Volume 3 Takeoff Chapter 359: Armored Dragon Fortress
Although the Nightmare Riders and others did not let their guard down, Luna, Xiaotian and others joined forces to attack and easily killed these scouts without letting a single one escape alive.
But as he got closer to the ruins of the temple and felt the rhythmic shaking of the ground, Levi knew that after he lost sight of the place, some accidents still happened in such a short period of time.
The vibration can be felt from such a distance. Either one of the warring parties is using powerful earth-based spells, or some kind of oversized monster has appeared!
The distance of several miles passed in a flash, but before they really got close to the battlefield, Levi and his team quickly found the target.
It’s not that their eyesight is too good, but because the other party is really big.
First, there were multiple humanoid monsters made of various soil, stones, metals and scattered gems, more than ten meters tall, and looked like some kind of giant earth element.
But their strength is obviously far superior to that of ordinary earth elements, because at this moment they are wreaking havoc in the devil's formation.
No matter whether it was the Blood Armor Demons or those devil heroes, they were all vulnerable to their attacks and couldn't even maintain their formations.
This has nothing to do with their military discipline. It is because under their heavy blows, even if ordinary demons do not die on the spot, they will often be knocked back more than ten meters or even dozens of meters.
Moreover, each of their attacks can cause damage to demons in a small range, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of the demons' battle formation.
But what really attracted everyone's attention was a huge monster that was about forty to fifty meters long and about 15 meters high.
At first glance, its appearance is somewhat similar to that of ankylosaurus, but no one can possibly misunderstand it, because the parts that make up its body are actually the remains of the temple just now!
At this time, many devil heroes either circled under its belly or flew into the air to cast various spells, but even though they could smash stones into pieces, for such a huge monster, that little damage was insignificant.
So it completely ignored these attacks and just coordinated with multiple earth elemental monsters to attack the remaining demon army.
Almost every stomp of his feet could crush a dozen demons into meat paste. The shock that Levi and the others had felt before came from this.
The impact force is so great that even light magic is not needed to disperse large tracts of clouds.
Rather than calling it a monster, it would be better to say that it is some kind of powerful war fortress that looks like an ankylosaur.
Its defense is not particularly strong. Every attack of the devil heroes can knock off large pieces of rubble from it. But with such a large size, its health points must be in the tens of thousands, right?
Seeing such a scene, Levi naturally called a halt to the troops for the first time. No matter how many ordinary low- and medium-level soldiers there were, they were meaningless in front of the enemy. It was still better for him and Cindy and other hero-level units that could fly to take the field.
After taking a quick look at the huge pit with a radius of several hundred meters and confirming that there was nothing inside, Levi tried to observe the opponent's attack method.
But before they could figure out any pattern, Cindy next to them exclaimed in surprise, feeling that something was wrong.
“Brother Levi, look at those devil heroes, are they circling around this big guy’s head?”
Levi took a look and found that, as expected, although they were hiding, they were still surrounding the head of the Ankylosaurus Fortress, as if there was something there that particularly attracted them.
After thinking for a while, Levi began to draw up a list of candidates for the battle, but it was mainly him, Cindy, and several high-level angels who had always been by her side.
Next came Dirge and Alduin riding on griffins. They were not very good at cavalry or air combat, but as powerful combat heroes, they had no problem playing supporting roles.
As for Luna, Nar and others, their main task is to eliminate the demons that may escape later while avoiding casualties on their own side as much as possible.
If we can kill all the demons in the copy in advance, although those big guys are very difficult to deal with, as long as we give them enough time, I believe that sooner or later we will be able to find some way to crack them.
Almost at the moment when he was about to give the formal order, he saw the Ankylosaur Fortress suddenly roared towards the sky.
No sound was heard, only a spherical object mixed with countless mists and phantoms, hanging in the air like a small sun.
While dispersing a large area of fog, a large number of chaotic phantoms also emerged from it.
Among them are humans, monsters, angels, demons or devils, and unlike the low-quality phantoms that were seen almost everywhere before, they are extremely realistic, just like real mirror images.
Levi was immediately delighted, because as soon as he saw the other party's performance, he knew it was definitely not ordinary. It was very likely that it was the treasure in this copy. Could it be the divinity of the Phantom Goddess?
But soon the screams of several demons were heard. When Levi saw the blood all over their bodies, he realized that those phantoms also had the ability to attack.
He immediately felt bad and ordered his subordinates to retreat.
Because these phantoms have no intention of distinguishing between friend and foe, they surge in all directions like a tide, and our side will soon be attacked!
