon outside his body to rush in. He went around his back and hit him hard, forcing him out of the protective range of the "Holy Light Barrier". At the same time, he spit out "Fire Dragon Flame" to prevent the Elite Phantom Knight from rescuing him. A Ground Night Shadow next to him was just about to perform "Swallow Alive" on a Light Angel above. Seeing the opportunity, he immediately changed his target and swallowed the Phantom Knight who was knocked out by me into his stomach. After chewing it, he spit it out and naturally fell into our camp. It was impossible for him to return safely.
My men performed well, but the level 8 NPCs of the Supervisory Team were also very tenacious, especially the four elite NPCs with upper level 8 strength. With their superior personal abilities, they resolved crises for their companions many times and tried their best to maintain their defensive formation so that they would not be dispersed. I had to fight to end the battle. I didn't have that much patience to deal with them. When I was attacking with all my strength , every time I killed one of their companions, I had to pay a little price.
The two Silver Pegasus Phantom Knights should have been able to escape, but unfortunately, they had to fulfill their duties and could not abandon their companions who were still fighting. They could only choose to fight to the death. In order to protect the Silver Robe Bishop, after a fierce battle, they killed two of my men respectively, and finally could not withstand the siege of my superior forces and died one after another. The main pillar was broken and the building was about to collapse. The Silver Robe Bishop, who had lost the melee professional protection, could not effectively resist our fierce attack with only a few light angels, and soon embarked on the road to destruction.
The patrol team and the monitoring team were annihilated one after another. So far, more than a hundred Light players and NPCs have died at my hands. I can say that I have successfully completed the "hundred-man slaying" mission. However, the series of fierce battles, especially against the strong monitoring team who only defended but did not attack, also cost me a lot - one crouching night shadow, six ground-walking night shadows, and most of the others were also injured to varying degrees. And the delay was a little longer than expected. Fortunately, the Light side was probably still focusing on the celebration held in the central square, and the reaction seemed a little slow. There is no sign of reinforcements yet, otherwise I might not be able to wipe out the monitoring team as I wished.
I gathered my men together, and those who needed to escape underground escaped underground, and those who needed to sneak sneaked. Just as I was about to send Taotao and Shaman, who were too obvious targets, back to the "Dead Space", and prepared to move to another place to find a few stronger guys to fight, I suddenly felt a bright light in front of my eyes, as if a thick beam of light was slowly descending from the sky above the city, gradually expanding, and covering the urban area where I was in a layer of light curtain.
This is a large protective barrier activated in the city. As early as the light beam appeared, I had already made an accurate judgment that the light curtain could prevent the enemy members from passing through. Although I can use force to break through, with the limited manpower under my command, it is simply impossible to do so in the face of this barrier driven by a large array. Moreover, I appeared in the center of the barrier, and there was not enough time for me to rush out. I was destined to be trapped in this area within the protective light curtain.
Hundreds of bright players kept appearing around, all summoning pets and angels, ready for battle. They were divided into 20 to 30 groups, steadily approaching me. The nearby small teleportation array was activated again, and among the dozen players teleported from it, the deputy city lord of Tiancheng, Sheng Tiantang, and the city defense officer Angel in the world appeared. The Supreme Honor did not show up. As the city lord, he should be entertaining guests and had no time to split up. There is no need to think about it. The full defense of the monitoring team before should be a trap they set for me, the purpose is to drag me here, so as to buy enough time for them to activate the protective barrier of the local area in the city. This will cost a lot of magic crystal cores. It seems that I miscalculated. I originally thought that they would not attack me with all their strength until the end of the celebration meeting. I didn’t expect that they would withdraw in advance and launch a counterattack, and they didn’t hesitate to spend manpower and material resources to activate the regional protective barrier for me alone, and dispatched hundreds of players to besiege. They took me too seriously, which really made me feel "flattered".
The other side has many people and many experts. Fighting head-on is definitely courting death. Fortunately, the area covered by the regional protection barrier is relatively large, a full million square meters, with many buildings scattered throughout. I acted cautiously and always paid attention to retaining sufficient mental strength and health points. I still have the capital to deal with them. As long as I can survive today, it will be my victory.
There were a large number of enemies on land and in the air. The enemies on the ground advanced one after another in dense formation along the streets. The streets and alleys were guarded by players, and it was impossible to sneak through them quietly. Even if I transformed into a bat, there were many angels, flying pets and flying knights hovering in the air, and it was impossible to effectively escape their interception. Moreover, I did not have the physical strength to sustain more than five hours of continuous and intense exercise. If I used the normal method to avoid their pursuit, the outcome would not be optimistic.
