Lordes' lightning streaked across the walls. The electricity hit the death knight and then ricocheted away, weaving a deadly grid among the living corpses that climbed up the city wall. The place seemed to be hit by a hurricane and thunderstorm, and all the living corpses that first climbed onto the city wall were wiped out. The battlements and towers were reduced to powder by the ravages of lightning, and were swept up into the sky by the violent winds.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, Lordes rushed towards the death knight. He is a spellcaster, but he fights with a ferocity that makes all close-combat extraordinary people look at him. The lightning condensed into a scimitar-like beam in his hand, tearing apart the death knight's shoulder armor and exploding into a large swath of black viscous liquid. Judging from the location of the wound, the death knight had almost no flesh and blood under the heavy armor, and was completely a ball of black muddy material.
The commander of the dead remained unmoved by the terrible damage. He raised his bone sword high, and the horseman stood up and swung his sword towards the ball lightning.
The sword made a deafening sound, and the blade struck the surface of the blazing white light shield, breaking into a crystal-like fragment. Lordes, who was floating in the air, was even hit by the sword and sank.
Griffith, who was watching from a distance, broke into a cold sweat. He watched the two inhuman creatures fighting fiercely on the city wall, and his heart skipped a beat.
Lordes is the core node and commander of the entire defense, a powerful and precise long-range firepower, and a significant assistant in tactical mobility, intelligence and communications. Once he is killed by a sneak attack like Witzleben, the entire defense line will be severely damaged.
The fight between Lordes and the Death Knight was astonishingly fierce. Both were extremely large. They were attacking each other back and forth on the city wall, leaving no room to dodge.
Extraordinary reinforcements are arriving quickly. As a powerful Sequence 5 transcendent, the death knight will enter the realm of demigods after advancing to the next level, with the possibility of touching the godhead. However, being under siege and being attacked from both sides is still dangerous. It also launches a fierce attack without any scruples, trying to kill the extraordinary wizard here as soon as possible.
Lordes' condition is also critical. During the incident in the Whispering Forest, the team he led collapsed under the attack of a group of sonic boom bats that could interfere with spell casting. Since then, the scholar must have summed up his experience and taken precautions against critical situations where he was unable to cast spells or had no time to chant. Prepare for sexual countermeasures.
The tactics of both the enemy and ours are basically the same.
Beyelan used middle and lower-level Extraordinaries and city defense troops to build a barrier to suppress the front, and then waited for an opportunity to use the extraordinary mobility and combat power of the Extraordinaries to surprise the commander who was attacking the undead creatures. For an undead army in which most living zombies have no intelligence, as long as the high-level undead creatures are eliminated, the zombie tide will not be a thing to fear.
The Deathrattle Order's tactics adopted targeted arrangements. They first attack with a large number of skeletons, transforming the residents of the suburbs into stronger living zombies, and then attack the front with a huge numerical advantage and a few high-level undead creatures. In the face of such an attack, if Beyelan's side does not want to be slowly consumed, they will definitely concentrate on extraordinary people to implement beheading tactics.
Erza and others' tactics were not wrong. The only omission was that no one knew in advance that the cult actually controlled an earth-burrowing demonic insect. After this extraordinary creature was resurrected, it ignored the defense line and terrain and cut directly into the rear of Beyelan's defense line. The death knight personally attacked and killed the extraordinary wizard.
This is a gap between intelligence and battle preparation, which cannot be prevented by the commander on the scene.
However, the outcome remains undecided. The time the death knight can use to kill the extraordinary wizard is extremely limited. It must kill one of the other transcendents before they arrive, otherwise it will be surrounded.
Lourdes certainly didn't expect the Earth-Drilling Demonic Insect to appear beforehand, but he still took precautions against the possibility of being attacked.
A powerful magical shield and nearly elemental form provide amazing defense and resistance. However, Lordes could not chant most of the magic spells during this process, and his movement speed was obviously not high, so he could not escape by running. He was alone against an undead creature of a higher level, and could only fight back with all his strength to gain time.
As long as he delays to keep himself alive, the overall plan laid out by the undead will go bankrupt.
The zombie tide is coming with full force. They come from the western countryside or emerge from the ground. They are the tentacles and power of the Death Knight, a more terrifying threat than that huge bone sword.
