Steel Golem

Almost all attacks had no effect on those Mechanical Swordsmen, save for a few Knight-level powerhouses who lifted massive boulders to crush and mangle a dozen of them.

However, that was the final resistance from the human warriors atop the Black City.

Once the twenty human ladders were erected, a steady, endless stream of Mechanical Swordsmen poured in from them.

"Die! Just die, you damned puppets!" a Grand Knight, clad in over a hundred kilograms of heavy knight armor and wielding a two-meter greatsword, roared. He charged at a Mechanical Swordsman, swung his terrifying blade, and sliced the machine clean in two.

Eight knights followed the Grand Knight, forming a small arrowhead formation. As he swung his terrifying greatsword, the Mechanical Swordsmen in its path were either sent flying or cleaved in half.

The eight knights flanking the Grand Knight protected his sides and rear, allowing him to unleash his full strength without being swarmed.

Yet, the Grand Knight's burst of power was merely the sunset before dusk. No matter how desperately he fought, the number of Mechanical Swordsmen on the city walls continued to grow.

Those fearless, expressionless Mechanical Swordsmen brandished their massive Alloy Battle Blades, charging into the ranks of ordinary soldiers and unleashing a storm of flesh and blood.

On the city walls, gore flew, accompanied by the screams of the Black City's human warriors.

One human unit after another was broken by the Mechanical Swordsmen, scattering in all directions.

Before long, only four knight squads led by Grand Knights remained on the walls, still putting up a stubborn resistance.

The main force of the massive Mechanical Legion marched straight toward the Wizard Tower, detaching only a thousand Mechanical Swordsmen to surround the four remaining knight squads.

"Surrender! Submit to me and you shall live; otherwise, you die," a Mechanical Swordsman stated to the four squads in a cold, synthesized voice.

Knight-level powerhouses were extremely rare in the human world. It took nearly a thousand ordinary people to produce a single Knight-level warrior. These four squads were the elite of the Black City; if they surrendered, it would be very convenient for Yang Feng to travel through the Durando Human Society in the future.

"Pah, you monster! Go eat shit!" Bennett, a burly Grand Knight wielding a greatsword, flashed a look of defiance and spat at the Mechanical Swordsman.

The Mechanical Swordsman issued a cold command: "Kill this entire squad!"

Two hundred Mechanical Swordsmen moved in unison, pouncing on Bennett and his seven subordinates from all directions.

"Break through with me!" Bennett roared, swinging his greatsword and charging toward the Mechanical Swordsmen as he always had.

"Ah!"

"Save me!"

"..."

Almost simultaneously, Bennett heard cries of misery. He looked back to see his comrades, who had followed him for so long, being hacked into countless pieces by the Mechanical Swordsmen using life-for-life tactics.

In less than five breaths, all seven of Bennett's subordinates were slaughtered, though their desperate attacks had managed to destroy five Mechanical Swordsmen.

"No! You beasts!" Bennett's eyes turned bloodshot as he let out a heart-wrenching roar, swinging his greatsword to cleave a Mechanical Swordsman at the waist.

Twelve Alloy Battle Blades struck at Bennett from six directions. Having lost the cover of his teammates, he barely blocked four of them before being hacked into countless pieces.

The remaining three knight squads felt a chill run through them at this sight. Bennett had been the strongest Grand Knight in the Black City. If such a powerhouse could be so easily slaughtered by the Mechanical Swordsmen, they had no hope of survival even if they resisted—death was the only outcome.

"I surrender!" Jon, a burly, bearded middle-aged Grand Knight, looked at the knights behind him, sighed heavily, and dropped his greatsword.

Jon's subordinates also let out a quiet sigh of relief and dropped their own blades.

After Jon surrendered, the powerhouses of the other two knight squads also chose to submit.

The massive Mechanical Legion marched forward, crushing all weak resistance within the Black City, and soon reached the front of the Wizard Tower.

"Acid Splash!"

"Dark Ray!"

"Arcane Missile!"

"..."

As soon as the Mechanical Legion came within two hundred meters of the Wizard Tower, over a hundred Level-0 Tricks slammed into them, taking out dozens of the machines.

The second floor of the Wizard Tower was packed with nearly a hundred Wizard Apprentices from the Black Hut. These apprentices were the backbone of the Black Hut.

The Wizard Tower possessed the effect of enhancing spells, allowing these hundred-plus apprentices to exert combat power comparable to several Level-1 Warlocks.

Even after dozens of Mechanical Swordsmen were destroyed, the remaining massive legion remained unaffected and continued to charge toward the tower.

Just then, the gates of the Wizard Tower opened, and two seven-meter-tall Steel Golems, each wielding a terrifying six-meter-long greatsword, strode out.

As soon as the two Steel Golems appeared, the red light in their ruby eyes flickered, and they swung their massive blades at the Mechanical Swordsmen.

A Mechanical Swordsman raised its Alloy Battle Blade to block, but the Steel Golem's greatsword slammed into it with such force that it crushed the machine and its blade into twisted scrap.

"Strength Spell!"

"Agility Spell!"

"..."

The two Steel Golems stood guard at the entrance of the Wizard Tower, frantically slaughtering the Mechanical Swordsmen. Above them, the hundred-plus Wizard Apprentices continuously cast Level-0 Tricks to enhance the combat prowess of the golems.

The Steel Golems were true combat weapons forged by alchemists at the cost of countless efforts and precious materials. Not only was their combat power comparable to a Sky Knight, but they could also withstand various status-enhancing spells, making them incredibly formidable.

Once unleashed, these two Steel Golems could single-handedly rout a mortal army of a thousand.

The Wizard Apprentices atop the tower continuously attacked the Mechanical Swordsmen with various Level-0 Tricks, preventing them from swarming the two Steel Golems.

The two Steel Golems possessed terrifying combat power, but if they were surrounded by hundreds or thousands of Mechanical Swordsmen, they would have no choice but to perish.

Those Mechanical Swordsmen had no concept of morale; no matter how many were killed, as long as Yang Feng's command did not cease, they would continue to hack their prey to pieces.