At this time, the system prompt also popped up: "After enough blood and death, the mysterious treasure here has appeared, but if you want to truly obtain it or conquer it, you need to do more."
Is this a special sacrificial ceremony?
Although the Phantom Goddess Leila is not an evil god, there is nothing wrong with using her in this way.
For the gods , boiling blood, desperate death, or unwilling souls can all be transformed into a form of energy.
This thought popped up in Levi's mind for the first time, but then he noticed a sentence in the system prompt.
Acquiring or conquering are probably two completely different ways of doing things, and what you get may also be very different.
If enough sacrifices can obtain it, then there seems to be only one possibility to truly conquer it, and that is to destroy the Ankylosaur Fortress.
But first they have to survive in this almost endless illusion.
At this time, as the fog gradually dissipated, a devil hero in the air also noticed the existence of Levi and others.
At first it was a little surprised, but soon it became a little annoyed because it was ashamed.
As a clan of demons that is most adept at conspiracy and intrigue, how could it be deceived by some elves?
"You damned elves, you are even more disgusting than the most despicable demons!"
As it opened, the other devil heroes also noticed the presence of Levi and the others.
Their moods and expressions also changed. For the devils, there are basically no fools among those who can grow to the hero level, so they all realized what was happening.
However, they did not have any chance to curse, because a sky full of phantoms had descended and attacked them.
Likewise, Levi had no time to respond, as swarms of phantoms had descended, attacking both them and the demons equally.
Although these phantoms were very fragile and would shatter almost at the slightest touch, Levi killed hundreds of them with one ice storm, but their numbers were simply too great.
And they can fly, so they can attack all their own units almost at the same time. Whether it is the Silver Guards or flying units such as Xiaotian, they are unable to intercept them for a while.
More importantly, they have extremely strong resistance to physical attacks. Unless they have enchanted weapons, the claws of griffins and giant eagles will be useless against them.
Their attacks are some special magical attacks. Although the damage is not particularly high, conventional physical defenses are almost completely ineffective.
Only certain protective magic, or the enchanted shields and armor of the Silver Guards, can effectively resist it.
The situation was extremely critical for a while, and a large number of casualties quickly appeared on Levi's side. It was all up to Levi, Cindy, Sally, Lily and other French troops to maintain the situation.
It can be expected that within 2 minutes, the mana of the priests and druids will be insufficient to meet the demand, and without their treatment, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse, and there will be massive casualties on their side.
Regardless of whether it was Cindy's magic or Donna's arrows, they could not touch the phantom ball in the air, as if it did not exist at all.
Levi also roughly understood that perhaps they would not be able to touch it before truly sacrificing or conquering it.
Perhaps it felt that the battle between itself and the devil took too much time, so it wanted to speed up the process in this way.
Either acquire it and conquer it, or be swallowed up by its endless phantoms!
As the battle continued, the demons quickly suffered heavy casualties, and the situation on Levi's side was not optimistic either.
But at the critical moment, Levi became more calm and soon came up with some new guesses.
How similar are the characteristics of these phantoms to those of incorporeal creatures such as ghosts?
And because their health is extremely fragile, in this situation, perhaps I can change my tactics.
So he stopped casting offensive magic, and instead cast a large amount of protective magic on the strongest griffins. He then put some translucent protection on them and let them rise high into the sky to actively attract the opponent's attention.
Counter-Action Spirit Armor (Level 3): If the attacker is attacked by direct contact with a ghost or other intangible entity, the attacker will suffer a certain amount of stance damage (based on the caster's intelligence and level).
Seeing that they had voluntarily left the battle formation, the group of phantoms, which only possessed the most basic combat intelligence, immediately pounced on them frantically like piranhas smelling blood.
Then they all crashed to death on the reaction spiritual armor.
Their attacks were not enough to harm the griffins at the moment, but the anti-injury effect of magic could easily kill them.
In this way, the pressure on the front battlefield was instantly reduced a lot.
Levi suddenly laughed, and he began to cast the same magic on Cindy, Xiaotian and the angels, asking them to take the initiative to attract the attention of the phantom.
As a relatively obscure tier 3 magic, this was the first time he had truly demonstrated its value since he had learned it in the Underdark.
However, the phantoms in the air were endless, and blindly defending was not a long-term solution after all. So after he could almost maintain the battle formation, Levi chose to take the initiative to attack.
He wants to take advantage of the chaos to kill all those devil heroes, and then destroy the huge Ankylosaurus fortress and completely conquer the mysterious treasure!
This time he did not choose to ride the griffin, but used the flying spell because he was preparing to use the second magic.
The reactionary spiritual armor was only a passive defense, but what he wanted was an active offense.