Horus, who was retreating, stopped and joined the blocking battle. His speed was not fast, and when he reached the city wall, he could only have time to collect the corpses for one party. Moreover, under the attack of the surging corpse tide, the defense line of the Extraordinaries and the city defense army alone could not be defended. Therefore, Horus once again led his Beyonders to travel between camps for support. This time without the mobility brought by the phase prism, they could only fight in a group, and their combat efficiency and control radius were greatly reduced.
Lordes, who had just been hit hard, condensed lightning in his right hand, forming a sharp blade like a beam. The fluctuations of the beam made a terrifying buzzing sound, as if it would be torn apart by a terrifying force if it came close. Even Griffith, who was watching from a distance, could feel the amazing power of the light blade.
Lourdes raised the light blade, withstood an attack from the bone sword, and then slashed at the death knight with his backhand.
The black horse neighed violently. The light blade cut off the death knight's left leg, knocking down its horse as well.
The death knight fell like a mountain. However, in the process of kneeling down, it suddenly raised its hand and pointed.
At the location it pointed at, a fat Stitched Corpse Monster had just staggered out of the burrow dug by the earth-boring demonic insect.
The swollen monster immediately shook violently, and then melted quickly like a candle. All its vitality evaporated like mist, flying in the direction of the death knight.
At the moment when the mist merged with the death knight, the newly severed left leg and horse body flowed toward the wound like liquid, shaking and condensing.
The death knight's wounds are recovering rapidly.
This is what the undead path is best at devouring and healing. They will not hesitate to collect and devour the bodies of their own kind in battle to replenish their injured bodies. The recovery speed is extremely fast and the efficiency is amazing.
Lourdes' face surrounded by lightning was blurry and his expression was unclear, but one can imagine how frightened he was. The death knight and war horse who had just been knocked down stood up again in the blink of an eye, looking down at him with cold eyes.
That evil force appeared on the bone sword. The black horse raised its front hooves and neighed like a dragon. The death knight rushed forward on horseback and struck down the ball of light with a fierce sword strike.
The moment the sword struck down, a bone-eroding chill and eerie silence suddenly took over the world. A moment later, the roar and wind erupted.
The blow dispersed the air and smoke. The sharp and heavy sword tore through the light shield again with the blessing of evil energy. The phantom of a skull staff suddenly appeared next to Lordes in the form of ball lightning, sprinkling red dust in a flurry of shaking.
Lordes was repulsed by the huge force. The pure white light shield showed astonishing cracks and was even stained with scarlet dust. His movement and fighting speed were obviously slowed down. Even so, he didn't seem to feel any pain or suffering in this state, nor did he have any sense of fear. Even though he was severely injured, he still held his hands, and the electric current gathered into a terrifying whirlpool, and then the spear that generated lightning in his left hand was shot at the death knight.
The power of this shot was far lower than expected. It only penetrated one part of the enemy's armor and was unable to penetrate deep.
The death knight laughed ferociously, gripped the bone sword tightly, and pulled off a piece of black cloth wrapped around the hilt. The joint between the hilt and the blade is a skull with sheep's horns. The corners of the mouth even show a slight arc, and the sharp teeth are an eye-catching pale color. The open mouth of the skull is constantly surging with green evil energy.
The death knight pointed towards Lordes. An invisible long knife appeared in the air, and the brilliant blade slashed at the extraordinary wizard, making a frightening roar and tearing sound.
Lordes paused for a moment while being killed by the phantom of the blade, as if bound by invisible power. Immediately afterwards, the death knight's skeleton sword struck with thunderous force.
"boom!"
Lordes' light shield collapsed like mercury leaking from the ground. Wrapped in lightning, he even began to show a clear human appearance, and could no longer maintain the defensive posture just now.
Groups of living corpses passed over the city walls and headed towards the extraordinary wizard. The death knight also raised his bone sword again, preparing to harvest the life of his prey.
At this moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly burst out in the darkness. A dazzling bright light flashed across the sky, and then the shock wave spread. Erza, wrapped in lightning, flew across the battlefield like a meteor.
She crossed the barrier of living corpses, jumped up from the corpses piled up on the stairs, and threw a lightning and thunder blow at the death knight.
