Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 24 Blood Bat
After killing Yebanwuren, the great traitor, Red Star swung his sword without paying any attention to the Sky Knight who had rushed behind him and was attacking him, and continued to chase the Cardinal in White who was not far away. Even if we couldn't escape, killing one would be enough, and if we killed him again, we would have made a profit. However, the enemy seemed to attach great importance to the life and death of the Cardinal in White. Not only did most of the NPCs in the hall give up the siege and come back to help us, but the nearby NPCs also desperately leaned towards Red Star in the cold wind. Each of them staggered a little, and their physical strength was obviously exhausted, but their spirit of defending the Cardinal in White to the death was really "epic and moving", especially those bishops, who almost used their bodies to "block the knife" to buy time for the Cardinal in White to retreat. Even a strong man like Red Star seemed helpless in the face of these fearless "death warriors" and could not make persistent efforts to kill the number one boss who commanded the cathedral.
The goal has been achieved. While the Sky Knights have returned for reinforcement, most of the enemy's attention is focused on the battle in front of the altar. We immediately began to break out. After all, I am now a wanted criminal. If I die at the hands of these light-related NPCs, I will have no choice but to go to the resurrection corridor and "face the wall". It is better to avoid it if possible, as I am still thinking about catching those two vampire bats.
The enemy had been trying to stop us from charging forward, and the rear deployment was relatively weak, with only two or three bishops and a dozen elite knights. We rushed forward with all our strength and quickly broke through. I sent Xiaobai and the remaining Devouring Ghosts back to the "Dead Soul Space", and Taotao was ridden by me to break through. As for the Red Star, which was surrounded by enemies, there was no chance for it to withdraw from the battle. It was probably forced to sacrifice. Seeing that I couldn't kill the White Cardinal, I asked it to turn around and kill an Archbishop, and then it was entangled by the Sky Knight. This time, he no longer talked about "chivalry" and fought Red Star alone. A Ground Knight and a group of elite knights rushed up and launched a siege. With the support of the bishops, the situation was already precarious. Fortunately, it was a pet, and if it died in the human world, it would only be unable to be summoned for six hours (referring to the time when the player is online) (it couldn't be summoned in the "Dead Soul Space"), which didn't have much impact.
However, Qiu Shui Changtian beside him was not in such a good mood. He had a bitter face and looked back frequently, looking reluctant. He had already lost a dark knight in the last battle. This time, this one bravely broke into the enemy camp and was now under attack by seven or eight elite knights. It seemed that he could not be saved. Other undead wizards did not have artifacts such as "Touch of Death". It was difficult to accurately control the remaining mental power of the defeated dark knight. If they were too heavy-handed, they might kill him directly. The remaining mental power would be stronger, and they would not use means such as "intimidation" and "threat". It took more patience and luck to make high-level undead like the dark knight surrender. It was easy to kill but difficult to subdue!
Seven in and seven out, seven of us rushed in, and another seven of us fought our way out, without losing a single person. This "punishment action" was perfect, but when we were about to leave the church, Red Star and the Dark Knight had already died under the enemy's butcher knife. The enemy was desperately chasing us, and it seemed that they wanted to stage a good show of "chasing all over the city" and us "fleeing for our lives". According to the rules, "committing a crime" in the city is an extremely serious crime, and you cannot escape the pursuit by logging off on the spot. You must leave the city or teleport to another city through the teleportation array to log off and escape. Our "invasion" of the church is naturally an "unjust" action. Although the neutral NPC guards will not interfere with us, these restrictions must still be observed. Last time, Qiu Shui Changtian was chased all over the city by the NPCs of the church, and even his pet was sacrificed. He finally escaped through the teleportation array.
Having learned a lesson once, we will not let them succeed again. We smiled coldly at them and activated the "Chaos Ball". The "Blinding Fog" enveloped most of the hall. Even if they find a way to clear the fog and escape, the time wasted will be enough for us to leave the city.
Temporarily out of danger, we exchanged business cards, waved goodbye, and I returned to the "Dead Soul Space". Several consecutive fierce battles in the Valley of the Wind and the Cathedral, which killed several dark knights, made me more aware that the combat effect of using a single type of soldiers is not very ideal. If it weren't for Xiaobai's "Evil Soul" disrupting the enemy's formation, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to kill the traitor. Only by coordinating operations of multiple types of soldiers in response to different situations can we achieve greater results. In terms of experience and knowledge, I am definitely not as good as Long Xingtianxia and Qiu Shuichangtian in making plans. If I want to occupy a place in the "Resistance Alliance" to be formed, so that I can share more benefits after defeating the light forces, the best way is to rely on my own super combat power.
