The second volume is called "One Heart" Chapter 49: Killing Two Birds with One Stone (2)
Of course, the benefits of doing so are obvious. Once successful, it can be said that it saves both time and effort. The demon dogs are cautious by nature, and will quickly escape if the situation is slightly unfavorable. It is easy to defeat them, but it is quite difficult to catch up and kill the demon dog king. If you are not careful, it may escape. It is rare that they are willing to fight desperately for the magic crystal core of the white dragon horse this time, which is exactly what we want.
Xue Wuxia's plan was the same. It would be best if the White Dragon Horse could be saved. Even if it died, the Magic Crystal Core should not be collected. Instead, it should be placed on the ground to attract the attention of the Demon Dog King, inducing them to continue attacking and consuming their strength in preparation for our final counterattack. As the saying goes, people die for money. It seems that the Demon Dog King is destined to die for the Magic Crystal Core of the White Dragon Horse!
Yue Linglong finished relaying all this and smiled at me, "Sister Wuxia said that she's leaving everything to me. She will definitely reward you when the task is completed. I hope you will work hard!" As soon as she finished speaking, she showed extraordinary confidence in me. She didn't care about the upcoming battle, turned around and went to take care of the dying white dragon horse. She didn't even bother to cheer me up or give me any spiritual encouragement.
At this time, the demon dogs began to stir again, gathering in batches under the command of the Demon Dog King. It seemed that they would launch an attack soon. I didn't have time to say anything else. I hurriedly concentrated and made corresponding adjustments to prepare for the next offensive.
Accompanied by a long howl from the Demon Dog King, the demon dogs launched a charge. They did not engage in close combat with the zombies, but bullied the zombies' slow movements and concentrated on spitting at them from a distance. If the zombies rushed forward, they would quickly retreat, always maintaining a certain distance. Unexpectedly, the Demon Dog King was quite intelligent. With just a brief contact just now, he had seen through the zombies' weaknesses and adopted a targeted attack method. He was worthy of being a Boss-level monster, and was much more difficult to deal with than the group of wild wolves commanded by the old silver wolf that we had eliminated.
The battle was very brutal. I didn't dare let the zombies take the initiative to attack. With their speed, it wouldn't be very effective. Instead, it would destroy the defensive formation and make it easy for the magic dogs to take advantage of the opportunity. I could only order them to defend on the spot and withstand the magic dogs' saliva attacks. I watched them fall one by one, but I had no good strategy.
Fortunately, the power of the demon dog's saliva is not very strong. It often takes more than ten bites to completely kill a zombie. Moreover, it cannot spray continuously and needs to be rotated constantly. Although the demon dog king personally supervises the battle and keeps barking at the back, the efficiency of the attack is still not very high, and there are often slacking phenomena. However, our zombies are united as one, fully carrying forward the revolutionary spirit of fearless sacrifice and facing death. They are not shaken at all in the face of destruction and can hold on for a while.
When most of the zombies were sacrificed and only a thin layer of defense circle remained, the crazy attack of the magic dogs finally came to an end. No matter how the magic dog king howled and urged, they hung their heads and opened their mouths to gasp for breath, but they could no longer spit out saliva. After all, they were only level two magic beasts with limited mental power. If they continued to attack like this, they should have reached their limit.
I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was the only way to build a defensive wall with the flesh and blood of zombies. I was betting that the magic dogs' attack skills would not last long. If they fought with the zombies in close combat, they would have no advantage. As long as I could buy time to summon a group of reinforcements, I could remain invincible.
The Demon Dog King's urging was ineffective, so he could only withdraw his men to rest. I also urgently adjusted the deployment, shrinking the defense line once again, and still arranged the skeleton archers in the inner layer. These were elite members who were picked from a hundred and had twenty skeleton arrows. I didn't want to sacrifice them easily unless it was absolutely necessary.
"It's born, the white dragon horse is born!" Before I could catch my breath, Yue Linglong made my heart jump again. Her voice was full of joy. It seemed that the birth was smooth. In this case, even if I gave her a share of the money from the sale, I would probably get a lot.
Although it was within expectations, the result was still a little disappointing. The White Dragon Horse did not lay an egg, but gave birth to a foal, which was held in Yue Linglong's arms. The foal was pink and tender, and looked very cute. The mare tried her best to stick her head out and lick the foal affectionately, whimpering from time to time. However, the heavy trauma and the giving birth had seriously damaged her vitality. She was breathing in more than out, and it seemed that she would not be able to hold on for much longer.
