Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 51: Desperate
I once hesitated whether I should combine the forces of Red Star, Wu Ma and Tao Tao to attack Holy Heaven instead of bothering to fight with Archangel and Light Spine Dragon, but I finally gave up this seemingly most direct tactic and adopted a more reliable method. Holy Heaven is not a fool, and he has personally experienced the power of Red Star's "Life-Calling Flying Spear". Judging from his actions, he has always been cautious. He is now only urging the "Angel Robe" to stimulate the two-winged Archangel to protect his body. On the one hand, it may be to save mental energy, and on the other hand, he must be confident that he will not be killed by me in a short time. Moreover, according to the information obtained in the previous game, he can quickly transform into a four-winged light angel to enhance his own protection. Even if all three "Life-Calling Flying Spears" hit, I dare not say how much damage he can cause. After all, in addition to the "body-protecting holy light", there is also an additional light shield, plus a higher level, it is estimated that the defense ability should be higher than the "coming" Archangel. At the same time, if I attack Holy Heaven directly, the Lightspine Dragon and Archangel will definitely not sit idly by, and will either rush to rescue me or attack me from the rear, which will only add more variables. I have invested all my capital in this game, and I dare not take risks. I cannot afford the cost of failure. Anyway, as long as I can kill the Archangel and protect the two newly summoned Terror Knights from being too seriously injured, I should still have a greater chance of winning.
However, Holy Heaven was no ordinary person. After seeing my series of actions, it probably judged that the Archangel might not escape defeat, and did not carry out any rescue activities. Instead, it concentrated its strength on attacking the two Terror Knights who were unable to move for a while. With the protection of the "Angel Robe", it withstood my "Ghost Fire" attack and accumulated strength to perform the "Great Saint Spear Stab". The Light Spine Dragon frequently spit out "Light Dragon Flame" to fight with Wu Ma, while continuously shooting "Dazzle Bullets" with the two bone spurs on its back, focusing on attacking the Terror Tiger Knight who had previously received a "Great Saint Spear Stab". The intention was very clear, and it should be to take the opportunity to kill it and recover some losses. At the same time as the Archangel's wings fell, Holy Heaven also sent out the "Great Saint Spear Stab", and cooperated with the Light Spine Dragon's "Dazzle Bullet" to kill the Terror Tiger Knight who had not yet recovered his ability to move.
At this point in the battle, considering the strength of both sides, Holy Heaven lost a two-winged archangel, but it was not hurt. The Lightspine Dragon's injury should not be too serious. Taotao was killed on my side, and Red Star only had one breath left, and could not even use a "flash combo". The lowest-level two-winged archangel was able to fight Taotao and Red Star's combined attack, and finally dragged Taotao to be buried with him. The strength of the gods should not be underestimated. Wu Ma and the Horror Lion Knight who had just recovered his ability to move were still intact and did not suffer much damage. There was also a Horror Giant Bear Knight who had almost sucked out his mental power in the back. At best, he could only use a "flash combo". Except for a little less mental power, I still had 80% of my health. Overall, I was not at a disadvantage. At least on the surface, it was five against two, and I had a relatively large advantage in numbers.
However, I have to use my limited mental strength to save my life, and dare not use it for attack. Like Red Star and the Horror Giant Bear Knight, I have no combat effectiveness. I can only try my best to restrain Holy Heaven and prevent him from intervening. The key to victory or defeat depends on whether Wu Ma and the Horror Lion Knight can join forces to kill the Light Spine Dragon as soon as possible. Both the "Dazzle Bomb" and the "Great Saint Spear" are quite powerful, and pose a considerable threat to Red Star and the Horror Giant Bear Knight. Once the two of them are defeated, I alone will not be able to restrain Holy Heaven. If I let him and the Light Spine Dragon join forces to cooperate with each other, the outcome will be unpredictable.
Now we have to attack with all our strength and start a war of attrition with Holy Heaven. As Wu Ma rarely fights with it, I don't know how powerful the Destruction Knight, a battle maniac, can be in actual combat. Anyway, it has a very high IQ, so I don't give much specific instructions. I just give a death order and try my best to cause the greatest damage to the Light Spine Dragon. The Terror Lion Knight tries his best to cooperate with the attack and take corresponding attack methods according to the battle situation. I activated the "Touch of Death" to attack Holy Heaven, which is protected by the "Angel Robe". Although it may not achieve much effect, the health value is still relatively high now. It's worth a try. At least it can play a role in distraction. Red Star itself is dying and dare not get too close to Holy Heaven. However, the state of its mount, the Poison Spider, is not bad. It can continuously use the "Poison Web" skill to attack to speed up the mental power consumed by Holy Heaven to activate the artifact protection. As for the Terror Giant Bear Knight, he has not called it up for the time being. He is in the back to accumulate power and prepare to use the strongest attack skill "Flash Combo" for the last fight.
