Sudden Changes (Seeking Support)

"Everyone, charge with me!"

In the core area of the Trial Star, on the battlefield, Liang Ji's Retainer Half-Dragonfolk team was already down to just over three hundred, with nearly half dead or wounded.

However, after Liang Ji gave the order to attack, Chi the Sixth led the remaining Half-Dragonfolk team forward without hesitation.

After Hu Dayong and Yun Lai made contact and reached an agreement to jointly attack the Fifth Middle School team, the battle erupted in an instant.

The opposing united team of Zhang Liangpu, Xia Yuanqiu, Li Qian, Lan Yingying, and others also discovered the pincer attack from both sides.

After a brief hesitation, they made their tactical arrangements. Instead of defending on the spot and resisting the combined attack from both sides, they chose to take the initiative.

Liang Ji's united team and Yun Lai's united team, although they had agreed to attack together, were positioned in two different directions, with different distances from the Fifth Middle School team.

Although they had tried their best to coordinate and cooperate when launching the pincer attack, the teams had no prior training together, and both sides had limited understanding of the other's Retainer teams.

Therefore, the pincer attack began to decouple from the very start.

Zhang Liangpu's Retainer, the Qianji Serpentfolk, seized the opportunity and led the united team to proactively attack Yun Lai, who was closer, and the combined team of the three Retainers from Tenth Middle School.

Xia Yuanqiu, Li Qian, and Wu Motong's Retainers were all Crimson Serpentfolk. They had already been organized together and now simultaneously drew their bows and fired three volleys of arrows, covering Yun Lai, Zhu Xiaoxiao, and their Retainer teams.

Even with casualties in the trials and battles, the combined number of their Crimson Serpentfolk teams exceeded two thousand. Each volley consisted of over two thousand arrows, all imbued with fire poison runes, making their destructive power immense.

Yun Lai, Zhu Xiaoxiao, Teng Jun, and Shu Lianqiu's Retainer teams, although not lacking in expensive equipment and skills, immediately fired more rune arrows to intercept and counterattack.

However, their Retainers' rune arrows, equipment, and skills were either wind-element or wood-element, and were mostly countered by the Crimson Serpentfolk's fire poison rune arrows.

After the exchange of arrow volleys, even though Yun Lai and Zhu Xiaoxiao's side fired more arrows, they were still defeated by the incoming fire poison rune arrows. A large number of fire poison arrows shot into their Retainer teams, killing many Retainers on the spot.

The charging momentum of Yun Lai, Zhu Xiaoxiao, and the other four's Retainer teams was immediately disrupted.

At this moment, other Retainers from the Fifth Middle School team, including Lan Yingying's Tidal Serpentfolk, also charged in under the leadership of the Qianji Serpentfolk. With the strong defensive advantage of the Black Iron Serpentfolk team, they forcefully broke into Yun Lai, Zhu Xiaoxiao, and their Retainer teams, completely segmenting and disrupting their already chaotic formations.

The Qianji Serpentfolk team followed closely behind, raising their slender curved sabers. Each one was carved with runes and flashed with a poisonous green light, clearly also Rune Artifacts crafted by Rune Masters.

They were particularly skilled at killing, their slender curved sabers always striking at the enemy's weaknesses and vulnerabilities, swiftly dispatching Cloud Lightning Serpentfolk, Green Bamboo Serpentfolk, Wood Vine Serpentfolk, and others.

Behind the Qianji Serpentfolk were a large number of ordinary Spotted Serpentfolk led by the Tidal Serpentfolk. Although they mostly wielded ordinary weapons, they relied on numbers and their charge to surround and kill Yun Lai, Zhu Xiaoxiao, and their Retainer teams, which were already completely in disarray. This undoubtedly pushed the battle and slaughter to a one-sided direction.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Liang Ji's united Retainer team finally arrived. However, they were entangled and held back by the Crimson Serpentfolk team formed by Xia Yuanqiu and the other two.

Before the two sides could even engage in close combat, fire poison arrow rain and ice arrow rain had already collided and clashed several times in the air.

The number of Crimson Serpentfolk on the opposing side was more than double that of Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk team. The fire poison arrow rain they fired also far surpassed the Ice Soul Serpentfolk's ice arrow rain. In this exchange of arrow rain, the Ice Soul Serpentfolk team was completely suppressed.

Fortunately, this time, Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk team did not have to bear the brunt of the ordinary shields and armor. Instead, the Black Iron Serpentfolk under Tie Muxiong were responsible for defense.

The Black Iron Serpentfolk were naturally the strongest in defense. Tie Muxiong's Retainers wore rune iron armor and wielded rune shields. While they couldn't completely ignore the incoming fire poison rune arrows from the Crimson Serpentfolk, they could at least charge forward through the arrow rain.

Soon, the two teams directly collided, and the battle and slaughter began.

Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk team engaged in battle with a Crimson Serpentfolk team once again.

He didn't know if this Crimson Serpentfolk team was the same one he had fought before, Xia Yuanqiu's Retainer team.

Xia Yuanqiu, Li Qian, and Wu Motong were all well-resourced with Spirit Stones, and their Retainer Crimson Serpentfolk's equipment and skills were also quite similar.

As Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk team fought them, their advantages and disadvantages were still as obvious as before.

Their brute strength, far exceeding that of the Half-Dragons, allowed them to kill Crimson Serpentfolk protected by rune armor; however, their lack of equipment and skills also led to a continuous increase in casualties under the Crimson Serpentfolk's attacks.

Fortunately, the Half-Dragons were not fighting alone. Beside them, the Black Iron Serpentfolk charged and provided cover, behind them, the Ice Soul Serpentfolk provided arrow support, and within the enemy ranks, Shadow Serpentfolk carried out surprise assassinations.

Although the Crimson Serpentfolk were strong, their troop type was ultimately single, and their numbers were insufficient. They were soon pushed into a disadvantage by Liang Ji's allied forces.

However, they did not retreat or scatter. These Star Retainers, unless ordered by the Star Lord, would not retreat or desert even if annihilated.

They continued to stubbornly entangle and block Liang Ji's Retainer team, buying time for Zhang Liangpu's team on the other side to defeat and annihilate Yun Lai's allied forces.

Under this pincer attack, this was undoubtedly the best tactic.

Next, it depended on which team could first annihilate the enemy before them and then go to support their allies. Whoever did so would undoubtedly achieve final victory.

Crack! Boom! Rumble...

However, as they were fighting fiercely and tragically, a rumbling sound echoed. On the side, in the tribal land of the Feathered Serpentfolk of the Trial Star, the highest peak on the star suddenly underwent a change, rapidly beginning to collapse.

The earth shook violently, mountains crumbled, and countless huge rocks rolled down, crashing into the battlefield below.

The engaged Retainer teams suffered heavy casualties amidst the earth-shattering tremors and the bombardment of giant rocks.

Hiss... Roar!

The next moment, a huge roar and growl sounded from the collapsing mountain. Black mist billowed out, and a huge, ferocious figure gradually emerged from within.

This week's goal: Break into the top twenty of the Xianxia New Books list.

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