The Snake Mother's shriek rang through the Earth Vein Corridor. She drove her Petrification Aura to full strength, slowing the attack speed of every enemy Snakefolk!
Harold Atherton, captain of the knights, raised his Hidden Sword Shield and took the front line. He said nothing, but his aura had already spread across the battlefield.
Durability Aura—doubled the rate at which all allies recovered stamina and halved their stamina consumption!
The Camelot Queen exchanged a glance with Bai Xiaowen and gave a slight nod.
The Camelot Queen raised the Staff of Azuth's Authority.
Command Aura—steadily reduced the movement speed of all enemy troops, briefly immobilizing them when the effect reached its peak! The effect triggered periodically.
Bai Xiaowen activated his Wisdom Aura, restricting the Snakefolk spellcasters.
All seven lords activated their auras at once. They did not completely cancel out the Grand Overlord's Divine Aura, but they brought the battle to a stalemate.
The lords' auras also curbed much of the Snakefolk army's strength.
The battle was no longer one-sided. The allied soldiers no longer crumpled the moment they faced the Snakefolk.
Bai Xiaowen kept sweeping Mara's Wisdom Wand through the air, killing Snakefolk elites.
A battle on this scale could no longer be settled with one or two uses of Orochi Nagi.
With the auras of the seven lords and the Divine-Blooded Creature—the battlefield's strongest combatants—roughly matched, victory would come down to the rank and file: the vast numbers of Standard Template soldiers and the many Elite Tier fighters on each side.
Of course, more than a hundred Boss Tier fighters and over a dozen Rare Bosses had also entered the fray. They could serve as spearheads, punching through enemy lines and leading their soldiers into the gaps.
A Snakefolk slave warrior with tiny shells at the corners of his