Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 342: The Devil's Invasion
Although the bloodthirsty sky demons performed very well, Dark Blood Hand didn't even look at them a second time, because he knew that they were just a way for him to buy time.
Not only can those big guys not last long, but they will also suffer damage from the sun. Coupled with the enemy's attacks, it would be a miracle if they can last for 2 or 3 minutes.
The one who can truly change the situation of the war still depends on his own confidants!
"Cavalry, prepare!"
Following his order, a cavalry hero immediately raised a filthy dark battle flag and attached the same color to the armor of all the imperial knights, which was obviously a large-scale special buff status.
At the same time, the large black fog exploded, revealing the enemy hidden in it.
Just as Levi guessed, they were indeed some undead, 3 teams of black knights, and 2 teams of ghost knights, all of which were level 4 soldiers.
And at the front is a small team of special ghost riders.
The weapons they used were not lances and shields, but two-handed scythes. There was also a faint frost power attached to their weapons and armor. It was obvious that they were either some rare soldiers or some advanced units.
Leading the way are several vampire knights. They are skilled in both magic and martial arts, and not only are they powerful in combat, but they can also heal other cavalrymen during the battle. This is Dark Blood Hand's strongest combat power at present, and it is also a hidden power that he has never revealed before.
At the same time, some priests and mages who had been prepared cast various enhancement magic for them.
Ordinary undead will suffer certain damage under direct sunlight, but after casting these enhancement magics, the damage will be reduced to the lowest point.
Seeing this, Dark Blood Hand nodded with great satisfaction. He joined the Ghost Knights, then suddenly raised his several-meter-long lance and personally served as the vanguard: "Follow me, charge!"
He didn't want or need to fight head-on with the enemy's cavalry units. He just wanted to break through the enemy's lines cleanly and decisively, and decide the entire battle situation in one fell swoop!
But compared with the opponent, Levi was somewhat helpless, because he knew that the quicksand trap he had just set up might not be very effective.
These ghost riders appear to be standing on the ground, but in fact they are all suspended in the air.
However, he was not completely without means of dealing with them. Cindy was almost free, and Sally's blood elves, whether they were mages or spellbreakers, could fight against them quite effectively.
In comparison, the fighting power of those black knights is not that good.
Apart from their excellent defense, the Imperial Knights are mediocre in other aspects. Even without any bonuses, they cannot beat the Silver Helmet Knights of the same level in a one-on-one duel.
The purpose is that as long as they prevent the enemy from launching a successful charge, they will not pose much of a threat.
Before he could speak, Lucia laughed first: "Levi, leave it to me. It's their bad luck. I have just developed some special uses for holy water and vampire power."
Levi had no doubt about Lucia's strength, and after Cindy and the others obtained unicorn mounts, he specially provided her with a griffin to prevent her from feeling unbalanced.
What's more, the griffin, which normally only likes to cooperate with humans or elves, unexpectedly likes Lucia because it sensed her camp and her yearning for light.
Now flying in mid-air, the enemy cavalry was completely useless to her.
But the opponent was a cavalry unit with extremely high speed after all, so he felt it necessary to send her some cannon fodder.
This time, before he could even speak, Zhang San came over and said, "Levi, do you want my help?"
Levi glanced at him and nodded in agreement: "Okay, but be careful, the speed of those ghost cavalry is very terrifying."
"And you don't have to fight to the death. Calculate the time. Anaconda, Luna and the others should join the battle soon."
At the beginning, they took a detour in order to hide, but now it's almost time for them to appear.
Zhang San immediately patted his chest and assured, "It's okay, just leave it to me. I'll ask Lao Sha to get some rock guns, ground spikes and the like. Those guys better not rush in too fast!"
He has a total of four heroic subordinates. Two bards are basically bound together. There is an Arabi warlock who can summon the djinn and can ride on a flying carpet with the last sand mage. Even he can sit on it to join in the fun.
No matter how powerful Ghost Rider is, can he still fly and beat him?
Lucia, Zhang San and others quickly went to fight. Levi took a look at the battle in the air and sent a message to Cindy, asking her to come back and help.
