Playing the Trump Card, the Fish Took the Bait
The entire Jiang Lineage family territory has spent decades cultivating only a hundred spellcasters, most of whom are only mediocre and can only switch to equipment enchanting.
But there are over a thousand Dao Ten cultivators right in front of us!
"This territory holds a great secret!" Li Meng's mind raced, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already realized that these Dao Ten disciples were all novices who had just started learning, and their threat on the battlefield was very limited.
Although the four thousand-man battle groups were defeated, the front line was almost completely unscathed.
But in the next moment, four more battle groups of a thousand men each attacked, launching another assault on the front line in front of the bastion.
Lin Xu frowned as he surveyed the battlefield, then decisively ordered, "Inner disciples, listen to my command! Poisoning Technique!"
The inner sect Daoists standing around the altar immediately sprang into action, and under the guidance of Chen Yuanfu and other protectors, they cast spells on the attacking enemy forces.
In the game "Legendary," Daoist priests possess Poisoning Technique, enabling them to remotely release poisons using magic.
Poison alone has limited effect on the battlefield, while the Poisoning Technique itself is a low-level spell with low cost and weak effect. However, the combination of the two creates a chemical reaction.
The petrified powder extracted from the saliva of corpse maggots was quietly released into the air with the spell.
The surrounding area was contaminated with poison powder, which seeped into the bodies of enemy soldiers through their respiration.
At first it wasn't obvious, but when these soldiers rushed to the front lines, it was as if they had fallen into deep water; they not only had difficulty breathing, but also...
The speed at which they wielded swords also became sluggish and stiff.
In the battle between the two armies, the balance of power shifted, and Jiang Lineage Army, with its years of training, originally possessed superior combat skills compared to the local forces.
However, after being Poisoning Technique powder, their advantage turned into a disadvantage, resulting in heavy losses in the initial contact and a further reduction in their threat to their own lines.
With a single spell cast, hundreds of inner disciples enveloped the four attacking battle groups.
After finishing their spellcasting, they silently used the Spiritual Qi provided by the spirit-patterned stone slabs beneath their feet to quickly recover the energy consumed during the spellcasting process.
Seeing the spell's effect, Lin Xu nodded in satisfaction. He then cast a spell. "War Spell - Return to Origin!"
The turquoise rain fell on the front lines, seeping through the armor and into the soldiers' bodies.
The cool, refreshing air dispelled muscle fatigue and replenished the soldiers' stamina.
In warfare using cold weapons, physical strength was a key factor determining the life or death of an army.
Once their strength was restored, the soldiers fought with renewed vigor, and under the barrage of long-range arrows, the second wave of four battle groups was once again routed.
Li Meng calmly observed the front-line battlefield, his binoculars focused on the spiritual rain continuously falling on the heads of enemy soldiers.
"A healing spell? How many of these wide-area war spells can you even cast?"
Seeing the traces of magic, he was not surprised but delighted.
After losing the ability to mobilize Spiritual Qi on a large scale, the mages of the territory's garrison suffered a significant decrease in their recovery abilities.
Now that the enemy was expending precious mana to strengthen their formation, he immediately responded, "Have our men slow their attack and send battle groups to continuously assault the enemy lines, forcing them to cast spells!"
"Yes!" the messenger replied woodenly.
The battle continued, and Lin Xu cast spells to restore his own stamina while keeping an eye on the battlefield.
A smile appeared on his face when he saw the enemy slowing their attack.
The enemy general has fallen into the trap!
"I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for?"
His gaze fell upon the reinforcements that were arriving from various villages within his territory.
The portal can only be used to teleport a small number of people; for large gatherings, walking is faster.
Behind the bastion, Liu Jiayao, concealed by Mass Invisibility, was leading his soldiers in a rest and regrouping, awaiting the best opportunity to strike.
Not far away, Daoist priests and militiamen from three villages, including West Willow Tree Village, were approaching the battlefield.
Lin Xu looked at the front line again. With the blessing of spirit-enchanted equipment and more than four hundred Dao soldiers as the backbone, the resilience of their own line was beyond imagination.
The battle lasted for nearly half an hour, during which the soldiers repelled the enemy three times in succession, and more than eight thousand-man regiments were defeated.
However, in the repeated back-and-forth battles, even with an equipment advantage and the help of Dao Shi's spellcasting, their side still had more than 300 soldiers in the Ten Soldiers Formation.
Death.
For an army of less than two thousand men, this was a casualty rate of more than one-tenth, and the already thin front line became even more precarious.
Deep within the underground city, a zombie mine.
"Rakanishu!" Bilusi waved his lamp, launching another fireball that exploded with pale golden flames, engulfing a swarm of zombies.
A dozen or so breaths later, a dozen charred zombies fell to the ground.
The results were remarkable, but they were not of great significance.
Deep within the cave, along the narrow mine tunnel, shadowy hordes of corpses surged forward relentlessly.
At this moment, what blocked the front line was no longer the Fallen Demon, but kobolds wielding mining chisels and crude weapons.
These little dwarves, who had recently joined the territory, were using their flesh and blood to resist the horde's attacks, but the battle line was still retreating unstoppably.
The kobold warlock Andrew brandished his wand and roared hoarsely, trying to bolster the morale of his people who were on the verge of collapse.
Undeterred by death, the zombies are draining the flesh and blood of their people, and the entire tribe is gradually perishing in this hopeless war.
But it had no way out; behind it lay the panting Fallen Demon. It had to hold out until these warriors regained their strength.
As an awakened being, it clearly knows that to survive in this cruel world, it must pay a bloody price. It must offer its own and its people's loyalty to the great lord and demon god of this place in order to gain the right of its people to live in the territory.
Bilusi looked worriedly into the mine, the distant, eerie blue sparks of electricity telling him that the real test had only just begun.
"Great master, these hideous zombies will not break out of the mine unless they trample over the flesh and blood of my people!"
"Almost at your limit~" Lin Xu quietly issued an order. Behind the bastion, Liu Jiayao, who had already arrived at the battlefield, led his untrained soldiers to the front line and quickly filled the lines. His gaze fell on the opposite side. "Now, can you still hold back?"
The front line, which had been retreating due to its small number of troops, was stabilized again after reinforcements arrived.
"The enemy has reinforcements—" Li Meng's expression darkened.
Eight battle groups were defeated, which is almost a third of the entire legion!
In particular, the enemy's crossbows and arrows had a high hit rate, and when our own battle group's attack was broken, the losses reached more than 30%, which alone caused more than 2,000 casualties.
Despite paying such a high price, the enemy's lines were ultimately stabilized!
"We can't let them gain a foothold!" Li Meng assessed the distance of the battlefield and decisively issued a series of orders, "Order the Soaring Flood Dragon Army to attack!"