Stronghold defenses

Chapter 14: Stronghold defenses. The Alliance launched its full-scale assault on the Dark Strongholds. However, their defenses far exceeded expectations, standing before the Alliance like impregnable fortresses and offering fierce resistance unlike anything it had faced before. At the stronghold deep within the Spirit Road Mountains, the Dark Forces had used the mountainous terrain to construct layer upon layer of defensive works. The Dark Spiritual Energy Shield surrounding the stronghold resembled a vast black dome, enclosing the entire base. Evil Runes on the shield flickered with a cold, eerie light, constantly absorbing and converting incoming spiritual power attacks, making the shield ever more formidable. When the Allied Forces of the Wind Spirit Family and the Spirit Feather School launched their first assault, neither the Spirit Feather School's Spiritual Power Feather Arrows nor the Wind Spirit Family's wind-based Spiritual Power Skills produced more than faint ripples upon striking the shield. They could not inflict any meaningful damage. The watchtowers within the Dark Stronghold were equipped with various Spiritual Power Detection Devices and Warning Runes. Whenever enemies approached, these devices immediately sounded an alarm and triggered the Spiritual Power Traps hidden nearby. These traps were cunningly designed. Some unleashed powerful blasts of dark spiritual power that sent enemies flying in an instant; others summoned ferocious Dark Spiritual Power Creatures, such as enormous Dark Demon Wolves with sharp fangs and claws. These wolves moved freely through the mountain forests, posing a grave threat to the Alliance's scouting squads. Within the stronghold, the Dark Mages formed a powerful magical defensive line. Standing on specially constructed magic formation platforms, they waved their staffs, sending black magic surging forth like a tide. In addition to their earlier magic shields, they could cast various defensive spells, such as Dark Illusion Wall, which created illusory walls to confuse