Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 453 Black Arrow
The early morning sun shines on the grass in the sunny woodland, reflecting a lush green natural scene.
The trees in Sunshine Woodland are not densely packed. When the sun shines through them, it draws beams of light between the branches and leaves, which is very beautiful. This is how the Sunshine Woodland got its name.
But now this beautiful forest has become a bloody battlefield. The orcs' boots crushed the tender grass and flowers, and the iron wheels of the chariots broke the trees and bushes.
The deafening sound of war drums and the roar of orcs scared away the birds and beasts.
A gloomy atmosphere arose spontaneously.
The tribe's army arranged in a strict formation, with rows of orc assault infantry, orc heavy guards, orc wolf cavalry... just like chess pieces on a chessboard, arranged neatly.
There were even more adventurers, who gathered in groups around the army, and some even rushed to the front of the two armies, shouting challenges and showing off their military power.
At this moment, the orc army finally showed its fangs and ferocity for the first time.
Sylvanas stood at the forefront of the elven defense line, her eyes inevitably hesitant. Today's orcs gave her a feeling that something was not right.
The momentum was completely different from the scattered guerrillas of the previous few days.
But when she looked back and saw the endless stream of elven rangers and elven archers behind her, she gained enough courage.
After so many days, ranger troops from all over the place gathered here. The Windrunner family had the authority to command troops independently, so the appeal of the seven sisters alone was enough to mobilize enough troops to join the war.
Looking at the rows of longbows like a forest, Sylvanas also became confident.
She turned over and rode on the Magic Spring Leopard, galloping past the army formation, boosting morale as she ran.
Sylvanas (Ranger-General): "Sisters, warriors, fear not, do not be intimidated. This day we shall prevail - prepare to fight!"
Thirty thousand troops formed an array that stretched for several kilometers. The Ranger Corps was mainly composed of archers. A large number of archers, sharpshooters, and ranger archers were arranged in rows of shooting arrays. As long as an order was given, they could shoot out dense rain of arrows to cover the enemy.
Sylvanas was very confident. The orc infantry generally lacked protective gear, and no matter how many orcs rushed up, they would fall before the rain of arrows.
In front of the archer corps is a scattered army composed of 70,000 to 80,000 adventurers. The adventurers have also gained experience in the past few days. These archers have strong firepower. As long as they fight within the strike range of the long-range troops, they can enjoy sufficient fire cover.
The Elf Archer also relies heavily on adventurers to act as meat shields.
In the tribe's camp, Ba Dao Wu Qing looked at the elf army in the distance and couldn't help but sneer, "Humph, you want to use your bows and arrows to get my infantry for free? Then I'll let you understand what a truly strong army is."
The elven archers are indeed powerful, at least much stronger than the ranged troops of the tribe.
However, you cannot win a war relying solely on ranged soldiers. History has proven this countless times. As long as the enemy gets close, even the strongest ranged soldiers will be useless.
The tribe has been constantly accumulating strength and developing arms and weapons in the past few months. There are simply too many ways to deal with this single-arms enemy.
"Let's start." Badao ordered ruthlessly.
Woo woo woo!
With the sound of the horn, the battle finally began.
As usual, the first to attack were the massive orc infantry, but today's orc infantry did not charge forward mindlessly. Instead, they arranged themselves in a tight formation and advanced slowly. All the orc infantry were equipped with huge round wooden shields as protection against the rain of arrows.
Sylvanas didn't care. The ranger's arrows were all enchanted, and a mere wooden shield couldn't block them.
However, this time, the orcs stopped at the edge of the arrow range and raised huge shields to form a shield wall.
At a distance of nearly 200 meters, even if the archers managed to shoot, they would have almost no killing power.
Looking at the motionless orc shield formation.
Sylvanas was a little confused. What was going on? What were these orcs waiting for?
She soon knew the answer.
Ba Dao Wu Qing (Horde Chieftain): "It's time to teach these elf girls what war is. Dark Iron Guards - attack!"
Thousands of orc Dark Iron Guards, wrapped in thick heavy armor, slowly advanced like a black city wall and entered the elves' shooting range.
"Shoot!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the rain of arrows came like a rainstorm, but they kept bouncing off the orc guards and did almost no damage.
The Orc Dark Iron Guards are heavy infantry developed by the Blackrock Legion, and their entire bodies are wrapped in heavy armor forged from dark iron.
They have several military characteristics such as heavy armor, resistance to piercing attacks, and slow movement, making them the most suitable to act as meat shields to attract firepower.
Kael'thas and the Rogue looked at each other and summoned Flamestrike at the same time.
Two huge fire storms covering an area of more than 100 meters were ignited in the ranks of the Orc Iron Guards, instantly burning two gaps in the neat formation, and hundreds of Dark Iron Guards were killed.
However, the hero skills have a long cooldown time.
Immediately afterwards, the adventurers' spellcasters also began to fire at this team of heavy infantry.
Ba Dao Wu Qing (chief of the tribe): "You still have mage troops? Hmph, then I want to see how you deal with this. Hellfire Chariot - attack!"