As he cast the spell, raging flames were released from his body from the inside out. For a moment, he looked like a magnified fire man. The phantoms around him were burned by the flames and often turned into nothingness before they could really get close to him.
This is a 4th-tier magic - Balor's Flame Guard. Because of this, he can no longer ride a griffin, because this magic cannot autonomously distinguish between friend and foe.
Of course, in order to avoid any accidents, he called Cindy and the angels to accompany him and headed straight to the head of the Ankylosaurus Fortress.
The ball that could release phantoms had already flown into the air, but these devil heroes were still circling around it, with some even landing on its back and head. What on earth were they doing?
At the same time, considering that there might be a battle on the head of the Ankylosaur Fortress, Elegy and Alduin also followed on their griffins.
Anyway, they can't play much of a role in dealing with these countless phantoms, so they might as well switch to a war hammer that they are more proficient in.
So they were seen flying all the way, and wherever they passed, countless phantoms disappeared as if they were wiped out of thin air.
Levi was still in the mood to sigh, not knowing whether these phantoms were simple magic or some kind of monsters.
If it is the latter, they will make a lot of money this time.
Thinking of this, he threw out a few holy arrows, directly nailing a devil hero who was dodging the Ankylosaurus Fortress on the ground to the ground.
Although it is only level 3, this magic cost Levi more than a thousand gold coins, and its attack power is extremely strong when fighting against evil creatures.
Seeing this scene, the surviving devils became even more angry. Not only did the other party deceive them, but they also dared to come and provoke them!
He killed a devil hero, and they did not have any emotional fluctuations at all, because even though they were fighting side by side now, they were usually competitors in Baator Hell.
What's more, it is only natural for such a weak person to die.
What really made them unbearable was that he had the same spells as the fire demons.
Everyone knows that demons and devils are natural enemies. This kind of provocation must be fought back!
For a moment, whether in the sky or on the ground, the surviving devil heroes took the initiative to launch a fierce attack on him.
Negative magic such as plague and confusion flew out first, followed by evil gaze and negative energy shock waves.
At the same time, several hideous and terrifying illusions appeared in the air and roared silently at Levi.
This is a 4th level magic - Phantom Killer, which is similar to Finger of Death and is also an instant death magic.
More than 90% of these magic spells were aimed at Levi, and less than 10% would fall on Elegy and Alduin behind him. It seemed that he had attracted enough hatred, or was regarded as a weakness by the opponent, who wanted to break him first.
What they didn't know was that as a celestial mystic, he was completely immune to instant-death magic, and his resistance to negative states was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Coupled with various protective magic, he was not affected at all.
Several of them even rushed over with broadswords and battle axes, obviously determined to engage in close combat.
But Levi just smiled. He had been watching with the Eye of Omens for such a long time, and it was not in vain. Although these demons looked hideous and terrifying, and their strength was quite good, they were just good!
"Holy - Chain Lightning!"
It is a sixth-level magic in itself, and it consumes twice his magic points, converting the original lightning attribute into a holy attribute, which will cause too much damage to them.
The lightning raged and affected dozens of devils in almost an instant. Except for the two devil heroes, all the ordinary devils who were originally injured were killed by him.
Levi couldn't help but nod with satisfaction upon seeing this. This was because the distance was not enough. Otherwise, if they were to taste the power of the Holy Dragon's Breath Technique, ordinary devil heroes might also be seriously injured by one blow.
Of all the magic he currently possesses, excluding the special magic Finger of Death, the Dragon's Breath spell has the strongest instantaneous explosive power.
The devils then realized that the reason their opponent had been avoiding a fight wasn’t because they were truly inferior to them!
Several devil heroes who were halfway through their charge suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
The high-level mages have more than one or two life-saving abilities. If they can quickly resolve the battle by getting close to the enemy, they would not be devils, but stupid demons.
Not to mention that behind the opponent, there are two powerful warriors riding griffins.
But they realized it too late, Cindy had already pounced on them with several angels.
After frequent battles, two angels under her command have advanced to level 6, and the rest are all level 5.
It can even be said that even if she did not take action, in a frontal battle, they are fully capable of surrounding and killing any devil hero present.
Hero units excel in potential and wisdom. They can be equipped with more equipment, can command troops, can almost continuously upgrade their own levels, and can also learn many specialties and spells and so on.
But before they truly grow up, there are too many things that can threaten their existence.
Levi, Elegy and Alduin did not participate in it, but went straight to the remaining devil heroes who stayed in the Ankylosaurus Fortress.