I subdued another Dark Knight, and when Red Star was resurrected, I took Red Star, Xiaobai, the twelve Dark Knight Guards and the three Corpse Kings into the "free territory" and came to the Bat Cave. As for Taotao, I was afraid that he would be in danger because of his lack of strength, so I did not bring him along.
I was not in a hurry to take action. Capturing two blood bats whose strength was equivalent to that of a terror knight was definitely several times more difficult than killing them. Moreover, I lacked experience in fighting them and had no idea what their abilities were. I had to be doubly careful, so as not to end up losing more than I gained.
I first sent Xiaobai in to conduct some stealth reconnaissance. After drifting through a corridor that was one or two hundred meters long, the cave became more and more spacious. Two guys turned into bats, hanging upside down on the ceiling at the deepest part of the cave to rest. They were actually aware of Xiaobai's arrival, and they got up with strange "squeaks", flying around to search around. I panicked and hurriedly asked Xiaobai to stop. The two blood bats patrolled for a while but found nothing, so they became quiet again.
We must hurry to kill them, as we only have six hours at most. If the battle reaches a critical juncture and I am forced to leave the "Death Space", without the restraint of the "Touch of Death" and "Mental Attack", and my subordinates cannot get coordinated command and work closely together, it will be easy for them to escape - once they transform into bats and fly into the air, Red Star and the others will have no way to deal with them.
I re-entered the "Dead Space" and immediately directed my men to start the action. Xiaobai had been slowly brought out by me. Once the battle started, I would immediately use the "Yin Sha Duo Po" to block the cave entrance. Those miniature tornadoes would have a great impact on the movements of the little bats. I also arranged six dark knights to guard outside to prevent the blood bats from transforming into human form and breaking through.
Red Star and six Dark Knights walked in front, and I led the three zombie kings to follow closely behind. To deal with bats that can fly and are not slow, we lack long-range attack troops, and only "mental attack" is the best means. The defense ability in bat form is greatly weakened.
As we approached, the two blood bats also noticed us. They were high-level undead of the level of Terror Knights, and they showed no courage at all. They circled around us for a few times, but did not transform into human form to fight us. Instead, they fled without a fight and flew straight past us towards the outside of the cave.
Fortunately, I was well prepared, and I launched a long-accumulated "mental attack", which hit a blood bat, causing its body to pause and sway. Its flying speed suddenly dropped a lot, and its altitude also dropped. I was greatly surprised by such a result. I thought that a full-strength attack would be able to knock it to the ground, but I didn't expect that it could block a "mental attack" just by using the bat form. The blood bat is indeed very powerful.
It would take some time to launch another "mental attack". After a slight hesitation, he used the "Touch of Death" to entangle the injured blood bat and dragged it to the ground to trap it first. The other one flew fast and could easily get rid of the "Touch of Death". It would be a good idea to capture as many as possible. You might as well bite off more than you can chew.
The blood bat entangled by the "Touch of Death" struggled to fly for a while, but the speed was too slow and the height was not high enough. It was soon chased by Red Star. Moreover, its mental resistance in bat form was relatively weak. Its mental and physical strength decreased quickly. It could only helplessly fall to the ground and transform into a human form. It was about 1.8 meters tall and not stout. It was wearing a blood-red cloth robe. Its whole body was blood-red, and a faint red light was revealed. Two long blood-red fangs stretched out of its mouth, and a pair of ghost claws stretched forward. The claws flashed a little cold light, which looked extremely sharp. It stared fiercely at the pressing Red Star. At the same time as it transformed, its mental resistance suddenly increased a lot. I was caught off guard and it broke free from the entanglement of the "Touch of Death" in an instant.
Red Star seemed to sense the blood bat's strength and instinctively stopped, staring at the opponent cautiously. I hurriedly mobilized six dark knights as well. With seven to one, perhaps they could defeat it without my help.
Before Red Star and the others launched an attack, there was a sudden sound of flapping wings. The blood bat that had decided to give up the chase did not fly far away, but turned around and came back, also transformed into a human form and landed next to its companions, making it clear that it was unwilling to escape alone and stayed to fight the enemy together.
