Nearly two thousand Putes swarmed out of the valley. Some climbed along the cliffs, while others charged toward the valley's only entrance.
In an instant, the mass of Putes became entangled in a melee with the Contractors. Though their charge had lasted only a dozen seconds, the Putes had endured a barrage from numerous ranged Contractors, leaving large stretches of corpses in their wake.
There were over 800 enemy Contractors. More than 200 stood above the surrounding cliffs, most of them ranged fighters who were bombarding the Bug Nest below from all around the valley.
Bang!
A mass of dark energy was blocked by a Pute. The Pute was blasted apart in midair, half its body destroyed, while purple-black energy rapidly corroded the torn edges of its corpse.
The ranged Contractors around the valley had a hard time attacking the Bug Nest. Over a thousand Putes had climbed all over the sixty-meter-tall Bug Nest. Whenever an attack came, they leaped up and used their fleshly bodies to block it for the Bug Nest.
Compared to the attacks from the three surrounding cliffs, the battle at the valley entrance was even more intense.
Over 600 Contractors were positioned at the valley entrance. This One-Line Sky terrain favored the Contractors. They only needed the Main Tanks to block the Zerg in front and form a shield wall, giving the Contractors behind them a chance to kill the swarms of Putes.
The Putes charged fearlessly into the shield wall. There were metal shields, Energy Shields, and even thick wooden shields whose toughness far exceeded that of metal despite having a comparable hardness.
After half a minute of fighting, the Contractors' defensive line at the valley entrance stabilized. Aside from several people who had died to the bone spines raining down during the first