At the critical moment, Wu Ma finally showed his strength as a knight of destruction. Although the "bloodthirsty attack" combined with the "assault" skill reduced the defense by half, the rapid breakthroughs reduced the possibility of being attacked. Moreover, the "bloodthirsty attack" can double the attack power. When used in combination with the "assault", it can exert greater destructive power. In addition, the weakening effect of the "destruction field" and the mount bone armor dragon horse also constantly used the "tail whip" skill to attack the light spine dragon. The powerful attack power shown in actual combat surprised me. The posture can definitely be called "bloodthirsty madness". Even the seventh-level magic pet light spine dragon is quite difficult to deal with. It repeatedly uses the "light shield " skill to enhance its own protection and resist Wu Ma's crazy attack. However, maintaining this attack posture consumes more mental energy, and coupled with the damage caused by continuous attacks, it cannot last long. Taking advantage of the horseless state, I temporarily suppressed the Lightback Dragon. I ordered the Terror Lion Knight to step aside and accumulate strength, striving to launch the strongest attack to inflict the greatest damage to the Lightback Dragon in the shortest time.
Holy Heaven noticed the unfavorable situation of the Light Spine Dragon. Although it had cast various auxiliary magics on it, it could still hold out for a while even under the full pressure of Wu Ma, but it was completely exposed to the attacks of me and Red Star. Without cover, it was difficult to concentrate and organize an effective offensive. The cooperation between people and pets was a must for him to defeat the enemy in the previous game. Therefore, he tried his best to get rid of the entanglement of me and Red Star and rush over to meet with his pet. However, with the tacit cooperation between me and Red Star, his actions were repeatedly blocked. Although the "Touch of Death" was blocked by the "Angel Robe" and could not absorb any mental power, it would soon be shaken away by the power of Holy Heaven once it came into contact, but urging an attack could also cause him to tremble all over, delaying his actions, and certainly losing some mental power. In order to buy time, I could only pay the price of life value. At the same time, he also took out the "Shadow Dagger", stabbed a few times from time to time, and used all the attack means he could. Red Star took advantage of the situation on the side, not only commanding the poisonous spiders to spray "poison webs" to block the attack, but occasionally daring to seize the opportunity and bravely rush forward to slash twice, shocking Shengtiantang back two steps, and then quickly retreated to avoid his counterattack. For a while, Shengtiantang was forced to move with difficulty and was blocked everywhere, making it difficult for him to quickly meet up with the Lightback Dragon.
After a series of obstructions in his actions, Saint Heaven finally became anxious. Suddenly, a strong light appeared, and the white light radiated from his body became stronger. The two-winged archangel he transformed into was finally upgraded to a four-winged light angel. Just looking at the brightness of the "protective holy light", his defense capabilities must have been greatly improved. He no longer cared about the attacks from me and Red Star, and forced his way towards the Light Spine Dragon.
After several attempts to use the "Touch of Death" attack, his health was only 40% left. Saint Heaven had further strengthened its defenses, so continuing to use it would not have any effect, and would only waste his health in vain. The results of using the "Shadow Dagger" to test it also confirmed this point. It was like touching an iron wall, and it was difficult to make any progress. Red Star's attack was also in vain, and he could not stop his actions, so he had to let him rush over to meet up with the Lightspine Dragon.
With the protection of the four-winged light angel, I couldn't hurt Holy Heaven for a while, so I could only fight to kill the light-backed dragon first. In that case, he would be alone and weak in attack, and it would be difficult for him to pose a threat to me. If he just took the beating, he should be able to break through the defense of the "Angel Robe" soon. It just so happened that the Horror Giant Bear Knight had fully charged, and while they had just met and had not had time to reorganize their offensive, he immediately launched a "flash combo" against the light-backed dragon and rushed straight over.
Wu Ma's "Assault" was not inferior in power, but it was still inferior to "Flash Combo" in speed and attack frequency. Once launched, the distance of dozens of meters was reached in an instant. Before the Holy Heaven could react, it had already fought with the Light Spine Dragon and launched a series of attacks quickly. With Wu Ma's combined skill attack, the Light Spine Dragon was overwhelmed and could not resist even with the "Light Shield". It was repeatedly hurt and could only defend itself without any ability to fight back.