The newborn foal exudes a faint strange fragrance, which is what I am worried about. According to the information, the young animals at this time are often the most dangerous. Not only is the meat delicious but it is also very nutritious. It is a great temptation to other monsters, and they will chase the strange smell and fight desperately for food. I am happy to get the added value of buy one get one free, but in the current extremely unfavorable situation, it is really not suitable to add any more stimulation to the annoyed Demon Dog King.
Sure enough, as the strange fragrance dissipated, the Demon Dog King suddenly let out a long roar, and the pack of dogs were instantly subdued. They all lay on the ground in a gesture of submission, then jumped up and rushed forward again. The temptation of this little pony was too great.
The demon dogs, unable to spit saliva, could only resort to close combat. The depressed zombies could finally show their strengths. In a one-on-one fight, the zombies were not much inferior. On the contrary, they had a slight advantage because they were fearless. At the critical moment, the demon dogs were still limited by their own nature and would often unconsciously do some cowardly acts, which reduced their combat effectiveness. The circular battle formation of the zombies was also conducive to defense. I shrunk the defense line, so that the demon dogs could not use their numerical advantage to bully the few. Although the situation was tense, it was not as dangerous as before.
"A-Dai, how are you? Are you still holding on?" While watching the battle intently, I heard a notification from A-Feng asking for a call in the communication column. I turned on the communicator and soon heard A-Feng's "greetings".
"It's okay. I won't die for the time being." I answered unhappily, too lazy to ask where they were. Given the current situation, even if they all came, they wouldn't be able to help much. I would have to rely on myself.
A Feng on the other end of the phone chuckled, "That's good. I wonder if you've met some lucky girl. You can accomplish such a great feat by completing a simple mission with a beautiful girl, showing off your glorious heroic image. It's really enviable!"
I felt so frustrated. "Don't say useless things. I'm working hard here. Distract me!"
A Feng stopped laughing and spoke in a serious tone, "We are on our way there. By the way, let me remind you that your mission is to contain the Demon Dog King as much as possible. Do not show off your power and defeat the Demon Dogs too early. If it sees the situation is not good and intends to escape, it will be difficult to deal with it. So you can 'show weakness to the enemy', let it think that it can defeat you if it tries harder, and leave it a glimmer of hope. It will be a pity to give up if it can't eat it. Slowly consume their strength, and when we arrive and are ready, we will focus on attacking and work together to kill the Demon Dog King."
"Okay, I know what to do." Then he turned off the communicator and "showed weakness to the enemy". The current situation was already ugly enough. If I continued to be weak, the Demon Dog King might kill me.
The hand-to-hand combat was fierce but not brutal. The magic dogs moved quickly and the zombies had high physical defense, making it difficult to quickly eliminate the opponent. Casualties on both sides were slowly increasing. The old zombie had also joined the battle. It alone tied down a considerable number of magic dogs and attracted the attention of the Magic Dog King, which reduced a lot of pressure in other directions. I finally held on until my mental strength recovered to 80%.
The heart that had been hanging in the air finally let go. It felt different to have backup. I felt much more relaxed. No matter how rampant the demon dog was, it would not be able to take advantage of me. However, in line with the strategy of "showing weakness to the enemy", I could not summon reinforcements for the time being, lest I scare the demon dog king and make him retreat in advance.
In order to save defense space, the skeleton archer has been sent back to the "dead space" by me. The defense circle is getting smaller and smaller, and it is less than five meters away from the white dragon horse. There are only forty or fifty zombies left, and the defense line is about to be broken. Yue Linglong also became nervous. She let go of the foal she had been holding, and grasped the knight's lance, ready to fight at any time.
At the critical moment, Xue Wuxia finally sent a message that they had lurked behind the Demon Dog King and could cooperate with me to launch a counterattack at any time, so that I didn't have to hide my strength. However, for the sake of safety, before the Demon Dog King had the intention to retreat, I still had to focus on defense and counterattack, and try to weaken their living strength to clear the obstacles for the final elimination of the Demon Dog King.
Accompanied by a burst of black light, I summoned a hundred zombies and more than two hundred skeleton archers, evenly distributed on both wings. This way, even if the Demon Dog King wanted to escape, he would only have one retreat route at the rear, which could be dealt with by Xue Wuxia and the others.
With the addition of this new force, the situation on the field changed immediately. The remaining one hundred or so magic dogs had been attacking for a long time without success and were more or less injured. They were also constantly urged by the Magic Dog King from behind. They were already very impatient and became very panicked when faced with the sudden reinforcements. They immediately stopped attacking and retreated to the rear.
