Mock Exam Two, the depths of the demon cave.
The serpent tide had finally passed. Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Retainer had suffered four thousand casualties in the beast tide, bringing their casualty rate to one-fifth.
The worst losses had come at the very beginning, when the beast tide crashed in like wave after wave. Even the Half-Dragonfolk's shield wall couldn't withstand it; three rows were smashed through in succession, and the casualties were catastrophic. More than three thousand of Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Retainer had fallen beneath the serpent tide right then and there.
Later, Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk forces unleashed the power of ice and snow with their blood arrows, turning the surrounding area into a frozen wasteland. Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Retainer also managed to stabilize their defensive line, and only then did they gradually find their footing amid the beast tide, with casualties rapidly dwindling.
Even so, nearly a thousand of the Half-Dragonfolk Retainer were killed or wounded in the continued defense and fighting.
Even Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk Retainer, stationed behind the Half-Dragonfolk defensive line, suffered four or five thousand casualties in the beast tide.
After all, among the Void Demon Snakes surging toward them were plenty of Feathered Serpents, which could attack from the air. They could bypass the Half-Dragonfolk's defensive line and strike directly at the Ice Soul Serpentfolk forces.
The Ice Soul Serpentfolk were far less durable than the Half-Dragonfolk. Though the attacks they faced amounted to less than one percent of those suffered by the Half-Dragonfolk Retainer, their casualties were almost as high.
Of course, Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk numbered nearly a hundred thousand. With only four or five thousand dead or wounded, their casualty rate was merely around one-twentieth, so the impact was quite limited.
Compared to them, the Vassal forces