Time is limited, I don't want to confront them, I ordered Red Star and six dark knights to take the initiative to attack, pay attention to slowly separate the two of them, let them fight on their own, so as not to support each other and affect my plan to conquer. The movement speed of the two blood bats after they transformed into human form was about the same as that of the dark knights, but their strength was obviously above the dark knights. A pair of ghost claws grabbed their armor and made a hole. The two fangs were even more powerful. A bite could absorb a lot of mental power. The seemingly thin body defense ability was quite strong. It was not a big deal to be hit by a knife. A single dark knight was simply unable to fight. With six to one, he could only barely maintain his undefeated status. Red Star fought against another blood bat alone. The two were evenly matched. Although Red Star's movement speed was better, he was not as flexible as his opponent. His attack method was open and closed, suitable for fighting at a distance. A small and cunning change, always wanting to fight closely together, each using their own methods, and for a while, it was difficult to separate.
My "Touch of Death" is okay against the bat forms, but it is not powerful enough to deal with the human-shaped blood bats. They will break free quickly as soon as I get entangled with them, and I can't cause much damage. It seems that I can only gradually consume their strength and take action in the later stage. The only thing that can help me now is "mental attack".
In order to increase the power of the "mental attack", I did not leave the battlefield too far. The three corpse kings stood in front of me. On the one hand, they supported me in launching the "mental attack", and on the other hand, they could guard against the blood bats that suddenly rushed over to attack me. Although the three of them were not strong and could not help much, their defense ability was still much stronger than mine, and they could resist a few attacks and buy me time to dodge.
Several consecutive "mental attacks" were specifically aimed at Red Star's opponent, causing it to suffer heavy damage, which gradually allowed Red Star to take the initiative and slashed the blood bat several times in succession. My "Touch of Death" took the opportunity to attack, which was able to absorb some mental power, and chased it relentlessly, trying to defeat it first. The blood bat on the other side seemed to have noticed that the situation was not good, and was eager to rush over to rescue, but I ordered six dark knights to desperately block it. Although one was severely injured in a short period of time, it was still unable to break out of the encirclement.
As the battle went on, the situation became more and more favorable for me. "Mental attack" was hard to defend against, and Red Star's opponents were becoming increasingly unable to hold on. Although one of the six Dark Knights was killed and one was seriously injured, the reckless blood bat also suffered several serious injuries and still could not break through. In fact, the Dark Knights were just trying their best to prevent it from joining up with its companions. If it rushed towards the cave entrance to escape alone, based on the powerful strength it showed, it would be difficult for Xiaobai and the six Dark Knights to stop it without my command.
After being hit by my "mental attack", the blood bat "squeaked" at the other blood bat and responded to each other, as if they were discussing something. The calls became sharper and sharper, and they sounded quite excited. As soon as the calls stopped, the opponent of Red Star was hit hard, and suddenly opened his mouth and sprayed a cloud of blood mist, covering Red Star, and at the same time took advantage of the momentum to rush - I only paid attention to separating the two blood bats and was busy directing the attack. I ignored my own safety for a while, and unknowingly it was approached by it. The other blood bat pounced and forced back a dark knight, then quickly retreated a few steps, transformed into a bat and circled in the air, making two strange calls that sounded like "wailing", and turned to fly towards the cave entrance.
The blood bats first attacked the weakest fourth corpse king Luha. The black warrior level was too far from the horror knight level. After just one encounter, Luha had two more holes on his body and fell to the ground. The second corpse king Sando rushed forward, but he only lasted for two more times before being forced to the side. The blood bats then dodged the attack of the third corpse king Tana and rushed straight towards me. Fortunately, after a few delays, I finally reacted in time and quickly used "One Ride Away" and "Shadow of Shift" to fly back, but I was not sure whether I could escape the pursuit of the blood bats.
Except for the second corpse king who could resist a little, the other two corpse kings were unable to stop the blood bat's actions. Red Star was entangled by the blood mist, which seemed difficult to get rid of and blocked his vision. No matter how Red Star rushed around and danced wildly with weapons, he still couldn't get rid of it, and he couldn't come to support for the time being. I had to urgently transfer the dark knights to resist the suicidal attack of the blood bat, and let the other blood bat escape, hoping that Xiaobai at the entrance of the cave and the six dark knights could stop it.
