The third-tier Desperate Phantoms and Reaper's Claws could likewise inflict considerable damage on the Hell Three-Headed Hounds. The Desperate Phantoms were incredibly fast, streaking through the battlefield at full speed like bolts of black lightning.
Although the Hell Three-Headed Hounds were formidable in close combat, their flailing claws and snapping jaws could never catch the Desperate Phantoms. Then, once the hounds had finished an attack, the phantoms would rake a deep gash across their bodies. Though a Desperate Phantom was only slightly stronger than an ordinary Zergling, its greater speed also amplified its power.
The clashes between the Reaper's Claws and the Hell Three-Headed Hounds were far more brutal. Ye Chao discovered that, although the Hell Three-Headed Hounds all looked alike, they could broadly be divided into three types. One type constantly breathed fire and rarely used physical attacks. Another preferred attacking with brute strength and seldom breathed fire. The third combined physical might with magic, but there were very few of them—fewer than a hundred.
The Hell Three-Headed Hounds facing the Reaper's Claws were mostly those that relied purely on physical attacks.
One Hell Three-Headed Hound swept two Zerglings away with its tail. Just as it opened its huge jaws to press its advantage, a Reaper's Claw suddenly pounced from afar. Its fierce momentum made the Hell Three-Headed Hound's body tense just as it was about to leap.
Before the Hell Three-Headed Hound, the Reaper's Claw was like a wolf facing an elephant. Yet the elephant did not dare underestimate it in the slightest. The Reaper's Claw struck first. Heavy Strike activated, and it launched itself into the air, its bladed limbs aimed straight at the Hell Three-Headed Hound's central head.
The Hell Three-Headed Hound refused to yield. Its claws swung out and collided fiercely with the Reaper's Claw.