On the desolate Gobi Plateau, the gravel rolled up by the strong wind kept hitting the cliffs, like a hundred ghosts roaring, and mixed with the sound of the wind, there were sonorous drums.
Under a huge cliff somewhere on the plateau, tens of thousands of troops from the Azromar Empire gathered here and were fighting bloody battles.
The 'enemy' surrounded by them was a super large beast in front of the cliff.
This is a sphinx monster, tens of meters tall, with a mane like a snake, and skin like iron scales. It has a pair of bat wings growing on its back, and a gleaming scorpion-hook poisonous needle extends from the tip of its tail.
The manticore, a mythical monster that is said to have been entrenched in the depths of the desert all year round, actually appeared in front of Eldromar's army at this moment.
The shouts of killing were loud, and the roars of monsters resounded like thunder in the sky. As a mythical creature, even if the manticore faces an army of 100,000 people alone, it is not inferior in terms of momentum or combat effectiveness. The reason why it is still surrounded by the army is purely because the manticore wants to guard its territory - the one behind it. This cliff!
In the middle of the cliff behind the manticore, there is a circular cave entrance with a diameter of several tens of meters.
That was the manticore's lair, but the entrance to the lair was already covered by a barrier, which was directly connected to the manticore's life. Before the manticore's health dropped below 50%, that barrier The world will be in an invincible state.
Because of this, the 100,000-strong army led by Evans had to fight the Manticore head-on.
"Right!"
"Archers prepare... to fire arrows!"
"Mage team, quagmire formation!"
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In the middle of the army, one of Evans' deputy officers was holding a military flag and giving orders in an orderly manner.
Under his skilled command, this well-trained team unleashed its greatest fighting power. Even when faced with a mythical creature like the Manticore, they still fought hard.
Of course, just relying on more people is not enough. If there is no master to restrain them, the manticore can easily destroy them all with one big move.
The person responsible for restraining the manticore at this moment is the strongest man in the entire empire, Legion Commander Evans.
As one of the few top level 30 masters in the entire star spirit world, Evans fought with the manticore in close combat without any fear.
I saw sword lights flashing high in the sky, and crescent-shaped sword energy flew out from the broadsword in Evans's hand continuously, exploding handfuls of blood flowers all over the manticore's body.
The storm-like offensive made it impossible for the thick-skinned manticore to ignore his presence. He roared to the sky, and dozens of huge stone cones quickly took shape in the sky. Then under the control of the manticore, it was difficult to see with the naked eye. With the speed of identification, he stabbed towards Evans below one after another.
Boom boom...
Each stone cone will cause an explosion below, making the surrounding soldiers sweat for Evans.
Evans, on the other hand, showed his superb combat intuition. In the blast of air waves, he kept rolling around and falling stones one after another fell around him.
After a set of smooth dodges, all the stone cones fell down without hitting any of them. At the same time, Evans turned his hand, and the billowing sword energy continued to explode on the manticore.
The scene suddenly burst into cheers. The strength of Legion Commander Evans made all the soldiers excited and their morale greatly increased!
The manticore, on the other hand, was already agitated by being slithered around by an inconspicuous ant. The cheers around it now felt like a great mockery in its ears.
The manticore roared suddenly, raised its entire lion body, and then fell rapidly, hitting the ground heavily with both fists.
"boom!"
Following the manticore's movements, more than ten whirlwinds suddenly formed on the sand at the scene, swirling and raising dust all over the sky, sweeping towards the densely packed soldiers around them.
"The strong wind is coming, quickly arrange in lightning formation!"
The commander in the formation hurriedly waved the flag and shouted.
The tens of thousands of soldiers below also ordered and prohibited, and instantly began to change their formations.
The entire army was like a tree diagram, with many vacant cracks split from it, spreading outwards in twists and turns. Viewed from a high altitude, the entire army seemed to be struck by lightning, with many spacious roads emerging from the dense formation.
What's even more amazing is that, as if they were deliberately cooperating with their actions, the dozens of whirlwinds swept through the vacated roads one after another, without affecting the armies on both sides at all.
Tens of seconds later, all the whirlwinds disappeared, and the scattered armies gathered together again. They perfectly dodged this manticore's ultimate move!
No one was surprised by this, because they had been fighting the Manticore here on and off for three days. During this period, they had figured out all the Manticore's abilities and restraint methods, and only then were they able to fight against the Manticore with ease.
Again, the boss who has been thoroughly investigated is no longer a threat. This applies not only to players, but also to these aboriginal armies.