The living corpses like a swarm of ants immediately gave up on the prey in front of them and rushed out in a ball. They just hit the flying holy spear and were torn to pieces. The fragmented limbs and intestines exploded in groups.
Although they could not block the power of the holy spear, the hasty blockage gave the death knight a chance to dodge, and he blocked it sideways with his sword. The holy spear hit the bone sword and deflected, piercing the war horse under its crotch.
The death knight was thrown out. As soon as it calmed down, it raised its hand. The blood-red halo spreads, spreading fear and abnormal stimulation.
Under the city wall, the place where the dead earth-boring demonic insect broke out of the ground shook again. A large number of living corpses howled through the underground tunnels and crawled out from the hole. Under the influence of the blood-colored halo, they did not hesitate or stagnate at all. They used similar bodies to build a ladder to climb up. They divided their forces into several groups and rushed towards the extraordinary wizard on the city wall, as fast as a puff of smoke.
"Wizard, stand back!" Erza seized the short gap to intercept the Death Knight's attack, "Call everyone over to protect you."
The light surrounding Lordes immediately dissipated, revealing his original human appearance. His black hair was soaked, and his face looked extremely tired.
Seeing the smoke-like living corpse approaching, Lordes quickly cast a gliding and acceleration spell on himself, jumped out of the city wall like a bird, and headed towards a rooftop dozens of meters away. Fly away.
The death knight held Erza in a stalemate with his bone sword and great strength, and raised his hand in the rain of broken limbs that had not yet ended. The green ball of light between mud and fire flew out again and crashed towards Lordes.
Lourdes immediately noticed the magic rushing towards him. A light blue halo appeared on his robe, and the magic shield had been activated.
He has resisted this evil energy many times, but it is not powerful in terms of power, and the shield is enough to protect it.
Sure enough, the green evil energy was blocked by the shield again without causing any real damage. However, the powerful extraordinary wizard screamed while gliding, as miserable as a rabbit thrown into boiling water, and fell directly to the ground. The moment he landed on the ground, the magic shield was still flickering.
The fel energy was blocked by the shields, but fear penetrated the defences. Lordes had been in a near-elemental state and was blind to fear, but he was immediately severely damaged mentally after returning to human form.
The death knight who succeeded in the attack was suddenly rolled up by the mist. The mist passed over the corpse tide, city walls and buildings, and rolled to the ground a few meters in front of the wizard. Immediately afterwards, four skeletal horse hooves wrapped in maggots struck the ground heavily.
A skeletal horse body, a heavy black vest, a horse head filled with the aura of death, and red eyes emerged from the thick fog. The army horse that had just been killed was resurrected again, even taking on the form of a skeletal army horse. The death knight sits high on a terrifying skeletal horse, looking directly at the supernatural wizard.
Lordes tore open a scroll in maddening fear and trembling. Extreme cold and blade-like wind surged out of the scroll and hit the death knight head-on.
Wind Cone Technique!
The death knight's head was hit by a pre-made spell, and deep cracks were torn open on the helmet, revealing the dead gray flesh and bones. The powerful storm spell lingered even after ripping the helmet open, continuing to tear at its flesh.
The death knight seemed to be indifferent to the spell and pain. He raised his bone sword and pointed it. The skeletal army horse jumped out like thunder and appeared above Lordes' head in an instant.
A group of heavy horse hooves were raised high and stepped towards the prostrate wizard.
"boom!"
Bricks and stones splattered, and the cobblestone streets exploded into large craters as if they had been bombed by siege trebuchets.
But Lordes had been enveloped in a golden light and flashed directly onto a nearby rooftop.
After the golden light dissipated, Erza, with flying red hair, picked up the still trembling extraordinary wizard and threw it far away. She raised the spear in her hand and pointed at the death knight.
An invisible black hole appeared in the air, and both voice and will seemed to be attracted and bound by this golden spear.
The skeletal army horse immediately let out a loud roar and disappeared into the mist carrying the charioteer.
Just a moment later, a giant shadow four meters high appeared behind Valkyrie. The death knight raised the bone sword in his hand and slashed at Erza.
"Bang!"
