During the sixth and seventh waves of the monster siege, ten percent of the players had already been killed or injured, which left San Mei Shi and the others slightly worried. However, when they remembered that most of those players were miscellaneous troops below level 280 who had not reached their Seventh Advancement, they felt relieved. Besides, they had already made their decision—hold out for as long as they could.
Before long, the eighth wave of monsters arrived. As everyone had expected, these monsters were Level 360. However, what made everyone's expressions turn grave was that they were flying monsters again. More importantly, their damage output was extremely high and sustained—the eighth wave consisted of Magic Flame Bats. They could throw oil sacs and breathe fire. The flames were pitch-black and dealt both Darkness Attribute and Fire Attribute damage. Since the burning oil covered a wide area and engulfed many targets, it undoubtedly posed a tremendous threat to the players defending the city.
It made sense. With oil feeding the fire, the continuous flames merged into a sea of fire, engulfing nearly all the players beneath the city walls. The sustained damage, combined with the Magic Flame Bats' other attacks, caused their health to drop rapidly, putting immense pressure on the priests behind them.
However, the moment Yan Hua Yi Leng learned about the Magic Flame Bats, she devised a strategy. She ordered the players operating the Siege Weaponry to use the Area of Effect Skills attached to the machinery, such as the Laser Arrow Rain attached to the Magic Crystal Cannons and the Thousand Blade Arrow attached to the arrow towers. These skills killed many Magic Flame Bats. Meanwhile, the stones hurled by the catapults also smashed and injured numerous bats, with many falling to the ground. This gave