"Keep it, come again! Archers are ready..."
Amid the commander's shouts, all the soldiers returned to their original positions and began a new round of attacks...
In the middle of the battlefield, Evans once again easily dodged the manticore's claws. Amid the opponent's incompetent fury, Evans temporarily retreated and at the same time threw a probing spell at the manticore.
Manticore, level 31, current life: 17095415/34200000.
Evans breathed a sigh of relief. After three days of continuous battles, they finally knocked down 50% of the manticore's health!
From this moment on, the manticore lair behind has become breakable.
Next, they just need to find a way to lure the manticore away from the entrance of the lair, and then send their prepared demolition team to break through the entrance, so they can break into the cave and find the magic lamp.
Everything was going smoothly according to plan, but there was always a sense of uneasiness lingering in Evans's heart.
What he was worried about was not the combat effectiveness of his army and whether it could hold out until the entrance was opened. These are all elites who have been trained by him personally. They have strong willpower and will not be a problem even if they fight the Manticore fiercely for a whole day and a night.
But the premise of all this is that no one comes to interfere with them.
Evans couldn't help but use his peripheral vision to look beyond the mountains in the distance. Now he was only one step away from the birth of the magic lamp. Will that person appear?
Captain Ghost has not appeared again in the past three days, but Evans does not dare to be careless at all. After all, the opponent is the strongest among the Fools, and he is also the Lord of the Sky City. Both his strength and appeal cannot be underestimated. watch for.
His intuition reminded him that the other party would not let him get the magic lamp so easily...
Evans shook his head. No matter what, it was time to collect the results of victory, and there was no time to hesitate.
Evans landed and hurriedly accelerated his attack again. The dense sword energy exploded all over the manticore's body, instantly making the manticore build a stronger hatred towards him.
The manticore was furious and lunged at him with a roar.
Evans took the opportunity to fight and retreat, attracting the manticore to gradually move away from the entrance of the lair.
As the manticore retreated a thousand meters away, the entire cliff was finally completely exposed to his army.
The commander was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the demolition team that had been preparing for a long time to start taking action.
On the front line of the army, a small group of elites suddenly separated and secretly moved towards the manticore's nest, already holding various powerful magics in their hands.
Unfortunately, the manticore was not that slow. Not long after it chased it, it realized something, stopped hurriedly, turned around and caught the group approaching its lair. It was furious and was about to flap its wings. Before flying back to the nest.
Fortunately, Evans was also prepared for this situation. When the manticore noticed it, he immediately stopped holding back and burst out with all his strength. A storm of attacks came out of his hands and all hit the manticore.
Even though he was as strong as the Manticore, he was still a little stunned by Evans' sudden outburst. He was staggered by the impact and had no time to think about it.
The army line also took the opportunity to move over and block the manticore's path, completely separating it from the entrance to the lair and buying time for the demolition team.
"Roar!"
Realizing that it had been tricked, the manticore roared angrily and immediately tried desperately to break through the obstruction and return to defend the lair. However, under the fearless obstruction of Evans and the army, it was never able to take a step closer to the lair.
"Hold on! The dawn of victory is ahead!" The commander's shout spread across the entire battlefield.
However, just when everyone thought the plan could proceed so smoothly.
From outside the valley in the distance, there was suddenly a loud shouting of killing.
Many people looked back subconsciously and saw outside their army formation, on the cliff in the distance, a mighty group of people came around the corner and came in. It was none other than the thousands of followers of the Caesar Cult. !
Everyone suddenly became nervous. All the soldiers knew very well that this group of people was their most direct competitor in this operation. Now the opponent has indeed appeared at this special node. Although the opponent has a small number, they are now fighting against them. At the critical moment when Manticore is racing against time, there is no time to deal with these people!
"Lord Evans!"
The commander looked quickly at Evans for instructions.
While Evans was dealing with the manticore with all his strength, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and quickly asserted: "Don't worry, it's a feint attack. Keep moving!"
Years of experience in leading troops in battles allowed him to see at a glance that those people were only charging boldly on the surface, but in fact they had no fighting spirit at all. They were obviously relying on momentum to attract their attention, and they would definitely be defeated and flee immediately when the battle officially started. .
Feint, that is, the real attack will come from somewhere else.
Where?
Evans immediately scanned the entire battlefield, including the front, rear, left and right, including the high altitude, but found nothing unusual.