More than thirty Hellfire chariots were pushed back to the front of the battle line. In the middle of the hideous chariots were huge burning rocks. With an order given, balls of green evil flames were projected out, streaking across the sky and falling into the crowd of adventurers.
Boom boom boom!
First there was a fierce explosion, and then one hellfire after another stood out from the explosion crater.
The Hellfire Chariot has the ability to project hellfire, and can continue to provide long-range firepower after projection. It is the latest war weapon developed by the tribe.
Ba Dao Wu Qing (Horde Chieftain): "Warlock Legion — Attack!"
But thirty or so Hellfires are far from enough. These Hellfires are the most basic version, with 15,000 health points, the skill of burning with evil fire, and high magic resistance.
With 15,000 HP, he can't hold out for long under the attack of a large number of adventurers.
So hundreds of orc warlocks were sent to the front line, and under the cover of the infantry, they quickly formed hundreds of summoning teams.
What they used was the same devilish ritual that the poisonous scholar Jia Xu had used before.
These orc warlocks are almost all adventurers. After all, warlocks are high-level soldiers and cannot be used as consumables. Adventurers don’t have this problem. It would be a waste if they don’t use this trick every day.
In the blink of an eye, the torn void rifts in the sky almost formed a continuous cloud of evil energy.
Balls of hellfire fell from the sky.
Some warlocks even used the more evil "Doom Summoning", summoning the powerful Doomguard at the cost of sacrificing all the orc warlocks who participated in the summoning.
These hundreds of huge Hellfires and Doomsday Guards instantly disrupted the adventurers' lines.
Hellfire Demons are highly resistant to many kinds of magic, and the Doomsday Guards are even more ferocious. They wield flaming swords and each of them has the strength of a BOSS-level. Hundreds of big guys are charging back and forth on the front line, and the adventurers have managed to organize an effective defense.
Treat it just like fighting a BOSS in the wild, spread out and concentrate your fire.
Seeing that the adventurers' formation was in chaos, Badao Wuqing waved his hand again.
Ba Dao Wu Qing (Horde Chieftain): "Dragon Rider - Attack!"
The air force, which had been on high alert, suddenly took off into the air. Hundreds of young dragons of various colors and more than a dozen adult dragons rushed over like covering the sky and the sun.
The dark mass made the elves fighting below feel extremely pressured.
Not good! Sylvanas suddenly cried out inwardly that it was not good.
She is well aware of the advantages of the air force and can enter the battlefield at any time to attack enemy troops that lack cover, or launch a surprise attack from behind on troops in combat.
The elves also have an air force, and the Dragonhawk Knights are well-known among the countries in the Alliance. However, all the Dragonhawk Knights have been mobilized to Silvermoon City.
Fortunately, what she has the most is long-range troops.
"First and second rows, keep alert. Third row, fire into the air. Fire into the air!"
A dense rain of arrows shot into the air, but the dragons just circled in the air.
"Fel Knights—attack!"
Hundreds of death knights, riding on nightmare horses, wrapped in fel flames, rushed towards the battlefield like a group of revengeful souls from hell.
Although they were knights, they were not melee troops. Instead, they summoned a rain of fire from a distance and madly smashed it towards the adventurers who were already in chaos.
Anyway, demons have extremely high fire resistance and are not afraid of being burned, which just covers the attack.
"Wow, that's a lot of damage!"
"Heal, heal me quickly!"
"Someone go and take those Fel Knights away."
"Fuck, those are just players."
"We can't hold on any longer. Everyone, retreat quickly."
"Don't run, let's charge together and fight them!"
At this moment, the adventurers' weakness of lack of command was exposed. Faced with one fierce attack after another, some wanted to run away, some wanted to hold on, and some wanted to attack the tribe's defense line.
Some people even want to kill these demons and death knights as bosses.
The result is predictable. A small number of charging players were surrounded and killed by the orcs, and the struggling team continued to lose members and disintegrate.
No one tried to stop them from running away, and soon the trend became unstoppable.
The originally thick defense line formed by adventurers became scattered in the blink of an eye, and a huge gap was exposed on the central front.
The Sword of Mercy (Warchief of the Horde): "The time has come, Dranosh, to lead the Wolf Riders - to attack!"
Little Saurfang excitedly waved his axe, "It's the warchief, just look at me!"
He led an army of 30,000 wolf cavalrymen who were already on high alert and charged out fiercely.
Although various high-level troops appeared frequently before, their numbers were not large. They only created huge pressure but could not really defeat adventurers and elves.
However, as soon as these 30,000 wolf cavalry attacked, they immediately had the effect of determining the outcome of the battle.
Badao Wuqing was waiting for this moment. The cavalry restrained the archers, but with adventurers in the front row attracting fire, it was difficult for the wolf cavalry to rush into the formation of the archers in the back row. But now, this is no longer a problem.
Thirty thousand wolf cavalrymen arranged themselves into a dozen triangular charge formations and charged directly through the scattered adventurers, launching simultaneous charges at various locations along the battle line.
All the wolf riders charged forward, wielding their swords and slashing at the players along the way.
Rush through the gap towards the ranger archer troops in the back row.
Behind the wolf cavalry, the orc infantry also dropped their shields and followed like a tide.