The bone sword struck the golden buckler. The shock wave visible to the naked eye almost turned the roofs underfoot and nearby into rubble.
Erza blocked the sword and immediately turned into a shadow and jumped back. Her skills were extremely strong and agile, and she had already adjusted her projection posture in the air, pointing the holy spear at the death knight.
"Through it, Valencinus!"
There was a strong wind for a while. Lightning flashes like the creation of heaven and earth pierced the dark clouds, bringing bursts of rolling thunder. The dull air that was just like the weight of the mountains just now was swept away, and the strange roar that filled the ears, which was almost like crying, stopped abruptly.
The death knight immediately noticed the powerful psychic energy gathering in front. This force turned out to be impossible to dodge or get rid of, completely locking his aura.
It held the bone sword and struck out in the direction of the threat. The sword drew an arc, curling up the pale sword energy and striking the flying holy spear.
"boom!"
Two waves of energy surged in the air, suppressing the fighting and roaring sounds that enveloped the city.
The death knight retreated continuously under this blow. A shadow suddenly appeared behind it and stabbed the death knight in the back of the neck with a sharp dagger.
Moreau arrived. Its blow was silent, but it pierced the death knight's neck in an instant. Some unknown poison was smeared on his dagger, and the death knight's wounds fester like lava, completely suppressing vitality and self-healing.
Even a monster with strong self-healing ability like the Death Knight was severely damaged by such an attack. It let out an inhuman roar, turned around and swung its sword.
The sharp and powerful bone sword is like a reflection cutting into the water. Moreau's shadow shook for a while and then disappeared. But his deadly presence is still nearby, lurking in the elusive shadows waiting to launch the next deadly attack.
Erza retracted her holy spear and raised her shield to block Lordes' front.
Extraordinary reinforcements have arrived. The death knight is certainly powerful, but in a three-on-one siege, even a transcendent of one level higher will be in danger.
"Hehehe, hehehehe," the Death Knight suddenly laughed ferociously, "Do you feel that you have finally caught up and taken the initiative again, so that you can fight against the warriors of the King of the Undead, right?
"Shield, energy, flash, concealment, what ridiculous abilities. Is this the sad level of your understanding of mystery?
"Open your eyes and watch carefully. Among all the extraordinary sequences, we death knights are the ones closest to gods."
Its right hand is held empty, as if it captures everyone's soul.
One second, two seconds...just when everyone thought nothing happened.
"Ho-ah!"
An extremely miserable and terrifying howl sounded. On such a horrific and bloody battlefield, this would have been an ordinary tragedy. However, this howl appeared inside Raven's city wall.
The roads and rooftops in the city have been smeared with black blood, and from time to time you can still see a ball of crushed internal organs. The city defense army was instructing the civilian workers to carry the black kerosene, put it into wooden barrels and stack it for later use.
Many militiamen were running around nervously, with disgusting expressions on their faces.
Suddenly, there were waves of frightening roars inside and outside the city wall, like hoarse voices shouting, mixed with some shrill cries like jackals.
"Ho-ah!"
Howls appeared one after another inside the city walls, on the ramparts and among the refugees.
An injured soldier had just hastily wrapped his wounds and was moving supplies with others. Suddenly, he let out a ferocious roar, turned around and rushed toward the people around him. The civilians who were slightly injured and were hiding in safe areas turned into horrific living corpses one after another. In the horrified eyes of their families, they opened their terrifying mouths and bit into the living creatures.
"Wow--!"
Screams and chaos immediately flooded the entire city, and even the three barriers outside the city were in chaos. The soldiers who had been fighting back bravely just now suddenly pounced on their comrades fighting side by side, biting their throats.
The death knight rode his horse proudly and approached slowly. Its hand tapped the scabbard of its sword and let out a mocking laugh:
"This is the real death and plague, this is the power of infection and mutation. I am the agent of death, the embodiment of terror and despair, the strongest among demigods!"
At this moment, the living corpse seemed to be infused with violent and ferocious power, howling and instantly overwhelming the unprepared soldiers and residents.
These injured humans began to turn into corpses before they even fell down. They roared, struggled and twisted, then fell to the ground and twitched violently, and then stood up one by one, joining the endless tide of corpses.
The infection began to spread unstoppably.