He was already very familiar with Lucia's abilities, but he was not familiar with Zhang San and the others. With Cindy around, even if something unexpected happened, she could completely save the situation.
Her extremely large-scale mind blast cannot be ignored by either the Black Knight or the Ghost Knight.
But Zhang San and his subordinates soon used their actual performance to tell Levi that they were actually very capable.
I saw a series of magical lights flashing, and several djinn appeared in the air as if they were made of yellow sand. There were also dozens of interlaced rock spears and spikes on the ground.
There were also soldiers made of yellow sand, holding spears, standing in the middle of it, and a formation specifically designed to fight against cavalry was quickly formed.
Moreover, the location they chose was very clever. Ordinary knights would have no way of getting past them to attack their ranged troops. But if they were attacking the Silver Guards, they wouldn't be particularly worried.
When cavalry units fight against spearmen or halberdmen of the same level, they will not have a particular advantage in a stationary attack unless they defeat them in the first round of charge, or use their speed advantage to attack from the rear or side.
More importantly, the recruitment and maintenance costs of cavalry units are much higher than those of spearmen, so even if they are exchanged one for one, it is still a loss.
Therefore, unless the strength is absolutely overwhelming, no cavalry commander would be stupid enough to charge head-on into the enemy's gun formation.
Then Lucia also used her new ability. She threw several small bottles out from a high position. Then, no one knew whether she used some magic or made special settings for them in advance. She didn't even need to fire the engine like before. They exploded in the air by themselves.
But unlike the holy water in the past, what splashed out this time was some red liquid like blood.
Caught off guard, at least 20 ghost knights were infected. Lucia immediately gave a sharp cry and fired continuously with the musket in her hand.
The ghost knights, who were originally almost immune to musket attacks, suddenly had several large holes on their bodies, obviously they were seriously injured.
Zhang San also immediately led his subordinates to launch a fierce attack, targeting the Ghost Knight, who was the most threatening among the enemies.
The sand magic used by the warlocks and wizards under his command was actually more inclined towards physical attacks. He had been a little worried before that in times of crisis, he might need to use some of his own hidden props.
But now, because his friendly forces are so powerful, he no longer has any concerns in this regard.
Seeing this, Levi was relieved. Lucia's special item was obviously similar to Cindy's Ghost-Breaking Elegy, both of which could forcibly transform virtual creatures into physical ones.
In this way, the threat of ghost knights is greatly reduced, because this type of soldiers is much inferior to soldiers with physical bodies in terms of defense and health points, and they are likely to die before the black knights.
It's a pity that the distance was a bit far, otherwise if he had cast a few more magic spells, he might have been able to wipe out the cavalry immediately.
In comparison, Dark Blood Hand was much more heartbroken. He had finally gotten the troops from the vampires, but before they could show much effect, they suffered heavy losses.
If he had known this, he would not have sent the Ghost Riders as vanguards!
So he quickly activated several consumable items and asked the vampire knights to provide emergency treatment.
But because of this delay, Donna in mid-air had already seized the opportunity and fired a wave of deadly arrows downwards.
There was no chance for the opponent to recover their fighting power. Almost all the ghost knights who were given special status by Lucia were killed instantly on the spot.
Before the Dark Blood Hand could react, Simon had already rushed forward with the cavalry.
The ordinary cavalry of the High Elves is indeed not very strong, and they are not heroic units, and cannot provide any relevant bonuses to the brothers behind them, but at least there is one thing they can do, and that is to use their own courage and lives to forcibly hold back the enemy!
The guards followed closely behind with celestial beings such as the antler masters and tiger masters.
If they were to confront the enemy cavalry head-on, they would undoubtedly suffer heavy casualties, but if the cavalry of both sides were entangled together, that would be their time to show their skills.
After suffering this series of sniper attacks, Dark Blood Hand was so sad that he almost vomited blood. He had always had a smooth journey, so when had he ever suffered such humiliation?
Just as he was about to launch a fierce attack and force his way through the numerous blockades , a scream suddenly came from behind him: "Damn, where did all these cavalry come from?"
Then there were more screams, and it was obvious that others had also discovered something.
Dark Blood Hand quickly turned his head, and then he saw a light cavalry unit of several hundred people on each side, approaching rapidly and accelerating, obviously preparing to launch a sudden attack on them.