I was nervously watching the Demon Dog King's reaction, fearing that it would retreat without a fight. There were more than a hundred demon dogs protecting it, and it would be difficult for Xue Wuxia and the others to stop it alone. So I didn't command a counterattack, but deliberately let the zombies guarding the front leave some gaps, so that the demon dogs could see the white dragon horse lying on the ground and the foal lying beside it, using them as bait to strengthen the temptation to the Demon Dog King, hoping that their greed could overcome their fear and they would take another risk.
The pack of demon dogs was in a turmoil, with all kinds of howling coming one after another. The demon dog king looked around from time to time, inspecting his subordinates, then looking at the reinforcements distributed on both wings, and more often his eyes were cast on the white dragon horse and the foal, wavering and seemingly having difficulty in making a decision.
At this moment, a faint white light flashed, and Yue Linglong and I looked back at the same time. The body of the white dragon horse slowly disappeared, leaving only a huge magic crystal core glowing white. It finally ended its life because of its severe injuries and could not support itself.
The Demon Dog King suddenly lunged forward, all the hair on his body stood up, trembling, his eyes fixed on the magic crystal core, and then he howled at the pack of dogs, and actually went into battle himself, rushing towards us first. The power of example is huge, with the Demon Dog King as an example, the demon dogs naturally did not want to lag behind, and summoned up their remaining courage to attack again.
Yue Linglong stayed by the pony's side to protect it, while I stood beside the magic crystal core to command the battle, ensuring that I could capture it as soon as possible to avoid any accidents. I was relieved that the Demon Dog King was willing to rush over. As long as it could withstand this wave of attacks, it would only be defeated.
The ending was actually already predetermined. No matter how hard the Demon Dog King fought, he could not easily escape the joint attack of Taotao and Lao Jiang. The other demon dogs encountered tenacious resistance from the zombies, and it was difficult for them to break through for a while. They were constantly attacked by the skeleton archers on both wings. The damage rate rose rapidly, and half of them were destroyed in a blink of an eye.
By the time the Demon Dog King had finally gotten rid of Taotao and Lao Jiang's entanglement and realized that the situation was not good, most of its subordinates had been killed and only a few were left. The thirty zombies I transferred from both wings to support it arrived in time and blocked its way, making it impossible for it to get close to the magic crystal core.
The Demon Dog King stared at the magic crystal core again, and suddenly let out a shrill howl. He turned around and withdrew from the battle, rushing to the rear. The remaining dozen or so demon dogs followed behind him and fled in panic.
The zombies certainly couldn't catch up, but the skeleton archers still kept seeing them off. By the time they escaped the range, not only was the Demon Dog King hit by two arrows, but only four or five of his brothers were left around him, all covered in wounds. His lonely figure looked extremely desolate.
I had already put away the magic crystal core, called Yue Linglong, and chased after it on my back. According to the plan, if the Demon Dog King managed to escape Xue Wuxia's interception, the only two who could chase him were me and Afeng, who had a mount. To be on the safe side, I had to chase after them. As for the old zombies, I couldn't send them back to the "Dead Soul Space" for the time being, lest the Demon Dog King suddenly attack again. Anyway, I had already set up instructions, and once they were beyond my command range, they would automatically return.
By the time I arrived , the Demon Dog King was already wounded in many places, but he still fought his way out of the encirclement and fled in panic. All of his followers were killed. Ah Feng was riding on a unicorn white rhino and chasing it closely. He stabbed left and right with his spear, but most of the time it was just a feint. He didn't fight it head-on, but just tried his best to restrain it and consume its physical and mental strength.
By the time I arrived on horseback, Taotao's "Hell Fire Bombs" and my "Corrupted Bone Arrows" made it even more difficult for the Demon Dog King to resist. If I hadn't been concerned about its saliva, I would have killed it long ago.
Taotao and the unicorn white rhino were both faster than the Demon Dog King. We adopted a roaming fighting strategy, running away as soon as we touched it, and not getting entangled with it for too long. At this time, the Demon Dog King was like a stray dog, panic-stricken, unsteady, and constantly suffering from injuries. After chasing for several miles, its speed became slower and slower, and the frequency of spitting saliva also decreased a lot. Afeng seized the opportunity and rushed forward to stab it into its big mouth that was about to spit. The unicorn white rhino also rushed into it and knocked it aside. Taotao and I also seized the opportunity to intensify the attack. After suffering heavy losses, the Demon Dog King finally couldn't stand it anymore, and dissipated in the wind with a sad cry, leaving only a light green magic crystal stone.
Finally it was over. I fell off the horse and collapsed to the ground. I was so exhausted, both mentally and physically. I came out to explore the road and encountered such a thing. I just completed the task like this. Was it bad luck or luck?