Conventional tactics don't work, so I have to take an unconventional approach. He turned over and rode on Taotao, neither flying into the sky nor walking along the street corners on both sides, but running straight towards a nearby wall. But it wasn't that I was desperate and wanted to hit the wall. The ten ground-walking night shadows that had already escaped underground had all gathered there, suddenly jumped out, and slammed into that section of the wall fiercely. The buildings in the city were the same as those in the mercenary group's base, and they could all be destroyed. The earth-based undead could destroy earth-and-stone structures with twice the result with half the effort, which was much easier than players of the same strength. Except for some special places that were specially reinforced or protected by formations, ordinary buildings could definitely not withstand the full-strength collision of eleven level eight intermediate ground-walking night shadows, and a good wall was immediately broken open. After all, it was a city managed by the Supreme Honor, and the more it destroyed, the better. I urged Taotao to fly in. This seemed to be a private residence. I didn't know if it had been sold to a player. I just hoped that he had bought insurance so that he could apply for compensation from the Supreme Honor afterwards.
After breaking into the residence, I did not stay for long. I went out through the door. I still did not take the street. The Ghost King who was still hovering in the sky understood the enemy's deployment and broke through the walls all the way. He was reckless and rampant to avoid their search. Even in the spacious courtyard, because it was a private building and protected by the system, I could clearly see the enemies above, but they could not look down at my figure, which was quite beneficial to me. Of course, the reason why I was able to act so smoothly was also thanks to the role of "scavenger" played by the ground-walking night shadow. It was simply the nemesis of buildings and an expert in demolition. With a strong body and unique abilities, he could break through walls and his power was unstoppable, so that the enemy could only chase after me and could not effectively intercept me. From time to time, he would be attacked by the crouching night shadow and the man. After suffering a few losses, they had to move step by step and could not chase too closely.
Occasionally, when I encountered an enemy, I didn't want to fight. I fired two feints and turned around to escape. Anyway, except for Taotao and Shaman, two pets who were not afraid of death, the other subordinates were masters of hiding their tracks. They could attack the enemies close to me at any time, making them cautious for fear of being ambushed. They couldn't fully exert their strength, so I was able to escape smoothly. After a lot of maneuvers, I almost went through the entire area covered by the protective light curtain, destroyed countless buildings, and there were holes of all sizes everywhere. It was so comfortable that I unconsciously developed a sense of accomplishment. Being able to leave these "ruins" in Tiancheng under the control of the highest honor can also be regarded as a slight vent of the resentment that he had induced the "Holy War of Light" and destroyed our United Alliance.
As more and more Light players were transferred to participate in the capture of me, my escape methods became more and more flexible. Seeing that they were about to encircle me, I immediately abandoned Taotao and turned into a bat to fly into the air. The "Blood Mist Technique" combined with the "External Incarnation" immediately disrupted their defense line, and the focus of the capture had to be shifted from the ground to the air. After a while of chaos, I broke through their encirclement on the ground, and I turned back to my original body to meet Taotao, continuing my robbery of breaking through walls to recover my lost physical strength. Fortunately, today is the "Light Celebration", and the Supreme Honor is impossible for them to mobilize more people to participate in the capture of me, so as not to cause too much commotion and lead to an upgrade of the city defense status. I lost face in front of the many neutral forces and players attending the meeting, otherwise I would be trapped in this area and unable to escape. As long as there are enough players, I will definitely be completely trapped and have no way to escape.
Although I had no choice but to flee desperately in the face of an enemy with absolute superiority, if I had the chance, I wouldn't mind challenging a few more masters to improve the quality of "killing a hundred people" and also to dampen the morale of the light players. The most ideal targets were naturally the Holy Heaven and the Angels in the World, but the Holy Heaven was protected by the artifact "Angel Robe" and was surrounded by many players, so I had no confidence that I could quickly kill him. The city defense officer, Angels in the World, led by example, chased me very closely, and sometimes was quite risky, as if he was trying his best to kill me as soon as possible. Perhaps because he was a knight possessed by a light angel and had the support of his companions, I couldn't do anything to him even if I launched a counterattack, but there was a possibility that I could kill him.
After a chase, I had gathered enough mental strength. Seeing that the one chasing me was still the Angel in the Human World, I immediately led him to a building that I had already chosen, and at the same time, I moved both the Ground-walking Night Shadow and the Crawling Night Shadow over there. After entering, I did not pass through the hole, and immediately jumped off Taotao's back and began to cast "Summoning the Dead", summoning a jellyfish.
The hole is limited in size and can only accommodate one or two people at a time. As before, Angel in the Human World would not be left behind and rushed in first. Before he could see the situation clearly, he was greeted by a joint attack from Night Shadow and Night Shadow. Of course, with his skills and several other companions rushing in, it would be impossible to kill them in a short time. There were more Light players outside the house trying to rush in for support. At the same time, as long as I paused for a moment, the surrounding players would quickly gather here and form a siege. The situation would only become increasingly unfavorable to me. But I was not too worried about these. As long as I killed Angel in the Human World as I wished, I would have my own way to escape.