Just when he felt a little strange, suddenly, there was a slight tremor under the ground.
"It's actually underground?" Evans frowned.
And by the time he realized this, it was already too late.
The tremors in the entire sand quickly amplified, and the next second, a huge white bone dragon head emerged from the sand, along with the dragon's neck, body, and tail behind it...
In just one second, a complete bone dragon emerged from the ground, directly exposed to the eyes of a hundred thousand troops, only a few hundred meters away from the manticore's lair.
The moment he saw the bone dragon, alarm bells rang in Evans's heart: it was actually another mythical creature!
At the same time, he had also noticed two figures standing on the dragon's head: one was a mecha holding an exaggerated cannon barrel, and the other was a female forest elf holding a bow and arrow.
As soon as the bone dragon appeared, it immediately swam and flew low and fast towards the entrance of the manticore's lair on the cliff.
"Demolition Team, stop it!"
Without Evans having to say anything, the commander had already realized the critical situation and hurriedly ordered the demolition team to stop and turn around to stop the Bone Dragon.
This demolition team was basically composed of mages with high-power magic and had almost no defensive capabilities. At this time, they hurriedly turned around and threw all kinds of attacks at hand at the bone dragon.
However, as everyone attacked, the petrifying gaze took effect automatically. Everyone suddenly felt like they were falling into a quagmire, and their whole bodies quickly became stiff, and every move seemed to be in slow motion.
In the next moment, the bone dragon rushed forward with the momentum of a charge, directly knocking away all the attacks and obstacles in front of it with brute force, and with the force of breaking the army, it slammed into the barrier at the entrance of the lair.
"Boom!"
Following this dull impact, a circle of cracks visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared on the transparent barrier.
The soldiers below were frightened for a while. Just one collision was more obvious than the results they had blasted for a long time. If this efficiency continues, they should be able to directly break through the barrier with just two or three more blows!
The Bone Dragon was thrown away by the repulsion of the barrier, but then regained its strength, moved around in mid-air, and swam back again.
"Boom!"
After the second impact, the cracks in the barrier expanded again, and gaps visible to the naked eye appeared in many places.
This time everyone below can see that as long as there is another impact, the barrier will be broken!
Two consecutive collisions made the bone dragon a little dizzy. He shook his head in mid-air. After regaining consciousness, he charged towards the barrier again.
But this time, just as the bone dragon was rushing towards him and its head was about to hit the barrier, a roar sounded from behind.
The bone dragon's figure suddenly froze, only a few meters away from the barrier. The bone dragon looked back, only to realize that his dragon tail was being held tightly by a manticore. Even if the entire dragon body was stretched straight, it was still just a little bit out of reach of the barrier.
The next moment, the bone dragon was pulled back by the furious manticore, and fell heavily to the ground. When he stepped on it, there was only a crunching sound, and the bone dragon's body was stepped on in half.
Fortunately, the bone dragon is not that fragile. The broken keel quickly floated up automatically, connected head to tail, and fused back together.
Being trampled to pieces in front of so many people, the bone dragon was also furious. Like a flexible snake, it quickly climbed up the manticore's body, entangled it, and then opened its huge mouth and sprayed at the manticore. A green poisonous mist emerged.
The poisonous mist spread rapidly, and all the soldiers below who were enveloped by the poisonous gas immediately covered their throats with their hands, fell to the ground with bleeding from their orifices, and struggled painfully. Although the manticore was mentally intact under the poisonous gas, the scales on its body were also affected by the poisonous mist. Dissolves quickly under corrosion.
Of course, the manticore was not to be outdone. After all, it was one star higher. At the same time, the feline snake fighting species was also considered its professional counterpart. The two giant beasts immediately started rolling and fighting in the sand.
For a time, the desert was filled with strong winds and dust, and the rolled up sandstorm almost obscured everyone's sight.
And under the cover of the dust, in an open space not far from the manticore's lair, a silver-white mecha quietly landed on the ground. The dazzling light above the muzzle of the cannon in its hand was so dazzling that it even penetrated the sand. The obstruction of dust was noticed by Evans in the distance.
"Oops!" Evans' eyelids were twitching wildly. He had already realized something and rushed towards the light as fast as possible, trying to stop the other party.
However, as soon as he took a step, he heard the sound of a cannon in the distance.
The silver beam of light broke through the sand and struck directly at the barrier.
"Bang!" With a fully charged cannon, the already crumbling barrier of the manticore's nest shattered with a sound.
(End of chapter)