At this time, the other party no longer needs to hide anything.
And after seeing the specific types of the enemy's troops, he felt even more regretful, because one group was Amazons and the other was night elves.
Now everyone knows that it was they and Levi who worked together to capture Thorn Town.
No wonder there were only less than a thousand people in Levi's frontal battle formation. It turned out that the two groups of cavalry had already detoured from the side early on and were waiting for this moment!
At the critical moment, he was suddenly caught in a dilemma.
If he continued to move forward, it would be difficult for him to break through the numerous obstacles and defeat Levi, and his own ranged and magic troops might suffer fatal losses.
But if we give up just like that, then our troops would have died in vain!
At the critical moment, there was a loud bang, and then a blood-red light shot up into the sky, almost instantly dyeing half of the sky red. At the same time, a cold, evil and bloody atmosphere also spread.
Although they disappeared quickly, no one would forget this feeling immediately, and a regional system announcement popped up immediately afterwards.
“The lost power of the gods has been noticed by the evil forces, and foolish mortals have been exploited. Therefore, the devils of the nine layers of Baator Hell have opened a special portal in the main world, and their devil army will gradually begin to appear in the main world.
If not stopped, the portal's energy will quickly strengthen and stabilize until it is strong enough to support the arrival of the real demons.
But if we can take countermeasures as soon as possible, we may be able to turn it into a situation that is beneficial to all creatures.”
"Regional mission - Devil's invasion, officially begins."
Levi immediately understood that no matter what was in the Phantom Valley, it had obviously been used by the devils!
Dark Blood Hand was also stunned, and then he instantly became furious: "Levi, you damn idiots, do you know what you have been delayed for?"
Levi chuckled: "Oh? I only know that one or some high-ranking members of your church have been identified as idiots by the system."
If he still couldn't see that the other party was in such a hurry to save the high-ranking officials of the Xirik Church, then he would be a fool.
But now that a system announcement has appeared, those people from the Xirik Church must be dead. Compared with the devil, their conspiracies and tricks are nothing.
Demons are chaotic evil, and devils are lawful evil.
The former are like some bloodthirsty madmen who only think about killing and destruction.
The latter are hypocritical profiteers. They are far more interested in the souls of mortals than their bodies, because souls are the universal currency in hell and are also the nourishment for them to become stronger.
They are good at using sweet words and seemingly reasonable deals to lure their prey into traps step by step, and eventually take all the money and goods and seize their souls.
But at the same time, Levi also realized the seriousness of the problem.
Throughout the history, although many evil gods and their followers have brought many disasters to all things in the main world, their wars against each other have been restrained within a certain range.
Because everything in the main world is also regarded by them as potential wealth, they do not want to suffer too much loss.
But the devils and demons are different. They come from other dimensions and are evil in nature. They don’t consider the consequences too much.
Even though the demon rebellion in Black Castle ended quickly, it still dealt a severe blow to several surrounding forces, and Black Castle even fell at one point.
If it weren't for the help of the God of Sea Elves, who helped recapture the Black Castle, we wouldn't know what the situation would be now.
Therefore, if left unchecked, the demons could cause a great disaster and even pose a threat to Thorn Town. After all, the valley is not too far from Thorn Town.
But looking at the bright side, this time the devils only opened a portal in the Phantom Valley, instead of being all over the sky like before. As long as our side is strong enough, it is entirely possible to block the enemy and kill them.
Dark Blood Hand was suddenly speechless, he really had no way to refute .
But when he saw that after Levi opened his mouth, he casually released a fireball and blew away a small group of troops, he suddenly became angry and embarrassed.
"Levi, don't be too complacent. You're lucky this time, but you'll be in big trouble next time!"
After saying this, he turned around and ran away. They were originally trying to rescue high-ranking members of the Church of Xirik, but now that the devils have appeared, the other party must be dead, so why bother fighting?
Levi laughed and mounted his griffin mount. "I'm not sure what will happen next time, but I know you'll be in trouble this time!"
Is war a joke? At this point, the initiative is no longer in the hands of the other party. Even if you want to run, you must pay the price!
