"Damn it! Out of five or six hundred dire wolf battle pets, I've only got a hundred or so left! What a loss!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk sucked in a breath at the painful sight. "Anyone who knows the Rain of Arrows Technique, use it! Everyone else, use Concussive Shot to help keep the centaurs from moving!" he roared in fury.
Aside from Explosive Trap, the Rain of Arrows Technique was the rangers' only area-of-effect damage skill. Its damage against a single target was not particularly high, but that hardly mattered when so many people were using it! At least a third of the rangers in the City Lord's Household Guard used the Rain of Arrows Technique, directing countless magic arrows into the centaur ranks.
In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere within the centaur ranks. Ice shards mixed with countless magic arrows rained down from above, battering their heads and faces without leaving them any chance to dodge. Those wearing armor could withstand a few arrows, but the endless ice shards left them in despair. Even if they survived the impact of one ice shard, the moment those shards, infused with Arcane Magic energy, shattered, they spread a bone-deep chill through the surrounding area. The cold left the centaurs trembling, making even a single step agonizingly difficult. For those clad in iron armor, that freezing cold cut all the deeper.
The unarmored centaurs suffered even worse. Even if the ice shards missed them, countless magic arrows pierced their bodies until they looked almost like hedgehogs. But that was not the worst of it. The unluckiest were impaled by an ice shard straight through their equine backs and bellies, with its pointed ends protruding from both sides. Before much blood could even flow, they became rigid frozen corpses. Soon afterward,