"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot with all your strength!"
The elves fired a dense rain of arrows, but the wolf cavalry soon mixed with the adventurers as they charged, making it impossible to effectively concentrate their fire and kill them. In addition, the wolf cavalry were extremely fast, so they were rushed to the front after only a few rounds of shooting.
It was immediately a one-sided massacre.
The originally planned three-line siege turned out to be a complete collapse of all three lines.
how so!?
Looking at the adventurers being harvested in large numbers, looking at the elven rangers and elven archers screaming and falling under the hacking of the wolf riders.
Sylvanas felt a chill in her heart. It turned out that these orcs had not used their full strength. These powerful troops that she had never seen before crushed her pride in the blink of an eye.
Then, anger dispelled the chill.
Damn it! Damn orcs, intolerable and unforgivable! They must pay the price!
She was not defeated by fear, but instead completely released her fighting spirit.
"So cute!" She shouted towards the sky, and the storm eagle screamed and swooped down.
Sylvanas leaped up more than ten meters high, and her agile figure landed on the eagle's back.
"Go! Let us fight side by side." She stroked the storm eagle's feathers, her eyes determined.
The Storm Eagle quickly climbed to a higher altitude and swooped down towards the center of the tribe.
The eagle looked back while flying, waiting for further instructions, but when it found that Sylvanas didn't seem to intend to stop, it suddenly panicked.
Seeing the man and the eagle flying to the wound on the battlefield and approaching the tribal army, more than a dozen dragon knights immediately surrounded them.
There are red, green, and blue ones, as well as baby dragons, young dragons, and adult dragons.
There are even heroic orcs among them.
This kind of high-end soldier, the Ruthless Blade, naturally has to be given to his trusted men, almost all of whom are players.
When the cute Storm Eagle saw this, it suddenly flapped its wings and flew back in the direction it came from.
"Meng Meng, don't run away!"
But the Storm Eagle wouldn't listen.
"Damn it, go back to Mengmeng!" As she said this, Sylvanas directly activated the ranger skill - Bestial Fury.
[Wild Rage: Makes your pet fall into a frenzy of rage, increasing its movement speed and attack speed by 50%, and is not subject to any physical control, attacking the enemy crazily. In this state, your pet will not be afraid, show mercy, or run away.]
The storm eagle's eyes suddenly turned red, and it spun around and pounced on the nearest red dragon.
The one riding the dragon was a Bronze III orc hero. Seeing Sylvanas rushing towards him, he showed no weakness and slapped the dragon's head.
Breath of fire!
Hurricane Wings!
The flames that were coming towards him were blown back directly.
Mengmengda is a skeleton-level small BOSS after all, and was once a bully in the wild. How could he be afraid of a mere red baby dragon?
In the blink of an eye, the storm eagle crashed into the red dragon, its huge beak pierced through its head, and its sharp claws tore through its chest.
Sylvanas even shot an arrow at the dragon rider at close range.
Hero Skill - Deadly Shot!
[Fatal Shot: Causes 2500 points of piercing damage to the target and increases the chance of a critical hit by 15%.]
With a whoosh, the arrow pierced through the chest.
-6517 (critical hit)!
It was a one-shot kill.
In the blink of an eye, both the man and the dragon were dead.
The several dragon riders who were participating in the siege were immediately scared and scattered. This Queen Xi was indeed quite fierce. She could only spit out fire and poisonous mist from a distance. It was safer to fight her like this.
Sylvanas manipulated the Storm Eagle to avoid the dragon's breath while whispering in the eagle's ear.
"Don't fight too long, go kill the enemy's leader!"
The Storm Eagle let out a long and cute cry and flew towards the orc camp.
The giant eagle flew over the orc army. Sylvanas could clearly see the densely packed army below. The magic mechas in the distance were starting up. Looking at the huge war weapons that were dozens of meters high and the endless orc soldiers, Sylvanas couldn't help but feel chilled. Such a huge army, such a terrifying lineup, so many powerful weapons, it was ridiculous that she still thought that she could defeat such an enemy with just 30,000 rangers.
Today's failure was already doomed.
Her gaze suddenly narrowed. Among the densely packed army, a platform covered with war flags caught her attention. From afar, she saw a group of orc commanders surrounding a tall orc with a cool look on the platform.
No, I still have a chance. As long as I shoot and kill the chief of the tribe, I can win the war!
Death Mark!
He stared with his eyes filled with darkness. Only Badao Wuqing was left, with a skull symbolizing death suddenly appearing above his head.
Then the bowstring was fully pulled, and a black arrow with a black glow appeared out of thin air on the bow arm, aiming at Ba Dao Wu Qing.
【Fatal Shot: Black Arrow (Hero Skill).
Skill introduction: An extended skill of fatal shooting, which can only be used once a month. It transforms the fate of death into an ominous black arrow. The chance of a critical hit when shooting a target with a black arrow increases by 30%. After hitting the target, a layer of "destined death" effect will be applied to the target, causing the target to trigger an instant death effect judgment (physique judgment) every day, which lasts for seven days. This effect cannot be dispelled. 】