"Whoosh", a white beam of light flashed by, and the Horror Giant Bear Knight who was launching the "Flash Combo" attack was instantly shattered to pieces and died . It was the Holy Heaven on the side who used the "Great Saint Spear Stab" to kill it with one strike. However, Holy Heaven miscalculated this time. The Horror Giant Bear Knight's "Flash Combo" was coming to an end, and he only had a little mental power left. Even an ordinary "Holy Spear Stab" could not withstand it. Before dying, he could switch to a time-consuming and laborious "Great Saint Spear Stab", which was equivalent to exerting a little residual heat, buying time while consuming more mental power of Holy Heaven. It can be said that he died a worthy death.
Although another subordinate was sacrificed, the Terror Lion Knight also accumulated enough strength in time and used the "Flash Combo" on the Lightspine Dragon. After all, it was only a young beast of one or two months old. After enduring such a series of powerful attacks, the Lightspine Dragon gradually became unable to hold on and was forced to retreat step by step. Basically, it was in a passive situation and it was difficult to launch a few counterattacks. Red Star did not dare to move forward and used the "Poison Net" skill to attack from a distance to avoid being hurt. I hid far away and commanded the battle remotely. From time to time, I used skills to change positions, not staying in one place for too long, and always paying attention to be careful to avoid being attacked by the Holy Heaven.
Holy Heaven used the "Great Saint Spear" again, and cooperated with the Light Spine Dragon's counterattack, aiming at the crazy Wu Ma, but I saw the opportunity early. When I saw the "Great Saint Spear" was formed, I immediately assigned Red Star to rush forward urgently. At the critical moment, he took the attack for Wu Ma and died heroically. Although two of my men were injured in succession, it became three against two, but the overall combat power did not decrease much. Against the Light Spine Dragon that had been severely damaged by the continuous attacks, we had a clear advantage.
Although the four-winged light angel's body protection has greatly enhanced the defensive capabilities, it also consumes a lot of mental power, and once it is upgraded, it can no longer return to the protection state of the two-winged archangel. Therefore, after several unsuccessful attacks by Holy Heaven, it no longer launched a counterattack, but just kept casting various auxiliary magic on the Light Spine Dragon, trying its best to support it to resist the attacks of Wu Ma and others, wanting to compete with me in consumption to see who can hold on to the end.
If it were two Terror Lion Knights, they might not be able to break the combined forces of Holy Heaven and Lightback Dragon, but the Destruction Knight is a typical battle maniac who advocates offense. The strong offense and weak defense are facing each other, which is just in favor of his performance. He has been using combination skills to attack with all his strength. Although his own mental power is consumed at an alarming rate and can't last too long, the Lightback Dragon has been hurt more seriously in comparison. In addition, the Terror Lion Knight is helping from the side and is also fighting desperately. Finally, he did not disappoint my expectations. In the almost desperate eyes of Holy Heaven, he made the Lightback Dragon turn into a white light and dissipate.
The only enemy left on the field was Holy Heaven. In fact, Wu Ma and the Horror Lion Knight were already at the end of their strength. Because they focused too much on attacking, they injured 800 of their own for every 1,000 they hurt, and their condition was not much better. Holy Heaven began to accumulate strength to perform the "Great Saint Spear Stab". Anyone who was hit would have no fighting power even if they didn't die. However, at this moment, there was no way to retreat, so they could only let go and fight him. Wu Ma and the Horror Lion Knight attacked with all their strength, and even I used the little mental power I had left to perform the "Ghost Fire of the Netherworld" and threw myself into the final battle against Holy Heaven. As long as I exhausted his mental power and removed the defensive effect of the "Angel Robe", I could stab him to death with a dagger.
The "Great Saint Spear" of the Holy Heaven attacked Wu Ma, which was really vicious. Before he failed, he wanted to drag my strongest subordinate to be buried with him. Fortunately, I activated the "Touch of Death" in time to add a layer of protection to Wu Ma to assist in defense, and finally helped it to withstand the attack safely. Alas, I had to reveal another method. After a few rounds of competition, my true colors were almost exposed.
Holy Heaven's last attack was aimed at me, hoping to try his luck and see if he could kill me unexpectedly to turn the tide, but I never let my guard down, kept a considerable distance, reacted in time, and narrowly avoided it. Then his mental power was exhausted, the angel illusion disappeared, and the horseless and terrifying lion knights attacked him fiercely, severely injuring him, and he collapsed to the ground in embarrassment. The fatal blow was delivered by me, who quickly rushed forward and wielded the "shadow dagger" to perform a "sneak attack" as a "thank you gift" for his sneak attack on me.
