Skeleton Spearmen had one flaw or another, but there was only one reason Liu Zhi still kept them in his forces: their power was simply formidable.
Of the fifty thousand undead, fewer than three thousand were Skeleton Spearmen. Yet after just three attacks, nine thousand Blue Oni had fallen along the path of their charge.
Their damage far surpassed what the archers, crossbowmen, and mages had inflicted earlier.
After throwing all the spears they carried, the Skeleton Spearmen withdrew.
By then, the Blue Oni at the very front had reached the undead ranks.
After taking three waves of attacks, only about fifteen thousand Blue Oni were still able to charge.
That was nowhere near the massive assault of thirty thousand from before.
Liu Zhi didn't even need to give an order. The fifty thousand undead immediately went to meet them.
The undead at the front, carrying all sorts of shields, raised them to block the Blue Oni's first wave of attacks.
Behind the shield wall stood various undead armed with spears.
Unlike the spear-throwers, who were all skeletons, the spear-wielding undead came in many varieties. Common skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and vampires stood among them, along with rarer Black Knights, Frankenstein's Monsters, and Giant Corpses.
They held their spears and stood calmly behind the shield wall. When the Blue Oni were stopped by the shields, they immediately thrust their weapons forward.
The spears varied in length. The longest exceeded five meters, while even the shortest were around two meters.
The Blue Oni were large, but the shield wall held them back, keeping them at a distance from the spears. Their spiked clubs couldn't reach the spear line at all.
The spearmen, on the other hand, could keep stabbing the Blue Oni.
Each thrust left a Blue Oni more badly wounded. After