When he got closer, he saw that in addition to the demons, there were also some guys that looked like constructs, who seemed to be fighting the demons as defenders.
It's just that their movements were too slow, and they couldn't even reach the demons, let alone stop the demons' destructive actions.
So now a deep pit of several meters has been blasted out by the enemy. It seems that the devils want to stop the Ankylosaurus Fortress from continuing to wreak havoc on the battlefield by destroying its head.
When the demons saw Levi approaching, they, who had been a little afraid of his magic, took the initiative to move forward.
The other party is just a fragile mortal, but they are powerful devils. If they still choose to retreat in this situation, wouldn’t that be too cowardly?
Especially now that the opponent has opened up a considerable distance between themselves and the two powerful warriors behind them, they should not miss it.
But due to the devil's natural cunning, they used various magics to attack and test as they moved forward.
Among them are area magic such as fireball, which seems to be used to test whether there are other people hiding near Levi.
Levi didn't launch any decent counterattack at the beginning, and it seemed that he could only barely hold on under the opponent's attack.
But in fact, thanks to the powerful defensive power enhanced by the Supreme Robe, the slight temptations of these demons could not pose any threat to him at all.
And when the devil hero felt relieved, began to speed up, and was getting closer and closer to him, he finally smiled from the bottom of his heart and directly activated the summoning ability of the battle flag.
As the light flickered, dozens of bear-headed gods appeared. Without any nonsense, they started with a series of monster-immobilization spells.
Caught off guard, many demons were attacked on the spot.
Even though the actual duration of this magic was shorter because the ordinary bear-headed gods were only level 5 and their strength was somewhat different, the dozens of bear-headed gods present made the duration last several times longer.
At this time, Elegy and Alduin, who had been playing bystander, also drove the griffins under their crotch and quickly entered the battlefield.
The more impatient Elegy jumped directly when he was still dozens of meters away from the ground.
She did not use any posture to cushion the attack, but instead used all her strength to intensify her attack.
The direct result was that she swung her sword and split the opponent into two halves cleanly and efficiently.
There was no need to even look at the blood-red number on the opponent's head, indicating a critical hit. Everyone present knew that it was dead.
Most demons still obey some basic laws of physics. Even if their heads are chopped off or their bodies are dismembered, they will still die.
The demons were certainly shocked, but Alduin couldn't help himself and he roared, transforming into a half-dragon and descending from the sky.
Although due to the characteristics of his profession and the different weapons he used, he couldn't kill the enemy instantly like Elegy, but the Paladin's specialty - Evil Breaking Slash - was not easy to deal with either.
With the assistance of many bear-headed gods, all the devil heroes present were soon surrounded.
However, the devils are not so easy to deal with. If we only talk about racial talents, whether they are devils, demons or angels, they are actually better than ordinary humans and elves.
As their strength continues to grow, they can often automatically comprehend certain special abilities, and it is also easier for them to practice both magic and martial arts.
Besides this, they all have other jobs, which enable them to still resist.
So for a while they were fighting fiercely, "Ping Pong". As the situation was a little chaotic, Levi did not use any large-scale offensive magic to avoid accidental injuries.
He summoned more creatures to deal with those constructs to prevent them from disrupting the battle.
While starting to use Iron Restraints to cooperate with the Elegy, he killed the demons one by one.
It's worth mentioning that although Amazons are warlike by nature, almost all of them are proficient in bows and spears, and some of them occasionally use javelins.
Using a greatsword as a weapon and being as strong as Elegy is probably unique in their history.
Well, after I finish things here and go west to see what conspiracy the Mala Church is preparing, maybe I should take Elegy and Donna back to their hometown, Paradise Island.
If her death in battle was really just a coincidence, then that would be fine.
But if there is some conspiracy involved, there may be some bloodshed on Paradise Island.
Donna has successfully changed her job, and Elegy has already received the blessing of the goddess. Even if bloodshed occurs, it may slightly offend other gods in the Greek pantheon, but it is no longer a big deal...
As he was thinking this, he heard Cindy's delicate voice behind him. After a brief confrontation, she and the angels successfully killed their enemies and were now ready to come for reinforcement.
In this way, the demons will become even less of a match.
But they are quite stubborn, probably thinking that even if they die in battle, they still have a chance to be resurrected, so they all spout some trash talk before dying.
For example, next time we meet, I must torture their souls severely or something.
Unfortunately, for Levi, who has been on Weibo, Tieba and Bilibili, this little trick didn't cause any waves in his heart at all, it just made him feel funny.
He has always believed that it doesn't matter what the enemy curses at him, as long as he can kill the other party, all the insults will be swept away!
