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On the backs of those enormous bats rode bare-chested warriors covered in strange patterns, wielding war spears and radiating powerful life force. Those warriors riding the giant bats were the Fein Deluo Principality's strongest armed force—the Blood Bat Battle Knight Order.
The Blood Bat Battle Knight Order was an aerial combat corps with a total of 5,000 members. Every member of the Blood Bat Battle Knight Order was an expert at Knight-level or above. Even Grand Knights and Earth Knight-level powerhouses, rarely seen in the outside world, were not few in number. Its commander, Fernan, was even a Sky Knight.
This aerial combat corps, the Blood Bat Battle Knight Order, was incomparably powerful. They had surrounded and slain many formal Level-1 Warlocks, and were one of the towering pillars holding up the Fein Deluo Principality.
Inside the valley, atop a massive boulder, sat a burly man cross-legged. He stood two meters tall, his muscles taut all over, countless blade scars crisscrossing his body, with a head of golden hair hanging loose.
A skylark flew down from the sky toward the burly blond man.
The moment the skylark approached the burly blond man, he opened his eyes and extended his large hand, allowing the bird to land upon it.
The skylark opened its beak and chirped, "Fernan, His Highness the Grand Duke has issued an order! Your Blood Bat Battle Knight Order is to immediately prepare for battle. The target is Steel Lord Yang Ye, who occupies Black City. Serpent Demon Eye and White Bear Tooth will join you in the attack."
A bloodthirsty gleam flickered in Fernan's eyes. Like a wild beast, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. "Another battle? My blood is beginning to boil!"
Not long afterward, armies formed from groups upon groups of enormous blood bats flew out of the valley, nearly blotting out the sky.
Inside an electronic command center filled with screens on the third floor of Black City's Wizard Tower, every screen flickered with light and displayed different images.
The Boni robot possessed by No. 3796 stood quietly within the electronic command center. Countless streams of data flickered in his eyes as he stood motionless like a statue.
The screens showed elite forces belonging to the Fein Deluo Principality gathering from all directions, merging into a torrent that advanced toward Black City.
Red light flashed continuously in No. 3796's eyes as he analyzed the situation. "Enemy forces have assembled! Should we strike? No! The current first-priority order is to protect the master. Forces cannot be divided!"
If Yang Feng had been commanding the battle, he would certainly have dispatched the Mechanical Legion to exploit the time difference in the Fein Deluo Principality's forces gathering, concentrate superior forces, and destroy their armies one by one. He might even have launched a direct attack on the Fein Deluo Principality's capital, dragging out the war and wearing down the enemy's strength.
The greatest advantage of Yang Feng's Mechanical Legion was that unless the wreckage of its machines was carried away from the battlefield, he could easily melt down that wreckage and manufacture new robots. In a war of attrition, so long as there was sufficient energy, he could absolutely grind the Fein Deluo Principality's flesh-and-blood army to nothing.
However, although No. 3796 possessed terrifying computational power, with Yang Feng still unconscious, he could only choose the inferior option and have the entire Mechanical Legion hold Black City.
Time flowed on, and ten days slowly passed.
On the altar in the Wizard Tower's basement, Yang Feng's body suddenly trembled slightly as he opened his eyes with some difficulty.
IV tubes were inserted into Yang Feng's veins. Saline solution, glucose solution, and Restoration Water—a potion refined through the most basic potioncraft—dripped continuously from them.
After all, Yang Feng had never cultivated the path of a Warlock. His body still possessed the attributes of a Trash Earthling, so weak that it was a complete mess. If he had not been injected with various potions every day, he would have kicked the bucket long ago.
That was dangerous! Warlock stuff really is far too bizarre! Without a strong body, this is truly not something one can afford to play with. I almost went to sleep and never woke up. Yang Feng shook his somewhat muddled head, lingering fear still in his heart.
"Master, I am No. 3796. Welcome back to consciousness. You should have been allowed to rest properly, but the situation is urgent. Please make an immediate decision: fight or flee!"
After saying this, the Boni robot's eyes fired beams of light that condensed in midair to form enormous screens.
The giant screens displayed a massive army stretching for dozens of miles advancing toward Black City. Above that enormous army flew densely packed, scalp-numbing giant blood-colored bats.
The Boni robot possessed by No. 3796 said calmly, "The Fein Deluo Principality's main force consists of 5,000 cavalry, 200 heavily armored Knights, 40,000 infantry, and 120,000 auxiliary troops. The Blood-colored Knight Order has 5,000 men. Serpent Demon Eye has one Level-2 Warlock, five Level-1 Warlocks, and sixty Wizard Apprentices. White Bear Tooth has one Level-2 Warlock, three Level-1 Warlocks, and fifty Wizard Apprentices. The Fein Deluo Family has one Level-2 Warlock, ten Level-1 Warlocks, and two hundred Wizard Apprentices. They are advancing toward Black City and will arrive in thirty minutes."
Yang Feng could not help saying, "No. 3796! How could you simply let them gather their forces? With the mobility of our Mechanical Legion, we could have wiped them all out before their troops took shape. Even if we went head-to-head, we could have sent the Mechanical Legion to threaten their capital!"
The Level-4 Mechanical Swordsmen of the Mechanical Legion had a combat radius of roughly two hundred kilometers on a fully charged battery. However, as long as they carried replaceable high-energy batteries, their operational range could be continuously extended. With the movement speed and mobility of Level-4 Blade Soldiers, they could have wiped out those human armies before they gathered together.
If Yang Feng had been in command, using the strength of the Mechanical Legion against this mortal army—which, apart from its Warlocks, possessed only the mobilization capacity of medieval humans—would have been as easy as eating and drinking.
No. 3796 said, "My first mission priority is to protect your safety! When you had not issued a clear command and had lost consciousness, I could only gather all forces to protect you. Please give the order: fight or flee!"
"Of course we fight! Strike first and wipe them out!" A cold gleam flashed through Yang Feng's eyes as he rapidly located the positions of the Mechanical Legion under his command and issued a series of orders.
The Mechanical Legions that had withdrawn into Black City immediately mobilized, forming torrents of machinery that marched out from Black City in perfect formation and advanced to meet the Fein Deluo Principality's army.
Above the Fein Deluo Principality's army flew an enormous Magic Carpet one hundred meters in diameter. Standing atop it were three people: the three Level-2 Warlocks from Serpent Demon Eye, White Bear Tooth, and the Fein Deluo Family.
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